I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

"Today, today is it! I can finally transform for the first time!"

The gray scarf around Inoue Ueya's neck fluttered in the wind, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. He then took the black pass and swept it towards the transformation belt around his waist.

【Nega Form】

Imitating the actions in the original work, "Inoue Ueya" casually threw the pass in his hand aside, and dark energy particles gushed out from his belt, then wrapped around his whole body, forming a dark purple armor. Pale blue flames then ignited and extinguished on his body, leaving blue spark patterns on the armor.

Negative form, the form that appears in Den-O's movie, is basically the same as the Holy Sword form that Hanako transforms into, except that the armor has turned dark purple and there are blue spark patterns on the body.

Although it looks like a product with the Holy Sword form as the base and a different color, this form is still very powerful. The Negative Form can use all the weapons of the Den-O basic form, whether it is a long sword, fishing rod, axe or pistol. It is not a problem. The assembled weapons in the hand can be replaced with various different weapons depending on the situation.

"Celebrate!"

The transformed "Inoue Ueya" projected the Book of Shadows from within his body onto his hand and shouted, "The Kamen Rider who embodies the power of urban legends and travels through the past and future, this is the moment when Kamen Rider Den-O's Negative Form is born!"

Chapter 188: My ultimate move, wooah!

"Well, I spent quite some time thinking up this congratulatory message!"

Inoue Ue was speechless. He really didn't expect that Kuin would become the one to celebrate without realizing it.

「Well, as long as you’re happy...」

After celebrating his first transformation, Kuin finally remembered his mission and immediately pulled out the weapon components hanging on both sides of his waist.

"Yoshi, first the long sword!"

After "Inoue Ueya" finished assembling the hilt of the sword, he suddenly remembered something and picked up the blade and threw it towards the red demon.

The mad red demon focused all his attention on destroying the buildings that were in the way and did not pay attention to Inoue Ueya's actions. Then a sound of breaking through the air was heard, and the thrown sword blade brushed past the red demon's cheek at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye. Different from the holy spear form, pink and purple lightning suddenly appeared and pulled the sword blade in the air back to the hilt in Inoue Ueya's hand. The hilt and the blade were perfectly connected, turning into an assembled long sword with a blue spark pattern and a purple sword body.

The red ghost felt a trace of pain on its face. Stimulated, it became more violent than before. It roared at the two people and pounded hard on the buildings on both sides of the alley. Gradually, as if it could not withstand the red ghost's crazy attacks, obvious cracks began to appear on the buildings.

Kotoko Iwanaga, who was standing behind Inoue Ueya and observing the Red Demon's actions, frowned unconsciously. She did see that the Red Demon's face was cut by the sword thrown by Inoue Ueya, but what flowed out of the wound was not blood, but an unknown liquid as black as ink.

Just as Iwanaga Kotoko said before, the red demon is a humanoid monster that is not much different from humans except for its appearance and strong physique. Just like Nura and Yuki-onna, their blood is also bright red.

Just as she thought, there was something very wrong with the red ghost in front of her.

"Is he cursed after encountering something strange? Or is it..."

"Ohhhh! It really worked! It's just like the story says. This weapon seems to have many interesting uses!"

[Don't be distracted, stop that red ghost's destructive behavior immediately! ]

Inoue Ueya nodded, then picked up the long sword in his hand and ran straight towards the red ghost outside the alley, "Watch me, my ultimate move, the super invincible and strongest slash!"

As the words fell, dark energy gradually condensed on the sword, and an inexplicably powerful aura emanated from the sword in his hand.

Inoue Ueya could even vaguely hear a faint wailing sound from the assembled sword. Although the name was a bit meaningless, it seemed that Kuin's ultimate move was extraordinary. The scene in front of him reminded him of Yasakyuki's light cannon and the building whose half volume was instantly evaporated. He was really scared at that time, but fortunately, it only hit an abandoned building.

Speaking of which, although this place is relatively remote, there aren't any abandoned places nearby...

Ok?

At this time, Inoue Ueya suddenly realized a very important problem.

[Hold your hands, be careful to control your strength! ]

"Ugh!"

