I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 412 The black book with the backing of the calamity, the prophecy of the corpse, the chains, and the blood moon were all taken down by Uesugi Tetsuya!

A moment later, a figure of eight feet tall, covered in golden light and half again as tall as Kujo Machi, strolled out from the darkness.

The footsteps seemed slow but were actually fast; in the blink of an eye, they had arrived in front of a detached house.

The two-foot-tall clone simply stood outside the room, its face just reaching the second-floor window, and smiled at the dumbfounded Kujo Machi.

"This, this is the little one from before?"

Kujo Machi thought back to the room full of mini cars, all those two-foot-tall little guys combined were not as shocking as this one in front of him.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded to her, placing the unremarkable brass bell—unassuming except for its antique design—into her large, warm palm.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Being able to help Lord Che is hardly a hardship."

Erchi smiled peacefully, nodded to Chisa, then turned and walked alone into the blood-red darkness.

"Wow, Sister Erchi is so cool..."

This scene stirred Qian Sha's heart. She thought that she also needed to work harder in her cultivation, otherwise she didn't know when her master would ask her to do the same.

Thinking of this, Chisa couldn't help but silently begin to circulate her Qi Gathering Technique.

Since his master was there to protect him, he didn't need to worry about safety issues.

In Asahikawa City, the Myriad Ghosts are gradually recovering at a pace several hours slower than in the first playthrough.

However, unlike the first playthrough, the head lanterns that should have occupied almost the entire sky had not even begun to develop before most of them were "casually" killed by Uesugi Tetsu.

This has resulted in an unusually large number of fake humans surviving in Asahikawa City—while the remaining normal people have also remained unharmed thanks to the protection of numerous two-foot clones.

Uesugi Tetsu stared as those empty eye sockets were inevitably filled with more and more red.

In the silence, Kujo Machi's phone, which he had placed on the small wooden coffee table, rang again.

It was a call from the chief priest of Shiratsu Shrine.

Uesugi Tetsu didn't answer.

This time, he didn't even need to answer; the screen automatically showed that the call had been connected.

As the somewhat eerie ringing stopped, Kujo Machi silently shielded Uesugi Tetsuya in front of him.

From the loudspeaker, the unusually somber and cold voice of the priest slowly flowed out.

"Lord Uesugi...you didn't kill the traitors, did you...?"

Gong Si repeated it several times, then his voice suddenly turned venomous: "Why, why didn't you kill those fake people! Killing all the fake people would have stopped the resurgence of the myriad demons, why didn't you do it!"

The palace guard roared with resentment, over and over again.

The sound grew increasingly dry, cold, and stiff, unlike the voice of a living person.

Kujo Machi felt a chill run down his spine.

She looked at Chisa, who was still meditating with her eyes closed, oblivious to everything around her, and after thinking for a moment, pulled her over as well, so that they could protect Uesugi Tetsuya from behind.

—Don't be fooled by her moral bottom line. She's quite flexible in her knees and has a basic conscience, okay?
Uesugi Tetsu stared calmly at the phone, thinking to himself that Nisha had guessed correctly; the shrine priest and the shrine maiden were both suspicious.

But then he thought of the look in the eyes of the chief priest before he died last week and the words he said to him, and he couldn't help but sigh.

He did not answer the priest's question, but instead asked, "Priest, where is your shrine's shrine maiden, Haruko?"

This simple question interrupted Gong Si's continuous barrage of venomous questions, causing silence to fall on the other end of the phone.

After a long while, Miyaji's hoarse voice, now tinged with a touch of warmth, came through the speaker.
"Haruko is dead..."

"I was accidentally affected by the [Looking Up Ghost], and while my spiritual vision was activated, I looked up at the sky and was corrupted and polluted..."

Uesugi Tetsu didn't reply.

Because the shrine maiden named Haruko from the previous game also died in the same way.

The time and place were different on both occasions, yet both were "accidental"—that's incredibly careless of them all.

That's the kind of thing you'd only say to fool a brainless idiot.

But that witch...

Uesugi Tetsu recalled the shrine maiden who swept the shrine floor alone, and who cleaned the two fox stone sculptures until they shone brightly.

Pity.

—It seems that the priest and shrine maiden of Shiratsu Shrine did not just have a problem recently, but rather had a problem a long time ago, or may even have been dead long ago.

They just don't know it yet.

The priest and the shrine maiden he met when he took Erchi up the mountain earlier, though he didn't know what they actually were, were definitely not living people.

He looked down again at the [lock], which had become dotted with blood-red patterns from slaying some fake people, and thought to himself that it was indeed no good thing.

Uesugi Tetsu threw all the padlocks into his storage backpack.

If he had foolishly believed that the priest would slaughter all the fake people in Asahikawa City, the black chains in the sky might have turned into Aragami.

