A comic book, but a librarian

However, Baoyue Yexiao did not care about the thoughts of Ying Duolang, who was running so fast that he could hardly breathe, and continued to speak.

"Although he himself has no ill intentions, the evil spirits around him still have the obsessions from their previous lives. Their desire for water and food makes them devour other spirits indiscriminately, so I made a deal with him... His wishes will be transmitted to everyone within the range of the ground spell formation, and they will experience the pain, hunger, fatigue, sleepiness... and dehydration during the war, as well as the feeling of being an 'immortal' who cannot die no matter what pain they encounter."

"This is the ghost sergeant's spiritual phenomenon... He transmits his weak prayers to others, hoping that they will kill him. If you want to solve this phenomenon, unless he takes back his power, the only solution is to kill the ghost sergeant."

Of the evil spirits that died in the battle, only the purest evil spirits were left that were not taken away by Uesugi Cheng. The evil spirits whose egos had been completely consumed and only had appetite left staggered towards the weakened evil spirit in Tunnel F, looking as if they had found food.

"Of course, this spiritual phenomenon has three stages. Now is the second stage... Anyone who steps into the curse array will gradually become weaker. In the third stage, if they step into it for just one second, they will be completely weakened and unable to raise their hands, but they will be in despair and unable to die. This will last for a hundred years and there will be no escape. So... run faster! The curse array is catching up."

The curse circle formed by blood began to expand. The evil spirit looked at the approaching zombie-like obsessions and changed its body shape back to its original shape in one breath. Although its cheeks were still thin, it knew that as long as it killed the annoying soldier, everything would be over.

Its legs deformed and fixed themselves to the ground, like a reflector, launching itself like a cannonball and rushing towards the unsuspecting ghost sergeant.

As it swung with all its strength, the sergeant's neck was cut open by the axe, and blood spurted out as if he was still alive. Just as the evil spirit smiled and looked maliciously at Uesugi Cheng, who seemed to be also affected by weakness and sat motionless on the ground, the sergeant who should have been dead suddenly spoke.

"It feels... good. If I were weaker... could you kill me?"

The speed of the curse formation's expansion increased again. The sergeant could now be described as skinny, his eyes full of expectation. The evil spirit that had just managed to make its body grow suddenly became even thinner, like a person who had been ill for a long time.

He grabbed the body of the evil soldier next to him and bit it with big mouthfuls. His body gradually became strong again. At this moment, he was looking not at the sergeant, but at Uesugi Sumiya.

There was something strange on that human's body. If he killed him, he would become stronger and even be able to kill that weird sergeant.

Driven by this strange idea, his next attack was towards Uesugi Sumiya, cutting his body in half. The feeling of blood spurting on his face made him feel like he was reborn.

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Chapter 253: The closest blow to death.

But is it really so?

Even the sergeant was unwilling to believe that the high school student who could bring him the feeling of death would become weak because of his curse and be cut in half by the evil spirit without any defense, but no one could predict such a thing...

The evil spirit began to devour Uesugi Sumiya's body in big mouthfuls. It had no choice but to gain more strength to fight against the weakened Prayer, and then kill and eat the ghost sergeant.

"Really? No one taught you... that you can eat everything, right?"

As it stared in disbelief, another 'Uesugi Cheng' appeared in front of it. Suddenly, its body began to feel severe pain. This feeling, which should not exist in an evil spirit, was like a knife rubbing against its nerves.

"A small curse, given to you as a gift... But it seems that you can't accept this gift. That's the end of it, Sergeant, it's time to end it..."

Uesugi Cheng opened his mouth to end the battle, but he saw the eyes of the ghost sergeant, the burning desire, the desire for death was transferred to him, along with the weak wish.

"Kill me... You can do it, right? Kill me, I can be weaker."

The sergeant took out a homemade grenade from somewhere and pulled out the fuse.

The grenade did not explode, but an ominous malice descended upon this place. The ghost sergeant had completely become what is called skin and bones, literally skin and bones, with no sign of any muscle, as if a piece of skin had been draped over human bones.

Even the evil spirit that had just fallen to the ground and was struggling in pain did not escape this disaster. It was turned into a human skin covered with a pile of bones. Its hoarse throat could hardly make any sound. Countless obsessions began to pounce on it and began to tear its body apart.

But compared to these, it felt as if its body was torn apart from the inside, as if someone was holding it in their hands like a doll, twisting it and trying to tear it apart.

"Can you... kill me?"

