In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

[Uncover the Snow Girl's true purpose. Current progress: 10%.]

Uesugi Tetsu could feel that they were looking at him as if he were a stranger. He had obviously lost his memory, but he reacted so strongly to the Snow Woman's words.

Why is this?

Putting his doubts aside for the time being, Uesugi Tetsu followed the Snow Girl upstairs, and only walked up four floors before entering the carpeted corridor.

Each floor of the hotel is very spacious, but there are not many rooms, only about seven or eight at most.

Uesugi Tetsu stopped in front of the room marked "606" - this hotel was quite strange. Although the architectural style was traditional Japanese, the house numbers and doors were full of modern style.

After watching Ershaku-sama hand the key to the Snow Girl and ask her to open the door, Uesugi Tetsu was about to follow him in, but he felt someone was vaguely watching him from behind.

He suddenly turned around and saw the half-familiar face clearly at the corner not far away.

——Ye Chun!

The latter's exposed half head trembled, as if he didn't expect to be discovered, so he quickly shrank back, and then a burst of hurried footsteps echoed in the corridor.

Uesugi Che rushed over without thinking, and in just two or three seconds he had crossed the dozens of meters long corridor, rounded the corner and arrived at the place where Ye Chun had just been peeping at him.

But all that was left for him was the door that had just been closed.

"605..."

Uesugi Che didn't say much. He memorized the house number and turned around.

After returning to the room, Uesugi Tetsu saw that Nishaku-sama and Yuki-onna had taken off their shoes and wooden clogs and sat on the tatami.

Even the Snow Girl was making tea for him.

The icy tea drew an arc and fell into the cup, accompanied by the Snow Girl's words: "I hope Your Excellency Che does not have any unnecessary thoughts."

Uesugi Tetsu sat down nonchalantly, picked up his teacup and drank it all in one gulp: "I just ran into an acquaintance."

A deep chill instantly rose in his body, causing Uesugi Tetsu to shiver.

He looked at the other two cups of tea that were still steaming, was silent for a moment, and gave a thumbs up: "It tastes good."

The Snow Girl responded noncommittally and looked at Master Erchiku: "Master Erchiku, please tell me your story."

"Oh! Okay."

It was easy for Lady Erchi to come up with a few good stories from her experiences over a hundred years, and soon she began to recount what had happened in the past.

The Snow Girl sat there, listening quietly without saying a word, occasionally revealing a faint smile.

Uesugi Tetsu sat at a distance and stared at the two of them, while at the same time practicing breathing techniques silently whenever he had the chance.

"A three-star Snow Woman is definitely powerful enough... Perhaps she'll be a good candidate for a Shikigami after my two avatars advance." Uesugi Tetsu thought silently, "More importantly, her quiet personality complements Nishaku-sama perfectly."

It just so happened that he still had a universal possession that he hadn't used.

But it's just a thought.

Given the character of this Snow Girl, even if you defeat her, you may not be able to subdue her as a Shikigami. At most, it will be an additional possible option.

Looking at the mountain inn's exploration level which had reached 30%, Uesugi Tetsu set his sights on "finding out the Snow Girl's true purpose."

"Let's go ask Kei Ogawa first."

Uesugi Tetsu closed his eyes and entered a semi-meditation state as he listened to the sound of Ershaku-sama telling stories.

Soon, the night passed.

——After the first wave, the speed of time flowing between the present world and the ordinary world changed again.

It's not that the gap has become bigger, but the ratio of the speed of time flow is closer to 1:1. This is the case for both Arakawa Village and Edo Castle.

However, something unexpected happened at Ruzuki Station, and the difference in the speed of time flow between the station and the real world became even greater.

Unfortunately, practicing breathing techniques and Yin-Yang magic in Rugetsu Station would be ineffective, which ruthlessly killed Uesugi Tetsu's idea of using this loophole to improve his proficiency.

The next morning, almost half an hour had passed since the Snow Girl left after listening to the story with satisfaction.

Uesugi Tetsu activated the soul line and asked Ogawa Kei to come to the door of 606 to meet him.

dong dong dong.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

When Uesugi Tetsu opened the door, he saw Kei Ogawa standing straight at the door with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

"Good morning! Lord Che!"

He gave Uesugi Tetsu a clumsy military salute.

The corner of Uesugi Che's mouth twitched, fearing that he would blurt out words like "favor" or "loyalty".

However, although this soul seal is easy to use, over a long period of time, it can only control thirty or forty ordinary people at most. If it is replaced with ordinary demons, the number will probably be reduced several times.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded and said,

"Show me your room."

"Yes!"

Following Ogawa Jing, he walked to the room marked "403". Ogawa opened the door for him and extended his hand inside: "Master Che, please come in."

This room...

Before Uesugi Tetsu walked in, he noticed something was wrong.

Because Ogawa Kei's room was covered with densely packed small characters, such as "No noise in the hall" or "No contact with demons".

And these words appeared more than once, as if they were repeating themselves to remind someone.

When you walk into the entrance hall, you can even see the words "Escape from the hotel and find Rugetsu Station" engraved clearly and deeply on the table.

Uesugi Tetsu picked up a teacup at random and found a line of small words written on the bottom: "My name is Ogawa Kei".

