In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

We can't do without her.

Nishaku-sama repeated these words in his mind, and suddenly realized that these five words did not seem to apply to Uesugi Tetsu when applied to himself.

At this point, she is only one and a half stars, while Lord Che seems to be able to kill three-star monsters.

So...it seems like she can't help Lord Che anymore?

This is indeed the case - every time she was seriously injured after a battle, Lord Che would call her out to heal her.

Although Lord Che now cares for and loves her very much, this is when she is the only Shikigami.

And how could a powerful and extraordinary person like Lord Che be able to contract only one Shikigami, her?

I haven't contracted a second Shikigami yet, probably because I look down on those ugly ones.

A sense of urgency rose in Erchisama's heart.

She didn't make any more unreasonable demands about Lilizi, but nodded obediently, picked the smallest children's room on the third floor and said that she would live in this room.

"Oh……"

Uesugi Tetsu originally thought that Ershaku-sama would choose a room with a king-size bed and then come over to harass him every day.

It seems that my Shikigami has become sensible.

Next, Uesugi Tetsu took Nishaku-sama to the fourth floor and underground to take a look.

The fourth floor is a spacious utility room with a partial open-air terrace. The basement has a hot spring bath, a standard swimming pool, and a large sauna room that can accommodate dozens of people.

It can be said that most of the functions of this villa were created for spiritual practice.

“Fortunately, I don’t have to pay for water and electricity myself…”

Uesugi Tetsu had no idea how much rice he had to pay to operate so many facilities in a month - but fortunately, the Special Affairs Office helped him bear the expenses.

Uesugi Tetsu returned to the first floor alone - Lady Nishaku said she wanted to experience what it was like to take a hot spring bath.

She said she had heard for decades that soaking in hot springs was very relaxing, but she had never actually tried it herself.

Uesugi Toru just let it go.

"Still practicing."

Uesugi Che looked at Ririko from afar, who was sweating profusely, with half of her Taoist robe sticking tightly to her body. He did not say a word, but sat in the corner and closed his eyes.

It was just right that he could take advantage of this time to go to Edo Castle and complete his walking identity mission.

The water pressure, far greater than before, came from all directions.

After a long time, Uesugi Tetsu woke up in a thatched hut filled with damp and moldy smell.

He rubbed the tip of his nose. He hadn't been to Edo Castle for a long time and was still a little uncomfortable with the humidity here.

"And the water pressure just now...was it a coincidence?"

The water pressure had increased, there was no doubt about that.

If it were the original Uesugi Tetsu, he might not even be able to withstand this wave of water pressure and might have returned to the real world.

Uesugi Che was more cautious in his heart, but he didn't think too much about it at the moment.

He took out the [Broken Walking Token], and this time he didn't even need to aim it in the right direction. It began to buzz and emit a faint light in the dark thatched hut.

"It seems that I can indeed go and hand in the task."

Uesugi Tetsu transformed into White Prajna, and after wearing Kaga Kiyomizu, he walked out of the thatched hut where he was born.

The reason why he did not transform into a four-tailed fox was because the terrain of Edo Castle was relatively complex and there were many unknown monsters and ghost stories.

If he transforms into a four-tailed fox with high attack and low defense, he may be killed instantly by the sixth demon in the dark.

Bai Prajna is still better. She can’t die even if a big hole is stabbed in her chest.

Uesugi Che walked quickly on the muddy path in the heavy rain.

With the experience from last time, he only took less than half the time to bypass the many demons and walked through the small path into the range of influence of the mansion.

"It's just that... the homeless people seem to have disappeared."

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes, recalling how he hadn't encountered a single homeless person along the way, not even a corpse. "This isn't a good sign for the modern world."

Because it is impossible for so many homeless people to disappear out of thin air.

Where else can we go?

In this world!

When he arrived at the door of the mansion he had been to last time, the broken token in Uesugi Tetsu's hand immediately burst into a light far exceeding its previous brightness.

Silently walking past the two stone sculptures of kittens, Uesugi Che changed back into human form and gently pulled the door cymbals twice.

A moment later, without any fluctuation of spiritual power or trace of mechanism, the extremely heavy paint-chipped wooden door slowly opened to both sides.

What is the principle?

Uesugi Che stepped over the threshold and looked to both sides of the door, but did not see any Shikigami or wandering souls.

This door is indeed just an ordinary wooden door.

——It seems that the owner of this mansion, the nameless swordsman, may be more capable than he imagined.

Maybe it's another ghost-like figure.

Exhaling lightly, Uesugi Che walked straight towards the house opposite the gate with the broken walking token in his hand - the wooden door there was ajar, with a gap deliberately left.

The furnishings inside the mansion are simple and ordinary, and it looks no different from an ordinary Edo-period courtyard.

Perhaps Uesugi Tetsu could easily find three or four houses of similar quality in Edo Castle.

When he arrived at the door, Uesugi Tetsu's attention was attracted by the wooden plaque hanging on the side.

The writing on it was still eroded by years of rain and time, but Uesugi Tetsu could still barely make out the three words on it.

"Flowers and water..."

There are only these three words.

Uesugi Tetsu read it out, and before he could turn his eyes around, the half-closed wooden door in front of him suddenly opened to both sides.

