I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

"what?"

Inoue Ueya didn't react for a moment. While he was trying to understand what Hanako said, he was dragged out by Iwanaga Kotoko and walked out of the Nura Group mansion under the gaze of Nura Rikuo...

Nura Rikuo looked at the man and woman who gradually disappeared from his sight, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"I never thought they'd actually intervene to stop the conflict between Nura and Shikoku, and immediately came up with a more peaceful solution. Is this the God of Wisdom that Grandpa often mentioned, and that the monsters so respect?"

Although my companion's personality is a bit peculiar...

I guess he's some kind of legendary figure, so it's normal for him to be a little weird, right?

【Tsk, too late! 】

Then, a ball of red light appeared out of nowhere and instantly merged into Inoue Ueya's body.

With his head erect and his eyes turning scarlet, "Inoue Ueya" broke free from Iwanaga Kotoko's hand and walked in front of Nura Rikuo.

"Hey, give me that 'Certificate of Domination'!"

"M-Mother?"

Going back to the preface, the change in this personality is too big, could it be that he has become a demon?

Just like when you become a Nurarihyon?

Why would a boy call himself "old lady"?

Nura Rikuo looked at Inoue Ueya, who had suddenly become a different person, and his mind was full of questions.

"Stop talking nonsense and just hand it over to me!"

As he said this, Inoue Ueya, who was becoming impatient, grabbed Nura Rikuo's shoulders and shook him back and forth.

[Hey, don't do this with Mr. Inoue's body! ]

"Give it to me, I'll give it to you!"

Originally, the Nura clan planned to use the hilt as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Demons Night Parade, but after everyone discussed it, they all came to the conclusion that this "Certificate of Domination" was most likely a fake.

If the Certificate of Domination was really something valuable, there was no way the other party would have left it in an unattended place. It was more likely that he would have carried it with him.

Anyway, it would be destroyed sooner or later if it was kept at home. Although Nura Rikuo didn't know why "Inoue Ueya" wanted the hilt, he finally gave it to him.

A moment later, Inoue Ueya followed Iwanaga Kotoko out of the Nura clan mansion again, holding the handle of the "Devil's Hammer" that he had asked Nura Rikuo for.

It was a pity that Iwanaga Kotoko interrupted what he wanted to ask.

After Inoue Ueya was freed from the possession, he saw the embarrassed expression on Iwanaga Kotoko's face and he didn't dare to ask any more questions. So before leaving, he still didn't ask Nura Rikuo about the truth about the back of Nura's head.

"Really? This kind of question should be answered by myself. What he said doesn't seem real..."

"Well, that's true..."

Even if Nura Rikuo directly told him the answer, as long as he didn't verify the answer himself, it would still be a Schrödinger's problem. Anyway, this is not the only chance. At worst, he could take Mary and sneak over to study it while the Nura group was fighting with the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Demons Night Parade.

"Is this my illusion? I always feel like you, Ueya-kun, are planning something strange..." Iwanaga Kotoko frowned and looked at Inoue Ueya with suspicion.

Inoue Ue also shook his head.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Does Mr. Inoue look like that?"

Iwanaga Kotoko thought for a while, then suddenly fell silent. She stopped talking and walked forward silently.

"Wait, what does this reaction mean?"

Inoue Ueya quickened his pace and walked from behind Iwanaga Kotoko to her side.

[Oh wow, it seems the legendary God of Wisdom has given up on making fun of Inoue's personality.]

"Huh? It's because of you, Hanako, that you used my body so recklessly that Kotoko and I got looked at strangely by the monsters of the Nura clan..."

After this incident, there shouldn't be any strange rumors about "the companion of the God of Wisdom is a bad boy, and the young master of the Nura clan is being blackmailed by him", right?

A ball of red light left Inoue Ueya's body, and Natsukawa Hanako suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.

"Stop talking nonsense. Next, we're going to look for the monsters in Shikoku, right? We didn't find them yesterday, so today I'm going to make a scene!"

