I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

It works! It really works! My sister didn't lie to me! My sister has never lied to me!

Chisa was so excited she almost jumped up and down in the phone booth.

But after she tried to turn the doorknob several times without success, Chisa realized that the screaming inside the phone booth had stopped.

Instead, insidious and cruel curses were cast.

"Die...die die die die die die die!"

One after another, the word "death" came from the speaker of the telephone swaying in mid-air.

With each word she heard, Chisa felt her body grow weaker and her consciousness become more blurred, as if the whole world was about to become irrelevant to her.

The girl tilted her head back, her eyes gradually dimming, and she murmured blankly:

"I don't want to die..."

Clap!

In a daze and darkness, Chisa felt a delicate hand roughly pry open her mouth and stuff something like a candy into it.

Thus, the body is revived and consciousness returns.

The world is clear again.

Deeper into the past.

Chisa stared blankly at the hand that landed on her face, and then saw through the broken glass window of the phone booth the man standing outside wearing a terrifying demon mask.

The girl heard him complain, sounding slightly annoyed.

"So you've gone this far! No wonder I couldn't find you after the signal dropped."

Chisa replied blankly, "So it really was my fault for running in here."

"Do not."

The man shook his head, carefully withdrew his hand, and forcefully tore the phone booth that had almost cost her her life into two pieces of trash.

After doing all this, Chisa felt another hand pat her head. She saw him looking down, staring directly into her eyes, and speaking to her with utmost seriousness.

"Chisa-chan, you did a great job. No one could do it better than you."

Uesugi Tetsu said, "If it weren't for you, you and your family wouldn't have been able to wait for me to come, and I wouldn't have the face to go back and see Tamamo."

Chisa's eyes widened in surprise: "You're the amazing older brother that my sister was talking about...!"

"Well, I am."

Uesugi Tetsu calmly assured her, "So, everything's alright now."

Chisa first showed an uncontrollable joy and relief, then spoke anxiously.

"Big brother, we still have our younger brother, our parents, and our uncles..."

"Xiaojia."

Uesugi Tetsu spoke up.

At the far end of the mall, a clear, sharp clang of a blade, signifying the completion of a mission, echoed out.

After hearing this, Uesugi Tetsu smiled at Chisa and said, "Don't worry, they're safe too."

Although Chisa didn't know how he knew from so far away, her heart told her that this slightly scary older brother was someone she could trust.

The girl didn't say anything more, but whispered, "Then Qian Sha will do whatever you say, big brother."

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but chuckle.

It's good that this child is so well-behaved; unlike Xiao Jia, who's always causing trouble...

"Next, I'll get you out of here first."

Uesugi Tetsu hesitated for a moment, and instead of grabbing Chisa by the back of the neck like he had when transporting Tamamo, he bent down and picked the girl up, then wrapped her in layers of qi.

A few seconds later, Uesugi Tetsuya and Kaga Kiyomitsu met up and found Tamamo's family members who had not suffered any substantial damage, as well as the operator whose ID number started with A.

Two minutes later, Uesugi Tetsu used his inner energy to lead everyone out of the haunted house's still-open area.

During the journey, even though Chisa was very worried about the strangers she met, she kept her mouth shut and didn't say a single word to Uesugi Tetsuya.

She knew that she was lucky to have survived and had no right to ask for more.

At the edge of the haunted house, Uesugi Tetsu gently released Chisa and Tamamo's family members from the protective aura.

"Big brother……"

Before Chisa and Tamamo could thank him, Uesugi Tetsuya immediately turned around and went back into the haunted house, disappearing from everyone's sight.

time does not wait.

As he entered and exited the edge of the haunted house, Uesugi Tetsu clearly felt a sticky sensation.

This "sticky feeling" is a sign that the ghost story has taken another step towards becoming a four-star story.

When the haunted house becomes completely inaccessible and the ghost story is absorbed into its body, the ascension will be considered complete.

Huhu.

With the wind whistling past his ears, Uesugi Tetsuya did not bother to clean up the remaining black telephone booth clones that had not yet been charred by the first round of lightning strikes.

At this point, whether this clone lives or dies is no longer of any importance.

Freed from the burden of protecting ordinary people, Uesugi Tetsuya returned to the vicinity of the mall in just over a minute.

He glanced at his phone, confirming the features of the phone booth once again.

Use the eye of interpretation to expand your circle of perception.

In just over ten seconds, Uesugi Tetsu found it.

—We found the black telephone booth hidden deep in an alley, concealed in the boundless darkness, almost emitting no scent, which it thought was perfectly concealed.

Needless to say.

A silver light shone from the back of his right hand, and a dozen or so ordinary plain spears wrapped in qi and purple-black lightning floated in mid-air, the light surrounding the spears growing increasingly intense.

With the next breath, all the plain guns fell toward the black phone booth indiscriminately!

shhhhhh!

Boom boom boom!

