I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 256 More Than One Super Epic Item! Special Area: Karudo Factory (Two-Star to Four-Star)

With a screeching sound of brakes, the long, narrow car came to a stop in front of Uesugi Tetsuya.

There's one more thing to do before boarding the train.

Uesugi Tetsu looked at the ticket box that appeared next to the car door. The rust on the metal box was much more than that on the car body, proving that no one usually used it.

This time, he boarded the train with a ticket.

Therefore, they were considered distinguished passengers, rather than "smugglers" who boarded the train without a ticket and had to worry about their lives.

Uesugi Tetsu threw the torn ticket in his hand into the dark entrance marked with the words "Ticket Gate".

After waiting for a few seconds, he saw the remaining half of the ticket and a transparent sign slide out from the bottom together, making a clinking sound.

Uesugi Tetsu picked up the sign and discovered that the faintly glowing sign read "Passenger Certificate".

The sign on the back reads that as long as you carry the glowing sign with you, you will not encounter any danger on the train.

Even if the train is full or there is a power outage, it has nothing to do with him.

—When I unlocked Kisaragi Station a long time ago, the information I received from Uesugi Tetsu was that I needed to get off the train immediately if the above situation occurred.

"Those who have paid money are different."

Uesugi Tetsu smiled, hung his ID tag around his neck, and swaggered into the fairly crowded carriage.

pat.

As he entered, the number of passengers on the electronic screen changed from "8" to "9".

Ignoring the monsters and ghosts in the carriage, Uesugi Tetsu happened to see that the row of seats directly opposite the door was empty, so he sat down without any hesitation.

Sit down first, then leisurely look around at what's going on.

"Oh?"

But what immediately caught Uesugi Tetsu's attention was not the demons with labels on their heads.

Instead, a few young people huddled in a corner of the carriage, covering their mouths and trembling, afraid to make a sound.

The two men and two women were pale and sweating profusely, but even so, they dared not make the slightest noise.

Uesugi Tetsuya openly sized them up a few times. Judging from their fairly professional gear, they were probably a group of college student hikers on a trek...

It's just that I was really unlucky to run into the Tokoyo Train, which most people would never see in their entire lives.

That one glance made the four young men so nervous they didn't even dare to tremble.

They all lowered their heads and clenched their fists, not trembling at all, not daring to breathe, just like a group of silent elementary school students after being scolded by their homeroom teacher.

However, this scene was far more terrifying than a homeroom teacher scolding or lecturing students.

—A powerful demon wearing a fox mask and with six tails on its back, who looks like a formidable monster, has its eyes on you right away. Wouldn't you be afraid?
That's right, Uesugi Tetsu is now using the "Thousand Faces Modification" ability to transform himself into the superior form of the four-tailed fox, the "six-tailed fox".

Generally speaking, a six-tailed fox is at least a demon or god-level being, and can be considered a great demon no matter where you are.

Using this appearance to travel in the ordinary world can also avoid most of the troubles.

Not only that, Uesugi Tetsu also transformed the Hannya mask into a fox mask, and used the Spirit Condensation Technique and a little bit of the Elixir Embracing Skill to completely conceal his own aura.

Thus, only a hint of the aura of a demon naturally emanated from the mask, completely confirming his identity as a "six-tailed fox demon".

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself!
Uesugi Tetsuya stopped pressuring the four college students with his eyes and instead looked around.

Among the eight passengers besides him, there was a minor demon that he could kill with a single slap, as well as a not-so-simple three-and-a-half-star urban legend.

There were even beings completely shrouded in cloth, with a question mark on their heads.

Not easy to mess with, not easy to mess with.

Uesugi Tetsu's glance was fleeting, not lingering for long.

He simply lowered his eyes and felt the gazes falling upon him.

Yes, there are seven in total.

The emotions expressed are fear, curiosity, and surprise.

—This is probably the effect of the passenger identification badge on his chest.

Aside from that unknown entity with a question mark above its head, the other guys in the same carriage weren't too difficult to deal with.

Uesugi Tetsu thought to himself, glancing out of the corner of his eye at the four college students who were terrified.

—Since I have to go to the Karuta III factory this time, it's probably not very convenient to send them to the real world.

However, it's still possible to lend a hand.

In most cases, Uesugi Tetsuya is never stingy in offering help.

After a few minutes of condensing his energy, Uesugi Tetsuya consumed a small portion of his spiritual power, which transformed into four bright electric orbs in his fingertips that were not imbued with the aura of the Guhuoniao.

It wasn't that Uesugi Tetsu was reluctant to part with his spiritual energy, but rather that, given their ordinary physiques, bearing such compressed and purified spiritual energy was extremely difficult.

If there were any more, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't guarantee that these lightning orbs wouldn't suddenly explode.

Silently, he flicked four electric balls into the bodies of the college students, instantly relieving their extreme fear and profuse sweating.

Just a few seconds later, the four college students stopped trembling thanks to the masculine energy emanating from the lightning ball.

"Huh? Why do I suddenly feel... that my hands aren't shaking anymore?"

"Me too!"

"I'm not so scared anymore!"

"what happens?"

