I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 129: Both Upgraded! The goal is to clear the level in one go! (7.7k, monthly pass requested!)
"This is my home now, why can't it be me?"

Uesugi Tetsu asked calmly, which made Tokugawa Haruhiko, who was standing at the door, look excited.

——But the intelligence shows that Tokugawa Ririkō is undoubtedly living here, so “they” wouldn’t make a mistake on such a small matter.

Tokugawa Haruhiko tightened his grip on the letter in his hand slightly, and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Where is my fifth sister?"

Tokugawa Haruhiko shook the letter in his hand, which was sealed with wax and printed with the Tokugawa family crest, the "Three-Leaf Sunflower", and said in a deep voice,

"I must personally deliver this letter from the clan leader to her. Be smart and stop interfering."

He deliberately emphasized the word "patriarch".

"I don't care whether you're the clan leader or not." Shang Shanche repeated with a sneer, then held out his hand, "Leave the things behind, and get out, that's it."

"Uesugi Tetsu..."

Tokugawa Haruhiko's expression turned grim, and an invisible and intangible aura of danger emanated from his body.

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you joined the Special Affairs Office and received some favor from Fifth Sister. I tell you, in the end, she's just trying to seduce you..."

"Lawless? So the Tokugawa family is the law and the sky." Uesugi Tetsu smiled, his hand already on the hilt of Kaga Kiyomizu's sword at his waist.

Tokugawa Haruhiko narrowed his eyes: "I told you not to be ungrateful..."

"—Didn't you hear what Uesugi-kun said? Just get out of here? No one welcomes you here."

The girl's cold voice came from the yard, and a sword heart like a bright sun hanging in the sky fell into the center of Tokugawa Haruhiko's pupils.

Tokugawa Haruhiko's face was stiff and twitching slightly.

——Kenshin is revealed. It’s only been a few days since we last saw Lilizi and she has made another breakthrough.

Damn...

It would be fine if Lilizi was stubborn and refused to go home, but if she suddenly changed her mind and accepted her great-grandfather's order to go back, her life would be difficult in the future.

Tokugawa Haruhiko forced a smile and bowed slightly, "Fifth sister, look at what you said. It's naturally okay for me to leave, but it's mainly because my great-grandfather personally instructed me, your seventh brother, to hand this letter to you."

"I'm just an errand boy, and the contents of this letter are probably about the future that will definitely happen whether you have seen it or not."

In the yard, Ririkko, limping over wearing only tabi, came to Uesugi Tetsu's side and took his arm into her arms without any hesitation.

The girl's face was rosy, and her Taoist robe had slipped down above her chest, revealing a large area of fair skin with crystal beads of sweat.

"Hmm? Why aren't they as irritating as before?" Uesugi Tetsu thought quietly in his heart, "Could it be that Lilizi's chest muscles have finally developed?"

"Didn't you hear what Che-jun said?"

Lilizi half leaned on Uesugi Tetsu and sneered, "Get out of here!"

Tokugawa Haruhiko looked at the scene in front of him with a blank expression.

I think I said something wrong before.

——He finally understood that this country girl, Lilizi, might have gotten involved with this loser named Uesugi Tetsu.

Judging from the scene before him, he estimated that these two people had done everything they should have done, and also everything they shouldn't have done.

Even if he is unwilling to admit it, Uesugi Tetsu will at least be his "fifth brother-in-law" for a short period of time in the future.

Perhaps in the future the family will use marriage or other means to separate the two, but that is a matter for the future.

For now, I still need to quickly improve my relationship with Lilizi.

——I am so unlucky that I am so stupid as to offer to help a troubled place like Tokyo.

Tokugawa Haruhiko took a deep breath, and the smile on his face became more genuine.

"Fifth sister, fifth brother-in-law. I think it's best for you to accept this letter first. Even if you want to elope to a place where your family can't find you, can't you get some information in advance?"

When Uesugi Tetsu heard the change in address, he tapped Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword handle lightly without commenting.

Wow, this Tokugawa Haruhiko is really adaptable. He was ready to chop me up just now due to a disagreement, but now he can actually bow his head and call me brother-in-law.

Sure enough, none of the children who could live in a noble family like the Tokugawa family had a simple life.

He had previously heard from Nanjo-sister that Tokugawa Haruhiko had gotten a lucrative position in the Onmyoji in addition to the basic "three-star specialist" position.