However, this time things did not develop in the bad direction that Inoue Ueya had imagined. Inoue Ueya suddenly stepped on something while running towards the red demon, and he lost his balance and fell in front of the red demon. The long sword that was originally ready to be struck flew out of his hand and stabbed directly into the red demon's left foot.

The dark energy began to spread out from the long sword, and black runes like dense tadpoles quickly spread to all parts of its body, and in an instant the breath covered its entire body.

The red ghost continued to swing the mace in his hand, as if he didn't notice the abnormality of his body. But after less than a few seconds, his arms were completely covered by runes without him noticing, and the mace in his hand fell to the ground. It seemed that it was affected by the runes. His hands were no longer able to hold his weapon firmly. Then his feet began to be affected by the runes. With a "bang", he fell to the ground like "Inoue Ueya", unable to move.

At this time, it did not forget to stare at Inoue Ueya and the other man, and let out a low roar. However, the sound stopped abruptly until the runes spread to its mouth and head, like a beast bound by chains.

This move left a very terrifying impression on Inoue Ueya. Unlike Yashakuyuki's light cannon, look at the red demon now. Because its whole body is covered with runes, he can't even see its original appearance.

"Wow, wow, wow... shame, this is the greatest shame in my life!"

After all, Kuin does not have a certain degree of combat experience like other girls. This is her first time to officially possess Inoue Ueya's body. It seems that she has not yet adapted to using this body to act, and as a result, she fell down.

A handsome appearance, a shameful performance, even though it was Kuin who had a somewhat eccentric personality, she still felt a sense of inexplicable shame in her heart at this moment.

This was the most shameful thing in Kuin's life. Even when people mistakenly thought she was a witch, they basically didn't dare to provoke her for fear of being cursed. They didn't expect such a thing to happen when she was not a witch.

"Oh, so it seems like I've been living a peaceful life lately, so I've started to relax!"

"Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Don't take it too seriously. There aren't many people around anyway..."

Inoue Ueya tried to comfort Kuin, but due to his lack of emotional intelligence, he didn't know one thing: comforting the other person at this time would often make the situation more awkward.

"Inoue Ueya" who was lying on the ground suddenly burst into laughter, looked up at the fallen red demon in front of him, and said in self-deprecation: "It's all because of you, you guy. My beautiful first transformation memory has become a black history!"

Although Kotoko Iwanaga, who was standing behind him, wanted to say that she actually saw that it was the pass that she had thrown on the ground after her transformation that caused Kuin to fall, she hesitated for a while and ultimately did not tell the truth.

I saw "Inoue Ueya" pick up the black pass that appeared next to him at some point, stand up and scan his belt.

【Full Charge】

Having already thrown his weapon, Inoue Ueya projected the Book of Shadows once more. Purposefully controlled, pink-purple lightning began to entwine around the book in his hand. "Although Inoue lacks any spiritual power, the energy provided by his transformation and Full Charge is still enough for me to cast a few spells!"

As soon as he finished speaking, "Inoue Ueya" began to whisper some difficult to understand spells. The dark runes covering the red ghost seemed to be stimulated by something and began to emit pale blue flames, devouring the motionless red ghost.

"Humph, there's only one reason for your defeat, and that's because you angered me!"

Chapter 189 The sword comes!

The red ghost was engulfed by the pale blue sea of ​​fire without any resistance or even a scream.

Inoue Ueya, having just learned his lesson, didn't dare to let his guard down. He stared at the motionless red demon in the sea of ​​fire before him, concluding that he had already defeated it. He shrugged and said, "After all, this is our first battle, so it's only natural that the enemy is weak..."

"Hehe, it's just a weak monster. Wouldn't it be easy to deal with it in a matter of minutes if Lord Kuin took action?"

"Inoue Ueya" turned around and looked at Iwanaga Kotoko, made a victory gesture, and said this in a matter-of-fact tone, as if he had completely forgotten the embarrassing performance just now.

However, Iwanaga Kotoko subconsciously widened her eyes with an expression of surprise, because she saw the red ghost's body begin to melt. The feeling was like paint encountering high temperature. Then a black shadow emerged from the red ghost's body and stood up in the pale blue sea of ​​fire.

"Be careful, that guy hasn't fallen yet!"

"what?"

