I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

Natsukawa Hanako noticed the confusion on Inoue Ueya's face and shook her head. She said, "So, Inoue, you still don't quite understand the personalities of youkai. Whether it's them or that old fellow just now, all youkai are stubborn idiots. Perhaps it's because their way of survival is different from humans. Once they set their minds to something, they won't give up easily, even if they encounter danger. In a sense, they are truly purer beings than humans."

Hearing this, Inoue Ue couldn't help but sigh. This was the choice made by the monsters. Perhaps he should try to respect their ideas.

"Well, now that Kidomaru, the only one who knows how to use the inherent barrier, has left the scene, we don't have to worry about any venue restrictions from now on. As long as we are a little more vigilant, there shouldn't be any casualties, right?"

As he spoke, Inoue Ue also walked over to Iwanaga Kotoko and the others.

"Ah, Ueya-kun, you're finally back!"

Kotoko Iwanaga noticed that Inoue Ueya was approaching, and without saying a word, she turned around and threw herself into his arms, stretched out her arms to hug Inoue Ueya, and kept rubbing her face against his clothes.

"Hmm, finally the element of love has been replenished. Lord Kami is resurrected!"

After being attacked unexpectedly, Inoue Ueya suddenly came back to his senses from the monster incident. He lowered his head to look at the girl in front of him, feeling a little puzzled about her change in dress.

For a moment, Inoue Ueya felt a prickling gaze coming from all directions. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. He gently patted Iwanaga Kotoko on the back and whispered, "Hey, hey, calm down a little. Your image as the God of Wisdom in the eyes of the monsters is about to be completely destroyed, okay?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Iwanaga Kotoko's lavender eyes turned amber, and she said seriously, "You are right. You can't take advantage of this opportunity to sneak away. I will protect my husband's safety!"

Although she said this, Iwanaga Kotoko's arms around Inoue Ueya tightened even more, and a shadow of a heart gradually appeared in her eyes.

"Shashasha, this is the scent of my husband..."

Hearing this name, Inoue Ueya immediately understood what was happening with Iwanaga Kotoko in front of him, "Really, Sachiko, how did you possess Kotoko?"

"Well, it's not convenient for her to move around alone, so I used my possession ability to help her."

Just when Inoue Ueya wanted to say something else, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Inoue Ueya took out his cell phone from his pocket. When he saw the caller ID was Hanakaiin Yuura, he answered the call, but what he heard was Yuura's panicked voice.

"Senior Ueya, something terrible has happened! Those Kyoto monsters have used the Idemon God to manipulate the Hanakaiin family's Onmyoji and removed the seal of the temple from within. The Feathered Fox has now arrived at Nijo Castle!"

Chapter 251 Wait a little longer

Just as Hanakaiin Yuura said, in just over ten minutes after Inoue Ueya was pulled in by Kidomaru, Yuyuko led the Kyoto monsters to reach Nijo Castle, which served as the final seal.

"Damn it, Kyoto monsters, I'm going to fight you!"

I saw an Onmyoji glaring at the Feathered Fox in front of him, casting some spell in his hand, and rushing straight towards the other party.

What came towards him was a huge fox tail. The huge force like a thousand-pound hammer came from the feathered fox's tail and threw the Onmyoji directly away. The Onmyoji, who was completely defenseless, let out a scream and hit the wall behind him. Then he fell from the wall and lay motionless in a pool of blood.

"Can you become a seal guardian with this level of strength?"

Yuyuko shook her head, feeling a little disappointed with the modern Hanakaiin family. Even she in her past would probably not be able to defeat such strength.

"How pathetic! The descendant of the powerful enemy who once took my life has fallen to this level?"

Having said that, Yuyuko no longer paid attention to the fallen Onmyoji, quickened her pace and continued to walk deeper into Nijo Castle. The reincarnation ritual in her body was running slowly all the time, and she no longer had the extra time to pay attention to the Onmyoji.

However, the monsters didn't notice one thing: the fallen Onmyoji had unknowingly turned into a pool of clear water...

The alien demons lurking among the members of the Hanakaiin family were originally the backup plans of the Skeleton Demon. However, because Yuyuko needed to use the power of the alien demons to obtain the vitality to activate the reincarnation ritual, it was unable to personally command the action during this period.

