I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 147: S-level seeds gather, two shipping mechanisms of the card pool, changing history? (7.5k
The prompt appeared, and everything around turned into a dull gray in that instant.

Everything in the world, whether it was the wind and water, the sky and the earth, the half-kneeling man in black called Hanzo, or Imagawa Yoshimoto who was looking at him.

Except for Uesugi Tetsu, everything came to a standstill the moment the hint appeared.

It was as if Uesugi Tetsu was pulled out of this world.

Uesugi Tetsu wanted to turn his eyes away, but he found that except for his thoughts, his body was also unable to move.

Only the prompts in front of me continued to pop up——

【You have temporarily left the late Muromachi shogunate and the middle of the Warring States period. 】

【please confirm. 】

"So this is what the previous tip meant by 'the node has not yet arrived'..."

Uesugi Tetsu chewed over the words of Hanzo who had just suddenly appeared, and extracted the two key words "riot in Mikawa area" and "big demon" from them.

In other words, from now on it will be the second stage of the main mission.

Uesugi Tetsu thought, "The first ring of the main quest gave me the 'entry ticket', so starting from the second ring, I should officially enter the stage of history."

If this is the case, it would be better to click "pause" first.

Because the ratio of the flow of time in the present world and the Warring States period reached a terrifying one to thirty.

If something big happened in the real world, even if Uesugi Tetsu was extremely efficient and only took half a day to resolve it, a full half month would have passed in the Warring States Period.

Such a long time is enough to fight several battles in Okehazama.

As for how to enter again, it should be related to the "Key of History: Second Ring" that I just obtained.

I'll have to wait until I get back to check this.

Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts stopped here. He looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was sitting in the rocking chair with her beautiful eyes narrowed, looking at him and wanting to say something.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"—Then Lord Yoshimoto, let's meet again later."

Uesugi Tetsu used his mind to click hard to confirm the prompt in front of him.

The next moment, a huge wave hit and drowned Uesugi Tetsu's consciousness.

The brief darkness disappeared, replaced by the slightly warm sunlight of the early morning.

Although Uesugi Tetsu's consciousness fell into darkness this time as well, when he woke up again, he could feel for some reason that only a very short period of time had actually passed.

Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes in the pavilion of the Okehazama scenic spot, just framing the sun rising from the end of the horizon.

"It hurts my eyes..."

He turned his head to look around and found that the entire scenic spot was deserted and empty. Even the shops in the scenic area not far away were still dark and closed.

Uesugi Che took out his mobile phone, turned on the data traffic and reconnected, and then he saw the current time.

"It's the early morning of May 5th, no wonder there's no one here."

After all, except for a very few special attractions, there are no incredible tourists who would deliberately rush to the attractions at six or seven in the morning to torture themselves the day before.

Uesugi Tetsu flipped through the calendar and found that the time for the real sword test was May 5th.

Roughly speaking, there are still a little more than two days left.

There is plenty of time, so it’s not particularly urgent.

Uesugi Che stretched and walked out of the pavilion. He looked at the panel while thinking about what to eat for breakfast.

Although we have been eating very well at the Imagawa family these days, the meals are all luxurious, with refined rice, grilled fish, and Nanban cakes.

But unfortunately, the cooking techniques of that era were really backward, and Uesugi Tetsu's own cooking skills were only limited to heating up convenience store bento.

After eating like this for more than twenty days, the food was almost tasteless in Uesugi Che's mouth.

He made up his mind that he would ask Lilizi to teach him a few dishes before going there next time, and put some modern black technology seasonings into his storage backpack.

Imagawa Yoshimoto also had to be allowed to eat something good, otherwise if people in the future only eat rice, cabbage and radish every day, it would be so embarrassing to tell others about it.

No, absolutely not.

Even if you don't have time to learn cooking, you have to stock up on some 711 bento boxes before going in - the previous compressed biscuits were almost finished by Shiraishi alone.

Before checking the new Key of History and the super epic map, you should first click on the red dot of the Five Thunder Method: Qi He.

