Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

"Happy things?"

"Yes, because I can learn new spells!"

Gu Yun made up a random excuse and concealed the matter of the other shore flower.

Grandpa noticed something, though.

However, the old man did not speak; he simply stood aside, smiling without saying a word.

"Let's begin, I'll go first."

Reiko Natsume cleared her throat, put her hands on her hips, and said, "My unique technique is called the Law of Decree, also known as the Great Law of Decree, the Forbidden Words, or the Great Words Technique."

"A name is a very important thing."

“Nameless, existing without knowing its meaning.”

"Those who have names do not exist, yet their principles are known."

Therefore, the core foundation of the Law and Decree system is the 'names of all things'.

"However, any principle that can be described in words is by no means the truth."

Anything that can be spoken or described is subject to change and questioning.

Such a thing cannot be called eternal.

However, 'everything has a name'.

The name here is the foundation and core of anything that exists.

By grasping this core, one can control the other party on both a substantive and psychological level.

"Understand?"

"Perfect is not possible!"

Gu Yun's eyes widened. He felt like he was listening to gibberish and had no idea what Lingzi was saying.

"Forehead…"

"Never mind, it seems you're just like me, a pragmatist."

Reiko said, "Let me show you in person."

"Now activate your Spirit Vision and raise your Spirit Rank to around 20."

Reiko picked up a stone from the ground, then slightly raised her other hand and extracted the invisible object from it.

In Gu Yun's spiritual vision, he saw black characters, resembling tadpole script, float out from the stone and fall into Lingzi's palm.

Then, Reiko suddenly clenched her fist.

"Kara!"

The black characters were crushed, and so was the stone in Reiko's hand.

"this?!"

Under the watchful eyes of Gu Yun and the others, the stone was completely destroyed, then turned to ashes and vanished into nothingness.

Of course, it didn't really vanish into nothingness.

Rather, the rocks were so badly broken that they were almost reduced to ashes, making it impossible for Gu Yun to observe them with the naked eye.

"Why? What are those black characters? Real names?"

Gu Yun 'saw' the scene of Lingzi casting a spell.

But he could only guess what exactly happened and could not make an accurate judgment.

"Um…"

Lingzi said with a grin, "Guess what I just did."

"Has the very source of the stone's existence been destroyed?"

"Hyouka! You got it right!"

Reiko smiled and said, "Everything has a name. The name is the foundation, and all images, states, and traces are tall buildings built on the 'name'."

Therefore, if the foundation is destroyed, the building will collapse, and mountains and lakes will also be overturned in an instant.

Even the sky and the earth would be unable to maintain their original shape and would be on the verge of collapse.

"This is my law of commandment."

“Through special means, the names of all things are stripped away.”

Once she obtains the other party's true name, whether it is a conscious living thing or an inanimate object, none can escape Reiko's control.

"Let's take the stone as an example again. Xiao Gu Yun, take a good look."

Reiko picked up another stone from the banks of the Sanzu River and extracted the 'true name' from it.

But this time, Reiko did not destroy it. Instead, she took out a piece of white paper and wrote her real name on it.

"Can you understand what it says?"

Lingzi handed the blank paper to Gu Yun, who shook his head and said, "I can't understand it, it looks like scribbles."

"All things with form are illusory."

In theory, one's real name cannot be spoken aloud, nor can it be written down on paper.

The words on the paper were just Reiko's random scribbles.

Ancient symbols are abstract creations; the key is not what is drawn on them, but what you want to express through those strokes.

Spiritual power stirs the mind, which is then expressed on blank paper, forming a talisman.

What Reiko is doing now is similar to drawing talismans, except that she has turned the 'mind' into a 'true name' and put the existence of the stone onto a blank sheet of paper.

"In this process, I extracted the stone's real name from it, then used words to cover the real name, and finally put it on a blank sheet of paper."

In this way, Reiko equates the words on the white paper with stones.

What does that mean?

Destroying the words on paper is like destroying a stone.

"Shattered!"

Lingzi held a piece of white paper in one hand and tossed a stone up with the other, giving the order at the same time.

"Crack!"

Without any fluctuation of spiritual energy, the stone shattered into several pieces in mid-air, scattering across the ground.

"This is a simple application of the power of words."

Lawful spells can strip away and manipulate true names, while spiritual spells, based on holding a true name, allow for absolute control over the object possessing that true name.

Of course, the method of deprivation by law has great limitations.

The greater the presence of something, the more difficult it is to forcibly take it away, and one cannot forcibly seize the true name of a self-aware being.

These are the two major taboos of the Law of Law, and also extremely important points to note.

“Obtain control of the other person’s real name,” Reiko said. “Your life or death is entirely in your hands.”

"Then…"

Lingzi ignited the white paper in her hand with a 'whoosh,' turning it into ashes.

"Wow~~"

At the same time, the stone shattered at an extremely fast speed, once again following in the footsteps of the previous stone, turning into ashes.

"I see."

Gu Yun understood: "If words are equivalent to the true name of a stone, then when they fall onto a piece of white paper, that paper also becomes a stone."

Burning the white paper is equivalent to subjecting the 'stone' to the same disaster.

"That's right."

Reiko laughed and said, "How was it? Wasn't it interesting?"

"Feel…"

Gu Yun said, "That's a bit scary."

This power…

It's hard to imagine what terrifying strength Reiko once possessed.

Fortunately, she was a kind-hearted girl; otherwise, if she had used such a method of stealing someone's real name and committed evil deeds, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

This is why Reiko kept the Law of Laws tightly under her belt and refused to teach it to others.

There's no way around it; this kind of power is just too dangerous.

If it were learned by someone with malicious intent, it would be a disaster.

"If you learn this trick..."

Gu Yun asked, "Can you freely command ordinary people?"

Ordinary people do not possess spiritual power or spiritual status.

Logically speaking, they had no ability to resist Lingzi's legal magic and would have their true names taken away in no time.

"No, that won't do."

"Hey?"

Gu Yun looked at Lingzi with confusion, only to see her say helplessly, "Well, how should I put it..."

Theoretically speaking, the Law of Commands can control not only demons and monsters, but also humans and animals.

The only problem is that there is a need for spiritual power.

“It’s not just us, as the casters, who need the corresponding spiritual attributes,” Reiko said. “Even the individuals whose true names are associated with have a need for spiritual attributes.”

Simply put, Reiko cannot take away the real names of ordinary people or animals.

Because their spiritual level is so low, they don't even have a 'true name'.