She spoke with a hint of hope, wishing that Kyoko wouldn't witness her current ugly state, or see her torturing and killing those delinquents.

Upon seeing this, Uesugi Kiyoshi was slightly moved.

He sighed and glanced at Xingzi.

At this moment, Kyoko looked at Fujimura Chiba with pity and sympathy, not fear.

She's always like this; she can't stand seeing others suffer, let alone someone who was once a junior.

"It seems Fujimura really likes you, Kyoko."

"She doesn't want you to see this side of her. She cares a lot about how she appears in your eyes."

"Luckily she's not a man, otherwise I'd be jealous."

Kyoko looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi anxiously, biting her lip, and pleaded, "Uesugi-kun, please save Chiba! You must have a way!"

Nohara Kyoko's trust in Uesugi Kiyoshi was unconditional and blind.

Even if one day, Uesugi Kiyoshi suddenly says to Kyoko, "Kyoko, I'm an alien."

She would naturally reply, "Ah, so Uesugi-kun is an alien," and then continue to do his laundry, cook for him, and manage the household chores.

So in this crisis, she blindly believed that Uesugi Kiyoshi would definitely be able to solve these problems.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked at Fujimura Chiba with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

He could see that the girl was suppressing the demonic energy within her; she was resisting, resisting losing her mind, resisting becoming a demon.

Otherwise, in the instant she transformed into a demon, her reason was overwhelmed, and she probably would have slaughtered all those delinquents and punk girls in an instant, instead of only killing the leader and seriously injuring the rest.

That's right, many of the people on the ground are still alive.

Uesugi Kiyoshi clicked his tongue and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the dense mirage obscured the bright moon in the sky and completely enveloped Fujimura Chiba.

Suddenly, a huge, withered ghost hand appeared out of thin air and slammed heavily beside Fujimura Chiba.

The frail girl was startled awake and looked up, somewhat bewildered.

She stared blankly at the ghostly hand that could not possibly be a human body.

"You're not the only one who's different, why care so much?"

"Xingzi, please treat your child's wound. It wouldn't be good if it left a scar."

Kyoko quickly agreed, stepped forward, and stretched out her hands, somewhat hesitant but still quite determined, to touch Fujimura Chiba's face.

"Qianyu, you're alright now."

"Pain has flown away~"

With gentle words, a vibrant green glow emerged from Anzu's palm and covered the wound on Fujimura Chiba's cheek.

As if time had reversed, the wound closed up, the flesh writhed, and healing happened in an instant, as if nothing had ever happened.

The injury on Fujimura Chiba's face had vanished.

This is the healing ability of "Yingcao".

Soothe wounds, heal the soul, the lush green grass is full of vitality.

Fujimura Chiba's consciousness seemed to gradually clear.

This wasn't thanks to Kyoko, but rather to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

Uesugi Kiyoshi's mental strength is now extremely powerful, allowing him to sense many things that he couldn't perceive before.

For example, he could sense that Fujimura Chiba's current inhuman state was entirely due to the tumor-like foreign object on the back of her head.

However, that thing and she have a symbiotic relationship; they prosper together and suffer together, making it extremely difficult to eradicate.

It's difficult to cure it completely, but slowing down the invasion of demonic power on Fujimura Chiba is quite simple.

Just scare that tumor.

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't even use the power of the Lord of a Hundred Demons. He simply dissipated the last trace of purgatory energy remaining on the demon king's demon hand, and the tumor became much more subdued.

In short, it was afraid.

In the world of monsters, the strong prey on the weak, and the hierarchy is like a food chain, much stricter than in the human world.

When a mouse sees a cat, it will flee in terror.

Even a mere minor demon must bow down and submit to the King of Purgatory.

otherwise

It means the soul is scattered and the spirit is destroyed.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked at Fujimura Chiha and, without wasting any words, spoke directly.

"Given your current situation, I'll give you two options."

"The first option is for me to shave off that thing on the back of your head—but I'm not entirely sure I can do it."

