I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

"Inoue Ueya" gritted his teeth, assembled a pistol and threw it upwards, then leaned back to avoid the oncoming shovel. He then used his hands to support himself on the ground and swung out a sweeping kick. The demon god subconsciously stepped back, but while it avoided the attack, it also gave Inoue Ueya a brief moment to catch his breath.

"Although it wasn't a long time, I did learn a lot of fighting skills from Sadako-chan before this!"

Inoue Ueya caught the assembled pistol in mid-air and pointed the barrel at the Demon God in front of him. He wanted to take advantage of the Demon God's weakness to chase after him, but when he saw Guiyikou attacking from the air, he had to give up the idea. He raised his hand and fired at the half head in the air, knocking off Guiyikou's upper jaw. Then he used his teleportation ability again to avoid the attack from the lower jaw from the ground and appeared behind "Jue".

The second goal was only possible because the previous battle had caused the Ant Grasshopper Demon to unknowingly move away from "Jue", and it was now too late for it to rush over to save him.

In order to prevent the death of the contractor, the Ant Grasshopper Demon God picked up the shovel in his hand and threw it hard towards Inoue Ueya's position.

The shovel flying from a distance hit Inoue Ueya's right hand. He groaned in pain and the assembled pistol in his hand fell to the ground.

While "Inoue Ueya" was picking up the pistol, "Jue" ran towards the ant-hopper demon not far away without hesitation.

"Jue" knew that Den-O had already set his sights on it. If it didn't come up with a plan to deal with Inoue Ueya as soon as possible, it would probably die.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Jue's brain began to work frantically. Based on the speed displayed by the Purple Knight, apart from the Ant Grasshopper Demon God who had the strength to compete, the others present simply did not have the ability to deal with him. However, the Demon God had thrown away the shovel in his hand to save it. The unarmed Demon God might not be able to continue to suppress Inoue Ueya...

In this case, should I choose to escape now?

Guiyikou and the Ant-Grass Demon God are no match for the Purple Knight, but if the cadre monster guarding the inner hall is asked to take action, the situation will be hard to say.

After thinking for a while, "Jue" gave up the idea. It would be bad if the purple knight took the opportunity to sneak into the "Nue Pool". This guy has more than just the ability to teleport. He also has to guard against the ability to hide that he deliberately withdrew.

Chapter 257: Now is not the time to change the enemy's nickname

The Ant Grasshopper Demon God seemed to understand Jue's thoughts and said, "Don't worry, just protect yourself. I once dealt with the gun-wielding Electric King a long time ago. If I can't defeat him alone, then I'll take on another one..."

As he spoke, the Ant Grasshopper Demon God turned his head to look at Guiyikou. It was lying on the ground seriously injured, with blood flowing forward along the index finger of its left hand. Because its upper jaw was pierced by a bullet from Inoue Ueya's pistol, it looked a little embarrassed. However, this injury was not fatal to the monster. It was just that it could not continue to participate in the battle until the injury recovered.

"Let's remove the possession... These two contractors are not capable of dealing with the Electric King. We must end this battle as soon as possible."

A figure separated from Guiyikou's body. "Inoue Ueya" had just picked up the assembled pistol that had fallen from the ground. When he turned around, he found that an ant-hopper demon had appeared on the field without his knowledge.

"Hahahaha, Den-O, so you're the Den-O who wields guns! I wanted to fight you a few days ago, and now I can finally get my wish!"

Without giving "Inoue Ueya" a chance to respond, the new demon god began to attack him. His moves were completely disorganized, but the speed and strength he displayed were much stronger than the previous ant-hopper demon god.

Unlike the previous ant-hopper demon, the new demon carries a violin-shaped metal blunt weapon in his hand. Although it looks almost exactly the same as the previous one, its personality is completely different. Compared with the former's calm and cautious personality, the latter's behavior and words are crazy and reckless, and he occasionally makes strange laughs.

"Hmm... since these two Ant-Kidney Demon Gods are similar individuals, let's give them corresponding code names based on their personalities to distinguish them. For now, I'll call the cautious one "Ant," and the one in front of me "Kidney."

[No, now is not the time to change the enemy's nickname! ]

Inoue Ue couldn't help but complain. In his impression, the Holy Spear Form had suffered a defeat at the hands of these two alien demon gods before?

