In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

The busy tone from the phone interrupted Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts.

"Is there something wrong with this bathhouse?"

Uesugi Che put away his phone, kicked open the third-floor window and jumped out. In mid-air, he saw two translucent figures appear in front of the dead cherry tree.

A line of logos popped up——

[The Earthbound Spirit of Goto Baths (2.5 stars)]

It turned out to be an earthbound spirit.

Perhaps at other times, a mere two-and-a-half-star demon would be nothing.

But at this critical moment when every second counts, the earthbound spirit with strong vitality in its own territory can definitely delay him for a long time.

Uesugi Tetsu first tried to leave the bathhouse through the main entrance, but found that the place was covered by a barrier that had been erected at some point in time.

If you want to leave the bathhouse, you have to kill the earthbound spirit that has set up the barrier first.

"There's some trouble."

Uesugi Tetsu pulled out Kaga Kiyomitsu, exhaled hot white mist from his mouth, and landed with a bang not far from the two translucent figures.

Coronal Breathing Method 5

"What is your relationship with Ye Zi?"

A vague tone reached Uesugi Che's ears. He was stunned and looked at the face of the earthbound spirit.

Then a man and a woman, two faces very similar to Ye Zi's came into view.

The earthbound spirits in Goto Bathhouse are actually Goto Yoko's parents?

Is there any possibility of negotiation?

——If possible, Uesugi Tetsu didn't want to consume a lot of spiritual power and internal energy before facing the "Yezi" whose strength was unknown.

Today's supply of awakening mist has been used up. If it is consumed too much, it will not be able to be restored quickly.

So Uesugi Tetsu said simply, "I'm a friend of Goto Yoko. I came here because Yoko asked me to bury her ashes under the cherry tree."

The two earthbound spirits, or rather, Ye Zi's parents, trembled and asked in unison: "Ye Zi...who killed her?"

"Don't worry, the person who killed her has been sent to the underworld by me."

Uesugi Tetsu paused and added, "Perhaps you don't know yet, but the resurrected Hina Doll seems to have taken on the appearance of Yako and is harming people outside, and I'm about to stop her."

"—So, let me out."

Uesugi Tetsu gripped Kaga Kiyomitsu's hilt tightly and spoke seriously.

This is an ultimatum.

If these two earthbound spirits that suddenly appeared did not know what was good for them, Uesugi Tetsu would chop them down no matter whether they were Goto Yoko's parents or grandparents.

Faint fluctuations of spiritual power came from all directions.

Uesugi Che understood that this was a phenomenon that only occurred when the earthbound spirit took the initiative to remove the barrier, allowing the space here to connect with the outside world again.

The two earthbound spirits bowed deeply to him, their voices filled with apology: "I'm sorry, my daughter has caused you trouble."

"Ah."

Without saying much, Uesugi Che regained his human form, called Huiming again, and left the Goto Bathhouse in just a few steps.

After leaving the bathhouse, the phone was connected soon.

But the voice on the other end of the line was not Huiming, but another familiar voice.

"Uesugi-kun?"

Ye Zi's timid and somewhat weak voice came.

Uesugi Tetsu paused for a moment and did not answer.

Then he heard Ye Zi continue to say: "Master Huiming is in the kitchen making dinner porridge, so it's not convenient for him to answer the phone."

It seemed that Ye Zi pressed the hands-free button after saying this, so the unique sound of chopping vegetables and sizzling sounds of stir-frying in the kitchen came from the other end of the phone.

Uesugi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - since even Huiming, who was closest to Ye Zi, was fine, it meant that she had not started to take action yet and had not realized that her identity had been exposed.

Fortunately, I caught up.

"Um... Uesugi-kun, Master Huiming said that if you come, he will save a portion of the evening porridge for you."

When saying this, Uesugi Tetsu keenly noticed that there seemed to be a hint of joy in Ye Zi's tone that was hard to detect.

His brows raised slightly, and then he smiled gently beside the phone, "Come on, of course I'm here. I just finished my work, so please leave me a copy... Oh, and please clear out a room as well."

Next, Uesugi Tetsu happily chatted with Ye Zi over the phone about the ingredients for the dinner porridge - Huiming was afraid that he would not be used to it, so he asked a few more questions.

hang up the phone.

The smile on Uesugi Che's face disappeared in an instant, turning into a chilling coldness.

He called a taxi again, and the moment he opened the door, he said,

"Rush to Honganji Temple as quickly as possible."

……

Forty minutes later, at the entrance of Honganji Temple.

The setting sun was almost out of sight, with only a golden-red tip appearing on the horizon.

The stars and the moon are faintly visible on the black sky.

The time of evil is about to pass, and night is about to come.

dong dong.

Uesugi Tetsu knocked the door cymbals twice with force, and the crisp sound of metal clashing echoed far away in the silent Honganji Temple.

No one.

Uesugi Tetsu was silent. Just when he was about to draw out Kaga Kiyomizu and cut open the door, the door was opened by someone.

The person who opened the door was Ye Zi, whose glasses were crooked and whose face was full of panic.

"Uesugi-kun! Everyone in the temple seems to have suddenly fainted for no apparent reason. What should we do?"