The sergeant's voice also became tired and weak. He looked at Uesugi Sumiya and saw a body lying on the ground. He picked up his grenade with some disappointment.

"I really hope someone can kill me one day... let's die together."

"It's indeed a powerful prayer... My temporary body can't hold on any longer."

Uesugi Sumiya's voice made the sergeant stop the finger that was hooked on the grenade fuse. He looked up and ignored the evil spirit praying for death, and looked at Uesugi Sumiya who was lying on the ground.

His body seemed to become extremely unstable, and it looked like it could dissipate at any time, but even so, he looked like an ordinary high school student, as if he was not affected by the prayer.

"Since you have shown me all your strength, why shouldn't I let you try? But first, I can't guarantee that I can kill you."

Uesugi Sumiya's body disappeared instantly after he said this, but the sergeant couldn't help but reveal a smile of ecstasy. He could feel the sincerity in Uesugi Sumiya's words, so he began to look forward to it, looking forward to his own death.

In the evil spirit's terrified eyes, the cold air that almost froze everything in the world spread out in an instant, as if locking onto the ghost sergeant, but the ghost sergeant just laughed wildly. He finally felt the breath of approaching death.

Sitting under the reflector at the entrance of the tunnel, Uesugi Cheng held the fragment of the mirror in his hand and looked at the shining moon in the sky. He was not a believer in the arc moon, but he still knew a few spells with the help of the power of the moon.

The power of the wormwood dream was projected onto the designated location through the moon, and the hidden death, along with the power of the end enlightenment, surged towards the ghost sergeant.

"As expected... there is no point in killing the ghost sergeant. What must be killed is the curse that is wrapped around him. What a pity, it's a waste of the power of my two memories."

Uesugi Cheng sighed and walked into the tunnel. Hotarou, who was a step slow and was affected by the curse, now looked like a person who had been starving for more than ten days in a famine. His cheeks were thin and he lay on the ground, and was helped up by Houyue Eiko.

"Yexiao, go and retrieve the sergeant's doll. He is not dead, and I can't kill him now. Just tell him like this. I will find a way to really kill him, but it will take time to study."

Baoyue Yexiao looked at the black screen of her mobile phone and was silent for a long time before nodding. She had been observing the situation on the battlefield through the monitor, but just now, the fighting should have stopped, but the ghost sergeant stopped his hand from launching the last prayer. Then, after a sky full of white light, the monitor lost the signal. She didn't know how much power this boy in front of her, who was younger than Ying Duolang, still had.

"That's great... I almost died. It was really close."

The ghost sergeant was lying on the ground, his body almost completely shattered by the light and cold, but the damn curse prevented it all, and he still did not die, even though he was frozen to pieces.

The fragments on the ground gradually formed his body again. He sighed, looked at the evil spirit that was not far from death, returned to the doll he was boarding, and finally left a few words.

"I really hope that one day I can die completely."

Baoyue Yexiao walked over. The evil spirit that just wanted to be a hunter and peel off the skin of all humans before killing them was now dying. The creature in front of it raised its eyelids. If it weren't for the fact that Uesugi Cheng's attack power was concentrated enough with almost no leakage of aftermath, it might have died.

Baoyue Yexiao raised her doll and began the usual process of conquering the evil spirits, but she was also a little helpless. The power of Uesugi Cheng's attack was too strong. The ghost sergeant and the evil spirits in front of him would most likely not be able to recover their due combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and might even suffer a permanent decline in combat effectiveness.

However, on the other side, Uesugi Sumiko was checking Hotaru's body.

"Oh my god, it's a good thing I didn't go there, otherwise I would have been in trouble..."

Uesugi Cheng looked at Hotaru who looked weak as if he had been hungry for more than ten days, and felt grateful for his wise choice.

The Uesugi Sumiko who stepped into the tunnel was the Stand. He used the Stand to fight throughout the whole process while remaining alert. Only the last attack was launched by the real body through the moon.

"Can you please contact the hospital for me first... I feel like I might faint at any moment."

Hotarou looked at the out-of-tune Uesugi Cheng speechlessly, feeling that he seemed to be the one who got hurt in the end.

"By the way... Senior Yingdalang, your spiritual powers don't seem to be weak either... Do you want to make better use of them?"

Uesugi Cheng suddenly asked a strange question.

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Chapter 254: Passing by and new visitors.

"So... Hotaru-senpai has to be hospitalized? Maybe I should say for once that this time it's finally not me?"

