Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

Gu Yun's words reeked of being a scumbag.

If it weren't for Tsubaki Shiro's familiarity with Tanigumo, and Reiko's complete trust in him, Natsume Reiko would probably have been bullied to death by Tanigumo.

Chapter 265 Prosthetics

"Then I'll send a message."

Gu Yun used magic to create a paper crane with his spiritual power and placed it in the Netherworld: "Go, go to Lingzi's side."

This method of transmitting messages is not sophisticated; its speed and stealth depend entirely on the sorcerer's spiritual power level.

Gu Yun's skill level goes without saying.

"Bah!"

"Boom! Boom!"

The sound of clashing swords came from outside the courtyard in front of them. Hiratsuka Shizuka closed her eyes and listened, and soon discovered the clue: "Breathing technique! One of the two sides fighting is a master of breathing techniques."

Having also practiced breathing techniques, Hiratsuka Shizuka's physical skills and swordsmanship are actually quite good.

Previously, because they couldn't see spirits and didn't have the ability to see ghosts, they weren't considered anything special among exorcists.

But now, thanks to the power of the Scent Seeker, Hiratsuka Shizuka has truly become a psychic.

With her Yin-Yang Eyes and breathing techniques, Hiratsuka Shizuka's future looks promising.

Furthermore, considering only the power derived from breathing techniques, Hiratsuka Shizuka should be equivalent to a 'quasi-Pillar-level' demon slayer, meaning she could fight against the Lower Moon among the Twelve Demon Moons, and while she wouldn't be able to defeat them, she could escape unscathed.

"What level?"

Gu Yun was not very familiar with breathing techniques.

Moreover, he has recently made too many Twelve-Day Contracts, resulting in a leap forward in both the quality and quantity of his spiritual power.

This caused Gu Yun's power to increase too much all at once.

Compared to the increase in power, Gu Yun's control remained unchanged.

As a result, Gu Yun became bloated.

Can't you tell the difference?

Shiro Tsubaki noticed the problem with Gu Yun: "Your strength has increased too quickly, so your sensitivity to the weak has decreased."

"Ah."

"So I plan to retire for a while and wash away the superficiality of my life."

Gu Yun's spiritual power was unable to discern the power levels of the two people currently fighting.

Just like humans cannot see dust.

Because they are too insignificant, so insignificant that there is no need to pay attention to them.

In Gu Yun's perception, everyone here was a weakling who was 'dispensable'.

They posed no threat to him; even if he exerted all his strength, he could not trigger the automatic counterattack mechanism of his spiritual power.

Of course, the fact that the automatic counterattack mechanism was not activated does not mean that Gu Yun was completely unprepared.

how to say?

Just like the skin and immune system.

If you can't even break through the skin, then your body's counterattack mechanism naturally won't activate.

Gu Yun is the same.

He possessed an incredibly strong sense of self-protection.

You must first have the ability to break through this layer of protection before you can trigger Gu Yun's spiritual power and launch a counterattack.

"But in the Exorcist Tournament, is a true sword fight even possible?"

Gu Yun complained, and Hiratsuka Shizuka also noticed this: "Yeah, shouldn't we have used magic? This is just physical exorcism."

"If they had spiritual power, swords and blades would be very powerful too."

Miyako didn't think much of it. She had seen other people skilled in swordsmanship and exorcising demons before. After all, there had been many samurai in history who slew demons.

"Who is the other party?"

"A sword technique that can rival breathing techniques is not a breathing technique."

The purpose of the tournament is to showcase one's own exorcism skills and unique characteristics, so there is no tradition of family members fighting each other.

This means that one side uses the Breathing Technique, while the other side uses a completely different physical exorcism style.

"Oh, so it's them!"

When Shiro Tsubaki, who was walking at the front, entered first, he saw the two sides fighting in the arena.

They were both young people; one had short, silver-white hair, and the other had black hair.

"The one with white hair must be from the Ubuyashiki family."

Shiro Tsubaki obtained the breathing technique from the Ubuyashiki family. He was very familiar with them and recognized them at a glance.

"What sharp swordsmanship!"

Under the watchful eyes of Taniguchi and Hirazuka Shizuka, the black-haired youth who was exchanging blows with the Ubuyashiki family's demon-slaying swordsmanship displayed concise and experienced movements, blocking all of the opponent's attacks as if by instinct.

The black-haired youth was wearing a trench coat, and his eyes were devoid of any light, as if he were blind.

What's most striking is the pair of arms that disappear from the elbows down.

There, where the forearm should have been, were replaced by two sharp blades, as if someone had plunged the blades straight into the flesh from the other end.

"It's not a real arm, it's a prosthetic."

Before Hiratsuka Shizuka and Miyako could exclaim in surprise, Gu Yun already saw two arms lying on the ground on the fighting arena.

"What ingenious mechanical design."

Not only on the arms, but also on the ankles of the dark-haired youth, where there were very obvious joint marks.

Clearly, these legs are also fake; they are prosthetics made using special techniques.

"What a peculiar secret technique! How did they manage to do that?"

The black-haired youth's strength was far from enough to attract Gu Yun's passive attention, but if he wanted to investigate, he could still see through him easily.

Gu Yun was quite interested in this puppetry technique.

He wanted to know whether the man fighting before him was a human or a mere artificial puppet.

"It must be a person who has been modified. I can sense the aura of life on him, which is something that inanimate objects cannot possess."

Thinking this, Gu Yun activated his spiritual vision to observe the black-haired youth, preparing to take in his situation.

"Um?!"

However, the next moment, Gu Yun's expression froze, and then his eyes widened as if he had seen something terrifying.

"this!"

"What the hell is this thing?!"

Gu Yun deactivated his spiritual vision and kept looking the black-haired youth up and down, but the other party did not notice Gu Yun's spell.

His spiritual level was not high, and his magical cultivation was also average.

This unparalleled killing technique is truly breathtaking.

"They're practically machines made for killing."

Hiratsuka Shizuka secretly compared herself to him and concluded: "If I were fighting him, he would probably kill me in just three or four moves."

There are no fixed moves for killing techniques; one must adapt to the situation and aim to kill with a single blow, using the least amount of force to inflict the most damage.

"How did he cultivate to this level?"

Knowing the young man's situation, Gu Yun found it even more unbelievable.

"what?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka, Eri Kisaki, and the others standing nearby did not understand what Gu Yun meant. They only heard the latter explain, "His entire body, except for his head and torso, consists of artificial prosthetics."

"All four limbs?"

"Not just the limbs!"

Gu Yun quickly added, "And the eyes, tongue, teeth, ears, and internal organs..."

This is such terrifying medical skill; it's as if they're defying the rules of the underworld, forcibly pulling a person back from the afterlife.

"Sigh~~"

Hiratsuka Shizuka stared in horror at the black-haired youth engaged in battle: "This is terrifying! His entire body is covered in prosthetics, is he insane?!"

Chapter 266 Daigo and Ubuyashiki

"how did you do that?"

"And why do you have to do this?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka activated her ability to see ghosts and carefully observed the black-haired youth's body: "This sticky black curse covering his entire body feels... disgusting."

Although it might be a bit much to say that, Hiratsuka Shizuka instinctively didn't want to get close to this person.

It's not about good or evil, it's just simple...

Physical discomfort.

Yes, I felt physically unwell; both my body and soul were reminding me not to come into contact with this strange man.

"It's because of a curse."

Gu Yun immediately made a judgment: "He has a very strong aura of curse on him, which should come from a fallen god or an evil god who has obtained an independent spiritual status."

Gu Yun prefers the latter.

He had sensed the aura of the evil god before, and it was clearly different from that of the young man.