I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

If you are a local, you may have heard terrible rumors about the mansion, with frequent disappearances and hauntings. Police and Yin-Yang masters have come to investigate before, but either they found nothing or the people disappeared. Residents nearby would rather take a detour than approach the mansion.

In fact, this mansion is Yuyuko's temporary base.

Yuyuko, a great monster that lived in Kyoto four hundred years ago, had the ability to absorb resentment to strengthen itself and was once killed by Nurarihyon.

But even if she was killed, death was not the end for her now. Just a few years ago, she was reincarnated again.

The famous Onmyoji Qingming is actually her descendant. As a half-demon, he possesses great power. During the day, he is a great man with the title of the strongest Onmyoji and is respected by everyone. At night, he is the Lord of the Hundred Demons who leads all monsters under the name of "Nue" and has the beautiful ideal of allowing humans and monsters to coexist.

At the beginning, Yuyuko was not a particularly powerful monster, but just an ordinary monster who lived in seclusion like the Hidden God Geubu Tanuki.

However, due to the problem of his bloodline, his lifespan is far shorter than that of a normal monster, and it is impossible for him to be immortal, let alone realize his ambition. Although he is developing the art of returning souls to prolong his life, it is ultimately a spell that goes against the will of heaven. Even for him, the strongest onmyoji, even if he spends his entire life researching it, his lifespan still cannot support the time when the spell is completed.

So, Qingming thought of another way. He asked Yuyuko to be born again and wanted to create a perfect body through the reincarnation ceremony.

In order to fulfill Qingming's request to be reincarnated, Yuyuko needs to give birth to him again.

However, just one day later, Qingming was summoned by a high-ranking minister, who suddenly mentioned the matter of immortality to him, and witnessed the dying Yuyuko with his own eyes.

It is unknown where the minister heard the rumor that one can achieve immortality by eating the liver of an immortal monster, and then he heard about the existence of Yuyuko, so he sent people to hunt her down and asked Qingming to make this fox, which was said to have lived for a thousand years, into an elixir of immortality.

After hearing the minister's words, Qingming developed hatred towards humans. He found that he had underestimated humans. The guy in front of him could actually kill the unarmed Feathered Fox for his own selfish desires and for an unreliable rumor.

At that moment, he gave up on creating a world where humans and demons coexisted, abandoned his human identity and name, killed the minister in front of him, and decided to rule the world as the Lord of Darkness and restore the world's order.

To be more precise, the reincarnation ability that Yuyuko now possesses is that Qingming has used some method on her soul, making her, who once lost her physical body, become a "reincarnated monster". Rather than reincarnation, it is better to say that this ability is more like possession. She can possess the human body. When the host is seriously mentally stimulated, such as feeling extreme despair, anger or fear and other negative emotions, she can take advantage of the opportunity and directly take the use of the host's body for herself. This power allows Yuyuko to reincarnate into humans repeatedly before giving birth to Qingming again.

Because Qingming has always hated the minister in his heart for killing his mother because he heard nonsense about eating livers to gain immortality, so with a revengeful mentality, he made Yuyuko, who became a "reincarnated monster", gain the ability to become stronger by eating raw human livers with special abilities, allowing her to become stronger through multiple reincarnations until she can successfully give birth to Qingming again.

As for the reason why he was killed by Nurarihyon...

At that time, Yuyuko, who had been resurrected for a while, began to crave power in order to give birth to Haruaki again. She kept sending people to capture women with strange abilities and eat their livers raw. As luck would have it, her subordinates also captured the woman that Nura loved, Yingji, who was also Nura Rikuo's grandmother, and led to her tragic death at the hands of Nura Nura, who had turned on the protagonist's halo.

The lover was kidnapped, and he accidentally obtained a magical weapon. After a hard battle, he finally defeated the bad guy and rescued the person he loved. It was a completely classic and classic development.

I don't know if Yuyuko is a bit unlucky. After being killed by Nurarihyon, she has been resurrected several times, and each time she was killed by Nurarihyon, the son of the Nurarihyon, until this reincarnation...