[Five Thunder Method: Qi Combination (Proficiency 5/1400)]

[Effect: While practicing the breathing method, you can release lightning at will.]

[——Qi and thunder, thunder and qi. This is a serious question of which came first, the chicken or the egg.]

[Because your Five Thunder Techniques Qi He has reached the proficient level, your physical strength is increased by 2!]

[Because your Five Thunder Method: Qi He has reached the proficient level, your spiritual skills +1! ]

[Because your Five Thunder Method: Qi He has reached the proficient level, your affinity with lightning has increased.]

Ever since he exorcised the tuberculosis demon on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, Uesugi Tetsu's Five Thunder Technique has reached the proficient level.

Just as the effect was described, Uesugi Tetsu could release lightning almost as he wished, except that the precision was slightly lacking.

Also, even though the Five Thunder Techniques: Qi Combination itself does not limit the upper limit of electricity output, the generated current must pass through Uesugi Tetsu's body before it can be released to the outside world.

So first of all, he had to be careful not to electrocute himself.

Uesugi Tetsu had tested it before, and the safe upper limit of this single discharge was probably about the same as the lightning he released with all his strength when he first got the Blessed Folding Fan.

However, it was a skill that was used once every five minutes before, but now it is a basic attack that can be released at any time.

It is not a big problem for a bolt of lightning to seriously injure or disable a one-star demon.

And there is another advantage - if the breathing method is highly stimulated, the spiritual power consumed by using the Five Thunder Method and Qi Combination to release lightning will be greatly reduced.

To round it off, it's equivalent to getting a free lightning buff when using Coronal Breathing Form 5.

Uesugi Che walked out of the Okehazama scenic area and walked around the empty road several times, but he didn't find any breakfast shop with the aroma of food wafting out.

There isn't even a private breakfast shop on the main street of this old town, let alone Tokyo.

If I want to have a non-industrial breakfast in the future, it seems I can only rely on Lilizi.

In desperation, Uesugi Tetsu had to walk towards the only open 711 on the side of the road.

On the way, he took out the newly acquired Key of History from his storage backpack and held it in his hand.

The new key to history is transparent blood red, and under the morning light it looks as exquisite and luxurious as red agate.

The texture is completely different from the bone Key of History Shrine.

Key to History: Second Ring (Special Item)

[Effect: After injecting a certain amount of spiritual energy into it, it will activate and enter the late Muromachi period and the Warring States period again.]

[——This is the key to unlock the node. Nothing will change until you use it.]

[Note: The Second Ring of the Key of History is a one-time item.]

"Is this the key to unlocking the stillness of time?"

Uesugi Tetsu muttered something and put the key of history back - after all, the introduction had already clearly described its usage and consequences, so there was no need to study it further.

Then he took out the Key of History Shrine to see if it had changed in any way.

The result was that the originally jade-white key was covered with a light gray film, and it seemed that it was currently unusable.

“That hasn’t changed either.”

Uesugi Tetsu curled his lips and released Ershaku-sama, who had been staying in the Ksitigarbha statue for a long time, before entering the convenience store.

"Wow! I'm dying of suffocation, Master Lache!"

As soon as the tiny two-foot-tall adult jumped out, he raised his hands vigorously, stood on tiptoe and stretched, bending his soft body into a fully stretched bow shape.

After trotting around Uesugi Che for several times, she said in great dissatisfaction, "Master Che, you are so willing to leave me alone in the Ksitigarbha statue. I am so sad..."

Uesugi Tetsu arrived at the door of 711. The infrared-sensing glass door automatically opened to both sides. As he walked, he said to Ershaku-sama beside him,
"Whatever you want to eat, just pick it and I'll pay for it."

"Great!"

The girl immediately threw away the unhappiness in her heart, ran past Uesugi Tetsu humming a song, and began to pick snacks and drinks for herself without any hesitation.

Uesugi Tetsu first bought a bowl of oden for breakfast at the counter and prepared to eat while shopping.

