Chapter 451
With Imagawa in charge, Mr. Tetsu is still alive and well in the real world! There are o
Chapter 451 With Imagawa in charge, Mr. Tetsu is still alive and well in the real world! There are only two kinds of girls…
"Then, Lord Mojin, I'll take my leave now."
Seeing that Mokuzu was unusually focused and on the task at hand, as if facing a formidable enemy, Uesugi Tetsu saw that Mokuzu was picking up the new controller with both hands and was not going to bother him any further.
"Uesugi walks."
As she spoke, Huo Jin simultaneously manipulated the pixelated character to jump upwards, her tone sounding utterly calm and detached.
"The [wave] will rise soon, and it won't take long to reach the present world."
The pixelated figure on the screen bounces almost without stopping, looking as if it has jumped hundreds of times with practiced ease.
"Don't rely on the power of a thousand eyes and think that just because you have great abilities you have a great responsibility, you should go and die for no reason."
Uesugi Tetsuya paused in his steps.
I always felt... this was somewhat like a "farewell message" before leaving home.
It feels a little strange to have that little devil from the calamity say such things.
But it was ultimately a heartfelt gesture.
Then Uesugi Tetsu smiled, turned around and said to Mokuzu,
"it is good……"
When the word "good" was halfway down from mid-air, Huo Jin's slippery fingers pushed the joystick a little more, causing the little character in the game to slip.
It looked like it was about to fall again.
Just as Uesugi Tetsu was turning his head to wave goodbye to Mokujin, he suddenly felt a small hand press his face, which was halfway turned, back down without any room for doubt.
Before he could react and turn around, Mokujin had already sat back down in his original seat, as if nothing had happened.
It wasn't until Uesugi Tetsu heard the "uh-ah" sound that only comes from a falling person, and felt the lingering coldness on his face, that he realized what had probably happened.
Even with his sword intent and thousand-eyed gaze, he couldn't detect a single movement from Mojin.
"Is this just the tip of the iceberg of that brat Mojin's strength? Truly..."
Uesugi Tetsu sighed inwardly.
"Terrifying indeed."
However, just thinking about how that brat Mokuzu actually used his real power for such a trivial matter just to press his face back down made Uesugi Tetsu want to laugh.
—No, I have to hold it in.
Judging from what just happened, if he were to actually laugh out loud now, he would inevitably get a couple of punches from the enraged bastard.
With that thought in mind, Uesugi Tetsu pretended not to realize anything, waved to Mokuzu with his back turned, and left the walking gathering.
……
In the present world, Uesugi Tetsu opened his eyes.
I saw the clear, cold moon hanging in the sky.
He took out his phone and glanced at it.
"Only half a day has passed..."
"call--"
At this moment, Xiao Jia breathed a long sigh of relief.
She muttered a low, secret complaint: "Master... that girl named 'Calamity' in your procession is really scary."
Xiao Jia's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.
"She looks about as cute as us, but just sitting there, her aura is so terrifying it makes Xiao Jia tremble..."
Especially since they were touching Xiao Jia all over, we didn't dare to touch them at all.
"—Because if she accidentally says the wrong thing, she'll definitely suffer a terrible fate! I just can't understand how Master dared to talk to her so much..."
Kaga Kiyomitsu's impression of Mokujin was less one of malice and more one of fear and dread.
But that's normal.
Because "Huojin" is essentially a deity who governs misfortune and calamity.
Uesugi Tetsu shrugged and fiddled with the hilt of the small sword.
"I don't think Huojin is scary at all right now. She gets so angry from playing a few games that she turns red in the face. She's fun to tease, and if she's really upset, a few bottles of iced cola will make her happy..."
At this point, Uesugi Tetsu gave a cold laugh: "Little Jia, if you had met that emotionless calamity god thousands of years ago, that would have been truly terrifying."
He says,
"You may have done nothing, but just because He doesn't like you, you will be inexplicably struck by disaster."
"Ugh..."
Just imagining that scene made Xiao Jia's blade tremble with fear.
After a while, she asked, concerned about what Huojin had just said, "Master, that wave is coming, shouldn't we prepare in advance?"
At this moment, Karuta, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up.
"Lord Uesugi, I have learned about the first wave of the present world and I believe that Lady Kaga is right."
If the second wave is coming, although some of the demons and Onmyoji in the mortal world can break through quickly, you, sir, seem to be an exception, and the Aragami from the mortal world will surely appear as well…”
Uesugi Tetsu blinked: "Kaga, Karuta, what made you think I wasn't prepared?"
"Haven't I been preparing all along?"
He gripped the hilt of Xiao Jia's sword tightly, then held the sword's heart horizontally above the heartstrings of all the shikigami, calm and composed.
"The best preparation for the unknown is always to have greater strength."
