I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

Imagawa Yoshimoto sat on the floating platform, which was several square meters in size, with some skepticism, and then saw Uesugi Tetsuya sit on it as well.

“Che-jun…”

Just as she was about to ask a question, the two-foot-tall man she was holding mischievously raised his fingertip, causing the levitation board to rise rapidly to a height of 100 meters in the air.

"Wow--!"

Upon experiencing such a strong sense of weightlessness for the first time, Imagawa Yoshimoto couldn't help but exclaim, feeling as if his soul was about to float away.

After a couple of seconds, Imagawa Yoshimoto came to her senses and looked at Uesugi Tetsuya and Nisha-sama, who were both staring at her.

"Cough cough..."

The girl turned her head and coughed twice. Just as she was about to speak, she looked down and saw a field of vision that had expanded many times over and a military formation moving like ants in the distance.

She turned her head again, and then suddenly realized something.

—Am I in the air?!

Imagawa Yoshimoto's legs went weak for a moment from the altitude, but she still managed to remain calm and asked, "Tetsu-kun, are we going to travel like birds in mid-air from now on?"

"More or less."

Uesugi Tetsu held the little hand of the two-way healer and gave her strength: "But as long as you have a thought, we can fly safely to our destination at an extremely fast speed."

Imagawa Yoshimoto was stunned.

After a long while, she lowered her head and asked a completely unrelated question.

"Can the people down there see us?"

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "Of course you can't see it."

"Why... is that?"

Uesugi Tetsu: "The power of shikigami is sometimes unreasonable, Yoshimoto-kun."

He paused for a moment, then continued,

"Also—I'd like to visit Youdu Village, is that alright?"

He had a premonition that if he didn't take this opportunity to say goodbye to Tanaka and his family, he might never see them again.

"Do I even need to ask about something so trivial?" Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed softly. "Didn't I already say that everything would be up to you, Che-kun?"

call out--!

Amidst Imagawa Yoshimoto's approving remarks, the levitation board sped toward Aritari Village at an extremely fast speed.

Soon after, the levitation board arrived above Youdu Village.

"Please wait here for a moment, Lord Yiyuan."

After saying that, Uesugi Tetsu jumped from the floating platform that had descended to only a dozen meters above the ground and landed lightly at the door of the Ina family's house.

He listened intently for a moment and found only the sound of breathing inside the room.

Whatever.

Uesugi Tetsu didn't wait long and immediately reached out and knocked on the wooden door frame.

Suddenly, a heavy thud was heard coming from inside the earthen seat.

The next moment, a small head with a slightly wary expression popped out, but froze the instant it saw him.

Immediately afterwards, the girl revealed an uncontrollable joy.

"Che...Lord Che?!"

The curtain was flung open, and the girl, who wasn't even fully dressed, ran barefoot to the door without a care.

Ah Dao looked up in disbelief, gazing at the handsome face she thought she would never see again in her life.

"Lord Che?"

She tentatively asked in a low voice.

Uesugi Tetsu gently curved the corners of his mouth: "It's me."

It really is Lord Che!

The girl was so excited she almost jumped for joy, raising her hands and cheering.

But then she realized that Lord Che was now a samurai, so she couldn't lose her composure in front of him.

So Adao took a deep breath, placed her hands in front of her, and said respectfully, "Lord Che, please take the earth seat, and let me properly entertain you..."

"No need."

Uesugi Tetsu interrupted her.

He took out three items from his storage backpack: "I'm about to go to war with the army, and I've come here to offer your family some assistance."

Uesugi Tetsu first pointed to the cloth bag and said,

"This is ten taels of silver, as payment for Tanaka-ro's help to me back then."

Ah Dao blinked, wondering if he had misheard the unit.

Only when she felt the heavy weight in her palm did the girl suddenly realize what was happening, and stammered, "Lord Che, we can't..."

Uesugi Tetsu lifted her hand and placed a protective charm, infused with a trace of Five Thunder Magic power, on top of the bag.

"This is a talisman. Please wear it with you at all times. It can protect you in a critical moment."

Ah Dao stopped talking.

She dared not speak.

She had no idea what she had done to deserve such help from the esteemed Lord Che.

Finally, Uesugi Tetsu placed a standard wakizashi bearing the Imagawa family crest on her waist: "This is a wakizashi. If you encounter something you can no longer tolerate, I hope it will give you the courage to resist."

After giving away the three items, Uesugi Tetsu turned and walked towards the door without any hesitation.

Goodbye, Ah Dao.

The girl stood there blankly, looking in the direction he had left.

After a long while, Ah Dao murmured to himself,

"Goodbye."

