I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 431 Ye Chun: You two, stop fighting! Yellow Springs and the Deep Sea, Thousand Eyes · lv49!

Two feet?

Is it her?

From a distance, Ririko appears unremarkable in her white robes, and after concealing all her aura and presence, she resembles an ordinary person on a main road.

If she weren't still suspended in the air, no one would notice her existence.

Ririko gazed at the horizon.

She gazed at the Buddha's light that illuminated the sky, a light that evoked both compassion and warmth in those who were protected, and utterly chilling those who harbored hostility towards it.

This duality creates a completely different feeling...

Ririko has only ever seen it on Uesugi-kun's shikigami, the Two-Foot Master.

"I thought we might have to settle accounts later, but it turned out like this by chance. It's truly a godsend."

Lili Zi curled her lips into a smile and gripped the longsword formed from condensed qi in her other hand.

— Both of them chose to be "born" in the present world, reached level 49 at roughly the same time, and made their own correct choices without hesitation. They were even in the same area where they could see each other.

What a coincidence...

"Does Yin Yang Zhu want to see something interesting too?"

Ririko chuckled softly.

She felt a power far greater than that in the mortal world, and her whole body transformed into a pure white streak of light in the air, rushing towards the place where the Buddha's light filled the sky amidst the violent sonic boom.

In the present world, the Two-Foot Man has already crossed the threshold of becoming a god or ghost, while she is still far from it.

If they were to actually fight, even if she far surpassed her opponent in terms of mental state, skill, sword domain, and so on, she would most likely end up in a crushing defeat.

Ririko never underestimates the facts.

But right now, everyone has barely broken through the threshold of level forty-nine...

In terms of sheer strength on paper, who can far surpass the other?

and so……

"I avoid her?"

The bright and intense sword intent soared into the sky, and the ensuing storm swept away all the gold in the sky, leaving only the Buddha's figure sitting on the distant earth.

—The two-foot-tall man, with his eyes lightly closed, felt this familiar sword intent and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Why is it her?"

Originally, there was no point in saying more to Ririko.

The only two options are to kill the opponent or be killed by the opponent.

But in the city beneath her, which had been reduced to ruins by strange demons, there were still many original inhabitants.

They were all survivors of a time before the problems arose in the present world.

I remain in this crumbling world because I don't want it to sink.

This coincides with the purpose of the two-foot-tall man.

Within the towering, mountain-like shadow of the Buddha, the petite girl opened her eyes, and within her pupils, a clear lotus wheel seemed to shimmer.

"Miss Ririko."

She spoke, her voice ringing with Buddhist chants: "If we are to start a war, could we wait until I have moved the people in the city to a safe place first?"

The two-foot-tall man was prepared to deal with swift and decisive measures.

To her surprise, Ririko, who was hovering high in the air looking down on her and could have greatly increased her chances of winning, actually nodded her chin: "No problem, hurry up and don't make any mistakes."

Then, words that shocked Erchi even more reached her ears.

"—Do you need a hand?"

"No, no need."

Erchi pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking to himself how he could have forgotten that the former great demon queen, Lili Zi, was a swordsman with a clear and bright sword heart.

—A person with such a sword heart would never do the things she just thought about, such as taking advantage of others in distress.

They may be hostile to some extent and even go to war, simply because they have different stances.

Numerous thoughts flashed through Er Chi's mind.

She wasted no time; after sending out many clones to gather the people, she used the Buddha's shadow to send them to the nearest gathering place.

The round trip took less than an hour in total.

When the enormous Buddha image stood behind the two-foot-tall woman again, Ririko, who had been meditating with her eyes closed for a long time, finally looked at her again.

"All right?"

"All right."

The two-foot-tall man nodded, and in a flash, with his jade-like hands, he firmly grasped the sword blade that was aimed straight at his throat. Then, with clear eyes, he spoke to Ririko, who was standing close by.
“Miss Ririko, even if we are to eventually determine a winner, there is no need to start a war now.”

Bright red blood flowed from the palm of his two-foot-long hand.

She retreated a thousand meters away in an instant, gazing at the city below reduced to dust, and a chill ran through her.

However, Erchi still spoke very quickly, saying, "Why don't we work together and try to support the present world—"

"Om Ah Hum!"

She chanted Buddhist hymns, causing Ririko to pause slightly before continuing her Buddhist verbal sparring.
"If we can save this world from its inevitable collapse, the benefits we can gain will be unimaginable!"

"—Just like trying to keep Uesugi-kun under your control again, what a pipe dream?"

Lili flicked her finger, her sword domain expanding around her to annihilate all Buddhist shadows and sounds, and said with almost indifferent calmness,

"It is simply impossible for you and I to support the world we live in right now."

Rationally speaking, the difference is far more than just a little bit.