Uesugi Sumiko touched the back of his head. He was sitting in Houyue Eiko's car. Next to him was Gendokawa Hotaru, who had closed his eyes and fallen asleep with even breathing. The pain brought by severe dehydration and hunger was indeed torment for him, but under Uesugi Sumiko's illusion, his body quickly fell into a dormant state.

"First send Hotaru to the hospital, then I'll go and settle the other two. I really appreciate your help this time, Brother Uesugi."

Baoyue Yexiao nodded. She still hadn't seen Uesugi Cheng's limit. Perhaps the time when he was closest to his limit was the battle with Meili, who was still locked in a doll by her. Uesugi Cheng did "die", and then was reborn as if by a miracle.

Baoyue Yexiao didn't know whether Shangshan Cheng was really reborn or someone just took over his body, but it didn't matter. Shangshan Cheng was willing to help her and would not stop her plan. That was enough.

"In that case, just drop me off here and I can go home by myself."

Uesugi Cheng stretched his neck. He still had to go to the store to buy some painting materials and drawing paper. As for making paints by himself, Uesugi Cheng would not do it again in the short term. He didn't want to create some unnecessary trouble.

Houyue Eiko nodded, dropped Uesugi Sumiko off on the shopping street, and drove away.

"First, buy some paint, and then..."

He completed his plan for the Night Watcher Tree step by step. He had accumulated a batch of books, which were exchanged from the auction house with various precious materials, even including mountain copper and red essence. In the eyes of most people, the value of those materials was much higher than that of books, but for Uesugi Cheng, these books were the only things he wanted.

"First of all, it's The Book of the Throne and The Collection of the Treasures of Vasnay. The Contemplation of the Dawn, my specialty, has never been refined. I almost forgot about it."

Uesugi Cheng was walking on the road with his paints, studying the next list of books in his mind. He passed someone and then looked back.

The other party had disappeared in the crowd. Uesugi Cheng just took a look and finally shook his head.

"I didn't expect that there are still people who like to live in other people's bodies and take over other people's evil spirits?"

He didn't care about these things, and that guy didn't seem to want to do anything. Since Tokyo had already accommodated this person, Uesugi Cheng didn't understand why he would take action to kill someone who had nothing to do with him.

"What kind of monster is that? Where is it?"

In a corner of a street, a blond young man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't understand where the feeling of facing death just now came from. Logically speaking, a possessor like him could still survive even if his body was destroyed as long as the conditions were met. But the feeling just now was completely different. It seemed that as long as he had any abnormal behavior, he would definitely die without a burial place.

He didn't even notice where the other person was. He just felt that a terrifying monster seemed to look at him. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and leaned against the wall, gasping for breath. Bad luck had been happening one after another recently.

First, the cursed object arranged by the organization disappeared, then Kongwang was attacked by the spirit of the god named "Taisui", and the original target, the Demon Mother Goddess, also suddenly disappeared. Now, he seems to be targeted by an unknown existence. If this goes on, let alone waiting for Kongwang to be born, one day he may lose his value and become one of Kongwang's foods, or Kongwang may die in the womb.

"We must, we must be more cautious... before it is born."

The yellow-haired young man pulled down his hat and quickly left the commercial street. He would never come back to this place again.

When Uesugi Sumika returned home, it was almost dawn. The dawn light slowly spread across the earth. He lay on his bed and closed his eyes, but did not fall asleep. Instead, he returned to Silent Bookstore.

"Ying, help me pick another bunch of blue crown flowers. I want to make cold tea. This kind of weather is perfect for this kind of thing..."

Thanks to the power of Wormwood Dream and Solomon's Preparation, Uesugi Sumiko, with the help of Yotsuya Miko, almost completely repaired the above-ground part of the huge castle which served as the main body of Silent Bookstore. The remaining rooms were those that he could not use for the time being or had no corresponding power.

Recently, he got the tenth bookkeeper from the post office, his predecessor, who is now serving in the invisible Serapium of the Nine Libraries in Alexandria.

She sent a business card holder to her juniors, which was a device that made it convenient for Uesugi Cheng to contact former visitors again. It contained relevant information about their addresses that Uesugi Cheng had left in advance, and could also bring out things that might interest these visitors.

However, there is only Serena's address in the business card holder now. As for the visitors who came before, Uesugi Cheng did not ask them to leave their addresses, which made Uesugi Cheng feel a little regretful.

"Hello, is the administrator here? I don't need an appointment to come here, right?"