Judging from Tokugawa Haruhiko's current tone of wanting to make progress, there is indeed a lot of truth in it.

When Lilizi heard this, although a hint of joy flashed across her eyes, her face was still cold and she was ready to tell the other person to get out.

——The reason why she came out and put her arm around Uesugi Tetsu's arm was just to prevent Tokugawa Haruhiko and others from getting angry and taking action.

"I told you to get out..."

"Oh wait."

Uesugi Tetsu skillfully covered Ririko's mouth with his other hand as she was about to speak, then nodded to Tokugawa Haruhiko: "Give the letter to me, I'll let Ririko read it later."

Tokugawa Haruhiko was overjoyed - he could finally hand this hot potato to Ririko.

He quickly handed over the letter with both hands: "Brother-in-law is wise."

Uesugi Tetsu removed his hand from the slightly stunned Ririko's face and took the letter: "I've delivered the letters now. Can you leave now?"

"Of course, of course."

Tokugawa Haruhiko bowed repeatedly and stepped back: "I won't disturb the fun of my fifth sister and brother-in-law."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tokugawa Haruhiko disappeared.

Ririko let go of Uesugi Tetsu's arm at the right time, closed the iron door, and was about to reach out to grab the letter and tear it up.

Uesugi Tetsu raised his hand and said to her, "It's not too late to tear it up after you've read it."

Lilizi frowned: "What's so good about this thing?"

"Just like what the chameleon said just now, maybe we can get some information, which would be good to buy you more time to develop."

Uesugi Tetsu stared into her eyes seriously and handed her the letter: "Take a look?"

Development time...

This is indeed very important.

Lilizi was silent for a moment, then sighed and softened a little: "Then I'll listen to you this time."

She took the letter and prepared to open it and read it.

Uesugi Tetsu pushed her from behind, staring at the girl's almost soaked Taoist uniform, and raised his chin: "Don't let the wind blow on you after you've just sweated. Be careful not to catch a cold or get sick, which will affect your practice."

Lilizi paused, then angrily tossed the letter at the entrance of the dojo with two fingers, then walked towards home. "Isn't it enough for me to listen to you... Uesugi-kun, who did you learn this chattering habit from?"

Uesugi Tetsu thought about it, said nothing, and just followed her into the dojo.

——But if I have to say, it should be Nanjo Aimi.

After sitting down in the dojo, Lilizi quickly tore off the sealing wax and the outer packaging, took out the letter and began to read.

In less than a minute, Uesugi Che saw her expressionlessly crush the letter she had just read into pieces with her internal energy.

Uesugi Che looked at the scraps of paper on the ground and said, "Won't you let me see it?"

"Nothing to see." Lilizi scoffed and waved her hand. "They treated me like a stray dog on the street. I didn't want to endure it anymore, so I ran away."

"That old man didn't even come when my parents were buried... Now that I've mastered the swordsmanship, he's playing up his emotions and blood ties again. He wants me to go back home in a heartbeat with just a few words?"

"--dream!"

Lilizi narrowed her eyes and spat out two words, saying viciously,

"I told him there's no way! Even if he comes over to me tomorrow and kowtows three times, I'll kick his old turtle head to pieces!"

Uesugi Tetsu, who was standing by, noticed that Ririko's breathing was unusually disordered. She seemed to be really angry after reading the letter.

"lets change a topic."

Lilizi wrapped the scraps of paper with her internal energy and threw them out of the window into the trash can outside the room.

She stood up, patted her face and said, "Uesugi-kun, please go upstairs and wait for a while. I'm going to make dinner."

Uesugi Che exclaimed.

It turns out that Ririko really can cook, and she's not just talking big.

"Then please let me admire Chef Lilizi's cooking skills later!"

He answered with the heroic attitude of testing poison.

Forty minutes later.

The rich aroma of curry, pork chops and onions filled most of the three-story space.

Uesugi Che twitched his nose and swallowed his saliva.

——The information seems to be true. The food cooked by Ririkko smells so good that it makes my mouth water.

"I've worked so hard to reach the highest level of proficiency in the Five Thunder Method: Qi He in such a difficult environment."

Uesugi Che sighed as it took him such a long time to reach 10 points of proficiency.

