I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 121 Ten Young Night Walkers · Three Stars (7k)

Is it just a coincidence that the names are the same, or...

Uesugi Che slowly pulled off the transparent tape on the iron box.

However, names like "Yezi" are not used as frequently as common surnames like "Tanaka" and "Aoyama". Instead, they are extremely rare.

The real Goto Yoko was tricked by Nishiyama Ryota into the mountains and buried alive long before she met him. She even let her resentment accumulate and turned into a bone girl to seek revenge.

If the two are really the same person, then what was the "Ye Zi" he had seen before?
Uesugi Tetsu turned around and saw another shorter building behind the bathhouse.

Is Goto Yoko the same Yoko I saw when I killed the princess's humanoid before? I believe the answer can be found there.

But don't rush.

Uesugi Che completely tore off the layers of tape wrapped around the pink iron box, carefully opened the lid, and saw a number of small pieces of paper with yellowed edges stacked inside.

The handwriting above is still a little crooked, and it can be seen that the person who wrote it is not very old.

He looked at the first note on top.

I decided to go to school in Yokohama today, so I can go home and see my parents every week... But I buried my wish box before I go to school. I don't know what I'll accomplish when I dig it out after graduation.

Uesugi Che was silent for a moment, then took out a stack of notes of different colors.

He was ready to watch them all.

This is also a way to find out whether the two Goto Yokos are the same person.

the second one.

I'm about to graduate from junior high! My mom asked me if I wanted to go to Yokohama, which is close by, so I could get home more easily, or go to the big city of Tokyo and go to school with Yumeko. Hmm... that sounds like a tough decision.

The third one.

Yumeko said she's transferring to Tokyo. Don't anime always say childhood sweethearts stay together forever? So sad QWQ. But I think we'll definitely meet again!

The fourth one.

I met my first friend at school. Her name was Hoshino Yumeko. She said we could be friends forever. A lifetime...it always feels so long.

The fifth one.

I played house with the dolls under the cherry blossom tree today. My mom scolded me, but I had a lot of fun. I'm going to play with the dolls again in the future.

last one.

[Birthday cake, mom bought a doll, I'm so happy! ]

Probably confirmed.

Uesugi Tetsu closed the wish box again.

The "Yoko" and "Goto Yoko" he met before should be the same person.

"But it's really unpredictable."

After placing the small jade box and the wish box into the pit together, Uesugi Tetsu buried the soil back in handfuls and patted it down.

- When Goto Yoko felt that life was very long at that time, would she have thought that she would end up being buried in the same place by a stranger together with the wish box that she had buried with her own hands?
Probably not.

Uesugi Tetsu sighed with a hint of emotion and looked at the prompt that popped up after he buried the jade box.

You have buried the "Bone Maiden's Wish" in the graveyard of the Bone Maiden's wishes. You have gained the permanent benefit of tomorrow.

[Tomorrow: Many things will gradually develop in the direction you expect as time goes by.]

[——Tomorrow will always be a little better than today. I firmly believe this and I practice this.]

This buff looks very good. Although it may not be easily perceived at the moment, it may be a crucial help in the future when the tide of the times continues to surge.

What's more, he just ran an errand for someone else, but he was still not satisfied and wanted a good reward?
However, after staring at the introduction at the end for a while, Uesugi Che felt that it was a bit ironic.

Forget it.

After turning off the prompt, Uesugi Tetsu decided to go to the small building at the back, which was Goto Yoko's home.

Although the contents of the wish box suggest that the two are the same person, there is no absolutely definitive proof.

The situation in her family will determine whether Uesugi Tetsu will take action against the "Yezi" who left with Monk Huiming.

Uesugi Che took one last look at the small mound under the dead cherry tree, then withdrew his gaze and walked to the front of the small building, opening the door to the side without any hindrance.

A thick cloud of dust rose up, causing Uesugi Che to frown and wave his hand.

