I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

"To be honest, the strength I displayed this time is just the tip of the iceberg. The power of the mind is far more powerful than anyone can imagine..."

However, it is impossible for such a trio to escape from the palace of the highway mother-in-law so easily.

The Skeleton Demon's telekinesis could indeed restrain the group of shadows moving at high speed, but the enemy's number was too large, which was ultimately beyond its capabilities.

"Not only that, we also received assistance from some shadows."

Grandma Highway is an extraordinary existence. Its consciousness was born from human imagination. Therefore, the materialized palace seems to have multiple shadows with different personalities. Although most of them are hostile to Inoue Ueya and others, there are still some guys who did not attack them.

"You should know that urban legends occasionally have a few different versions of the characters, right?"

Just as Inoue Ueya said, there are also relatively kind "old ladies" in the hall who are kind-hearted and hate evil. Although there are not many of them, they are still willing to lend a helping hand to the attacked Inoue Ueya and his group, temporarily restraining many hostile shadows and allowing them to take the opportunity to escape.

After leaving the battle, Inoue Ue immediately used his abilities to rush back to the Yuyuko Palace, allowing the Skeleton Demon God to successfully save Kuang Gu who was about to die at the hands of the high-speed mother-in-law at the last moment.

Listening to Inoue Ueya talking about the situation they encountered in another hall, Grandma Kou's face inevitably became a little gloomy.

Come to think of it, seeing that the feathered fox in front of him was dying, and the plan was only a little bit away from being accomplished, the seemingly impeccable plan was indirectly destroyed by "himself" in the hall. I'm afraid that even Granny Gaosu herself did not expect such a development.

"Oh, is that really the case?"

I saw Grandma Gaoshou sneer, and the gloom on her face disappeared without a trace in an instant. The aura emanating from her body increased several times in the blink of an eye.

"If I'm not mistaken, you can't transform into the form that defeated Nue now, right?"

"If you were still in your prime, I might still be a little afraid of you."

"The current development of the situation has indeed exceeded my expectations. However, are you really capable of defeating me after being injured?"

In order to ensure the success of the previous sneak attack, Grandma Highway did consume a lot of energy, but this does not mean that Inoue Ueya and others can easily deal with it even though they are injured.

Urban legends inherently possessed nearly endless fear. Even if their strength declined after separating from their original bodies, their ability to recover was unmatched by ordinary monsters.

On the contrary, Inoue Ueya and his team are still at a disadvantage.

With a sudden burst of power, Grandma Gaosu broke free from the Skeleton Demon's telekinetic restraints, and with her hands in claw shape, she attacked Kuanggu and Yuyi Fox again.

"At such a close distance, I won't fail again...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, the invisible force descended again. Before the sharp claws of the high-speed mother-in-law could touch Kuang Gu and Yuyuko, the whole person was forcibly dragged out of the mansion by telekinesis and pulled to the feet of Inoue Ueya. Even if he struggled hard in the middle, he could not break free from the restraints again.

【Skull Form】

Inoue Ueya was possessed by the Skeleton Demon. Pale blue flames appeared out of thin air from all around and gradually turned into pitch-black armor parts, which automatically attached to the platform-shaped armor as if being pulled.

The middle of the pitch-black visor was inlaid with a metal skull decoration, a metal chain was wrapped around the neck like a scarf, the shoulder armor looked like the upper and lower jaws of a wild beast, and the tattered hem of the skirt swayed in the wind.

Skull morphology.

Compared with other forms that Inoue Ueya has transformed into, the appearance of this new form is relatively different.

"What a coincidence! It seems my telekinesis still works on you..."

The voice of the Skeleton Demon God came from the mouth of "Inoue Ueya", and at this time it temporarily controlled Inoue Ueya's body.

"I can't defeat you while I'm injured, but what if I add my own strength to Den-O's?"

Long before rushing back to Yuyuko Hall, the two injured men had discussed the possibility of being defeated by their opponent.

The Trickster form is not good at frontal combat, and its defensive performance is far inferior to the initial platform form. It is even more dangerous when facing high-speed moving enemies. It is obviously not a form suitable for dealing with high-speed enemies.

Inoue Ue in the hall is unable to contact Sadako and the others who are outside, so he is unable to use other forms of power now.

But, if it’s the alien demon god, doesn’t he already have one by his side?

"Although we haven't signed a contract, if the singularity itself is willing to cooperate, I can still possess it temporarily."

Grandma Highway snorted coldly, and a strange black aura suddenly emanated from her body. She used "fear" to fight against the mental power that bound her, and slowly got up from the ground, but her eyes never left "Inoue Ueya". The opponent's strength was enough to pose a threat to her.

