I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 177 I will end this chaotic world! The Eight Sufferings reappear?! Thunderous magic shocks everyone (6k)

"Today's harvest is indeed excellent! Let's go again this afternoon!"

Carrying a catch of fish about the length of his forearm, Tanaka said goodbye to another old fisherman from the village with a smile, and then went into his house.

Then he saw Ata, barefoot, standing at the doorway, carrying a large cloth bag and with a very conspicuous wakizashi at his waist.

Tanaka was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the silver light showing from the mouth of the bag and the Imagawa family crest on the wakizashi, he immediately realized what had happened.

pat.

Tanaka didn't even care that the big fish, still alive and wagging its tail, had fallen to the ground.

He rushed out of the house in a few quick steps and strode after Ah Dao in the direction he was looking.

At the same time, he shouted at the top of his lungs,

"—Lord Che! Lord Che!"

He ran wildly along the muddy paths of Ayutsu Village until finally, Tanakaro caught sight of the figure in the priest's robe at the very end of his sight.

—It looks like it's walking very slowly, but each step it takes covers more than ten meters in an instant.

Tanaka ran after him, panting for a while, but when he realized that the distance between them was only getting wider and wider, he had no choice but to stop and watch helplessly as Uesugi Tetsuya's figure disappeared from his sight.

He thought to himself, deeply shaken.

Onmyoji Che is truly a divine being.

……

"I didn't realize Che-jun was such a gentle person."

Having slowly risen to a height of several hundred meters on the floating platform, Yoshimoto Imagawa, resting his chin on his hand, looked away with slight surprise.

Uesugi Tetsuya, now seated back on the hoverboard, replied.

"I just felt that this was the last time I would see them, and A-Dao was a good kid."

Hopefully, she'll be better off after this.

Uesugi Tetsuya blinked as he finished speaking: "So Lord Yoshimoto could see clearly even from this far away."

"Isn't that natural?"

Having adapted to the hoverboard with remarkable speed, Imagawa Yoshimoto leaned against the semi-transparent "fence" and let out a soft hum.
"If even eyesight is worse than that of an average person, how can one be called the best archer in the Tokaido?"

She pointed to her dark, deep eyes and smiled: "Even a fallen leaf a thousand meters away, I can see its veins clearly."

Seeing that Uesugi Tetsuya seemed stunned by his words, Imagawa Yoshimoto turned his head and looked at the now smaller Sunpu Castle in the distance.

She gestured with her hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"After flying into the air, Junpu City felt so small."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "Lord Yoshimoto, from this perspective, there are not many things that can be called 'great' anymore."

Even an army formation with tens of thousands of soldiers is nothing more than a large, square block.

Driven by the two-foot-tall man, the levitation board slowly headed towards Mikawa. Imagawa Yoshimoto gazed at the ever-shrinking Sunpu Castle and suddenly said softly.
“Che”.

For the first time, she addressed Uesugi Tetsuya by his full name without adding any modifiers or suffixes.

The twenty-year-old girl stretched her palm out into the air, making a grasping motion, as if trying to grab something.
"After becoming the ruler of the world, I want to transform Junfu City into a true city of the world. Even if you fly this high, or even higher, you still won't be able to see its full extent."

Imagawa Yoshimoto looked in the direction of Kyoto and shook his head without hesitation.
"Kyoto is not worthy."

"It will be done."

Uesugi Tetsu met her gaze as she turned to the side, and expectantly extended his palm: "Please let me witness all of this, Lord Yoshimoto."

"Then Che-jun, you'd better keep a close eye on me! Don't miss a single thing!"

Imagawa Yoshimoto raised his hand and gripped his hand tightly.

The youngest ruler among the sixty-six kingdoms stood up on the floating platform, one hand on his hip, the other pointing towards the still ununified world.

She arrogantly raised the corners of her lips and proclaimed to the world,
"I will—successfully reach Luoyang!"
Then become the ruler of the world! Become a general!

