I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

……

Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes again.

He discovered that Chisa, dressed in a white dress, was squatting in front of him with a serious expression.

"Uesugi-kun, you're finally awake."

She said with utmost seriousness, "My mother said that if I sleep here, I will catch a cold."

Chisa frowned slightly and earnestly admonished, "This habit is really bad, even Uesugi-nii should correct it."

Seeing her like this, Uesugi Tetsu didn't feel annoyed at all. On the contrary, he found Chisa's mature demeanor rather cute and amusing.

So he said just as earnestly, "Thank you for your concern, Chisa-chan, but I'm actually here to train."

"Ugh?"

Having already prepared a whole bunch of profound truths that she had heard countless times herself and had told her younger brothers countless times, Chisa immediately pursed her lips and turned her gaze away nonchalantly.

"I see... Ahaha, Chisa seems a little slow."

The girl gave two dry laughs.

Then, Chisa looked on with envy.

"Brother Uesugi, you cultivators are really amazing! Do you not catch a cold or feel unwell several times a year?"

"Ok!"

Uesugi Tetsu gave her a thumbs up, his gaze sharp: "After you've mastered your training, you won't get a fever even if you get soaked in the rain!"

Chisa's eyes lit up: "Wow—that amazing!"

"There are even more amazing ones..."

Uesugi Tetsuya was speaking when his phone in his pocket started buzzing several times.

Under Chisa's curious gaze, he first took out his phone, unlocked it, and looked up at it.

It was a message from Nanjo Manami.

[Nanjo Manami: Many strong players will be there during the preliminaries. This will be your last chance to gather information face-to-face without attracting attention, so remember not to miss it.]

This is followed by some precautions and regulations related to the preliminary rounds.

[Tsuki-sa-chan: I'll definitely be there.]

"Speaking of Chisa-chan," Uesugi Tetsuya said, quickly sending Nanjo Manami's LINE account to her. "This older sister is my boss, she's really amazing."

“I will explain the situation to her. You can talk to her later and see if she is willing to take you on as her apprentice directly.”

"OK……"

Chisa responded softly, nodding, but a hint of disappointment flickered in her eyes as she glanced at Uesugi Tetsu.

Uesugi Tetsu didn't notice.

Because he had already set his sights on the thunderstorm clouds sweeping up outside the window.

Amidst the rising tide and dark clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

"This kind of weather... is the perfect stage for practicing spirit control techniques and the Five Thunder Technique."

Uesugi Tetsu turned his gaze to the four-tailed fox avatar that would soon reach the full progress bar, and couldn't help but chuckle with delight.

He bid farewell to Qian Sha and headed towards the rooftop of the Special Affairs Department.

Chapter 236 Four-Tailed Fox, Two and a Half Stars! A Thousand Faces, A Thousand Forms, Myriad Manifestations, Bewitching Ghosts and Gods! Jade Bones, Thunder Bones!

Chisa kept her head down, clutching her phone, which was covered in a white bear-shaped soft case that was clearly two sizes too big, for a long while.

After a long while, she took a deep breath and finally mustered the small courage to speak her mind.

But when she looked up again, Uesugi Tetsuya, who had been squatting in front of her, had disappeared.

Clear footsteps came from the other side of the corridor, gradually fading away, along with the hand that was waving towards her with its back to her.

Chisa opened her mouth, wanting to catch up and speak.

But in the end she didn't do it.

The girl licked her dry lips with the tip of her tongue, looked down again, and saw the LINE number that Uesugi Tetsu had given her.

——【Yin-Yang Major General · Nanjo Aimin】.

She had heard the older students in the building talk about this position, and it seemed like a very high-ranking job.

He is a legendary "big shot".

To avoid becoming increasingly hesitant to add this important person as a friend later, Chisa closed her eyes, steeled her resolve, and tapped "Add Friend" on the screen.

There was no verification, nor was Chisa given any extra psychological preparation.

The friend request was accepted immediately.

You have added "Yin Yang Daishu - Nanjo Manami" as a friend.

The next moment, a message popped up in the lit-up profile picture frame.

[Nanjo Manami: Who are you?]

……

Since the elevator leads directly to the top floor of the Special Affairs Department, Uesugi Tetsuya had no choice but to walk up to the rooftop via the fire escape.

No rooftop key is needed, nor is it necessary to use the crowbar that has already been given to someone else to break the locked rooftop door.

As soon as Uesugi Tetsuichi stepped into the fire escape, Karasu Tengu understood his intentions.

The heavy, locked iron gate to the rooftop opened silently.

On the rooftop, all was calm and peaceful.

Because of the strong winds and torrential rain, thunder and dark clouds, all the variables were kept out by the multiple barriers of the Shizuoka City Special Affairs Headquarters.

Uesugi Tetsu looked up.

The slender trees on the street were snapped in half, and raindrops like bullets poured down from the pure black sky. Pale lightning streaked through the cold rain, and deafening roars echoed through the steel jungle.

"Lord Tengu," he asked softly, his eyes closed, amidst the stillness of the surrounding spiritual energy, "would it be possible to lower the barrier and place it below the rooftop?"

No one answered; only the barrier above their heads disappeared.

A chilling wind and bitter rain swept over us.

However, what followed was a sudden change in the direction of spiritual energy flow within a radius of several hundred meters!

Everything chaotic and disordered, following the spiritual energy of the rain and waves that swept across the entire world, seemed to find a pillar, a center point, in an instant.

So they flocked there.

