A comic book, but a librarian

"Is there really something wrong with that stone? I have never seen what it looks like. Why don't you take me to see it next time you go there?"

Uesugi Cheng seemed a little curious. After all, the stone was said to be the relic left behind by a great monster after its death, and it also contained fragments of the great monster Tamamonomae. Uesugi Cheng generally believed in this kind of myth, but not completely.

After all, the world of Noon is full of unofficial and secret histories, and a lot of information has been changed beyond recognition or even completely different. If you believe everything, you may die quickly.

"Although according to the rules and regulations I can't take you there, but it doesn't matter what happens. It's not bad to have more people to help me deal with these things. I'll call you when I'm leaving. Come over when you're free."

Inudo Ranko never thought that she could actually recruit a laborer. Although she said that it didn't matter whether Uesugi Cheng was there or not, her eyes seemed to be shining.

"Okay, but don't do this so close to Chinese New Year. I want to celebrate the Chinese New Year."

Uesugi Cheng nodded and greeted Kogure and Officer Fuukai, who looked very tired.

"Why are you two so tired? Did something serious happen?"

Uesugi Cheng mentioned it casually.

Officer Feng Hai yawned, looked at Uesugi Cheng and spoke.

"Actually, I feel like you're the same way, both of you seem a little overworked. Didn't Uesugi watch the news? A whole room of people died, and their deaths were extremely horrific. And we have another case here... Steel Man Nanase."

Uesugi Cheng shrugged and stopped asking questions. After all, one of the two things was caused by him, and he had also come across the other one. It was no big deal, so he just prepared to enjoy his vacation.

"Speaking of which...what are you going to do with Steelman Nanase?"

"This is a troublesome matter. We don't know what she is or how she got here. We have to see her in her true form first. But after the casualties, we did get more resources. Tracking her down shouldn't be a problem."

Feng Haijun also seemed to have matured a lot and was able to say such words very calmly. Of course, it might also be because he was just too tired and simply couldn't think about too many things.

So after Inudo Ranko's brief and perfunctory questioning, Uesugi Sumire left the Metropolitan Police Department. He was able to say hello to quite a few policemen. Uesugi Sumire felt that if he came a few more times, perhaps he would be familiar with everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Hey, bro, are you so busy?"

Uesugi Cheng picked up his phone and made a call.

"Ah, I dealt with some troublesome things. With you at your sister's side, there shouldn't be any problems. I went to investigate some things and got a few people."

Uesugi Nobuyuki stretched, sat in his office, lit a stack of papers with a lighter, and watched the flames gradually burn in a daze.

"Okay, I'll ask my sister to bring you something later... Never mind, I'll give it to you in person later. Where are you now?"

"Office, what good things are you giving away now instead of during the New Year?"

The corners of Uesugi Nobuyuki's mouth curved up. Amidst the endless troubles today, there was finally some good news, which made him feel a little more encouraged.

"Just keep it. I'll be right over."

Uesugi Cheng stretched and hailed a taxi. Anyway, he had almost no money left over from the money that Uesugi Saki had given him, so it was a good idea to take a taxi driven by a human driver once in a while.

He arrived at Uesugi Nobuyuki's company very calmly. Nothing dramatic happened, nor was there any internal discord in the Uesugi family so that Ji would jump out to help his elder brother teach his younger brother a lesson. Uesugi Nobuyuki's company was full of busy people, but they all seemed to be in a good mood.

Uesugi Sumiko walked into Uesugi Shin's office with almost no expression on his face, then swayed his body and collapsed directly on the sofa. He snapped his fingers, and with a negligible but effective force, he sealed off the inside and outside of the room.

"How long are we going to perform? This kind of thing is a bit troublesome."

Uesugi Cheng scratched his hair. What they showed to the outside world now was still the unharmonious situation among the three siblings, and they still had to act it out occasionally.

"Ah, that's about it. Anyway, we have almost found out who is responsible. We can deal with it slowly later. The mess at home and the group of guys who want to fish in troubled waters are almost done with. Only our dear father can tolerate such awful brothers and sisters."

Uesugi Shinya simply collapsed in his chair, and for a moment the room began to be filled with a sense of despair, but suddenly Uesugi Shinya began to show a strange smile to Uesugi Cheng.