He lowered his head and saw that there was at least a finger's thickness of dust accumulated in the gap of the entrance steps... Judging from the extent, this house had not been lived in or visited for at least four or five years.

Wearing Kaga Kiyomizu's sword around his waist, Uesugi Tetsu opened the cabinets and doors one by one with his left hand, while his right hand rested on the hilt of the sword, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

But everything is normal.

It seemed that this attic was simply an abandoned house that had not been lived in for a long time.

"There's one last room."

Uesugi Tetsu stood in front of the last room on the third floor, staring at the plaque that read "Utility Room", and had a premonition that "he would definitely discover something".

Kaka-

With some difficulty, he pushed aside the dusty shoji screen and looked inside.

"whispering sound."

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes.

The floor of the utility room is not only spotless, but there is not even a single piece of extra debris to be seen. It can almost be said to be cleaned thoroughly.

In the entire utility room, a tall and exquisite seven-tiered altar was placed in the center, facing the door.

The so-called seven-tiered Hinamatsuri altar is a staircase-shaped object specially used to display the Hina dolls purchased for the Girls' Festival.

In addition to the first five floors which house a total of 15 dolls, the sixth and seventh floors are filled with dowry furniture and means of transportation respectively.

Originally, this was nothing.

But on the seven-tiered altar in front of him, the first five tiers where the young human figures should have been placed were empty, while the sixth and seventh tiers were fully furnished with all the items, and they were all spotless.

The surfaces of the furniture and sedan reflected a faint light, making them look as new as when they were first bought.

So, who is cleaning this seven-story altar regularly?

The answer speaks for itself.

Uesugi Che let out a breath, took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Huiming's number.

Even if the Ye Zi he had seen before was not in human form, it was definitely some other non-human creature.

And now, that thing sneaked into the Honganji Temple where only a few big cats and small cats were staying with unknown purpose.

The one and a half star official female figure alone almost overturned the entire temple, so this "Yako" would definitely not be able to be dealt with by the masters of Honganji alone.

But the strange thing is... why didn't the label of "evil spirits" pop up above Ye Zi's head when I saw her before?

beep.

The busy tone from the phone interrupted Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts.

"Is there something wrong with this bathhouse?"

Uesugi Che put away his phone, kicked open the third-floor window and jumped out. In mid-air, he saw two translucent figures appear in front of the dead cherry tree.

A line of logos popped up——

[The Earthbound Spirit of Goto Baths (2.5 stars)]

It turned out to be an earthbound spirit.

Perhaps at other times, a mere two-and-a-half-star demon would be nothing.

But at this critical moment when every second counts, the earthbound spirit with strong vitality in its own territory can definitely delay him for a long time.

Uesugi Tetsu first tried to leave the bathhouse through the main entrance, but found that the place was covered by a barrier that had been erected at some point in time.

If you want to leave the bathhouse, you have to kill the earthbound spirit that has set up the barrier first.

"There's some trouble."

Uesugi Tetsu pulled out Kaga Kiyomitsu, exhaled hot white mist from his mouth, and landed with a bang not far from the two translucent figures.

Coronal Breathing Method 5

"What is your relationship with Ye Zi?"

A vague tone reached Uesugi Che's ears. He was stunned and looked at the face of the earthbound spirit.

Then a man and a woman, two faces very similar to Ye Zi's came into view.

The earthbound spirits in Goto Bathhouse are actually Goto Yoko's parents?
Is there any possibility of negotiation?
——If possible, Uesugi Tetsu didn't want to consume a lot of spiritual power and internal energy before facing the "Yezi" whose strength was unknown.

Today's supply of awakening mist has been used up. If it is consumed too much, it will not be able to be restored quickly.

So Uesugi Tetsu said simply, "I'm a friend of Goto Yoko. I came here because Yoko asked me to bury her ashes under the cherry tree."

The two earthbound spirits, or rather, Ye Zi's parents, trembled and asked in unison: "Ye Zi...who killed her?"

