I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 322 The Mysterious Black Book: My name is Uesugi Tetsu, and I will be dead by the time you see this sentence…

In an instant, a bubble nearly the size of a person emerged from the boundless mud, hundreds of times larger than an ordinary bubble.

Then, *pop*, it exploded!
Illuminated by a deep purple light, a large, blurry mass of light shot into the sky, then transformed into a series of prompts.

Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the prompts that appeared before him.

This time, a total of nine different materials were obtained in ten consecutive pulls.

One of them is the [Super Epic] quality [Earth Vein Dragon Qi], which is also one of the core materials for Hyakume to advance to the level of a demon god.

With this, Uesugi Tetsu has collected two-thirds of the core materials, only lacking the most precious one, [Hirasaka Hitomi].

As he placed the materials into the empty slots of the "Promotion Array Plate," Uesugi Tetsuya couldn't help but smile.

My luck has been really good lately, and things have really turned around for me.

Or……

Uesugi Tetsu recalled what Katsumi had said before—that he was completely enveloped in the "favor" of the calamity.

Is it because of this?
However, the calamity doesn't govern luck, so it's impossible for reducing his misfortune a little would cause his luck to skyrocket.

Hmm, probably not.

Uesugi Tetsu smacked his lips, his eyes shifting slightly.

Of course... he hadn't forgotten that he only drew nine types of upgrade materials in this ten-pull.

Besides.

There was one more thing, something unexpected.

Uesugi Tetsu looked at the black notebook shrouded in a thick gray light in the storage backpack.

The moment I held it in my hand, the gray sheen on it disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The moment the gray light disappeared, a notification popped up indicating that the item was an equipment.

The Black Book for Predicting the Future

[Quality: Legend]

[Effect: By paying a certain price, one can foresee a portion of the future through the text appearing in the black book.]

The future is revealed in it.

Legendary props?

Uesugi Che was stunned.

A ten-pull, and you get one legendary item and one epic item?

Are you kidding me?
He looked back and forth at the book in his hand, which had "NoteBook" written on the cover.

It looks exactly like an ordinary black notebook that you can buy for a few dozen or a hundred yen at a convenience store.

If it had been labeled "Death Note," Uesugi Tetsu might have thought it was something special.

"A tool for predicting the future... isn't that a bit overpowered?"

Uesugi Tetsuya muttered to himself, about to open the book, when suddenly his brows furrowed.

Because generally speaking, the glowing item that appears in a 10-pull in the gacha pool is determined by the highest quality item among them.

If this notebook is a legendary item, then the light just now shouldn't have been deep purple, but at least pale gold, right?

and also.

Uesugi Tetsu recalled that he had just used Yaobikuni's Heart.

—The Heart of the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis is turquoise.

—The panel of the [Wanling Furnace Core] is a brilliant gold color.

Why is the line "[The Black Book of Predicting the Future]" in plain white?

A row of plain white items that look exactly like epic and lower-level items?
After wondering about it, Uesugi Tetsuya blinked and prepared to continue studying the notebook in his hand.

But the result was...

The nameplate on this notebook has turned a pale gold color.

That's right, it's a legendary item called [Gold].

But Uesugi Tetsu clearly remembered that the line was white—one pair of eyes might be mistaken, but it's impossible for Doumeki's dozens of eyes to all be mistaken at the same time.

Uesugi Tetsuya stared silently at the black notebook in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed.

This notebook is not quite right.

While thinking, he subconsciously rubbed the notebook cover with his fingertips, only to find that the feel didn't seem quite right.

It's not the cheap plastic or synthetic leather commonly used in laptops. Instead…

sheepskin?

Uesugi Tetsuya then proceeded to examine the notebook thoroughly, his skillful and meticulous handling leaving the two-foot-tall man beside him completely bewildered.

wrong.

It's not sheepskin either.

He had touched the sheepskin; it was the sheepskin scroll that once contained the "Lin" character mantra, one of the Nine True Words.

The texture of that parchment scroll was subtly different from the black book cover in my hand.

Ordinary people might not notice it, but for Uesugi Tetsuya, it was a world of difference.

What exactly it is, we may only find out by opening the book.

With that thought in mind, Uesugi Tetsuya no longer hesitated and directly opened the rather thick black cover.

Behind the cover, a slightly curled, yellowed piece of paper appeared before Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes.

At this very moment, several lines of eerie and grotesque blood-red characters are twisting and turning on the yellowed paper!
My name is Kujo Machi. By the time you see this, I will have already been killed by those things...

What the hell?
Uesugi Tetsuya was slightly taken aback, but before he could finish reading the next line, the blood-red words quickly faded and disappeared from his sight.