He looked at the prompt that popped up suddenly -

[Your skill, Five Thunder Method: Qi Combination Proficiency +10!]

[Your skill, Five Thunder Method: Qi He, has been upgraded to the entry level!]

[Five Thunder Method: Qi He (Entry 4/1000)]

[Effect: Can release lightning while practicing breathing techniques.]

[——Thunder and Qi are actually one and the same. You have gained a glimpse of the key, but that is all.]

[Because your Five Thunder Techniques Qi He has reached the entry level, your body has been slightly nourished by lightning, and your physical strength has increased by 1!]

[Because your Five Thunder Method: Qi He has been upgraded to the entry level, your affinity with lightning has increased.]

An increase of 1 point in physique is better than nothing. The key lies in the changes in the Five Thunder Method and Qi He itself.

Now, he seemed to be able to generate lightning from any part of his body and then release it.

Uesugi Che quietly felt the tingling sensation coming from all over his body and raised his fingers towards the window.

luck.

call out!
A faint flash of lightning wrapped in internal energy shot out from his fingertips and passed by the nose of Lilizi who was just walking out of the kitchen with a plate.

The girl first lowered her head to confirm that there was nothing wrong with the three plates of curry rice in her hands, and then silently looked at Uesugi Tetsu who was sitting at the dining table with an awkward smile.

"My mine, this wave is mine."

Snapped.

A bowl of curry pork cutlet rice served on a huge plate was thrown in front of Uesugi Tetsu.

A rich, hot steam rises, carrying with it the aroma of onions, curry, and fried meat.

Lilizi picked up the chopsticks and thrust them hard into the rice through the cracks of the crispy pork chop with a golden skin, piercing the egg coating on the rice grains.
"eat!"

"Yes!"

Uesugi Tetsu gave her an awkward salute, then lowered his head and started eating seriously.

However, in just a moment, Uesugi Tetsu's movements froze again.

——Damn it, Ririkko, why did you cook such delicious food?!
——Don’t you eat just to eat?!
Uesugi Tetsu, who had been eating cheap bento from convenience stores almost every meal since coming to this world, was almost moved to tears by the taste.

Delicious, so delicious!
If this scene was put in another superpower food anime, he would probably be so hungry that his clothes would burst and he would receive holy light.

Moreover, the curry rice made by Lilizi is not only about good heat control and delicious ingredients, but also contains a wonderful feeling that no one else can make.

"——For me, being able to put on an apron and calm down to cook in the kitchen is also a different kind of practice."

Ririko looked at the man and the Shikigami who were frantically eating curry rice across the table, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

She put her palms together and said silently in her heart, "I'm starting."

——In less than ten minutes, Uesugi Tetsu cleared the curry rice from the large plate, not leaving even a grain of rice behind.

He looked to the side and saw Erchisama leaning on a chair with his belly so round that it looked like he was pregnant.

But even so, she still tried hard to reach out and hold the chopsticks, and said to the curry rice that was still left on the plate with a lot of effort: "I want to... finish it..."

Only then did Uesugi Che remember that Lord Ershaku had not had a good meal for dozens or even hundreds of years.

——Before, she even treasured the potato chips at the Ruzuki Station convenience store, not to mention this plate of premium curry rice.

All I can say is that no one in the Uesugi family, whether they are people or shikigami, has ever had a good meal.

Uesugi Tetsu waited until Ririkko, who was sitting across from him, had finished her meal without much hurry before he spoke: "Did you know about the Shinken Trial in Yokohama?"

"Try it out with real swords?" Lilizi showed appropriate doubts.

So Uesugi Tetsu spoke carefully and explained to Ririko the whole matter and the cause and effect of it.

——I must let Ririkko know about the real sword test.

It's impossible to hide this from Lilizi, she will find out sooner or later.

In this case, it would be better for Uesugi Tetsu to talk to her first so that he can know what she thinks earlier.

So as to avoid any impulsive behavior.

"We're going to fight the Yokohama-based Oborogetsu-do, and it's a semi-public fight," Uesugi Tetsu asked. "Because of your status, it's probably not going to be easy for you, Ririkiko, to participate, right?"

"Of course." Lili snapped her fingers. "This is not something you should consider, Uesugi-kun."

"The key is—"

Lilizi put down the phone that displayed the information of the three people and stared at Uesugi Tetsu seriously: "Uesugi-kun, can you deal with them?"