"but--"

With a glint in Erchi's eyes, Ririko smiled and revealed her teeth: "If Erchi can defeat me here, then I will follow your wishes and work together to support this world!"

As he spoke, the invisible sword domain shifted its range, transforming into a straight line that enveloped the two-foot-wide area.

His eyes were lowered, and his brows furrowed.

The Buddha image behind her then revealed a wrathful form, about to open its mouth and utter a secret mantra.

But at this moment——

"Two feet! Tokugawa Ririko!"

Suddenly, someone on the ground called out both of their names.

Then that person said,

"Stop fighting! Continuing to fight will only make Uesugi-kun lose more!"

The sword domain vanished instantly.

Upon hearing the keyword, Ririko raised her eyebrows.

What's the situation?
She looked at Erchi and found that the latter also had a look of surprise on his face.

—How did this guy suddenly appear who knows both of them and Uesugi Tetsu, and whose voice she doesn't recognize at all?

Ririko and Nichiko, who had both decided to stop, looked toward the source of the sound.

Then they saw a figure shrouded in a black robe.

The black robe seemed to have some kind of magical power, which allowed them to see the faces inside from a distance without being able to make out the faces.

"Hiding its head and showing its tail..."

Ririko immediately prepared to raise her hand to cut open the black robe and see whose face was under the shadow.

But just as she raised her hand, she heard Erchi, who was not far away, ask with a hint of surprise, "You are... Miss Ye Chun?"

Ye Chun?

Who is that?
Ririko temporarily withdrew her hand and observed the situation.

"Ugh... I was recognized after saying just a couple of words..."

A hesitant, almost self-talking voice came from beneath the black robe.

Ye Chun is panicking.

Because she has been staying at home drawing comics for a very long time and has hardly ever gone out.

The most intense social interaction I engage in is simply chatting with my younger brother, mother, and others at home. At most, I might remotely sign some contracts with certain beings in the mortal world.

Even though they communicated through text, Ye Chun's heart would still beat faster at that moment.

Now, having come from home to an completely unfamiliar environment, he was once again the focus of attention, scrutinized by the two men, and recognized at once!

So right now, Ye Chun's heart is pounding so hard it's about to explode!

She took several deep breaths to barely calm her racing heart.

Then, feigning composure, he removed his black hood and nodded, somewhat hesitant to look up: "Yes... it's me." Upon seeing this familiar face, the smile in Erchi's eyes deepened.

She deliberately didn't lower her voice as she spoke.
"So it really is Miss Ye Chun, whom Lord Che personally saved! It's been such a long time!"

As Erchi spoke, he glanced at Lilizi's bewildered and clueless expression, who was almost losing her composure.

—She knew Erchi, but Lilizi was completely unaware.

Lord Che, I haven't told her about this!

This unique difference in experience made Erchi feel like he had already won big.

Ririko's brows furrowed even deeper.

She stared at the completely unfamiliar face, thinking, "Ye Chun? Who is Ye Chun? I don't remember him being the protagonist of that ghost story at Kisaragi Station, whose name is both Hasumi and Ye Chun..."

"that……"

Ye Chun reached out and patted his chest lightly under his black robe, trying to keep his voice steady as he spoke: "Both of you are Uesugi-kun's capable assistants, can't you stop for now?"

After uttering that sentence, Ye Chun's speaking speed increased considerably.

"The two of you are correct, and there is no conflict between them. If we have to determine who is better, we might as well wait until the end to fight."

"By then, both Uesugi-kun and I can be referees!"

Ye Chun finished saying everything she had prepared in one breath, then stared intently at the two people in the sky.

Er Chi nodded with a smile.
"I agree with what Miss Ye Chun said."

Ririko narrowed her eyes, imprinted the face in her mind, and then nodded.

"it is good."

She simply wanted to understand "Ye Chun" as a person.

……

Meanwhile, in the world of the ordinary.

gurgle gurgle...

Puff puff puff...

Nanjo Manami, breathing heavily, opened her slightly sticky lips and licked the remaining juice from the corners of her mouth before speaking with difficulty.
"It's really... not a very good taste."

The petite Nanjo coughed twice before she could finally catch her breath.

"I didn't expect it to burst with juice. Uesugi-kun, your thousand-eyed eyes almost choked me to death."

Uesugi Tetsu was speechless: "It's common knowledge that juice will burst out when you bite open an eyeball... How can you be so ungrateful after getting the benefit?"

Nanjo Manami lay enveloped in psychic power, letting out a soft hum.
"However, I am also the first person in history to have tasted what it's like to have a thousand eyes."

She licked the sticky residue from between her teeth and grinned, "It was worth it, it was worth the trip."

