In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

Although it is quite heavy, warriors often use it to block the swinging and stabbing of swords to make up for the defensive gap of not having a shield.

After taking out the large sleeves that the wandering samurai had exploded, Uesugi Tetsu let out an indescribable "hmm".

【The Decaying Sleeves of the Wandering Samurai】

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Effect: Can prevent being slashed by ordinary sharp weapons, but there is a chance that it will break directly when hit.]

【——Heavy and rotten.】

The large sleeve filled with solid dust in his hand weighed at least several kilograms, and it felt like a medium-sized shield in his hand. The sleeve was straight and flat overall, but most places were missing weight, and the most important armor plates were missing.

Judging from the style, it is probably a product of the Heian to Kamakura period.

However, Edo Castle was built around the early Edo period - that is to say, there were cities or battlefields from other eras around Edo Castle.

This wandering samurai may not have been from the Edo period, or he may have picked up this armor that did not belong to his own era by chance.

"But won't I get killed if I wear this thing?"

Uesugi Tetsu even suspected that he could have picked up a lot of large sleeves of this quality in the Warring States cemetery he had passed by before.

Even the dead wear better clothes than this!

As for pure waste, Uesugi Tetsu had no intention of trying it out.

He put the sleeves into the storage backpack, took out the broken token again and hurried on his way.

It seemed that the one and a half walking tokens had taken effect. Before Uesugi Che had walked for half a minute, he felt a surge of heat coming from the front.

He immediately held his breath, huddled into a Gassho-zukuri house, and then looked out through the gaps between the wooden boards.

——At the intersection of one of the main roads in Edo Castle, a dozen homeless people gathered together, holding wooden sticks, short swords or sharpened farm tools, and surrounded their opponents.

Their opponents were three balls of extremely hot flames suspended in the air.

If you look closely, you can even see a human head burning in pain in the red flames, constantly making miserable expressions.

Uesugi Che stared for a while, and saw a familiar name above the three fireballs' heads—

[Chongyuan Fire (two and a half stars)].

"All three are two and a half stars. Is Edo Castle still a place for people to stay? I'm wondering."

Uesugi Tetsu clicked his tongue, but he showed a subtle expression when he saw the still increasing number of homeless people.

——Can I observe the battle situation secretly and see if I can reap the benefits?

"Just do it."

Uesugi Che tensed his body, ready to rush out and kill the remaining killer at any time.

But soon, something unexpected happened.

The twenty or so homeless people said something to each other, and then rushed towards Cong Yuanhuo, who ignored them in the middle of the intersection.

In just a few seconds, most of the homeless people were reduced to ashes in the terrifying heat, and the remaining few were burned beyond recognition and rolled in pain in the mud.

Uesugi Tetsu silently withdrew his gaze and gave up the idea.

——After these clusters of primordial fire gathered together, their strength seemed to increase exponentially, because it stands to reason that ordinary two-star half-demons do not have such strength.

For example, he could barely get the lower level of two and a half stars, but Uesugi Tetsu claimed that if he wanted to kill this group of homeless people, he would at least be seriously injured, and he might not even be able to defeat them.

But with such an obvious gap in strength, none of the twenty or so homeless people noticed it?

"He's just like a mad dog that has lost its mind, biting everyone he sees." Uesugi Che cut open the wooden board behind the Gassho-style building and walked out, choosing to take a detour.

Although the three clusters of fire did not look like they would actively attack people, Uesugi Che felt that there was no need to test the bottom line of the strange demon.

He adjusted several times according to the faint light on the token, and after half an hour, Uesugi Che finally confirmed that he had arrived near the mission destination.

Because no matter how he turned, the glimmer on the token would no longer disappear.

"Ok?"

It was only now that Uesugi Che suddenly remembered that he hadn't encountered any wandering monsters for a long time.

He released his hundred-eyed ghost eyes and observed several streets around him, but he didn't see even a swaying shadow.

Could it be that this mission destination has a passive effect that can expel demons?

After looking around with his Hundred Eyes Demon Eye, Uesugi Tetsu roughly determined where he was going.

——Because, among the hundreds of Gassho-style houses that looked like replicas, there was only one huge courtyard.

"An unknown swordsman?"

Generally speaking, the targets of such quests are reclusive figures such as sword masters and sword masters. The absence of any demons around them can also increase the probability of the guess being correct.

When he arrived at the gate of the large courtyard, Uesugi Che glanced at the stone sculptures of kittens standing on both sides and felt a little strange.

Serious people would put statues of Komainu or foxes in this place...at the very least, monkeys or snakes.

What's the meaning of putting two cats here?

Not quite understanding, Uesugi Che walked past the two stone sculptures and saw the wooden plaque hanging at the door.

He could vaguely see three lines of words on the plaque. Originally, they seemed to be written in red, but now the handwriting was too blurred to be recognized.

Uesugi Tetsu took a deep breath, straightened his body, and then gently shook the door cymbals on the gate with his hands.

"Hello, I am Prajna who has come to deliver the token."

Chapter 93: Iaijutsu: Strike from the Front, Waves and the Homeless

silence.

Uesugi Tetsu's voice was particularly clear in the streets where no demons existed, but the courtyard was still silent. After he waited for a minute or two, no one opened the door.

He looked down at the broken walking token in his hand again and found that it was indeed still glowing.

