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Chapter 98: Two Thousand Soul Ashes, the Richest Episode! (5k, please subscribe!)
The soul ash conversion box in his hand is no different from the one that Uesugi Tetsu had obtained by killing a living creature before.

But the weight is different -

[Transformation Box Filled with Soul Ashes (Special Item)]

[Effect: After use, gain 1000 soul ash.]

[——It is filled with ten thousand pieces of crude soul ashes transformed from the souls of living people, and it can no longer hold any more.]

The introduction is brief but extremely practical.

"Only ten thousand copies..."

Uesugi Che used it silently, and the soul ash conversion box in his hand instantly became lighter.

[You have obtained, Soul Ashes x 1000! ]

Now, Uesugi Tetsu's soul ash reserves have jumped to an exaggerated "2144"!
Not only can he easily buy two sets of cold steel arm armor, but he can also draw two more rounds from the ten-shot combo, which is unprecedented wealth.

Uesugi Che breathed a sigh of relief, feeling at ease with the abundant soul ash. He then took out the [Heart of Nue] that had just fallen.

A dark red heart as big as two of Uesugi Che's fists fell into his hand, with hot blood flowing on its surface. In the slow beating, the blue-green blood vessels were clearly visible.

Heart of Nue

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect: After taking it, you will randomly comprehend a talent related to "wind".]

[——Nue, can fly even without wings.]

"Take...?"

Uesugi Che stared at the smelly heart in his hand, which was bigger than his mouth, for a long time, with an embarrassed look on his face.

But it is impossible not to eat.

"There's no need to wait until later."

Uesugi Che muttered to himself, raised his head, and then chewed the Nue Heart into pieces in a few bites and swallowed it.

I could clearly feel the smelly yet hot blood pouring into my mouth like a stream after my teeth bit through the relatively tough skin, followed by the myocardium and blood vessels that tasted like jelly...

Crunch.

After a burst of chewing sounds, Uesugi Tetsu, feeling extremely nauseous, looked at the panel—

[You have taken the Heart of Nue! ]

[You have realized a new talent, vortex! ]

【vortex】

[Effect: You will be able to clearly sense the direction of Qi flow and consume spiritual power to change it.]

[——For you, air and water are the same.]

After just a few seconds of reading the prompt, Uesugi Tetsu felt the "flow of Qi" mentioned in the talent effect very clearly.

It is not only about the speed and direction of the wind from outside, but also about how it affects itself.

More importantly, even if Uesugi Tetsu just stands there, he can still figure out the location, flow rate, and amount of all the corona energy in his body and control it.

If the previous practice of breathing techniques required guiding the corona energy to circulate and grow stronger in the body over and over again.

After awakening the talent of "vortex", all the internal energy seemed to have turned into an extension of Uesugi Che's limbs, flowing freely throughout his limbs and bones.

For example, now, Uesugi Tetsu can tear a ball of corona energy into dozens or hundreds of parts, allowing just the right amount to fall on minor wounds and heal them.

This was something he could never do, as he could only spread a large ball of internal energy on the wound to stop bleeding and disinfect it.

"What an unexpected surprise."

Uesugi Che grinned. He believed that the benefits of this talent were far more than just this. There must be more magical uses waiting for him to explore in depth.

But now, let’s take this nue, which is still dripping with blood, back.

……

It was a little after four in the morning, in the parking lot.

Nanjo Aimi, Kurosaki Akira, and an Onmyoji specialized in healing who rushed to the scene jumped out from the back of a black truck together.

As soon as she landed, Nanjo Aimi felt the shadow under her feet begin to stir.

She looked around, but only saw the figures of Shizuma Mafuyu and Ririko.

"Go and carry her up first." Nanjo Aimi pointed at Shizuma Mafuyu. The middle-aged Onmyoji behind her nodded and summoned a strange monk with a straw hat on his head to run up.

"Did he deliberately leave Shadow Girl here?"

Nanjo Aimi frowned, and a translucent thread of spiritual power shot out from her fingertips and penetrated into the shadow of Shizuma Mafuyu, pulling the sticky shadow out.

A painful sound, as if suffocating, echoed in the parking lot: "Ouch, ouch! Xiao Aishi, stop strangling my neck! I'm going to die!"

