I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 353 The Hozuki Family, You Came to Our Door Even When I Wasn't Looking for You? It's Actually Ina? Don't panic, I'm here to help you!
Uesugi Tetsu did not resist the young man for the time being, letting the other man, whose heart rate had soared to over 180, pull him "running" towards the village.

In Uesugi Tetsu's eyes, the youth's frantic running could barely be called "fast walking".

The reason for the many troubles is that the gray mist looks quite powerful, and its strength has only recovered to about one-third.

Taking action doesn't guarantee a 100% chance of capturing the opponent alive.

The key is to capture them alive.

The gray fog was so large that, even a rough estimate, it was at least the size of several villages.

At least five more minutes.

and also……

Uesugi Tetsu narrowed his eyes, jogging along while looking at the enormous label above the gray mist's head.

He gave two silent, cold laughs.

The young man ran all the way and finally arrived at the village entrance before the gray fog appeared in the sight of the villagers.

Dozens of meters away, several ragged villagers were casting scrutinizing and hesitant glances at Uesugi Tetsuya.

But this scrutiny quickly vanished amidst the energetic ringing of the bell by the young man!

Jingle Bell!Jingle Bell!
The sound of the copper bell was sharp and piercing, and it quickly spread to half of the village, causing all the villagers who heard it to change their expressions slightly, and then they ran around telling each other.

In less than half a minute, all the people in the entire village had vanished without a trace.

Uesugi Tetsu, who was being pulled along at a jog, blinked, wondering why these villagers seemed so familiar with the task.

—Has that gray fog come many times before?

—Could it be that, just like when he entered Edo Castle, he comes here from time to time to freeload?

A guess came to mind, but seeing the young man's nervous expression, Uesugi Tetsu didn't say anything more.

Before long, the young man forcefully pulled him into a slightly larger thatched hut.

Upon entering, Uesugi Tetsu saw the young man quickly pull open a wooden cabinet with some scribbles on the surface, but the inside was empty.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the wooden cabinet, then at the young man who was panting with his hands on his knees.

The young man noticed his gaze and immediately flew into a rage: "What are you waiting for? Get inside!"

After saying that, he immediately stuffed Uesugi Tetsu, this "idiot from out of town," into the fairly spacious wooden cabinet, then closed the not-so-thick cabinet door, leaving only a tiny gap.

This perspective looks somewhat familiar.

Along the way, Uesugi Tetsu heard the young man muttering something under his breath and noticed that the man's hands were trembling.

"Okay, listen..."

The young man squatted down and said in a low voice, "No matter what you see or hear later, absolutely do not make a sound, and absolutely do not push open the cabinet door to come out!"

Through the gap in the cabinet door, the ferocious bloodshot veins in the young man's eyes were clearly visible.

"This wooden cabinet contains a talisman that was supposedly carved by a master Onmyoji. It can save your life."

Having activated his All-Seeing Eye, Uesugi Tetsu stared at the cabinet door and discovered that the scribbles on the outside were actually a very rudimentary form of "concealment technique".

Not only were the materials used to draw the incantation appalling, but the Onmyoji himself was also only a novice—at most, he would be on par with the former Hasegawa Ken in the Special Affairs Department.

Perhaps this talisman could have some effect at first...

But clearly, it's no longer effective.

However, judging from the young man's appearance, he seemed unaware of this.

Did they give up the place to live for themselves?

"how about you?"

"Uesugi Tetsu asked softly."

The voice remained steady, which made the young man outside the cabinet look at him with new respect.

"Don't ask any more questions."

The young man, still worried, turned back as he got up and added one last sentence: "If you want to live, stay inside and don't move!"

As he spoke, he lowered his pace and walked out of the thatched hut.

Uesugi Tetsu used his All-Seeing Eye to observe the short wooden sword in the young man's hand and noticed that it was crackling with wisps of blue-green electric arcs.

Huh, weird.

Why did this power of lightning feel strangely familiar to him?

After leaving the thatched hut and confirming that it was temporarily safe, the young man walked faster and faster.

Uesugi Tetsu wasn't worried, since he could see it with his All-Seeing Eye and had already reserved some power for the young man.

At the very least, sensing danger and protecting the other party is absolutely no problem.

Even if the colossal gray mist demon hadn't arrived yet, and even if they used all their power against that young man alone, they wouldn't be able to break his methods.

Now, let's first check how everyone is doing.

Uesugi Tetsuya's heartstrings were touched, and he asked Ao, Nisha-sama, Kaga Kiyomitsu, and Karuta a series of questions.

The first to respond was Qing.

He first replied, "It's nothing," then said with barely concealed shock, "Lord Uesugi... this place really is the Sengoku period...?"