"No problem! Whether it's one or two, Mary will defeat them all!"

Despite saying this, "Inoue Ueya" unconsciously clenched the assembled pistol in his hand and fought against the attacking demon god.

The battle between the Grasshopper Demon God and Inoue Ueya was quite fierce, but the unarmed ants often seized the opportunity to cover the Grasshopper when it showed a flaw, making Inoue Ueya, who was fighting alone, at a disadvantage.

As the fight went on, both sides had moved away from their original positions. The Ant Demon God secretly withdrew from the battle and turned back to pick up the shovel that he had dropped on the ground.

"Ah, no! Isn't this a foul?"

"Inoue Ueya" noticed the intention of the ant demon god. It was already a bit difficult to face two demon gods at the same time. Naturally, he would not allow the enemy's strength to continue to increase. He immediately raised his pistol and pointed it at the ant, wanting to directly interrupt its actions. Unfortunately, he was busy stopping the ant and ignored the katydid demon god beside him.

"Hehehe, look here! With your strength, do you dare to be distracted in the middle of a battle?"

As he spoke, the Grasshopper Demon God raised the metal violin in his hand and smashed it hard at Inoue Ueya.

However, just when he was about to be hit by the metal violin, Inoue Ueya disappeared in front of the Grasshopper Demon God.

"Hey, why can I use my abilities again all of a sudden?"

Grasshopper Demon God looked bewildered at the disappearance of Inoue Ueya. He had been attacking the Purple Knight since he came out of the contractor's body. The opponent should not be able to concentrate and use his abilities.

After just a moment's thought, the Grasshopper Demon God burst into laughter again.

"Come to think of it, isn't this different from what the ant said? That ice-faced guy finally guessed wrong for once, hahahaha!"

The ant demon god ran to retrieve the weapons. "Jue" originally wanted to follow it, but he was worried that he would be targeted by Inoue Ueya when he got close to the battlefield. He was too far away from the battlefield and was afraid that the other party would use his ability to catch up. The demon god that ran out of Guiyikou did not look like a reliable guy, so he had to stand where he was and watch the battle.

"Tsk, this trick again!"

Just as Inoue Ue disappeared out of thin air again, "Jue" instantly got goosebumps all over his body. He held his head with both hands and jumped forward without hesitation, trying to avoid the impending sneak attack.

Obviously, the several sneak attacks by the teleportation ability have left it with psychological trauma.

After a while, "Jue" felt that there was no movement behind it, so he turned around to take a peek. Unexpectedly, Inoue Ue did not appear behind it as usual.

A guess suddenly emerged in "Jue's" mind, and then he used his mind-reading ability. Although the removal of the possession state caused his ability to become much weaker than before, he could still sense the voices lurking nearby.

The ant demon in the distance had just picked up the fallen shovel and had no time to turn around and continue fighting. The next second, he was hit by a bullet shot from nowhere, and the shovel in his hand fell out of his hand again.

【Full Charge】

After sensing Inoue Ueya's location, Jue's pupils shrank and he shouted to the distant Demon God: "Be careful! That guy is still standing there. He didn't even use his teleportation ability!"

That’s right, this time Mary didn’t use teleportation, but the ability to erase her presence, which she had never used in battle.

"Well, were you discovered so soon?"

"Inoue Ueya" first showed his intention to attack the Ant Demon God, and deliberately exposed his flaws to lure the Grasshopper Demon God next to him to take the opportunity to launch a heavy attack on his "distracted" self.

"This impromptu battle plan is indeed full of flaws. Mary isn't very good at this kind of thing."

Mary's possession did not give Inoue Ueya any physical defense enhancement, and the defensive performance of the Holy Spear form was the weakest among all forms. If the Grasshopper Demon God had really hit him with that heavy blow, Inoue Ueya would probably have been injured.

However, Mary had already focused her attention on Grasshopper, erasing her presence while dodging the opponent's heavy blows, thus creating the illusion that she had used the ability of teleportation.

The sense of existence she could erase was not limited to herself like Nurarihyon. For example, the bullet she had just fired at the Ant Demon God was completely erased, along with the sound and trajectory of the bullet. The Ant Demon God could not even sense the approach of the bullet, and the shovel he had just picked up was knocked down again.

"But it's still a little late to react now, huh?"