"I originally thought the key was whether you wanted to participate, Ririkiko." Uesugi Tetsu smiled and said, "If you're considering me, then it's fine." "I can handle this kind of scumbag by myself."

He patted the handle of Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword, which was leaning against the table leg.
"Lilizi, just continue to practice peacefully. You still have to be my teacher, right?"

After hearing this, Lilizi's eyes moved slightly, and then she lowered her head slightly: "Then I'll trouble you, Uesugi-kun."

"Small things."

……

While Ririkosuke was washing dishes, Uesugi Tetsu came to the balcony alone and lay on the railing, gazing at the twinkling starry sky while using the spirit control technique to absorb and exhale the spiritual energy in the atmosphere, which was several times richer than that in the outside world.

Although Lilizi had finished her chores during this period, she did not disturb Uesugi Tetsu after seeing the spiritual power surging around him.

She leaned back casually on the sofa, closed her eyes and continued to meditate.

About five hours later, Uesugi Che, who had been absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy with all his strength for such a long time, breathed a sigh of relief.

He lowered his gaze, looking at the newly popped-up prompt with a slightly weary look—

[Your skill, Spirit Controlling Skill proficiency +60! ]

[Your skill, Spirit Control, has been upgraded to Mastery level! ]

[Spirit Control Technique (Mastery 2/1000)]

[Effect: Control the energy of heaven and earth, and connect with the spirits of all things.]

[Because your Spirit Control Technique has been upgraded to Mastery, your Spirit Technique +5! ]

[Because your Spirit Control Technique has been upgraded to Mastery, your affinity for spiritual power has increased!]

In just a moment, the "spiritual power pool" in Uesugi Che's body, which was already not shallow, expanded several points again, almost the same as the moment when he first transformed into a three-tailed fox.

At the same time, he could also clearly sense that the spiritual energy in the world was becoming more responsive to his every wish.

Specifically, the speed at which he absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with the Spirit Control Technique had increased by 20%, plus the bonus from the Spirit Control Technique's mastery level...

A rough estimate shows that his spiritual energy absorption speed should have reached more than 900 times the standard value.

"So it's a problem with the Spirit Control Technique?"

Uesugi Tetsu keenly discovered the key point.

He had read many classics, but had never found any Yin-Yang magic that could increase a person's affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth - as if the affinity was determined at birth.

But the art of controlling spirits can do this.

In addition to this, the efficiency of the Spirit Control Technique in absorbing spiritual energy is unknown to be much higher than those miscellaneous Yin-Yang techniques.

Although the spirit control technique seems to be only able to absorb spiritual energy and communicate with some spiritual creatures.

"Great Yin-Yang Technique..."

Uesugi Tetsu understood that the Yin-Yang magic that could be named with these four words was definitely the treasure hidden in the box of a hidden Yin-Yang master family.

Therefore, it is better to show off the Spirit Controlling Technique and the Five Thunder Method·Qi He in front of others less often in the future.

This is not only for yourself, but also to prevent netizens on the other side of the screen from getting into trouble.

"Lilizi, I'm going to rest first."

Walking back from the balcony, Uesugi Tetsu looked at the girl who had been motionless for five hours and said.

He motioned for Erchidai, who was playing with his phone, to follow him. Seeing the clock on the wall pointing to midnight, he turned back and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"—take your time. It's faster."

Uesugi Tetsu brought Nishaku-sama into the room. Everything was ready. He planned to completely open up Rugetsu Station that night.

In the quiet living room, the girl with a calm expression opened her eyes, responded almost silently, and then continued to fight with the imaginary enemy.

……

The water pressure this time was extremely low, hardly causing Uesugi Che to feel any pressure.

——So, the current water pressure changes are random?

He landed at Rugetsu Station, which was unchanged from the last time he came in. After walking into the convenience store, Uesugi Tetsu confirmed that the copy had not been refreshed again.

"It seems that Ye Chun is still very obedient..."

Uesugi Tetsu transformed into a four-tailed fox and looked at his reflection in the glass and thought for a while.

I don’t know if she was obedient or if my appearance was too lethal.

"Two feet, sir."

Uesugi Che shouted, and let the girl wearing a white hat and with a faint Buddha light constantly appearing behind her head fall beside him.

