In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

The rally token is slightly different in appearance from the walking token he holds. Although it is called a token, it looks more like a round cake with a perfect arc.

Uesugi Tetsu used his wrist to wipe off the thick dust on the token, revealing an ancient-style "Ji" character in the center.

Although he still couldn't understand the words, just like before, he could understand the meaning of the words without having to read them.

"A gathering... in other words, is it possible to encounter other people walking?"

Uesugi Tetsu was thinking about it, but when he saw this last note and remembered Katsumi's words, he shook his head.

Nowadays, even walking beings are extremely rare.

Then, even if you get this rally token, the number of ways to reach this so-called "rally" will definitely be even smaller, so it's better not to hold out any hope.

After temporarily taking back the rally token, Uesugi Tetsu took out the second special item he had obtained, the "God Fortune Telling Candle".

The so-called Omikuji is actually a traditional Japanese divination method. In a shrine or temple, you can spend one or two hundred yen to get a fortune stick filled with words such as "good luck" and "bad luck". After confirming what you want in your mind, shake it and you will get a fortune stick related to this matter.

However, Uesugi Tetsu knew that in order to provide a better experience for tourists, most shrines and temples would fill their fortune sticks with good luck sticks above "good luck", and there would be very few "bad luck sticks".

So Uesugi Tetsu has never believed in this kind of thing.

However, the stick holder in my hand is completely different from those manually manipulated wooden sticks.

The stick holder is neither light nor heavy, and has a slender cylindrical shape. Delicate wood grain is spread over every part of the stick holder, and Uesugi Tetsu can feel a warm touch when holding it in his hand.

Looking through the lid of the tube, which is engraved with intricate cloud patterns, one can see that it seems to be divided into two, with the divine fortune sticks neatly arranged in the deep tube.

Just by holding it, Uesugi Tetsu found that his thoughts were slightly disturbed - it seemed that the fortune-teller was slowly asking him "What do you want to ask?"

【God Fortune Telling Can (Special Item)】

[How to use: There are two fortune sticks in the Imperial Fortune Stick Tube: "Seeking Fortune Sticks" and "Changing Fortune Sticks".

The fortune stick can be used once every three days. Confirm your thoughts and then draw a fortune stick. The more specific your thoughts are, the more accurate your fortune will be.

The fortune-changing tube can be used once every ten days. After successfully drawing a fortune, you can use the fortune-changing tube to randomly change the fortune. If you are not satisfied with the change, you can discard the fortune and not change it.

【——Misfortune is the foundation of good fortune, and good fortune is the root of misfortune.】

"Predicting the good or bad luck of future events..."

Uesugi Che stared at the deep inside of the fortune-telling box and suddenly made a decision in his heart.

He closed his eyes, repeated in his mind several times "What will the impact be on me after the first wave arrives tomorrow", and then gently shook the lottery box.

pat.

After a while, a slender and round divine fortune slipped out from the mouth of the tube and fell next to Uesugi Tetsu's hand.

With a hint of curiosity, he picked up the fortune stick.

【God's Lotus Lucky】

A short comment popped up below the prompt.

[——The trend has arrived, follow the wave.]

"Do we really have to use these four-character riddles?" Uesugi Tetsu read the annotation for a while and breathed a sigh of relief. "But since it's 'lucky', it means the first wave won't be a big problem."

After all, above "good luck", the only one left is "very good luck", which already means that the matter is very good.

And it is impossible for him to leave Arakawa District tomorrow, which means that the arrival of the first wave tomorrow will not have too much negative impact on Arakawa District.

It seems that after Aibieli's death, the rest of the small fry can no longer cause any waves - the preparations made by the Special Affairs Office over the past few months have not been in vain.

If you think about it carefully, the first wave will not cause too much harm to the current society. Instead, it will give ordinary people an opportunity to gradually get in touch with the supernatural, Yin-Yang magic, and monster stories.

It is normal for everyone to understand that a new era seems to have arrived.

Although the ordinary world has risen, it is still countless miles away from the present world.

Even if the heaven and earth and the demons began to revive together, the most that would emerge would be some small demons of half a star or one star.

The Yin-Yang masters of the Special Affairs Office had already known about the coming wave and had made detailed and comprehensive plans to deal with it.

The reason why Arakawa District suffered such heavy casualties and crisis was mainly due to the existence of Love and Separation, one of the Eight Sufferings. She was the one who set up the Friendship Club that caused so much harm before, and she was also the one who created the Red Tide that almost destroyed the entire Arakawa District.

Apart from this, the biggest supernatural event was the "Sleeping Block" incident caused by the Nue of the Demon Guild a few days ago, which ordinary people are almost unaware of.

It only dared to secretly send creatures in the middle of the night to plunder the souls of living people bit by bit, and did not dare to confront the Special Affairs Office head-on.

Satisfiedly putting the divine fortune stick on his waist, Uesugi Tetsu put away the fortune stick tube, listened to the noises around him for a while, and only after confirming that there was no one around did he take out what might be the biggest gain of this incident.

——Mythological material: Dissociative love.

This is the material dropped after killing Aibieli.

It was also during this opportunity that Uesugi Tetsu learned that there was a grade called "Myth" above the grade "Legend".

This is simply unimaginable for Uesugi Tetsu, whose only two epic items were given to him by others.

Uesugi Tetsu looked down and saw a crystal clear heart.

It was still beating very faintly, firmly attracting his attention.

Uesugi Tetsu was speechless for a moment, realizing that no words other than "beautiful" were enough to describe the heart he was holding in his hands.

He even had the urge to swallow the heart in his hand in one gulp.

Dissociative Love

[Quality: Myth]

[Effect 1: Can be used as the core material for a six-star god to be promoted to a seven-star god.]