Finally, they will unify this chaotic world and end the long period of turmoil!

Clap clap clap.

Behind her, the only two people who heard this acted as the atmosphere-setter, clapping for Imagawa Yoshimoto.

After saying that, Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't say anything more. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and looked down at the unobstructed view below.

After a while, seemingly getting bored, she rubbed her eyes and said to Uesugi Tetsuya, who was repeatedly exhaling fragments of lightning,

"How about I tell you something about myself?"

"Yeah."

Uesugi Tetsu readily accepted good advice.

He was overjoyed to learn more about the relevant events from the person himself.

Then Imagawa Yoshimoto slowly began to speak.
"When I was fourteen, I left the temple and took over the position of head of the family."

In the same year, he unified Suruga, Tōtōmi, and Mikawa provinces, and concluded an alliance treaty with the Takeda and Hojō families…

Imagawa Yoshimoto recounted the events in great detail.

Even in simple words, his spiritedness and vigor are palpable.
Uesugi Tetsu listened silently, comparing these events with the records in historical books.

Then he discovered that no matter which version of history it was, it greatly underestimated and belittled the girl sitting next to him.

If we go by what she herself said... it has only been six years since she left the temple and returned to secular life.

In just six short years, the Imagawa family has managed to develop to such an extent.

Just horrible.

If it weren't for the existence of Oda Nobunaga, the "Sixth Heaven Demon King," and that rainy night, she would surely have become the ruler of Kyoto.

The hoverboard was very fast, so it flew away from the border of Suruga Province and arrived in Tōtōmi Province in just one or two hours.

Uesugi Tetsu then realized that since leaving Suruga Province, the road had gradually become rugged and difficult.

It's likely that the roads in Tōtōmi Province weren't in bad condition, but rather in Suruga Province, at least the main roads, which were well-maintained under the direction of Imagawa Yoshimoto.

He recalled the infrastructure and streets of Junfu City, remembering that they were indeed flat and clean, without much odor or garbage accumulation.

Therefore, what Imagawa Yoshimoto said earlier about the castle of the realm was not unfounded.

She wanted to do that.

She will also put in the effort for this.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at Imagawa Yoshimoto, who kept her head down and blinked only once every minute. He guessed that she was trying to cram the passing mountains and landscapes into her mind.

Therefore, he didn't say anything to disturb them.

About half an hour later, they had arrived at the central part of Yuanjiang.

Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly spoke up.
"Stop."

In just a few seconds, the extremely fast-moving airship suddenly stopped in mid-air in a completely illogical manner.

Imagawa Yoshimoto's pupils contracted slightly as he caught sight of the familiar pattern on the clothing.
"It is the family crest of the Toda clan."

Toda clan?
Uesugi Tetsu pondered for two seconds and remembered that this was a local powerful clan in Mikawa Province, and was considered a subordinate of the Matsudaira family.

But this is the Province of Tōtōmi...

Uesugi Tetsu also lowered his head, looking intently at the rugged road.

After a moment, he raised an eyebrow: "Mountain bandits?"

How did the samurai of the Toda clan end up as bandits?

Even the honor of a samurai wouldn't allow them to do that.

If he had committed a crime and was expelled from the Toda family, how could he still be wearing these clothes in Tōtōmi Province?

Imagawa Yoshimoto tapped his knee lightly with his fingers: "Che-kun, could you go down and observe the situation first, so as not to alert the enemy?"

"it is good."

Uesugi Tetsu responded and silently leaped into the dense forest.

Not long after, suppressing his pounding heart and concealing his aura to the extreme, Uesugi Tetsu quietly pressed himself against the thick tree stump and peered out.

In the middle of the road, a burly samurai wearing a plain jacket with the Toda family crest stood with his arms crossed, like a silent boulder.

Instead, two young men in front of him, dressed in coarse linen clothes and with pockmarked waists and hips, were shouting at the man sitting in the rabbit-drawn carriage directly in front of him.

