A comic book, but a librarian

"Hell Transformation" was placed in a box on a table temporarily piled up in the workshop. Outside the box, countless evil spirits had transformed into construction workers wearing safety helmets, working diligently to prepare for their next work environment.

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Chapter 281: The concept of the workshop and the profound meaning of the daytime forge.

Of course, Uesugi Cheng did not plan to transform this place into his own studio out of boredom. He had a practical need. After all, whether it was dealing with physical monsters or humans, or pure spirits without any physical existence, weapons were indispensable. So compared to the so-called consecration or spiritual baptism, Uesugi Cheng felt that it would be better to start directly with the materials of the weapons.

[Orichalcum]: A metal whose properties change with the times, but in every era, it can be used to catalyze Azoth. (4 casts)

Orichalcum is not only a catalyst for the almost all-devouring solvent Azoth, but also a very powerful metal in the sense of mysticism. After all, its extraction was originally based on the "blood" of the Immortal Forger. However, with the subsequent development of technology, the method of converting metal into Orichalcum with the Great Art or various other tricks was gradually invented and perfected.

Uesugi Cheng was playing with a small roll of metal wire in his hand. He was now in front of the blacksmith's table of Silent Books. Yes, although it was strange to have a foundry in a library, what was even stranger was that this foundry not only had complete facilities, but also had a lot of subsequent renovations that were more in line with modern technology.

Once upon a time, Hendrick, the first Baron of Brankorg, wanted to ensure that he could cast projectiles and repair shackles even if the villagers intended to rebel. However, the castle later became the Silent Bookstore, and the first bookstore manager Ambrose converted the foundry for his metallurgical experiments. Now, Uesugi Cheng has re-used this place with what he learned in the forge and the teachings of the Great Art.

The golden metal wire looked extremely charming under the light of the fire. Its value in mysticism far exceeded that of gold. Mountain copper, a metal refined from the "blood of the Immortal Forger", had different lethality to any spiritual and non-spiritual bodies. Although it was far inferior to those weapons with a truly legendary past, it was enough to be used as standard equipment in battle.

Uesugi Cheng casually threw the roll of mountain copper wire into the furnace. Under the protection of the soul power, the mountain copper quickly melted into liquid again, but it was not disturbed by any impurities. Under Uesugi Cheng's operation, it gradually took shape according to his expectations.

It was neither a knife nor a sword, nor any strange weapon. Uesugi Cheng threw in another piece of mountain copper. From the time he finished organizing the knowledge of "Hongzhong and Copperware" given to him by Bai Ri Foundry to now, he occasionally ordered some copper wire from the outside world outside the island, and then smelted it into mountain copper metal wire as storage material, which just came in handy now.

Finally, a dagger gradually took shape. Rather than a simple dagger, it looked more like a sharp weapon that could be mounted on a long pole and instantly turned into the tip of a javelin.

[Unnamed Weapon]: A luxury item made entirely of mountain copper. Its lethality is totally disproportionate to its cost, but its power is indeed enough to deter many immortals if it can touch them without being destroyed. (6 casts, 3 blades)

If Uesugi Cheng's former colleagues were here, they would definitely mock him for spending such precious materials to create a weapon that is almost disposable. However, Uesugi Cheng does not care about these things now. He gradually realized one thing: the knowledge given to him by the Daytime Forge was not aimless, but really had its own meaning. It's just that Uesugi Cheng now has no way to understand it.

This thought gave Uesugi Cheng a chill. It seemed that he had not escaped the fate of working for the Bai Ri Foundry. If he had known this earlier, he would not have painted that picture. It would have been a good choice to live his life as an ordinary administrator.

Uesugi Sumiko teased himself like this, but he knew that he would definitely not be able to live his life in this way, so this kind of thing could only be a little fantasy.

After completing the dagger, Uesugi Cheng was not in a hurry to bring it to the real world. After all, it was much more difficult to buy copper wire in the Noon World than in the real world. Moreover, it would take a lot of extra energy for Uesugi Cheng to carry something across the two worlds every time, and he didn't want to waste it.

……

In the real world, in an abandoned factory, Uesugi Cheng had only been back to Silent Bookstore for a few hours when he discovered that the evil spirits here were actually working in an orderly manner. Although they still looked like a group of strange-looking evil spirits, their movements had become more skillful. The workshop was completely cleaned up, and the immovable objects were used as part of the workbench that was about to be completed.

