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Chapter 97: The Transformation Box Filled with Soul Ashes (5k, please subscribe!)
Uesugi Tetsu took out the silly-looking doll.

Immediately afterwards, after the extremely subtle sound of the thread breaking, a familiar scent of white musk mixed with tobacco mint lingered around Uesugi Che's nose.

——Nanjo-san? !
Uesugi Tetsu's heart was shocked. Before he could understand what had happened to the doll, the sticky and warm darkness had already merged into his shadow.

Then, there is no difference between each other.

In an instant, Uesugi Tetsu felt someone hugging him tightly from behind, and a soft voice that sounded like an auditory hallucination rang in his ears:

"You hang me by the door every day to warn against that monster, and you still haven't remembered it after all this time. I'm so lonely and sad all by myself, sister..."

He looked at the doll in his hand again and found that there was a crack on its forehead as thick as a finger.

Uesugi Tetsu remembered the effect notes of Nanjo Doll——

[After using it, "Nanjo Aimi" will immediately appear behind you. ]

That voice, almost identical to Nanjo Aimi's, but more charming and gentle, once again entered Uesugi Tetsu's ears:

"Don't worry, I'm behind you."

——In the gap between the buildings, Nue, who had been watching the three people under the street light, hummed in confusion.

"Why do I suddenly feel uneasy?"

It keeps moving at various tricky points, relying on its powerful recovery ability to squeeze out the bullets in the muscles, and then stop the bleeding and heal the cut wounds.

"Tsk, that's all."

Nue thought indifferently, "The living can die, but the Transformation Box must be retrieved. These few people and the one-star Shikigami will fill the void left by the Soul Ashes tonight."

otherwise……

Nue's body suddenly shuddered.

If it fails to hand over a sufficient amount of soul ashes by the deadline, no matter where it escapes to, it will definitely be found and captured by the Lords as a warning to others.

Nue had witnessed such tragic consequences once before.

And when the "wave" comes, the first to be cleansed will definitely be the helpless and lone demon like it.

Nue Mo sucked his teeth and said, "So this letter of allegiance to the Demon Guild must be submitted beautifully and perfectly..."

After silently putting the doll back into his pocket, Uesugi Tetsu pretended nothing had happened and did not respond to the doubts of the two people beside him.

He held Kaga Kiyomitsu tightly and suddenly raised his eyes——

coming!

At the junction of dim light and darkness, Nue was running on all fours, rushing towards them at a high speed as if flying close to the ground.

The bloody wind was howling, and Uesugi Che could tell from the murderous eyes that the other party's target was him!
The sharp claws rubbed against the concrete ground, producing a series of sparks. The Nue was still running in the middle of the road the previous moment, and the next moment it had arrived in front of Uesugi Che with an unparalleled hurricane.

Uesugi Che just held the knife, his pupils slightly shrank, as if he had not yet reacted to Nue's terrifying speed.

A triumphant laugh appeared on Nue's ferocious monkey face.

It thrust out sharp claws and a long tail from above and below simultaneously—except for the three inexplicable slashes from the girl earlier, there was no other way to prevent it.

From this critical moment, the shadow under Uesugi Che's feet suddenly expanded wildly and rolled as if boiling.

Dozens of sticky shadow hands flew up and tightly wrapped around the key joints of Nue's body, causing its sharp claws that could cut through iron like mud to stiffen one centimeter in front of Uesugi Che's pupils.

But this one centimeter is like an insurmountable chasm!
The Nue, who was forcibly fixed in mid-air, continued to increase the output of his physical strength, and his tiger-like limbs flapped and tore with difficulty.

The shadow hands were constantly being torn apart and crushed, but more and more shadow hands emerged from the spreading darkness.

Nue only felt that his whole body was being locked tighter and tighter.

The shadow swelled and boiled, like an invisible giant hand strangling Nue's neck, making it unable to breathe.

A trace of fear finally appeared on the ferocious ape's face: "Damn it! What on earth did you do!?"

Uesugi Tetsu had no intention of talking to a dead person... no, it should be said that he was talking to a dead demon.

He just swung the knife silently.

Kaga Kiyomitsu's blade reflected the twitching ferocious ape face.