"By the way, young man, have you found any pretty girls? If you don't have a relationship in high school, it will be a big loss. That kind of pure and sour youthful feeling will never come back a second time."

"..."

Uesugi Cheng didn't want to pay attention to this big brother who usually liked to show off. He just sighed and planned to see if he could use magic to brainwash a few difficult people at home so that Uesugi Xin would reduce his workload. It would be better to let him go out and play more than asking Uesugi Cheng about his emotional life every day.

"Remember to carry your stuff with you. This amulet is very effective."

Uesugi Sumiko threw the amulet over, and Uesugi Shin didn't say anything and casually hung it on his bracelet.

So Uesugi Cheng rushed to his next stop, Silent Bookstore, to prepare for his next plan.

"Although I say I've learned a lot, in reality it's not much at all... What on earth burned the Alchemy Bottle Prison? How come even the scent of worms can be smelled out?"

Uesugi Cheng looked at the messy alchemy bottle prison with some helplessness. He was too lazy to take care of these things at the moment. He cleaned them up and prepared to deal with these problems after the New Year.

What he had to do now was to thoroughly learn this great art of [Ink of Revelation], and it would be best if he could fully analyze it.

"Wait...what kind of book is this? Why do I feel..."

"Memoirs of the Archon": A memoir written by a clerk of the Shadowless Empire from a third-person perspective, recording the ruling methods and daily work of the Shadowless Empire's most mysterious and wisest archon (at least he thinks so). (Reading requirements: 10 blades, obtain [Teachings: Edict of Force])

"This is... me?!"

Uesugi Cheng was stunned. He had never thought that one day he would become the protagonist of someone else's book.

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Chapter 352: An unexpected planting leads to a great success.

Uesugi Cheng had never felt so speechless in his life until he came across the book in front of him.

Although it is called "Memoirs of the Consul", its real name should actually be called "The Consul Recorded by the Clerk". There is almost no impression of the diligent and hardworking clerk Uesugi Sumiya in his mind, but this does not prevent the clerk from praising Uesugi Sumiya to the best of his ability in his memoirs.

"This Archon is the most mysterious and wisest throughout the ages. Countless legion commanders have tried to take his place, but none of them succeeded in the end. No legion commander could replace this great Archon to raise the power of the Shadowless Empire in the continuous wars. The Archon once taught us some basic knowledge, and today I will teach it to the readers."

Uesugi Cheng was stunned for a moment, he never thought that the words he once taught to his subordinates to make it easier for him to work, which these people could understand, were actually put into practice by them little by little, and with the unique "wrestling" between the colonel and the lion craftsman as the guiding ideology, it became their knowledge again.

"At the end of this article, please allow me to once again pay the highest respects to our great Archon. Although he almost never led troops to fight and had almost no military achievements, everything he did was not something that could be reflected in war. It was the real knowledge that turned the conflict into the power of the Shadowless Empire."

Uesugi Cheng felt a little embarrassed when he saw the nonsense in a book, but he did benefit a lot from these people's new understanding of "wrestling" and the [Edict of Force] as the interpreter of "wrestling".

"I don't want to lead troops to fight? I don't even know how to fight. Wouldn't it be a trap if you asked me to fight?"

Uesugi Cheng finally complained helplessly that he had worked with the colonel for a period of time. Although the memory of that period was not very clear, he vaguely remembered that except for a few hunting missions at the beginning when he led a team of hunters, the rest of the time he was stuffed into the administrative system and became a glorious guy sitting in an office.

Many generals who thought that their military achievements were enough to qualify them for the position of consul had complained about this and even planned to force Uesugi Sumiya to give up his position. However, when Uesugi Sumiya really handed over his work to them all at once, it even caused a mess that had to be stopped by the colonel himself. In this way, Uesugi Sumiya's position was completely secured at the cost of his daily physical overwork.

However, as a young man of the 21st century, although he was basically just a keyboard expert and had a lot to learn in practical operations, many of the ideas and technologies he came up with at the time did bring a lot of benefits to that huge country. It is no wonder that some people miss the time when he was in power.

"But what does this have to do with me now? The author has long since turned into a handful of yellow earth, and even Wu (** country has already... I wonder what our dear colonel is going to do."