——There is no doubt that Kei Ogawa is using the method of carving words in the room to make up for the loss of memory and tell the next self what to do and what not to do.

As for how the "next self" appears... the two people in the hall before are good examples.

It seems that the loss of a soul will lead to severe memory loss - not only after entering Rugetsu Station, but also the memory of life before entering the station will be lost.

Otherwise, there would be no need for Kei Ogawa to do such a stupid thing as carving his own name.

Now it can explain why Chi is ignorant and without wisdom.

——When all memories are lost, you will naturally become like that.

After figuring this out, Uesugi Tetsu discovered that the progress bar for "finding out the true purpose of the Snow Girl" had increased by another 5%.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Tetsu asked Ogawa to bring all the inscribed instruments in his room, and copy those that he couldn't bring on paper.

Soon, Uesugi Tetsu understood Ogawa Kei's mental journey.

From the initial panic of mistakenly entering Rugetsu Station, to the relief of being taken to the hotel by the driver, to the despair of wanting to leave the hotel, leave this other world but being unable to do so.

Die, resurrect, die, resurrect... Kei Ogawa has repeated this process probably more than a dozen times.

Uesugi Tetsu put down his last spoon and asked, "But you've also successfully escaped from the hotel twice, but the final result was still opening your eyes in the hotel again?"

"It seems so."

Kei Ogawa's face was gloomy.

Ruzuki Station is different from other areas in the ordinary world. Ordinary demons and human souls seem unable to leave by normal means.

Rather than the normal means...

Think about how these people got lost in it.

——Sitting on the roaring train, passing through the tunnel without knowing anything, and then arriving at Ruzuki Station and being trapped there ever since.

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes.

The correct answer should already be obvious.

——You can only leave this special area by taking any means of transportation and then passing through the Izanuki Tunnel.

But how could ordinary people know this?

Even the train that brought Ye Chun here had to pass through the tunnel before arriving at Ruyue Station. Even if he boarded the train, it would be impossible to go through the tunnel in the opposite direction again.

The only possibility is the SUV of the ghost driver.

"I'm leaving. There's no need to look anymore."

Uesugi Tetsu left the room and let Ogawa Kei move freely. He would walk around the hotel in his free time and try to increase his exploration level as much as possible.

"Is the driver's location still clear?"

Hearing the question, Erchisama nodded: "Although it is far from here, the location is very accurate."

While passing an ordinary corner, a hooded black shadow suddenly rushed out in front of him and hit Shangshan Che's side hard.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Tetsu felt a crumpled piece of paper stuffed into his palm.

Without thinking too much, he reached out and grabbed the back of the black shadow's collar, lifting him into the air and preventing him from escaping.

The hood slipped off.

"Ugh?!"

The black shadow... No, now it should be said that Ye Chun had never expected that he could be caught even though he had used all his strength to hit it and rushed through the corner at such a fast speed.

Uesugi Che stared at the girl for a while. Her temperament was completely different from Ye Chun he had met before, and smiled: "I got you."

Facing Uesugi Che's face up close, even though Ye Chun realized that the other party was a monster and also a stranger, she couldn't help but blush.

She turned her head away and stammered, "Can you put me down?"

"of course can."

Uesugi Tetsu smiled and nodded. The performance of the three people in the hotel and the snow girl almost made him think that his face with a charm of 15 points was useless.

Now it seems that the lethality and affinity are still very great.

He lifted the girl in his hands effortlessly: "The premise is that you tell me what you want to do."

"It's all written on the note..." Ye Chun muttered softly, "If I had known I'd be caught, I would have left the paper ball at the door in advance."

Uesugi Che unfolded the paper ball with one hand and said something that made Ye Chun stunned: "Then if I hear footsteps, I will come out and catch you."

Is this a monster?

It seems that what others said is right. The power of monsters is indeed not comparable to that of ordinary people like us.

Ye Chun was thinking a little disappointedly, but his eyes were attracted by the white Prajna mask on Uesugi Che's waist.

This devil mask is so cool.

She couldn't help but think.

At the same time, Uesugi Tetsu unfolded the note——

【Go to the basement in the early morning, you may find what you want there. 】

Okay, you're playing Riddler on me again, right?

But it didn't matter this time, because I had the Riddler himself.

Uesugi Che waved the note in front of Ye Chun's eyes and asked, "Explain what it means?"

Ye Chun opened her mouth - she had originally observed that Uesugi Che was different from ordinary guests like them, so she wanted to use him as a variable to disrupt the order of the hotel and create an opportunity for herself to escape.

Ye Chun heard that many other tenants said that they could go back as long as they returned to Ruyue Station and took the train there.

This is not just one person's opinion, but has been confirmed by many people in different places and at different times.

When she was brought here by the driver, she remembered the route clearly.

But now the situation is stronger than the people.

Ye Chun had no doubt that if he started to play dumb now, he would definitely be killed or eaten by the fox demon in front of him.

Even though he is so handsome.

Because monsters are monsters and they can kill people easily.

This was also confirmed by several tenants.

So the girl said reluctantly: "Someone saw the hostess often go to the basement alone in the early morning. Because I saw you were looking for something, I wanted you to go there..."

Without hiding anything, Ye Chun instinctively revealed his true purpose: "Once you can restrain the hostess and disrupt the order, I can sneak out of here."