Hearing Hanako's voice, Inoue Ueya finally felt relieved.

This bad girl seemed to have returned to her normal self. After meeting Aojizang yesterday, he was really scared when he saw the expression of fear and anger on her face.

Hmm, after all, the energetic Hanako is more like the bad girl in my impression...

"Let me make it clear first, we're not going there to fight today. We're going to negotiate with the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Demons Night Parade. Unless they initiate an attack, we can't fight back!"

"Ha, is there any need to talk to those weak monsters? Can't we just suppress them with our strength?"

Hearing this, Iwanaga Kotoko couldn't help but sigh.

"Hanako, you haven't forgotten the agreement between us, have you?"

Long before Iwanaga Kotoko told Natsukawa Hanako about Inoue Ueya, they had made an agreement.

Kotoko Iwanaga had once made an agreement with her that if Hanako successfully concluded a contract with Inoue Ueya and successfully lifted the restriction that Hanako had to stay in the bathroom, she would not use her own power to go out and cause trouble. The reason was to avoid the current situation.

Hanako Natsukawa is barely a normal girl on weekdays, provided she doesn't use any strange powers. Because of her belligerent personality and strange values, when faced with any disputes, Hanako handles the problem in the same way as ordinary monsters. If the problem can be solved by taking action, she will do it directly without saying any nonsense or doing any unnecessary things.

"You've been really messing around today!"

Chapter 140 I'm Sorry, I Was Wrong

"We already agreed before, Hanako, you can't abuse your power after you come out of the bathroom!"

"Especially now that there's still room for negotiation, then of course we should reason with them first!"

"After all, we're meeting with two youkai forces today under my name. At least don't possess Ueya-kun and do anything strange, right? I understand you might get a little emotional after discovering the connection between that hilt and the Hyakumonogatari Clan, but you should at least think clearly about what's going to happen before you act!"

Perhaps it was because Hanako Natsukawa had caused too much trouble at Nura's residence just now, or because her plan to teach the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Demons a lesson for the Night Parade violated the agreement between the two, the emotions that Kotoko Iwanaga had suppressed for so long finally erupted.

Hanako Natsukawa was left speechless by Iwanaga Kotoko's words, with a guilty look on her face. "Uh, I'm sorry..."

"You saw it all just now. The monsters in the Nura group all looked at Ueya-kun like he was crazy!"

???

Inoue Ueya's face was full of questions after hearing this.

Why is it always Mr. Inoue who gets hurt?

After a long lecture, Iwanaga Kotoko finally calmed down. She took a deep breath and said, "Time is running out. Let's continue our journey..."

[I really should find an opportunity to help her share some of the work pressure. I feel like if she continues working like this, problems will arise sooner or later.]

Arsen's voice rang in my mind, and it seemed that he was a little worried about Iwanaga Kotoko's situation, just like Inoue Ueya.

——Hmm, because she frequently accepts requests from monsters, she has accumulated a lot of pressure?

In any case, Inoue Ue also remembered this incident.

……

In the abandoned building, Yu Zhang is preparing to go to war with the Nura clan.

Well, although I said that, in reality I was just discussing the battle plan with the monsters.

"Okay, let me use my magical powers to create a forty-meter-long sword. Then, the Inugami will reveal his true form, hold the sword in his mouth, and charge forward to unleash his unparalleled power..."

"Huh? Yuzi, have you been playing too many games?"

"Shut up! I'm not kidding. A giant dog with a big knife in its mouth can scare away a group of monsters just by its momentum, right? And I'm not Yuzi, I'm Yuzhang!"

Inugami was a little confused.

For some reason, after coming to Chiba, Yu Zhang's personality seemed to gradually develop in a strange direction, and he often asked the cadres to accompany him to do some inexplicable things.

"Alas, now that we're on the pirate ship, how can we regret it now..." Inugami sighed.

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhang's eyes lit up.

"Ohhh, do you agree with this tactic? Great, we can finally see Shiv fighting monsters!"