"Don't worry, the person who killed her has been sent to the underworld by me."

Uesugi Tetsu paused and added, "Perhaps you don't know yet, but the resurrected Hina Doll seems to have taken on the appearance of Yako and is harming people outside, and I'm about to stop her."

"—So, let me out."

Uesugi Tetsu gripped Kaga Kiyomitsu's hilt tightly and spoke seriously.

This is an ultimatum.

If these two earthbound spirits that suddenly appeared did not know what was good for them, Uesugi Tetsu would chop them down no matter whether they were Goto Yoko's parents or grandparents.

Faint fluctuations of spiritual power came from all directions.

Uesugi Che understood that this was a phenomenon that only occurred when the earthbound spirit took the initiative to remove the barrier, allowing the space here to connect with the outside world again.

The two earthbound spirits bowed deeply to him, their voices filled with apology: "I'm sorry, my daughter has caused you trouble."

"Ah."

Without saying much, Uesugi Che regained his human form, called Huiming again, and left the Goto Bathhouse in just a few steps.

After leaving the bathhouse, the phone was connected soon.

But the voice on the other end of the line was not Huiming, but another familiar voice.

"Uesugi-kun?"

Ye Zi's timid and somewhat weak voice came.

Uesugi Tetsu paused for a moment and did not answer.

Then he heard Ye Zi continue to say: "Master Huiming is in the kitchen making dinner porridge, so it's not convenient for him to answer the phone."

It seemed that Ye Zi pressed the hands-free button after saying this, so the unique sound of chopping vegetables and sizzling sounds of stir-frying in the kitchen came from the other end of the phone.

Uesugi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - since even Huiming, who was closest to Ye Zi, was fine, it meant that she had not started to take action yet and had not realized that her identity had been exposed.

Fortunately, I caught up.

"Um... Uesugi-kun, Master Huiming said that if you come, he will save a portion of the evening porridge for you."

When saying this, Uesugi Tetsu keenly noticed that there seemed to be a hint of joy in Ye Zi's tone that was hard to detect.

His brows raised slightly, and then he smiled gently beside the phone, "Come on, of course I'm here. I just finished my work, so please leave me a copy... Oh, and please clear out a room as well."

Next, Uesugi Tetsu happily chatted with Ye Zi over the phone about the ingredients for the dinner porridge - Huiming was afraid that he would not be used to it, so he asked a few more questions.

hang up the phone.

The smile on Uesugi Che's face disappeared in an instant, turning into a chilling coldness.

He called a taxi again, and the moment he opened the door, he said,
"Rush to Honganji Temple as quickly as possible."

……

Forty minutes later, at the entrance of Honganji Temple.

The setting sun was almost out of sight, with only a golden-red tip appearing on the horizon.

The stars and the moon are faintly visible on the black sky.

The time of evil is about to pass, and night is about to come.

dong dong.

Uesugi Tetsu knocked the door cymbals twice with force, and the crisp sound of metal clashing echoed far away in the silent Honganji Temple.

No one.

Uesugi Tetsu was silent. Just when he was about to draw out Kaga Kiyomizu and cut open the door, the door was opened by someone.

The person who opened the door was Ye Zi, whose glasses were crooked and whose face was full of panic.

"Uesugi-kun! Everyone in the temple seems to have suddenly fainted for no apparent reason. What should we do?"

"You fainted, didn't you?"

Uesugi Che twitched his nostrils but did not smell any blood.

There were no large-scale spiritual fluctuations around. So he maintained the disguise of the Jade Heart Technique and stared at Ye Zi with concern: "Take me to see it."

"it is good!"

Following behind Ye Zi, Uesugi Tetsu soon arrived in front of a side hall.

Ye Zi stopped at the door, a look of fear on her face, and motioned him to open the door: "Uesugi-kun, originally everyone was eating dinner porridge here..."

After glancing at Ye Zi inconspicuously, Uesugi Tetsu pushed open the door without hesitation.