"Ugh... So Master was prepared all along." Little Jia muttered dejectedly, "Little Jia is so stupid, she didn't expect this at all."
Karuto didn't say much, but he recorded Uesugi Tetsu's words word for word and added them to the "Uesugi-sama's Quotes".
A thought arose in Uesugi Tetsuya's mind—
After clarifying things with Nanjo-nee and Ririko, and finishing the explanation, I need to find a large number of demons. First, I need to fill up the progress of the Asura's Heavenly Path, and then extract tens of thousands of soul ash as materials for advancing to the level of a demon god.
After all, Qianqing's appearance and title are really not suitable for appearing in the real world... and it's not even very convenient in the ordinary world.
If you put on a layer of Asura's skin, there will be no problem at all.
As Uesugi Tetsu walked towards the villa in Hokkaido, he opened Line and stared at the profile picture of 【Yin-Yang Grand Master Nanjo Ai (working...)】, which was still lit up in the night.
Although it's not appropriate to bother Nanjo-nee right now, Uesugi Tetsu is genuinely concerned about matters related to the Nanjo family.
Besides, it wouldn't do if Nanjo Manami was actually silently bearing the pressure without telling herself.
He is far from being a newborn enough to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor without bearing any consequences.
We still need to ask clearly.
Without further hesitation, Uesugi Tetsuya immediately called Nanjo Aimi.
—Anyway, she works overtime every day, and Nanjo Ai is the highest-ranking official in Hokkaido, so even if she's in a meeting right now, she can just go out and answer the phone.
The call was answered immediately after only one ring.
"Hello, Uesugi-kun?" Nanjo Aimi's tone was restrained and indifferent. She could tell from the sound of several Special Affairs Department agents working nearby, "What is it?"
Uesugi Tetsuya paused for a moment, quickly organizing his thoughts before asking, "..."
"Nanjo-nee, are you on speakerphone right now?"
"No, I'm wearing headphones."
A hint of doubt crept into Nanjo Aimi's voice.
So Uesugi Tetsu asked directly, "Nanjo-nee, does the Nanjo family have a rule that 'spirit control techniques cannot be passed on to outsiders'?"
Inside the Special Affairs Department building, Nanjo Manami, who was reviewing reports, stopped twirling the pen in her right hand.
She gestured with her eyes for Shizuma Manatsu to continue looking at it for her, then slowly left her seat and went outside the office.
After passing through the corridor and closing the well-sealed glass door, I arrived at the balcony.
Then, Nanjo Manami finally spoke up: "Uesugi-kun, how did you know?"
Uesugi Tetsuya did not answer her question, but continued speaking.
"—Not only that, I also know that you, Nanjo-nee, are the 'destiny' of the Nanjo family, right?"
Upon hearing this word, which had been buried in her memory for a long time, Nanjo Manami was first taken aback, then lowered her eyes.
She actually wanted to ask, "Uesugi-kun, where did you hear that word?", but after a long silence, Nanjo Manami decided it wasn't necessary to ask further. "Never mind, it doesn't matter..."
Uesugi Tetsu listened to the sound coming from the speaker, somewhat puzzled.
He had considered that Nanjo Manami might be anxious or angry because he knew the Nanjo family's secret, and might even make him forget what he was saying.
What kind of answer is "It doesn't matter"?
On the other hand, in just a dozen seconds, Nanjo Manami was able to figure out most of the problems.
To Uesugi Tetsu's surprise, she laughed out loud: "Uesugi-kun... what, you've discovered that the netizen who used a fake account to tease you is me? Are you angry? Do you want to do something to me?"
Amidst the swirling minty smoke, Nanjo Manami exhaled slowly.
"It's okay."
She chuckled lightly, "You can do whatever you want to me, since I was the one who lied to you first."
"How could I be angry? Rather, I should thank Nanjo-nee for teaching me with your alternate account, allowing me to learn these things without any psychological burden."
Uesugi Tetsu replied, "If it weren't for the Spirit Control Technique and the Five Thunder Technique, I probably wouldn't have reached my current level."
"Is that so? Uesugi-kun, you seem to underestimate yourself."
Nanjo Aimi said noncommittally, then forcefully extinguished the half-burnt cigarette she was holding in her mouth with her fingertips.
She spoke calmly.
"The Nanjo family is none of your concern, Uesugi-kun. There is absolutely no danger or pressure involved, so there is no need to worry at all."
Without saying anything more, Nanjo Manami made a definitive statement about the matter.
"--That's all, I still have work to do, I'll hang up now."
beep...beep...beep...
On the street where light and shadow mingled, Uesugi Tetsuya put down his phone, which was playing a busy tone, with some surprise.
This was the first time Nanjo Manami had hung up on him directly.
"Is it because we were talking about the Nanjo family?"
