I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 415 Heavenly Path Progress: 96%! The Tsuneshige Imagawa family is offering a large reward for your services. Uesugi-kun, have you made any progress?

A familiar yet long-unseen sun hangs in the sky above Asahikawa City.

The thick darkness and low murmurs of the night are gone.

The ordinary people, protected by the two-foot-tall clay sculptures, were still staring blankly outside, completely unaware of what was happening.

Is this... the end?

Even more shocked and speechless than them was Kujo Makichi.

"Gone... They've all really disappeared...!"

Kujo Machi even pressed his entire face against the transparent window in excitement, just to get the best view.

However, in her line of sight, apart from the corpse that had already been dismembered into hundreds of pieces by Uesugi Tetsuya and the motionless broken chains, there was nothing else.

All the other ghosts have vanished... not even one can be seen!

Even those deceitful people who were supposed to be wary of have all disappeared without a trace.

—She witnessed those majestic and dazzling thunder dragons blast them to pieces!
Kujo Machi couldn't remember the last time she had seen such a "clean" world; her memories of it were so hazy they were almost imperceptible.

"Great!"

Behind Kujo Machi, Chisa raised her hands and cheered loudly: "As expected of Master and Sister Nichi, they really defeated these evil villains! Yay!"

She turned around blankly to look at Chisa, who was cheering unabashedly. After a moment of stunned silence, she also raised her hands and cheered loudly.

"Yay! Yay! Yay!"

Facing the gleaming sun, Kujo Machi raised her hands, and clear tears streamed uncontrollably from the sides of her eyes.

As she shouted, her voice began to choke with sobs, and she easily lifted Chisa high with both hands and cheered many times.

Then, incredibly excited, he ran out of the room, went downstairs, opened the door, and found his mother, wanting to share his joy.

To everyone's astonishment, Kujo Machi made the following discovery.

Mom... I was just woken up by her.

"What's all the noise about! What time is it?!"

Still a bit dazed from being hit by the pillow, Kujo Machi looked at his mother, who was yawning on the bed, and didn't know what to say.

Are you suggesting she say something like the battle between the Heavenly Buddha Statue and the Blood Moon, or the Great Yin-Yang Master using lightning magic to destroy all the monsters in the city?
Kujo Machi stared blankly into thought.

"My mom was able to sleep through all that noise last night... She really has an incredibly strong heart."

Then, laughing heartily, she wiped her tears with her pillow, tilted her head back, and ran upstairs, still laughing.
"No wonder she gave birth to me, her mindset is truly extraordinary!"

Back in his room, Kujo Machi sat down again and, after savoring the moment, realized with absolute certainty that Uesugi Tetsuya and his shikigami, Nishaku, were truly great masters.

To say they can turn their hands to make clouds or rain would be an understatement.

Once he relaxed, Kujo Machi started having random thoughts.

But after thinking it over and over, I can't help but think of one question.

What should she do after this?
The sky above Asahikawa City.

After truly binding the extremely weak Blood Moon into his body with a secret incantation, Er Chi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely weak.

Ignoring the evil thoughts and ramblings that kept surfacing in her mind, she slowly walked and picked up the black book with its bright red cover that was floating towards her.

Erchi opened the black book, staring at the slightly reddish pages. Just as he was about to speak, two powerful black and red characters appeared on the cover.

【loyalty!】

Erchi blinked, grinned at the black book, then closed it, preparing to return it to Geliuduo later.

After resting for a moment, Erchi rushed back to Kujo Machi's room—first to check if she and Chisa were alright.

As soon as Erchi saw the two women in their entirety and was about to speak, he noticed that their eyes were filled with intense wariness.

Especially Kujo Machi, whose pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints, almost as small as Hakimi about to exhale, just short of activating his Spinosaurus form.

Seeing this, Erchi asked a question, somewhat puzzled.
"what happened?"

Kujo Machi remained silent.

Chisa didn't say anything, but simply pointed to the mirror next to her.

The two-foot-tall man looked in the mirror and saw that his own eyes were bloodshot, filled with evil thoughts that seemed to be overflowing at all times.

This scene startled her slightly, as she thought the blood moon was about to strike again.

A moment later, she realized.

It turned out to be the case.

Nichi closed his eyes, and the sticky, malice that had terrified Kujo Machi and Chisa vanished.

She said, "Don't be afraid, it's just a little bit suppressing the side effects of the blood moon."

After all, the eyes are the windows to the soul, and even though the Blood Moon, which is the [Eye of the Evil God], has been completely absorbed into Erchi's body, it has not yet been completely refined.

In addition, since Erchi Yisheng used most of his strength to suppress the Blood Moon, he naturally didn't notice this small detail.

No matter how weak or vulnerable the Blood Moon may be, its essence still originates from an ancient deity relative to her.

Logically speaking, this is not someone she should be able to come into contact with at this stage.

Therefore, refining it is naturally extremely difficult.

"However, if there are enough offerings and prayers..."

In Er Chi's slightly chaotic mind, thoughts arose and fell: "With the addition of the Amoghasiddhi Mani Offering Mantra, the time required to refine it will be greatly shortened."