But the side hall inside the door was empty!

Apart from some basic furnishings, there wasn't even a bowl of food, and no one was there.

Uesugi Tetsu looked back at Ye Zi, thinking that she would finally be unable to hold back and show her fangs, but he did not expect that the girl's face would reveal undisguised astonishment.

"How could it be... there's no one here? They were clearly here just now..."

Ye Zi muttered in confusion.

This scene forcibly stopped Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was about to draw his sword, from drawing it.

what's the situation?
He had originally anticipated that this "Ye Zi" would attack him from behind, and then he would transform into Bai Prajna and strike out with the strongest blow in an instant.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at Ye Zi's head for a while and found that the label still did not pop up.

——The real Goto Yoko is undoubtedly dead.

——Then what exactly is this thing in front of him?
Time ticked by, as if a second had passed twice, or three times... It didn't matter. In short, the last rays of light from the setting sun disappeared in a single breath.

The time of encountering the devil has passed.

Ye Zi's eyes suddenly rolled back and he fell to the ground without any warning.

The next moment, the cold and gloomy energy suddenly spread throughout the entire Buddhist temple and clung to Uesugi Che's skin.

The sounds of the taiko, daiko, and snare drum rang out one after another, followed by the deep sound of the flute that connected the three into a song.

Seeing this scene, Uesugi Tetsu actually breathed a sigh of relief.

He pulled out Kaga Kiyomitsu: "If nothing really happened, I would be worried that I was trapped."

As the sad and melodious singing echoed, one young human figure after another slowly flew out from the unconscious Ye Zi's body, forming four layers inside and outside.

The outermost layer is made up of servants with expressions of anger, sadness and smile on their faces. They hold hats, bamboo mats and wooden umbrellas respectively.

Finally, a prompt popped up in front of Uesugi Tetsu's eyes——

[Opera Doll: Rage (1 Star)]

[Miscellaneous Doll: Weeping (1 Star)]

[Opera Doll: Smile (1 Star)]

Looking inside, on the left stood the left minister holding a long sword, and on the right stood the right minister carrying a quiver and holding a longbow. They stared at Uesugi Toru with sharp eyes.

[Left Minister Figure (Two Stars)]

[Right Minister Humanoid (Two Stars)]

Further in, there was a five-member band holding various instruments and playing harmonious music, and only two of the remaining female officials were holding wine vessels.

The five-member band only had half a star, but the official female figure had one and a half stars, just like the one he had killed before.

Uesugi Tetsu took a quick look and found that there were a total of fourteen young humanoids in front of him. Although there were many of them, only four of them posed a threat to him.

The ministers on the left and right, and the emperor and empress wrapped in layers in the center.

The harmony gradually faded, and a proud question came from the deepest part of the humanoids.

"Your name is Uesugi Tetsu, right?"

Uesugi Tetsu looked up and met those dark eyes——

[Queen Figure (2.5 stars)]

The queen's figure was wearing a royal robe dyed with cotinus coggygria, a crown on her head, a cypress fan in her hand, and black wooden clogs painted with gold. Her makeup was exquisite yet dignified and majestic.

Beside her, the emperor, who was also dressed elegantly, half-closed his eyes and said nothing.

At first glance, Uesugi Tetsu almost mistook her for a real person.

Without responding, Uesugi Tetsu simply asked, "Where are the monks of Honganji?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the left minister holding a sword shouted, "How dare you! How dare you speak disrespectfully to His Majesty! Kneel down!"

His Majesty?

Uesugi Tetsu extracted useful words from useless sentences - if the empress is "Your Majesty", then has something happened to the emperor next to him?
"Get out!"

The queen figure waved her sleeves, causing the left minister, who had a ferocious look on his face, to retreat immediately.

This scene made Uesugi Tetsu laugh - is this a game of palace house?
"Those monks are fine for now. After all, they are the key ingredients used in the Hinami Curse to resurrect Yako."