"You fainted, didn't you?"

Uesugi Che twitched his nostrils but did not smell any blood.

There were no large-scale spiritual fluctuations remaining around.

So he maintained the disguise of Yu Xin Jue and stared at Ye Zi with concern: "Take me to see it."

"it is good!"

Following behind Ye Zi, Uesugi Tetsu soon arrived in front of a side hall.

Ye Zi stopped at the door, a look of fear on her face, and motioned him to open the door: "Uesugi-kun, originally everyone was eating dinner porridge here..."

After glancing at Ye Zi inconspicuously, Uesugi Tetsu pushed open the door without hesitation.

But the side hall inside the door was empty!

Apart from some basic furnishings, there wasn't even a bowl of food, and no one was there.

Uesugi Tetsu looked back at Ye Zi, thinking that she would finally be unable to hold back and show her fangs, but he did not expect that the girl's face would reveal undisguised astonishment.

"How could it be... there's no one here? They were clearly here just now..."

Ye Zi muttered in confusion.

This scene forcibly stopped Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was about to draw his sword, from drawing it.

what's the situation?

He had originally anticipated that this "Ye Zi" would attack him from behind, and then he would transform into Bai Prajna and strike out with the strongest blow in an instant.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at Ye Zi's head for a while and found that the label still did not pop up.

——The real Goto Yoko is undoubtedly dead.

——Then what exactly is this thing in front of him?

Time ticked by, as if a second had passed twice, or three times... It didn't matter. In short, the last rays of light from the setting sun disappeared in a single breath.

The time of encountering the devil has passed.

Ye Zi's eyes suddenly rolled back and he fell to the ground without any warning.

The next moment, the cold and gloomy energy suddenly spread throughout the entire Buddhist temple and clung to Uesugi Che's skin.

The sounds of the taiko, daiko, and snare drum rang out one after another, followed by the deep sound of the flute that connected the three into a song.

Seeing this scene, Uesugi Tetsu actually breathed a sigh of relief.

He pulled out Kaga Kiyomitsu: "If nothing really happened, I would be worried that I was trapped."

As the sad and melodious singing echoed, one young human figure after another slowly flew out from the unconscious Ye Zi's body, forming four layers inside and outside.

The outermost layer is made up of servants with expressions of anger, sadness and smile on their faces. They hold hats, bamboo mats and wooden umbrellas respectively.

Finally, a prompt popped up in front of Uesugi Tetsu's eyes——

[Opera Doll: Rage (1 Star)]

[Miscellaneous Doll: Weeping (1 Star)]

[Opera Doll: Smile (1 Star)]

Looking inside, on the left stood the left minister holding a long sword, and on the right stood the right minister carrying a quiver and holding a longbow. They stared at Uesugi Toru with sharp eyes.

[Left Minister Figure (Two Stars)]

[Right Minister Humanoid (Two Stars)]

Further in, there was a five-member band holding various instruments and playing harmonious music, and only two of the remaining female officials were holding wine vessels.

The five-member band only had half a star, but the official female figure had one and a half stars, just like the one he had killed before.

Uesugi Tetsu took a quick look and found that there were a total of fourteen young humanoids in front of him. Although there were many of them, only four of them posed a threat to him.

The ministers on the left and right, and the emperor and empress wrapped in layers in the center.

The harmony gradually faded, and a proud question came from the deepest part of the humanoids.

"Your name is Uesugi Tetsu, right?"

Uesugi Tetsu looked up and met those dark eyes——

[Queen Figure (2.5 stars)]

The queen's figure was wearing a royal robe dyed with cotinus coggygria, a crown on her head, a cypress fan in her hand, and black wooden clogs painted with gold. Her makeup was exquisite yet dignified and majestic.

Beside her, the emperor, who was also dressed elegantly, half-closed his eyes and said nothing.

At first glance, Uesugi Tetsu almost mistook her for a real person.

Without responding, Uesugi Tetsu simply asked, "Where are the monks of Honganji?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the left minister holding a sword shouted, "How dare you! How dare you speak disrespectfully to His Majesty! Kneel down!"

His Majesty?

Uesugi Tetsu extracted useful words from useless sentences - if the empress is "Your Majesty", then has something happened to the emperor next to him?

"Get out!"

The queen figure waved her sleeves, causing the left minister, who had a ferocious look on his face, to retreat immediately.

This scene made Uesugi Tetsu laugh - is this a game of palace house?

"Those monks are fine for now. After all, they are the key ingredients used in the Hinami Curse to resurrect Yako."

The Queen said calmly, "Uesugi Tetsu, if you can surrender and be sacrificed as the core of the Hinamisai curse, then both us and the resurrected Yezi will remember your sacrifice."

Uesugi Tetsu was stunned for a moment - he must have heard it right, this Hina doll actually wanted to use verbal attacks to make him give up resistance and be sacrificed together with all the monks in Honganji.

It's simply an insult to my own intelligence.

But the purpose of this group of humanoids... is to resurrect Goto Yoko?

Isn't the reason why the Hina Dolls have life because they were forgotten by their masters, and then formed a new consciousness due to the accumulated loneliness and resentment?