Nanjo Aimi remained unmoved. She held the wriggling shadow, which dared not transform, in front of her and asked coldly, "I asked you to stay with Uesugi Tetsu after you came out. What did you do?"

"He was the one who told me to stay here alone... it hurts, it hurts!"

The shadow twisted violently in mid-air, causing Kurosaki Akira, who was watching from behind, to touch his neck.

The next moment, he took out a dressing mirror and said after a few seconds: "There are no demons around, but there are abnormal conditions."

Nanjo Ai nodded to indicate that she understood, then pulled the shadow in front of her and firmly grasped its top with her five fingers.
"Come on, explain."

Her own shadow danced wildly, as if mocking the shadow girl.

The shadow girl let out a faint wail, then uttered trembling words: "I've been with him for a long time, and I feel that he is not much different from you, Xiao Aishi. In that case, it's okay to obey his orders..."

Nanjo Aimi frowned as she listened to this. This was also one of the disadvantages of stuffing the shadow girl into a doll and giving it to someone else.

——You never know what the separated shadow girl has experienced, how much her cognition has changed, and whether she will still resolutely carry out the orders you gave at the beginning.

"Re-train it."

Just as Nanjo Aimi was about to throw the shadow into her own shadow, she smelled the strong smell of blood that was unique to demons.

She looked up and saw the wounded young man walking towards her under the dim street lights, carrying the burly corpse of a demon. He made a scissors sign towards her expressionless face.

"Luckily I'm still alive..."

Nanjo Aimi let go, letting the shadow girl fall to the side, and then the two shadows suddenly broke out into a fierce quarrel and fight on the ground.

Kurosaki Akira, who had been very vigilant at the side, also raised an eyebrow after seeing the demon corpse clearly and yawned: "It seems like a wasted trip, Nanjo-sensei."

Go ahead, Kurosaki Ming waved his hand: "I will ask You Jugong to be alert to the surroundings at all times. If you have anything to ask, just ask him. I'm going back to the car to catch up on some sleep."

Nanjo Aimi nodded and saw Uesugi Tetsu pull up Ririk and throw Nue's body in front of her.

She stared at Nue's dismembered body for a moment, a truly tragic sight. Then she glanced at Uesugi Tetsu, whose clothes were nearly shredded into rags, and asked, "How are your injuries?"

Uesugi Tetsu shrugged: "I won't die."

"Then let's go. I'll treat you later. Someone will be investigating the unusual incidents here tomorrow."

Now that everyone is back alive, Nanjo Aishi doesn't bother to care about what happened before. "The commission rating was wrong this time. It's the negligence of the Special Affairs Office. We will compensate you in two days."

She grabbed Nue's body and threw it into the side opening of the truck, then called the two of them into the rear compartment.

You can see Shizuma Mafuyu lying on a stretcher in the middle of the carriage, her face pale, with a strange-looking monk treating her.

Kurosaki Akira sat in the corner with his eyes closed, breathing steadily.

The truck started slowly.

"Oh, Nanjo-san." Uesugi Tetsu recalled what Nue said before dying, and took out the soul ash conversion box. "While I was fighting this Nue, I made a new discovery."

Nanjo Aimi took the box and squinted her eyes to examine the patterns on it: "What is this?"

Uesugi Tetsu: "Before it died, Nue said it could transform human souls into a substance called soul ash—it lets living beings run around with this substance just to do this."

"There is still a creature wandering around this area with this box, and it has not been eliminated."

Blame all the information on Nue, since dead demons can't speak anyway.

"Soul ashes..."

Nanjo Ai opened the transformation box and, after seeing the two or three bits of crude soul ash inside, she tutted unhappily, "Anything else?"

"The Demon Guidance Association." Uesugi Tetsu emphasized, "It said that all this was ordered to do by the so-called leader of the Demon Guidance Association."

After a few seconds, without receiving a clear response, Uesugi Tetsu asked in surprise: "Nanjo-sister, haven't you heard of this organization?"

Nanjo Aimi shook her head and asked, "Kurosaki, do you remember these three words?" Kurosaki Akira opened the dressing mirror and muttered something, then snorted, "I've never heard of them."

The carriage fell silent for a moment.

At this moment, Nanjo Aimi's shadow twisted and ran to the center, and the shadow girl's voice came out: "I know, I know! I think I know! Oh, don't hit me... Is it so fun to hit the left hand with the right hand!?"

