I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

Tamamo was dumbfounded: "Chopping melons and vegetables is one thing, but to be completely unharmed... Is this older brother, Uesugi Tetsu, really a three-star like you, Yagyu?"

"and many more."

She suddenly realized something.

"After we take down the Shizuoka Prefecture champion, won't we be facing this monster directly in the seeding match?!"

Tamamo covered her head with both hands, looked up to the sky and howled, letting out a painful scream in the Kansai dialect:

"Then what's the point of playing ball?"

Chapter 212 Seed Battle in Eastern Tokyo! The Hundred-Eyed Demon About to Advance, and the Giant Eyeballs Delivered to His Doorstep.

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Tetsu put down the prompt in his hand and turned his head with some confusion.

—What? Yagyu Akatsuki and Tamamo are going to face me in the seed battle?

Isn't the Seed War a joint effort between the 23 wards of Tokyo?

Even including the Tama area, which is nominally under Tokyo's jurisdiction, and the more remote island areas, it has absolutely no jurisdiction over Shizuoka Prefecture.

Silently walking to the barrier, Uesugi Tetsu sat down and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Upon hearing this question, Tamamo's professional instincts kicked in once again.

She subconsciously explained in detail,

"--It means Tokyo is preparing to unite with several surrounding prefectures to launch a seed war in the eastern region."

It is said that the Tokyo Top Five also invited some reclusive dojos and families of Onmyoji (yin-yang masters) to make this event in the eastern region even more prestigious.

Tamamo, who had almost activated the bomb and caused the tunnel demons to explode, seemed to have forgotten her current predicament.

She explained logically, "It seems that the news has not yet spread within Tokyo—because it will only make sense to inform the Special Affairs Bureau in Tokyo after the preliminary battles in the surrounding districts and prefectures are over."

Uesugi Tetsu realized then that he understood.

So, does that mean there are regional seeding battles in the central and southern regions?

However, I'm not so sure about the west side; that area is under the jurisdiction of the Yin-Yang Bureau.

He smiled and nodded at Tamamo: "Thanks for sharing the information."

When Uesugi Tetsu pulled his attention away from the "Seed Battle," he realized that the Special Affairs Department agents inside the barrier were not in good condition.

The seriously injured, the unconscious, and the rest looked at him as if he were a monster.

Only Yagyu Akira, whose wounds were being affectionately licked by the komainu (guardian dog), gazed at him quietly.

His eyes burned with fighting spirit.

Uesugi Tetsuya found this strange.

In this situation, how did this seemingly innocent little girl wearing a yellow schoolgirl-style helmet suddenly become a commentator, calmly explaining the seed war to him?

And she almost died just now, she's clearly an ordinary person... how come she's not blushing, not even out of breath, like she's on a picnic.

Uesugi Tetsu asked, "Have you called for ambulance and backup?"

Tamamo nodded: "I called a while ago, they'll be here in about six or seven minutes."

So Uesugi Tetsu asked the question that had been on his mind.

"—Because I'm used to it."

Tamamo said matter-of-factly, "Special Affairs Department agents... well, especially junior assistants, isn't that a job where you're always risking your life?"

Uesugi Tetsu remained silent.

It's certainly quite puzzling to hear someone say something like that with a face and height that looks like a primary school student.

Just as he was about to ask why, Tamamo, with her vast experience and countless answers to similar questions, spread her hands and blurted out the answer.

"We have so much money! Our parents back in our hometown need to be cared for, and we have several younger siblings who need money for school."

She clicked her tongue softly.

"If I were to do an ordinary job, with my high school diploma, I wouldn't earn much even if I worked my whole life."

Uesugi Tetsu was stunned.

Wow, he's a family man at heart.

"Besides, since Yagyu is willing to take me along, why shouldn't I dare to come and earn this rice!"

Tamamo nudged Yagyu Akatsuki's head with her elbow, grinned, and revealed a set of pearly white teeth.

Yagyu Akira said seriously, without any expression, "Tamamo is the best assistant."

Upon hearing this praise, Tamamo excitedly blurted out in her Kansai dialect, "Hey! Saying she's the best is a bit of an exaggeration!"

"No, not..."

“I don’t think so either,” Uesugi Tetsu also said. “You could have escaped first in that situation, but you chose to stay.”

"correct!"

Tamamo suddenly realized what was happening.

She held up her phone, scrolling through her chat history with Uesugi Tetsuya, and complained, "Uesugi-nii, why didn't you reply just now? We were almost all doomed!"

This does seem to be his fault...

As Uesugi Tetsu was pondering how to reply, he saw Tamamo suddenly kneel down before him, her two blue pigtails braided into pigtails hanging down to the ground.

"But no matter what!"

Tamamo slammed her forehead hard against the ground, making a crisp thud.

She exclaimed, "Thank you, Brother Uesugi, for saving our lives!"

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had just thought he was about to be attacked, was stunned for a moment before quickly helping the girl up by the shoulder.

"Please get up quickly!"

Tamamo readily sat up and tapped her phone screen with the back of her finger: "But then again..."