One after another, blinding bolts of lightning erupted from the ground, intertwining and converging, unleashing an aura of destruction.

Uesugi Tetsu held Kaga Kiyomitsu in mid-air, his eyes lowered, the location of the black telephone booth clearly reflected in the mirror of his mind.

Thoughts moved slightly.

A colorless sword light suddenly appeared from nothingness, causing the slightly charred black telephone booth to freeze abruptly in another alley, its upper right corner being severed without warning.

Natural Rinnegan-ryu Secret Technique: Sword of No Ignorance - Concealment!

The haunted house, which had turned completely black, swayed slightly and turned several shades white after that strike.

This proves that the illegal phone booths were severely weakened by this unseen attack, and their progress has been halted.

However, instead of being happy, Uesugi Tetsu frowned deeply.

Because it's too simple.

He had only used all his strength in two moves, and the almost godlike Black Telephone Booth had actually obediently accepted his attacks, letting him do as he pleased?

Even the Grand Master would never do such a thing.

"Die, die, die, die, die, die..."

In the brief moment of Uesugi Tetsu's contemplation, countless words of death suddenly rang in his ears.

Boom!

A torrent of scorching energy burst forth from Uesugi Tetsuya's dantian as if it were free, and the complex aura contained within it instantly dispelled the impending curse.

What followed was a wail, a mournful wail that seemed to make everyone in the entire haunted house cover their faces and weep.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

The black telephone booth itself remained motionless, standing openly and honestly before Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes.

The more intense the crying became, coupled with the mournful sound of the bell, it made Uesugi Tetsuya's nose tingle with emotion.

"Fine, the most important thing is to kill this weirdo of yours first."

The aura surged into the sky once more, instantly increasing Uesugi Tetsuya's speed to an almost unimaginable level.

The strength of his physical body, the will of Kaga Kiyomitsu, the pain of separation from loved ones and illness, the internal energy, the energy in his dantian, and all the spiritual power he could grasp, all converged on this one strike.

We must spare no effort and spare no expense to eliminate the factors that cause anxiety in the fastest way possible.

White Prajna, wielding a knife, descended from the sky.

The black and white blade flashed at a near-perfect angle, cleaving everything in two.

From this perfectly smooth slash, endless purple-black lightning, imbued with destructive power, surged like a tidal wave across the earth, the sky, and every street.

[You killed the weakened, failed-to-promote Black Telephone Booth (3.5 stars), gaining 990 Soul Ash!]

[You used Kaga Kiyomitsu to slay the weakened, failed-to-advance Black Telephone Booth. Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Parting's quality has been moderately improved!]

[Your skill, Natural Rational Flow proficiency +30! ]

[Your skill, Five Thunder Method: Qi Combination Proficiency +200!]

[Your skill, Spirit Control Technique - Qi Proficiency +100!]

Your urgent time-limited mission is ready to be completed!

After the lightning, powerful enough to temporarily blind those looking in that direction, dissipated, the pitch-black haunted house that had enveloped an area of ​​several kilometers slowly became transparent and vanished.

Behind the charred, crooked iron frame, Uesugi Tetsu slowly sheathed Kaga Kiyomitsu.

There was no extra smile hidden beneath the mask.

Because all of this was too easy, so easy that he only needed to exert all his strength to obliterate the strange tale that was about to transcend the life level and become a true ghost god.

It doesn't even require triggering the usual trump card, "anger."

In the past, he would have thought such a thing was nonsense.

Uesugi Tetsuya stared silently at the title of the urgent time-limited mission.

The Demon Guide Association's probe...

The title of this task is absolutely accurate.

Uesugi Tetsu looked back down at the pile of charred phone booth frames and used his mind to complete the task.

[You have proactively chosen to complete the urgent time-limited mission – "The Demon Guide's Probe"!]

[Checking task completion status...]

[You prevented the ghost story "The Weak Black Telephone Booth" from being promoted to four stars and killed it with your own hands, earning you a base rating of S!]

[You will rescue all five of Tamamo's family members from the disaster area, ensuring their survival without serious injury. Base rating: S → SS-!]

【Settlement completed! 】

[Your urgent limited-time mission, "The Demon Guide's Probe," has been rated SS-!]

[Rewards are being distributed...]

You have obtained the Ancient Rotary Telephone (Special Item)!

You have obtained the Certificate of Walking (Special Item)!

The rewards are two special items, the latter of which is related to the traveler's identity, and they look pretty good.

But let's put aside these things that we can watch an hour later.

Open your eyes to interpretation.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the wisp of black energy within the frame that had lingered for so long, and said indifferently, "Did you think I couldn't see it just because it was hidden inside?"

As the words fell, the wisp of black smoke slowly rose and transformed into a somewhat distorted, smoky skull.

The skull appeared to be remotely controlled, as its eye sockets were empty and its mouth was dry and lifeless.

"My guess was right... Thunder magic, knives, mask, attire, and techniques... all these characteristics point to you as..."