From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

After using the doubling technique, they dug holes very quickly and soon dug a passage leading to the object. The final part was completed by Xia Chuan himself.

He quickly took out the wooden box and looked at the time. It was much faster than he expected because there was no interference at all. The excavation time was actually only more than an hour. Including the time it took to fill all the soil back and compact it, it was only two hours.

He quickly killed all the termites and drove away the rats. He also helped the owner clean up all the pests in the house and handed the house over to Takaya Kinoshita.

"The matter has been resolved. You can find someone to repair the floor properly and return the house to the owner in good repair."

"Yes." Kinoshita Takashiya tried hard to take his eyes off the bag in Natsukawa's hand, but that thing always gave him a strange desire to snatch it away, which made him immediately realize that this thing must not be a good thing.

Because it went so smoothly and it was still early, Xia Chuan thought about it for a moment and simply took it to the house where he had previously eliminated the evil spirit.

It would be unsafe to carry this thing around Tokyo. The area around this house is now empty, so it's a good opportunity to study what's in the box.

He first released an earth shield around the wooden box, then added a circle of ice shield, and at the same time prepared various spells, especially fireballs, and only then did he break the outer seal and open it.

In the end, nothing happened.

The wooden box quietly contained a wooden sword broken into two pieces, a folded object that looked like leather, and a scroll.

The power that could stimulate negative emotions in humans never appeared again. Xia Chuan carefully scanned the three items with his spiritual power and found that the leather object contained the strongest power, followed by the wooden sword, while the scroll seemed to have no spiritual power at all.

After a little thought, he took out the leather item first.

After opening it, I found that it was a mask.

Chapter 37 Ghost Face

It is not a so-called human skin mask. In fact, the surface of this mask is covered with short and hard hair. It looks more like it is made of the skin of a wild beast or even a monster.

There are two short, thick pointed corners on the forehead, which looks like a ghost in ancient Japanese folk tales.

It must look scary when you put it on, right?

Xia Chuan did not rashly put it on his face. Instead, he picked up the broken sword again and looked at it, trying to put the broken parts together, but nothing happened again.

So, he finally picked up the scroll.

It was not something like calligraphy or painting, but rather a hastily written text that was like a self-introduction.

The person who wrote these words called himself Maeno Shiro, and Natsukawa had no idea about the year name or anything like that, but from the content, he could guess that this guy should be a samurai from the late shogunate period, and should be affiliated with the shogunate.

The ghost mask and wooden sword in the wooden box were not his belongings, but the belongings left by a ghost warrior named Nitta Kazuemon. They fell into his hands by chance, but it was no longer the era when swordsmen and monsters dominated, and he did not have enough willpower to use them. He probably felt that he could not escape during the defeat, so he hurriedly wrote these things, and buried them underground after simply covering them with talismans, hoping that they could be found by his own patriots, and with their power, he could kill the enemies of the shogunate and avenge them.

Xia Chuan was not at all interested in the personal ambitions and grievances that he had spent so much time describing, but the term Onimusha did concern him a little.

Hitomi Kamio once mentioned that the so-called Onimusha is a samurai who has accumulated a lot of resentment because of killing, but because his will is too firm and his own violence is strong enough to suppress and utilize this resentment, he has inhuman combat power.

Since this artifact once belonged to the Onimusha, does it contain a lot of resentment and can it even affect ordinary people around it?

Xiachuan thought of Kiryu Kazuryū again, but it would be better not to give such a thing directly to him. It would be better to use it on other people first to see what the consequences would be.

Many people had died in this place, and leaving this thing here might cause some bad changes, so Xia Chuan waited here until dark, then he changed his appearance and quickly left this place.

Afterwards, he used his crow to search the surroundings and found a group of Yakuza who were beating and intimidating debtors. He calmly knocked out the last guy standing, and before anyone else noticed, he carried him to an open space on the bank of the Arakawa River.

This is a so-called open-air baseball field. There should be many people practicing here during the day, but at this time, there is no one here.

Xia Chuan woke this guy up. He was dazed for a moment, then saw Xia Chuan standing in front of him and screamed in fright.

In peacetime, there are not many people with violent tempers. Jidao can probably be considered one of them. However, looking at this guy, Xia Chuan feels that his chances are slim.

However, he did not feel any psychological pressure towards such a guy.

"Put on this mask and pick up this sword." He opened the wooden box and placed it in front of the guy.

"Please, please let me go!" The Jidao who was captured by him begged spinelessly.

Although he didn't know what Xia Chuan's purpose was, he was inexplicably brought to such a place and asked to do such inexplicable things. Even if he was just a gangster, he could guess that this was definitely not a good thing.