The Kyoto monster successfully reached Nijo Castle without any effort, and the skeleton demon god possessed by Yuyuko finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation went more smoothly than expected. Yuyuko's premature triggering of the technique was something he had not expected. Fortunately, he had asked Pangolin and the other two to contact the lurking Demon God on his behalf a few days ago. He had originally wanted to have them cooperate in a surprise attack when attacking the seal. The strength of the Hanakaiin family seemed to be weaker than expected. In the past few days, they had not taken any countermeasures to deal with the existence of the Demon God. The lurkers assigned to various temples removed the seal in one go.

"Throughout our journey, we've encountered fewer than ten Onmyoji in Nijo Castle. The strongest one isn't even as strong as the guardians in the temple. Their defenses are a bit frivolous. Could this be a trap?"

"Whatever. No matter what schemes they have, I'm not strong enough to deal with those Yin-Yang masters."

[No, Master Yuyuko, to prevent things from changing, we must not give the enemy a chance to turn things around. I hope you will remain vigilant!]

To be honest, the Skeleton Demon God felt that this guy's mentality began to become more and more inflated after obtaining the power of the Demon God. For example, he became particularly fond of talking to the enemy and letting the other party make the first move. Although there has been no problem except for the accidental activation of the reincarnation technique, if this guy is allowed to continue to recklessly go on, he will inevitably fail sooner or later.

"Skull, you're worrying too much. Those Onmyojis are probably still busy dealing with the unsealed monsters. Besides, I have two powerful monsters by my side anyway. No matter how you think about it, there's no way anything can go wrong, right?"

Yuyuko was full of confidence. The timing was perfect. She could use the Nue Pond to absorb resentment and perform the reincarnation ritual during this time, and her thousand-year wish would be fulfilled.

Although it was a little different from the imagined final battle, she didn't have to worry about the risk of defeat, which should be a good thing.

As the seals were released one by one, even though there was a seal of Nijo Castle between them, Yuyuko could vaguely sense the location of Nue Pond from the reincarnation ritual imprinted in her soul, and walked all the way to the depths of Nijo Castle.

As Yuyuko got closer to Nuechi, the reaction of the reincarnation ritual became stronger and stronger, until they reached a gate sealed by countless talismans, through which one could vaguely feel a trace of resentment flowing, and Yuyuko's footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

"Well, this is the gate leading to the Nue Pond. The talisman on the door seems to have been added recently, apparently to strengthen the seal. Although the strength of those Yin and Yang masters is not very good, their attainments in sealing techniques are not bad. They actually thought of using sealing techniques to prevent the Nue Pond from gathering resentment from the outside world, but-"

Yuyuko walked forward and tore the talisman on the door into pieces. The seal was then lifted. It was as if some invisible suction force was generated. The resentment generated from all over Kyoto was drawn into the forbidden area behind the gate, and the speed was still increasing.

"In short, the so-called seal is only this level. Placed in front of a human body, the talisman has no effect at all. It's just something that can be easily removed. Logically speaking, those Yin and Yang masters should know my abilities, but why would they use such a sealing method?"

Complaining about the Onmyoji's confusing behavior, Yuyuko pushed open the door and walked down the stone stairs leading deep into the ground. She finally arrived at the dark pool filled with a thousand years of resentment.

Revisiting her old place, Yuyuko couldn't help but sigh, saying softly, "Finally, I'm here again, the place where I gave birth to Seimei."

The reincarnation journey of a thousand years is about to end. As long as the resentment of Nue Pond is absorbed, the long-cherished wish of the Kyoto monster and the goal of Yuyuko will finally be achieved.

"Qingming... just wait a little longer. Mother will revive you soon."

At the same time, rainbow ripples appeared in the sky outside Nijo Castle. Accompanied by a familiar whistle, a red time train emerged from the ripples. After a brief reorganization, Inoue Ueya and others arrived at Nijo Castle.

Yuyuko, who was underground, couldn't help but frown. She couldn't fight with her full strength because of the reincarnation technique, but her perception ability was not affected.

Although he didn't know what means the other party used, Yuyuko did feel the "fear" from Inoue Ueya and others appearing out of nowhere near Nijo Castle, and then turned to look at Jing Mole Cricket and Ibaraki Douji who were following behind him.

"It seems Kidomaru failed to stop them. You also feel the fear coming from above, right? From now on, the defense of Nijo Castle will be handed over to you. I need to concentrate on completing the reincarnation ritual and prevent anyone from breaking into Nijo Castle!"

Chapter 252 This is not a regular duel, there are no rules!

Back to a few minutes earlier, from the call of Hanakaiin Yuura, we learned that Yuyuko had arrived at Nijo Castle. Inoue Ueya could still vaguely hear the chaotic voices coming from the other end of the phone. She seemed to be in a bad situation in Shokakuji.