"Inoue Ueya" didn't even have time to react before a powerful impact came from behind him, and he was blown away to the side of Iwanaga Kotoko like a kite with a broken string.

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Iwanaga Kotoko asked worriedly.

As "Inoue Ueya" was knocked away, what came into Iwanaga Kotoko's sight was a black clay figure without facial features. It was the murderer who attacked "Inoue Ueya", a monster with an unknown identity. It had a body shape similar to that of an ordinary person, and without the restrictions of the red demon's huge body, it easily walked in from the alley.

"Well, it hurts..."

The knocked-away "Inoue Ueya" let out a cry of grief and stood up holding his waist. Although he was attacked due to a moment of carelessness, he did not seem to be seriously injured.

"Strange, isn't that guy a red ghost? Why did he suddenly become like this?"

"Inoue Ueya" was a little confused about the situation.

When Iwanaga Kotoko first accepted the commission, she had heard about this "red demon" from the nearby youkai. It would attack any living creature, whether youkai or human, and would abduct any female human. It would wander the secluded streets nearby at night and disappear in black smoke in the morning...

The movement pattern and body shape of the red demon were different from those of a normal red demon, and the fact that the "red demon" in front of her was resurrected from the dead, Kotoko Iwanaga finally came to a conclusion at this time.

Iwanaga Kotoko nodded secretly and responded, "It seems the situation isn't as simple as I thought. I've finally found the answer to the feeling I've always had. This guy isn't a red demon at all, but an unknown monster in disguise..."

Before he could finish his words, the black clay figure rushed over, accompanied by a strong gust of wind, and swung his clenched fist suddenly towards Iwanaga Kotoko in front of him.

The situation was critical, and "Inoue Ueya" had no time to say anything. He stood in front of Iwanaga Kotoko and hurriedly blocked the black clay man's sudden attack.

A huge force came from the black clay man's fist, and even the transformed "Inoue Ueya" stumbled back several steps.

"Ugh, where's the promised novice protection period? Is this discriminating against the theatrical version?"

Although this was due to the fact that Kuin was not good at close combat, the opponent's strength was unquestionable.

"Be careful! Although the 'disguise' has been destroyed, this 'real body' seems to still possess the power that is comparable to that of the ghost clan!" Iwanaga Kotoko couldn't help but frowned.

Like the original red ghost, the clay man seems to have no ability to communicate with others. It is just a monster that attacks living things based on instinct. Combined with the information that the monster witnessed it abducting human women, this guy is like a puppet created by someone, acting according to some rules.

"Damn it, then I have to be a little more serious!"

Inoue Ueya raised his left hand and shouted, "Sword!" towards the assembled longsword thrown in the distance.

As soon as he finished speaking, the assembled longsword was grabbed by an invisible hand and flew from a distance towards the location of "Inoue Ueya".

boom!

The clay man standing in front had half of his body blown off by the assembled long sword behind him. Although the strength displayed by the clay man was quite good, in terms of physical strength, it was still a clay man after all. Judging from the current situation, it was still unable to withstand a relatively strong impact.

"Hehe, you didn't expect that! This is Master Kuin's new spell, the 'Invisible Hand.' It was inspired by the anime I've been following recently. It's a spell that can create invisible hands. For example, if you want to grab a snack on the table while lying on the sofa, you don't have to get up with this spell!"

"Why don't you just sit up and get the snack yourself? Mr. Inoue's impression of this move is starting to get weird!"

Although Kuin lacks combat experience and his reaction speed is far behind Hanako and the others who have been involved in battles for a long time, he is definitely the strongest in the Inoue family in terms of magic.

Well, she had at least written the Book of Shadows, which contained a large number of forbidden black magic techniques, including spells involving time and space. There was no doubt that she was a one-in-a-million genius in magic.

However, the clay man who lost half of his body did not stop moving. The black mud that fell to the ground seemed to have life, slowly crawling towards the clay man and repairing his damaged body.

"Oh, will the body recover?"

"Inoue Ueya" looked at the clay figure in front of him with great interest, walked forward and smashed the remaining half of the clay figure into pieces. However, the black mud scattered on the ground did not seem to be affected by the destruction of the main body, but tried to gather together again. It was estimated that it was only a matter of time before the body was restored.