"The total is 1033 yen. Thank you for your patronage."

After taking his extra-large portion of oden, Uesugi Tetsu took a sip of the greasy soup base and smiled happily.

——It’s been a long time since I’ve tasted the delicious taste of this technology!

He picked up two blue plastic baskets, threw one to Nishaku-sama and told her that it was okay to materialize.

Uesugi Tetsu then explained to her the reason for the previous "confinement": "If Imagawa Yoshimoto saw you coming out, she would probably come up with some new ideas."

"oh oh!"

Erchida frantically threw jelly, potato chips, candy, and carbonated drinks, which were the children's favorite foods, into the basket. She thought for a while and replied,

"From what I've observed, that woman seems to be very interested in you, Master Che!"

She came closer and gave Uesugi Tetsu, who was eating oden, a mysterious smile: "Maybe if you, Master Tetsu, just take the initiative, you can take her into your harem... Then I can come out with a clear conscience!"

"This is totally impossible."

After throwing the last bamboo stick into the bowl, Uesugi Tetsu curled his lips and said, "I don't think Imagawa Yoshimoto would have any extra personal feelings for me."

"—After spending ten days with her, I could only fully sense that she deeply valued my abilities and the unique identity of Onmyoji."

Uesugi Tetsu first threw the plastic bowl of oden he had finished eating into the convenience store's trash can - so that he wouldn't have to hold it in his hand when he got out and couldn't find a place to throw it away.

Uesugi Tetsu offered a completely different view from Nishaku-sama: "Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart probably has absolutely no room for emotions like 'family' or 'love'."

"--Well, she is a creature made up entirely of self and interests."

Uesugi Tetsu made a very calm judgment.

"It's not so much that she's interested in me, it's more like she wants to put a collar on me so that I can only bark at her from now on."

Finally, he raised his finger and added,

"However, Imagawa Yoshimoto is indeed a very good person and a very wise and qualified lord."

After listening to this, Erchisama scratched his head and felt like he needed to grow a brain.

She threw a few more bottles of yogurt into the basket, thought for a moment, and said, "Master Che, I just feel that her feelings for you are very passionate. This temperature is almost burning me through the Ksitigarbha statue."

Ershaku-sama handed the overflowing basket to Uesugi Tetsu and grinned, "Anyway, I personally think she's much better than that flat-chested devil. She's quite generous in expressing her thoughts, rather than bottled up and then playing tricks."

At this point, Erchisama put his hands on his hips.

"Hehe, if Lord Yiyuan is lucky enough to become your principal wife in the future, I'm sure he won't reject me, a hardworking and meritorious official! Then the three of us can..."

You've never even met him, but you're calling him "Lord Yiyuan", right?

Uesugi Tetsu stared speechlessly at Nishaku-sama, who was throwing non-existent petals into the air with his hands.

He had just been answering Erchisama's words seriously, but he didn't expect that the key point of her thinking was actually this.

The truth is finally revealed.

After giving Nishaku-sama a slap on the forehead, Uesugi Tetsu paid the bill at the convenience store counter.

The convenience store clerk looked around several times while Uesugi Che was checking out, but didn't see the second person.

She recalled the two voices that had just come from the store, and remembered that she had not seen a second person walk into the store from the door. The clerk's calves began to tremble.

Is it a ghost? Or a spirit?

"Thank you very much for your patronage. Welcome to visit us next time..."

Uesugi Tetsu looked at the clerk in front of him with some confusion. The clerk was trying hard to force a smile and looked like he was about to cry. He took the two large plastic bags and walked out of the convenience store with Nishaku-sama.

——In fact, there are no ghosts or spirits.

——It was just that the height of the materialized Two-foot-tall was not even as tall as the counter, so the clerk didn’t notice it.

……

After placing all the supplies from the large purchase into the storage backpack and asking Ershaku-sama to remain in the Avatar and continue to follow him, Uesugi Tetsu took out the highlight of the first ring reward.

——Unknown core factory map.