The flame looked very happy. It had rarely been active like this since its birth. Most of the time, it would fall into a deep sleep after eating the red essence given by Uesugi Cheng as fuel. After waking up, it would continue to eat, and after eating, it would continue to sleep.

I don’t know if it’s because it inherited some of the industrial and innovative attributes from the Daytime Forge, but it doesn’t seem to be unfamiliar with these tasks at all. Instead, it does them very well.

"Then I'll be leaving first. If you have any questions, just contact me through spiritual power or the phone I left here. Just let the evil spirits call me like a cursed phone call."

Uesugi Sumiko spoke up and said that he had received the message from Yotsuya Miko, so he planned to go over and take a look. After all, even though he had done so many mikos, he could still vaguely feel the connection with the mountain god. This situation was not common.

Yotsuya Miko's home was indeed a bit far from the abandoned factory in the suburbs where Uesugi Sumire was. Before leaving, Uesugi Sumire deliberately set up a barrier around it. He also looked from the outside for a while and made sure that people passing by would not be able to find out what was going on in the workshop inside. Only then did he find out and call a ghost driver, planning to take him to the vicinity of Yotsuya Miko's home.

As for why he didn't take the ghost driver's car when he came, it was naturally because the other party would refuse to let "Hell Transformation" get in the car even if he risked his life.

"Boss, although my old friend is made of paper, it doesn't want to die in the blazing flames. It doesn't want to come into contact with the flames at all, even if you want to kill it."

After all, the driver complained like this, so Uesugi Sumiya was very reasonable and did not call a ghost driver when he came. But now Uesugi Sumiya had nothing with him, so he simply got on a free taxi and headed to Yotsuya Miko's home.

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Chapter 282: The imagination of social phobia.

After the construction of the workshop began, Uesugi Cheng's attention to this place came to a halt. After all, the end of the semester was approaching. In addition, after handing over the processes and specifications to the small flame, the evil spirits under it obviously worked more enthusiastically and harder. They even specially assigned some evil spirits to disperse humans who might come here, and confuse the drivers who delivered metal materials and building materials, so that they would pretend nothing happened.

However, before the final exams, there was another important event that required Uesugi Sumiya's help, and that was the cultural festival that Goto Ichiri was participating in. Since Kita Ikuyo's registration was rather unexpected, the entire Bond Band had to practice extra at the last minute, and even the snack segment and the time helping out at Fanxing were reduced.

"So are you ready? Performing at a cultural festival is no easier than performing on a star-studded stage. Are you prepared for the early rehearsals, equipment preparation, and what you should do throughout the process as well as emergency plans for possible situations?"

Uesugi Cheng had a rolled up piece of paper in his hand, and he looked more like a coach or director than a band member. In fact, what he was doing was indeed very similar. After all, he did not participate deeply in the overall practice of the Bond Band, but was more about helping them find problems in the band.

After all, if Uesugi Cheng used the Great Technique, the four girls from the Bond Band might not be able to keep up, so Uesugi Cheng decided to form a band with his fake self, at least in the short term to improve his performance level, so as to facilitate the analysis of the [Leap Knowledge: Lost Ancient Tune] recorded in the book "The Turquoise Hand".

"this and that……"

Goto Ichiri's brain was already overloaded as she held her guitar. In fact, she just thought to herself that she was already performing on the Fanxing stage, so performing at the cultural festival shouldn't be that difficult. However, Uesugi Sumire came up with a bunch of questions that brought her back to square one.

"Yes, the organizing committee of the cultural festival has confirmed with us. Since time is tight, it seems that we will only have one rehearsal. But we think we should be fine. Besides, we have Ryo-senpai, Nijika-senpai, and Uesugi-senpai to guide us."

Kita Ikuyo didn't seem that flustered. For her, a newcomer who just started learning a musical instrument, several seniors and geniuses like Uesugi Sumika were like a stabilizing force. What's more... she has been trying hard to catch up with Goto Ichiri recently, even though she still can't be compared with other teammates.

"You need to be ready, Goto-san. Are you ready?"

Uesugi Cheng's tone became lighter and Hong Xia took a deep breath. For some reason, when Uesugi Cheng spoke like this, even her mood would stabilize and her mind would become much clearer.