"Wait, you just said 'Schiff', right?"

Suddenly, a little monster rushed into the meeting room and looked at Yu Zhang with a slightly terrified expression.

"Something's going to go wrong. The God of Wisdom appeared at the entrance of the building and said he wanted to talk to Master Yuzhang about the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Demons Night Parade appearing in Chiba..."

At this moment, the smile on Yu Zhang's face froze instantly.

Kotoko Iwanaga, the goddess of wisdom of monsters and ghosts, and the "Princess" of monsters, has friendly relations with monsters from all over the world. Once you attack her, the consequences will be disastrous. She is one of the characters that cannot be offended in the monster world.

Yu Zhang had originally wanted to avoid encountering this god, so he had people find this abandoned building as a base...

"Damn it! I didn't expect she would find out in the end. I really shouldn't have sent people out to cause trouble. Who the hell came up with this idea?"

"Wasn't it you, Yuzi, who proposed going out to cause trouble?" Inugami sighed.

"It's not Yuzi, it's Yuzhang!"

Even when he encountered trouble, Yu Zhang never forgot to correct Inugami's slip of the tongue.

As he spoke, Yu Zhang turned to look at the little monster that ran in.

"Alas, bring that god in, don't keep her waiting for too long..."

Since the Night Parade of Eighty-Eight Demons of Shikoku had been discovered by Kotoko Iwanaga, she had no choice but to accept the defeat.

At most, he would be held accountable for the previous disturbance in Qianye. The God of Wisdom would not take the initiative to intervene in the fight between monsters unless the commotion caused was too great or humans were harmed.

When Yu Zhang thought of this, Iwanaga Kotoko also happened to follow the little monster into the meeting room, and at the same time she saw a man and a woman behind her.

The woman looks like a bad girl, probably not a powerful character, so let's ignore her for now.

As for that man, isn’t he the boy he met before who could transform into an armored man?

Wait, "harming humans"?

Yu Zhang suddenly remembered something and his expression became even uglier.

Oh no, did they already know that I disguised myself as a demon and attacked passersby?

Looking at the monsters around him, Yu Zhang waved his hand and asked them to leave the meeting room, even Inugami was no exception.

"Is it really okay for you to be alone?" Before Inugami walked out the door, he looked back at Yu Zhang.

Yu Zhang did not answer, but just forced a smile towards Inugami.

No, no, no, this is no longer a matter of whether there is a problem or not. If my subordinates were present and knew what I had done, I, as a team leader, would probably be socially destroyed.

After thinking about it carefully, Yu Zhang still felt that he should not let other monsters know about this matter.

Seeing that the monsters had been asked to go outside, Iwanaga Kotoko spoke directly.

"You are Yu Zhang, right? The reason we came here today is..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Zhang knelt down in front of the three people and took a seat.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please, Lord Kami, don't tell anyone that I secretly disguised myself as a monster and attacked humans—"

The calm look just now was no longer there, replaced by a face full of shame, like an adult whose dark history of Chuunibyou was discovered.

Yu Zhang's sudden self-explosion caught the three of them off guard, and they were completely stunned.

After a while, when the three came to their senses, they began to realize that they seemed to have heard something extraordinary and subconsciously fell silent.

Inoue Ueya was the most surprised one among them.

Although he didn't understand what Yu Zhang was saying, he felt that his character seemed to have almost collapsed after reading the original work. The cold-blooded villain Yu Zhang in his memory was gradually replaced by the psychopath who was sitting in front of him.

And the boy who just walked out of the room last should be Inugami, which means that Yu Zhang should not have sent Inugami to attack Nura Rikuo.

Hmm, it turns out that I can’t trust everything I’ve seen…

Chapter 141: Don’t Talk About the Past

After hearing Yu Zhang's spontaneous remarks, Yasen's voice immediately sounded in Inoue Ueya's mind.

[I knew it! Now I finally understand why that alien demon god was able to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape. It's definitely not my fault!]