In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

With a little effort, Uesugi Tetsu pulled out the blade.

The blade was no longer as clear as water, but was engraved with layer upon layer of ancient and complex emblems, stacked on top of it, exquisite and solemn.

A pale color like velvet clouds clung to it, like water slowly dripping from the blade, falling on the cherry blossom petals at Uesugi Tetsu's feet.

In an instant, the petals became delicate and gorgeous, and extremely beautiful.

But in just a blink of an eye, the dazzling petals withered and decayed, turning into a handful of colorless yellow earth.

A moment of beauty.

Uesugi Tetsu looked at the brand new Kaga Kiyomitsu, feeling its slight and pleasant vibration and sniffing its faint fragrance.

【Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Farewell】

【Quality: Rare +】

[Effect 1: Thrust Enhancement +.]

[Effect 2: Zanpakutsu.]

[Effect 3: Slash Enhancement +.]

[Effect 4: Blazing.]

[Effect 5: Farewell Blade (unique). After Kaga Kiyomitsu's Farewell Blade is unsheathed, it will continuously inflict "Farewell Sorrow" to the surrounding area. After inflicting damage to an enemy, this effect will rapidly increase against that enemy.]

[——This is the blade that slays the Eight Bitternesses of Love and Separation. It is not one of the numerous replicas of the katana from centuries ago, but the only one of its kind.]

Even though the quality has not changed, a new effect marked "unique" has been added.

The so-called "Sorrow of Separation" is naturally obtained by killing the separation of love, and its strength seems to be very high.

However, Uesugi Tetsu still needs to test the specific effect on the enemy.

Seeing that the pale liquid was about to spread under the cherry tree, Uesugi Tetsu quickly stuffed it back.

Kaga Kiyomizu's heart hummed, as if he was dissatisfied.

Uesugi Tetsu tapped the hilt of his knife with his knuckles and pointed at the cherry tree, lecturing it, "It's been alive for hundreds of years. If it withered and died because you stayed outside for a while longer, would you have the heart to do that, huh?"

hum-

Kaga Kiyomitsu trembled in disappointment, then stopped moving and lay quietly in Uesugi Tetsu's hands.

"That's right."

After stroking Kaga Kiyomitsu twice and placing him on his lap, Uesugi Tetsu opened Line, knocked on the chat window of Nanjo Aimi, and asked straight to the point.

[Tsukisa-chan]: Nanjo-san, I want to give my shikigami the "divinely bestowed" path. I wonder if there is a vacant tablet recently that I can share some incense and wishes with.

Before Uesugi Tetsu had time to put down his phone after typing, the message popped up, almost instantly.

[Nanjo Aimi]: How many stars?

[Yueshajiang]: One and a half stars.

[Nanjo Aimi]: That's a simple matter. I'm going to have dinner with Master Huikaku of Honganji tonight. You can come too. I can just ask him for a seat.

Honganji? Buddhism?

Uesugi Tetsu blinked. Is it really okay for Lord Nishaku to eat Buddhist incense for a ghost story?

He asked this question.

Nanjo Aimi still replied immediately.

[Nanjo Aimi]: Of course, demons are not an option, but for ghost stories below three stars, you don’t have to worry about your compatibility being affected. Once you reach three stars, we will find another way out for you.

[Nanjo Aimi]: Also, is your tablet ready?

Uesugi Che slapped his head, he actually forgot about this.

Since you want to follow the path of divine instruction, you must prepare a corresponding tablet that can withstand the incense.

[Tsukisa-chan]: Not yet... Sorry, Nanjo-san. I only thought of this a few hours ago after learning about the "seed" identity, and wanted to tell you first.

[Nanjo Aimi]: It's a small matter. I'll give you a generic one first, and then you can replace it when you get a better one.

[Tsukisana]: Nanjo-san, I love you. (Heart.jpg)

[Nanjo Aimi]: If you want to thank anyone, thank the Five-member Association and Honganji Temple. This kind of thing would never have happened a week ago. At best, I was just a messenger.

That's not the way things are.

If the person on the other side was not Nanjo Aimi, then although this matter could be done, it would be hard to say how long it would take and when it could be implemented.

In order to disturb Nanjo Aimi as little as possible, Uesugi Tetsu then stated his next request.

[Yuesha-chan]: Also, I need a thunder technique. The more direct and crude the effect, the better.

Before this, Uesugi Tetsu had thought for a long time which path he should choose among the vast sea of Yin-Yang magic.

Should I choose one of the [Four Paths] and master that one first?

Or should we study the [Five Elements] at the same time to increase the variety of methods?

But after thinking about it, Uesugi Tetsu still felt that he should not waste too much time on all these Yin-Yang techniques.

With so much time to practice Yin-Yang magic, his natural rational flow would have long broken through to the same level as Ririko.

Although breakthroughs in swordsmanship require a "feeling", daily practice is also required. Not practicing for a few days may even lead to a significant regression.

But Uesugi Tetsu's proficiency is different. As long as he maxes out his skills, he can break through and will not regress at all.

Therefore, Uesugi Tetsu believes that his current foundation should still be close combat, and the most important thing is to specialize in swordsmanship and breathing techniques first.

As for Yin-Yang magic, the four-tailed fox already has the control skill of Soul Seal, so it would be a good opportunity for him to learn a thunder with full offensive power.

