I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 408 Finally, the Ghost Father Appears, the Game Ends! The Girl Who Sacrificed the [Eye of Enma] Comes to an End.

In the distance, the city streets were filled with solemn chants of "Om Ah Hum".

Golden light kept emerging from the interconnected streets, making Uesugi Tetsu feel as if he had entered a Buddhist kingdom.

He then recalled the three seemingly intelligent two-foot-tall clones he had just seen.

So Uesugi Tetsu asked, somewhat surprised, "What do you mean, 'Boss'? He was all smiles, as if he were watching his employees, who weren't slacking off at all, compete with each other?"
"Two feet, how did you do that?"

Erchi replied crisply, "My lord, there's no need to be surprised. This is just some underhanded trick we've learned while absorbing offerings, strolling through the heavens, and experiencing the historical emotions of the past century."

Don't be fooled by those three living, breathing people; they can't say anything except this Buddhist saying, and they've essentially made us multitask.

"Under normal circumstances, this is a minor method that is not very useful."

Er Chi was describing the shortcomings of this "cloning technique," but Uesugi Tetsuya saw that she was completely unaffected and showed no signs of fatigue from multitasking.

Tathagatagarbha... it really is a good thing.

He didn't leave immediately, but instead watched with his all-seeing eye as the fake people on each street were swiftly harvested by his two-foot-tall clone, like wheat and leeks.

—The fakes didn't even have time to peel off their human skin before they all fell to the ground, causing numerous traffic accidents.

Only a few truly alive people remained, staring at each other in bewilderment, not yet understanding what had happened in that short time.

Uesugi Tetsu looked down as if sensing something, and found that the three padlocks in his hands had become increasingly dark and black due to the deaths of many fake people.

It grew darker and darker, as if it were about to drip ink.

Although he did not sense any ominous signs from the lock, Uesugi Tetsuya, having learned from his previous experience in the cycle of reincarnation, remained cautious as usual.

He looked at Chisa, whose mouth was agape in an "O" shape, and asked her...
"Chisa, when did that lantern with the human head appear last time...?"

Halfway through his speech, Uesugi Tetsu realized that Chisa's memories, like Kujo Machi's, were not from the previous reincarnation.

"Master, what are you asking?"

Chisa blinked her big eyes, looking somewhat confused and puzzled.

"It's nothing, just a slip of the tongue."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head, his mind racing, and he had already made up his mind.

He opened his mouth towards the two feet that were also looking at him.
"Erchi, let your clone kill only 50,000 fake people first. Don't kill too many and make the situation irreversible. I need to observe the changes in the timing of those monsters' appearances."

"We cannot completely believe what the palace chief says."

Er Chi nodded approvingly: "Your Excellency is indeed wise."

She closed her eyes and transmitted this thought to her clone.

The next moment, the three clones that had been leaving afterimages in the city all slowed down and began to walk at a leisurely pace.

"Alright, Lord Che, if nothing unexpected happens, the clones should be able to kill the designated number in an hour."

Erchi, who had already heard the faint sound of the siren, did not pay much attention.

If a few guns and bombs could destroy her clone, then what face would she have to stand beside Lord Che?

Uesugi Tetsu responded, then looked at Kujo Machi, whose face was filled with a mixture of anticipation and fear, and said to her,
"Next, let's go to Ms. Kujo's house and wait for her parents to get off work."

"well!"

Kujo Machi nodded in agreement without hesitation.

But then, after her reaction time caught up, Kujo Machi asked hesitantly and with some confusion,

"Lord Uesugi, is there anything unusual about my parents? I've never seen them before, not even once in my life..."

—With human heads and lanterns flying all over the sky, all kinds of evil spirits have been revived, but your parents are still going to get off work on time as usual. Do you think that's strange?

If every employee were this dedicated, capitalists' bank accounts would probably all increase by a single digit.

"It's nothing, I just came to your house for a visit."

Uesugi Tetsu chuckled: "After all, Miss Kujo, you are so extraordinary that you might even give birth to extraordinary parents."

Kujo Machi was somewhat embarrassed by the praise, but a hint of worry also appeared in her eyes.

They wouldn't... do something to their parents, would they?

If this old bastard and the Living Buddha are working together, should I cheer him on or give him a shout-out...?

Having said that, Uesugi Tetsu took out an amulet that had already been partially engraved with the Five Elements Yin-Yang Technique and handed it to Kujo Machi.
"This contains an introductory chapter on the Five Elements. Read it and then tell me."

Upon hearing this, Kujo Machi, whose expression had previously held a hint of displeasure, immediately broke into a fawning smile, bowing as he accepted the amulet with both hands.

"Lord Uesugi, please, please, please let me show you the way."

Kujo Machi touched the amulet, felt the words appear in his mind, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Once we arrive at my home, I'll serve you tea and water, and even massage your feet and back..."