But these are not the key points. After Yuyuko was killed, most of the Kyoto monsters left. Only a few powerful monsters were sealed in several temples that served as barrier nodes.

Now, Yuyuko is preparing to lead the monsters to break the barrier set up by the Kaikaiin family in Kyoto, release the monsters that were sealed in the past, and regain their former territory to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Kyoto monsters.

This is also one of the conditions that must be met in order for Qingming to be reincarnated. She needs to lift the seal of Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

The underground of Nijo Castle is where she first gave birth to "Nue".

This location has become a little special since she gave birth to "Nue". It seems to be related to the nature of Yuyuko. She is a monster that absorbs resentment. When she gave birth to Qingming, that place could also gather resentment. Once the seal of the barrier set by Hanakaiin is lifted, it will be a place where all the resentment in Kyoto gathers, and it is also the most suitable place for Qingming to forge a perfect body.

"Strange, where did Ao Di Zang go..."

Although he was a little puzzled by the disappearance of one of his subordinates, they were monsters after all, so it was understandable that they were more self-centered. It was not something that he needed to pay special attention to.

Yuyokuni shook his head, without thinking too much, and continued to think about the route of attack.

She has already summoned quite a few monsters from Kyoto, and as long as enough people have arrived, she can go out at any time.

"Kiddoji, Ibaraki-douji, and that other guy..."

Suddenly, Yuyuko felt a strange and unfamiliar aura coming from nearby, and his brows frowned unconsciously.

"Really? Another clueless guy broke in again?"

She stood up and saw through the window beside her that a strange man in leather suit walked straight in from the gate.

Chapter 162: I said the real culprit was Den-O

Looking at the monster in leather suit in front of him, Yuyuko felt a little surprised.

The monster had blade-like horns on either side of its head, and its pitch-black eyes gave people a vaguely eerie feeling. It was covered in light brown metal armor, and a small metal skull was embedded in the middle of its belt...

Yuyuko pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion.

This guy should not be a human, nor a monster.

To be honest, if you look at it with the naked eye, this guy really looks like a human wearing a leather suit, but she can't sense any human or monster aura from him.

If a human broke into the mansion on a normal day, the monsters responsible for guarding the mansion would rush forward and attack the other party without saying a word like bloodthirsty monsters, but the strange man in front of her easily appeared in front of her.

There were no signs of fighting on its body, as if the monsters had let it in.

Or did those monsters simply not notice its existence?

The monsters responsible for guarding the mansion are all powerful beings. After all, they are monsters from Kyoto. Each monster has experienced many battles and their strength is not comparable to that of any minions.

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it was, and Yuyuko's expression gradually became solemn.

Something's wrong. This guy is very unusual. His aura doesn't resemble that of a human or a monster. He possesses unknown abilities...

What exactly is it?

Even though he was a great monster that had lived for thousands of years, when he encountered an unknown existence, Yuyuko's brows still frowned unconsciously.

However, Yuyuko is a great monster who has experienced many reincarnations after all. An encounter with an unknown life form is just an accidental encounter, which is not enough to scare her!

So, Yuyuko took a deep breath, adjusted her mentality, and began to look at the suit monster.

"I have never invited any strangers to this mansion. Who are you?"

The suited freak bowed to Yuyuko and introduced himself. "Nice to meet you, Master Yuyuko, right? I'm here representing the forces of the 'Idemon God' and hope to cooperate with you and the Kyoto youkai..."

Hearing this, Yuyokofun smiled coldly.

"Cooperation? Do you have the ability?"

……

"The contract is established. Please proceed without hesitation. The Demon Gods will cooperate with you and provide support."

The strange man waved to Yuyuko, jumped out of the broken window, walked outside, and gradually disappeared from her sight.

"The alien demon god?"

Watching the strange man who called himself "Divine Demon" leave, Yuyuko's eyes flashed with a trace of fear.