"The boss said that if you hand over half of your money and food, he'll let you pass!"

The young man, whose cheekbones bulged from hunger, brandished his katana a couple of times and chuckled, "We won't touch the goods; that's been the rule for the past few days!"

Does this small merchant family really not even bring any guards when they go on a long trip?

Uesugi Tetsu moved his gaze and spotted two fresh, still steaming headless corpses by the roadside.

There were no other wounds on the body, and the cut on the neck was clean and neat, suggesting that the person who was beheaded must not have felt any pain when he died.

Case solved.

It turned out that the two guards had been beheaded by the samurai with a single blow.

"No, no, no... I can't pay it."

In the rabbit-drawn carriage, also known as a donkey cart, a middle-aged man with a weathered face was frozen in fear, but still stammered,
"If we hand over half here, it won't be enough by the time we get to Mikawa."

He hurriedly jumped out of the car, knelt down, and bowed his head obsequiously in a voice that was almost breaking into tears.

"Gentlemen... please pay one-third! One-third is alright! Please, I beg you..."

“One-third is fine too.” The young man named “Ashi” sneered twice, his gaze shifting to the back of the cargo. “However, you can leave your wife and daughter behind.”

The middle-aged man suddenly raised his head and stared intently at Ashi, startling him so much that he instinctively took a step back.

Then the samurai supported him with his arms, which were as thick as small tree stumps.

"You want to go to Sanhe?"

The samurai lowered his head, met the gaze of the trembling middle-aged man, and suddenly grinned.

He pounded his chest and roared angrily.
"I barely escaped from that hell! And you want to go back there?! Do you think this life is too long?!"

Uesugi Tetsuya, who heard every word of these words, frowned deeply.

This powerful warrior, who had almost completed the cycle of Qi, actually called the Mikawa Kingdom "hell"?
This is not good news.

He remained silent and continued listening.

The samurai waved his hand impatiently: "I'm only telling you this because I took half of your money and food, and because you're a decent man—go back to where you came from!"

"Otherwise, we wouldn't even know when your family's bodies would be left to rot in the wilderness!"

Something's wrong with the Kingdom of Sanhe.

From the words of this samurai from the Toda clan, it is clear that Mikawa Province is not some trivial matter involving only the upper and middle classes, such as "bewitching by a great demon" or "rebellion by powerful clans."

Rather, it involved a much larger and wider range of events, causing a massive upheaval that affected the entire Three Rivers Kingdom!

He needs to ask in detail.

Uesugi Tetsu's eyes flickered slightly as he strode out from behind the tree stump, standing right under the noses of the bandits and the small merchant family.

It happened to be positioned between the middle-aged man and the bandits. Feeling the shadow cast upon him, the man looked up, staring at the unfamiliar robe, unsure what to say.

The bandit Ashi, who had just been helped to his feet by the samurai, clicked his tongue and said in a very heavy local accent.

"Hey?! What are you doing here again...?"

Before he could finish speaking, his gaze had already swept over Uesugi Tetsuya's entire body.

Then, the bandit Ashi's eyes gleamed!
The neat clothes, the eye-catching scabbard, and the style of boots—it's clear at a glance that they're very expensive!

Moreover, this young man is fair-skinned and delicate-looking; you can tell at a glance that he is the son of some noble family!
If it were in a city, or even a remote village, Ashi probably wouldn't dare to have the slightest disrespectful thought.

A powerful figure of that caliber could decide his life or death more than ten times with a single sentence!

But in this deserted mountain road, this young master didn't even bring any warrior guards—was he not allowed to fantasize?

Ashi excitedly turned around and asked, "Boss! Can we do this?"

Sakata remained silent.

—I have a feeling that the boy's outfit looks familiar.

But he had never seen this face before.

This is really strange.

Moreover, he always felt that this composed young master was anything but simple.