"Don't force me to use force." Xia Chuan said calmly. "If you don't do it, I will tie you up with rocks and throw you into the river."

"I am from the Far East Society, and my uncle is..."

Xia Chuan punched the iron railing next to him, smashing it to pieces, and the other party's voice immediately disappeared.

"Please..." He begged again.

Xia Chuan shook his head, grabbed his neck and pressed the mask on his face.

Something amazing happened.

The soft mask suddenly seemed to come alive. Amid the screams of the gangster, it automatically fitted his face and quickly blended in, becoming his original face.

The short, stiff hairs turned into a beard, and the two horns stood up. The gangster's eyes became ferocious and sinister, full of desire for blood and death. He even tried to attack Xia Chuan. A powerful force began to gather in his body...

But the next second, the gangster suddenly let out a shrill roar, and his body began to swell uncontrollably, as if something was trying to break free from his body.

His skin seemed to have turned into a balloon, with countless hands and faces trying to burst out.

Bah!

His body suddenly exploded into pieces, and blood and flesh scattered all over the ground. Fortunately, Xia Chuan erected an earth shield in time to block it all out.

The ghost mask fell to the ground and turned back to its previous appearance, without a trace of blood on it.

Those previous powers suddenly disappeared again, as if they had never appeared.

Is the power of resentment so terrifying?

This isn't an adventure at all, but a curse, right?

No wonder the guy who buried this thing never dared to wear it until his death.

But...is this guy too weak?

Xia Chuan decided to conduct a second experiment, and this time, he chose the leader of a violent gang, secretly followed him home, and tied him up.

This guy's performance is indeed much stronger than Jidao's, but he is still vulnerable to the power of the mask.

He was not torn apart by resentment like the previous guy, but he had completely lost his mind and turned into a monster that only knew how to kill and attack. Xia Chuan tried to take off the mask, but it was already deeply embedded in his face and could no longer be separated.

In the end, Xia Chuan had no choice but to kill him.

When the host died, the mask slipped off quietly again, just like before, without a trace of blood, lying there quietly, as if waiting for the arrival of the next destined person.

Could it be that those resentments are gathered from those who died for various reasons while wearing this mask?

Xia Chuan tried to use his own spiritual energy to purify it, to absorb it, but the resentful power in the mask was completely different from the power he had obtained from killing evil spirits and monsters before. It was firmly locked inside. Although it was far inferior to him, it would not be swallowed up by him so easily.

When he tried to wear it, it had no reaction and couldn't even fit his face.

"This is the situation." Xia Chuan finally gave the choice to Kiryu Ichiryu himself. He told him everything about the mask without reservation and handed him the scroll. "I can't give you power yet, but I will definitely be able to do so at some point in the future. It's just a matter of time. And this thing may turn you into an alien immediately, but it is more likely to kill you immediately and make you a part of its power, becoming one of the vengeful spirits inside."

"Onimusha?" Kiryu Ichiryu's focus was not here at all. "Nitta Kazuemon, a man from the end of the shogunate? If it has been controlled by someone, then I can too!"

He picked up the mask and nodded to Xia Chuan, as if thanking him for the new life, and then put it on his face without hesitation.

Chapter 38 Divine Favor

Kiryu Ichiryu's desire for power has not been a day or two, and Xiachuan is not surprised that he would make such a choice.

Although he himself has always been a surviving person, this does not affect his understanding and appreciation of people like Kiryu Ichiryu.

He takes life and death lightly and values ​​his promises highly, and he has strong beliefs and aspirations. If there were no people like him in this world, and it were full of people like him, or people who are greedy for life and afraid of death and are willing to do anything for a living, how boring this world would be!

It is precisely because of this that Xia Chuan gave the Ghost Mask to him.

Such a person should be able to harness the power of the Ghost Mask, conquer it, and survive!

The mask was already attached to his face, and just like the previous two times, it quickly fit his facial contours and then merged into his face.

Kiryu Ichiryu roared like a wild beast, but he was not driven by the power of the ghost mask. Instead, he used this method to inspire his own will to fight against the power that was trying to control him.

The next second, he clenched his fists and roared continuously.

Xia Chuan saw his body begin to tremble violently, and countless human faces and hands began to appear on the surface of his body, trying to break through his body and enter the real world. His eyes began to turn blood red, filled with the desire to kill, destroy and thirst for blood, his canine teeth began to become sharp and huge, and his body began to become like a beast.

Going to fail?

Kiryu Ichiryu suddenly roared again, and he suddenly punched himself hard, hitting the vengeful spirits that were trying to tear his body and flesh. Every blow seemed to bring infinite pain, making him roar with an even more crazy and distorted voice, but his movements did not stop and were getting faster and faster.