Uesugi Cheng sighed. In his opinion, the betrayal of Shizijiang should not have come so unexpectedly. It was a heavy blow to the Shadowless Empire that he had cultivated with great difficulty. However, the colonel seemed to have let it happen. He did not even have the thought of stopping it, as if he had expected it. However, it was also thanks to Shizijiang's betrayal that Uesugi Cheng was able to complete his contract with the colonel and successfully leave the position of consul.

Uesugi Cheng put down the book. There was a lot of theoretical knowledge in it that was very new to him, but he didn't have time to read it carefully for the time being because he had a lot of other things to do.

"What kind of flame did the new king use to burn this place... Why don't conventional methods work at all? Why does he force me to find an assistant to perform the ceremony?"

For example, regarding the cleanup of the Alchemy Bottle Prison, Uesugi Cheng now feels a headache when he sees those traces. It is obvious that the new king did not consider what would happen next when he was venting his anger. Perhaps he once wanted to burn the place clean with fire, but in the end he did not carry out his idea due to something.

In any case, Uesugi Sumiya has temporarily sealed off part of the alchemy bottle prison. After all, he is now preparing for the New Year. There are still many things waiting for him to deal with after the New Year, such as Tai Sui, who has a grudge against him and has scheduled a battle for the next year, and the mountain god who has been sleeping for who knows how long and no one knows when he will wake up.

Of course, what he has to face now is even more realistic than all this, because sitting in front of him are his classmates.

"Uesugi, what was that accident about? Don't tell me it was really an accident. The whole family died neatly but almost no servants were injured. Anyone who believes this is a fool."

Hikigaya Hachiman came straight to the point. Not much was revealed on the forum, but it all pointed to a vendetta committed by a team. After all, apart from a team, they couldn't think of anyone else who could prevent everyone in a room from tipping off and at the same time accurately let all the innocent people go.

"Indeed, Uesugi-san... something seems amiss with this matter. Also, have we come to an agreement on how to deal with the matter of Steel Man Nanase?"

Yukinoshita Yukino is more concerned about Steel Man Nanase. After all, that incident has nothing to do with her family or her personal life. Only Hachiman Hikigaya, whose curiosity is growing for some reason, would ask about it.

"I don't have any yet, but it looks like they have some ideas. Do you want to join?"

Uesugi Cheng waved his hand to indicate that there was nothing much to say, but they could still chat a little about Steel Man Nanase.

"Eh? Is it the steel girl Nanase who's been very popular on the forum recently? Is she difficult to deal with?"

Yotsuya Miko also became curious. She had seen a lot of evil spirits, but there were almost no ones that Uesugi Sumire could not deal with. This time, Uesugi Sumire did not even make any guarantees, which made her interested in Steel Man Nanase.

"It's not that difficult to deal with, but if we don't solve the problem from the root, then everything we do will be in vain. Do you want to come with me?"

Uesugi Sumire took out her cell phone and saw a message from Iwanaga Kotoko saying that they were planning to take action in a few days and try to resolve it before the New Year. Then she would spend a wonderful New Year with her dear boyfriend.

"Has she ever thought that this kind of thing is just like setting a flag, and it can't be said casually?"

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Chapter 353: Preparations before final casting.

"Maybe it's because she is 100% sure that she can solve this matter. After all, she doesn't look like a simple person."

Hikigaya Hachiman yawned. In terms of combat power alone, Hikigaya Hachiman felt that Steel Man Nanase was not as capable as him. At least when fighting, he would use methods and weapons that he was familiar with instead of just waving a steel bar around stiffly.

However, the threat of Steel Man Nanase does not lie in this at all. Her greatest threat lies in the randomness of her appearance and the panic she causes to the unarmed public.

"We can put this matter aside for now. After all, they seem to be professionals in this field, so we can't just interfere. Besides, it's almost the New Year, and a good rest is more important than anything else. Let's adjourn the meeting."

Uesugi Cheng said so, and the others all agreed with him. After all, the bizarre enemies they had faced in the past semester and the events that they had never dared to imagine before had indeed made them physically and mentally exhausted.

"Um... Ah Cheng, can you..."

Yotsuya Kenko leaned forward slightly, as if testing something.

Uesugi Sumire sat down again, looking at Yotsuya Miko patiently, waiting for her next words.