It turned into a yellowish blank space.

Just when he thought this phenomenon was about to end, new lines of bloody text took its place, appearing densely and out of thin air on the paper.

[My name is Uesugi Tetsu. By the time you see this, I will have already died because of the calamity I sowed when I broke through to the level of a demon god. This is important information left on you by my future self through unknown means. You must remember what I am about to say...]

Uesugi Tetsuya didn't watch any further.

He shifted his gaze, focusing all his attention on the first three lines of formulaic words, silently staring at the blood-red characters that seemed to writhe like living things.

A long-lost sense of eeriness returned to his heart.

The last time he had this feeling was when he became aware of Old Man Ghost's existence.

But the next moment, Uesugi Tetsuya suddenly grinned, his tone sinister.

"Having killed so many demons, I've forgotten how many ghost stories and traditional monsters I've actually encountered..."

He licked his lips, and one after another, huge, ferocious black eyes appeared in the void beside him, the whites of his eyes completely filled with twisted and strange blood vessels!
Even Erchi and Xiaojia, who were laughing and joking nearby, were startled by the scene and fell silent.

Dozens of eyes floated around, all surging with excited and violent gazes toward the black book in his hand.

Where Uesugi Tetsu wasn't looking, the constantly appearing blood characters stopped, and the original blood characters ceased to move.

Uesugi Tetsu was deep in thought.

He certainly wouldn't believe a single word of what was written in that book, which reeked of some inexplicable aura. It would be a miracle if anyone believed such a thing.

But in reality, he still had a question in his mind.

—How could such a bizarre thing be drawn from the gacha pool?

This black book wasn't picked up from the street; it was pulled out.

Since it's an item that was drawn, it must be useful to him...

This book may indeed have some prophetic power, but it probably needs to be used correctly.

After a dozen seconds of silence, Uesugi Tetsuya concealed the dozens of menacing eyes and chuckled expressionlessly at the black leather book: "You like to lie, you like not telling the truth, don't you?"

With a forced, indifferent smile, Uesugi Tetsuya said...

"In that case, come with me to the gathering later and have a chat with Mokujin."

Upon hearing this, the blood-written words on the black book changed drastically, erasing all the original words and replacing them with new ones.

[After doing this to the black book, Uesugi Tetsu will suffer a backlash from his luck, gradually encountering misfortunes, and his friends will die mysteriously one by one...]

An unfortunate event?

This black book is going way too far. This time, Uesugi Tetsuya really laughed and said in a kind tone, "You can say these things to my family later, and see if you can make me unhappy or if He can make you unhappy."

The blood-red characters paused slightly, then suddenly changed.

You'll regret your decision today!

Uesugi Tetsu remained unmoved, only offering a cold laugh.

A few seconds later, the black book seemed to realize that the threat had no effect on Uesugi Tetsuya, and lines of crooked, layered blood-red characters appeared on the pages.

No! No! No...

Amidst countless grotesque and twisted "no"s, Uesugi Tetsuya tossed it into his storage backpack.

In an instant, all the blood-red characters froze, motionless.

"You've spoiled me rotten. You're using the item I drew with 800 Soul Ashes to threaten your master, aren't you?"

After letting out a cold sneer, Uesugi Tetsuya noticed that the hints on the black book were gradually changing.

The original pale gold "Black Book for Foreseeing the Future" has changed into a grayish "Area Unlock Item: Black Book".

A completely different message popped up at the bottom of the black book.

[Area Unlock Item: Black Leather Book]

[—Take this item to the designated location to unlock a new area.]

"So it was a region unlocking item. No wonder it was drawn from the gacha pool."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded thoughtfully.

However, the hint didn't specify where the "new area" was, so it's likely that the hint will only be given after he finishes dealing with the events of the Warring States period.

Then, he turned his attention to the "Black Man Book".

"Is this the leather...?"

Uesugi Tetsuya then realized what that familiar yet different texture was.

It turns out that this strange black book had hidden the original character for "person".

Not only that, it can even change the panel prompts it sees from the outside world based on its own ideas...

This was the first time Uesugi Tetsu had encountered such a prop.

Its appearance was also covered with a layer of gray light, which was not the golden light it had before.

Therefore, whether it's the legendary item panel, the suddenly changed golden name decoration, or those inexplicable blood words on it, they are probably all deceiving people for unknown purposes.

This black book is very strange.

You can't believe a single word they said before.

Its only function now is as an area unlocking item to unlock the next map.

There's just one strange thing.

Uesugi Tetsu closed his eyes, recalling the first sentence he saw when he opened the black book.

Who is this "Nine True Words"?

He drew this thing from the gacha pool and held it in his hand, so why did it initially display a completely unfamiliar name?

