I'm having fun in Tokyo

The ape-faced demon stared intently at him, its eyes filled with resentment and malice.

Morikawa Yu didn't care at all, smiled, and took out Mikazuki Munechika from the Goshuincho.

You wouldn't believe it, but I have two knives.

In his hand, the blade of Mikazuki faintly gleamed with a bright light.

Although it's a bit strange to worry that my beloved knife is jealous, I have to treat you both equally; you are both my wings.

Last time he used Tsurumaru to kill Akahana, so this time he will use Mikazuki to eliminate this monkey-faced demon.

He pulled his left hand back, gripped the crescent moon tightly, and instantly thrust it into the forehead of the monkey-faced demon.

A gentle light, like the white moon, spread out, yet it was as scorching as the sun, melting the body of the ape-faced demon.

The ape-faced demon howled in agony, its arms flailing wildly, but it couldn't touch Morikawa Yu.

He watched expressionlessly as it turned to ashes and vanished, transforming into a ghost ape mask, before finally feeling relieved.

"Defeat the enemy, gain 200 experience points, mission completion 2/20".

"Current experience: 520/500, conditions met, level up"

Current experience: 20/600, skill points: 2

With a series of experienced tips coming to mind, Morikawa Yu sheathed his twin swords and slung them at his waist.

This ape-faced demon didn't give him much experience; the reason he was able to level up was because he still had a lot of experience left from the last Red Prajna.

However, he could understand, since this monkey-faced demon wasn't strong and spent the whole time thinking about escaping, even when facing Ryoko's shikigami.

The last one, Red Prajna, was very strong but lacked reason. This monkey-faced demon is quite clever, but very weak.

When viewed together, the limitations of the abilities of the owners of these masks are very obvious.

The demons manifested by the mask either trade intelligence for power or power for intelligence.

Next time we fight, we can launch a targeted attack.

He shook his head and opened the skill panel.

He now has two skill points, which he can use to upgrade his skills.

He turned his attention to the skill bar, and when he opened the skill, he noticed a barely noticeable experience bar under the upgrade option.

He had never clicked on this before; he didn't expect it to exist.

He glanced at it and noticed that the experience bars for Steel Slash, Wind Barrier, and Gale Breath Slash hadn't moved much, but the experience bar for Forward Slash was almost full.

Goodness, if this system had a key, would I have worn the E key off by now?

He pressed the E key again, watched the slightly trembling, glowing experience bar, and then leveled it up.

With a faint flash of light, the Forward Slash skill had reached level 2, but the experience bar remained unchanged.

This experience bar doesn't seem to be for upgrading the Stomp Slash, so what is it for?

Does that mean that once its experience bar is full, a skill tree related to movement techniques will appear?

He sighed, looking at the system that was like a salted fish, letting him play with it without giving any prompts, and felt a little dissatisfied.

But he couldn't be bothered with it anymore.

Morikawa Yu shut down the system, then turned around and looked at Ryoko at the alley entrance.

She waited patiently for him before walking over, raising her hand, her fingertips glowing with golden light, and slowly dispelling the black aura from the ghost ape mask.

"Morikawa, I have purified that Red Hannya mask. You can infuse it with divine power, release it, and use it at will, or wear it to enhance your power."

She placed her hand on Morikawa Yu's chest, and specks of golden light shimmered, blending into the lining of his robes with the Goshuin-yō.

He examined the area with his mind and found that there was indeed a crimson demon mask with gold patterns in the third area.

“This mask has a more complex power than the Prajna Demon Mask. I need some time to purify it. Once I’m done, you can fuse it into the Red Prajna Mask and use them together.”

Morikawa Yu nodded, a strange feeling creeping into his heart.

The mask... The [Crimson Moon] skin for the Unforgiven features a mask.

Is this a chance for me to cosplay as Crimson Moon before the Nightbringer even appears?

He sighed inwardly, looked at the mask, and smiled at Ryoko.

"Thank you, Aunt Liangzi."

Liangzi nodded slightly, but a helpless smile appeared on her face.

"Morikawa, you don't need to take what happened just now to heart."

"Since you have your own ideas, of course I support them, and you don't need to worry about me getting angry."

"But I care about you, so please be more understanding of an old man like me, okay?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

Regardless, Ryoko was really good to him.

He's not truly heartless and oblivious.

Seeing that he nodded, Ryoko continued, "Starting tomorrow, come to the shrine every night."

Chapter 86 A Big Treasure in Reverse

"Go to the shrine every night?" Morikawa Yu was taken aback.

“Yes, since you don’t want to go to Kyoto, then postpone it for a while.”

"I will teach you how to use the Goshuincho (ritual seal curtain) and how to utilize the divine power of the shrine."

"Okay, Aunt Liangzi."

Morikawa Yu thought about it and did not refuse.

Ryoko wanted to teach him the abilities of the Shinto priest, so there was no need for him to refuse.

Swordsmen don't necessarily have to use swords; it's perfectly normal for them to learn other skills as well.

Some swordsmen during Japan's Sengoku period, despite bearing the title of swordsman, were actually more skilled with spears and lances than anyone else, and they would perform all sorts of fancy tricks on the battlefield.

He could also do something different, like pulling out a big treasure from his Goshuincho when the enemy thought he was going to blow the wind, and blasting the enemy into the sky.