According to Hanakaiin Yuura, the situation on the side of Yugeko has become critical. Judging from the rapid increase in the strength of Kyoto monsters, if this only opportunity is missed, everyone will most likely have to face the enhanced Nue and Yugeko at the same time, and serious casualties are inevitable. Therefore, she hopes that Inoue Ue can also go to Nijo Castle first to stop Yugeko from resurrecting the "Nue".

Even so, with the strength of that group of Onmyojis alone, they might not even be able to deal with the monsters that escaped from the seal, not to mention the humans who were possessed and controlled by the alien demon gods.

"Don't worry, Inoue, have you forgotten that Kuin is staying with Yuura?"

After hearing what Hanako Natsukawa said, Inoue Ue couldn't help but sigh. Considering that there might be multiple demons lurking inside the Hanakaiin family, Hanakaiin Yuura, as the liaison with the monsters, might be attacked. Before leaving, he asked Mary to use her ability to send Kuin to Hanakaiin Yuura first.

"No, that's exactly why I'm worried. Is it really okay to let Kuin act alone?"

Iwanaga Kotoko shook her head and responded, "After all, Kuin is the one in the family who has the deepest understanding of things like spiritual power and magic. It would probably be best to have Kuin support the Onmyoji, who also uses spiritual power, right?"

There is another problem here. The other girls in the family are basically urban legends. The Onmyoji might have some unnecessary prejudice against them for using "fear". However, Kun, who is not weird in the first place, does not have this problem, so Iwanaga Kotoko decided to send Kun to provide support.

In fact, Kuin was regarded as the strongest witch in the Middle Ages, and her strength was still very strong. The black magic recorded in the Book of Shadows written by her personally was enough for a little girl like Shinozaki Sachiko to create the entire "Tenjin Elementary School" space. That strange space can even make further interference in the time and space levels. After recovering her memory, Kuin once said that as long as she had enough spiritual power, she could even go back in time directly in the space she created. She was talking about the kind of time reversal that can directly restore the dead to their intact state.

Therefore, Iwanaga Kotoko even thought that her magical attainments had surpassed "Nue" to some extent, but no matter how powerful she was, the fact that Kuin was a fool could not be changed.

Although it is completely different from Onmyoji, and Kuin is even a character from a horror story, it is natural that the spells he uses are a little bloody. However, since they both use spiritual power to cast spells, there are still some similarities.

Especially when she just ran out of the Book of Shadows, Kuin's values ​​and cognition were still a little different from those of modern people. If someone said something cool like "I'd risk my life to stop something", she might really cast a life-burning enhancement spell on the other person.

After a period of modern life, Kuin's condition improved a bit, but she still occasionally caused trouble. For example, when she was learning cooking at home, everyone saw the miserable state of Sadako as a victim. Now that I think about it carefully, perhaps calling her a natural black would be more in line with the truth...

Well, after all, with Hanakaiin Yuura watching over her, she shouldn't go too far, right?

After hesitating for a moment, Inoue Ueya couldn't help but ask the person on the other end of the line, "Well, Hanakaiin, do you really not need more support?"

"Don't worry, we have more than enough power to deal with them. The enemies here aren't any major monsters, and the one possessed by the demon god has been captured by Kuin's magic. We can even spare some manpower to evacuate the residents. Senior Inoue, you should go ahead."

Hanakaiin Yuura still seemed to not understand what Inoue Ueya said, thinking that he was still worried about the fighting Onmyoji.

[Hey, Yuzuka, do you have any extra spell cards? ]

Although it wasn't very clear, Inoue Ueya could hear Kuin's voice from the other end of the line.

[Well, to avoid any accidents, I brought a few spare spell cards this time, but what do you want to do, Kuin?]

"Yoshi! From now on, it's a matter of spiritual power. Please lend me your body for a while!"

[Be careful, that earth spider is coming... Wait, what are you talking about?]

"Hey, hey, you guys are really okay—"

[It's my turn, show yourself, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!]

“…Is that so?”

Inoue Ueya was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. Maybe he had experienced a fierce battle not long ago and was a little tired, so he started to have auditory hallucinations.

[Oh wow, interesting, is this your Shikigami? ]

A rough and unfamiliar voice came from the phone, and it seemed to be Tsuchigumo himself.

[Interesting, you actually make me feel such a heavy sense of oppression. It seems you are also a strong one. Go ahead and attack me!]

No, no, no, if you feel oppressed, why don't you be more alert?