"Inoue Ueya" stretched out his right hand and grabbed at the void. A blue flame flashed from his hand, and in the blink of an eye it formed into a large curved sword.

"Well, now let's count your sins."

Chapter 307: So, Today I Am the Axe Hero

"Hmph, sin? Are you going to use the rules of the human world to criticize me, who was born from a monster?"

"There is no such thing as right or wrong in this world, let alone sin."

"Only the strong prey on the weak and only the fittest survive. This is the truth!"

Hearing what "Inoue Ueya" said, Grandma Kou couldn't help but laugh.

"It's you!"

Changing the subject, Grandma Express pointed at Inoue Ueya in front of her.

"You were enemies just a few days ago, so why are you suddenly working together to deal with me?"

"You're talking about Kamen Rider, but you're actually hanging out with monsters, you——"

"Inoue Ueya" was a little impatient. He raised the large curved sword on his shoulder, attached his mental power to the blade, and casually swung the sword towards the high-speed old woman not far away. The mental power shot out along with the blade, and an extremely sharp invisible blade rushed towards it rapidly.

When the highway mother-in-law stood up earlier, she had been retreating backwards in order to keep a distance from Inoue Ueya. The two were about several body lengths apart before.

Even if Inoue Ue suddenly attacked, he would not be able to touch him while standing still and swinging the large curved sword. If he wanted to get close to him, he would be able to seize the opportunity and use his ability to create distance.

However, at the moment when Inoue Ueya swung his knife, a sudden sense of crisis arose in the heart of the highway mother-in-law, causing it to instinctively dodge.

boom!

There was a loud bang, and smoke and dust filled the air. I saw a terrifying gully appeared where the highway grandma had originally stood. It appeared several meters away, with a slightly panicked expression on its face. It seemed that it had barely avoided the sudden attack of the knife.

At this moment, the voice of the Skeleton Demon God was replaced by Inoue Ueya, and the voice came out from under the mask again.

"Well, I hope you don't misunderstand me. I... no, we just think you're a bit of an eyesore, so we're going to catch you and give you a good beating."

"besides--"

"Whether they are weird or monsters, I don't care about their identities."

"I saw you trying to attack a mother and daughter, so I came to your rescue... Uh, why does this sound a bit strange? Shouldn't it be okay to say this?"

While Inoue Ueya was talking to himself, Grandma Express secretly thought that something was wrong. She had no intention of confronting Inoue Ueya head-on. After all, the strength of his telekinesis in the skull state had already had a clear restraining effect on her. This opponent was not something she could deal with.

Firstly, the current "high-speed grandma" is incomplete and can only exert one tenth of its strength.

Secondly, there is the body that Grandma Kou is using at this moment. Her current body is a product of cognition from the Hall of Feathered Fox. She has already consumed a lot of energy in order to occupy the magpie's nest, not to mention sending Inoue Ueya and the others to her own hall and attacking Feathered Fox.

Facing the current Inoue Ueya, Granny Highway needs to use all her strength to control "Fear" to resist the suppression effect of telekinesis, while also paying attention to the opponent's attack. The current situation does not allow it to recover.

In order to deal with "Inoue Ueya" in front of her, Granny Kou chose to adopt a tactic of attrition.

The only thing that Grandma Kou can do now is to delay time as much as possible through a war of attrition, forcing Inoue Ueya, whose physical strength has reached its limit, to cancel her transformation, so that she can regain the upper hand.

However, the strength of "Inoue Ueya" seems to be far more terrifying than it imagined.

……

The two people outside the mansion were fighting, but the feathered fox inside the house was in a daze.

After the sudden attack, the memories of two people emerged in her mind, and her expression became a little complicated.

A memory comes from her own experience. She tried tirelessly to resurrect her relatives, but she did not expect to be betrayed in the end. Although she was rescued by the Skeleton Demon God when she was in life and death crisis, this also meant that her efforts for thousands of years were in vain.

Another memory is from the life of Nurarihyon's deceased wife, Yamabuki Otome. When she was alive, she left Nurarihyon without saying goodbye and died in depression. She was then resurrected by an unknown entity and was controlled, and killed her beloved with her own hands.

The two memories collided, and unspeakable grief continued to surge in Yuyuko's heart, followed by hesitation and confusion.

"No!"

——These are all fake, all fabricated illusions!

Although she tried to deny the authenticity of these two memories, tears had already flowed down her cheeks without her realizing it.

In an instant, Yuyuko seemed to sense something and subconsciously looked up. As if crossing space, her eyes met with the little girl who was standing alone under a mountain flower somewhere. The figure in her eyes gradually overlapped with the one in her memory, and her mood gradually calmed down.

Yuyuko, whose memory had almost recovered, returned to her original cold appearance. She fell into silence, confused about the memories of two different lives in her mind.