Or, when the enemy thinks he's about to pull out a big treasure, he can counter with a whirlwind attack followed by another big one.

In short, take this Ashina-style sword technique, hasagi!

He smiled, and Ryoko smiled slightly as well.

She withdrew her divine power and looked out at the alley.

Outside the alley entrance, Fujii Itsuki and several patrol officers returned, followed by a police SUV that stopped outside the alley.

Morikawa Yu looked at Fujii Itsuki and saw him walking over quickly.

"Master Ryoko, Mr. Morikawa."

"The Shibuya Ward Police Station has sent over the surveillance footage. Shall we go take a look now?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

Ryoko glanced at the warning signs set up deep in the alley and said calmly to Fujii Itsuki, "Inspector Fujii, the monster that killed these two victims has been dealt with by Morikawa. Let the funeral home handle their funeral arrangements."

Fujii Itsuki looked at Morikawa Yu with surprise, seemingly not expecting that it was him who solved the problem, and that he solved it so quickly.

Morikawa Yu nodded, seemingly unconcerned, and then walked out of the alley.

Two police officers got out of the police SUV, one of them carrying a laptop.

He looked at Morikawa Yu, then at Ryoko and Fujii Itsuki, unsure of who to give it to.

Fujii Itsuki, observing Ryoko's expression and seeing that her gaze was fixed on Morikawa Yu, immediately took the notebook and handed it to Morikawa Yu with both hands.

Morikawa Yu took it, and at the same time felt the laptop in her hand, which was quite heavy.

It's only 13 years old now, and most laptops are still thick and heavy, and this thing is no exception.

"Mr. Morikawa, the Shibuya Ward Police Station has copied the surveillance footage from this afternoon until the time the body was discovered onto this computer."

“Laptop hard drive capacity is limited. If you need surveillance footage from more locations, we can accompany you to the Shibuya Ward Police Station to retrieve the video files,” Fujii Itsuki said to Morikawa.

Morikawa Yu nodded, opened the laptop, used the touchpad to control the mouse, and then entered the most conspicuous folder on the desktop, where she found an electronic file in addition to the video files.

The officer who had just gotten out of the police SUV walked over to him and said cautiously, "Actually, we have already preliminarily confirmed the identity of the murderer. That file was obtained from the Metropolitan Police Department."

"only......"

"But what?" Morikawa Yu glanced at him.

He paused, his expression grim: "However, according to the records, the murderer should have died three years ago."

"Hmm?" Morikawa Yu raised an eyebrow.

This guy's statement is a bit grammatically incorrect, but since this case involves monsters, it's not surprising that the dead people suddenly reappear.

He first opened the electronic file and immediately saw the other party's name: Yamano Nanami.

It's a very ordinary name, nothing particularly eye-catching, but the person's photo is very beautiful, giving off a teen idol vibe.

According to the records, she was murdered three years ago.

The suspect was a Noh actor who was arrested on the spot and sentenced to twelve years in prison, where he is still serving his sentence.

Morikawa Yu then clicked on the first surveillance video, which showed the alleyway where they were standing, and it was nighttime.

He sped up the playback and skipped long stretches of useless footage, finally seeing two young men in the video.

They also dragged another young man into the alley.

Because the lighting at the alley entrance was not very good, Morikawa Yu couldn't see their faces clearly, but the two young men's clothes were similar to those of the victims in the alley.

He frowned and continued watching the video.

About two minutes later in the video, a girl carrying a lot of things passed by the alley entrance.

In the dim light, the other person's face was a little blurry, but it could still be vaguely discerned that it was Yamano Nanami, who had been dead for three years according to the file.

As she crossed the intersection, she seemed to hear a sound, stopped, glanced into the alley, hesitated for a moment, and then finally went in.

Half a minute later, the girl hurriedly walked out and disappeared from the surveillance footage.

The video ends here.

He looked at Ryoko, and Ryoko nodded.

"It was around this time that I discovered the fluctuations of demonic energy here and sent shikigami."

Morikawa Yu had an idea in mind.

At that time, besides Yamano Nanami, there were only three young men in the alley. Two of them were killed, and the other young man should be the monkey-faced demon that he had later eliminated.

He suddenly felt a little regretful. If Ryoko's shikigami hadn't confronted the monkey-faced demon at that time, but instead chased after it outside, they might have already caught it.

However, shikigami are not human after all, and most of the time they just act according to commands.

Since it has set its sights on the ape-faced demon, it will not care about anything else.

"Aunt Liangzi, leave this to me," he said to Liangzi.

Anyway, Hojo Maki helped him get his leave approved in the last two days, and Ryoko temporarily postponed his trip to see the other priests.

Since I'm just idling around anyway, I might as well find something to do.

This girl named Nanami Yamano can make masks that turn people into demons.

He only took down two of the opponent's masks, yet he gained a lot of experience and improved his progress on the skin quest.

If the other party has more masks, then they are a mobile experience bank, which is very valuable to them.

Moreover, the other party's experience is also quite bizarre.

She was supposed to have died three years ago, but now she has suddenly reappeared and created two masked demons in a short period of time, which makes people suspicious of her purpose.

To be honest, he was very interested.

Liangzi looked at him and, seeing his enthusiastic expression, nodded slightly.

She originally wanted to handle this herself, but since Morikawa wanted to take over, she decided to let him.