In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

"So this is what the previous tip meant by 'the node has not yet arrived'..."

Uesugi Tetsu chewed over the words of Hanzo who had just suddenly appeared, and extracted the two key words "riot in Mikawa area" and "big demon" from them.

In other words, from now on it will be the second stage of the main mission.

Uesugi Tetsu thought, "The first ring of the main quest gave me the 'entry ticket', so starting from the second ring, I should officially enter the stage of history."

If this is the case, it would be better to click "pause" first.

Because the ratio of the flow of time in the present world and the Warring States period reached a terrifying one to thirty.

If something big happened in the real world, even if Uesugi Tetsu was extremely efficient and only took half a day to resolve it, a full half month would have passed in the Warring States Period.

Such a long time is enough to fight several battles in Okehazama.

As for how to enter again, it should be related to the "Key of History: Second Ring" that I just obtained.

I'll have to wait until I get back to check this.

Uesugi Tetsu's thoughts stopped here. He looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was sitting in the rocking chair with her beautiful eyes narrowed, looking at him and wanting to say something.

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"—Then Lord Yoshimoto, let's meet again later."

Uesugi Tetsu used his mind to click hard to confirm the prompt in front of him.

The next moment, a huge wave hit and drowned Uesugi Tetsu's consciousness.

The brief darkness disappeared, replaced by the slightly warm sunlight of the early morning.

Although Uesugi Tetsu's consciousness fell into darkness this time as well, when he woke up again, he could feel for some reason that only a very short period of time had actually passed.

Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes in the pavilion of the Okehazama scenic spot, just framing the sun rising from the end of the horizon.

"It hurts my eyes..."

He turned his head to look around and found that the entire scenic spot was deserted and empty. Even the shops in the scenic area not far away were still dark and closed.

Uesugi Che took out his mobile phone, turned on the data traffic and reconnected, and then he saw the current time.

"It's the early morning of May 5th, no wonder there's no one here."

After all, except for a very few special attractions, there are no incredible tourists who would deliberately rush to the attractions at six or seven in the morning to torture themselves the day before.

Uesugi Tetsu flipped through the calendar and found that the time for the real sword test was May 5th.

Roughly speaking, there are still a little more than two days left.

There is plenty of time, so it’s not particularly urgent.

Uesugi Che stretched and walked out of the pavilion. He looked at the panel while thinking about what to eat for breakfast.

Although we have been eating very well at the Imagawa family these days, the meals are all luxurious, with refined rice, grilled fish, and Nanban cakes.

But unfortunately, the cooking techniques of that era were really backward, and Uesugi Tetsu's own cooking skills were only limited to heating up convenience store bento.

After eating like this for more than twenty days, the food was almost tasteless in Uesugi Che's mouth.

He made up his mind that he would ask Lilizi to teach him a few dishes before going there next time, and put some modern black technology seasonings into his storage backpack.

Imagawa Yoshimoto also had to be allowed to eat something good, otherwise if people in the future only eat rice, cabbage and radish every day, it would be so embarrassing to tell others about it.

No, absolutely not.

Even if you don't have time to learn cooking, you have to stock up on some 711 bento boxes before going in - the previous compressed biscuits were almost finished by Shiraishi alone.

Before checking the new Key of History and the super epic map, you should first click on the red dot of the Five Thunder Method: Qi He.

[Five Thunder Method: Qi Combination (Proficiency 5/1400)]

[Effect: While practicing the breathing method, you can release lightning at will.]

[——Qi and thunder, thunder and qi. This is a serious question of which came first, the chicken or the egg.]

[Because your Five Thunder Techniques Qi He has reached the proficient level, your physical strength is increased by 2!]

[Because your Five Thunder Method: Qi He has reached the proficient level, your spiritual skills +1! ]

[Because your Five Thunder Method: Qi He has reached the proficient level, your affinity with lightning has increased.]

