I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

The vast majority of them were special agents who were injured while dealing with demons and were sent to the hospital.

"Brother Uesugi, have you received your payment?"

“We’ve already used them all up.” Uesugi Tetsu glanced at Yagyu Akira, who hadn’t said a word since they met. “If there’s nothing else, let’s head back to the dojo.”

—Not only should I continue to seek instruction from Yaegaki at the Normal School, but I should also ask for more detailed information about the duel.

After all, the appointed day was fast approaching.

There are only about three or four days left.

Having accomplished several major feats, Tamamo, preparing to take a six-month annual leave, shrugged.

"We have no objection!"

"that……"

A slightly weaker voice slipped in through the gaps in the conversation.

Chisa, now wearing a smaller version of the Special Affairs Department uniform for some unknown reason, glanced past the surprised Yagyu Akira and the barely suppressed laugh Tamamo, and looked up at Uesugi Tetsu once more.

"Uesugi-kun, can I come with you?"

When Uesugi Tetsu was called upon, he temporarily interrupted his thoughts on what to do next. The moment he saw Chisa looking directly at him, he roughly understood what the girl was thinking.

But now is not the right time; Chisa can't possibly go with him to the Eternal World to face the Hojo family.

And then there's the teacher's college student... who doesn't seem suitable to take care of eleven or twelve-year-old girls, probably.

So he smiled and said, "Chisa-chan, would you like to go directly to the Arakawa Ward Special Affairs Office? I'll be going back later."

Chisa fell silent.

A few seconds later, she hummed in agreement and nodded with a hint of reluctance: "Okay, Uesugi-nii."

Tamamo, standing next to her, didn't say much, but was actually beaming with joy.

You know, the ruler of Arakawa Ward is that... With Nanjo Taishu there, there's absolutely no need to worry about Chisa's safety!

Moreover, she heard that Nanjo Taiju was a rare strongman who was decisive at work and very self-disciplined in life.

If Chisa could follow her, she would definitely learn a lot!

“Then let’s decide on this.” Uesugi Tetsu nodded. “We’ll split into two groups… Of course, we need to find a reliable bodyguard for Chisa-chan.”

"Do you really need to tell me this, brother?"

Tamamo gave a familiar hum and said, "Leave it to us!"

Listening to their familiar conversation, Chisa, standing to the side, subconsciously clenched her phone and pursed her lips.

But just thinking about how Uesugi Tetsu promised her he would also return to the Arakawa Ward Special Affairs Department, Chisa couldn't help but look forward to that day.

……

Inside the special affairs department shuttle bus, which had been temporarily equipped with several layers of barriers, Uesugi Tetsu looked at the amount of requiem ash that was not yet enough to advance the Four-Tailed Fox.

Then, he glanced at the three card pools that were lit up in the list, and looked at his current Soul Ash reserves of up to 5,600 points.

There is nothing to hesitate about.

Let's draw cards!

Chapter 237 I Signed a Contract with the Demon King, But Can I Get It for Free? Thunder Bone Perfected: Takemikazuchi's Gaze of Thunder!

First and foremost, we need to gather enough Soul-Soothing Incense Ashes to upgrade the Four-Tailed Fox, which is currently at two and a half stars, to three stars.

One large portion of soothing incense ash, three medium portions of soothing incense ash, for a total of 400 portions of soothing incense ash.

The latter is easy to say; Uesugi Tetsuya still has a few leftover cards from previous gacha pulls in his pocket.

"Hopefully, the battle can be over within two draws."

Inside the shuttle bus, Uesugi Tetsu repeatedly tapped the "salvage once" button in his mind.

His expression changed from calm at first to a slight pang of heartache later on.

It took him over 900 Soul Ashes to extract just this one large piece of Soul Soothing Incense Ash, and it also came with a bunch of useless little fashion junk.

Armor of odd shapes and sizes of ordinary quality, exotic weapons of superior quality, and even fodder specifically for feeding to demons like the Flying Head Barbarian, who are practically unfit to be considered shikigami...

Let's see if we can sell it to Shenghai to recoup some losses.

Uesugi Tetsu sighed and fed four portions of soothing incense ash to the four-tailed fox, then saw the promotion notification pop up.

[“Four-Tailed Fox (Perfect Form)” Advancement in progress: 0% (30 days remaining)]

At times like this, the only way to alleviate the pain of spending Soul Ash is to think about what qualitative change Samsung's Four-Tailed Fox will undergo a month later, and how powerful it will become.

Tamamo, sitting in the seat to the right, noticed this expression. She blinked and asked tentatively with curiosity, "Brother Uesugi, what's wrong?"

"I've had several bad luck draws."

Uesugi Tetsu replied expressionlessly.

"puff……"

Tamamo immediately raised her small hand to cover her mouth, but laughter still leaked out through her fingers.

Seeing Uesugi Tetsu's twitching gaze fall upon her, Tamamo hurriedly waved her hands in an attempt to explain, but as soon as she removed her hands, her already uncontrollable laughter became even more pronounced.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... Pfft, hahaha!"

I never expected Uesugi-san to be playing this kind of pay-to-win gacha game... I bet it even has anime-style character art, hahaha!

"Tsk."

Upon seeing Tamamo's immoral and impolite mockery, Uesugi Tetsu turned his gaze back to the gacha pool selection page.

Only by getting a kill in one shot can you slap the faces of those who mock you!

Hearing the laughter that he tried to suppress but couldn't, Uesugi Tetsuya took a deep breath.