Behind the wooden door was the furnishings of the house that Uesugi Tetsu was very familiar with.

Dojo.

A thin figure wearing a conical hat sat with his head lowered in the middle of the dojo filled with a rotten smell.

He slowly looked up and saw Uesugi Tetsu standing at the door, holding a glowing and broken walking token in his hand.

After a brief silence, he spoke, his voice as hoarse as the friction of pig iron.

"Long time no see..."

Uesugi Tetsu didn't reply, but bowed slightly respectfully: "I am the walker who is responsible for delivering this token. Please accept it, sir."

Uesugi Che could feel the indifferent gaze falling on him, and felt that the other party was looking at him for a long time.

"Walking...huh."

The figure suddenly smiled and stretched out the five fingers of his bony right hand from his old, dull, coarse cloth robe. "Then hand over this token to me."

Uesugi Che nodded, took off his muddy shoes, walked step by step to the figure, squatted down, and placed the token on the skinny hand with both hands.

pat.

The light on the broken walking token suddenly dissipated, as if it had finally completed its mission.

But Uesugi Tetsu could still feel the pair of eyes behind the bamboo hat staring at his face, and that gaze made him feel both curious and confused.

Uesugi Tetsu was waiting for the nameless swordsman's question.

But he waited like this for a long time, until the curiosity and doubt in those eyes gradually dissipated with the passage of time, and he didn't hear even a single word from the nameless swordsman.

It was as if these curiosities and doubts were no longer important, so there was no need to ask anymore.

Since the mission has been completed and the hidden mission seems to be unavailable, Uesugi Che is not going to stay here and waste any more time.

He stood up, said goodbye to the nameless swordsman who was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, and walked towards the entrance of the medium-sized dojo.

It wasn't until Uesugi Tetsu stepped onto the threshold that the hoarse voice behind him came again.

"You're practicing Tennen Rishin-ryu, right?"

declarative sentence.

Uesugi Tetsu stopped walking, turned around with a puzzled look, and asked, "How did you know that? Just from the brief observation I just made?"

The nameless swordsman laughed and said, "Of course I recognized you by the sword at your waist."

He said, "The blade is 72 centimeters long... The katana you wear at your waist is called Kaga Kiyomizu, right?"

hum.

Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword vibrated in the scabbard, indicating that you admitted your mistake.

——I am who I am, don’t lump me together with that guy in history!

Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The unknown swordsman could actually recognize Kaga Kiyomitsu through the scabbard, which must mean he knows Okita Souji very well.

So he asked, "Your Excellency, do you also know Okita Souji and admire him?"

The rain fell for a while, and the nameless swordsman seemed to be thinking, and seemed to be hesitating.

He finally said,

"Well... that's right."

Suddenly, the nameless swordsman asked, "Zuo Xing, what's your name?"

"Uesugi Tetsu."

Uesugi Tetsu announced his name, and the dojo, which was filled with a strong smell of decay, fell silent again.

But this time, Uesugi Tetsu was particularly patient.

Because the questioning from the nameless swordsman just now was undoubtedly a sign of the hidden events unfolding.

——This is also thanks to Kaga Kiyomitsu around the waist.

Uesugi Tetsu touched its hilt as a token of appreciation.

"Uesugi Tetsu, Uesugi Tetsu..."

Uesugi Che heard the nameless swordsman repeat his name several times before he suddenly looked up, and a piercing gaze met his face.

The nameless swordsman laughed happily.

"Uesugi Tetsu, when you have mastered the profound meaning of the Wuming Sword, come back here to find me. I will then teach you the most powerful moves of the Tianran Lixin Style."

A prompt suddenly popped up in front of Uesugi Che's eyes——

[Secret of Secrets: After reaching the "Expert" level in the Natural Rishin Flow and mastering the Natural Rishin Flow's Secret Technique, the Unknown Sword, please come to Edo Castle to find the Nameless Swordsman. He will teach you techniques even more powerful than the Unknown Sword.]

Look, the hidden event has popped up, and the rewards for completing it are extremely generous.

"A profound meaning even more powerful than the Wuming Sword."

Uesugi Tetsu murmured in his heart, then bowed slightly towards the nameless swordsman and said in gratitude, "I would like to thank you in advance for your generosity."

After saying that, Uesugi Tetsu put on his shoes and left the mansion, which was empty except for the nameless swordsman, and returned to the ordinary streets of Edo Castle.

He found a thatched hut that didn't leak rain, killed the resting wanderer inside, and sat down to check the task completion prompt.

[The nameless swordsman has received the "Broken Walking Token"! ]

[Your "Walking" status promotion mission has been completed! ]

[Your status "Walking" has been upgraded to "Eternal Walking"]

Three prompts flashed by, and the annotation of Changshi Walking popped up.

[Walking Through the Eternal World: You've personally surveyed the vast expanse of the eternal world. It's time to plunge into the tidal wave of history. Effect: Significantly increases the probability of triggering hidden events. Also possesses an unknown hidden effect.]

[Your item "Walking Token" has been changed to "Walking Arrow."]

Walking command?

Uesugi Tetsu took out the walking token from the storage backpack...now it is called the walking command arrow.