In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

"Go ahead and attack the old man I marked."

After using his spiritual power to guide the two Komainu, Uesugi Tetsu walked to a slightly higher ground on the hillside where he could directly see Grandpa Highway.

The two Komainu were flexible and extremely fast, and could move as if they were on flat ground even in the mountains and forests. Less than ten seconds after Uesugi Che took position, they had already approached Grandpa Gaosuo, attracting his attention.

"Hmph, you want to teleport?"

Looking at Grandpa Gaosu who started to move and mutter something, Uesugi Che gently waved his folding fan, causing two-thirds of the spiritual power in his body to disappear instantly.

Boom——!

The next moment, blue and purple interwoven lightning lava fell from the sky like a torrent, and landed on Grandpa Gaosu before he could make any move.

The roar of the thunder dragon, which was as thick as a forearm, made Grandpa Gaoshu tremble all over and unable to move. The surrounding trees and grass leaves were instantly ignited by the scattered lightning and turned into a raging fire in a short time.

Two Komainu leaped out from the curtain of fire, their dark armor reflecting the flickering flames. They rushed towards Grandpa Gaosuo, one on the left and one on the right, one up and one down.

The clenched jaws of copper and iron made the one-legged old man on crutches let out a painful roar like a demon.

"Bewitched."

Seeing Grandpa Gaosu's crutch moving, Uesugi Che smiled and whispered, letting the remaining one-third of the spiritual power in his body disappear.

Grandpa Gaoshu's head seemed to be attracted by a magnet with extremely strong magnetism. He stared at the three-tailed fox standing on the opposite hillside from a distance of a hundred meters.

Naturally, he also saw the pale and cold mask of Prajna.

So, he could not move, and let the two ferocious Komainu tear apart and eat his broken and charred flesh with great pleasure.

Snapped.

Uesugi Tetsu yawned, turned around and casually tapped the folding fan against his palm: "It's over."

This demon-slaying and monster-eliminating experience was unexpectedly pleasurable.

In less than two minutes, a series of prompts popped up in front of his eyes after killing Grandpa Gaodu.

——Main mission three, completed.

After a while, two Komainu came running over happily, their bloody mouths stained with black blood and their tongues hanging out in laughter.

Uesugi Che touched their heads and smiled.

Last time, Grandpa Gaosu used the mechanism to kill him for the first time; this time, he used a combination of skills to control the opponent to death.

Before I knew it, I had become the mechanical weirdo I used to hate.

Uesugi Tetsu originally wanted to stay at Rugetsu Station for a while to see how long the two Komainu could last, but the "string" in his heart suddenly began to fluctuate.

It was Master Erchi calling him.

What big thing happened in the world now?

Love is coming?

Without delay, Uesugi Tetsu immediately returned to the real world.

He opened his eyes and immediately asked seriously, "Has Aibieli appeared?"

Shizuma Mafuyu, Ririko, and Nishaku-sama who emerged from the Jizo statue on his own all shook their heads, but the three of them still looked solemn.

Uesugi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "That's good. What could be more serious than this?"

Shizuma Mafuyu silently raised her phone towards him. The words clearly written on the red warning page were—

[According to Tianwendao, the first wave is confirmed to arrive on May 2024, 5.]

Uesugi Tetsu's expression stiffened slightly as he glanced at the current time—

2024年4月28日，下午17:49。

There are only 54 hours and 11 minutes left until the first wave arrives.

The kendo hall fell into a silent state, which was gradually filled with the cheerful laughter coming from the students outside.

After a few seconds of silence, Uesugi Tetsu raised the bamboo sword and aimed it at the girl, while accelerating the Corona Breathing Technique.

Lilizi took a deep breath, shaking off the fatigue and sweat.

She shouted,

"Come!"

Shizuma Manfuyu didn't say much, but just quietly did the logistical work on the side, so that the two of them didn't have to worry about anything other than improving their strength.

……

Time passed unexpectedly quietly.

During the two cycles of sun and moon, Uesugi Tetsu practiced with Ririko day and night.

At the same time, he explored the Changshi during his breaks, hoping to complete two more main and side quests at Ruzuki Station before the first wave arrived, and receive rewards that would further enhance his strength.

Unfortunately, he neither found the mountain hotel nor met the driver in this ghost story. He only gained a certain amount of soul ashes.

In the blink of an eye, the date came to April 4, the day before the first wave arrived.

Love and separation triggered the "Red Tide" early on this day.

Because of Shizuma Mafuyu.

It’s the end of the month, brothers, please vote for your monthly tickets if you haven’t done so yet!

Chapter 104 This world needs me to change!!! (45k)

2024年4月30日，凌晨5:37分，雨。

Next to the Honganji Cemetery.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the ethereal sound of the tides was faintly echoing in the misty drizzle. From time to time, spiritual power from another world floated down with the raindrops.

Nanjo Ai was holding a black umbrella, her face still expressionless. Raindrops kept dripping from the edge of the umbrella, falling into the mud puddle beside her feet, dirtying her expensive leather shoes.

The funeral was very simple and there were not many people around. Suppressed sobs of sadness could be heard from the front of her, but it did not move Nanjo Aimi's expression.

pat pat pat.

Nanjo Aimi looked back following the sound of footsteps and saw two people walking towards her in school uniforms.

Uesugi Tetsu and Tokugawa Ririko.

The two people seemed to have come in a hurry, so they didn't carry an umbrella. The drizzle wet their hair and thin school uniforms, making them look particularly disheveled.

"coming?"