Are they from the Kujo family?

Many names flashed through Uesugi Tetsu's mind in an instant... But as one of the ancient Onmyoji families that strongly rejects "heretical practices," how could they be related to this strange black book?
He took out his phone, but instead of calling Nanjo Aimi's number as usual, he knew she must be very busy now that she had just gone to Hokkaido.

So Uesugi Tetsu dialed Tamamo's number and asked her to look up the name.

Without a word, Tamamo readily agreed, adding that she hadn't done anything productive in so long that her body was a bit rusty.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the time, stood up from the bedside, and waved to the two little ones whispering beside him.
"Erchi, Xiaojia, it's time to go."

It's time to go to the Yuan family's place.

The destination of this trip to the Yuan family is unknown, but it is probably hidden deep in the mountains and forests. We will have to take a special car from the Special Affairs Bureau, and it will probably take a lot of time on the way.

It wouldn't be good to keep them waiting any longer.

Uesugi Tetsuya hung Kaga Kiyomitsu on his waist and led the bouncy, two-foot-tall man out the door.

He planned to summon the wax figure and the skeleton after he returned—if he went to the Yuan family, who knew what trouble those two might cause along the way.

The less trouble, the better.

With his All-Seeing Eye, Uesugi Tetsuya easily found Ririko sitting by the window of a room, meditating instead of sleeping.

After leaving the young master outside the door, Uesugi Tetsuya entered the room.

On the other side of the room, Shizuma Manatsu and Kitano Runa, who had just finished playing, were fast asleep, completely unaware that someone else had entered the room.

Riri opened her eyes, her gaze as calm as autumn water.

"I'm going to the Yuan family's place. You can use this first."

Uesugi Tetsu didn't say much, and directly took out the [Gengoro's Sword] from his backpack.

This thing isn't of much use to him now, since he's already beaten the young Izumi.

It would be better to hand it over to Ririko and let her study and exchange swordsmanship with Kamiizumi inside. Who knows, she might give me a big surprise when I come back.

Leaning close to her ear, Uesugi Tetsuya whispered to Ririko how to use the device, adding that he could give Chisa some pointers with Izumi inside when they had time.

"it is good."

Ririko didn't say much either, and accepted the thing that looked like a small kendo pendant.

Just as Uesugi Tetsuya got up to leave, Ririko's voice entered his ears, sending shivers down his spine.
"Bon Voyage."

In the darkness, Uesugi Tetsu nodded.

After he stepped out the door, he dialed the number given to him by the Special Affairs Department and led the two-foot-tall man to a dark, heavily armored bulletproof car downstairs.

The driver in the car remained silent, not saying or asking a single question.

Uesugi Tetsuya was happy to have some free time. He leaned back in the back seat and glanced at the two-foot-tall man who couldn't wait to take out his phone and play with it, as well as the eager little Jia who leaned over.

He sighed silently.

The harm that electronic products pose to children is immeasurable...

Before closing his eyes, Uesugi Tetsu instructed Erchiro with his heartstrings that he was going to "sleep" and that he should be woken up if anything happened.

The young man, whose mind was completely on his phone, replied with three "yes"s, then stole a glance at Uesugi Tetsuya before his body began to wriggle slightly closer.

Without giving it any further thought, Uesugi Tetsu entered the walking gathering.

……

For some reason, after a soft water pressure, Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes at the empty walking gathering.

This time, Mokujin did not come over to sit by the shrine to greet him.

Uesugi Tetsu blinked and looked down, only to find that Mokuzu was indeed sitting in the very center of the square, fiddling with the controller, without even moving his buttocks.

The only change was that there were more torn-open bags of potato chips and empty bottles of soda next to her.

It has changed a lot, a lot.

Uesugi Tetsu's lips twitched.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the screen still displayed the game "Snake," only now it had transformed into a super invincible giant dragon.

The enormous snake found it incredibly difficult to turn and move through every crevice, causing Huo Jin to lean forward slightly, beads of sweat appearing on his pale forehead.

Let's not bother her for now...

Uesugi Tetsu sat down silently, took out the black book from his storage backpack, and opened it without restraint.

The dozens or even hundreds of "don't" words that were originally there immediately disappeared, replaced by a line of large, blood-red characters with a strong sense of sarcasm.

[Uesugi Tetsuya, it seems you already know that was a foolish and wrong choice...]

But the line of blood-red text suddenly stopped before it could fully appear, as abruptly as a computer crashing.

After a while, a line of tiny, ant-like blood-red characters appeared below.

【Uesugi Tetsu...you...】

The blood-written words were crooked and trembling, with the characters even scattered in disarray.

Where did you lead me?!

(End of this chapter)