In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

And I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the black-haired loli seemed to look at me before kicking down the Five Thunder Pearl.

【——Would you like to purchase the "Five Thunder Pearls"?】

Uesugi Che pretended to stare at the prompt for a long time, but in fact he was observing the black-haired loli with his peripheral vision and did not find anything unusual.

After kicking down the Five Thunder Pearls, the black-haired loli sat back on the throne, fiddling with her fingers boredly, looking like an NPC waiting for him to trigger the next step.

Uesugi Che pondered for a moment, really focusing on this sudden purchase prompt, and then saw the second prompt pop up.

[Note: You need to pay an equivalent price approved by the "Hundred Eyes Demon" to purchase the "Five Thunder Pearls."]

The prompt appeared for a while and then disappeared, replaced by an empty black grid next to the card pool page - very similar to the grid in the storage backpack.

"Oh my god, the demon in the card pool has turned into a businessman."

Uesugi Tetsu suspected that he had done something unknowingly, which suddenly triggered the hidden mechanism of the card pool and caused this scene to appear.

He opened his storage backpack and was surprised to find that the soul ashes were also displayed in it, and marked as "Soul Ashes×1280".

Other weapons, props, and equipment also emitted a faint glow, indicating that they could be placed into the grids in the card pool.

He thought about it and decided to take out 100 portions of hard currency soul ashes and put them into the grid.

And at the moment when Uesugi Che placed the soul ash into the grid, the black-haired loli who was sitting with her legs crossed raised her eyes lazily, and then sneered disdainfully.

[The Hundred Eyes Demon is not interested in the item "Soul Ashes x 100" you placed.]

It's just a mere shadow of the card pool, but his vision is surprisingly high.

Uesugi Tetsu used his mind to remove the soul ashes, and then tried three different amounts of soul-resting incense ash - micro, small, and large.

As for the "Soul-soothing Incense Ashes (Medium)", he had used it up when he upgraded White Prajna to two and a half stars, and now he has no stock.

Not bad though.

Because the black-haired loli was not interested in any of the three types of soul-soothing incense ashes, a prompt exactly the same as the previous soul ashes popped up.

"In that case..."

Uesugi Tetsu tried to put the soul-soothing incense candles of "rare+" quality into the grid.

This time, the familiar prompt did not pop up.

The black-haired loli blinked, put down her legs, straightened up and seemed to be looking at the requiem incense carefully.

After a moment, she nodded calmly and raised her fingertips slightly.

[The Hundred Eyes Demon is slightly interested in the item you placed, the "Soul-Restoring Incense Candle."]

[Hyakumeki has sent you a trade request.]

Uesugi Tetsu waited for a while, and then saw a transaction request that was so cruel that it was outrageous.

[You need to pay "Soul-Restoring Incense Candle x 5" to purchase "Five Thunder Pearls".]

He looked at the "×5" following behind him and almost laughed out of anger.

It takes five soul-soothing incense candles of the same quality to exchange for a Five Thunder Bead, right? As for the Black Heart Card Pool and the Black Heart Incarnation, why not just go straight to his storage backpack and grab them? Why go around in circles like this?

"But then again." Uesugi Che returned the incense and candles, thankful that no one had forced a sale or stolen them. "The hint said from the beginning that the value of the traded item must be approved by the other party."

Therefore, what the black-haired loli, also known as Hyakumeki, wants should be very clear.

He looked at the scarlet eyes in the storage backpack.

——“The single eye of the Hundred-Eyed Demon”.

Uesugi Tetsu moved his eyes to the transaction box and soon saw the black-haired loli showing an undisguised smile of joy.

[Hyakumeki is very interested in the item you placed, "Hyakumeki's Single Eye."]

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and the pupils on the throne narrowed into a slit.

Immediately afterwards, the second prompt popped up.

[You need to pay "One Eye of the Hundred Eyes" x 3 to purchase the "Five Thunder Pearls."]

Uesugi Che glanced at the remaining Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyeballs in his backpack. Including the one he drew at the beginning, there were exactly three.

Damn, can the black-haired loli in the card pool see what’s in my backpack?

This is so damn accurate.

However, if you can exchange three high-quality eyeballs for a Five Thunder Pearl of "Rare+" quality, the deal is still very worthwhile.

As Uesugi Tetsu's strength and state of mind become higher and higher, he no longer has much need for this kind of prop that simply increases his vision.

Looking at Uesugi Tetsu's recent battles, he indeed rarely used the Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyes.

The bonus of the Five Thunder Pearls to his current combat system should still be very obvious.

With this thought, Uesugi Che no longer hesitated and put all three Hundred-Eyed Demon Eyeballs into the trading box, which made the black-haired loli on the skeleton throne show a slightly surprised expression.

She seemed not to have expected that the transaction would go so smoothly.

[You paid "One Eye of the Hundred Eyes" x 3, transaction completed.]

[You have obtained the "Five Thunder Pearls"! ]

But the hints don’t end here.

In the card pool, three miniature scarlet eyes appeared in the hands of the black-haired loli.

She played with the three pupils, a satisfied smile on her lips.

The black-haired loli raised her chin, snorted, and kicked the treasure mountain.

[Hyameki is very satisfied with this transaction.]

[You have additionally obtained "Attribute Enhancement Pill (Random)"! ]

“The boss is awesome!”

After reading the prompt, Uesugi Che could no longer suppress his smile - originally, he could exchange three pupils for a Five Thunder Pearl at the end of the card pool, and he didn't know whether he could get it or not, which was a small profit.

Now, the Hundred-Eyed Demon who inexplicably "came alive" in the card pool actually gave him an extra item.