Uesugi Tetsu thought to himself, "It seems that Nanjo-nee's relationship with the Nanjo family is indeed very bad."
But he couldn't think of anyone else to ask for information about the Nanjo family, so he could only send messages to Kujo Tsubaki (whose profile picture was offline) and Minamoto Shizumi.
As for the deeper reasons, I'll have to ask Nanjo-nee when I meet her later.
By then, she certainly wouldn't be able to avoid talking about it.
With that thought in mind, Uesugi Tetsuya had already returned to the villa's entrance.
"Erchi, you should know that there are only two kinds of women: childhood sweethearts and philanderers..."
He stepped over the iron gate in a few strides, then jumped from the lawn onto the rooftop, where he saw the two-foot-tall man and Ririko, who hadn't moved an inch since noon.
Not far away, Chisa was resting, drenched in sweat, chatting with Tamamo on her phone. She seemed a little embarrassed when she saw Uesugi Tetsuya.
Upon hearing his footsteps, Ririko, who was reciting a famous line from a light novel she had recently read, stopped talking and looked at Uesugi Tetsuya, whose "qi" seemed even more abundant in her eyes.
"Shall we talk about it now, Uesugi-kun?"
Ririko looked at him with a half-smile: "It's okay if you don't say anything, actually I don't care that much."
That means you care.
And they care about it very much, extremely much.
Of course, Uesugi Tetsuya couldn't just back down like that, so he nodded and said, "How can I not do what I promised?"
"Okay, then you go ahead."
Ririko knelt down, tucked her stray hair behind her ear, and adopted a listening posture: "I'm listening."
Seeing this, Chisa very discerningly pushed open the rooftop door quietly—perfect for a nice bath and a long phone chat with her sister.
Two feet away, he raised his hand to unleash the Pure Lotus Embryo Treasury, extravagantly using it as a soundproof barrier.
"Um……"
Uesugi Tetsuya first mentally struck Kaga Kiyomitsu with the thought of "Wow, so cool!", then pondered for a moment before taking out the travel token.
"This story begins with my identity as a [Walker of the Mortal Realm]..."
"It's related to a god that still truly exists..."
"Walking, possessing the ability to travel back in time..."
"I've returned to the Warring States period, five hundred years ago, to be precise, around 1560..."
"..."
"So that Imagawa."
After listening for a long time, Ririko interrupted Uesugi Tetsu's narration for the first time, and asked with a rather serious expression,
"Is he the first ruler of the Sengoku period, the historically renowned Imagawa Yoshimoto?"
……
"Lord Imagawa, shall we send troops like those lowly demons?"
At the boundary between the grayness and the azure sky, a heavily armored general knelt on one knee and respectfully asked a woman with indifferent eyes and dressed in a black and gold robe.
"It's just a second wave, what's the big deal?"
Imagawa Yoshimoto gazed at the vast land, which he had not yet conquered and which was still being ravaged by those stupid demons.
Her tone was unusually calm, as if nothing in the world could stir her emotions anymore.
"Don't think of the world as too weak and insignificant; only fools would do that."
Just then, Yoshimoto Imagawa felt a slight vibration between the layers of his clothing.
—Zashiki, a letter has arrived?
—But it hasn’t been many days since she left.
Yoshimoto Imagawa took out the delicate little gray cube and saw lines of text slowly emerge from its center, which he then pieced together into a single sheet of paper.
She unfolded the folded letter and saw the crooked yet remarkably neat handwriting.
"As a master craftsman, should I go to the mortal world to forge tools...?"
Imagawa Yoshimoto's eyes quickly swept over the text above, showing neither joy nor sorrow.
By the way, Imagawa is in charge!
Guess who summoned me to the mortal realm this time?
She continued looking down, and in the instant her gaze suddenly stopped, she forcefully crumpled one side of the letter into a ball with her right hand.
Realizing this, Imagawa Yoshimoto quickly smoothed out the letter before letting out a sigh of relief and continuing to read—
[Hehe! This time, I was summoned by Mr. Che! And you heard me right, it's the Mr. Che you're thinking of, the one who came to the mountains with you to see me back then!]
Wow, Mr. Che still looks so young, healthy, and handsome; he doesn't seem to have changed much.
[Hmm, you've changed even less than you have back then!]
[By the way, someone as outstanding as Mr. Che is never short of equally outstanding women around him...]
Although Mr. Cheol doesn't seem to have forgotten about being the master.
[But Zashiki thinks, wouldn't it be better to be just a little bit nervous?]
【That's settled then. May you be happy every day and win every battle!】
Imagawa Yoshimoto stared at the last few lines of text, silently took a deep breath, and solemnly folded the letter and tucked it into the lining of his clothes.
Then she said,
"Pass on my orders."
"—Send troops toward the present world."
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