In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows and chose "yes".

[Special salvage is about to begin.]

[Before that, please choose your accompanying Shikigami. ]

After choosing yes, the card drawing animation did not pop up like the previous two card pools, but a prompt popped up again, asking Uesugi Tetsu whether he wanted to bring the Shikigami with him to salvage.

Uesugi Che exclaimed, "This pond...are you asking me to go and 'salvage' it myself?"

Having said that, the soul ash has been consumed and there is no reason to retreat now.

Uesugi Tetsu chose "Yashikami" as his accompanying shikigami, and then his eyes went dark after he felt the water pressure mixed with a strong sense of dizziness.

When Uesugi Che opened his eyes again, what came into view was a blue-green world.

He opened his mouth and blew out a string of bubbles: "What the hell? Did I really go into the pool?"

It turns out that the name of the card pool "Fishing Master" really means what it says.

The dazed Nishaku-sama turned her head around in confusion. When she saw Uesugi Che beside her, she floated over and blew out a string of bubbles: "Popopo... Che-sama, wasn't I sleeping? Where is this place?"

The prompt pops up again——

【Welcome to Special Salvage·Fishing Master! 】

[Here, you need to try your best to catch the fish swimming in the pond within a limited time. ]

Uesugi Tetsu touched her white hat and found that although she was in the pool, there were not many other effects except that her ability to move was hindered.

"I'm sorry to wake you up, but this is a treasure trove." Uesugi Tetsu said, "Sir, please help me catch some of the small fish that will swim around later."

Although Erchisama was confused by this almost unconnected rhetoric, she still understood the meaning of "catching fish".

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and nodded seriously: "Po! I will try my best to catch fish, Master Che!"

Then prompts continue to pop up.

[At the same time, you must ensure that you are not caught by anglers.]

[A single salvage attempt is considered complete when the timer expires or the fish itself is caught.]

Uesugi Che was stunned. He was catching fish in the pond, but there was actually someone outside the pond who would fish him out?

The person who designed this pool has a really bad taste...

[The current random era is the end of the Edo period and the end of the shogunate. ]

[Remaining salvage time: five minutes.]

[Salvage, begin!]

After the last prompt, Uesugi Che sighed, successfully took out the "Kappa Bowl" from the storage backpack and put it on his head. He immediately felt that the surrounding water pressure had reduced the hindrance to his movements a lot.

slam-la-

As far as the eye can see, countless gray and white shrimps and finger-sized fish are swimming around in an instant. Even if you stand still, you can bump into those gray shrimps.

The undercurrent surged, sweeping up the gray-white fish and shrimp like a current.

A small white fish hit Uesugi Tetsu's chest and slowly dissipated.

[Soul Ash +1]

Uesugi Che's eyes lit up, and he casually scooped up a handful of shrimps, watching them slowly dissipate in his hand: "Gray... no reward popped up."

In other words, the gray shrimp are an obstacle designed to prevent them from catching fish and allow higher quality fish to hide among them.

After spending a few seconds looking around, Uesugi Che found that the majority of the fish were grayish-white, while the green fish were relatively rare, swam faster, and were more difficult to catch.

As for the fish emitting blue light, they were even rarer. Uesugi Che only saw two or three from a distance.

——The higher the quality of the fish, the farther away it is from the "birth point". This can be inferred based on the current information.

"But the little green fish didn't transform into Prajna at all. Even though I swam fast with the Kappa's bowl on my head, I was still a little slower than Two-foot-sama."

Less than ten seconds after the fishing began, Uesugi Tetsu had already formulated a fishing strategy in his mind.

"Master Erchi! Just try to catch the green and white fish! Don't worry about the other fish that swim faster than you!"

"poof!"

Erchisama responded loudly, already fully immersed in the battle of wits and courage with the fishes.

As for Uesugi Tetsu himself, he naturally had to swim farther to try to catch the small blue fish, or even the purple fish above it.

Ershaku-sama protects the lower line, while Uesugi Tetsu goes to fight for the upper limit.

This is Uesugi Tetsu’s fishing strategy!

Without any more time to hesitate, Uesugi Tetsu immediately activated the fastest Coronal Breathing Method Type 2 and swam quickly towards the distance.

On the way, many small green fish the size of a palm swam past him, but Uesugi Tetsu did not turn back to change his route. He just caught two or three of the unlucky ones.

[Corona Breathing Skill Proficiency +10]

[Soul Ash +10]

【Spiritual Skills +1! 】

One of the small fish seemed to be dark green, and actually brought a little bonus to Uesugi Tetsu's spiritual attributes.

"The green fish can add attributes, I can't even imagine what the blue and purple fish will reveal."

Uesugi Che stared at the blue fish school that was gradually increasing in number in the distance, as well as a purple fish that was almost one meter long and had sharp teeth that was biting the blue fish into pieces.

Every time the purple fish took a bite, Uesugi Che's heart seemed to ache.

"Since the Kappa bowl can be taken out, there's no reason why the folding fan can't be taken out." Uesugi Tetsu thought quickly, "Then after I transform into a three-tailed fox, I'll have a chance to release the heavenly thunder."

The key is how to use this opportunity.

Should I hit the blue fish in one blow, or should I hit the purple fish with precision?

Seeing the huge monster Uesugi Che approaching, even the domineering purple fish was startled. It gave up the other small fish that were about to reach its mouth and swam away.