Within seconds, a huge funnel of spiritual energy appeared above the headquarters of the Special Affairs Bureau, and it continued to expand over time.

On the top floor of the Special Affairs Department, the bright red alarm lights were so blinding that one could hardly open their eyes.

The clerk, who was staring at the string of blood-red data in front of him, felt his heart clench suddenly.

He roared, "Sir! The spiritual energy concentration within a hundred meters has increased by three hundred percent in ten seconds! Is this some kind of demonic being of the ghostly or god-like level...?"

The tengu calmly raised his eyes, interrupting him: "Who made this huge model? It can't even tell if it's human or demon?"

"It's just special affairs officers practicing on the rooftop," Karasu Tengu said calmly. "Don't make a fuss, turn off the alarm."

The bizarre answer made the clerk's eyes widen. He glanced at the data on the screen that made his whole face turn red, and cleared the alarm in disbelief.

"By taking advantage of the tide to cultivate myself deeply, I've ended up becoming a security guard?"

As the tengu spoke, he suddenly raised his head with great interest.

—Because, nearly half of the lightning that once roamed freely over the entire city of Shizuoka has now been drawn toward the Special Affairs Office building by some force.

Amidst countless bright red alarms, the Tengu pressed down on his palm: "Everything is normal."

[With the arrival of the tide, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is activated, and the proficiency of your skills, especially Spirit Control Techniques, is increasing at a significantly faster rate!]

[Because you used lightning to temper your body, the proficiency improvement rate of your skill, Five Thunder Techniques - Qi Harmony, has greatly increased!]

Huhuhu——!

Endless, vast spiritual energy gathered high above the Special Affairs Department building, flowing and being continuously purified as if manipulated by an invisible hand.

Finally, it transformed into an incredibly pure liquid and fell into the body of the man sitting cross-legged in the center of the rooftop, causing his proficiency in the Spirit Control Technique to advance a little further.

The man, however, seemed completely dissatisfied with the harsh environment, which was almost like a Category 14 spiritual hurricane.

He took out a bead crackling with electric arcs and released all the spiritual power gathered in his body, causing the lightning within his sight to gradually approach him.

The first issue is static electricity.

Crackling, tiny arcs of electricity surged around him, then he absorbed them all, transforming them into a barely perceptible glimmer of white light at his fingertips.

Immediately afterwards, a bolt of lightning about the thickness of a finger rushed straight in, but in the blink of an eye, it fell into the vortex along with the surging spiritual energy and merged into the crystal clear Five Thunder Pearl.

Feeling a faint tingling sensation on his skin, Uesugi Tetsuya, with a Hannya mask and a four-tailed fox jade pendant hanging from his waist, suddenly opened his eyes and murmured softly.

"Thunder comes."

Then, lightning struck.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning as thick as a water bucket tore through the dark clouds, which were thicker than a city wall, in an instant, enveloping Uesugi Tetsuya in a cold white light.

Burning heat, pain, numbness, suffocation...

The aftereffects of the lightning strike immediately manifested on Uesugi Tetsuya's body, but were quickly soothed and calmed by his "Pale Madness" talent within a few breaths.

Having already ingested the calming incense ash and opened his interpretive eyes, Uesugi Tetsuya grinned and laughed loudly.

"Not enough, more—!"

Witnessing all this, the Tengu smiled and clapped his hands lightly, causing the sixteen bolts of lightning that had been generated within a radius of five thousand meters to change direction in that instant.

They all fell towards Uesugi Tetsuya!

Rumble!

For a fleeting moment, Uesugi Tetsu felt as if he had lost control of his body, and that his entire soul was about to drift up to the heavens along with the lightning.

However, within the Qi Sea, the cards of the Four-Tailed Fox and Hannya shone brightly, producing enough energy in just half a breath to revive Uesugi Tetsuya's consciousness and even restore him to his full vitality!

Metal and water generate each other!

But the thunder continued.

One, five, ten...

Dense bolts of lightning continuously emerged from the clouds, which were hundreds of meters thick, and without exception, they were precisely guided to strike Uesugi Tetsuya's head.

Uesugi Tetsuya was aware of the extent of his Five Thunder Technique's influence; even if it could attract real lightning, it wouldn't leave him in such a sorry state.

It was as if the words he shouted had violated the heavenly law, angering the heavens, and that they would strike him dead with lightning today!

Uesugi Tetsuya, who could clearly sense the connection between his body and the outside world, was breathing heavily and realized that if things continued like this, he would soon have to retreat back into the building.

Then...

Uesugi Tetsu lowered his eyes and glimpsed the majestic and furious thunder dragon in the murky water before his knees.

What a waste of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"Breathe—breathe—"

The breathing sound of some enormous monster grew louder and louder, and the words of the Corona Breathing Technique's bone-forging stage flowed through Uesugi Tetsuya's mind.

Forge your bones! Forge your bones!

Using the power of the thunder and lightning of heaven and earth, I will temper all 206 iron bones in my body into complete jade bones in one go!

[Because you drew lightning to temper your body, your skill, Corona Breathing Technique - Jade Bone Stage, is undergoing a special change...]

At this moment, Uesugi Tetsuya had no time to pay attention to the prompt appearing before him. He could only do his best to simultaneously activate the Spirit Control Technique, the Five Thunder Technique, and the Corona Breathing Technique.

The Spirit Control Technique provides pure spiritual energy, the Five Thunder Technique uses it to guide lightning, and the Corona Breathing Technique absorbs lightning to temper bones and the entire body.

An even stronger physique allows the Spirit Control Technique to operate even faster.