I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

She gave a sneer, revealing her gleaming white fangs: "I hope you don't lose too badly and end up beating your mother to a pulp."

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Tetsuya stopped pursuing the matter and sat down with a light laugh.

"Don't get too cocky," he said.

Fifteen minutes later, the result was, naturally, a crushing defeat for Uesugi Tetsuya.

The score was 4-46, a crushing defeat.

This one-horned demon clan member is ridiculously strong. Not only are their skills superior to the mysterious great demon from the previous round, but their undisguised strength also shocked Uesugi Tetsuya.

Just from the dissipated life force and spiritual power, it is easy to tell that the One-Horned Demon Clan has at least reached the pinnacle of the demon god realm.

It's not impossible to go even further.

In short, he is another great demon among great demons.

Uesugi Tetsuya's lips twitched as he looked at the mountain of karuta cards next to the other person.

I think this demon realm is doomed; so many powerful demons are addicted to playing cards...

Haha! Don't get too cocky!

The unicorn demon, thoroughly enjoying frying fish, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Six-tailed fox, how dare you say such a thing? Do you think that having six tails means you have six chances?"

After saying that, she suddenly stopped smiling and looked coldly at the bewildered fox-masked waiter: "Didn't you say that there would definitely be a worthy opponent for me in the flower card shop?"

The fox-faced waiter quickly bowed and apologized, "My lord, please don't be in such a hurry..."

"Very well." The unicorn demon picked up another large jar of wine and gulped it down. "Let's see what else you can prepare for me."

She ignored Uesugi Tetsuya, the loser.

Some trembling fox-masked waiters approached Uesugi Tetsuya and bowed to open the door to the private room for him: "My lord, I hope you can win the championship next time you come."

“Okay,” Uesugi Tetsuya replied, then asked in confusion, “No stakes required?”

"Playing cards is supposed to be fun, why bother with extra stakes?"

The one-horned demon raised his eyes and tossed a bowl of wine over: "I see your basics are barely passable. Train for five hundred years first, then come back and challenge me to a fight."

Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes widened slightly as he took the wine bowl, then he replied calmly.

"Then it's settled."

Watching Uesugi Tetsuya walk out of the private room, showing no sign of discouragement from his defeat, the One-Horned Demon grinned.

"He's an interesting fellow, though."

……

Hoshiguma Douji's Sake

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect: After drinking, one falls into a state of "drunkenness" and temporarily enters a state of "communication with heaven and earth."]

[A bowl of wine, offered to an interesting fellow.]

That's right, the one-horned demon who just played cards with him and brutally defeated him is actually the legendary ruler of Mount Ooe, one of the Four Heavenly Kings under Shuten-dōji.

—Hoshiguma Doji!

On the bed, Uesugi Tetsu gazed at the crystal-clear wine that still exuded a faint fragrance, thinking to himself, no wonder he lost without any suspense.

However, according to legend, Shuten-dōji and the Four Heavenly Kings of Mount Ōe were all killed by Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

Isn't that how the famous sword Dojigiri Yasutsuna, which actually exists, came to be?

Even if the Hanafuda shop is set in the Edo period hundreds of years ago, Hoshiguma Doji shouldn't be there...

Completely baffled by the reason, Uesugi Tetsuya had no choice but to set it aside for the time being and then put the bowl of sake into his storage backpack.

Although Hoshiguma Doji said there was no need for a bet, if he actually defeated his opponent in karuta, the benefits he would receive would probably far exceed a few memory orbs.

"But to run into such an opponent in the fourth round is just too unlucky."

Having been brutally defeated once, Uesugi Tetsuya knew that defeating Hoshiguma Doji was not something that could be achieved by simply reloading saves a few times.

With such a huge gap in skill level, it would take at least a hundred more attempts, which translates to about forty days in real time.

But this is both slow and inefficient.

"I wonder if the karyuta style was popular during the Warring States period... I'll have Imagawa Yoshimoto find me a few karyuta masters to train me in rotation."

Faced with an extraordinary boss like Hoshiguma Doji, Uesugi Tetsu had no choice but to put aside his plans to continue the game.

Let's take a look at the seeding battle that's just around the corner.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the date on his phone screen—Ririko had to play her final round tomorrow.

If she wins all her matches, she will enter the knockout stage as the top scorer in the Arakawa district.

However, before the crucial elimination rounds even began, Ririko had already demonstrated almost all of her methods.

That's right, it's "demonstration," not something that has to be used.

Therefore, she will definitely be targeted by many players after they have studied her strategies during the knockout stage.

Ririko clearly knew that achieving a higher ranking in the seeding battle would allow her to better deal with the Tokugawa clan, and she also knew that everyone was currently holding back.

She was the only one who used all her strength.

Therefore, countless eyes and attention, and an overwhelming amount of pressure naturally poured onto her.

This is what Ririko wanted.

Uesugi Tetsu knows her too well.