But this outfit is really valuable. If we could find a place to pawn it, it would be enough to feed and drink well for several months!
When Ashi saw that Sakata didn't speak, he assumed that the boss had tacitly agreed.

With a powerful backer and support, A-Shi immediately felt much more confident.

He made an ugly sword flourish, accidentally dropped the sword on the ground and picked it up again, then walked up to Uesugi Tetsuya with an arrogant gait, raised his chin and sneered.

"Hey, do you even know where you are?"

Uesugi Tetsu ignored him and didn't even glance at him.

These small fry don't even inspire me to offer a rebuttal.

If you're not so brainless as to attack him directly, just ignore him and that's it.

Moreover, judging from the situation, these bandit henchmen seem unaware of what happened in the Kingdom of Sanhe.

The key point is the boss.

Uesugi Tetsu raised his gaze and calmly looked past Ashi toward Sakata.

In an instant, Sakata felt the slow-circulating internal energy in his body freeze for a moment.

illusion!?
Or something else?
He didn't speak either, but subconsciously placed his hand warily on the hilt of the knife.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen!"

The middle-aged man who had been kneeling on the ground mustered his courage and said, "We can give you everything, whether it's money, food, or goods, but please don't kill this boy!"

The woman who was holding the girl tightly in the rabbit-drawn carriage to keep her from crying out was horrified when she saw this scene, and despair almost overflowed from her eyes.

Faced with a ruthless band of mountain bandits who killed two guards without saying a word, her own man actually said such a thing.

How dare he!

The man, however, saw this as an opportunity!

The boy who emerged from the woods was clearly dressed differently, and he hadn't held out much hope that the bandits would spare his family...

Fight to the death!
At this point, the only bet is that this young man is no ordinary person!
This is the only way to survive!
"Woooooooo..."

From inside the rabbit-drawn carriage, the girl whose mouth was covered by the woman could be heard crying in wisps.

Uesugi Tetsu remained indifferent.

Whether it was small-time bandits or a noisy family of small vendors behind them.

He simply stared at the samurai named Sakata.

Now, to be more precise, we should look behind the samurai whose expression had changed slightly.

He silently raised his finger.

Suddenly.

A sudden, eerie white flash of lightning, synchronized with his calm breathing, emerged from his fingertips.

It surged forth.

Boom!

a bolt from the blue!

A bolt of lightning, as straight as a line, flashed past the side of Ashi's gaunt face in an instant and landed directly behind Sakata.

Stab it!

After the thunder, like a mirage of bubbles, a shrill, hoarse roar rang out, then quickly dissipated into the world along with the thunder.

Along with the strands of hair at Ah Shi's temples, they turned into specks of charcoal, which drifted away without a trace in the breeze.

Uesugi Tetsu looked indifferently at the kill notification that popped up in front of him, his eyes narrowing into slits.

This is... really not good news.

Standing in front of him, Ah Shi, who had just brushed past the lightning that was so close to him, felt his legs go weak and collapsed uncontrollably to the ground, feeling as if his soul had left his body.

Sakata first turned around to observe what was behind him, then exclaimed in sudden realization,

"What superb lightning technique! With just one strike, you killed a demon I hadn't even noticed. You truly deserve the title of the renowned Onmyoji Che, who is famous throughout the Tokaido!"

The samurai bowed and clasped his hands, his tone earnest and sincere.
"It is my great honor to meet you today, Sakata!"

The Great Onmyoji... Che?

Upon hearing this, not only did the bandits, including the brothers Ashi and Amu, look at him with awe, but even the small merchant's family was stunned and frightened by the name.

Because in recent days, this name has swept through the city and its streets like a Category 5 hurricane, and even small villages have not been spared.

Wherever there is interaction with the outside world, you will inevitably hear the name "Great Onmyoji Che" from merchants or ronin, and then see their envious eyes.

Sakata took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "Lord Che, let's talk here..."

"I don't have time to listen to all your nonsense."

Uesugi Tetsuya's eyes were icy cold as he interrupted him without hesitation.