The assembled pistol in "Inoue Ueya"'s hand was already ready to go. The barrel flashing with purple light was now aimed at the alien demon god in the distance, and his index finger slowly pulled the trigger.

Chapter 258 I have a secret weapon that works great

The purple energy bomb instantly submerged the Ant Demon God, but under the influence of Mary's ability, all others saw was the Demon God being crushed by an invisible force.

The Ant Demon God was caught off guard and took a fatal blow. Although he did not die immediately, his injuries were still very serious and it seemed that he could no longer continue fighting.

[Wow, isn't this ability amazing? It's like a top assassin killing people without leaving any trace!]

Inoue Ueya shook his head and replied, "This is the fighting method Sadako-chan once mentioned to me. I just wanted to try it out, but I didn't expect the situation to be reversed immediately... But Mary doesn't like using sneak attacks like this. We are Kamen Riders after all, so using this method in battle is a bit unfair, isn't it?"

"I see, that's what you think. So you haven't used your ability to erase your presence since the beginning of the battle?"

Inoue Ueya had never thought of such a thing. After all, this was a real battle, not a friendly exchange. The way monsters and ghosts fight is to use their own abilities. Moreover, this ability originally belonged to her, not some external force. But...

"Well, don't worry about it! It's okay if you don't use this ability to fight. I'll support your decision. Just follow your heart. That's enough."

Inoue Ue has been borrowing the strength of the girls to participate in the battle. He also believes that what he has contributed in the process is far less than what they have. At most, he has only done physical labor. What qualifications does he have to criticize Mary's ideas?

As for the idea of ​​fighting style, Inoue Ue did not want to impose his subjective ideas on Mary. He still hoped that Mary could make her own judgment.

At this time, the Ant Demon God's body was covered with cracks, and what flowed out of the wounds was not blood, but countless grains of sand. Although its body was covered with wounds, it did not fall down. Instead, it bent down again and picked up the shovel on the ground.

Although the Ant Demon God did not think that "Nue" would be so easy to talk to, during the time he was lurking in "Jue"'s body, he had heard the monsters in Kyoto mention the deeds of Nue.

How to say it, the Lord of a Hundred Ghosts in the past was undoubtedly an ambitious person. Even if they succeeded in resurrecting each other, the possibility of the Demon God successfully connecting time and space was still very slim.

To be honest, the Ant Demon God still doesn't believe their plan can succeed, but...

"Ahahaha! Ice Face, you look really messed up right now!"

The Grasshopper Demon God still looked crazy, but when he saw that the Ant Demon God insisted on standing up, the tone of his voice changed slightly.

"Hey, why don't you just lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead?"

"If you fail at this critical moment, all your previous efforts will be wasted." The Ant Demon God said weakly.

"For the Demon God, death is not the end. If my sacrifice can delay the lives of other Demon Gods for a while, then it should be quite worthwhile."

His words were filled with helplessness, but the Ant Demon God had no intention of retreating. He tightly gripped the shovel in his hand and shouted, "Electric King, the battle is not over yet! Don't even think about breaking into the inner hall before I'm dead!"

A monster based on the fairy tale "The Ant and the Grasshopper", the Ant-Man is both a cautious ant and a simple grasshopper. Although Mary calls him "Ant", that is just the other side of him that has not yet been revealed.

However, after seeing this scene, "Inoue Ueya", who maintained his concealment ability, began to waver in his heart, and felt a little hesitant about whether he should continue to fight the Ant Demon God.

Although it was not the first time that Mary watched other girls in the family killing enemies, it was just like what she saw on TV every day, and there seemed to be nothing special about it. However, when she really needed to do it herself, her right hand, which was holding the assembling pistol, began to tremble involuntarily.

If the other party has normal thinking ability, it is actually similar to the monsters and monsters we see in daily life. Is it really okay to take the other party's life without mercy?

Besides, unlike the previous alien demons that could not communicate, the ant alien demons were obviously rational beings. Although it was not clear why they joined the Kyoto monsters, Mary did not think that the alien demons who were willing to sacrifice their lives to buy time for their companions would be unforgivable villains.

At this point, Mary finally realized the fact that the real battle was far more difficult than she had imagined. No wonder Sadako and the others had been avoiding her from taking action personally.

Mary fell into deep thought and hesitated to end the life of the Ant Demon God. In the end, she still couldn't do it, but her position did not allow her to let him go. Would her thoughts disappoint Inoue Ueya?