At the moment the blade fell, Uesugi Tetsu replaced "ghosts and gods (weak)" with "greed, anger, and ignorance (weak)".

Then Kaga Kiyomitsu tore apart half of Nue's body like cutting open an empty skin bag——

The crisp sound of the blade hitting the ground echoed, and Uesugi Tetsu could clearly feel that the feel of the second half of the sword was completely different.

Just before the moment when his heart and lungs were about to be cut open, the slight resistance that could still be felt disappeared.

Failed again?

Uesugi Che looked up and saw that among the dozens or hundreds of shadow hands, there was only a bloody skin bag left.

The real Nue had already escaped into the darkness, leaving a trail of blood on the ground, and was desperately fleeing into the distance with the help of the wind that suddenly arose.

"Run away."

A long sigh echoed in the empty alley, causing Shizuma Mafuyu, who was half lying on the ground, to turn her head in confusion.

Then, she saw the rolling shadows under Uesugi Tetsu's feet gradually subside, and the dazzling shadow hands gathered in the same direction, finally forming the person she would never mistake.

"——Nanjo-sama!?"

No, that's not right.

Shizuma Manfuyu immediately realized that the Nanjo Aimi she knew would never show such a smile as if she wanted to devour people and such an evil temperament.

In front of Uesugi Tetsu, the "Nanjo Aimi" dressed in black cast a glance at her and smiled knowingly: "It's that little follower."

Then she turned her eyes and looked down at Shangshan Che, gently lifting his chin with her hand: "Give the order, let me go and capture that ignorant demon."

Uesugi Tetsu gently brushed away the warm shadow hand and asked, "Can you do it?"

Nanjo Aimi gave a devilish smile: "It's easy."

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the top of her head for a while: "What's your name?"

"Just the shadow girl." The shadow girl stepped on the shadow of Uesugi Tetsu, "Or, you can treat me as Aishi's meal replacement."

——【Shadow Girl (Remains) (2.5 Stars)】

Nanjo-sister's Shikigami is unexpectedly powerful. The shadow girl who appears in front of her is probably only partially capable of reaching the strength of two and a half stars.

"Well then, Miss Shadow Girl."

Uesugi Tetsu said to her, "Could you please look after Ririko and Ms. Shizuma here?"

Yingnu put her hand on his shoulder in dissatisfaction and asked in a bad tone, "Where's that demon? Did we just let it get away like that? I won't be able to explain this to Aishi."

"I'll kill him."

Uesugi Tetsu waved his hand to call over Nishaku-sama: "Has the curse been cast?"

Erchiku-sama nodded, "The target is moving quickly."

After finishing speaking, Uesugi Tetsu could clearly feel the shadow girl's eyes wandering around his face, and finally heard her chuckle.
"Little ghost, I won't be responsible if your sister dies."

After saying that, the shadow girl moved her toes away from Uesugi Tetsu's shadow, making his body feel lighter instantly.

The shadow girl's body melted away again, merging into the shadows of Ririkko and Shizuma Mafuyu respectively.

"Go ahead, I'm here."

Uesugi Toru nodded silently, and led Ershaku-sama away from Lilizi's sight.

After Uesugi Tetsu walked away, Lilizi asked calmly, "With your power, you obviously don't need to ask for his opinion. Why did you let him take the risk?"

Shadows swirled, and a sinister yet cold voice rang out: "A shikigami obeys the orders of his master, even if he is only my temporary master. Is this strange?"

"Ms. Yingnu, there's no point in telling lies." Lilizi closed her eyes.

The shadow paused for a moment, then emitted a tone of considerable interest.

"Same eyesight as Kamiizumi, interesting."

……

The reason why Uesugi Tetsu chose to hunt down Nue alone was simple.

——Let me enjoy the experience alone!
If Shadow Girl were to chase the escaped Nue in the middle of the night, the success rate would naturally be extremely high, but in that case, the soul ash box containing a large amount of soul ashes would not fall into her hands.