"Hmm, it's a weird thing with unexpectedly strong vitality..." Iwanaga Kotoko mused.

"Kuin-chan, with your magical proficiency, is there any way to analyze the situation of this clay figure? For example, could it be a puppet or something like that?"

Being difficult to eliminate, having no ability to think, attacking and abducting female humans, these are inherently contradictory behaviors. The black mud in front of him seems to have a regular pattern of movement, and the possibility that it is a puppet created by someone has once again increased.

"That's not difficult. The monsters and demons you often mention all possess that energy called 'fear', right? If this guy is a puppet, then it must be the 'fear' of the mastermind behind it that makes it work..."

"Inoue Ueya" squatted down, grabbed a handful of black mud from the ground, and chanted the spell again.

Chapter 190: Damn Hanako!

Just as Inoue Ueya and others were dealing with the red demon, two men in kimonos were talking in a dilapidated mansion in Chiba.

"What are your thoughts on the missing "Devil's Hammer" and Aojizo's death? Kagami."

"Oh, this is really a pity."

Yanagida looked at the brown-skinned man who was holding a pen and looking at a piece of white paper in deep thought, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

As agreed last time, Yanagida brought another Yamamoto monster to Chiba to find the whereabouts of the lost "Devil's Hammer".

"What's wrong? Can't write?" asked Yanagita.

"..."

The brown-skinned man did not respond, but silently looked at the white paper in front of him. His name was Kagami, and his real identity was "Yamamoto's Hand", a cadre of the Hyaku Monogatari Group. He had the ability to create the monsters in the paintings and was responsible for creating the weird and urban legends circulated by the Hyaku Monogatari Group.

"...You still have no inspiration?"

Jingzhai is very particular about the quality of his works. He hates to create failed works. Firstly, he feels irresponsible towards the works he creates. Secondly, as a painter, he pursues his works in a perfunctory way.

As an artist, he has a little hobby, which is to draw monsters on the backs of women. By doing so, he can transform the female body into a powerful monster. Every time he sees the other party being transformed into a monster with a desperate wail, new inspirations will continue to emerge in his mind, including the past "Hanako".

“Honestly, I feel like I haven’t been able to create something I can be satisfied with since I drew Hanako.”

For Jingsai, Hanako is the most perfect masterpiece of his life. She has her own ideas and acts according to her own will. The domineering little girl buried deep in his memory will always be an irreplaceable existence in his heart.

However, for the other members of the Hyaku Monogatari group, they thought differently.

When Kagami mentioned Hanako, Yanagida snorted coldly and said, "Perfect? ​​In my opinion, 'Hanako' is the most unsuccessful and meaningless work you've ever created!"

Yanagida has not forgotten that when Hanako defected, she killed most of the important cadres in the Hyaku Monogatari Group. This is not the point. The problem is "Hyakki Chakamaki"!

The "One Hundred Demons Teapot" was the tool that Yamamoto Gorozaemon used to collect the "fear" from humans and create monsters before he became a monster. Even when he was being hunted by Nurarihyon, he was able to choose not to become a human because of the power of the teapot.

In the hundreds of years since Yamamoto Gorozaemon was destroyed, the Hyakumonogatari Group, formed by the clones of Yamamoto's organs, has been secretly creating new weird things and new urban legends, using their existence to collect "fear" for the new tea kettle. Their real purpose is to use the power of the tea kettle to resurrect the dead Yamamoto Gorozaemon!

The monsters created by Jingsai will have a connection with the tea kettle when they are born, with the purpose of absorbing the "fear" collected from them.

At the time, Hanako's urban legend was widely circulated, and "Hanako" was known to everyone. The "fear" of her grew at an incredible rate. Her existence even brought a huge amount of "fear" to Chakama. The Hyaku Monogatari Group almost regarded her as the hope of successfully resurrecting Yamamoto, at least that was the case at first.

As Hanako's popularity grew, her "fear" unknowingly surpassed all the monsters in the group, including her creator Kagami. Hanako's defection not only killed a few Yamamoto monsters, she even took the initiative to sever the connection between the tea kettle and herself, and directly destroyed the "fear" collected in the tea kettle for hundreds of years.