I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 23 Side Quest - Twisting

In the withered and abandoned farmland, the twisting and turning sad white phantom seemed to have some strange magic, making it difficult for Uesugi Che to look away after taking a look.

The mask of Laughing Prajna twitched for a moment, but the next moment, the face that originally looked intimidating without anger revealed a strange smile.

A hoarse and distorted voice came out uncontrollably from the depths of Uesugi Tetsu's throat:
"Twist this way...twist that way..."

Although Uesugi Che felt very nauseous, his smile became even brighter, and his originally tired body seemed to be full of energy as he stood up straight.

Then, following the pale phantom in the farmland...

twist and turn.

……

On the lawn, Uesugi Che suddenly opened his eyes and made a retching sound in extreme disgust.

"What the hell……"

Until this moment, Uesugi Tetsu's mind still lingered with the extremely strange and twisted white shadow, as well as the feeling that his body was completely out of his control.

After lying on the lawn and resting for a while, Uesugi Tetsu finally managed to regain his normal thoughts.

——This time, he died suddenly on the spot just because he looked at the thing in the farmland for a second longer.

Will it explode if I look at it for one more moment?

This is outrageous.

How many stars does this guy have, one star? Or one and a half stars?

After noting down several features of the distorted white shadow, Uesugi Che took out his mobile phone without hesitation and asked the omnipotent office worker netizen.

[Tsukisa-chan]: I have a friend who saw a white phantom twisting and turning in the fields. It looked like a scarecrow. Is this thing dangerous?
In the office, Nanjo Aimi, who was happily sipping the soda with her feet wrapped in black stockings resting on the desk, couldn't help but spray the soda onto the face of Shizuma Mafuyu, who was working diligently opposite her.

The corners of Shizuma Madoka's mouth twitched. She didn't say anything, but just took two tissues and silently wiped the soda off her face and neck.

——Even if it was only half a day, she had already gotten used to Nanjo Aimi's eccentric appearance.

This young Yin-Yang master is completely different in private from the way he appears in the outside world.

She doesn't look like a workplace elite at all. Instead, she is very similar to her sister who is still in high school - she likes to drink soda in big gulps, eat puffed foods, and often secretly plots against her colleagues with her.

Shizuma Mafuyu sighed inwardly.

I always feel a little disillusioned.

——But Nanjo Aimi believed that there was a reason why she sprayed out soda.

It's only been a few hours, and she just told Uesugi Tetsu to behave himself, so how did she end up provoking another famous ghost story?!
You're so bored, aren't you?

The classic "I have a friend" couldn't fool Nanjo Aimi. She had used this trick countless times before.

but……

Nanjo Aimi was a little confused.

Judging from the perception of the spirit control technique, the doll she gave to Uesugi Tetsu was not hurt yet. If the other party had really been twisted and turned by it, the doll would have attacked long ago.

This kind of special weird story that originated in rural areas will not be very powerful even if it is widely spread and known.

Because this is modern society.

It's just like if the famous ghost story "Miss Mary" was put back a thousand years ago, her strength would be greatly reduced because she didn't have a phone.

[Work to Death]: Your friend will die soon. This is a famous tale called "Twisting," and anyone who sees it will go insane, mad, and then die.

When Uesugi Tetsu saw that all these characteristics matched his response, he thought to himself that it was true.

He saw that after twisting and turning for a few minutes, he had a mental breakdown and died, which was considered a new way to die.

——This thing is so powerful, could it be related to the side quest?

[Side Quest 2: White Scarecrow - In a field eroded by chemical wastewater, a scarecrow sways in the wind.] Uesugi Tetsu read the quest description again and felt that the "twisting" was very likely related to it.

Then the problem is coming.

If he can't even look at the other person for another second, how can he kill the other person?

Uesugi Tetsu told netizens the truth about this issue.

——Nanjo Aimi thinks Uesugi Tetsu has gone crazy.

The creatures that twist and turn in the sparsely populated countryside without running around are considered the most harmless kind of weird stories.

Why would you mess with it if you're crazy?

But as she thought this, Nanjo Aimi threw out a key: "Jingjian, go get the Vajra statue from the safe. When you go there this afternoon..."

Halfway through her words, Nanjo Aimi suddenly realized that what Uesugi Tetsu was asking was "Work to hell", not her, Nanjo Aimi.

If she gives this thing to Uesugi Tetsu, her true identity will be exposed.

So Nanjo Aimi took the key back.

[Work to death]: There is indeed a way, and it is not difficult.

[Yueshajiang]: What are your thoughts, sir?

[Work to Death]: Since seeing it twisting and turning will drive you crazy, why not just chop it to death with your eyes closed?

——Hack to death with eyes closed?
Uesugi Tetsu laughed. Do the office worker netizens think that he is a swordsman with "heart eyes" and "fist eyes"?
But after sitting there in silence for a while, Uesugi Che found that this idea seemed... not impossible?

——Lilizi said that being able to identify the opponent’s position by listening to the sound is the most basic skill for a qualified swordsman.

There seems to be an explanation.

When I see Lilizi this afternoon, I'll ask her.

After thanking the netizen who responded promptly, Uesugi Che wasted no time and entered the mysterious village of Arakawa again.

——The foreman was killed before he had the chance to go to the blacksmith to claim his reward.

A huge water pressure came.

Uesugi Tetsu, who had gradually adapted to the cutscenes, put on his mask without saying a word and went straight to the blacksmith shop.

On the way, he did not forget to test the effectiveness of the foreman's crowbar, a rare quality weapon.

After actual testing, Uesugi Tetsu was pleasantly surprised to find that the effect of the crowbar far exceeded his expectations.

He could break the locked door of an ordinary thatched hut with just a light tap of the crowbar, as if he had a master key.

Even if the thick wooden door was blocked by planks and various furniture, Uesugi Tetsu only needed to swing it with normal force to knock the entire door and the obstruction behind it away.

Although powerful, it seems that the upper limit of the crowbar has not been measured at all.

"Why don't we try using the iron gate on the school rooftop later?"

Putting away the crowbar, Uesugi Che thought before stepping into the blacksmith shop.

Walking into the blacksmith shop, Uesugi Che discovered that there was no sound of blacksmithing coming from the backyard this time. Instead, there was a short figure wearing a hood standing next to the blacksmith.

"Letting such a young child learn blacksmithing is exploitative child labor..."

Muttering to himself, Uesugi Tetsu was about to explain the process to the blacksmith, but he saw him smiling and swinging the hammer on the table:
"Tell me, what weapon do you want?"

Uesugi Che, who almost thought that the other party wanted to get rid of him, was stunned for a moment and put the hatchet back. He didn't expect the old blacksmith to be so straightforward.

He said, "I practice Tennen Rishin-ryu."

The blacksmith was startled and stopped smiling.

(End of this chapter)