Qing was speechless for a moment.

The power of time has actually been manipulated and used.

This is truly...

"Although there was a slight mishap along the way," Uesugi Tetsu paused, then breathed a sigh of relief, "thankfully, we successfully arrived at our destination, which is indeed the Sengoku period."

When the topic of the "minor accident" came up, Qing immediately spoke seriously in her heart: "Lord Uesugi, please try not to think about it or remember [that thing]."

He unusually emphasized, "It's very dangerous."

"At least, before you become an Aragami, don't be curious or seek out any information related to it."

"I am clear."

Uesugi Tetsu replied.

Since Qing said that, it means that he probably has some understanding of that great terror.

So he did exactly what Qing told him to do.

Anyway, Qing would never harm him.

After waiting a while, Uesugi Tetsu noticed that Karuta awkwardly sent a message from his heartstrings saying "I am awake," while Nisha made a bunch of groans in a daze.

As for Gasol...

Little Jia seems to still be asleep.

This situation was also within Uesugi Tetsu's expectations.

Among them, Xiao Jia had the weakest will and spirit, so it was normal for him to be unconscious for a longer period of time.

As long as everything is alright, that's good. This kind of coma can be easily woken up with time.

During the Warring States period, time was never a problem.

However, even so, we still need to figure out the exact time first.

If I were to travel to five years in the future due to an accident, things would get complicated if I were to travel to ten years in the future.

Oh, and that patch of gray fog.

Uesugi Tetsu remembered Okabe Motonobu saying that along with the revival of heaven and earth, a large number of demons had sprung up.

But now it seems that it's not just demons that are rampant...

“There are also man-made disasters.”

Uesugi Tetsu murmured softly, staring at the prompt above the gray mist's head, his eyes cold.

[Fog shape (3.5 stars)]

[Fog shape (3.5 stars)]

[—One of the shikigami artificially cultivated and raised by the once reclusive Onmyoji family "Hozuki".]

Now that the world has been revived, demons and monsters have sprung up everywhere. The Hozuki family has released it far away to let it grow into a powerful demon, confining it to a designated area and allowing it to instinctively feed on human blood and souls to fuel its growth and evolution, all in order to gain favor with the gods and spirits.

He couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"I haven't even come looking for you yet, and you've come to me on your own..."

"You like reversing the Heavenly Gang?" Uesugi Tetsu took another deep breath. Power was returning to his body at a visible speed, back into his control.

He gently removed the mask from Akabane, its fangs gleaming menacingly.
"Alright, then I'll grant your wish."

The villagers in the surrounding villages have all disappeared, clearly having their own methods of seeking refuge.

Uesugi Tetsu decided to wait and see for a while, hoping to glean some information from the conversation between the three.

Anyway, a distance of one or two hundred meters is no different from being face-to-face with him.

That's right, there were two other people with the young man.

Through the power remaining in the youth, he could hear the three people talking as they ran.

One of the middle-aged men asked, "Are you all hidden?"

The girl among the three replied, "Just like before, we've hidden everything well, and the [blood vat] is placed in a conspicuous spot, just like before."

Upon hearing this, Uesugi Tetsu expanded the range of his All-Seeing Eye and saw that there was indeed a large vat of blood, a mixture of black and bright red, placed in the open space in the very center of the village.

This so-called "blood vat" seems to be a collection of blood collected from each villager.

The three of them stopped breathing, as if they had found a place to hide.

The middle-aged man asked, "By the way, Ashu, who was that unfamiliar face who was next to you earlier?"

Ah Shu, that seems to be the young man's name.

Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but purse his lips—names these days are so incredibly simple, and they're easier to pronounce than a long string of characters.

"Uncle, let's not worry about these trivial things right now... I feel like something's not right."

The young man, Ah Shu, did not calm down like the middle-aged man; instead, his voice still carried a hint of anxiety.

The girl asked, "What's wrong?"

After a moment of silence, Ashu swallowed and replied, "The timing is wrong."

He immediately explained in a low voice, "Originally, this gray fog would come once a month, but I calculated that today is only twenty-six days since the last time the gray fog came!"

The old man spoke in a low voice: "This gray fog is terrifying, but hasn't it been proven that it has no intelligence? Even if the timing is wrong, it won't matter much..."

"In the past twelve times, the gray fog arrived at intervals of a full month, taking a full thirty days to arrive for half an hour."

"Without a single mistake."

Ashu trembled.

"No...no!"

Ashu gritted his teeth and said, "We can't just sit here and wait to die. If this continues, we might all die when the gray fog completely surrounds the village!"