They stared at each other in astonishment, speechless, unable to understand the reason for the power that had arisen within them.

"You four, if you see Hyundai Station later, get off the train immediately."

A straight stream of energy flowed to the ears of the four people, and Uesugi Tetsuya's husky voice, after some processing, gently rang out.
"One more reminder: if the train is full or there is a power outage, you must get off immediately... Getting off doesn't guarantee survival, but staying on will definitely lead to death."

The voice, which seemed to suddenly ring in their minds, startled the college students, almost causing them to scream.

Fortunately, they enjoy hiking, have a lot of experience, and their overall mental fortitude is acceptable.

After exchanging glances, the four confirmed the source of these unusually positive developments: the six-tailed fox who had boarded the vehicle not long ago.

Although they didn't know why this monster was protecting them, it didn't stop the four of them from looking at it with gratitude.

Uesugi Tetsu closed his eyes and leaned back, unmoved.

The idea came to me suddenly; it was just a small favor.

Less than half an hour later, Uesugi Tetsu heard an electronic announcement saying that the next stop was approaching, but it didn't say where it was going.

As soon as he opened the map, he found that he was indeed almost at the glowing spot belonging to the Karuta Factory.

bang bang bang...

The train slowed down and came to a complete stop before the doors were opened.

All the demons remained motionless in their seats, except for Uesugi Tetsu, who stood up.

Upon seeing the six-tailed fox stand up, some of the college students were tempted to shift their positions and get off the bus behind him.

But in the end, this intention was suppressed by the other three.

Because outside the car door was a desolate scene, devoid of anything, which could not possibly be the real world.

A newly boarded demon squinted, revealing a look of apprehension, as if he recognized whose territory this was.

Uesugi Tetsuya got out of the car without making a sound, and in the few dozen seconds after the car door closed, he felt many eyes sweep over him.

But the aura of a ghost or god emanating from him, which was both imposing and awe-inspiring, was all withdrawn.

Wu Yao got off the bus, and nothing happened.

With a whirring sound, the Tosei Train gradually disappeared into the distance.

The identification badge on Uesugi Tetsu's chest dimmed, but it did not disappear.

—Within a month, as long as you activate this identity document with spiritual power, you can board the Eternal Train again to go to the next destination.

It was indeed a "round trip ticket," not a "one-way ticket."

This ticket is very effective.

As the fog dissipated, Uesugi Tetsu's vision, which had previously been limited to a range of about a hundred meters, instantly expanded, revealing the enormous, towering black cube standing a thousand meters away.

"factory……?"

When Uesugi Tetsu looked up, he saw two or three yellowish-brown clouds floating around the waist of the black cube.

This factory is literally towering into the clouds... at least several thousand meters high.

Uesugi Tetsu looked left and right again, but still couldn't see the end of the black cube.

"As expected of a core factory, the scale of these factory owners who exploit everything is truly enormous..."

With a couple of clicks of amazement, Uesugi Tetsuya took off from the ground and flew towards the sky, which was otherwise empty except for a few scattered clouds.

woohoo hoo...

With a howling wind in his ears, Uesugi Tetsu's expression grew increasingly serious.

Because he had already flown above the clouds, but when he looked up, he still couldn't see the end of the black cube in his field of vision.

Uesugi Tetsuya hovered at an altitude of about eight thousand meters, no longer rising.

His intuition told him that although there was nothing in front of him at the moment, if he continued to fly upwards, he would most likely encounter something terrible. Then his life would be over.

So Uesugi Tetsuya descended below the clouds and began measuring the length and width of the black cube.

The results came out soon after.

It is 30 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide.

Therefore, it can be determined that the heights are roughly the same.

The factory is so huge that it could easily be called a mega-scale industrial park.

Meanwhile, as Uesugi Tetsu measured the length and width of the factory, he also took in the view of the surrounding area for several kilometers, only to find that there was still nothing there.

It was so desolate that it seemed like a forbidden zone for life.

Moreover, the spiritual energy around this factory was even lower than that in the present world before the wave arrived; this was the first time Uesugi Tetsu had ever seen such a situation in the ordinary world.

This indicates that the location of this core factory is extremely remote.

But that's how it should be; with nothing within a radius of tens of kilometers, the plan's secrecy is greatly guaranteed.

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had landed in front of the black cube, approached and quietly observed the hundreds of dried-up magical runes that had appeared on it.

He believed that if the core factory hadn't been abandoned for so long, he certainly wouldn't have seen the huge black cube when he passed by.

Because the patterns on the surface are incredibly complex, it's clear that they were drawn by a master, and he estimated that even a typical great Onmyoji might not be able to understand them.

Uesugi Tetsuya didn't understand either.

However, he memorized a portion of it first, intending to compare it back in the present world.

After finishing his notes, Uesugi Tetsu began circling around looking for the shrine that should have been there.

When opening the map, the first thing to do is to light up the shrine.

Without a respawn point, conquering the new map would be incredibly difficult.

About a minute later, Uesugi Tetsuya, who was lucky, pulled the small shrine out of the soil and used his qi to dust off the thick dust on it.

The shrine emitted a faint light, and a notification popped up.