That's so genuine and down-to-earth.

Uesugi Tetsu laughed along and patted her on the shoulder: "I don't need you to lead the way, I know where your house is."

As he spoke, Uesugi Tetsuya enveloped Kujo Shinji with his inner energy, while Nissaku gently pulled Chisa along. The four of them arrived at the Kujo family's door in just a few breaths.

Feeling completely disoriented after being thrown around, Kujo Machi stood up unsteadily. Just as she was about to take out her keys, she saw Uesugi Tetsu use his inner energy as a key to open her front door and walk inside. She was stunned.

—Wait, isn't this my house? How come he knows it better than me?!

"Miss Kujo, don't just stand there, come in."

Still half asleep, Kujo Machi followed Uesugi Tetsuya into his room. When Uesugi Tetsuya moved the pile of toys out from under the bed, Kujo Machi couldn't help but blush.

Er Chi looked at these strangely shaped objects and chuckled crisply.

"You city folks really know how to have fun..."

Qiansha, standing next to her, asked with clear eyes, "Second Sister, what are all these?"

Er Chi smiled and answered with the same clear eyes.
"Educational toys are like Lego sets that need to be assembled together."

Chisa nodded and remembered, without suspecting anything.

Upon hearing this, Kujo Machi felt his face burning even more.

Fortunately, Uesugi Tetsu didn't study these "educational toys" too much. Instead, he took out a faintly glowing...shrine from the deepest part of the bed?
Kujo Machi was a little confused. How could such a strange thing appear under his bed?

Uesugi Tetsu examined the shrine and, finding it unchanged, spoke to her.
"Last time, it was Miss Kujo who personally took the shrine out from under the bed."

"Last time?"

Kujo Machi's CPU began to operate at overclock.

Now that they had arrived at an absolutely safe place, Uesugi Tetsuya didn't keep them in suspense and went straight to the point.

"Yes, Miss Kujo."

"Your intuition is right. Even if you die, you will return to a point in the past and be resurrected."

Uesugi Tetsuya looked at Kujo Masaki, whose mouth was slightly open and who had momentarily stopped thinking.
"However, you yourself will most likely not retain the memory. Just like last time I became a friend of yours, Miss Kujo, who had a life-or-death bond with you, you still have no impression of me this time."

Kujo Machi stared at the exceptionally handsome young man standing behind the many "ghostly figures" and suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity with him.

Yes! That familiar feeling is back again!
Kujo Machi murmured to himself, "No wonder I feel a strange sense of familiarity with so many things and scenes, so that's why..."

But why did I have to die?

Before, it was one thing, but any random kid passing by could tear me to pieces.

But now that she has met this Uesugi-sama and even formed a life-or-death bond with him, how could she possibly have the chance to be touched by those chickens and dogs?

"Of course, even an unreasonable resurrection has its limits."

"limit?"

Uesugi Tetsu shrugged indifferently: "Yeah, maybe it won't work next time. If you die, you can't come back to life... If you could really be resurrected indefinitely, that would be too cheating."

By saying this, Uesugi Tetsuya had completely excluded himself from the discussion.

Will it not work next time?

Upon hearing this, Kujo Machi suddenly felt a great sense of terror for some reason.

Her intuition told her that if it really "didn't work," then her fate would probably be...

Very miserable.

It's terrible, it's terrible.

Then Kujo Machi revealed a smile that was even uglier than a grimace: "Lord Uesugi, I'm willing to be your servant and mount for the rest of my life. Can you try to get me out of this godforsaken place?"

If I hadn't told her not to kneel, she probably would have already jumped up and hugged her feet.

Uesugi Tetsu silently shook his head.

Kujo Machi's expression froze for a moment, then he heard Uesugi Tetsu say...

"It's not that I'm unwilling, but that I'm unable to."

The next moment, she heard the most outrageous words she had ever heard in her life.
"Saving yourself, and saving Asahikawa City, depends on you, Miss Kujo."

Myself?
What a joke!
Kujo Machi sat slumped on the edge of the bed, utterly speechless.

She thought that even a lowly monster at the bottom of the food chain, whose limbs weren't even fully grown, would have to give her a wide berth. That thing in the sky could probably kill more than ten thousand of her just by glaring at her.

The girl stared at the purple puzzle toy peeking out from the box and suddenly had the urge to pick it up now and enjoy it while she was still alive.

Maybe this is the last chance to have some fun!

The desperate captain, feeling the gazes of the three people beside him, was making an incredibly difficult decision.

As Kujo Machi struggled internally, the time to leave work soon arrived.

"Currently, there are no signs of a large-scale outbreak of the Li Gui."

Uesugi Tetsu spoke in his heartstrings, while Karuta in the core of the All-Spirit Furnace silently recorded: "It has been nearly ten hours since we arrived in Asahikawa City."

crunch...