"Yes... I will try my best, as long as I can do it."

Goto Ichiri also took a deep breath, then raised her head and looked at Uesugi Sumire. For some reason, when she stood in front of this boy, she felt that there was no air in her heart and her thoughts were no longer cluttered. She didn't think too much unconsciously as usual, and then began to consider the bad consequences, and then lost the courage to move forward and speak. Goto Ichiri had encountered too many situations like this, where she was defeated by her own fear and then hesitated before taking any action.

But until the appearance of Uesugi Sumika, she was surprised to find that she was actually becoming brave. Uesugi Sumika used an almost brutal way to help her get out of her worries and fears and see the real side.

"Uesugi-san, I will do it. I will let you see that your efforts... are not in vain."

"Eh?"

Uesugi Sumiko was stunned for a moment. He just asked Goto Ichiri if she was ready and wanted to ask her if she needed some individual tutoring or help. How did it get to the point of making sure his efforts were not in vain?

Although Uesugi Sumire was a little confused, when he thought about what Goto Ichiri said, he guessed that it was just her overly rich imagination that started working again, so she said such incoherent words. Even Yamada Ryo and Ijichi Nijika next to her were no longer surprised. Only Kita Ikuyo looked at Goto Ichiri with some curiosity.

The petite pink-haired girl then realized what she had just said. Her eyes rolled back and she fell to the ground, looking as if she had fainted from overexerting herself in a short period of time.

"Is she okay?"

Uesugi Cheng skillfully reached out his hand to feel Goto Ichiri's breath, and after confirming that it was normal, he looked up at the other three people.

"Let Goto-san take a break. We'll look at the music score and lyrics. Kita-chan, thank you for your help."

Ijichi Kouga was no longer as panicked as she was at the beginning about this matter, and she very naturally and calmly ignored Goto who seemed to be in a state of panic.

Uesugi Sumi picked up Goto Ichiri and put him on the chair next to him, and then several people continued to test. Yamada Ryo's music was indeed well done, and coupled with Goto Ichiri's unique lyrics with some melancholy and dark feelings, it will definitely attract some listeners to become fans.

"That's great, but unfortunately I really can't compose music or write lyrics."

Uesugi Sumika said in a low voice. Of course, the people around him thought he was talking in his sleep. Some of the music scores that Uesugi Sumika had repeatedly tested and perfected with them were much better than the ones that Yamada Ryo had brought out, but the original records of these music scores could not be found anywhere. So the four people agreed that this was the work of Uesugi Sumika, although he himself firmly denied it, saying that it was the work of his "friend".

"How about we stop here today? After all, the weather has been getting colder recently, and the final exams will be coming up soon after the Cultural Festival. Everyone should adjust their pace a little and relax."

Uesugi Sumire's proposal was passed unanimously, and even Goto Ichiri, who had just gotten over his shame, cast his vote in favor without hesitation.

Of course, Goto Ichiri also had his own individual teaching session with Uesugi Sumire. Although it was called teaching, it was actually more of a two-person playing game, with each other evaluating each other. Of course, Uesugi Sumire was more about teaching Goto how to perform at his normal level.

"Um, Uesugi-san... I'm still a little scared..."

Goto Ichiri was playing the guitar, stroking the strings and speaking.

"After all, we are acquaintances, right?"

Uesugi Cheng put down his guitar and spoke.

"Ah...um..."

Goto Ichiri finally nodded with difficulty. Uesugi Cheng's usual insight made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Then let me teach you a method."

Uesugi Cheng pondered for a while and finally spoke.

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Chapter 283: Enjoy the Cultural Festival.

"It seems that Goto-san's cultural festival has become more convenient, which is great."

Uesugi Sumire, holding a bottle of soda in his hand, followed Hongxia and Liang into the school where Goto Ichiri studied as off-campus visitors and performers.

In fact, the school that Goto Ichiri and Kita Ikuyo attended was not small. At least their cultural festival called "Shuhua Festival" was not small in scale, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

"Wait, where is Goto-san?"

The three of them quickly connected with Kita Ikuyo, but the problem that followed was that Goto Ichiri neither replied to their messages nor showed up at the designated location on time, which made Hongxia a little puzzled.

"Let's go look for him. Maybe he's resting somewhere."