His calm and clear mind suppressed the urge to immediately do a ten-pull, and he turned his attention to the Edo Castle gacha pool.

Let's first take a look at where Hyakume is on its progress bar toward becoming a "super epic" quality.

Open the gacha pool, and you can see Hyakume hanging upside down in mid-air, her hair and black dress defying gravity and not hanging down.

She floated calmly, occasionally tossing a single, venomous, and hateful eyeball into her cherry-like mouth.

By now, she has eaten more than half of the tons of eyes, including the eyeballs.

She held part of the remaining portion in her hand, while the other part was linked together and followed behind her.

[10%]

Uesugi Tetsu tilted his head more than ninety degrees before he could see the progress bar number above Hyakume's head.

Based on this calculation, even if all the current eyeballs are consumed, the progress bar will only reach about 15%, making it a long way from advancing to the Super Epic quality.

Demons with eyes all over their bodies are hard to find, and can even be described as rare.

—The previous Mumu Lian Maze was already the demon cave containing the most eyes since the Wave.

"The road ahead is long and arduous..."

Uesugi Tetsu thought it would be great if Hyakume could hunt for and eat eyeballs on her own; she looked incredibly strong.

As for Hyakume-ki, his reconnaissance abilities are certainly not a concern.

Eating dozens of eyeballs every day is as easy as pinching a handful, isn't it?

In that case, he'll be able to get the super epic quality Hyakume-onna incarnation for Mimi in just over a month...

Weird.

Uesugi Tetsu ended his fantasy and shifted his gaze away from the incredibly alluring Hyakume and the "guaranteed card" in his backpack.

If he wanted to get Hyakume-ki, he could almost certainly get it in the next ten-pull if he was willing to give it up.

The problem is that even if she were to draw Hyakume now, it would be impossible for her strength to soar to the level of a demon god, while she still has the opportunity to become an unprecedented "super epic".

There's no need to be so hasty; patience is the right approach at this stage.

If you encounter an emergency where things are beyond your control, it's not too late to hold onto the Hundred-Eyed Demon's incarnation card.

But having accumulated so much Soul Ash, Uesugi Tetsuya is determined to spend it all.

He glanced at Tamamo, who was still laughing and joking beside him, and then focused his gaze on the desolate and ruined Demon King's Land.

The scene at the Demon King's gacha pool was exactly the same as before, except that the black clouds floating in the sky were different from last time.

After using water-based Yin-Yang techniques to condense a small water ball and wash his hands slightly, Uesugi Tetsu silently used his mind to perform a single draw at the bottom of the Demon King's gacha pool page.

A faint light flashed, and the dark, clump-like object flew to the very center of the card pool and dispersed, revealing an ordinary A4 sheet of paper with some words written in ink.

Uesugi Tetsu almost couldn't catch his breath. Just as he was about to close the gacha page and surrender to Tamamo, an unexpected notification appeared before his eyes.

[You have received the Demon King's blessing (special item)!]

Demon King?

Another Demon King-themed item?!

With the absurd effect of the previous Demon King Bento as a foundation, Uesugi Tetsu quickly pulled the unremarkable A4 paper's illusory image close to his eyes and immediately looked at its panel—

【The Demon King's Blessing (Special Item)】

[Quality: None]

[Effect: Once you sign your name in the "Signature" section, the unknown blessing will take effect immediately.]

Selling one's soul to the Demon King might not be such a cost-effective option.

A few seconds later, Uesugi Tetsu realized that the A4 paper was actually a "contract".

However, in appearance, this contract with the "Demon King" is different from those ancient scrolls made of sheepskin and full of mystery.

Instead, it's filled with a strong sense of reality, and it's essentially a "contract".

This can be seen from the "Party A" and "Party B" on the A4 paper, as well as various detailed clauses designed to prevent bugs.

"This Demon King is really keeping up with the times..."

Uesugi Tetsu complained, then looked to see what conditions he, as the "subject," needed to meet after signing the protection contract.

If there aren't many conditions, then naturally we should sign the contract immediately and enjoy the Demon King's blessing, which should theoretically be incredibly powerful.

—Even a casually made bento box by the Demon King could easily poison Momoko Sekkiri, so the protection from a dessert would be even more potent.

Uesugi Tetsu narrowed his eyes and looked at the "Party B" section.

A moment later, he rubbed his eyes.

"Ok?"

Because, under Uesugi Tetsu's gaze, what should have been a lengthy list of terms and conditions, followed by the words "Party B,"...

There was nothing there!

That's right, there wasn't a single word; it was a complete blank!

On the contrary, the client has a lot of things to do...

Faced with this bizarre situation of unexpected windfall, Uesugi Tetsuya certainly didn't excitedly sign his name immediately.

In this world, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

A pie falling from the sky? More like a discus falling from the sky!

He first confirmed that Tamamo and Yagyu Akatsuki were not looking in his direction, then materialized the contract and opened his interpretive eye to approach it.

They looked at it with utmost care, leaving no gaps whatsoever.

A few minutes later, Uesugi Tetsuya, who hadn't noticed any wordplay, tiny characters, or "hidden clauses," fell into deep thought.

No, what is going on?

Is he supposed to be a demon king, but he turns out to be a benevolent person who helps others and lets me benefit from his protection for free?

Putting down the contract for the moment, Uesugi Tetsu looked out the car window and gazed at the scenery rushing past for a long while.

Every single second, Uesugi Tetsu was engaged in an extremely intense internal struggle.

When the shuttle bus stopped at the next intersection, Uesugi Tetsuya finally looked at the contract in his hand that had no cost.