On the dim street, Ershaku-sama, who was held by Uesugi Tetsu, reminded: "Master Che, the target stopped two minutes ago. It is on the fifth floor of the third residential building in front of the left." Uesugi Tetsu, who had already transformed into Prajna, looked around and found that the street was unexpectedly quiet. No house turned on the lights at night.

Just like what happened just now, even though Shizuma Manfuyu's gunshots were heard from far away, no residents in the surrounding area were awakened.

Were they also harvested by living beings with the Soul Ash Box?

The bloody smell of the Nue in the air was extremely strong, no matter where it was, as if it was spread intentionally so that the direction of escape could not be determined by the smell.

Unfortunately, this trick is useless against Erchidang who can accurately locate objects from a distance.

"Well, let's kill it while it's still sick."

After putting away Ershaku-sama, Uesugi Tetsu shuttled through the densely packed apartment buildings like a ghost, and in a few seconds he arrived at the fifth floor of the apartment building that Ershaku mentioned.

When Uesugi Che lay on the wall, he was shocked to find that there was a room on the fifth floor with lights on.

He peeked out from the side without curtains and found that even at three or four in the morning, the hooded boy in front of the desk was still studying hard.

Judging from the question, it seems like you are solving a system of quadratic equations.

"Since when have junior high school students become so frivolous..."

Uesugi Che complained in his heart, and when he was about to check the remaining rooms, he inexplicably felt a sense of incongruity.

He remembered the formula in the boy's homework book.

——Because the problem was clearly about solving a quadratic equation, but the boy wrote only trigonometric formulas about sin and cos!
Something is wrong, take another look.

Uesugi Tetsu leaned forward again and confirmed his guess - not only was the solution to the problem irrelevant, the boy was even writing "sos" frantically on his homework book.

He squinted his eyes and glanced around the window as far as he could see, but he didn't find anything unusual, not even a trace of blood.

But the windows and doors were all tightly closed and locked, and the curtains were only half covered...

So, what's going on with the corners of the work that keep shaking in the wind?

Uesugi Che already understood it in his heart.

He leaned against the wall of the apartment building and took a deep breath almost silently.

Then, it crashed into the boy's room like a cannonball.

Amidst the shattering glass fragments, the indifferent Prajna exchanged glances with the bloody and ferocious ape that was leaning against the wall and gasping for breath.

"They only sent a mere one-star Prajna to hunt me down." Nue couldn't help but sneer, "I've really been underestimated."

"Don't talk too much, you dead demon."

Uesugi Tetsu first used his body to block the weak claw of Nue, then grabbed the boy's collar and threw him out of the door.

"Get out of here, little brat!"

The young man screamed and broke through the thin wooden door and rolled into the living room. Uesugi Tetsu felt his body tense due to the injury and smiled grimly.
"That's it?"

Just as Nue was about to smash the wall behind him to continue escaping, he saw the sword at Prajna's waist.

——Vermilion scabbard!
This was the Onmyoji who had just summoned those shadow hands, and not the Shikigami Prajna who was sent to hunt it down!
The Nue instantly revealed an extremely violent look. It knew that it had no way to escape. Perhaps those strange shadow hands were waiting for it to escape in a panic and then strangle it from the darkness.

The only way to survive is to kill the Onmyoji disguised as Prajna in front of him in a very short time!
Your life or death will be decided in the next few seconds!
After realizing this, the Nue let out a roar far more ferocious than that of a lion or tiger, and pounced forward with its bare skin.

The sharp claws rushed forward from the left and right, tearing the bed boards into pieces along the way, and the long snake tail had even circled around Uesugi Tetsu's back at some point, stabbing straight towards his heart.

The bones and wounds on Nue's body that had not yet healed had all cracked due to the sudden force, and blood was spurting out. The scene was as bizarre as it could be.

In this small room of only a dozen square meters, where many miscellaneous items were placed, even Kaga Kiyomizu in Uesugi Tetsu's hand seemed a little too long.

This fatal three-hit series is almost impossible to resist.

"Well done!"

But Uesugi Tetsu shouted loudly, and with his 270° vision, he could see all of Nue's little movements.

Since the other party had bet everything at the beginning, there was no need for him to hold back.

The corona energy that had been suppressed and accumulated in the body exploded with a bang, instantly raising the air temperature in the small room by several degrees.