His body crackled with blinding lightning as he spoke, each word deliberate and deliberate.

"Now, immediately, tell me everything you know about the Three Rivers Kingdom, don't leave out a single word!"

Sakata paused, unable to respond for a moment.

He took the initiative to make amends, but was humiliated in front of so many of his underlings... How can he continue to be the boss?
But Sakata was clear-headed.

—This great Onmyoji Che is also a big shot that he can't afford to offend.

At this point, the floating platform descended.

Dressed simply, Yoshimoto Imagawa stepped lightly on the ground. After looking around, she asked coldly, "What happened?"

Uesugi Tetsu rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed deeply.

"Lord Yiyuan, things seem to be getting worse... It's no longer a minor local clan uprising."

Imagawa Yoshimoto was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

She asked again, her expression turning serious: "What happened?"

No one answered.

Everyone present held their breath and lowered their heads and eyes after hearing Uesugi Tetsu's address to the girl who had just landed.

Because the girl standing in front of them is very likely the sole ruler of Suruga, Tōtōmi, and Mikawa!

The Imagawa family's most brilliant and greatest head to date!
Especially Sakata.

He had once accompanied the head of the Toda family to Sunpu Castle to attend a celebration, and had seen the appearance of that noble man from afar.

Even if I couldn't see clearly back then, my memory is already somewhat hazy.

But such a unique temperament is absolutely impossible for others to imitate.

Without a doubt, it is the one right in front of us.

In this way, the dilemma we were just facing is easily resolved!
Ignoring the stares of the crowd, Sakata knelt down on the rough dirt road with a thud, bowing his head and saying...

"This humble man, Sakata, greets Lord Imagawa."

The bandits around them were still looking at each other, not having reacted, standing there dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

"In these extraordinary times, there is no need for formalities."

Imagawa Yoshimoto quickly raised his hand, glanced at Uesugi Tetsuya, whose expression was more solemn than ever before, and said, "Just do whatever Mr. Tetsuya tells you to do."

Uesugi Tetsuya added coldly, "My journey with Yoshimoto-kun is to resolve the Mikawa issue—an army of over ten thousand men has already set off!"

"so."

His fingertips crackled with a fusion of magical energy and lightning: "Tell us everything you know about the Kingdom of Sanhe."

If someone knows about it but conceals it…

Boom!

Uesugi Tetsu raised his hand, instantly turning the thick trees not far away into charcoal: "This is your fate."

An army of tens of thousands.

"I know."

Sakata tensed up, realizing how much the head of the Imagawa family valued this matter.

He then quickly recalled everything about the incident, piecing together the sequence of events and organizing his thoughts.

About twenty seconds later, Sakata, with his exceptional mental fortitude, began to recount the events that had begun about twenty days prior, speaking with remarkable clarity.

The two listened intently.

According to Sakata, the "headmaster of the Toda family," it was indeed the local powerful clans who initially wanted to stir up trouble and instigate unrest.

But he valued his life and didn't want to climb the social ladder anymore. He didn't want to get involved in this mess, so he went to a small city to avoid trouble.

"Although the powerful clans in several places have joined forces again to do something, the bald monks of the Buddhist sect have also joined in, once again trying to profit from the chaos and gain benefits from all sides."

Sakata recounted,
"A lot of people did die more than half a month ago—but I've gotten used to it, after all, we've been through the same thing for the past two years."

Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded, which was considered as agreement with his words.

For a unified local upheaval to occur, the internal opposition must first be eliminated.

It's impossible to avoid bleeding.

"Then...then..."

But at this point, even though he was nearly thirty years old, had experienced countless wars, and had faced death many times, Sakata paused for a long time, his face stiffening.

He closed his eyes, spoke with difficulty, his voice becoming hoarse and dry.
"But things started to change a week ago."

　The timeline and characters' experiences in this book differ from historical records.

　　Please don't take it too seriously.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)