Ririko is undoubtedly enjoying the unprecedented pressure that is ruminating on her, wanting to squeeze out all her potential and force herself to move forward, and then forward again.

"Ugh……"

……

"Ogasawara-san, are we closing up shop like this for today?"

"Yes...it's about to rain, and this location is quite remote, so not many people come here."

"It's such a waste to throw away so much fresh food. Hmm... why not sell it somewhere further inside?"

"I don't have a license, so I can't go there."

"Oh……"

Motonobu Okabe nodded as if he understood, and helped the old man in the apron tidy up the oden and other ingredients on the food cart.

Ever since being treated to a free meal two days ago by this old man named Ogasawara who was pushing a food cart, Okabe Motonobu had been helping him out while learning a lot about common knowledge about this era.

It's safe to say that if she hadn't happened to meet this little old man, she probably would have been caught by modern people long ago because she was too strange.

Just then, a brightly colored radio truck drove through the middle of the road, catching the attention of Motonobu Okabe.

She blinked in confusion: "Seed battles, what are they?"

"This..."

The old man squinted, thinking for a long time, before slowly uttering the words.

"This event seems to be quite famous in Tokyo recently, which has led to a significant increase in the number of people coming to Tokyo from surrounding cities. I've also heard that many important figures are going there."

A formidable figure?

Che, the great Onmyoji who was famous throughout the five provinces and seven regions long ago, must also be considered one of them.

If this guy isn't amazing, then Motonobu Okabe can't think of anyone else who is.

There's definitely a possibility that he'll participate in this "seed battle"!

And it's not small!

Because today's "Tokyo" is the former Edo, which was the capital or center of this era.

Okabe Motonobu's eyes brightened slightly, thinking to himself that having his lord's blessing was truly a stroke of good luck.

Anyway, we don't have any clear clues right now, but let's go and take a look. Even just joining in the fun and getting some information is perfectly fine!

Chapter 273 Ririko, I know the Life River Breathing Technique! Hyakume-ki knocks, wanting to be pulled out?!

The more Okabe Motonobu thought about it, the more feasible his idea seemed.

So she smiled at the old man and said, "Ogasawara-san, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

Seeing her eager expression, the old man assumed that Okabe Motonobu wanted to rush to participate in the seeding battle, so he immediately shook his head and said in a slightly threatening tone,

"These kinds of competitions are very dangerous; one wrong move could result in disability."

Ogasawara lived too long and saw too much.

He had seen similar competitions that caused a stir in all directions at least five or ten times... and each time, news of heavy casualties among the participants was commonplace.

Even after being rejected, Okabe Motonobu wasn't angry. She bent her arm and pointed to the bulging muscles above it, saying...

"Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually quite strong."

The old man didn't say anything, he just kept tidying up the ingredients.

"Anyway, don't worry, I just want to go and join in the fun, I might not actually participate," Okabe Motonobu said, then suddenly paused.

"Besides, if I really want to go, I can just ask for directions as I go. You can't stop me if you don't show me your phone."

The old man finally stopped moving and silently looked at the grinning Okabe Motonobu.

After a long while, with a helpless sigh, he took out an unknown phone whose brand logo had been worn away.

"Thanks, Ogasawara-san!"

After struggling with the operation for a while, Motonobu Okabe, who had specifically heard about and memorized how to use a mobile phone, found the search engine.

"Sky City... The final venue for the competition is actually in the sky?"

Okabe Motonobu muttered incredulously, and as he confirmed the exact location with multiple parties, he smelled the aroma of ramen.

She looked up and saw a familiar bowl filled with steaming hot ramen and oden.

The old man's voice drifted over slowly: "It's free, the last bowl."

He tapped the brand-new QR code affixed to the edge of the food cart.

"Next time you come, remember to scan the code to pay."

"Okay, I've got it."

Okabe Motonobu turned off his phone, pushed it back, and then wolfed down the food in front of him.

pat.

The chopsticks were placed on the rim of the bowl.

Motonobu Okabe sat on the wooden bench for a while, waiting until the sneaky-looking little mouse with an apron and a headscarf crawled out from under the food cart before getting up.

"Go away, let's go."

"Squeak~"

"—Ogasawara-san, thank you for the past few days!"

Watching the retreating figure wave and turn away, slowly disappearing into the hazy distance, the old man silently let out a long sigh.

"We can't stop them..."

When he was cleaning the food cart again, he found a piece of gold the size of a thumb at the bottom of the cart.

The gold wasn't much, but it was enough to buy ten food trucks.

Ogasawara gazed silently at the gold gleaming in the setting sun.

From the first day he met Motonobu Okabe, he sensed that this girl was not an ordinary person like him.

If he could, he would rather not have the gold than let the girl head towards the city.

……

After being brutally defeated by Hoshiguma Doji in two more rounds of Karuta, Uesugi Tetsu, who felt that playing cards was pointless, opened his eyes on the bed.