[You have activated the shrine in the abandoned core factory, Kiryudo III.]

[Current area unlocked: Abandoned Core Factory - Keldo III (2-4 stars)]

[Note 1: This is a special area with no main quests. Please explore on your own.]

[Note 2: There is at least one item of Epic quality in the current area.]

[Note 3: Committing serious acts of sabotage on the Karuta III will attract the attention of the factory owners.]

It's normal for special areas opened by ultra-epic maps to have some unique rules.

Uesugi Tetsu dug another small pit and buried the shrine inside, making it blend into the environment.

Then, I began to carefully read the pop-up prompts.

First, Note 2 states that there may be more than one Epic item in the factory.

Won Ma.

Uesugi Tetsu's eyes brightened slightly, but he immediately frowned again.

—We can't damage the factory, otherwise we'll attract the factory owner's attention and become a dead end.

That basically means you can't do anything on the map... So what do you do if you encounter a monster?
This is still a map with two to four stars, and there should be quite a few demons stronger than myself in it.

How to do this?
Unable to come up with a solution immediately, Uesugi Tetsu shook his head, deciding to first examine the map to see what was going on.

Without thinking further, Uesugi Tetsu flew toward the small door he had discovered earlier when measuring the distance to the factory.

—This gate is over ten meters wide and several tens of meters high, but compared to the factory, it can only be considered a small gate.

He had only taken a few steps inside when Uesugi Tetsu found himself tripping over something in the darkness.

He subconsciously looked down and noticed a white notification pop up.

[The Remains of the Master Blacksmith Sequence - Type II]

What the hell?
Even corpses can now trigger notifications?

This is the first time.

Before Uesugi Tetsu could figure it out, a round, white ball of light emerged from above the head of the two-meter-tall remains.

You have discovered the "Broken Memory Orb of the Great Blacksmith Sequence Type II".

[Read?]

Upon encountering the new prompt, Uesugi Tetsuya did not act rashly.

He first turned the remains over and found that apart from being tall and strong, they were not much different from ordinary people in appearance.

It looks very real, and it feels very real to the touch.

But inside, it is made up of machinery, gears, mechanisms, and techniques.

—Unlike the current bio-mechanical mechs, it seems that the factory owners' methods of building robots have undergone significant changes.

After exploring for a while without making any breakthroughs, Uesugi Tetsuya turned his attention to the factory.

Where the outside sunlight couldn't reach, there was only thick, sticky blackness, which even Uesugi Tetsu's interpretive eye couldn't penetrate.

Danger often comes from the unknown.

"Well……"

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Tetsuya focused his attention on the white sphere of light.

[Read?]

"Read."

The thought flashed through his mind, and Uesugi Tetsuya's vision changed instantly.

……

Fragmented memories and images flashed by.

Thousands of blacksmiths marched in unison along the passageways onto the enormous wooden ship.

Soon, wooden boats filled with countless blacksmiths and other trades set sail, breaking through the waves and heading into the depths of the boundless ocean.

Uesugi Tetsu recognized it; it was the Deep Sea.

The factory owners dispatched countless wooden ships from the deep sea to reach their destination, bypassing numerous surveillance and eyes and ears.

The master blacksmith, who disembarked from one of the few wooden ships that arrived sporadically, began to build the Karuta III Factory.

After the factory was completed, the master blacksmith began working day and night forging iron.

Repeatedly, repeatedly, the same part was hammered.

Over an extremely long period of time, all the skills the master blacksmith remembered became useless.

He was just like a screw, constantly swinging the hammer down at the same angle and with the same force.

For no apparent reason, mechanical creations that were not normally capable of feeling emotions began to experience sadness and anger.

There seems to be a huge gap in the middle of my memory.

In short, what Uesugi Tetsu ultimately felt was a sense of satisfaction and happiness.

"Would you like to come in and have a game, sir?"

Before he could recover from the many images brought to him by the memory orb, Uesugi Tetsuya blinked and saw bright lights and people coming and going.

Before them, a woman wearing a fox mask and a loose-fitting kimono was tugging at her sleeve and asking in a coquettish voice.

Uesugi Tetsuya, who was in a daze, turned his head.

Then, they discovered that the previously completely dark and unknown Karuta III Factory had been transformed into a bustling and unfamiliar market!

Confused and bewildered, Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyes.

【Hanatsuki Workshop】

Three ancient-style characters hung on a large plaque.

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had been to Edo Castle, could immediately recognize that it was undoubtedly an architectural style from the Edo period.

No, what happened?

Crossed again?

Last time we went back to the Sengoku period, this time we're going back to the Edo period, right?
He merely glanced at the memory orb of the corpse at the entrance of the map; did he break a divine law?
Uesugi Tetsu opened the map list, only to find that the [Core Factory - Karuta III] had not changed.

The most fundamental fact remains unchanged.

He blinked, sizing up the fox-faced woman with full breasts and rosy cheeks in front of him, and then he saw the bustling crowd coming and going in the flower card shop.

In other words.

This is still the Karuta III Factory.

　Brothers, I'm asking for your monthly votes at the beginning of the month!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)