Ever since he exorcised the tuberculosis demon on the day of the coming-of-age ceremony, Uesugi Tetsu's Five Thunder Technique has reached the proficient level.

Just as the effect was described, Uesugi Tetsu could release lightning almost as he wished, except that the precision was slightly lacking.

Also, even though the Five Thunder Techniques: Qi Combination itself does not limit the upper limit of electricity output, the generated current must pass through Uesugi Tetsu's body before it can be released to the outside world.

So first of all, he had to be careful not to electrocute himself.

Uesugi Tetsu had tested it before, and the safe upper limit of this single discharge was probably about the same as the lightning he released with all his strength when he first got the Blessed Folding Fan.

However, it was a skill that was used once every five minutes before, but now it is a basic attack that can be released at any time.

It is not a big problem for a bolt of lightning to seriously injure or disable a one-star demon.

And there is another advantage - if the breathing method is highly stimulated, the spiritual power consumed by using the Five Thunder Method and Qi Combination to release lightning will be greatly reduced.

To round it off, it's equivalent to getting a free lightning buff when using Coronal Breathing Form 5.

Uesugi Che walked out of the Okehazama scenic area and walked around the empty road several times, but he didn't find any breakfast shop with the aroma of food wafting out.

There isn't even a private breakfast shop on the main street of this old town, let alone Tokyo.

If I want to have a non-industrial breakfast in the future, it seems I can only rely on Lilizi.

In desperation, Uesugi Tetsu had to walk towards the only open 711 on the side of the road.

On the way, he took out the newly acquired Key of History from his storage backpack and held it in his hand.

The new key to history is transparent blood red, and under the morning light it looks as exquisite and luxurious as red agate.

The texture is completely different from the bone Key of History Shrine.

Key to History: Second Ring (Special Item)

[Effect: After injecting a certain amount of spiritual energy into it, it will activate and enter the late Muromachi period and the Warring States period again.]

[——This is the key to unlock the node. Nothing will change until you use it.]

[Note: The Second Ring of the Key of History is a one-time item.]

"Is this the key to unlocking the stillness of time?"

Uesugi Tetsu muttered something and put the key of history back - after all, the introduction had already clearly described its usage and consequences, so there was no need to study it further.

Then he took out the Key of History Shrine to see if it had changed in any way.

The result was that the originally jade-white key was covered with a light gray film, and it seemed that it was currently unusable.

“That hasn’t changed either.”

Uesugi Tetsu curled his lips and released Ershaku-sama, who had been staying in the Ksitigarbha statue for a long time, before entering the convenience store.

"Wow! I'm dying of suffocation, Master Lache!"

As soon as the tiny two-foot-tall adult jumped out, he raised his hands vigorously, stood on tiptoe and stretched, bending his soft body into a fully stretched bow shape.

After trotting around Uesugi Che for several times, she said in great dissatisfaction, "Master Che, you are so willing to leave me alone in the Ksitigarbha statue. I am so sad..."

Uesugi Tetsu arrived at the door of 711. The infrared-sensing glass door automatically opened to both sides. As he walked, he said to Ershaku-sama beside him,

"Whatever you want to eat, just pick it and I'll pay for it."

"Great!"

The girl immediately threw away the unhappiness in her heart, ran past Uesugi Tetsu humming a song, and began to pick snacks and drinks for herself without any hesitation.

Uesugi Tetsu first bought a bowl of oden for breakfast at the counter and prepared to eat while shopping.

"The total is 1033 yen. Thank you for your patronage."

After taking his extra-large portion of oden, Uesugi Tetsu took a sip of the greasy soup base and smiled happily.

——It’s been a long time since I’ve tasted the delicious taste of this technology!

He picked up two blue plastic baskets, threw one to Nishaku-sama and told her that it was okay to materialize.

Uesugi Tetsu then explained to her the reason for the previous "confinement": "If Imagawa Yoshimoto saw you coming out, she would probably come up with some new ideas."

"oh oh!"