His body began to swell, break, and blood fly everywhere, but the vengeful spirits screamed, dodged, and gradually retreated under his subconscious movements. Xia Chuan began to use spiritual power to heal his injuries. After a few minutes, his movements suddenly stopped.

The body that had swelled up shrank back again, the huge canine teeth returned to normal, and even the two horns on the forehead became smaller and thinner, shrinking into the hair, almost unnoticeable. Only the eyes were still blood red, full of killing desire and desire for battle. Even when facing Xia Chuan, he still had the urge to try.

"Kiryu Ichiryuu?"

"Yes." Reason finally prevailed.

"Can the mask be taken off?" Xia Chuan asked.

In his current state, if he walked out for half an hour he would probably be attacked by Akasaka.

Although there are ways to hide, and with his current strength, he can probably try to learn them, but Xia Chuan still hopes that he is controlling the Ghost Mask, rather than the other way around.

Kiryu Ichiryu was obviously a little hesitant, but the next second, he suddenly felt around the edge of his jaw with his hand, and with a pull, the ghost mask fell off completely.

"How do you feel?" Xia Chuan casually took the ghost mask from his hand and began to examine its condition carefully. At the same time, he also used spiritual power to sweep Kiryu Ichiryu's body, checking his condition, especially his mental state.

When the ghost mask was taken away from his hands, Kiryu Ichiryu's face twitched slightly, but in the end he did nothing.

"Very...special." He replied.

"Very special?" Such an answer was a little beyond Xiachuan's expectations. However, at least from his point of view, there were no abnormal changes in Kiryu Kazuyuki's body. His eyes were still bloodshot, and there were bruises and scars on the surface of his body, but these were minor problems and did not need to be considered.

The aura of Ghost Face became weaker and almost undetectable.

When Xiachuan examined it, he found that it had quietly turned into the appearance of Kiryu Kazuryū, but the material was still exactly the same as before and there was no change.

He thought about it for a moment and handed the ghost mask to Kiryu Ichiryu again.

"It's yours."

"Thank you very much." Kiryu Ichiryu said. As far as Xiachuan could remember, this was the first time Kiryu Ichiryu spoke to him in such a tone.

"But there are conditions."

Kiryu Ichiryu was not surprised at all and waited silently for what would happen next.

"I hope you are in full control of it, not the other way around." Xia Chuan said. "If you feel like you are losing control, be sure to tell me right away!"

"Yes." Kiryu Ichiryu nodded. "The sword should be in the hands of the person, not the other way around. If I lose control without realizing it, please kill me immediately!"

His attitude made Xia Chuan nod: "Speaking of this..."

He picked up the wooden box, and Kiryu Kazuryū reached out and took the wooden sword inside, and nothing happened.

But when he put on the ghost mask again, the two broken blades suddenly began to jump slightly. Kiryu Kazuyu put them together, and something wonderful happened suddenly.

Not only did the wooden sword immediately merge back into one piece, but it also turned into a sharp blade that emitted a mysterious glow.

There were faint cloud patterns on the blade, and there seemed to be bloodstains that could not be wiped off. A few tiny words appeared on the blade.

"Changso Yakotetsu enters Dokori"

The sword is less than 60 centimeters long, it should be the so-called wakizashi. This length may be too short in ancient times, but it is just right for Kiryu Ichiryū to use.

"Then..." Xia Chuan simply handed the scroll to Kiryu Ichiryu. "Later I will teach you how to conceal your aura and use this power. From today on, you are no longer an ordinary person. I hope you can stick to your heart and act with caution."

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "If Akasaka finds out that you are in danger, then tell them that you are from the Skeleton Society."

Kiryu Ichiryu nodded silently, but judging from his expression, he would rather die than say such words.

The greater the ability, the bigger the trouble. Xiachuan is almost certain that after Kiryu Ichiryu obtains the Onimusan and Nagasomi Kotetsu, he will no longer be able to remain unknown.

However, this is also the reward for his previous silent efforts, which is very important to Xia Chuan.

Kazuyu Kiryu got the power he wanted, Kentaro Sato got the authority he wanted, Manabu Asakawa got family affection and the opportunity to become the king of the online world, Takashi Kinoshita got money, and Rika Inaba got security. Although not everyone around him can get what they want, as long as they make due efforts, he will try his best to give them the rewards they deserve within the scope permitted by conditions.

He is not a god who grants every wish, but for certain specific people, the gods always give special attention and response.

"Welcome... Kamiya-san?"

"Excuse me." Natsukawa smiled and nodded to Yui Aoki.

Chapter 39 Newcomers