No matter what the props are or whether they are useful or not, giving them to him for free is nothing but generosity.

What's more, judging from the name of this prop, it is a very practical type that can be used immediately.

Uesugi Che opened his hand, and a small round pink pill appeared in his hand.

【Attribute Enhancement Pill】

【Quality: Super good】

[Effect: After taking, the charm attribute is increased by 2 points. (Randomly completed)]

[——This elixir, made from who knows how many years ago, seems to have the effect of strengthening the body and replenishing the vital energy.]

Okay, okay, what you are doing to strengthen your foundation and improve your charm is right.

Without saying a word, Uesugi Che threw the little pink pill into his mouth.

In an instant, a subtle tingling sensation came from deep within his body, but it quickly disappeared, and it was over before he could even feel the pleasure.

Uesugi Che opened the attribute panel and found that the charm attribute had indeed increased by two points, finally breaking through from "9" to the double-digit "11", becoming the last attribute to break through double digits.

However, when he took out his mobile phone and turned on the selfie function of the "camera", he did not find much change, but only felt that he was still as handsome.

"Forget it... I don't expect the front camera of a phone worth over a thousand yuan to show anything."

Putting the phone aside, Uesugi Tetsu believed that these two changes in charm would sooner or later be reflected in all aspects of the future.

Then he took out the highlight of this transaction - the Five Thunder Pearls.

The Five Thunder Bead is about the size of a fist and not too heavy. It feels cool in the hand but has an unexpected matte texture, as if a coating was specially added to increase friction and prevent the bead from slipping from the hand.

The entire bead is crystal clear, and from the appearance it looks like a precious gem.

【Five Thunder Pearls】

【Quality: Rare+】

[Use 1: Holding the Five Thunder Beads will significantly increase the power of lightning-related spells to a certain extent.]

[Use 2: When near the Five Thunder Beads, the speed of practicing thunder magic is slightly increased.]

[Use 3: Embed onto weapons and equipment. After embedding, the amplification effect is weakened, but new unknown effects will appear based on the embedded equipment.]

【Note: There is a chance of failure when embedding the Five Thunder Beads.】

[——People always ask me the secret to not going home empty-handed every day, so I took out this bead.]

"The two effects are a little better than expected."

Uesugi Tetsu originally thought that the Five Thunder Pearl was simply an item that increased attack power, but he didn't expect it could also increase the speed of cultivation.

Holding the Five Thunder Beads in his hand, Uesugi Che exhaled slightly, causing a beam of lightning about twice the thickness of a hair to shoot out from his fingertips.

"Wow, it doubled?"

Uesugi Che glanced at the introduction of the Five Thunder Pearl, thought for a moment, and then shot out another electric current as thick as his index finger.

The ideal condition this time should have been "an electric current as thick as a thumb", but it was slightly short of that.

"In other words, the amplification power of the Five Thunder Beads will decrease as the power of the electric current itself increases."

Uesugi Tetsu nodded.

This is normal. If the Five Thunder Pearl can double the power of magic under any circumstances, then it should not be a rare quality item, but at least a rare treasure of "super epic" quality.

"But how strong is this thing..."

Uesugi Che tried to flick the Five Thunder Pearl with his fingers and was surprised to find that it was actually harder than he had imagined.

He knocked the surface of the Five Thunder Pearl with his knuckles, and then heard the sounds of "clang" and "clang".

Well, now the fourth use comes out.

——In desperate situations, these five thunder beads can at least be used as a solid ball carrying huge electric current to hit the enemy's face.

If it survives, it can be recycled and reused after being smashed.

And you don’t need to worry about it breaking in daily life, which is very worry-free.

After playing with the glowing Five Thunder Bead for a while, Uesugi Che turned off the ten-minute alarm on his phone.

"It's time to go back."

……

Unlike the water pressure he had experienced when passing through the deep sea in the past, entering the Warring States period from the present world gave Uesugi Tetsu more of a subtle sense of dislocation.

This feeling was as if his perception of time and space was stretched to a very long extent, and then before he could adapt, he was thrown into the Warring States period, making everything around him return to normal.

As a result, a faint sense of dislocation lingered in the mind of Uesugi Tetsu, who had silently stepped on the beam of Tanakaro's house.

He relaxed for a moment, suppressed the urge to vomit, and thought to himself that he should make more trips back and forth in his spare time to get used to it.

Otherwise, something big might happen at a critical moment.

Anyway, there is no need to run maps now...

Uesugi Che jumped down from the beam, glanced outside and found that it was completely dark and a huge full moon was hanging in the night sky.

He walked out of the "doza" - a room covered with bamboo mats similar to tatami.

Uesugi Che immediately saw Shiraishi leaning against the doorway, wearing only a single piece of clothing, his small body curled up into a ball due to the cold.

"Why are you sleeping like this? There's no heat coming out of your mouth. Are you freezing to death?"

However, when Uesugi Tetsu took a closer look, he discovered that Shiraishi was actually wrapping his body with the loose single garment that he originally wore on the outside, and using his mouth to block the only large hole for exchanging air with the outside world.

In this way, it can be ensured as much as possible that the gas entering the single garment is hot.

“He’s also a talent.”

Uesugi Tetsu muttered with a rare laugh, feeling that this was also the wisdom of survival.

He squatted down and nudged Bai Shi's shoulder, then asked directly, "Why don't you sleep inside? Isn't it much warmer inside with the fire?"

"Ugh!"

Shiraishi, who was lightly sleeping, was startled by Uesugi Tetsu who suddenly appeared beside him and fell down.

He spun around a few times on the ground, and after taking off the singlet covering his head, he said in astonishment, "Boss? Is that you?"