"What should I do..."

[Really? Didn’t I say that? ]

As if he could see through Mary's thoughts, Inoue Ueya spoke when she was confused.

This is your battle. You decide how to fight and whether or not to take their lives. If you're hesitant, you can skip the battle and sneak into the inner hall... Hmm, but it's best to disable them first. Otherwise, it would be pointless if they start fighting with the reinforcements that catch up.

"Well, I need to save his life and make him lose his ability to fight. Can I do that with my strength alone?"

Although the ability to erase presence gives Mary an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, she has little confidence in controlling strength, and there is also a well-preserved alien demon on the field.

"Oh, that's right! If that's the case, I have a secret weapon that works great!"

As he spoke, Inoue Ueya opened the system space and searched for a powerful weapon he had obtained during the past weekly missions...

With a clang, a manhole cover fell out of nowhere next to "Inoue Ueya".

"Is this the so-called secret weapon?!"

Seeing this, Mary couldn't help but complain. No matter how you look at it, this thing looks like the kind of manhole cover that can be seen everywhere on the roadside.

Don't underestimate it! It looks like a random manhole cover pulled from the side of the road, but it's actually a weapon once used by Kitajima Yuko, that alien Kiva. It's an invincible manhole cover that can withstand a serious attack from Kamen Rider Ginga and remain intact!

Chapter 259: This thing is more useful than a pistol

"Until now, this is a place protected by the two of us, ahh ...

"It's so noisy, will it ever end?"

The oni who were speaking were physically interrupted by the sign in Hanako Natsukawa's hand. Two oni were blown away one after another, and with screams, they fell from the bridge into the moat. "Iwanaga Kotoko" and the monsters following closely behind also walked into the inner hall through the east gate one after another.

[Hey, so these gigantic ghosts really do exist...]

There was a hint of surprise in Iwanaga Kotoko's tone. None of the demons she had encountered so far looked like this. She never expected that the evil demons created by the Hyaku Monogatari Group really existed in this world. This reminded her of a story she had heard from an old monster.

In the past, after witnessing the tragic death of Yuyuko, the "Nue" felt completely despair about this ugly world, so he decided to change the world. On the surface, he said he wanted to "purify" the world, but in fact it was a large-scale purge of monsters and humans. All humans and monsters who wanted to go against his ideals and refuse to obey him were eliminated by Nue in an attempt to restore the order of the world.

Therefore, the monsters at that time either submitted to the Nue or were destroyed by it. It is said that the history of monsters was even cut off for a time because of this incident.

[Hmm, I guess those ghosts disappeared around that time?]

"Really, where did they go?"

Hanako Natsukawa was in a bad mood. Just after she followed Inoue Ueya into Nijo Castle, monsters kept appearing on the road to block the way, causing Hanako Natsukawa to lose track of Inoue Ueya. Then, as they fought, even "Iwanaga Kotoko" and the monsters behind them caught up with them, but she still couldn't find the person.

Although Hanako always acts like a carefree person, she is actually keeping an eye on everyone in the family.

"That brat chose to throw a tantrum at this crucial moment. Is it really okay to let her go into battle like this? I wonder if something bad will happen..."

Hanako murmured to herself, feeling a bit worried about the situation with Mari and Inoue Ueya.

"Ah, it seems I was right... Although you look nonchalant, Hanako, you're actually still worried about the safety of your husband and the others."

Considering that everyone was in the enemy's stronghold, Yashayuki had been possessing Iwanaga Kotoko's body to prevent her from encountering any danger.

Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko's teasing, Hanako immediately came to her senses, hurriedly shook her head, turned her back to her, and stammered, "Hmph, why should I worry so much? I, I don't care about such trivial matters!"

Walking towards the inner hall, everyone found traces of fierce fighting, as if they had experienced a great war not long ago.

Not only that, the bloodstains all over the ground were particularly conspicuous, extending outward with obvious signs of being dragged.

Seeing this, even "Iwanaga Kotoko" couldn't help but frown and began to panic. Could something have happened to Inoue Ue?

Although Inoue Ueya is reliable most of the time, a singularity is still a singularity after all. That kind of sudden misfortune is no joke, and it is not impossible to encounter some accidents during the battle and be defeated.