Even the many reincarnated Feathered Fox had never heard of these special existences, but they actually appeared at this critical moment.

"They actually offered to help me give birth to Nue. What exactly is their purpose?"

And its strength should not be underestimated...

Suddenly, the door of the hall was opened again, and a long-haired little girl holding a human skull in her hands rushed in, her expression extremely anxious.

"Master Yuyokofun, are you alright?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl was frightened by the scene that came into her eyes.

Unlike the scene in her memory, the hall in front of her was in a mess. It must have been the scene of a fierce battle not long ago.

"Here...what on earth happened?"

Yuyi Fox turned around when he heard the voice, and his expression gradually relaxed, "Oh, it's Xiao Kuanggu."

"Don't worry, I'm not injured. I just had a fight with a guy who asked for cooperation... But I want to ask, didn't you guys who were guarding outside notice any movement?"

"No, that's not the case!"

Kuang Gu shook his head vigorously.

"Not long ago, all the monsters in the mansion seemed to be bound by some invisible force. Even the powerful monsters like Ibaraki Douji were unable to move. They could only watch helplessly as that silver monster walked in..."

After hearing Kuang Gu's description, Yuyuko subconsciously widened her eyes and showed an expression of disbelief.

While fighting just now, that weirdo actually still had the energy to control all the other monsters in the mansion?

Just how powerful is it...

Yuyuko gritted her teeth unconsciously, and began to worry whether she could successfully give birth to "Nue" this time.

Even if that weirdo said he would help her fulfill her dream, Yuyuko, who had experienced many reincarnations, was not so naive. Helping strangers for free was a strange thing in itself. The true purpose of the so-called "Alien Demon God" force is still unknown.

According to the weirdo, it was only representing the "Divine God" to meet with Yuyuko, which means...

"Is there really only one monster with this level of strength? What on earth are they planning..."

……

In a dark alley.

A figure suddenly appeared, and it was the strange man who walked out of the mansion.

Let's call it the Skeleton Demon God for now. It casually opened the door next to the alley and walked into the dim environment. This was originally a bar, but now it has become the Demon God's stronghold.

"Oh, the skeleton is finally back."

"What's going on with that fox monster?"

"Did you successfully conclude a contract with her?"

Several alien demons noticed the return of the skeleton and asked it about the progress of the matter.

"Ah, it's successful. Even though that Yuyuko didn't believe us at all, she verbally 'agreed' to what I proposed. No matter how many times she reincarnates, an old monster is still just an old monster after all, with no common sense at all. She doesn't seem to be very wary of verbal promises, and she didn't even notice that I had secretly signed a contract with her..."

Hearing this, the alien demon gods nodded in satisfaction.

"The Book of Shadows and its history have clearly been erased by an unknown entity, directly creating a new bifurcation point. The momentary distortion of space and time also caused many alien demons to disappear completely, and the future of the world was greatly affected..."

"Really? If we could just use the Book of Shadows and Nirvana's power to forcibly assimilate this world's concepts of life and death, we could easily connect time and space to the future belonging to the Demon God. Why would we need to go through so much trouble like we do now?"

"Not many people have the ability to go back in time and interfere with history. The Book of Shadows' past is largely unknown, especially among the Other Demons. At least no one knows of the Book of Shadows' past whereabouts. I'm starting to wonder if this was the work of Zeronos..."

"Haha, come on, even people in the future don't know about this. How can a modern person like Zero know about it? I even said that the real culprit is Den-O!"

Chapter 163 If ​​I Could Choose

The Skeleton Demon God just shook his head.

"Although we don't yet know what the Book of Shadows holds, the most important thing right now is Nue's resurrection. We must ensure this happens. Nue, having long studied the principles of life and death and once the most powerful Onmyoji, is the only being capable of completely ignoring the concepts of life and death and assimilating to the environment. If it can be resurrected, there might be a chance for the space-time connection. If something goes wrong with the reincarnation ritual, resulting in Nue's soul being destroyed or an incomplete reincarnation turning it into an idiot, then with no knowledge of the identity of the divergence point, the space-time connection is likely to be completely lost."