Nanjo Aiji pressed down her palm, ending the fight between the shadow girl and herself.

The next moment, two small black statues that looked like thinkers stood up.

The shadow girl on the left spoke lively: "The Demon Guidance Association! That's the name, right?"

The shadow girl on the right narrated indifferently, "About three or four hundred years ago, when I was playing with my friends, I heard the master of the house repeat this word over and over again."

Three, three or four hundred years ago? Doesn't that mean it dates back to the Edo period or even further?

Everyone present except Nanjo Aimi showed different expressions.

Nanjo Ai tapped her knees with her fingertips, not caring about the blood that had previously stained her trouser legs. "What are the details?"

The two shadow girls shook their heads at the same time: "I only remember that the current family head had a conversation with someone from the Demon Guidance Association, but other than that, I'm not very clear."

"——After all, we were still young back then!"

Homeowner?

Uesugi Tetsu pondered over this word. Sister Nanjo actually came from an ancient Onmyoji family?
This is easy to guess, as it can be seen from the fact that he was able to raise a demon like Kage-onna hundreds of years ago and keep it alive until now, and that he signed a contract with Nanjo Aimi to become a Shikigami.

But no matter how you look at it, Nanjo-san is more like a corporate slave who comes from an ordinary family, and she has none of the style and habits of a descendant of a big family.

——Could it be another bloody drama where someone was kicked out of the family for some special reason like poor talent or having demon blood?

Uesugi Tetsu touched his chin - doesn't that mean that maybe in the future he will be able to witness Nanjo Aimi personally perform the drama of the Dragon King's return?

This is interesting.

Lilizi, who was sitting next to him, moved her eyes slightly, and her expression revealed a hint of confusion, but she didn't say much.

"I understand. Thank you both for your hard work in recalling the past." Nanjo Aimi's palm flashed with magic, and she took out a brand new exquisite doll and pointed at the shadow girl on the left, "Come in."

The shadow girl was as if pardoned, and she rushed in, giving the lifeless Nanjo doll spirituality and liveliness.

"Uesugi-kun, go on."

Holding the Nanjo doll that began to dance with its short arms and legs wantonly, as if declaring victory, Uesugi Tetsu heard Nanjo Aimi say,

"This is the last doll. It will be gone after you use it."

Uesugi Tetsu, who was worrying about whether to move or ask the Special Affairs Office to deal with his father, stared at the doll and thanked it seriously.
"Thank you, Nanjo-san."

After casually nodding his chin towards Uesugi Tetsu, Nanjo Aimi kicked the middle leg of the stretcher with his toes, startling the hazy-eyed Shizuma Mafuyu.
"Manfuyu, don't sleep. If you fall asleep now, you'll be asleep for two or three days." Nanjo Aimi crossed her arms, looking a little embarrassed. "Do you want me to burn out?"

"Ahahaha... sorry."

On the stretcher, Shizuma Mafuyu, whose fingers couldn't stop trembling after the adrenaline wore off, smiled bitterly. She quickly clenched her fists to prevent her small movements from being discovered.

Nanjo Aishi rubbed her fingers on the edge of her white shirt. "Let's chat for a while to prevent ourselves from falling asleep."

"Okay, okay!"

Shizuma Manatsu tried her best to hold back the tears of fear. She took two deep breaths to suppress the pain and trembling in her voice, and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, Manatsu is..."

Inside the carriage, the sounds of the two people chatting and laughing happily could be heard.

Ten minutes later, Shizuma Mafuyu suddenly seemed to remember something and suggested, "Nanjo-sama! I remember there's going to be a meteor shower in a week. If you have time, would you like to go to the top of the mountain together to take a look?"

She turned to look at Uesugi Che and the others, "Ms. Lilizi, Mr. Uesugi, do you want to come too?"

Nanjo Aimi chuckled and said, "Of course after get off work."

Lilizi: "I don't care."

Uesugi Tetsu blinked, feeling that this time of the week was a little awkward, so he said, "Come when you're free."

"Okay! That's settled then." Shizuma Mafuyu seemed surprisingly lively after being injured. "I'll bring Manatsu with me."