【Unknown Core Factory Map】

[Quality: Super Epic] [Effect: After activating with the "Factory Core", it will point to an unknown core factory in an unknown location. The core factory must contain an unknown "Super Epic" quality equipment/prop.]

[——You want my treasure? If you want it, I'll give it to you. Go find it! The Core Factory! I've put everything in the world there!]

Uesugi Che stroked the sheepskin map, which still felt soft to the touch but looked like it had a very long history.

“Unknown, unknown, and unknown… It’s just like opening a blind box.”

But if the word "factory" is mentioned, Uesugi Tetsu can't help but think of the huge factory that he first saw in the strange village of Arakawa, which made a rumbling sound day and night.

At that time, he saw that there were too many scattered half-star worker monsters in the factory, and it was also the time when the first wave was about to come.

So Uesugi Tetsu did not explore the factory again to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Uesugi Tetsu thought about it and then focused his attention on the four words "factory core".

【Factory Core】

[——The power core of the factory's giant steam furnace.]

Steam oven.

——The factory built next to the strange village of Arakawa also seems to use a steam engine to power its operation.

In the ordinary world, modern facilities like "factories" are not so easy to come by.

Or, almost never seen.

So there must be some connection between the two. Maybe the factory core is in the factory next to the strange village of Arakawa.

But even if there is a very small probability that the two have no connection, Uesugi Tetsu can spend 2,000 soul ash points to call Katsumi and then ask him about the relevant matters.

Uesugi Che carefully rolled up the sheepskin map in his hand and put it back into the storage backpack.

——Super epic equipment or props are still worth your time to go there.

And maybe even open up a whole new map because of it.

"In that case, let's finish the work at hand first."

The most urgent task, of course, is to test the swords with real swords.

When Uesugi Tetsu took out his cell phone again to ask about Nanjo Aimi's situation, he found that she had already called him twice and left two short messages.

He had previously thought that there were too many red dots in the pop-up window above his phone, so he didn't notice it when he checked the time.

"You're wasting my time... Look, I'm shutting down all your notification permissions."

Uesugi Che clicked his fingers rapidly, and soon locked all APP notification permissions except Line.

This way, no matter who sends him a message, he can reply immediately.

When he opened Line, Uesugi Tetsu could see two messages from Nanjo Aimi.

【2024.5.15 23:11】

[Nanjo Aimi: The Special Affairs Office has found a few potential Shikigami for you. It's not convenient to take pictures, so you should come and see for yourself if there's anything you like.]

【2024.5.16 3:24】

[Nanjo Aimi: Don't forget to start the real sword test on the 18th. If you see me, don't play dead and reply.]

"Nanjo-sister's efficiency is still as high as ever."

Uesugi Tetsu sighed, and then without saying a word, he called Nanjo Aimi.

After the phone rang for three seconds, the call was connected.

What came out was Shizuma Manaka's calm, non-verbal working voice: "Hello? Is that Uesugi-kun?"

"it's me……"

Uesugi Che was stunned for a moment, wondering if there was some unexpected situation.

"We're already on our way to Yokohama. Nanjo Daizu is finally catching up on his sleep, so it's not convenient for him to answer the phone."

Shizuma Manatsu spoke clearly and forcefully, "She told me that if you, Uesugi-kun, called, she would have you come directly to Yokohama City, and that we could discuss the issue of the Shikigami after the competition."

"I understand."

……

After hanging up the phone, Shizuma Manatsu, who was driving, glanced at the rearview mirror and saw the van that was packed to the brim and completely overloaded.

On the passenger seat was Nanjo Aimi, who had her arms folded across her chest and looked haggard even when she was asleep. Hiyabo rested on her chest, bringing just the right amount of warmth to her master.

Sitting behind him was Lilizi, who was still practicing with her eyes closed, sweating profusely even when she was halfway there.

Kitano Runa, who had only learned the "Basic Spirit Absorption Method", was already surging with a large amount of spiritual power. She sat next to Ririko, and even though she was so sleepy that her eyelids were fighting, she was still watching the latest anime with headphones on.

