In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

The driver sat in the driving seat and started the engine.

The black SUV skillfully turned its front and drove back the way it came.

Time passed quietly, the SUV made turns and made the road narrower and narrower, and the trees around it became more and more.

The night is dark and the mountains are deserted.

The driver in the leather jacket slowly raised his eyebrows, then he remembered that the man and the demon in the back seat seemed to have not made any sound yet.

Normally at this time, the people in the back seat should question whether he was driving in the wrong direction.

Although the adult didn't allow me to attack the passengers, it would be okay to scare them and steal some fear.

The driver in the leather jacket gave a stiff and sinister smile and reached out to adjust the crooked rearview mirror.

Then, I was horrified to find that the ordinary little boy in the back seat had disappeared at some point!

Instead, there was a four-tailed fox with a scarlet katana slung across its waist, a pale Prajna mask, and a luxurious court official robe, staring at him with a half-smile and a half-smile...?

The little demon in the white dress was bowing her head respectfully towards the four-tailed fox, without saying a word.

Big demon?!

I was deceived and actually let this guy get on the car?!

The driver in the leather jacket was so frightened by the fluctuation of spiritual power that his whole body froze. He could only follow his muscle memory and subconsciously pull up the handbrake and step on the brakes hard, making the SUV stop gracefully on the narrow mountain road in an instant.

Stab it--!

The tires rubbed against the concrete floor, leaving a series of black marks and making a sharp sound that gave people goosebumps.

Uesugi Tetsu grabbed hold of Erchiku-sama, who was nearly thrown out, and asked softly, "Driver, aren't you going to continue driving? The passengers are still anxiously waiting."

In the driver's seat, the driver in a leather jacket, whose pupils were already completely filled with the whites of his eyes, turned around in horror and shrank back.

But in a moment, cold sweat covered his whole body.

Uesugi Tetsu took out Kaga Kiyomitsu from his waist and wanted to pull it out, but found that Kaga Kiyomitsu remained motionless.

[Kaga Kiyomitsu·Unknown changes have occurred: 99%]

"Well……"

Kaga Kiyomitsu's progress bar has been stuck at 99% for two days and it hasn't gotten better yet. What is changing?

Uesugi Tetsu regretfully put away his katana and took out his folding fan instead.

He stared at the driver in the leather jacket who was shaking with fear, laughed heartily, thought for a moment, rolled down the window and pointed his unopened folding fan at the trees not far away.

The next moment, an extremely simple pentagram lit up on the fan head.

A fist-sized rock smashed into several trees with a violent roar.

The driver in the leather jacket shuddered again.

Uesugi Tetsu stretched out his hand again, and miniature fireballs, water balls, golden blades and vines spun above his palm, illuminating the whites of the leather jacket driver's eyes with colorful lights.

He smiled gently,

"Mr. Driver? I think the car should still start."

“It can be started, it can be started!”

After answering extremely nervously, the driver in the leather jacket quickly turned around and turned the key several times before successfully restarting the SUV.

"Sir," the driver asked shakily, "how do we get there?"

Uesugi Tetsu satisfiedly put away the basic Yin-Yang technique, which was of little use other than being scary and beautiful. He slowly said, "We'll continue to go where you originally wanted to go."

The driver's expression was stiff: "This..."

Uesugi Tetsu's voice turned cold. "What's the matter? Mr. Driver, do you have any questions? Why don't you tell us and we can help you solve it?"

"Gulu..."

The driver in the leather jacket swallowed hard and laughed dryly, "No, sir, just sit tight. I'll definitely take you there."

He took a deep breath and chose his life over his promise without hesitation.

This four-tailed fox demon... looks terrifyingly powerful just by looking at it. The spiritual power surging from its body seems to be swallowing itself up, and it can even control the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

The SUV's engine made a dull sound as it headed back towards the mountain hotel.

Uesugi Tetsu sat in the back seat and winked at Ershaku-sama.

What I mean is - have you planted a mark on him?

The two-foot-sama nodded gently.

Just now, Uesugi Che hesitated again and again and still did not plant the soul imprint on the leather jacket driver first.

Because he had never seen the owner of the mountain hotel, and he didn't know the relationship between the driver and the hotel owner. If he rashly took action to control the driver and caused the mountain hotel mission to fail, it would be a loss.

After all, the driver's only function, besides taking them to the hotel, was the SUV in his hand.

The means of transportation is the key item to complete another side quest, the Izanuki Tunnel.

It would be possible to wait until the hotel mission is over, then use the mark of Erchisama to find the driver and steal the car.

This is the most stable approach.

After the car had been driving for a while, Uesugi Che suddenly spoke up, saying quietly, "Mr. Driver, how much do you know about our destination, that old mountain inn?"

After asking this question, Uesugi Tetsu could clearly see the driver's body tremble twice due to shock, and then he heard him reply in a hoarse voice,

"Actually, I don't know much either. I just have a simple agreement with the owner there - if I encounter a living soul outside, I must send them to the hotel."

He said cautiously, "This way, I can get a share of the soul soup after the living soul dies."

Uesugi Che narrowed his eyes - it sounded like this inn was not very friendly to living souls, that is, ordinary people who had strayed into the mortal world.

The soul goes in and out of the soup, how friendly can they be?

He then asked, "Have you encountered many strangers lately, Mr. Driver?"

"No...very rarely, or even almost none."