A middle-aged man with slicked-back hair, round-framed glasses and a short beard knocked on the door of Silent Bookstore. On this sunny winter day, another visitor came to Silent Bookstore because of the "miracle" that happened to Messana.

"Introduce myself, Corso Levitt, active as a mercenary."

Even with glasses, Uesugi Cheng's first impression of the visitor in front of him was that he was smart, definitely a very smart guy, who not only knew how to protect himself, but also knew how to complete tasks for his employer while protecting himself.

【Korsorevite】: Manuscript hunter, legacy collector... mercenary? Many would question his ethics; but few would deny his insight.

"I'm working for the Church this time. I have my pass and everything I need. They want me to authenticate a manuscript. Mysterious illustrations of the 'Unfettered Eye'. I need to do some cross-checking."

"The church? They are very generous employers if the conditions are met. So... according to the rules here, one bronze coin, or... what language do you have that you can teach me?"

Hearing this, Corso's eyebrows raised in surprise, and he seemed a little happy.

"Administrator, I think perhaps we are both of considerable value to each other."

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Chapter 255 Production line and follow-up processing of events.

Uesugi Cheng happily sent the mercenary away and left his business card. They reached a very good agreement. Corso would bring back some books that Uesugi Cheng needed, and Uesugi Cheng would provide Corso with various knowledge and answer services.

Of course, as a gift, Corso taught Uesugi Cheng all the special language he knew.

[Hyksos Lv.1]: The shepherd kings brought this language from Canaan to the West for use in their defenses and traps. If they had never come to Egypt, they might never have found a way to write it; given its addictive nature, that's probably for the best. (2 cups 1 blade)

Thus, on the branch of the Night Watchman's Tree related to Nightwalking, two fruits were successfully grown under Uesugi Cheng's choice and became the soul of Uesugi Cheng.

[Night Walk Lv.1] Fill [Hyksos], gain knowledge [Watcher], and gain soul essence [Argumentation]

[Night Walk Lv.2] Fill [Vaha Language], gain knowledge [An Arrangement], gain soul essence [Spirit Body]

The increase in soul power allowed Uesugi Cheng to start his studies more calmly. He had read half of "Vanezi Baoxunshu" before and was now completing the remaining half.

“It’s an unforgettable feeling… the learning schedule is even more intense than going to school.”

Uesugi Cheng stretched himself. To actually transform the teachings into his skills, the power of the correlation carried by the large amount of memories was indispensable. And now, after a day, he finally managed to finish the teachings on [Contemplation of the Dawn] before midnight.

[Dawn Contemplation Lv.7] (7 blades, 8 lights), he felt that his improvement in Dawn Contemplation was not hindered by the bottleneck like Sight and Perception. Compared with Sight and Perception, which was a feeling of learning new things, he now felt more like he was recalling what he had learned.

"But in this way, we can just build a stable production line for Guizi."

Uesugi Cheng stretched lazily.

10 domes + light source + [Scenery and Perception] = Dawn Spirit Liquid, and then 15 lamps + Dawn Spirit Liquid + [Dawn Contemplation] = Noble Purple. Uesugi Cheng never thought that one day he would start his own assembly line production work in Silent Bookstore.

But this is not important to him. After all, what he needs now is sleep and then to deal with the follow-up of certain events.

"Hello, good morning. Although I really don't want to say this... Uesugi, have you ever heard of mass hysteria?"

"What? I'm not a doctor. What's the point of asking me? And Hikigaya, this is the nth time. You don't really have a constitution that makes you run into trouble, do you? Why are you asking this?"

"No, this is a false alarm. I'm just curious so I'm asking you. A few days ago I encountered this kind of inexplicable thing. One person said he was poisoned, and then several other people showed the same symptoms and were sent to the hospital together. In the end, only one person was really poisoned..."

"Then why don't you ask the doctor instead of asking me?"

Uesugi Sumire was speechless. It seemed that Hikigaya Hachiman treated him as an encyclopedia.

"That's not the point... The point is, this incident seems to be somewhat related to an urban legend, but I'm not sure, so I'm telling you in advance. Next, I will start investigating on my own. If there are any problems, I'll need your intervention."

Hikigaya Hachiman bit a lollipop, with some architectural drawings in front of him. The first systematic knowledge related to Night Wandering that Uesugi Sumiko taught him was [Doors and Walls]. Although Hikigaya Hachiman may not become an architect now, at least he has no problem picking locks and studying blueprints.