At that point, we might be able to fast-forward directly to the next cycle.

It's a little strange, though, that these shrine ema (ema plaques) are going to be handed over to someone...

Uesugi Tetsu didn't listen to what Miyaji had to say anymore, nor did he try to hang up the phone. Instead, he crushed the entire phone into dust and turned it into ashes using the Five Thunder Technique.

This shows that the nine wise words seem to want to say something but hold back.

She thought, "This is my phone..."

Uesugi Tetsu glanced over as if sensing something, and Kujo Machi immediately looked away without a second thought, waving his hand dismissively.

Seeing that the phone's owner was in complete agreement, Uesugi Tetsu didn't dwell on the matter.

He calmed his mind—

Although slaughtering fake humans now would strengthen the Black Chains and bring about some unpredictable chain reactions, fake humans should indeed not leave Asahikawa City.

It should be noted that the disguise ability of the fake human is extremely high, and at the same time, it also possesses intelligence at the same level as ordinary humans.

Even for him, at most he could find all the fake people on an entire street in a single thought.

Even if you spend an entire day searching a city, you might still find a few who slip through the net.

If we were to allow the fake people to leave Asahikawa and enter the real world, they would be like water merging into the ocean, never to be found again.

“The fake man must be killed, or perhaps we can continue to use the [lock] to kill.”

Uesugi Tetsu thought, "But the key is the timing of the kill."

He finalized his idea, and many thoughts began to arise and fade in his mind, communicating with the two-foot-tall man.

As an extraordinary spirit, the latter can naturally absorb thoughts and information from all minds in an instant and then communicate smoothly.

Uesugi Tetsu felt that his communication with Nisha was extremely clear, comfortable, and fast, much more efficient than talking to ordinary people, and every detail was crystal clear.

……

"Lord Che, Erchi understands."

After ending his telepathic communication with Uesugi Tetsuya, the eight-foot-tall two-foot-tall clone looked down at the group of children, not even seven or eight years old, who were being raised in the orphanage by the fake people.

Most of the children kept their distance from the adults with some fear—if it weren't for the approachable aura brought by the aura of divine intervention, these children would probably have burst into tears long ago.

Nonsense, what child would see a "light person" more than two meters tall suddenly walk out in a very strange environment, come up to them, and be able to communicate normally with her?

The timid girls huddled under the protection of their desks and chairs, while the boys, though not all of them, dared not utter a sound.

After all, not long ago, they had all witnessed many adults getting into trouble outside the welfare home!

scary!
Moreover, the uncles, aunts, and directors of the welfare home haven't arrived yet...

“Esteemed young benefactors, I mean no harm.”

The adult, with his hands clasped together, spoke in a clear, calming voice that gradually soothed the children's anxious hearts.

At this moment, a boy who was not even two feet tall but very brave mustered up his courage, walked up to her, and asked,
"Big sister, have you seen the director and the others?" This is an orphanage run by fake people who raise children to adulthood and then eat them. All the staff, including the director, are naturally fake people.

Of course, Er Chi didn't need to tell the children this cruel truth.

she shook her head,

"I'm sorry, but no."

The boy looked visibly disappointed after hearing this.

He clenched his fists and asked again, trying to figure out what he was here for, big sister.

"I am Buddha, and I am also a deity."

Erchi smiled at the boy and all the children, saying, "I'm here to protect you."

Most of the children showed expressions of clear disbelief.

"It's okay if you don't believe me."

Erchi lowered her head, looking at this bold woman, unsure whether to believe her child.

She asked softly, "Can you promise me you'll wait here obediently, as if you're waiting for your dean to arrive?"

The boy glanced at the unsettling darkness outside, then at the gentle Erchi in front of him and the many friends behind him who could barely run, and pounded his chest hard.

"Okay! Big sister, I'll pinky swear with you!"

"Thank you."

Er Chi thanked him softly, and after making a pinky promise with him, he put his hands together again.

"I shall adorn the Buddhist land!"

The majestic yet reassuring Buddhist chant resonated from his chest, echoing throughout the classroom, which was neither too big nor too small.

The dazzling golden light covered the entire two-foot-long body, then spread in all directions, enveloping the entire classroom.

Then the golden light slowly disappeared, and the woman, who originally had a gentle face and was eight feet tall, transformed into a lifelike clay sculpture with a dignified and noble temperament, standing on the ground.

This astonishing scene left the children speechless and bewildered.

But the chilling atmosphere in the classroom did indeed disappear, leaving all the children feeling warm and cozy, like basking in the sun.

After a moment of silence, a girl hesitated before stepping forward, bowing her head to the two-foot-tall clay sculpture, and timidly saying thank you.

Next, a boy came up and, mimicking the gesture of the two-foot-tall boy, put his hands together and said thank you.

"Thank you."