The old man said anxiously, "The gray fog is getting closer. If the village moves now, many people will die, and it's not certain..."

"Are you going to entrust your life to a demon you can't communicate with? Are you going to close your eyes and pray that you'll survive?"

A-Shu interrupted him, her voice icy.

The suffocating, viscous silence lasted for a few seconds.

The old man suddenly asked, his voice hoarse, "Then what should we do?"

"--The only option is to run; we'll see how many of us survive."

A-Shu's reply was unusually cold.

At this moment, the girl hesitated before speaking, "The protective charm I have still has some power left... perhaps it can buy me some time."

She said, "If you lead everyone out from the north, and we can get into the mountains, we might still have a chance to survive."

"it is good."

A-Shu answered immediately.

—Their judgment was correct.

Uesugi Tetsu expanded his field of vision through a full 50 All-Seeing Eyes, looking down at the enormous gray fog from above.

This thing might not be that powerful in actual combat, but it's definitely huge...

Even with 50 all-seeing eyes, its end is still nowhere to be seen.

On the battlefields of the Warring States period, it would be the most useful tool for ambushing and mowing.

So Uesugi Tetsuya is still waiting.

He could see that the gray fog had already reached the outskirts of the village.

Perhaps because they sensed a trace of power emanating from him, they hesitated and lingered on the periphery for a while, buying the villagers a considerable amount of time.

But as time went on, the gray fog's bloodthirsty instincts overcame its unfounded fear, and it began to tentatively spread from the edges into every corner of the village.

It certainly has nothing to do with human intelligence, but its bloodthirsty killing intent is exceptionally vivid and pervasive.

It was obvious that Gray Mist wasn't going to drink the blood from the blood vat in the center of the village this time.

At that moment, Uesugi Tetsu suddenly heard a faint scream coming from a distant corner, which quickly disappeared like a hallucination.

Uesugi Tetsu added ten more All-Seeing Eyes, extending his vision to the location where the screams had occurred.

The gray fog was indeed engulfing the villagers.

"We can't hesitate any longer, Uncle!"

With a determined effort, Ashu pushed open the "door" to the sanctuary, which was protected by a talisman.

The three filed out and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the gray fog had not yet enveloped the entire village. They quickly assigned their respective duties and then separated on the spot.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the gray mist's "entire body" and found that it was gradually solidifying, about to pile up its entire body and enter the village to devour it.

"Half a minute left..."

Half a minute later, his spiritual power will be restored to a level sufficient to set up a barrier that can cover the entire village, ensuring that the gray fog will absolutely not be able to escape.

Huh?
Uesugi Tetsu blinked, somewhat uncertainly shifting his gaze from the gray mist to the spot that had just been caught in his peripheral vision.

—The girl in the trio, who looked somewhat familiar to him.

The next moment, a face with familiar features, but with a more slender and resolute profile, came into view.

"A-Dao?"

Uesugi Che was stunned.

He glanced again at the "amulet" that the nervous girl was clutching tightly in her hand.

This is indeed the amulet that he placed in Adao's hand when he left Youdu Village!

Uesugi Tetsuya was shocked.

It’s really her!
No wonder he felt a familiar aura from the wooden sword in the young man Ashu's hand—it turns out that the lightning power was borrowed from the protective charm he had given him.

How could I possibly run into someone like this...?

Moreover, A-Dao originally lived in Ayutsu Village next to Junpu Castle, and her father was the village chief. How did she end up in a place like this?

Uesugi Tetsu recalled what the zashiki-warashi had once told him, and murmured to himself,
"Could it be fate?"

do not care.

Half a minute has passed, and the spiritual energy is now abundant.

This gray fog really needs to be dealt with properly.

Uesugi Tetsu recalled the rudimentary barrier techniques he had learned over the past two weeks and meticulously traced them onto his palm.

Then turn your palm over and slam it down.

boom!
A massive barrier, purplish-black on the inside and colorless on the outside, like a giant bowl, locked the entire village and the gray mist within this area.

In Quan Shizhi's eyes, the villagers who had already been organized and Ashu immediately showed signs of panic.

A-Dao stared blankly up at the sky, his right hand, dripping with sweat, gripping the amulet tightly, almost to the point of numbness.

Uesugi Tetsu casually tore the wooden cabinet door apart with his five claws, took a light step forward, and stretched his body with surging power.

"Don't panic, everyone... I'll help you kill this scoundrel!"

A majestic and powerful voice resounded within the barrier, echoing in everyone's ears.

The gray fog, as if its fur had been pricked, released all the villagers it had touched and immediately fled out of the village in a vast, unruly manner.

then……

It crashed headfirst into the barrier that was filled with lightning.

(End of this chapter)