[Effect 2: When carried, it will slowly sharpen the wearer's state of mind in a special way.]

【——Love and separation. 】

It was not until Uesugi Che saw "Effect 2" that everyone was suddenly shocked.

He looked at the Dissociation Love in his hand again, and surprisingly it no longer had the strange and bizarre attraction it had just had.

Uesugi Che quickly practiced the Jade Heart Technique to keep his mind focused, and cursed inwardly, thinking that sharpening was done in this "special way".

There are only two effects written on the panel. God knows what strange effects will happen if he really swallows the heart.

It is not completely impossible for it to become the new Eight Sufferings: Love and Separation.

"I'm already dead, but I still can't rest in peace..."

Uesugi Tetsu squeezed the Dissociation of Love hard and threw it back into the storage backpack - even if he could use it to sharpen his mind, he would have to wait until at least all his attributes were restored.

Just a glance at it just now almost caused a big accident, so Uesugi Che didn't dare to keep this thing with him.

As for effect one, that was even more out of reach for him... Apart from letting him know that six-star beings were called "true gods", it was of no help at the moment.

After all, the quality of this thing is too high, and it is not the material that Uesugi Tetsu deserves now.

Aibieli was able to escape from Arakawa Ward to Ota Ward, the southernmost part of Tokyo, the moment he was defeated by Nanjo Aimi. It should have been impossible for anyone to discover him, let alone catch up with him.

But Uesugi Tetsu did it with the help of the nail head of the seven arrows given to him by Katsumi, a prop from mythology and legend.

"No wonder Aibieli looked puzzled at that time..."

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the nail head in his hand, which was showing deep cracks - even part of the legendary seven arrows on the nail head was damaged.

If it were replaced with a lower-grade tracking item, it would probably be unusable.

At that time, the cursed location of Ershaku-sama was erased and disappeared in an instant.

"Luck."

With a sigh, Uesugi Che browsed through the remaining proficiency prompts.

The first is the Corona Breathing Technique that was successfully broken through to the proficient level after the fight with his love.

[Your skill, Coronal Breathing, has been upgraded to proficiency level!]

[Coronal Breathing (Proficiency 550/3500)]

[Effect: Strengthens the five internal organs, circulates Qi to the four extremities, and makes the breath like fire.]

[Because your Coronal Breathing Technique has reached the proficient level, your Physical Strength +5! ]

[Because your Coronal Breathing Technique has reached the proficient level, your internal energy has increased! ]

"The skilled level requires 3500 proficiency points. What's next?"

This is the result after Uesugi Tetsu's proficiency was reduced by 30%. If it were according to the original requirements, it would take a full 5000 proficiency points to break through to the mastery level.

Then if it goes down further, it will be 10000 points, and then double again...

The proficiency requirements are five or even six digits, and God knows how many years it will take.

"I don't know what it feels like to have 'Qi flowing through the four poles'."

Uesugi Che moved his rather weak fingers and glanced at the Spirit Control Technique, which he had taken the time to brush up 20 points of proficiency in the past two days.

[Spirit Control Technique (Entry 0/300)]

[Effect: Control the energy of heaven and earth, and connect with the spirits of all things.]

[Because your Spirit Control Technique has been upgraded to the entry level, your Spirit Technique +3! ]

Apart from adding 3 points to his spiritual attribute, there was almost no change in his spiritual control technique.

However, the required proficiency level for this fragment of the Great Yin-Yang Art is pitifully low. Uesugi Che doesn't mind brushing up on it during his break. Maybe it will have magical effects after he masters it or reaches a higher level.

After two skills were broken through, the attribute panel changed again -

【Uesugi Tetsu】

[Physique: 1 (25 → 30)]

【Will: 1 (13)】

【Charm: 1 (9)】

[Spiritual Arts: 1 (10→13)]

Now, even without using any power related to the demon incarnation, Uesugi Tetsu is enough to exorcise one-and-a-half-star or even two-star demons. If he wears all the equipment, he will probably not be at a disadvantage against ordinary two-and-a-half-star demons.

"Oh, and there's Kaga Kiyomitsu."

Remembering the unknown changes that appeared after killing Aibieli, Uesugi Tetsu took out Kaga Kiyomitsu, but was shocked to find that he could not pull it out of the scabbard now.

"Ok?"

[Kaga Kiyomitsu·Unknown changes have occurred: 4%]

Uesugi Che tutted his words, "This love and separation is really going crazy to show off its presence even after death."

boom--

Thunder rumbled between heaven and earth.

Putting Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was like a dead object, on his legs, Uesugi Tetsu, who heard the rumbling sound, looked out the window at the rainy scene with a sense of something.

Uesugi Tetsu silently savored the ever-increasing concentration of spiritual energy around him. He believed that anyone who could faintly sense the existence of spiritual energy would understand one thing—

The sky and land they once knew were about to become different from ever before.

The wave is coming.

……

"The wave is coming."

On the rooftop, Kondo Tomoya spoke after letting the wind and rain wash away the bloody smell on his body.

Ririk looked at the fire being put out in the distance, then glanced at the anxious crowd. She asked anxiously, "Kondo-sama, did you see Nanjo Aimi after that?"

"If she stood up and announced that Aibieli had been defeated and everything was over, it would calm the panicked people and speed up the restoration of order throughout the Arakawa District."

Kondo Tomoya shook his head.

"Tokugawa, there's no one in the Arakawa District who can command her now, not even me."

Lilizi's eyes moved slightly: "It means that you know her location."

"I don't know what Nanjo is thinking right now, so don't even think about catching her back..."

Kondo Tomoya reluctantly changed his words midway through his speech.

"A meeting of five."

"—She must have gone to the Society of Five because of those escaped officials."