Nanjo Aimi pointed to the black and white girl in the frame in front of her and said, "Say goodbye to Mafuyu."

Lilizi was at a loss for a moment.

She slowly clenched her fists, lowered her head, closed her eyes tightly, and let the rain flow down her cheeks and drip together with the blood flowing from her palms.

But Uesugi Tetsu was different. He just stared quietly at the cheap photo frame and the faded photo.

No one knows what he is thinking.

"Uh, Nanjo-san," she heard Uesugi Tetsu say, "Didn't Mafuyu-san talk to us yesterday evening?"

She replied calmly, "Yeah, so it's at night."

Then, Kurosaki Akira, wearing a black suit, and a dozen Onmyoji walked in front of Nanjo Aimi and bowed their heads together.

"sorry."

Kurosaki Akira rarely apologizes, but today he really bowed his head, otherwise even he himself would not be able to forgive himself.

He was wondering if he, the young master, and the dozen or so guys behind him were all good-for-nothings and idiots. Why didn't anyone notice that something was wrong in advance? Why didn't anyone notice that Aibieli had walked into the Special Affairs Office headquarters so brazenly?

Nanjo Aimi hummed a light sound and patted Kurosaki Akira's shoulder: "It's not your fault. If I have to say, it's the fault of both Mafuyu and me."

"If only I could have that Ouija board with me or give it to Kondo."

Although she said this, Nanjo Aimi knew that this was impossible.

She gave the key Ouija board to Shizuma Mafuyu before the wave came, hoping to fish Aibieli out from among the millions of people in Arakawa District.

If this Ouija board stayed on himself or Kondo Tomoya, Aibieli would never have appeared.

And Shizuma Mafuyu is the only person Nanjo Aimi can absolutely trust.

She is an ordinary person, and she stays with me almost 24 hours a day. Her personality traits are so passionate and distinct, exactly the same as my previous self.

Even if there is a slight change in Shizuma Manfuyu, Nanjo Aimi can see it.

Nanjo Aimi touched the Ouija board that she now carried with her.

——The only thing Shizuma Manfuyu did wrong was that even after she and Kondo Tomoya left on purpose and the rest of the Special Affairs Office didn't notice Ai Bieli, she still didn't hand over the Ouija board, but instead pressed the alarm regardless.

Between herself and many other people including her sister, Shizuma Mafuyu chose the latter without hesitation.

Just like the choices she had made since she could remember until now, Nanjo Aimi already knew it.

So she died.

Aibieli was discovered by Kurosaki Akira and others. Not only was he seriously injured, but even the Ouija board was not taken away.

"Is it love and separation?"

Nanjo Aimi heard Uesugi Tetsu ask beside her, so she nodded: "It's her."

Uesugi Che nodded calmly: "I understand."

Even through the rain, Nanjo Aimi could smell the surging anger in the hearts of the two high school students beside her, but the one who should be most angry was not them, but herself.

But what about yourself?

Nanjo Aimi couldn't say for sure, maybe she had already become numb. In the five years since she became an Onmyoji, she had seen too many colleagues, juniors, and superiors die without any warning.

Then they, along with their passion, ambitions, and ideals, will be burned together, put into that small box and buried in the soil.

She couldn't remember how many times she had said "Don't die" solemnly, but every time she would say it again not long after.

It's always the case.

Since she was a child, Nanjo Aimi has wanted to live a peaceful life, no different from that of ordinary people.

Eat well, grow up well, live well, and then die well.

So she worked and went to school like any other ordinary person. Naturally, she failed to get into university, and then entered the working world. It took her five years to become a qualified social animal. After resigning, she spent another five years squandering her savings bit by bit.

In the end, he was confusedly pulled over by his high school classmates to become an Onmyoji.

But he is just an ordinary Onmyoji.

Ordinary practice, ordinary contracted Shikigami, ordinary work.

But it was not until Nanjo Aimi came to her senses that she realized that she could no longer die as peacefully as she wished.

Just like when I was a kid.

——Shizuma Mafuyu doesn’t want to be put in a small box and buried in a cheap cemetery. She wants to live a good life with her sister.

——Although Hasegawa said that he would join the Five-member Association within five years, he actually wanted to return to his hometown to be a decent physical education teacher. He said that he was bullied at school for six years since he was a child because of his weak body.

——After Kitamura Ryu brought him in to be an Onmyoji, he said that he would quit once he earned 100 million yen, go back to the countryside, find a virtuous wife, have a pair of children, and enjoy his retirement life.

——Takagi wants to earn enough money for his mother's medical treatment, Shimizu wants to become a great Onmyoji to reform society so orphans like him can live a normal life, Tachibana wants to become a legendary police inspector and fight evil, and Taniguchi says he wants to spend the rest of his life with the two shikigami he contracted with...

Too much too much.

But in the end they all died.

No one will remember these words except Nanjo Aimi.

If she died, then all these things that she remembered word for word, those things that could be called "dreams", would really be buried in the ground and lose their meaning.

Do things within your ability; this is Nanjo Aimi's life creed.

So she tried her best to ensure that she would not die without warning.

Nanjo Aimi thought a little irritably, subconsciously took out a cigarette, put it in her mouth and waited for a while.

But no one was there to help her light it.

She clamped the umbrella handle between her neck and shoulders, and took out the almost used-up grinding wheel lighter from her pocket. Just as she was about to light it, the cigarette fell on the toe of her shoe with a plop, and then she slid into the mud puddle.

Nanjo Aimi squatted down, picked it up, shook it in the air and relit it.