The driver gradually relaxed after discovering that the powerful four-tailed fox in the back seat seemed to be able to communicate normally and was not as aggressive as the other ghost stories at Rugetsu Station.

"Many years ago, I could encounter the souls of living people, some complete and some incomplete, every day. But in recent years, I might not even encounter one even if I drive around for a month..."

The driver smacked his lips with a hint of nostalgia. “The taste of the soul soup that person brewed is truly unforgettable.”

Uesugi Tetsu responded, "Which one?"

The driver immediately fell silent and laughed it off, trying to get away with it.

But Uesugi Tetsu didn't give him that chance. He repeated with emphasis, "That's the owner of the hotel. I'm sure you know him, Mr. Driver. Would you like to introduce him?"

"Uh……"

After catching a glimpse of the frightening white Prajna mask in the rearview mirror, the driver reluctantly spoke, "That person... is the inn's owner, a powerful and cold Snow Maiden who has ruled for at least a hundred years. She controls the wind and snow."

"Apart from his name, I don't know anything else."

The driver pressed tentatively. “But perhaps… she is stronger than you, my lord.”

"Haha."

Uesugi Tetsu smiled brightly: "That couldn't be better."

The driver shrank his neck and swallowed back the rest of his words.

Uesugi Tetsu didn't ask any further questions, but fell into deep thought - the Snow Woman is not the monster that appears in the Kisaragi Station ghost story, or the ghost story.

No matter which version, there is absolutely no mention of any information related to the "Snow Woman" at Ruzuki Station.

So, the Snow Girl is an outsider?

But the driver mentioned that the hotel has existed for hundreds of years, and Ye Chun created the strange story of "Ruyue Station" only twenty years ago.

Thinking about it this way, perhaps Ruyue Station and Ye Chun are latecomers to the Snow Girl.

Uncertain variables have increased...

"It seems this side quest isn't as simple as just destroying this so-called hotel."

Uesugi Tetsu tapped his folding fan.

In this situation with a lot of unknowns, we still need to collect information first and figure out the true meaning of the Riddler's side quest.

Otherwise, if he found out that this mission was the same as "Subduing the Two-foot-sama" after destroying the hotel, it would be too late.

So it might be a good idea to stay in that hotel for two nights first.

As soon as Uesugi Tetsu fell into deep thought, he forgot that he was actually leaning closely against Ershaku-sama. He subconsciously stroked Ershaku-sama's little hand, which had been stretched on his leg at some point, and made one anticipation after another in his mind.

The two-foot-tall man covered his mouth with his other hand and was about to laugh.

After sitting in the car for another twenty minutes, the driver suddenly spoke,

"Sir, we're almost there."

Uesugi Che looked up and was shocked to see that a thin layer of frost had formed on the forest floor outside the car window, and the temperature inside the car through the window had dropped by several degrees.

He looked back and found that the scenes he could see along the way were all like this.

The scope of influence is so large.

It seems that this snow girl is even more powerful than he imagined.

Just when Uesugi Tetsu was about to look away, he saw a corner of brown clothes trembling slightly beside a tree not far away.

Perhaps under the cover of the deep night, ordinary people could hardly discover this hidden flaw, but for Uesugi Tetsu, the night was no different from daytime.

The moving clothes appeared in the forest, so there was no need to say what the purpose was.

Apart from Ye Chun, this was the first time he discovered a living soul in Ruyue Station.

Uesugi Tetsu said with great interest,

"parking."

The driver stepped on the brakes in confusion and asked, "Sir, why is this..."

Uesugi Tetsu: "Look, there are a few people hiding behind the tree over there, can't you see them?"

The SUV stopped immediately.

The driver showed a ferocious expression and expertly pulled out a long-handled axe from under the seat. He pushed the door open and got out of the car, muttering, "Another guy trying to escape..."

Uesugi Tetsu was stunned by this incredibly smooth combo. He wondered if he had triggered some mechanism of the driver's strange story?

Soon, he heard the sound of people talking in very low voices in the forest.

There should be two men and one woman in total.

"He's found us, he's definitely found us!"

"Nagashima-kun, don't move. We didn't make any noise and were hiding before. How could he possibly find us?"

"Shh, don't talk. The driver's vision and hearing are ordinary people. Remain silent."

After hearing this, Uesugi Che smiled. Just from those few words, the positions of these people had been accurately revealed in his mind.

However, he believed that the driver should have a strength of about two stars, otherwise it would be impossible for him to put the one and a half star Erchisama in the car.

But his eyesight and hearing are only at the level of ordinary people - ghost stories are really bizarre.

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head and pulled Erchiku-sama's hand: "Let's go, get out of the car."

"po."

Lord Nishaku was still confused, but he still followed Uesugi Tetsu out of the car obediently.

In an instant, Uesugi Tetsu heard a conversation that he could hardly hear, but was even more tense and terrifying.

"Fox? What kind of demon is that...what should I do?"

"Hey, Ogawa-kun, which one is that: Baka-dashi, Taiko bells, or Highway Grandpa?"

"It's none of them! Damn it, it's a new monster I haven't seen before. It's all over now..."

After the three of them were briefly in a panic, Uesugi Tetsu heard them say,

"——There's nothing else we can do. We'll just split up and see who can escape. When I count to three, everyone rushes in different directions. Whoever survives will be the last one alive!"

"one."