"Brother Uesugi, could you please follow the Special Affairs Department's 'Attendance Rules' from now on?"

Attendance rules?

Uesugi Tetsu tilted his head in confusion: "What is this thing? I've never heard of it before."

Tamamo: "..."

This is something that operators have to memorize before going on duty, yet this terrifyingly powerful Uesugi elder brother in front of us doesn't know it?

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "If we encounter this situation again in the future, we should just retreat to save our lives."

He said, "It's just a task, it's not that important."

"Sorry, it's my problem."

With a pale face, Yagyu Chi clenched his fist: "I ordered everyone to hold their ground and not retreat."

"So, Yagyu-kun, can you explain what just happened?" Uesugi Tetsuya looked at him. "And what do I need to do now?"

Although Uesugi Tetsu really wanted to go in right now and thoroughly clean up this tunnel that harbored countless demons and monsters.

However, Uesugi Tetsuya is still unclear about his role as a foreign aid player.

Secondly, most of the special affairs officers in front of us are injured and have not yet safely evacuated from here.

Just as Yagyu Chi was about to answer, Tamamo slapped him back: "With your eloquence, it would take you a long time to explain yourself."

She explained crisply, "We came here to seal off the Yin-Yang magic in this 'haunted tunnel' before the 1.5th wave."

Unexpectedly, before we even entered the tunnel, the tide suddenly shifted—a wave crashed in, sending countless tales of demons and monsters surging into the tunnel.

Tamamo glanced at the tunnel out of the corner of her eye: "It's become the same as what you just saw, Uesugi-nii."

"But Yagyu is determined to hold them off no matter what, not wanting them to leave here and infiltrate the city..."

That's enough.

The reason why Yagyu decided to lead the team to block the entrance is self-evident.

Uesugi Tetsu nodded: "Your thinking isn't wrong..."

After all, in this kind of thing, there's no right or wrong.

The Yagyu group was almost wiped out simply because they were not strong enough.

Uesugi Tetsu sighed inwardly, then blinked: "Then let's go into this tunnel first and shut down the Yin-Yang magic inside?"

—This is exactly what he was thinking.

However, there is still a problem.

Uesugi Tetsu asked, "Is coming into this tunnel to rescue you and then going in my job?"

“No,” Tamamo replied immediately.

Uesugi Tetsuya then fell into deep thought.

Long thought.

He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "This needs more money!"

Although he desperately wanted to get into the tunnel, how could he not take advantage of the special affairs department from out of town?

Anyway, the Special Affairs Bureau won't be affected much by what he did to them.

Yagyu Chi remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Tamamo casually made a couple of sarcastic remarks on the surface.

But secretly she was delighted—she had managed to recruit such a big shot into the team with just a few words; she was winning big.

Anyway, it's not like the rice she hired was from her family.

When we go back from here, we can also get a life safety subsidy, which will allow the little ones at home to have extra meals.

Tamamo was so happy that she even lifted her little feet up.

Uesugi Tetsu was somewhat surprised that the two agreed so readily.

He looked around and found that the Shizuoka Prefecture agents were just ordinary one- or two-star Onmyoji and samurai, and most of them were "old-timers" who had been training for a long time.

"Then let's rest for a while and wait for the medical vehicle from the Special Affairs Department to arrive."

Uesugi Tetsu sat down on a rock and looked up at Tamamo, saying, "Hey you, don't forget to tell them to take all the wounded away with them. Don't send a bunch of injured people to the battlefield."

Tamamo turned her head and got angry when she realized that Uesugi Tetsu was calling her.

She clenched her small fists and said in a red voice, "Tie! Don't think that just because you're strong you can be unwilling to remember other people's names!"

Uesugi Tetsu raised an eyebrow and retorted, "You didn't say that either."

The girl's face stiffened, and she coughed twice, feeling extremely embarrassed, before speaking.

"My name is Tamamo! Remember that...?"

When Tamamo finished feeling embarrassed and secretly glanced at Uesugi Tetsuya, she found that he was no longer paying attention to her and was deep in thought with his head down.

The girl clenched her fist, but after her fingertips ached from the force of the clench, she had no choice but to loosen it.

—Actually, Uesugi Tetsu was sorting out the spoils of his recent sweep.

The first thing to be affected is naturally Kaga Kiyomitsu's soul points.

After all, most of the demons were killed by Kaga Kiyomitsu.

Soul Points: 688 → 899

"The number of demons should be far more than two or three hundred."

Uesugi Tetsu stroked his chin, somewhat puzzled: "Could it be that those incredibly weak undead souls only drop less than one Soul Point at a time?"

Perhaps, only this reason can explain it.

However, this large group of demons and monsters was an unexpected gain for Uesugi Tetsuya. He couldn't ask for anything; as long as he could make some money, that was enough.

As for the increase in Soul Ash, it wasn't much, because only the group of dead souls near the barrier that was shattered by lightning at the very beginning, and Miki Oni, produced Soul Ash.

Moreover, the majority of the profits still come from the latter.