Me and countless me.

Chapter 539 Evil Spirits and the Martial Arts Tournament
Oh open?

What did I see?
Li Ke found it interesting, so he couldn't resist extracting a little spiritual energy and applying it to his eyes.

Li Ke instantly activated his spiritual vision and saw that he was completely clean, with nothing on him.

Therefore, he was certain that the girl wasn't looking at him with a terrified expression, so he followed her gaze and looked behind her.

Then, he saw countless resentful spirits and ghosts entwined around his house!
Strange and grotesque vengeful spirits lingered above his house, and a massive storm of vengeful spirits even appeared, with countless spirits forming a huge vortex that kept swirling in front of his house.

Some even say his house is a giant evil spirit, constantly devouring the evil spirits that gather with resentment!
These vengeful spirits look quite strange, giving off a fierce feeling, and their appearances are also bizarre due to their uncontrollable thoughts.

Li Ke found it difficult to describe these appearances, because each one was so abstract. Although one could barely make out a human shape, the eyes were empty, giving one only a sense of the uncanny valley.

As Li Ke looked over, the evil spirits roared even louder!
"Ah! Why were you able to succeed! Why!"

"He's mine! Mine!"

"I should be the one who's famous! It should be me!"

"I'm so envious! I'm so envious!"

……

All sorts of resentful voices appeared before Li Ke's eyes and in his ears, especially the way the vengeful spirits kept gathering from all directions, making this place feel incredibly eerie.

But what's even stranger is—

The only place that Shinichi Kudo visited was clean!
The places where Shinichi Kudo stayed were spotless, without any vengeful spirits, ghosts, or resentment. They were so clean that it was as if there was nothing there at all. Moreover, the vengeful spirits deliberately avoided the places where Shinichi Kudo had walked, forming empty spaces. If you stood in a secluded spot, these empty spaces would even make you feel that there weren't many vengeful spirits there, and you couldn't even see the house-sized mass of vengeful spirits!
"No wonder it scared the little girl, but what's going on?"

After learning the reason, Li Ke couldn't help but look at Shinichi Kudo, who hadn't gone far, and then saw a figure wearing a cloak and holding a scythe floating behind Shinichi Kudo.

With each step Shinichi Kudo took, the figure wielding the scythe would swing it, absorbing the passing vengeful spirits into the blade. And for every human he passed, the cloaked figure with the scythe would maliciously extend its finger and show a number, seemingly counting the remaining lifespan of those people.

"This must be a Stand. I never thought I'd end up in the JoJo world... Yes, this must be a Stand... No wonder I met him. Is it because Stand users are attracted to each other?"

Li Ke touched his chin, nodded, and then started to criticize himself.

"No, no, no, this looks like the Grim Reaper! It's definitely the Grim Reaper following Shinichi Kudo and using him to achieve his goals!"

He had his reasons for saying that, because beside this Grim Reaper, Shinichi Kudo's true backer was a British-style figure holding a cane and smoking a pipe, who was obviously a very capable detective.

However, when Li Ke looked at Shinichi Kudo, the girl was trembling and wanted to leave because she felt like she was about to pee!

She certainly saw Li Ke's house, but the vengeful spirits gathered there were just average; she'd seen so many in the past few days that it was nothing special.

The reason she almost peed was simple—

She glanced at Li Ke out of the corner of her eye. Li Ke was clean all over, but behind him was a ferocious giant, a full fifty meters tall!
This giant had three heads and six arms, a blue face and fangs, one hand wielding a knife, the other a sword, and even a machine gun, a Gatling gun, and a missile launcher. It gave the impression of a Buddha statue, yet it was as ferocious as a demon! Just one glance at it made her feel as if her soul was about to be crushed to death!

Moreover, this giant was like the final boss in a video game, wielding various weapons, and when she first looked at him, he pointed two fingers at his eyes and then pointed one finger at her!
And just as she was about to scream in terror, the giant behind Li Ke, who looked like a Buddhist king statue, made a shushing gesture and made a slicing motion across his neck with his hand!

This was the first time she had ever seen an evil spirit that would interact so clearly with her after seeing her!

The girl tried her best to appear 'invisible,' just like when dealing with other evil spirits. As long as she pretended not to see them, those evil spirits could not harm her, and could even pass through her body.

But she still couldn't help being curious about why there was such a powerful evil spirit behind Li Ke!

"What's wrong with this person...?"

But just as she was thinking this, Li Ke, who wanted to know if this girl was the protagonist of "The Visible Girl" named Yotsuya Miko, walked over. Then the girl saw that the demon-like monster picked up a sign and started writing.

As Li Ke walked up to her, the demon placed the sign in front of her, and its other arms extended weapons toward her face, almost touching her skin. The huge face then lowered, and the girl could smell the blood emanating from its mouth!

The message on the sign was very brief and clear.

'I've finally found a man capable of becoming a god to help me transform from an evil spirit into a guardian spirit! Don't say anything about seeing me, or I'll kill you!'

Whose guardian spirit would threaten someone like that?!
Yotsuya Miko was really about to cry!
However, the next moment, Li Ke looked at the girl and asked her a question.

"Hello, although this may seem abrupt, could you please tell me your name? I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."

Li Ke remained polite, but the girl next to her instinctively hugged her best friend and pressed her breasts against her friend's body, looking at Li Ke with a wary expression.

"Why did you ask Miko's name? And your pickup line is so old-fashioned! It has no sincerity at all! Let's go, Miko, let's not talk to this weirdo wrapped in a blanket!"

The busty girl was completely unaware that she had revealed part of her best friend's name, but she didn't feel anything was wrong because she didn't feel threatened at all!
But just as she was pulling her best friend away, a girl named Yotsuya Miko almost burst into tears, but still spoke with a cold face.