Downstairs, the sound of a door being opened could be heard.

Having already extended 90% of his hand, Kujo Machi heard the familiar footsteps and said with a sigh of relief,
"My mom is back."

"Then please have Miss Kujo introduce us to your mother."

"sure."

Kujo Machi got up from the ground, went downstairs, and told her mother that some of her classmates from school had come to visit.

Uesugi Tetsu then looked at Nisaku, who was studying some kind of electric shock sphere with a calm expression, and asked her with a slight twitch in his eye, "Nisaku, do you feel anything?"

“It’s a pity, Lord Che.” Erchi shook his head regretfully. “In our opinion, Kujo’s mother was just an ordinary person, a normal person.”

The same applies to Uesugi Tetsu, who has activated a total of 190 True Sight Eyes.

It was neither like a fake human nor did it possess any extraordinary power.

But how could Kujo Machi's mother be just an ordinary person?

Uesugi Tetsu called the two of them over, preparing to go downstairs and have a proper talk with this "mother".

Seeing the three of them come down the stairs, Kujo Machi paused slightly, instinctively stepping in front of his mother to explain.

"Mom, these are my friends..."

At that moment, Erchi's voice resonated in my heart: "Lord Che, her father is also perfectly normal."

Ok?
Father?

When will the second set of footsteps be heard?

Just as Uesugi Tetsu was thinking this, a series of strangely familiar voices came from the television in the living room.

Uesugi Tetsu turned around abruptly and saw that the television was now playing a program that, though long unseen, would never be forgotten—

No matter how many times it's shown, it's just this one segment of the game footage that keeps repeating!

He focused his attention again, directing all his eyes toward the sofa.

On the sofa, the middle-aged man, whom Uesugi Tetsuya knew all too well, sat with his head bowed, silently watching the soccer game on the television screen.

"It was him... How could this be normal?"

"It's two feet, you're too attached to appearances."

Uesugi Tetsuya spoke softly, then roared from within his heartstrings.
"wake up!"

The petite girl shuddered, her clear eyes immediately narrowing in astonishment: "Lord Che, we've unknowingly fallen into a cognitive impaired state!"

She then looked at the middle-aged man on the sofa with a serious expression.
"This man... is definitely not simple!"

Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but laugh.
"Er Chi, of course he can't be simple."

"because……"

Uesugi Tetsu sat down next to the middle-aged man, picked up the kettle on the table, and made him a cup of tea.
"This is my dear 'old father'."

Erchi, who didn't immediately catch the implication, was stunned for a moment, wondering if this person might be my father-in-law.
Then you'd better get on his good side... No, no!
Looking at Uesugi Tetsuya's expression, Erchi immediately realized that the middle-aged man's identity was not what she had thought.

"Long time no see, 'Dad'."

Uesugi Tetsuya stared at the faceless one and asked calmly,
"Has this game still not finished after all this time?"

In the instant he spoke, it was as if everything else had vanished from him—but after a moment of blurring, Erchi and Ao remained in place, staring intently at the man alongside Uesugi Tetsu.

"Break the door!"

"The match is over!"

At the same time, the commentator on the television finally let out a passionate roar.

The faceless middle-aged man raised his face and silently "stared" at Uesugi Tetsuya.

Uesugi Tetsuya, equally fearless, met the middle-aged man's gaze with a total of 192 eyes.

A moment later, a purple mouth appeared on that smooth, pale face, and it spoke in a hoarse voice,

"You still came. You knew you would come."

Before Uesugi Tetsu could answer, that single mouth continued to open and close: "You are the savior of the world, just like her..."

The middle-aged man raised his hand and pointed into the darkness. Uesugi Tetsu knew that Kujo Machi was standing in that direction.

"The difference is..."

"You are better, and far stronger than her."

When that purple mouth smiled, Uesugi Tetsuya strangely detected a sense of "relief" in it.

"Hey 'Dad,' are you still going to play the riddle-maker before you die...?"

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes.

The Divine Treasury of Calamity Sea was already burning fiercely, and the core of the Myriad Spirits Furnace had already transformed into purified spiritual power capable of turning half a city into ashes. His entire body was fully prepared for an overloaded battle.

The middle-aged man did not respond, but instead took out a piece of paper from his pocket that looked somewhat familiar to Uesugi Tetsuya and handed it to him separately.

A thought arose in Uesugi Tetsuya's mind.

—The grid, lines, and size of this paper are exactly the same as those of the black book, only the material is very different.

He remained silent for a moment, then took the paper and slowly unfolded it.

Then, four lines of black text gradually appeared on the front of the paper.

The savior will be sacrificed to the girl who possesses the "Eye of Yama."

After this, all suffering will come to an end.

This is the predetermined future.

【…】

[Absolutely, that book must not be taken out.]

(End of this chapter)