"Can you still locate the driver?"

"Yes, it is possible." Erchisama closed his eyes and tried to sense it for a moment, "But the location is a little vague. I may have to look for it again after I get there."

"It doesn't matter. Let's find him first."

Uesugi Tetsu gestured for Nishaku-sama to sit on his shoulders - if she were to walk by herself, the overall progress would be much slower.

Although this amount of time is actually nothing, it is best to reduce the variables as much as possible.

"Great!"

As soon as Ershaku-sama sat down, Uesugi Che felt that the two furry ears on his head were severely affected, and a tingling sensation continued to come.

He decisively transformed into White Prajna, causing Lord Erchi's originally nimble and wandering hands to fall into the air.

Anyway, I didn’t come here to make friends, so it didn’t matter if I just stared at Bai Prajna’s face and hurried on.

"Stop making trouble. If you see a demon blocking the road, beat the drum."

Uesugi Tetsu took out the [Life and Death Taiko] from his storage backpack and handed the small black and white Taiko to the two-foot-tall master above his head.

"Pooh! I will not let Master Che down!"

After nodding vigorously towards Uesugi Tetsu, Master Nishaku felt the scenery around him quickly become blurred.

A huge centrifugal feeling came, and Nishaku-sama, who felt like he was about to fly, subconsciously grabbed the two horns above Uesugi Tetsu's head as if he were grabbing a steering wheel.

The corners of Uesugi Tetsu's eyes twitched slightly as the two roots above his head were tightly pulled, but after confirming that Nishaku-sama did not make any unnecessary movements, he let her go.

Thanks to Bai Prajna's powerful body, he was able to run very fast. In less than an hour, Uesugi Che arrived at the sensing range of Ershaku-sama's curse mark.

"Is it around here?"

"Uh-huh!"

Lord Erchi clenched the horns in his hands, frowned, and tried to sense them. Then he pointed to the forest on the right: "Lord Che, it should be over there."

Uesugi Che nodded silently, lowered his footsteps, and quickly disappeared into the dark and dense forest beside the mountain path.

Within two minutes, he found the SUV parked on a relatively wide area of ground.

The driver, who was wearing the same leather jacket that he always wore, didn't know where he got the cigarette from. He was leaning against the car and smoking it, looking comfortable and dazed.

It can be seen that the driver in the leather jacket is not very vigilant.

Even when Uesugi Tetsu brought Nishaku-sama, a shikigami who was not very good at hiding his aura, within a hundred meters of him, the driver did not show any signs of nervousness.

"Wait here for a while."

He took the two-foot-sama off his head and gently placed it on the ground. After whispering something in her ear, Uesugi Che walked silently towards the driver not far away.

In just three or two seconds, Uesugi Che, who had transformed into a four-tailed fox, came behind the leather-jacketed driver.

He stared at the driver who was gently exhaling smoke and patted his shoulder gently.

"Don't make trouble."

The driver in leather jacket impatiently opened Uesugi Che's hand and continued to hum a little tune and smoke.

After a long while, he suddenly realized that this was a sparsely populated forest. Normally, not only would people not come here, even demons would not come here.

And he didn't even feel the guy who tapped his shoulder coming towards him.

The driver swallowed hard and looked back.

Then a four-tailed fox wearing a long robe and holding a folding fan, staring at him, smiled and said, "Long time no see."

Is this a ghost?!

The driver blinked and immediately turned his head with a frightened look on his face.

——No, no, hasn’t this four-tailed fox been killed by Lady Snow Woman?
My opening method must be wrong!

He took several deep breaths, put out his cigarette, and then looked back with a determined look.

Seeing that the driver seemed to have accepted the reality, Uesugi Tetsu tapped the SUV with his fan and said, "I'd like to borrow this car for a while. Is that okay?"

As he finished speaking, blue-green arcs of electricity crackled around Uesugi Tetsu's body, stinging the driver's body and causing pain.

At the same time, it also finally broke his fantasy and told him that he was indeed living in reality.

But...how did the dead demon come back to life?

The driver couldn't understand it - these monsters and ghosts were not alien souls that could be resurrected after death.

They were dead, but they were really dead.

Even though his strength was low, he could clearly sense that although the four-tailed fox was terrifying, it was still far from the power of Lady Snow Woman.

So what is happening now...

"What's the answer?"