Coronal Breathing, Form Five!
Uesugi Tetsu used the handle of his sword to knock away one of Nue's claws at an almost lightning speed, and then used the huge recoil force to flip the blade and cut off the claw that was attacking from the other side like cutting paper.

Natural Rishin-ryu Tiger Tail Sword!

The hot blood spurting out from Nue's arm obscured Uesugi Tetsu's vision.

But the next moment, the bloody ape's huge mouth had already smashed the blood curtain, and the fierce fishy wind blocked Uesugi Che's mouth and nose, causing his breathing method to stagnate.

"it is good!"

In the void, tiny lightning struck, causing the snake's tail that was attacking suddenly to pause.

Uesugi Tetsu then shifted his body, allowing the sharp tip of the tail to pass through his armpit, only taking away a piece of flesh that did not hurt at all.

But the ferocious ape's huge mouth had already arrived, and its sharp teeth were about to bite Uesugi Che's throat!
"Want to eat? I'll let you eat as much as you want!"

Prajna grinned and let go of Kaga Kiyomizu at this most critical moment.

Then, he forcibly stuffed his left arm into the Nue's mouth.

All the way, straight to Huanglong!

With the help of greed, anger and ignorance, Uesugi Tetsu's arm was like a red-hot iron. In just a moment, it smashed most of Nue's teeth and then easily dissolved the flesh and blood in its body.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Feeling the situation inside his body, Nue became more and more frightened and angry, waving his sharp claws and leaving deep and shallow blood marks on Uesugi Che's body.

Some of the wounds were so deep that the bones were visible, but this Yin-Yang Master didn't show any emotional fluctuations that a human should have!
The more frightened it was and the more harm it caused to Uesugi Tetsu, the more it felt that the arm that almost crushed its neck became hotter and more powerful!
"You are not human... Damn it! What grudge do you, Prajna, have against me?" Nue's struggles began to weaken.

Its throat had been completely burned, making it unable to make any sound. It could only use its ability to control the wind to emit subtle vibrations: "As a fellow demon, why do you help those humans..."

Uesugi Tetsu, who had witnessed his physical fitness break through the 60 mark, did not respond. He just picked up Kaga Kiyomitsu beside him and asked, "Last words?"

Nue stared into the pair of black eyes that showed no joy or sorrow, and finally felt the fear from the bottom of his heart.

The way Prajna looked at it was as if he was looking at an object, not an enemy or a fellow tribesman.

It had clearly felt this kind of gaze when it was kneeling under the round table.

"You are... you are the leader of the Demon Guidance Association..." Nue let out a miserable, vague laugh, "I can't even fulfill such a simple request... it's really..."

stab.

Kaga Kiyomitsu swung his sword and completely cut off the Nue's slender neck.

"Too many words."

Uesugi Che pulled out his left arm, which was full of pits and dents corroded by stomach acid. He looked at the curious appearance of his arm and couldn't help but twitch his mouth. He poured the remaining drop of awakening mist into his mouth.

Demon Guidance Association, Lord...

What kind of organization and force is this in the ordinary world?
Tsk, this world is really getting more and more chaotic. When the tide rises, all kinds of monsters and demons come out from the dark corners.

Uesugi Che glanced at the young man he had thrown into the living room. After confirming that the young man had called an ambulance and was not in immediate danger of life, he carried Nue's body and left.

Feeling his body gradually recovering from his injuries, Uesugi Tetsu first found an empty alley, took a deep breath, and opened the prompt.

——Let the Demon Director Association and the like go to hell!

[You killed the severely injured two-star half-demon "Nue" and obtained 262 soul ash!]

[You used Kaga Kiyomitsu·Imitation to kill "Nue", and the quality of Kaga Kiyomitsu·Imitation has been slightly improved.]

[Your skill, Corona Breathing proficiency +107! ]

[Your skill, Natural Rational Flow proficiency +92! ]

【You have obtained the Heart of Nue! 】

[You have obtained a transformation box filled with soul ashes (special item)! ]

This is it!

Uesugi Che immediately took out the soul ash conversion box and felt a heavier weight in his hand that was different from before.

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