It would be fine if the person who caused the divergence point was someone like Den-O or Zeronos. The most worrying situation is the good deeds done by the legendary Time Robber.

As "time travelers" and "future people", the alien demon gods actually have no real concept of life and death. They come from different timelines and parallel worlds for certain reasons. Even if their bodies are destroyed by Zeronos and others, they just return to the Desert of Time. Many alien demon gods have even traveled through multiple worlds because of this. Among them, some alien demon gods have discovered a group of humans who called themselves "time robbers" in other worlds.

Of course, there are still cases where the Alien Demons are completely destroyed. For example, some Alien Demons were erased due to the historical changes in the Book of Shadows. They were originally Alien Demons born from this timeline. The existence of the Book of Shadows may involve the "cause and effect" of them becoming Alien Demons in the future. Simply put, when the evil book disappeared, certain things that happened in the future could not happen, and the reason why they became Alien Demons no longer existed.

Well, it doesn’t count as death. It’s just that they didn’t become demon gods in the future.

"How wonderful! They were freed so easily..."

Back to the point. The so-called Time Robbers, while possessing human appearance, can easily stop time and freely travel through time and space, without even needing to sign any contracts with others. They are unreasonably strong...

If there's one thing that's strange about them, it's that they have an inexplicable obsession with Kamen Rider, right?

In addition, it is said that they sometimes perform some meaningless actions, such as suddenly harming their own kind, which is not strange. Basically, they are a group of dangerous people whose thoughts cannot be guessed by common sense.

The Skeleton had never encountered a true Time Robber, but when it stayed in the Desert of Time, it would occasionally hear about this existence from some alien demons who returned from other worlds.

In short, among the people who have the ability to erase the history of the "Book of Shadows", the extraordinary existence of "Time Robber" is the most likely person to know the past history. If we have to say who is the culprit, the Time Robber is definitely the most likely.

Although the Demon God has not yet discovered the extraordinary existence of the Time Robber in this world, since Kamen Rider exists in this world, it is not surprising that the Time Robber will appear. If they want to deliberately hide their existence, as long as time stops, even the Demon God may not be able to discover their whereabouts.

"How about living in this time and space like this? Anyway, connecting time and space is not something that must be done. If we don't attack humans and cause destruction everywhere, Zeronos and the others will not take the initiative to attack us..." One of the alien demons said timidly.

Hearing this, the Skeleton Demon God also felt a little helpless.

"No, this won't work. Newcomers might not know this, but let me explain. If we don't connect time and space to a future that allows the existence of the Other Demon God, we'll never be able to break free from the constraints of the Desert of Time..."

Most of the alien demons present were not born from this timeline and will not be affected by the history here. The reason they want to connect time and space to the future where the alien demons exist is just to completely escape from this hellish place, the Desert of Time.

Their purpose remains the same as in the original, to connect time and space to the future where the alien demon god exists.

However, people in the future will ultimately underestimate the price they will have to pay for distorting time and space, or in other words, the "price" they will have to pay for becoming a demon god.

The title of time traveler is very heavy. The "memories" of others are an important factor in their "existence" in the world. Once their own existence is completely forgotten, those people can only stay in the desert of time forever, even the alien demon gods are no exception.

Being forever forgotten, never able to reach the truth of death, trapped in an eternal vicious cycle, this is the current situation of most alien demon gods.

Even if they have escaped from the Desert of Time now, this is only temporary. Once their bodies are destroyed, they will eventually have to return to the desert. In simple terms, it is an endless cycle of life and death.

"To be immortal, to be stuck in a desert forever, can you understand the horror of that silence?"

The skeleton's words were full of helplessness, causing the alien demon gods in the stronghold to fall silent for a moment.

Even if they want to die, they cannot die, and they cannot give up their mission. They have to travel through the timeline again and again and go to different worlds to try to complete the task of connecting time and space.