The Queen said calmly, "Uesugi Tetsu, if you can surrender and be sacrificed as the core of the Hinamisai curse, then both us and the resurrected Yezi will remember your sacrifice."

Uesugi Tetsu was stunned for a moment - he must have heard it right, this Hina doll actually wanted to use verbal attacks to make him give up resistance and be sacrificed together with all the monks in Honganji.

It's simply an insult to my own intelligence.

But the purpose of this group of humanoids... is to resurrect Goto Yoko?

Isn't the reason why the Hina Dolls have life because they were forgotten by their masters, and then formed a new consciousness due to the accumulated loneliness and resentment?

Shouldn't they resent Goto Yoko?
Uesugi Tetsu decided to test the waters again: "Goto Yoko is dead."

"——That's why we will use the Hinamatsuri curse to draw upon the power of Naraku Yomi, using her younger self as a template to reshape her soul."

When mentioning Goto Yoko, the Queen's humanoid's tone was filled with both deep resentment and infinite tenderness.

She looked at Ye Zi who had fallen to the ground and said, "I will place the reshaped soul into this body later."

"In this way, Ye Zi will be able to love us forever and stay by our side."

These words left Uesugi Tetsu silent.

So this is the purpose of the Hina Dolls.

——The so-called love turns to hate, the entanglement of love and hate is nothing more than this.

At the same time, Uesugi Tetsu also understood that if he did not exorcise all these extremely paranoid and twisted puppets.

Or maybe he was sacrificed by this group of Hina dolls using some kind of Hina Matsuri curse in exchange for the soul of a "Goto Yoko" whose nature is unknown.

"——Okay, I promise."

Shocking everyone with his unexpected words, Uesugi Tetsu continued, "Yezi is a good girl, so it would be great if I could kill someone like me in exchange for her life."

He smiled at the Queen figure and said, "So, what do you need me to do?"

The Queen's humanoid form had not expected that the human in front of her, who possessed rich spiritual power, would agree to her request so easily.

So she was stunned for a moment, then hid her face with a cypress fan and smiled, her words filled with uncontrollable joy: "Quick! Court ladies, help Mr. Uesugi bathe and change his clothes..."

But before she could finish her words, a purple lightning bolt as thick as her thigh fell from the sky. The lightning that could almost penetrate the atmosphere accurately hit the emperor figure beside her.

The blinding arc of electricity escaped and pierced through the queen's human-shaped cypress fan, causing her real pain.

At this moment, in front of the fourteen... no, it should be said that the thirteen young humanoids, the human boy with black hair and black eyes suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a four-tailed fox wearing a ferocious white Prajna mask.

The four-tailed fox gently waved his folding fan and said calmly, "Kill one first."

Feeling that the spiritual power in his body was almost exhausted, Uesugi Che put away his folding fan and transformed into White Prajna.

Kaga Kiyomitsu unsheathed his sword, and a pale color immediately spread around him.

The Queen's humanoid figure only now realized that the human had tricked them, and took advantage of this opportunity to use magic to completely kill the Emperor's humanoid figure.

The Queen's humanoid figure suddenly turned her head and stared at the Prajna mask with a ferocious smile on the corner of its lips, and said frantically,
“You…you!”

——Poor combat quality.

He swung his sword to cut off the arrow shot by the right minister and forced the left minister to retreat with one sword. Uesugi Tetsu made such a judgment about the queen's human form in his heart.

——He is just a child who has power but does not know how to use it.

The threat posed by the Queen's humanoid, whose strength on paper reached two and a half stars, was not even as great as that posed by the left and right ministers. As for the remaining humanoids such as musicians and servants, their threat was almost zero.

call out!
The sharp arrow shot by the Right Minister pierced into Uesugi Toru's waist, causing him deep pain.

He ignored it and walked towards the Left Minister without stopping.