Behind the two of them sat a man and a woman, both of whom were recently unearthed by the Special Affairs Office.

Their information appeared in Shizuma Manatsu's mind.

The man's name was Mu Yetong, and he had S-level potential. He was very talented in Yin-Yang magic, especially in astronomy and clepsydra, but he also practiced some Five Elements Yin-Yang magic to make up for his weaknesses.

Shizuma Manatsu recalled the scenes of him releasing Yin Yang Jutsu several times, and added in her heart: "Very strong."

Moreover, Mu Yetong is still very calm.

The girl is called Hattori Ayako, and she has A-level potential.

In fact, the one with potential is not Hattori Ayako herself, but the three-star Shikigami, Isohime, who has a contract with her.

About a week ago, Hattori Ayako accidentally fell into the water while rescuing someone, and was rescued by Isohime just when she was about to drown.

Shizuma Manatsu is not very clear about the specific details.

She only knew that in order to save Hattori Ayako who was nearly dead, Isohime took the initiative to contract her and saved her life.

And according to Nanjo Daishu, this Isohime does not seem to be an ordinary three-star monster, but a big monster that fell from the four-star demon level for some unknown reason.

Because Isohime is too powerful, Hattori Ayako cannot actually make her appear at will.

——As long as Isohime appears, ordinary people like her will become weak. As for fighting, it will quickly consume Hattori Ayako's energy and spirit, and she will not be able to hold on for long.

To sum up, Hattori Ayako, an ordinary person who has neither talent in Onmyoji nor breathing techniques, was given an "A" level evaluation.

All I can say is that she has a promising future.

When Shizuma Manatsu saw the red light, she stepped on the brakes steadily and fixed her eyes on the face of the last young boy who was looking out the window curiously.

Akechi Yuya, S-rank potential. Recommended by the previous Yin-Yang Master, Kondo Tomoya, he possesses an incredible talent for breathing techniques and a decent talent for swordsmanship. His training is truly rapid.

It is said that after only learning the breathing technique for a month, his strength has reached the level of about two stars.

Shizuma Manatsu thought, "He and Ririk are probably the epitome of a true genius and an extremely hardworking ordinary person."

In addition, there was a nurse sitting at the rear of the car and three special affairs officers in black suits - they were responsible for protecting the safety of the "seeds" in the car.

But listening to the laughter at the end, it seems that Sister Ru and the three uncles are getting along well.

Shizuma Manatsu stepped on the accelerator and slowly drove towards Yokohama City with the sightseeing and study tour group that was participating in the true sword test, or to be more precise, the substitutes.

……

On the other side, Uesugi Tetsu had already boarded the Shinkansen to Yokohama City.

As usual, he bought a window ticket for Mr. Erchi.

——Maybe it’s because he had been stuck in the same place for too long before, now Erchi always likes to breathe fresh air and see the scenery in different places.

But this time, Nishaku-sama begged Uesugi Tetsu to let her materialize and sit on the seat, so that she could enjoy the sightseeing while eating snacks.

All I can say is that she knows how to enjoy herself.

Uesugi Tetsu also leaned back in his chair, looked at his 3160 soul ash points, and opened the Edo Castle card drawing panel.

The well girl, the sickly ghost, plus the 1500 soul ashes from the mission reward are just enough to complete two ten-draw combos.

However, Uesugi Tetsu still did not intend to use up all the soul ashes at once - leaving some soul ashes that were not in a hurry to be used might be of great help at a critical moment.

So this time I just went into the pool ten times in a row and stopped.

In the card pool, the black-haired Hundred-Eyed Demon Loli was curled up and floating in the air, obviously sleeping.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced outside through the car window and after seeing that it was a sunny day, he gave up the idea of drawing the card immediately.

He was not in a hurry. He was on the Shinkansen anyway, so he could wait until it rained outside and then observe the situation in the card pool.

Sure enough, within fifteen minutes, the sunny weather outside turned into cloudy and rainy weather, and even the two-foot-tall man who was watching the scenery pouted in dissatisfaction.