A flash of lightning exploded in front of the leather-jacketed driver's eyes, bringing him back to his senses.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at him with a smile: "Lend me the car, or I'll kill you and the car will be mine. Come on, make your choice."

——Uesugi Tetsu chose to waste time talking to the driver instead of killing him directly because the driver had previously led him to the mountain hotel.

But if the driver still doesn't appreciate it, don't blame him for using the panic thunder.

"Borrow it! The Four-Tailed Fox Master wants to borrow it! I will definitely lend it to him!"

The leather-jacketed driver immediately nodded and bowed to him, and sincerely opened the driver's door for Uesugi Tetsu: "Master Four-Tailed Fox, can you drive a car? If not..."

"Don't bother with that."

Uesugi Tetsu waved his hand and got into the SUV. "I'll park your car at the exit of the Izanuki Tunnel. You can pick it up there."

After saying that, Uesugi Che turned the key to start the car and drove away amid the shouts of the leather-jacketed driver.

"Isanuki Tunnel..."

The driver sat on the ground with his eyes vacant, thinking of the crowded Chihai over there: "If you don't want to return the car, just tell me directly, why beat around the bush?"

The driver in leather jacket just sat on the ground without moving for a long time.

He was desperate.

On the other side, Uesugi Tetsu successfully picked up Lady Ershaku and drove her towards the mountain hotel in his memory.

He planned to pick up Ye Chun directly and try to end this copy - as for the side quest in the mountain hotel that was already half completed, it would be better not to do it.

Time has been delayed at Kisaragi Station for long enough, and there are only six days left until the real sword test.

Although Uesugi Tetsu despised the three people from Longyuetang strategically, he still had to take them seriously tactically and improve his own strength as quickly as possible to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

Once the third map is opened, the rewards for the unfinished side quest at Ruyue Station can be made up for.

On the silent asphalt road, the SUV's engine roared, leaving a red trail as it rushed towards the hotel that had existed in the mountains for hundreds of years.

Uesugi Tetsu's driving skills are not good, and it can even be said that they are almost non-existent - he only knows the basics such as the handbrake, accelerator and steering wheel.

However, such a person as Uesugi Tetsu relied on his strong reflexes to speed the SUV up to a speed of over 100 yards on the narrow road.

So naturally, the two-foot-old man who wanted to experience the feeling of being a co-pilot was shaken all over and had to choose to return to the Ksitigarbha statue to rest for a while.

Pull the handbrake and park the SUV on the side of the road at the foot of the mountain.

If you drive the car up there, it will definitely alarm the Snow Girl.

Confrontation with the Snow Girl is the situation that Uesugi Che least wants to see - the other party is obviously not the final BOSS of Ruzuki Station, and Uesugi Che only has a disagreement with the Snow Girl on the issue of "taking Ye Chun away".

If you want to ensure that you can defeat the Snow Girl in one go, then you may not be able to save the [Hercules Talisman].

Uesugi Tetsu also planned to keep it to deal with the final boss or to deal with unavoidable bad situations.

"Also, capturing the Snow Girl as a Shikigami is a very good choice."

After seeing many of Onmyoji's strange shapes, misshapen bodies, side effects of contracts, and a large number of Shikigami, Uesugi Tetsu realized how rare it is to find a Shikigami that has an appearance that does not lose sanity and can communicate normally.

But those that meet these two conditions are generally low-star monsters or ghost stories.

Generally speaking, most of the Shikigami above three stars are weird guys, and corresponding to their powerful strength are necessarily powerful curses and resentments.

However, "spirits" like the "Snow Woman" that are born naturally are very rare...

When Uesugi Tetsu looked up, he found the mountain hotel that was extremely conspicuous in the dark forest.

The first thing to confirm is whether the Snow Girl has left the hotel.

As he got a little closer, Uesugi Tetsu showed a hint of joy.

Because there was a sign saying "Temporarily closed" hanging at the door of the hotel - this meant that Uesugi Che didn't need to wait any longer and just had to take Ye Chun away as quickly as possible.

He no longer hid his footsteps and strode towards the hotel, until he reached a place where he could be observed by the window of Ye Chun's room.

And in the darkness, a hint of chill that just came and went lingered not far away, staring quietly at the four-tailed fox that shouldn't be here anymore.

(End of this chapter)