She grabbed a piece of black cloth from the room and blindfolded herself, then asked the two women, "This should be alright, right?"

Chisa nodded at first, then, noticing that Erchi seemed to be invisible, she quickly spoke up.
"It's alright, Sister Erchi, you're completely fine!"

Erchi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Qiansha. Even with my eyes covered, I can still 'see' this world."

Chisa nodded again upon hearing this.

The girl hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Um, Sister Erchi... where is Master?"

She had seen and heard it from outside the window.

That's why she hesitated, and why she was afraid to utter the ending she didn't want to hear from Erchi's mouth.

Even so, Chisa still mustered up the courage to ask the question.

But to everyone's surprise, Erchi waved his hand casually and said in a nonchalant tone, "Lord Che's body is a bit overworked, and he will probably need to rest for a while before he comes back."

Chisa paused, fearing it was some kind of lie like "turning into a star in the sky," and instinctively pressed for an answer.

"How long will it take to recover?"

"one day?"

Recalling the time when Uesugi Tetsuya often had his head chopped off by wild monsters on the roadside, Erchi confidently stated that this time.

Upon hearing this, Chisa and Kujo Machi both breathed a sigh of relief.

……

In the present world, in Hokkaido.

Feeling quite weak, Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes in a secluded place and saw the sun setting in the sky.

He bared his teeth.

The feeling of dying this time... is much worse than being beheaded by some Sengoku ronin or katanashi.

The all-out attack of the Blood Moon of the Evil God is not something that just anyone can absorb.

After sitting there for several minutes to catch his breath, Uesugi Tetsuya finally opened the panel and found that all the missions related to the Asahikawa City area were showing the message "[Settling in progress]".

No exceptions.

"Is there a bug?"

Uesugi Tetsu opened the panel several times, but found that the prompts remained unchanged.

It may be because people are no longer in the area.

In that case, the settlement will probably have to wait until he returns to Asahikawa City tomorrow.

Anyway, the Palace Master's corpse, the Heavenly Soul Lock, and the Blood Moon have all been subdued by him and Erchi using different methods, so there's no rush. Let's see how things change in the Heavenly Path.

Uesugi Tetsu opened the panel of Hyakume Tento, his eyes brightening slightly, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought."

[A Witness to the Changing World]

[Current Trial Progress: 63.78% → Current Trial Progress: 96.22%!]

After nearly completing the Asahikawa City area, Hyakume's journey suddenly came to an end.

Just as he had thought before—if one were to simply stand on a stone and observe the changing world without doing anything, it would naturally take hundreds of years to travel the heavenly path.

However, if one witnesses and experiences some major events, then only a few things are needed to fill this seemingly endless journey.

"Heavenly Path, Ghosts and Gods, Thousand Eyes..."

Uesugi Tetsuya paused for a moment when he thought of "Chikage".

It's unknown what kind of magic the [Thousand Eyes] possesses, which once caused a great disaster and still evokes fear in Sheng Hai to this day.

Soon, I might be able to experience it for myself.

In addition, the proficiency in several commonly used skills has also increased significantly.

The corpse of the palace priest is indeed a good punching bag for gaining experience.

[Natural Mind-Body Flow (Master 3001/30000) → Natural Mind-Body Flow (Master 4201/30000)]

[Spirit Control Technique - Qi (Grandmaster 5122/20000) → Spirit Control Technique - Qi (Grandmaster 6011/20000)]

[Five Thunder Techniques - Qi Harmony (Master 9512/11200) → Five Thunder Techniques - Qi Harmony (Master 10799/11200)]

Among them, the Five Thunder Technique is just a few hundred points away from breaking through the Grandmaster level.

At that time, with the combination of the Grandmaster-level Five Thunder Technique and the Spirit Control Technique, plus his transformation into the Thousand-Eyed Ghost God, it's unknown how terrifying the thunder he will be able to unleash.

Uesugi Tetsuya was just indulging in a little daydream when he couldn't help but smile.

After that, the limit break value naturally reached its maximum, allowing Uesugi Tetsu to use the limit break state again.

[Current limit exceeded: 100/100]

【Palace of Flesh: The Treasure of the Sea God】

[Hidden Treasure Development Progress: 7% → 8%]

As for the development rate of the Sea of ​​Calamity's treasure increased by 1%, Uesugi Tetsu himself didn't feel it much—the fire on the physical spirit was a little bigger, but there was no fundamental change.

By the way, I wonder if the Heavenly Soul Lock has changed...

Uesugi Tetsu tried to communicate with the Second Master using his heartstrings, and after a while, he found that he was able to connect despite the barrier of the mortal world.

Although extremely vague, it should be possible to convey some equally vague "words".

Uesugi Tetsu conveyed his question.

Not long after, we heard "No problem" from the Second Master's side.

That's fine.

Seeing that the last remaining hidden danger had disappeared, Uesugi Tetsuya felt a sense of relief.

He took out his fully charged phone, and before he even logged into Line, he saw the good news that Shizuma Manatsu had sent him: "The City of Fake People has disappeared."