I didn't knock on the wrong door.

"So, the owner of the courtyard is unwilling to open the door?"

Sure enough, this walking status promotion task is not as easy as imagined.

It turned out that the mission introduction played a simple text game with him to hide information.

That is, the purpose is to deliver the token to the swordsman, but it does not say whether the swordsman is willing to accept the token.

Uesugi Che waited for a while, but did not knock on the door or shout again - this would only make the already slim chance of the owner of the courtyard opening the door even slimmer.

It might even anger the other party, who might come out and chop him and the token together with his body with a knife, causing the mission to fail.

Uesugi Toru walked away silently.

——This is troublesome. Do I need to first understand the identity of the owner of this courtyard before I can prescribe the right medicine?

Putting away the token for the time being, Uesugi Tetsu put finding out the identity of the owner of the courtyard on his to-do list.

However, the most urgent task is to find more easy-to-deal-with monsters to obtain soul ash, such as a wandering warrior who will rush forward to fight with a sword when he sees an enemy stronger than himself.

However, even though they were two or three hundred meters away from the affected area of the courtyard, Uesugi Che still had not found any such monsters.

However, Uesugi Che had seen powerful demons like the New Lady of the Net and Congyuan Huo more than once, but he had no other choice but to rush up and kill them and give himself up.

"How about removing the avatar and try fishing?"

Uesugi Tetsu does whatever he thinks of.

He turned back into a blank living soul, put away his hooded coat and Kaga Kiyomitsu, and walked proudly through the streets in his delicious living soul form.

Of course, even if he senses a powerful demon, Uesugi Che will still evade it in time...

coming.

Uesugi Che's eyes narrowed and he heard the sound of several feet stepping on the mud.

The voices were scattered and loud, without any discipline or basic skills, as if they were afraid that no one could hear them.

"So, he's a homeless person?"

He looked back and saw three ragged homeless people rushing out from behind a Gassho-style house.

Two and a half stars and one one star.

And they didn't even have any sharp weapons in their hands. The two and a half stars were holding wet wooden sticks, and the one star was holding a piece of curled armor.

"How awful..."

Uesugi Che smacked his lips. No wonder these three had to hide in the house. They only rushed out in a hurry when they saw this "unarmed" fat sheep passing by.

With this configuration, any wandering warrior can get a triple kill without taking any damage.

"Let's try to get some useful information out of them first." Uesugi Tetsu held onto Kaga Kiyomitsu, who had appeared out of nowhere. "It's unlikely, but if we can get some information about the owner of the courtyard, we'll be in big trouble."

He used breathing techniques and said in a deep voice, "Hey, you three."

"Um!?"

The three homeless people were startled, and instantly, greedy and foolish smiles appeared on their three thin faces at the same time.

"A stranger's soul! It's a stranger's soul that strayed in!"

"Hehe, it's a living soul with self-awareness. After eating it, it will definitely live for several more months... Oh, just thinking about that kid from a few weeks ago, the kid tasted so delicious."

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly strip him and suck his soul clean!"

The homeless man drooled from the corners of his mouth, and his scrawny face burst into an unprecedented appetite: "Don't run! Don't run! Let me taste your tender little flesh!"

I feel like I have been treated like fat meat on the plate.

Uesugi Tetsu silently glanced at the faces of the three people, frowning at the strong desire gushing out of them.

Given their state of huge desire, the knife he wielded after transforming into Prajna could probably be as sharp as Kaga Kiyomizu.

How can we communicate like this?

He remembered that the two waves of homeless people he had seen before also rushed towards the powerful demon in this way. Perhaps the more people there were, the braver they were.

There are only three of them now, so they only dare to attack a weak "living soul" like him.

"A bunch of mad dogs."

Giving up the idea of communicating with them, Uesugi Tetsu shook his head and transformed into Prajna in front of the three people.

In an instant, the homeless people who had caught a glimpse of the faces of ghosts and gods fell into a state of intense shock and could not move.

Uesugi Che was stunned for a moment. This was the first time that a demon from the same star stood at attention after just one look at his face.

This person who has no fixed place to live is really too bad.

Is this what the "refugees" in the ordinary world are?

Thinking about it this way, their previous actions of shouting about cannibalism and launching suicide attacks on those demons can be explained.

Because if we don’t eat something, we will all starve to death.

I wonder how many souls of living people like me these guys have eaten on their way to escape...

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the homeless person showed some signs of movement.

But the first words he said after waking up were a distorted cry: "Eat you! Eat you, eat you! Only if I eat you can I live!"

Uesugi Tetsu's impulse to ask questions was successfully blocked again.

He tutted in displeasure and waved Kaga Kiyomitsu.

Three heads, engraved with greed and hideousness, fell to the ground.

Tip pops up——

You killed 2 Half-Star Resentful "Homeless" and obtained 17 Soul Ashes!

[You killed the one-star resentful creature "Homeless" and obtained 21 soul ash!]

The shortest prompt ever stayed in front of Uesugi Che's eyes. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say much.

All I can say is that the dropped items are in line with its strength positioning, and being able to drop soul ash that is better than those of the monsters is already a success.

But Uesugi Tetsu suddenly thought of a problem.

——There are so many homeless people. He saw three or four waves along the way, and they like to take the initiative to attack.