Will we never see each other again, Lord Che?

Chapter 177 I will end this chaotic world! The Eight Sufferings reappear?! Thunderous magic shocks everyone (6k)

"Today's harvest is indeed excellent! Let's go again this afternoon!"

Carrying a catch of fish about the length of his forearm, Tanaka said goodbye to another old fisherman from the village with a smile, and then went into his house.

Then he saw Ata, barefoot, standing at the doorway, carrying a large cloth bag and with a very conspicuous wakizashi at his waist.

Tanaka was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the silver light showing from the mouth of the bag and the Imagawa family crest on the wakizashi, he immediately realized what had happened.

pat.

Tanaka didn't even care that the big fish, still alive and wagging its tail, had fallen to the ground.

He rushed out of the house in a few quick steps and strode after Ah Dao in the direction he was looking.

At the same time, he shouted at the top of his lungs,

"—Lord Che! Lord Che!"

He ran wildly along the muddy paths of Ayutsu Village until finally, Tanakaro caught sight of the figure in the priest's robe at the very end of his sight.

—It looks like it's walking very slowly, but each step it takes covers more than ten meters in an instant.

Tanaka ran after him, panting for a while, but when he realized that the distance between them was only getting wider and wider, he had no choice but to stop and watch helplessly as Uesugi Tetsuya's figure disappeared from his sight.

He thought to himself, deeply shaken.

Onmyoji Che is truly a divine being.

……

"I didn't realize Che-jun was such a gentle person."

Having slowly risen to a height of several hundred meters on the floating platform, Yoshimoto Imagawa, resting his chin on his hand, looked away with slight surprise.

Uesugi Tetsuya, now seated back on the hoverboard, replied.

"I just felt that this was the last time I would see them, and A-Dao was a good kid."

Hopefully, she'll be better off after this.

Uesugi Tetsuya blinked as he finished speaking: "So Lord Yoshimoto could see clearly even from this far away."

"Isn't that natural?"

Having adapted to the hoverboard with remarkable speed, Imagawa Yoshimoto leaned against the semi-transparent "fence" and let out a soft hum.

"If even eyesight is worse than that of an average person, how can one be called the best archer in the Tokaido?"

She pointed to her dark, deep eyes and smiled: "Even a fallen leaf a thousand meters away, I can see its veins clearly."

Seeing that Uesugi Tetsuya seemed stunned by his words, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned his head and looked at the now smaller Sunpu Castle in the distance.

She gestured with her hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"After flying into the air, Junpu City felt so small."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "Lord Yoshimoto, from this perspective, there are not many things that can be called 'great' anymore."

Even an army formation with tens of thousands of soldiers is nothing more than a large, square block.

Driven by the two-foot-tall man, the levitation board slowly headed towards Mikawa. Imagawa Yoshimoto gazed at the ever-shrinking Sunpu Castle and suddenly said softly.

“Che”.

For the first time, she addressed Uesugi Tetsuya by his full name without adding any modifiers or suffixes.

The twenty-year-old girl stretched her palm out into the air, making a grasping motion, as if trying to grab something.

"After becoming the ruler of the world, I want to transform Junfu City into a true city of the world. Even if you fly this high, or even higher, you still won't be able to see its full extent."

Imagawa Yoshimoto looked in the direction of Kyoto and shook his head without hesitation.

"Kyoto is not worthy."

"It will be done."

Uesugi Tetsu met her gaze as she turned to the side, and expectantly extended his palm: "Please let me witness all of this, Lord Yoshimoto."

"Then Che-jun, you'd better keep a close eye on me! Don't miss a single thing!"

Imagawa Yoshimoto raised his hand and gripped his hand tightly.

The youngest ruler among the sixty-six kingdoms stood up on the floating platform, one hand on his hip, the other pointing towards the still ununified world.

She arrogantly raised the corners of her lips and proclaimed to the world,

"I will—successfully reach Luoyang!"

Then become the ruler of the world! Become a general!

Finally, they will unify this chaotic world and end the long period of turmoil!

Clap clap clap.

Behind her, the only two people who heard this acted as the atmosphere-setter, clapping for Imagawa Yoshimoto.

After saying that, Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't say anything more. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and looked down at the unobstructed view below.

After a while, seemingly getting bored, she rubbed her eyes and said to Uesugi Tetsuya, who was repeatedly exhaling fragments of lightning,

"How about I tell you something about myself?"

"Yeah."

Uesugi Tetsu readily accepted good advice.

He was overjoyed to learn more about the relevant events from the person himself.

Then Imagawa Yoshimoto slowly began to speak.