Its speed is already one point faster than Uesugi Che's current speed.

"Two minutes left."

Uesugi Tetsu used all his strength to stimulate the internal energy in his body.

Coronal Breathing, Form Five!

Swim at full speed!

Uesugi Che, bursting out with all his strength, rushed towards the scattered school of blue fish like an underwater arrow. In just a moment, he arrived next to the blue fish that seemed to be frightened and stayed there motionless.

Grab it!

Snapped!

But the blue fish did not disappear like the other small fish. Instead, it exploded the moment Uesugi Che touched it and turned into dye that smeared on Uesugi Che's face.

You've been cheated!

"What the hell..."

Uesugi Che's face twitched. He wiped off the dye in front of his eyes and continued to swim towards the nearest blue fish, which was also the direction where the purple fish was fleeing.

In less than twenty seconds, feeling that his internal energy was about to dissipate, Uesugi Che finally caught the blue fish that fell at the end of the team, letting it emit a faint cry before dissipating in his hand.

【You got a short-term card! 】

Without further hesitation, Uesugi Tetsu transformed into a three-tailed fox.

He knew that his internal energy was almost exhausted. If he continued chasing like this, not only would he most likely not catch the next blue fish, but he might even let the purple fish slip away from his sight.

So, there is no need to hesitate!

The Zhu folding fan unfolded in the water, and the three-tailed fox's eyes were fixed on the purple fish that seemed to feel a life-and-death crisis and desperately shook its way out of the Z-shaped shaking.

"Panic thunder!"

Ziyu, can you take this thunder with 30 points of spiritual attribute?

As soon as he finished speaking, a deep purple lightning column as thick as a fist fell directly on the purple fierce fish, causing the entire fish to suddenly stretch straight, and then become motionless after shaking wildly.

It was like liquid lightning surging, and in the process of dissipating, it electrocuted a large number of small fish passing by, causing them to turn up their white bellies and float upwards.

"Is that why electric fishing is not allowed..."

Uesugi Che grinned, changed back into the incarnation of Prajna, and slowly swam towards the school of fish that were electrocuted. Then he waved his hand and touched all the fish.

In an instant, densely packed prompts popped up. Although they were all small numbers like 1 or 10, the number was really large.

Just adding up these small gains, Uesugi Che believed that he could earn back the 500 soul ashes for the ticket, not to mention that the other gains were even more significant.

Uesugi Tetsu thought about it and grabbed the tail of the Purple Fish, which was still trembling but not dead.

The purple fish slowly dissipated in the water.

【You got the guaranteed card! 】

There is still one minute left, but Uesugi Che's internal energy has been exhausted.

He wanted to find a few green fish to try and see if he could get some more attributes, but he was shocked to find that the surrounding fish had disappeared at some point, leaving only useless gray shrimps.

The nearest white fish was at least a hundred meters away from him.

"What's going on? Is the fisherman here?"

Uesugi Che looked around but found no trace of the fishhook.

He drew out Kaga Kiyomitsu and chopped apart the shrimps around him, then searched the surroundings carefully bit by bit again.

Then, a faint red light was discovered at the bottom of the river, so faint that it was difficult to detect.

Red light?

Uesugi Che was slightly stunned.

Red, what quality is it?

Purple epic, golden legend... is red even better than that?

Although he felt that such a lucky thing would never happen to him, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but swim towards the faint red light at the bottom of the river.

After all, the salvage time is almost over, and there’s no harm in trying.

Uesugi Che observed for a moment, but even with his sharp eyesight he couldn't tell whether the red light was a fish or something else.

Anyway, let’s touch it first.

Uesugi Tetsu slowly extended his hand...

"——He's taken the bait!"

The moment he touched the red light, a young man's extremely happy voice rang out.

Immediately afterwards, Uesugi Che saw the red light suddenly dissipate and turn into an ordinary earthworm. Then he felt himself being pulled up uncontrollably, and the next moment he was pulled out of the pool.

As soon as he got out of the water, the swaying Uesugi Tetsu felt that everything around him became blurry, including people and objects.

But the sound is still clear.

A hearty laugh rang out. "Soji-kun, you caught a big fish! I didn't know your fishing skills are that good! How about you teach me next time?"

The young man laughed a little guiltily: "Mr. Serizawa, I didn't expect that I could catch fish just by picking up some bait from the ground..."

Another gentle male voice said, "Okita-kun has always had good luck. Why don't you draw the lottery next time? The recent affairs of the Demon Guide Association have been giving Kondo a headache."

Uesugi Che felt like someone was grabbing him, but he was not panicked. Instead, he was shocked by the information in the conversation.

Souji? Okita?

Although he was not familiar with the other names, the name "Okita Souji" was a household name.

Because the sword in his hand, Kaga Kiyomitsu, was modeled after the sword in the hands of Okita Souji, a great master of the Tennen Rishin-ryu school.

After realizing that the person holding him was Okita Souji, the blurriness around him seemed to lessen.

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head with difficulty and caught a glimpse of a blue and white kimono and the furnishings of a spacious courtyard through his fingers.

An inexplicable sense of familiarity arose in his heart, but before Uesugi Che could think about it, he was thrown into the wooden barrel with a snap.

Everything in front of me quickly faded away as the light disappeared.

However, before his consciousness completely fell into darkness, Uesugi Tetsu vaguely felt that Okita Souji seemed to have discovered something, and then looked at him with a strange look and leaned over.