——Although the skills that come with the folding fan are good, the cooling time is a major flaw.

Moreover, the folding fan is just a rare piece of equipment, and the spiritual power it can carry is definitely limited.

Therefore, after considering many factors, Uesugi Tetsu made this decision.

[Nanjo Aimi]: You want to specialize in thunder magic? Then I'll spend some time finding you a more powerful one.

【Yuesha-chan】: (Kneeling to godfather.gif)

After arranging the next itinerary, Uesugi Che yawned and cleared the annoying 99+ red dots in the line as usual.

"Ok?"

But when his finger moved downwards, Uesugi Tetsu discovered a good friend who had not spoken to him for more than a week or even nearly two weeks.

——【Work to death】.

After clicking on the chat history with the gray avatar "Go to hell with work", Uesugi Tetsu turned to the last two messages.

[Work to Death]: I've always heard that Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is quite popular but I haven't had time to visit it. I have a friend who lives there and he said he might be able to take us to see the legendary "gods".

[Work to Death]: Oh well, go to sleep. I'm going to work overtime first.

——This was a chat before the first wave came. At that time, netizens were worried that he was in danger and wanted him to go to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine to avoid the wave.

But Uesugi Tetsu refused.

But after that, the enthusiastic netizen who taught him the art of controlling spirits never sent him any messages again.

Uesugi Che was silent for a moment, tapped the other party first, and then asked.

[Yueshajiang]: I haven’t sent any messages for so long, are you drowned?

no answer.

Uesugi Che put down his phone, thinking that the other party might have died in the first wave.

Judging from the other party's previous remarks, he was either the descendant of an ancient Onmyoji family, or an Onmyoji from the Special Affairs Department.

Regardless of their identity, judging by their enthusiasm, they are very likely to join the front lines of the fight against the wave, and then...

hum.

The phone vibrated, and Uesugi Che picked it up, a hint of joy appearing on his face.

【Work to death】: dead.

【Tsukisa-chan】: Did I see a ghost? (scared.jpg)

[Work to Death]: If I turn into a ghost, I'll turn into a super 007 office worker ghost, going after my boss. (Exhausted.jpg)

[Go to hell with work]: My boss was transferred a few days ago, and I had to take his place... To be honest, if there was really no one left, whoever wants to be promoted can get promoted. It would be so nice to be a lazy guy, drink a lot of wine and lie down every day.

Watching the other party pouring out a lot of grievances, Uesugi Che couldn't help laughing.

The fact that he can still type complaints at such a fast speed means that both his arms are still there and he is not in the ICU. This is a great thing.

What's wrong with being a little tired? How could Nanjo Ai be tired after working for 24 hours straight and taking naps in the car?

Uesugi Tetsu sent an emoji of opening champagne, and then saw the other party start flooding the screen with emojis of angry fist-waving.

I kept on attacking for a long time before the other side finally stopped.

[Work is for damn good]: Forget about this stupid work. You too, why haven't you sent a message in so long? I almost deleted you from my list with one click.

[Yuesa-chan]: I’m practicing.

Special Affairs Office.

Nanjo Aimi, with dark circles under her eyes that were much darker than a week ago, smiled and took a sip of coffee.

"Little guy, it's a good thing you took the bait, otherwise if I had taken the initiative to ask, you would have been exposed..."

She hooked her shoes on the tiptoes and swung them, crossed her legs and typed on the keyboard.

Manaka Shizuma on the opposite side shrank her neck. It was the first time she saw Nanjo Aimi with such a sunny smile.

[Work to Death]: Practice! I see the Special Affairs Department has been promoting something called the Basic Soul Gathering Technique lately. I also happen to have a small ghost-exorcism spell that works with it. See if it's difficult to learn.

A little spell to exorcise ghosts?

Do netizens really think of themselves as clueless newbies?

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows and was about to refuse, but before he could finish typing, he saw a lot of messages pop up.

He glanced at it casually, and a prompt popped up in front of him -

[Work to Death is teaching you the Five Thunder Method: Qi He...]

Uesugi Che was shocked and quickly deleted all the words in the chat box.

Not a buddy?

Five Thunder Method?

Can this kind of thing be taught casually?

If I were to be discovered after learning it, would I really be hunted down by a family of Onmyojis?

What, the Special Affairs Department is behind me?

That's fine.

Uesugi Che carefully scanned the lines of obscure text and tried to understand them on his own.

Well, I don’t understand it at all.

We know each other separately, but I don't see the point of being together.

But it doesn’t matter. For Uesugi Tetsu, it’s just a small matter of keeping an eye on it for a while longer.

He himself can't do it, so how could he not know the progress bar?!

About ten minutes later, just as the ellipsis finally finished loading, a bunch of prompts popped up.

You have learned the Five Thunder Techniques: Qi He.

[Five Thunder Method: Qi He (Beginner 0/500)]

[Effect: Can release tiny lightning while practicing breathing techniques.]

[——Use Qi to control thunder, and combine Qi with thunder. Created by a sword master during the Heian period, this technique combines the legendary Five Thunders Orthodoxy. While not as powerful as the original, it can be used without the need for a spell.]

This……

Uesugi Che was stunned for a while when he saw the effects and introduction.

What kind of version of giving away pillows when you feel sleepy is this?