Erchida frantically threw jelly, potato chips, candy, and carbonated drinks, which were the children's favorite foods, into the basket. She thought for a while and replied,

"From what I've observed, that woman seems to be very interested in you, Master Che!"

She came closer and gave Uesugi Tetsu, who was eating oden, a mysterious smile: "Maybe if you, Master Tetsu, just take the initiative, you can take her into your harem... Then I can come out with a clear conscience!"

"This is totally impossible."

After throwing the last bamboo stick into the bowl, Uesugi Tetsu curled his lips and said, "I don't think Imagawa Yoshimoto would have any extra personal feelings for me."

"—After spending ten days with her, I could only fully sense that she deeply valued my abilities and the unique identity of Onmyoji."

Uesugi Tetsu first threw the plastic bowl of oden he had finished eating into the convenience store's trash can - so that he wouldn't have to hold it in his hand when he got out and couldn't find a place to throw it away.

Uesugi Tetsu offered a completely different view from Nishaku-sama: "Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart probably has absolutely no room for emotions like 'family' or 'love'."

"--Well, she is a creature made up entirely of self and interests."

Uesugi Tetsu made a very calm judgment.

"It's not so much that she's interested in me, it's more like she wants to put a collar on me so that I can only bark at her from now on."

Finally, he raised his finger and added,

"However, Imagawa Yoshimoto is indeed a very good person and a very wise and qualified lord."

After listening to this, Erchisama scratched his head and felt like he needed to grow a brain.

She threw a few more bottles of yogurt into the basket, thought for a moment, and said, "Master Che, I just feel that her feelings for you are very passionate. This temperature is almost burning me through the Ksitigarbha statue."

Ershaku-sama handed the overflowing basket to Uesugi Tetsu and grinned, "Anyway, I personally think she's much better than that flat-chested devil. She's quite generous in expressing her thoughts, rather than bottled up and then playing tricks."

At this point, Erchisama put his hands on his hips.

"Hehe, if Lord Yiyuan is lucky enough to become your principal wife in the future, I'm sure he won't reject me, a hardworking and meritorious official! Then the three of us can..."

You've never even met him, but you're calling him "Lord Yiyuan", right?

Uesugi Tetsu stared speechlessly at Nishaku-sama, who was throwing non-existent petals into the air with his hands.

He had just been answering Erchisama's words seriously, but he didn't expect that the key point of her thinking was actually this.

The truth is finally revealed.

After giving Nishaku-sama a slap on the forehead, Uesugi Tetsu paid the bill at the convenience store counter.

The convenience store clerk looked around several times while Uesugi Che was checking out, but didn't see the second person.

She recalled the two voices that had just come from the store, and remembered that she had not seen a second person walk into the store from the door. The clerk's calves began to tremble.

Is it a ghost? Or a spirit?

"Thank you very much for your patronage. Welcome to visit us next time..."

Uesugi Tetsu looked at the clerk in front of him with some confusion. The clerk was trying hard to force a smile and looked like he was about to cry. He took the two large plastic bags and walked out of the convenience store with Nishaku-sama.

——In fact, there are no ghosts or spirits.

——It was just that the height of the materialized Two-foot-tall was not even as tall as the counter, so the clerk didn’t notice it.

……

After placing all the supplies from the large purchase into the storage backpack and asking Ershaku-sama to remain in the Avatar and continue to follow him, Uesugi Tetsu took out the highlight of the first ring reward.

——Unknown core factory map.

【Unknown Core Factory Map】

【Quality: Super Epic】

[Effect: After activating with the "Factory Core", it will point to an unknown core factory in an unknown location. The core factory must contain an unknown "super epic" quality equipment/prop.]

[——You want my treasure? If you want it, I'll give it to you. Go find it! The Core Factory! I've put everything in the world there!]

Uesugi Che stroked the sheepskin map, which still felt soft to the touch but looked like it had a very long history.

“Unknown, unknown, and unknown… It’s just like opening a blind box.”