Uesugi Tetsu rolled his eyes and saw Nanjo Ai's still flat stomach after eating the Thousand Eyes the size of a baby's fist, and then he saw the level on her head that had soared to [lv11].

He understood that Nanjo Manami wasn't simply starving; she could both level up by eating and heal her external injuries.

The time spent traveling in Changshizhong was unremarkable.

However, after flying for quite some time, Uesugi Tetsu discovered that "moving creatures" were gradually appearing within the range of the All-Seeing Eye.

Whether it's a non-player demon or an individual player.

Faced with this sudden change, Uesugi Tetsuya did not act rashly, but instead slowed down and used more Omnisight.

Then, naturally, I saw more living things.

"The world is so big, why is it so lively here?"

—Could it be that he has stumbled upon a second "oasis"? And this oasis is enormous?

With this in mind, Uesugi Tetsu used his All-Seeing Eye to scan the vast area and discovered that the truth was not so.

However, most of the demons, humans, and players he saw were all fleeing in the same direction.

Uesugi Tetsu told Nanjo Ai, who was relaxing and slacking off, about this strange phenomenon, and the latter said she was also completely baffled.

“In that case,” Nanjo Manami suggested, “Uesugi-kun, why don’t you look in the opposite direction they came from? Chiharu can see very far, can’t she?”

This makes sense.

Uesugi Tetsu immediately hovered in mid-air, transforming the vast majority of his Thousand Eyes into All-Seeing Eyes, and then shrinking his field of vision into a thin line.

Then, it flew towards the other end of the earth in another direction.

For a very long time, until Uesugi Tetsu felt that the fleeing demons around him had changed several times, his vision changed decisively.

The abbreviated field of vision unfolds with fine lines.

—At the edge of the desolate land, the endless dark blue sea is slowly and methodically devouring everything with overwhelming force.

Whether it's the sky, the valley, the mountain, or the earth.

"The Deep Sea?"

Having seen it countless times, Uesugi Tetsu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The Deep Sea and the mortal world are supposed to be relatively independent, so how come they are now...?

wrong.

Not quite the same.

Having personally explored the depths of the sea countless times, Uesugi Tetsu discovered the unusual nature of these "seawaters".

The dark blue color seems to be mixed with wisps of "yellowish" light.
Uesugi Tetsu described everything he had seen in detail to Nanjo Manami, wanting to hear her insights.

A short while later, he noticed that Nanjo Manami's expression had unusually darkened.

The last time he saw this expression was when it was related to separation from loved ones.

"Yellow Spring."

Nanjo Manami slowly uttered these two words, then added, "What you see may be a deep sea eroded by the underworld."

Even among all the "situations," this is the worst one.

What answer does Yin Yang Zhu really want?
Nanjo Manami didn't say anything more; she shook her head.
"In short, now that we've figured out why these guys are all running in one direction, how about you eat their eyeballs?"

"That reminds me, Nanjo-nee."

After withdrawing all his vision from the All-Seeing Eye, Uesugi Tetsuya, feeling a sense of fulfillment, took in the sight of all living beings surging across the earth.

"Half and half, I have my bottom line principles."

He said.

Before long, a series of agonizing screams rose into the sky from different directions, all equally shrill.

"Uesugi-kun, why don't we stay here for now?"

Nanjo Manami stared at Uesugi Tetsuya, whose rank had changed in no time, and suggested, "It's a good time to collect some transition fees. I also want to see what the real Yomi is like."

Even if it's not that real, it's still good to see it and prepare for the future.

"I have no opinion."

Each of the thousand scarlet eyes became increasingly alluring.

Time flies.

Soon, a strange legend about "black clouds disappearing from the eyes" spread throughout the region.

It means that as soon as you see "dark clouds" floating in the sky, your eyes are likely to wander away from you.

Actually...

Just kidding, even if you can't see, your eyes might get eaten.

"After all, the field of vision of a hundred Thousand-Eyed Eyes is incredibly vast."

【The weak and helpless Chiyoko (Uesugi Tetsu) with nowhere to go】

[Level: lv49]

After a period of "collecting tolls," Uesugi Tetsuya's level has risen to the upper limit of level 49 in the "newbie period," and he has regained a considerable amount of his strength.

Nanjo Aimi, who had been lounging around and slacking off, had also reached level 30, but it became increasingly difficult to level up as she progressed.

Fewer and fewer living creatures were fleeing, and the spiritual energy in the atmosphere was gradually becoming unabsorbable.

Because it was contaminated.

Perhaps several days after going against all intelligent beings, Uesugi Tetsuya and Nanjo Manami saw what seemed to be...

No, it was a yellowish sea that was about to engulf the mortal world in a real sense, and its color was completely different from before.

asphyxia.

"So, those are the tentacles of the Underworld..."

(End of this chapter)