[Tsuki-suna-chan: Oh? Tell me more?]

Shizuma Manatsu, who was probably sitting in front of the computer, typing away on the keyboard, naturally replied instantly.

[Shizuma Manatsu (currently residing in Hokkaido): Saying it disappeared might be a bit inaccurate. Judging from the scene, there were only ruins of a city; there were no living people or anything else present.]

[Shizuma Manatsu (currently residing in Hokkaido): However, the investigators encountered no problems entering areas that were originally off-limits.]

[Tsuki-suna-chan: What about the previous investigators? Did they find anything?]

[Shizuma Manatsu (currently residing in Hokkaido): Didn't find a single one... Disappointed.jpg]

Uesugi Tetsu knew that those investigators had probably all become Blood Moon, or some other kind of monster's food.

pity.

[Tsuki-suna-chan: That's all for now. I'll tell you more when I come to the Special Affairs Department later.]

[Shizuma Manatsu (currently residing in Hokkaido): Okay! Thanks for your hard work, Uesugi-kun!]

After saying goodbye to Shizuma Manatsu with an emoji, Uesugi Tetsu's phone vibrated slightly again.

[Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Manami: That feels great! You just showed up and cut 90% of the work I had related to the City of False Humans.]

Nanjo Manami then sent several champagne popping emojis.

Uesugi Tetsu smiled.

[Moon Sand Sauce: Was there a victory celebration party?]

There was a moment of silence on the other end.

Then, a whole host of follow-up work arrangements, personnel transfers, meetings of all sizes, and piles of reports were sent in the form of documents and pictures.

The sheer volume of work made Suguru's eyes twitch – what happened to the saying that the higher the rank, the easier the job?
[Yin Yang Da Yun · Nanjo Aimi: Heh, if you discovered that cows and horses that don't eat grass can run at the speed of a thoroughbred, and even kick anyone who gets in their way halfway through, wouldn't you exploit them?]

[Tsuki-suna-chan: I need a dozen of these bulls and horses!]

Nanjo Manami, of course, didn't tolerate Uesugi Tetsuya's behavior. She sent him a dozen boxing emojis, intending to beat him black and blue from afar.

[Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Manami: You're making me so angry... Oh well, I'll have some official leave soon, so I can enjoy a nice, fully-funded trip.]

[Moon Sand Sauce: Let me explain in detail.]

[Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Manami: Rather than going into details about this mundane publicly funded trip, I'd like you, Uesugi-kun, to explain—the Imagawa family of Tokoyo is offering a hefty sum to find your head, do you have any leads?]

[Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Manami: I'm actually quite curious, Uesugi-kun, how did you manage to cause such a major problem from so far away? Please explain in detail so I can learn from you.]

[Tsuki-suna-chan: The Imagawa family?]

With a powerful mindset that has already achieved unification and is moving towards the sword heart, Uesugi Tetsu replied calmly.

[Tsukisuna-chan: Nanjo-nee, you know me. I've never been to the Otherworld or come into contact with these strange forces.]

[Portrait of Nanjo Ai-mi, the Grand Master of Yin and Yang.jpg]

[Yin Yang Da Yun - Nanjo Manami: Just tell me if this is you or not! (Sneer.gif)]

Gazing at the black-and-white portrait of himself, which bore a striking resemblance to Imagawa Yoshimoto—a portrait of him dressed in his everyday clothes during the Sengoku period—Uesugi Tetsu's brow twitched involuntarily.

He glanced at the astonishing reward displayed alongside the "heavy money" and thought with considerable interest, "If I were to report myself, would I get a reward?"

Uesugi Tetsuya pondered for a moment longer.

Instead of continuing to deny it outright, he took this opportunity to subtly probe Nanjo Manami.

[Tsuki-suna-chan: This Tokoyo Imagawa clan, is it the famous Imagawa Yoshimoto from the Sengoku period? How are they doing? How much of a threat are they?]

This time, it was Nanjo Manami who remained silent.

It took her a while to reply to the message.

[Yin Yang Taisuke - Nanjo Manami: Dividing the World in Two.]

Uesugi Tetsu frowned. He had already given Imagawa Yoshimoto a power boost, so how come he was only able to rival Oda?

【Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Ai-mi: On one side is the Imagawa clan, and on the other side, all the daimyo of the Sengoku period combined could barely put up a fight against them.

Moreover, Imagawa Yoshimoto, the head of the Imagawa clan, has already conquered considerable territory in the surrounding areas over several eras, and now he is showing signs of being revered as the "ruler of the realm" throughout the entire Sengoku period.

This time, Uesugi Tetsu's lips finally curled into a happy smile.

This is right.

As expected of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

[Tsuki-suna-chan: Wow! That's amazing! We'd better be careful...]

[Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Ai: Oh right, besides that, the Kisaragi Train is also plastered with your portrait. When did you get your endorsement fee? Aren't you going to give me half?]

Uesugi Tetsuya, holding his phone, froze for a moment.

Despite it being the middle of summer, he suddenly felt a chilling gaze that seemed to come from nowhere, and there were more than one... that sent shivers down his spine.

(End of this chapter)