"Thank you, we misunderstood you before..."

"Thank you, big sister..."

In an instant, the children's heartfelt gratitude filled the classroom, which had been temporarily isolated from the world by two feet.

This scene is playing out all over Asahikawa City.

Whether others believe it or not, Er Chi is nothing more than a clay sculpture, carving out undisturbed havens in the darkness.

Her strength gradually diminished, but she could also feel her "Aura of Tribulation" slowly increasing.

—Because she took the initiative to accept the calamity.

Once the events in Asahikawa City are over, that is, once the "calamity" is completely over, the aura of protection will be greatly enhanced.

Following the previous communication with Uesugi Tetsu, the thumb-sized two-foot-tall creature sped to the tops of the trees surrounding Shiratsu Shrine.

This clone, which runs fast but has no combat ability, is here to observe the changes in the palace priest.

Er Chi's gaze swept over the shrine maiden at the foot of the mountain, who had transformed into a twisted, purplish-black mass of flesh. Having not personally experienced the previous cycle, she did not recognize her.

However, there is no priest in the mountains of Shiratsu Shrine.

After circling around for a while, Erchi finally noticed from a distance that Gongsi had grown to several meters tall, but his entire body was so pale that he looked almost like a corpse.

The palace guards were slaughtering the false people with their bare hands.

However, he killed them slowly and in small numbers. Moreover, if he couldn't kill the fake humans instantly, they would tear off their skin and start to fight back, which would make the killing even slower.

This scene was completely different from the "previous timeline" that Uesugi Tetsu had previously told her about.

Nishiki informed Uesugi Tetsuya of the situation.

After a short wait, Uesugi Tetsu's voice resonated in my heart: "There are two differences. First, we contacted the priest in advance, and second, it's the human head lantern."

"I've killed most of the human head lanterns, and now the sky is empty."

"But it doesn't matter. The Palace Master isn't very strong and can't kill many fake people. Erchi, you just keep an eye on him for now."

"—I understand."

……

time flies.

Along the way, Uesugi Tetsuya communicated with Nisha, Karuta, and the completely subdued Kuro, refining their plan for waiting for the blood moon to appear.

Suddenly, Uesugi Tetsu felt Kujo Machi begin to tremble inexplicably in the room.

He used his inner energy to suppress Kujo Machi and Chisa, who were about to speak, and looked up out the window—

Above the sky, black chains crisscrossed from the pale corpses, but they were already cracked and almost broke.

The originally dark eye sockets of the palace priest's corpse were now mostly filled with blood.

Perhaps in just a few minutes, the "blood moon" will once again reign over Asahikawa City.

Uesugi Tetsuya didn't wait any longer and took the black book out of his storage bag.

In an instant, Blood Moon's gaze fell precisely down from the sky.

The black book suddenly began to shake violently.

However, due to the combined resistance of Uesugi Tetsuya, Karuta, and Black Book himself, and because Blood Moon is currently occupying the corpse of the priest and cannot be completely free at the critical moment, the situation is as follows.

For a time, Blood Moon was unable to seize the Black Book.

But the next moment, Blood Moon, which was about to seize the corpse of the palace priest, suddenly broke free from the corpse.

Even so, we must seize control of the Black Man's Book!

This time, the black book could no longer resist and flew out of the window, wobbling slightly.

A soft red light enveloped the black book, and it was about to turn its pages, just as it had done with Kuryudo when he "explored possibilities," to make a favorable prophecy about the blood moon.

The exact same blood-red prophecy slowly appeared above the yellowed pages—

July 30, 2009 (Gregorian calendar)
Having slain countless monstrous beings, and having once locked eyes with his father, the mysterious "savior" reappeared in Asahikawa.
He was not a demon, but he was burdened with the mission of "Thousand Eyes".
He encountered the "Daughter of Enma"...

However, the black book only had time to recount the facts that had already occurred before its sentences suddenly went blank.

Uesugi Tetsu grinned.

Then all the text on the pages faded quickly, as if it had been forcibly erased.

Then, lines of black and red lettering, many times darker and exuding an aura that inspired awe and dread, appeared one by one—

July 30, 2009 (Gregorian calendar)
Blessed by the great Lord Mojin, he slew all the fierce and treacherous creatures.

Soon after, Uesugi Tetsuya, having defeated and taken possession of the "corpse of the first chief priest of Shiratsu Shrine," the "Heavenly Soul Lock," and the "Eye of the Evil God," will once again reign supreme over Asahikawa City like lightning...

At that moment, the blood-red light that enveloped the entire city of Asahikawa suddenly flickered twice.

Even through the corpses, chains, and vast distance, Uesugi Tetsu could clearly sense Blood Moon's astonishment and unease.

But the prophecies in the Black Book did not cease despite the unease of the blood moon.

(End of this chapter)