“My swordsmanship is not bad, but that thing seems to have coexisted with you for many years and is now inseparable. Even if I forcibly separate the two of you, there is a high probability that you will die—about 70% chance.”

"You have a 70% chance of dying."

"The second type"

"To live as a monster."

"As you can see, you, me, and even Kyoko are no longer purely human."

"There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"

"As for that thing behind your head eroding your will, I have a solution. You don't need to pay an excessive price. You can leave it to me, and I can handle it."

"Now."

"Choose."

Perhaps due to the overwhelming amount of information, Fujimura Chiba was stunned.

She didn't realize what was happening until Kyoko encouraged her by taking her hand.

“Senior Anzu…”

She stared at the glowing light in Kyoko's hand and the enormous ghostly hand summoned by Uesugi Kiyoshi, which gave her a strong sense of oppression. Her mouth gaped open, but she still couldn't shake off the astonishment in her heart.

However, after the initial surprise, a strange sense of relief welled up inside me.

“So that’s how it is”

"I am not alone."

"Apricot-senpai, too."

"Thank you, thank you."

Speechless, Fujimura Chiba's eyes reddened, and she almost cried.

Kyoko understood and hugged her, gently patting her shoulder as if coaxing a child.

"Chiyu-chan, it's alright now."

"Uesugi-kun will help you."

"In my heart, Chiyu-chan will always be Chiyu-chan, not a monster or an outcast."

"Chiyu-chan is a girl just like me."

Apricot's skills in comforting others are mediocre; her words are clumsy, but her feelings are sincere.

Fujimura Chiba could no longer hold back and began to sob in Kyoko's arms.

Uesugi Kiyoshi was left standing to the side, looking somewhat embarrassed.

However, he was thick-skinned and didn't care much. He pursed his lips and began to think about how to deal with the troubles caused by Fujimura Chiba.

His general plan is as follows.

Use the power of "faith" to suppress the demonic transformation in Fujimura Chiba, and then let this little girl try to master this power.

The key to this is faith.

Uesugi Kiyoshi is not the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva.

He didn't want to waste the faith power that Fujimura Chiba had painstakingly accumulated; he had a better idea.

Let Fujimura Chiba return to his ranks among the hundred demons.

Uesugi Kiyoshi could conclude that the fleshy growth on Fujimura Chiba's head was probably the legendary "Futakuchi-onna".

Futakuchi-onna is a well-known yokai in Japan. Legend has it that she was formed from the resentment of a child who died unjustly. Her second mouth is located on the back of her neck. This second mouth is much larger than the first one and can eat several times the amount of food. Normally, her mouth is covered by her hair. When there is no one around and there is food in front of her, she will use her hair as tentacles to eat the food.

This kind of monster is quite common.

The Collectors Association has taken in similar monsters in recent years.

This kind of monster's fighting power is quite average - Uesugi Kiyoshi doesn't expect a little girl to have much fighting power, as long as she can provide faith, that's enough.

Uesugi Kiyoshi now has a deep-seated sense of urgency.

He was eager to recover all his memories, eager to awaken all the divine power of the Lord of a Hundred Demons, and eager to find that potential, unspeakable enemy.

While Uesugi Kiyoshi was deep in thought, the two young girls' melodramatic performance was nearing its end.

Fujimura Chiba wiped away her tears and finally turned her gaze to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

There was an inescapable fear in her eyes as she looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi.

For some reason, he felt a sense of panic from the first moment he saw this man during the day.

To give an analogy, it's like living in the same room as a fierce tiger, where you could become its prey at any moment, your life hanging in the balance.

No wonder she is.

The "Futakuchi-onna" on Fujimura Chiba's body was not something she was born with; it had quite a history, but it was by no means a great monster that could be presented in public.

But a monster is a monster after all, and it is extremely sensitive to demonic energy.

What kind of demonic aura does Uesugi Kiyoshi possess?

The Demon King of Mount Ooe, the Lord of Arakawa, the Lord of a Hundred Tales—needless to say, just these three titles are enough to send countless monsters fleeing in terror.

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