Although Uesugi Cheng said he would go look for her, he had actually started using his soul to do a rough scan of the entire school. Inside the complex of buildings, he found the pink-haired girl he had marked. At the moment, she was hiding at the back door of a building, doing something in front of her phone.

Then ten minutes later, Uesugi Sumire looked at Ijichi Kouka with dead leaves on her head and Yamada Ryo who looked a little disheveled, and couldn't help but ask.

"Where on earth did you search? How did it end up like this?"

"This...hahaha, we went through all the trash cans and sinks in the school..."

"Ah... Although I would like to say that people normally wouldn't appear in those places, but she is Goto-san after all... Has the stereotype of her reached this point?"

Uesugi Cheng sighed, it seems that Goto Ichiri's usual strange behavior did not completely affect her teammates.

However, with the guidance of Uesugi Sumire, several people quickly found Goto Ichiri who was hiding at the back door playing with her mobile phone. What was rare was that she was not wearing her pink sportswear and then the Jk uniform, but a complete set of Japanese maid clothes, even white stockings and a short skirt.

"How should I put it? It's cute... but it's Goto-san's. I feel like I've reached my limit just by being watched. It's really not easy."

Uesugi Sumiko sighed expressionlessly. Of course, he had experienced enough cultural festivals, although most of the time he had not even participated in any serious activities.

"In that case, I'll just take a look around by myself. How about you guys go and participate in the event first?"

Uesugi Cheng suggested this.

"Eh? Uesugi-senpai isn't coming with us?"

Kita Ikuyo didn't expect that Uesugi Sumire would bring up such a thing at this time. After all, no matter how you look at it, shouldn't Uesugi Sumire be enjoying the cultural festival with them at this time?

"Ah, I'm not really suited to... this kind of occasion. So I'm going to find a place to sit down. You guys go have fun first, and just tell me where to gather."

Uesugi Cheng rubbed his head. He was indeed not used to this situation. After all, most of the time he was in the position of planner of such activities. Now that he has become a participant, he is very uncomfortable. Now he wants to find a quiet place to sit down and think for a while.

"But if Senior doesn't come..."

Kita Ikuyo looked at Uesugi Sumire with her big eyes. The expectant look and her coquettish voice made it difficult for anyone to refuse her invitation.

Uesugi Cheng thought about it for a while, and finally nodded. After all, he had never participated in any festival as a participant, so it would be nice to just enjoy it now.

then……

"Oh, how scary."

The expressionless Uesugi Sumiya made the female student who played the ghost very speechless. What was even more speechless was that he even took a sip of soda and then nodded at the actress.

"The performance was very good. Next time, you can be quieter before going on stage, so that it will be easier to scare people."

"Oh, thanks for the advice."

For a moment, even the high school girl became expressionless. She nodded seriously to indicate that she had written down these things, then returned to the standby point to prepare to scare the next group of tourists.

"So the next stop is..."

Hongxia stopped in front of the crepe shop, her throat moved, and it seemed that she had found what she wanted.

"Well...why don't we go try it?"

"Let me have a taste of those two flavors."

Yamada Ryo pulled on the corner of Uesugi Sumiya's clothes, and for some reason he tried to ask Uesugi Sumiya to treat him.

"Then I'll try it too."

Uesugi Sumiko readily took out the money and handed one of the crepes to Yamada Ryo, who picked it up without hesitation.

"Hey, don't let others treat you so naturally. And Uesugi-san, you can't pamper Ryo like this!"

Hongxia said speechlessly, she never expected that Yamada Ryo's request for treat would be agreed so easily.

"It's okay. I haven't been to this kind of place for a long time. It feels great."

Uesugi Cheng stretched his shoulders and prepared to go to the next stop.

……

"Please...please take care. Welcome to visit us next time."

The clerk handed the gifts to Uesugi Cheng tremblingly. Fortunately, they were all cheap small items. If a few big prizes had been added during the planning and they were all sold out now, they would be heartbroken.

Uesugi Cheng took the gifts in the bag and put down the toy air gun in his hand. Although the gun had been fine-tuned and there would be some deviation when shooting, Uesugi Cheng made up for this part with his soul calculations.

“You’re really amazing… in this aspect.”

Kita Ikuyo's eyes were full of shock.

"Ah."

Yamada Ryoya nodded, put the last piece of crepe into his mouth, and then burned with fighting spirit, ready to challenge Uesugi Cheng's record.