[Ahem, hahaha——Blue-Eyes White Dragon, directly attacks the opponent, Exploding Gale Bullet!]

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud explosion was heard on the phone, and screams could be faintly heard mixed in with it. Then even the phone communication was disconnected.

Inoue Ue was also feeling a bit of a headache now, and complained: "What kind of mess is this..."

Hanako Natsukawa shrugged and patted Inoue Ueya on the shoulder.

"Don't overthink it. Since Yuluo said there's no problem, just leave it to them. We have more important tasks to deal with, don't we?"

Inoue Ue had no choice but to nod helplessly. At this point, he had no choice but to believe that Kuin would not cause any trouble. He put his phone in his pocket and turned to observe the situation of the four-nation group members.

"Even though Yuyuko got away, at least none of you were seriously injured. That's really great."

Seeing Yuzi and the others in such a mess, Nura Rikuo, who was standing nearby, recalled Kidomaru's strength just now and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, "Is it true that even the seven great monsters combined can't defeat Yuyuko?"

Yu Zi frowned and said in dissatisfaction, "Tsk, you look so embarrassed too! If that Yuyuko hadn't used some unknown method to recover from the effects of our 'fear', with the strength of our Four Nations Group, we could have taken down all the Kyoto monsters long ago!"

Chapter 253: Do you think this is the back of the head?

"Tsk tsk, even though this is my second time riding this train, I still feel an incredible sensation. A train that can travel through space, this kind of foul thing has already surpassed modern technology..."

Sitting in the carriage of the time train, Nura Rikuo looked at the barren desert outside the window with emotion, thinking that this world was really magical.

"Shut up, you monster with a head longer than your arm, stop trying to be cool here!"

Yu Zi, who was sitting opposite, looked painful and uncomfortable. She already had a mild motion sickness, and she had consumed a lot of physical strength when using her ability to fight not long ago. Her condition was not very good, especially when she heard the Naughty Ghost talking to himself next to her, the situation became even worse.

"You think this is the back of the head?"

Nura Rikuo smiled evilly, secretly circulating the demonic power in his body, and stretched out his hand to sweep his long hair, and his hair immediately stood up.

"Actually, it's the demonic energy that emanates when I transform from my human form that changes my hairstyle!"

Yu Zi frowned and whispered, "How strange! Why are you suddenly coming over to me and trying to get close to me?"

Nura Rikuo smiled and shook his head, responding: "I just want to build a good relationship with you. Think about it, our strength alone is not enough to cope with the upcoming battle. If our strength is combined, it will be hard to say. I hope you can lend me the "fear" of the great monster..."

Yu Zi and others are now big monsters and have the ability to hypnotize big monsters, but their combat capabilities have not improved with their realm. When they encounter monsters like Yuyuko that are immune to mental control, they are useless.

According to the description of the Shikoku group, Yuyuko was initially affected by their abilities and seemed unable to break free from their mental control immediately. If they could use the ability of "ghost entanglement" to amplify this ability again, they might be able to successfully hypnotize the other party.

However, Yuzi did not pay attention to Nura Rikuo's words. At this moment, she was pale and distracted. It was not just her. The members of the Shikoku group did not look well.

"Hey, are you okay? Were you injured in the previous battle?"

In fact, Yu Zi was not very good at riding public transportation. After being promoted to the realm of great monster, his body's perception became more acute and his motion sickness became more serious.

Although Nura Rikuo noticed something strange about Yuzu, he was not aware of the impending danger at that moment and subconsciously moved forward to see what the other person was like.

"Oh, no, I've reached my limit, oh, ugh, ugh—"

"Wait, why did you vomit all of a sudden? Don't come near me!"

……

A moment later, the time train arrived at Ertiao City. The people who had just walked out of the carriage seemed to have noticed something. They looked up at the sky, but what came into view was not the brilliant starry sky, but a huge black pillar rising into the sky. It seemed that it was absorbing some energy, and its size was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, emitting a faint ominous aura.

Seeing this, Inoue Ue couldn't help but frown and mutter to himself, "That's the black pillar that appeared in the original work. I remember it seemed like a collection of resentment..."

Things gradually became troublesome. They were attacking the temple where the seal was buried not long ago, but how could Yuyuko start giving birth in just a dozen minutes?

"I have no idea what's going on, but this is really unlucky. I thought if we followed the original plan, nothing would go wrong. At least, there wouldn't be a sudden, unpredictable situation where Yuyuko suddenly ran to Nijo Castle without a word..."

Come to think of it, I haven't encountered any accidents recently. Could this be another accident caused by the power of the singularity?