The truck first drove to the hospital, and the accompanying Onmyoji took Shizuma Mafuyu to the hospital. Kurosaki Akira also got out of the car and said he was going home to sleep.

Uesugi Tetsu asked, "Nanjo-sister, are you going to work overtime?"

"I have to report today's events and check the files." After seeing the wounded leave, Nanjo Aimi immediately took out a cigarette in annoyance. "The Demonic Guidance Association, that doesn't sound like a good name... Also, can your injury really be cured by just applying some powder?"

During the temporary treatment in the car just now, the young monk took a gourd and poured some white powder on his wound to stop the bleeding and heal the injury.

Uesugi Che felt that the effect was unexpectedly good.

After sleeping with Master Erchi for a night, these injuries should be mostly healed, and it won't delay my entry into the ordinary world.

So he asked, "Are there any vacant beds in the Special Affairs Office?"

"The Special Affairs Office has been so crowded in the early morning lately that even sleeping on the floor requires a lot of crowding." Nanjo Aimi pointed at Ririkko, "But Ms. Tokugawa lives in a private room."

Lilizi said: "I can just sleep on the floor. The wounded will be given priority."

"Forehead……"

When he thought about having to sleep in front of Ririko for a night holding Nishaku-sama, Uesugi Tetsu didn't know how to say this.

Forget it, it’s good enough to have a place to live. Let’s just take it one step at a time.

Just as Uesugi Tetsu was thinking about this, he heard Lilizi say, "If your injury can heal tomorrow, Uesugi-kun, I will teach you those two little tricks so you can learn them and become proficient in them sooner."

"——Wait for me to get some sleep and then revive with full health!"

Uesugi Tetsu patted his chest and then gasped in pain.

The three of them got out of the car and walked into the Special Affairs Office. Nanjo Aimi took the lead and separated from them and plunged into the sea of files to search. Uesugi Tetsu followed Ririko to the upper floor and walked into her room together.

After turning on the lights, I found that the room was very spacious, about 30 to 40 square meters not counting the bathroom.

But in such a large space, there was nothing else except a bed with gray bedding, a desk and a cabinet.

Uesugi Tetsu prefers to call it prison style!
There was a large open space in the middle of the room. Uesugi Tetsu knew without even thinking that this was where Ririkko practiced in the room.

"Lilizi, your room is quite...simple."

"I simply don't have time for anything else." Lilizi shook her head and pointed at the bed. "Uesugi-kun, just go to sleep. No need to take a shower. I'll go get the bed and quilt again."

After saying that, without waiting for Uesugi Tetsu to explain to her about the existence of Nishaku-sama later, Lilizi had already walked out of the room.

"All right……"

With a sullen laugh, Uesugi Tetsu called out Ershaku-sama.

After explaining the current situation to her, Lord Nichi, who was originally worried, immediately turned from sadness to joy and hung on his waist like a koala.

Looking at Nishaku-sama who had returned to her girlish figure, Uesugi Tetsu poked her hat and said, "Nishaku-sama, don't be like this..."

"Popo...Master Che, are you unwilling to even satisfy this small request of ours?"

The two-foot-tall man raised his face pitifully, and tears were about to flow out.

This time, let’s just forget it.

The corners of Uesugi Che's mouth twitched slightly, and he lay on Ririko's bed with his eyes closed.

After tonight's events, the chance of entering the ordinary world has just cooled down.

The water pressure comes quickly and goes away quickly.

Uesugi Tetsu ran straight towards Katsumi's shop.

You can draw cards at any time, but the mysterious shop owner who appears randomly will not always be there.

Although the other party said it would take three days, he might disappear at any time just like the blacksmith.

When passing through the Izanuki Tunnel this time, Uesugi Tetsu discovered that the group of demons that had originally gathered at the tunnel entrance had all disappeared.

"strangeness……"

But he did not stop there. Soon, he followed the route he remembered and came to the store with a sign that read "All the world's wonders are available."

He opened the door and walked in. The sound of the wind chimes interrupted Sheng Hai who was performing a monologue.

"Hey—welcome light..."

In the middle of his words, Sheng Hai froze for a moment, his tone unable to conceal his astonishment: "It's only been a short time, sir, you are..."

Uesugi Tetsu didn't say anything, but just slapped a thousand soul ashes on the table, which completely shocked Katsumi.

(End of this chapter)