"That is, can you accompany me to the shrine? At the beginning of the year."

What Yotsuya Miko didn't say was that it was actually because she bought a new kimono. It must be said that after working with Uesugi Sumire, the family's financial situation, or her own small treasury, has become much richer.

Although she didn't know why her mother had an expression that said "this day has finally come", Yotsuya Miko still interpreted it with peace of mind as her mother feeling that she had matured.

"Sure, but I have to spend the first day with my family. The rest of the day should be fine."

Uesugi Cheng nodded. Going to the temple to worship was actually a new thing for him.

"Okay! I'll contact you then!"

Yotsuya Miko happily hugged Uesugi Sumire, and then seemed to remember something, and took two hurried steps out with a red face.

"Oh, cute kid."

The god with the body of a little girl happily put her arms around Uesugi Sumiko's neck and lay on his back, looking at Yotsuya Miko with a very happy tone.

"Indeed... By the way, we should go to the next place."

Uesugi Cheng nodded, and Kishimojin nodded, then let go and disappeared onto the ground.

……

"Master, did you do that?"

Baoyue Yexiao asked curiously. She had finally been freed from the academic pressure in primary school and had also gained new combat power at the dam. Now Baoyue Yexiao seemed to be in a very good mood.

"It's not me. Don't talk nonsense. I'm not a nosy person. When have you ever seen me kill anyone?"

Uesugi Cheng looked very indifferent, but Baoyue Yexiao seemed to understand something instantly and stopped asking questions immediately.

"What I'm teaching you today... is still somewhat dangerous for a child, but you should still master it. You still need to know how to use weapons in a fight."

【Sharp】: Knife, crisis, and misplaced things.

Watching the dagger flying like a butterfly in Uesugi Cheng's hand and then disappearing from his hand mysteriously, Baoyue Yexiao could already imagine the scene of himself using the dagger imbued with spiritual power to deliver a fatal blow to the evil spirit.

"I can only teach you the basics of this thing. After all, you are still relatively young. But you can expand on it yourself. I will help you check it."

Uesugi Cheng spoke in a very broad sense. Although the book "A Child's Golden Afternoon Treasure" gave him a little shock, all the necessary knowledge was still conveyed to Uesugi Cheng, for example, how Lord Jacob in the book used all kinds of knives in his hands to carry out various bloody activities.

"Hey, I thought I could learn your magic from Uesugi-sama."

Baoyue Yexiao was a little disappointed. Although this skill could indeed greatly make up for the lack of her main body in combat power, she still desired Uesugi Cheng's spells of controlling spirits and attacking more.

"First of all, you haven't fully developed yet. I don't mean your body, but your soul. Forcibly using these things will not only have no effect, but will also cause damage to your soul. And then... these things are very difficult to learn, and they won't be effective in a short period of time. If you really want to learn them, I will consider teaching you."

Baoyue Yexiao nodded. It was a good choice to settle for the second best. After all, Uesugi Cheng was the teacher, and she had no choice in what to learn. However, these techniques...

Baoyue Yexiao thought of ten thousand ways to torture the evil spirits by cutting them into small pieces. Perhaps she could also use these techniques to make the evil spirits more docile.

"The next practical part will be a little dangerous, so I will give you an unsharpened knife to practice with first."

Uesugi Cheng nodded as he looked at Baoyue Yexiao's hard work. Her talent was indeed amazing. She had found the entry-level techniques in just one morning and began to try to reproduce and understand Uesugi Cheng's operations.

"Speaking of which, Brother Uesugi, have you decided on the battlefield to fight against Taisui?"

Baoyue Yexiao suddenly spoke. Tai Sui did not make them feel too urgent, but no one took it lightly. During this period, Uesugi Cheng was studying weapons and the Ys Bell in order to deal with this Tai Sui clone who looked like he deserved a beating.

"No, I don't know much about maps in Japan. How well do you know about the local spiritual veins? If not, I'll have to borrow a map."

Baoyue Yexiao did not ask Uesugi Cheng where he was going to borrow the map. After all, his expression did not look like he was going there seriously to borrow the map.

"It's fine. I plan to fight that bastard in Kyoto... and set a trap in advance."

"Of course. The little girl has already become a qualified hunter by setting traps and making all necessary preparations before hunting."