"Am I a Yamabuki Otome or a Hagoromo Kitsune now?"

Yuyuko murmured softly, but invisible changes were quietly taking place in the hall, and the space gradually became stable.

After thinking for a moment, she shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

"No, I am a shadow, a 'shadow' living in the temple. I'll leave this question to my true self."

Having escaped the threat of death, Kuang Gu had no time to breathe a sigh of relief. When he looked back, he noticed that there was something wrong with Yuyuko's condition.

Yuyokuni's eyes looked at Kuanggu with a little more gentleness.

"Even if I'm betrayed by my family, there still seem to be people around me who worry about me..."

Kuang Gu didn't hear Yuyi Fox's whispers, and asked with a worried look on his face: "Sister, mother, are you okay?"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Yuyokuni's face with a cold expression.

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury, no need to worry."

……

At the same time, the battle outside the mansion was almost coming to an end.

As Yuyuko's memory recovers, the hall begins to resist the presence of the intruder, Grandma Goku.

The power in Grandma Highway's body gradually became uncontrollable, and her movements began to become extremely slow. She was already struggling to fight and could no longer withstand the mental power exerted by "Inoue Ueya". She was pressed to the ground by an invisible force and could not move.

After sensing the inexplicable oppression that descended upon her, Grandma Gaosuo vaguely guessed that Yuyuko had recovered her memory, and her plan to occupy her body had failed again.

After all, the body that Grandma Gaosu is using now is a creation of the palace, and as the master of the palace, Yuyokuni still has a certain degree of control.

When Yuyuko lost her memory, Grandma Gaosu could still move freely in this stolen body. But now it is the other way around. She is imprisoned in this body and cannot escape from this space even if she wants to.

"Damn it, is this the end..."

Seeing Grandma Gaoku fall down, Inoue Ue did not immediately cancel the transformation, but instead took back control of his body from the Skeleton Demon God.

Although he didn't know what had happened, based on the feedback from the Skeleton Demon's telekinesis, he felt that Grandma Gaosu was indeed caught by them.

"Come to think of it, you've been causing trouble since a while ago. I can't let you go so easily..."

Inoue Ueya pondered for a moment, as if he had thought of something. He reached into the air and threw a crutch in front of Grandma Gaosu, then casually threw the large curved sword aside, and then took out a peculiarly shaped axe from the system space.

The signal axe was a weapon that Inoue Ueya had drawn from a daily mission a long time ago, but he didn't get the car to activate his special move. It was too heavy to use when not transformed. The transformed Den-O also had a corresponding exclusive weapon. Overall, it was something that was dispensable, so this toy... no, this thing had been thrown into the system space by him.

Inoue Ueya was seen holding the signal axe in one hand and the long-forgotten hot memory in the other.

【Heat! 】

As the scorching temperature descended, the axe blade instantly turned bright red, and the terrified expression on Grandma Gao's face was also covered by the shadow of the signal axe.

Inoue Ueya nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that his idea was feasible. This axe could be used with the general-purpose memory modified by the system.

So, today, Mr. Inoue is the Axe Hero.

"Say, pick up your crutch and swear allegiance to me, or take my full-strength axe. Make your choice..."

Chapter 308: I am willing to be loyal to you!

In the end, Inoue Ueya still failed to swing the axe in his hand.

"and many more!"

"Stop it, I'm willing to be loyal to you!"

Although Granny Highway didn't understand what Inoue Ueya said, the signal axe in his hand set off an alarm in her heart. It was undoubtedly a dangerous weapon that could threaten her life.

So, it just endured the suppressing influence of telekinesis, and according to Inoue Ueya's instructions, it reluctantly reached out and grabbed the crutch that fell on the ground.

Seeing this, Inoue Ue was also stunned. He originally just wanted to scare the highway grandma who often jumped out to cause trouble, but he didn't expect it to admit defeat so decisively.

Ever since Yuyuko's memories began to recover, this space's rejection of Grandma Gaoku has become stronger and stronger. Now she can't even use her abilities, and the "fear" in her body has become uncontrollable, making it impossible for her to continue fighting.

So, the highway mother-in-law surrendered without hesitation.

Inoue Ueya returned the signal axe to the system space and jokingly said, "Hahaha, you always say you're immortal, how come you surrender so decisively?"

"So, it seems that the 'immortality' you mentioned does indeed require a price, right?"

The high-speed mother-in-law snorted coldly and did not directly answer Inoue Ueya's question.

“…You don’t understand anything at all!”

The existence of "urban legends" has the possibility of being immortal. First, excluding the weird Naya, the essence of the high-speed grandmother is ultimately a spiritual body formed by the gathering of human consciousness. This is not an existence that can be born overnight.