The sharp blade of the Left Minister had already appeared in Uesugi Tetsu's eyes. The long sword was about to fall, and Kaga Kiyomitsu was even in the starting position.

But, I'm faster.

Uesugi Che took a deep breath, and the hot internal energy rushed to the four ends of his body in a flash, overflowing every muscle and nerve.

cut!
The sword light that was powerful enough to cut off all human figures at the same time passed by the place where the Left Minister was originally standing, but there was no feedback from Uesugi Tetsu's hand that the sword had hit the target.

empty?

Uesugi Tetsu's movements paused slightly.

But before he could think about it, alarm bells started ringing in his heart, and a cold chill almost instantly climbed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Without hesitation, Uesugi Tetsu retreated several meters, and then he saw clearly the person who had just given him a strong premonition of death -

A patch of ordinary pink cherry blossom petals.

A cherry blossom petal?

This thing...

Before he could finish his thoughts, Uesugi Tetsu subconsciously moved again and saw another cherry blossom petal fall on the stone bricks of the square.

Uesugi Che looked up and saw scattered cherry blossom petals falling from the night sky like rain.

After staring for a moment, a red prompt popped up on the cherry blossom petals——

[Hina Festival Field: Cherry blossom petals will continuously fall around the Ten Hina Night Walkers, and those who touch them will be marked with "Premature Withering". When the Premature Withering Mark reaches 10 layers, the "Instant Death" effect will be triggered.]

"Ten Hina Night Walker Master...?"

Uesugi Tetsu's pupils shrank slightly, and he caught a glimpse of the tall figure wearing a red, gold and black kimono and with exaggerated and distorted facial makeup not far away from where the queen's figure had originally stood.

"Kill you...complete the Hinami Festival! Bring Yako back to life!"

It waved its six arms, each holding a knife, a bow, a drum, and a flute, screaming crazily. A large red label popped up above its head.

[Ten Young Night Walkers (Three Stars) (Incomplete)]

Uesugi Che stared at it and thought a lot in an instant.

Although the Ten Hina Night Walkers look terrifying, the effect of the Hinami Field is also terrifying, and can cause instant death that has never been heard of before.

But the cherry blossom petals don't fall very fast, so it's not difficult to avoid them.

The aura coming from the Ten Hina Night Walker was completely different from that of the three-star Snow Girl, the White Bones, and the Wax Figure.

It's not even as good as Aibieli, who only had two and a half stars and was caught up by Uesugi Tetsu in Ota District before.

Perhaps because he had just killed the Emperor humanoid, resulting in an incomplete fusion, this three-star opponent seemed a little...

Extremely weak.

Having given up the idea of calling Nanjo Aimi, Uesugi Tetsu dodged the cherry blossom petals while confronting Juhinaya Yorozuya. At the same time, he took out his cell phone and called Huijue on Line.

drop.

The call was connected.

Uesugi Tetsu said, "Huijue, something happened at the Honganji Temple in your hometown."

The originally noisy environment on the other side suddenly became quiet.

After a while, Huijue's calm voice came.

"I am here."

——If I call Nanjo Aimi, maybe she will be able to arrive within two or three minutes and kill Juhina Night Walker with one blow.

That goes against Uesugi Tetsu's idea of killing it alone.

But if the call is made to Huijue, he will be able to come to cover the situation after he is defeated by Juhinayagyoshu and dies, and will most likely ensure that the monks of Honganji are safe.

Putting away his phone, Uesugi Tetsu twisted his neck and held the trembling Kaga Kiyomizu tightly.

After his strength increased significantly, the creatures he met, such as the princess humanoid and the bone girl, were too weak and couldn't even withstand a few of his casual slashes.

However, demons like the Snow Girl and the Wax Figure, whose strength is more than three and a half stars, are too strong and can still kill him in one move.

The one in front of me is neither up nor down.

That's just right.

Bai Prajna grinned happily, revealing a burning fighting spirit that hadn't been seen for a long time.

"Come."

(End of this chapter)