Uesugi Che looked into the card pool again and found that the Hundred Eyes Demon Loli had actually slowly opened her eyes, yawned, walked to her throne, crossed her legs, put on an expression and started business.

Uesugi Che blinked, not expecting that his previous guess about the impact of weather on the card pool was actually true.

So, combined with previous shipping experience, the Edo City card pool probably has two mechanisms?

One is when Hyakumeki Loli opens her eyes for business on rainy days. At this time, it should be the same as the normal card pool, but there may be a chance to trigger a transaction with Hyakumeki.

The second time was when it was a sunny day outside and Hyakumeki Loli was resting.

If you click to draw a card at this time, it will wake up the sleeping Hyakume-no-ki, making her very irritated and causing the card draw to be extremely unstable.

But at the same time, it is also possible to draw out powerful hidden items.

For example, the previous epic Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman, this talisman has never been displayed on the card pool page.

After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Uesugi Che decided not to trust his own dark face and decided to just do ten consecutive hits now.

He casually clicked on ten consecutive combos with his mind, and without holding any hope of getting anything good, Uesugi Che stared quietly at the card pool.

Then he could see the Hundred-Eyed Demon Loli, who had just woken up and sat on the throne, pouting in dissatisfaction, and seemed to snort lightly before walking down from the throne that was not yet warm.

She picked and chose among the treasures for a long time, and finally threw out all ten items at once.

[Soul-soothing Incense Ashes (Small) × 2], [Soul-soothing Incense Ashes (Medium) × 3], [One Eye of the Hundred-Eyed Demon × 2], [Spell Scroll (Incomplete) × 2], [Demon Essence].

Uesugi Tetsu took a quick glance and nodded.

as expected.

A normal card draw is one where you don’t draw an epic item and don’t trigger the special plot of Baimugui.

It's something he is familiar with, the unlucky person draws a card!

Moreover, the first nine items were all familiar to him, but the last item drawn was something Uesugi Che had never seen before.

He stared at the icon of the "demon essence" which looked like a very sticky, black and red indescribable substance dripping with juice, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

【Demon Essence】

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect: After being taken by a Shikigami, it will speed up its promotion progress.]

[——When Hyakumeki was bored, he mixed together this "essence" to avoid extravagance. As for what it contains? Who knows.]

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at Nishaku-sama who was slurping jelly, and saw the short progress bar "3%" above her head.

Fortunately, this thing is not for me to "take"... otherwise, after swallowing it in one gulp, I would probably feel nauseous for at least the whole day.

This light looks like a ball of flesh used as a biological weapon, and is not suitable for use on the Shinkansen.

Uesugi Tetsu does have this quality.

——Although he also pulled out the Hundred Eyes Demon's eyes this time, the Hundred Eyes Demon Loli didn't seem to have any intention of trading with him.

I don’t know if it’s because the last transaction was too short and the cooling-off period hasn’t passed yet, or if she hasn’t digested the three eyeballs from last time.

Anyway, let's keep these two big eyeballs and the incomplete performance scroll for now.

After all, a mere 200 points of proficiency is nothing at this stage, and Uesugi Tetsu also has a novel idea of "whether the scroll of performance will be effective when used by others".

Afterwards, Uesugi Tetsu observed the bored Hyakumeki Loli for a while, and only after confirming that she really had no intention of trading did he quietly close the card pool panel.

"By the way, I'd like to ask if Lilizi and the others have arrived..."

Uesugi Che took out his cell phone and was about to open Line when his hand paused slightly.

Because he saw the Wikipedia app in the lower right corner of the screen.

After a moment of silence, Uesugi Tetsu looked at the clear "0.5%" historical change rate on his walking clock.

——Has history really been changed by ourselves?
Uesugi Tetsu took a deep breath slowly to calm his complicated emotions.

Then he silently opened the software and typed the four words "Imagawa Yoshimoto" into the search box.

(End of this chapter)