“Yotsuya Miko, my name is Yotsuya Miko.”

She spoke casually, even flicking her hair with her hand, making her appear even more aloof and elegant to those unaware of the truth.

"Eh? I see you..."

Her best friend was somewhat incredulous, but Li Ke could sense that Yotsuya Miko was really about to pee, as if she had been greatly frightened while talking to her.

"Am I that scary? Or am I possessed by some kind of ghost?"

Li Ke looked around curiously, but found nothing. There was only an aura of righteousness, bravery, and fierce killing around him, and no sense of evil spirits at all.

But in the eyes of the girl named Yotsuya Miko, the towering giant was currently floating cross-legged in the air, avoiding Li Ke's view while the sign in his hand had changed its message: 'Tell him your name! And if you reveal my existence as a guardian spirit, I'll kill you!'

"So whose guardian spirit looks like this?!"

Yotsuya Miko was internally screaming, but her face remained perfectly calm, without the slightest ripple of emotion.

Li Ke didn't dwell on these things. After all, he had only recently received the external helper. Although his soul and physical strength had increased, they were still only at an average level. He hadn't even started developing yet.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ke looked into the other person's golden eyes and instantly confirmed the matter.

These are not the eyes that ordinary people should have.

Perhaps it's a mutation, or perhaps it's her innate bloodline, but her eyes will be able to see more things in the future, even ordinary sealing spells like the Demon Eye Kill!

Generally speaking, only gods have such eyes, but gods can control these eyes themselves and have enough power to protect themselves.

Unfortunately, although the girl has powerful clairvoyance, she has no power, and her intuition is clearly very high, so she can probably sense the feelings and some of the thoughts of those evil spirits.

So she must have been very scared.

Li Ke hesitated for a moment, but still extended his finger and gently tapped Yotsuya Miko's forehead before the two girls could react. He then used the spiritual power he had just cultivated to strike Yotsuya Miko's forehead, leaving behind a trace of his aura while also forming a temporary sealing spell.

In an instant, the world in Yotsuya Miko's eyes returned to the normal world!
No more evil spirits entered Yotsuya Miko's eyes, causing her to widen her eyes involuntarily, almost moved to tears.

"It's only valid for three days. That's all I can do for now. If you really want to resolve this, go here the day after tomorrow afternoon."

Li Ke slipped the business card that Mikami Reiko had given him into Yotsuya Miko's hand. Although Mikami Reiko might not have the ability to seal Yotsuya Miko's eyes, Li Ke planned to confirm the true situation of this world in the next couple of days, which is why he asked her to go the day after tomorrow.

Moreover, he would still go to places like Cat's Eye Cafe even if Mikami Reiko wasn't there!

After all, there were three older women in gymnastics uniforms!

Thinking of this, Li Ke's figure quickly passed by, and Yotsuya Miko reached out to stop him from leaving, only to find that Li Ke had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

but--

The fierce guardian spirit reappeared before her and revealed the sign in its hand!
'Don't talk about me! Or I'll kill you!'

Yotsuya Miko fell silent, because although she couldn't see the other person very clearly this time, only a blurry figure, she still saw the sign!
"So why is the guardian deity like this?!"

She was about to explode with anger, but looking at the blurry shadow, she glanced at the chip in her hand, made up her mind, and then looked at her worried friend.

"Hey, Xiaohua, would you like some coffee the day after tomorrow?"

"what?"

Leaving aside how Yotsuya Miko explained things to her friends, Li Ke, having left the two of them, went to the side of the company's newly assigned assistant and, in a private tea room, discussed the new book with the new editor who had arrived.

Whether it was because her editor wanted to ruin Li Ke's career or not, the compensation offered in this contract was exceptionally generous, to the point that it surprised even Li Ke.

But after the contract was signed, the new editor suddenly spoke up.

"Since you've been so frightened and don't have a place to live yet, the company has specially arranged a place for you where someone can take care of you."

Seeing Li Ke's puzzled expression, the new editor chuckled and placed a transfer agreement on the table before speaking softly.

"Water Lily Inn, a newly opened guesthouse, was built by a man who had abandoned his wife after accumulating a lot of gambling debts. The wife and her husband had no choice but to use the guesthouse to make a living, but due to poor management, they voluntarily sold it. We have already bought the ownership of the guesthouse, and as for the fate of these three women, it is naturally up to you to decide."

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then opened the transfer agreement and found that the new house was very large, even a small manor. But just as he was wondering, he saw three photos with names written on them.

These three photos show mature Touka, and at a glance, they are the sisters Shui Lian and Kui. After flipping through them a bit, Li Ke also saw their debt contracts.

With just a glance, Li Ke knew that these debts were at a level that these women could never repay even if they sold themselves into servitude their entire lives. Looking at the new editor's smile, he knew what it meant.

It's nothing more than trying to win me over by giving me money, women, and houses, and even thoughtfully providing me with means of control.

But this is quite normal. After all, although he can't compare to veteran artists like Akira Toriyama in this world, he is still a pillar of this publishing house, so this little bit of courting is nothing.

"You guys really put your heart into it."

He didn't refuse, but simply accepted it casually, since he really needed a place to stay.

Moreover, if he refuses, who knows where these women will end up? If those women still want to strive for themselves, he is not unwilling to help them become independent. After all, he is not a bad person who would abandon his integrity and morality for such a small matter and resort to coercion.

He was more concerned with other things.

So he asked the question.

"Speaking of which, do you know any more secrets about this world? For example, things that ordinary people don't know about, or the world itself. After all, I saw some really amazing things this time, so... I'm even more looking forward to these kinds of things."

Before he could finish speaking, his new editor became serious, nodded to Li Ke, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Have you heard of... the Kengan Association and the Dark Martial Arts Tournament?"

(End of this chapter)