I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 437 Version T0: Kitano Runa Plays Games! Consuming Double Pupils, Advancing Towards the Complete Form of Ten Thousand Eyes - Candle Shadow.

ha?
Is this giant, assembled bird that can even cosplay as the sun while flying in the sky, made by Runa Kitano?
Are you kidding me?
Not only Uesugi Tetsuya, but also Nisha-sama and Ririko had similar thoughts at the same time.

After all, in reality, Kitano Runa is just an ordinary spirit-absorbing physique who could be easily defeated by a random one or two-star enemy.

Although she is particularly good at attracting demons and causing special events to occur around her, and she can absorb spiritual energy relatively quickly, her actual combat ability is simply unbearable to watch.

Now we hear this definite news from Shizuma Manatsu herself.

All three of them had a strange feeling that "the national champion who went on stage to receive an award on TV was actually the kid next door who was always being criticized for being at the bottom of the class."

—So, the cry of the big bird I heard in the sky when I was just born was actually Kitano Runa's strange cry?

Uesugi Tetsu recalled how he almost died from the pressure back then, and his feelings couldn't help but become strange.

In real life, he's such a nobody... but in the game, he becomes ridiculously powerful. Is this a true gaming master?

If we label reality as a "game" and hypnotize Runa Kitano, would she rise up and sweep through everything, dominating the real world for eternity?
Uesugi Tetsuya was certain that among the hundreds of correct individuals he saw within his field of vision, none of them, human or non-human, were as powerful as this "Puzzle Bird."

Including himself, and even Tokugawa Ryuji, whose whereabouts are now unknown, Kujo Oboroya was the same.

To put it bluntly, this level of "fantasy" should not have appeared at this time of year!

"I'm afraid only the Sword Saint, who has yet to appear, can rival Kitano-kun in strength."

Uesugi Tetsu thought to himself—

The true fantasy version of T0 is actually "Kitano Runa in the game".

This is the real dynasty now...

"By the way, why haven't we heard anything from the Sword Saint yet?"

A hint of doubt arose in Uesugi Tetsu's mind.

—Because he hadn't contacted the two-footed men during the journey to avoid being discovered and causing trouble, he naturally hadn't asked about the Sword Saint.

Now, it doesn't matter if it's exposed.

The giant roc, as dazzling as a golden sun, was reflected in its golden, vertical pupils. Uesugi Tetsu thought to himself, unconcerned.

"Anyway... there's even more violence here, yet they maintain a remarkably good order."

So he took the initiative to use his spiritual energy as a thread and connected it to Erchi's body, which made the latter, who was originally in a daze, immediately happy and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curve down.

Even though he was very happy, Erchi didn't ask any questions or speak.

She was waiting for Uesugi Tetsu to ask a question.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you hear me, Erchi?"

Er Chi didn't answer, but instead winked playfully at the golden-red vertical pupils.

"...It's good that you can hear me. I want to ask, didn't the Sword Saint cleave the world in two to prevent a greater disaster? Where is he now?"

Er Chi paused for a rare moment, then spoke.
"Lord Che, we need to point out two errors in your statement."

The petite girl held up two fingers and silently replied, "First, the Sword Saint did this not to avoid a greater disaster, but because the world fell precisely because it was cut in two by the Sword Saint."

Er Chi bit his lower lip.

"Originally, we had already pulled the fallen world back up."

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"Secondly," Erchi continued, "that sword saint didn't go anywhere, but died directly after splitting the world in two... The sword saint staked everything on this sword."

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These two sentences from the young master completely disrupted Uesugi Tetsuya's thoughts.

The world has fallen... It was actually the Sword Saint who did it?

Is the Sword Saint really that kind of person?
not sure.

Uesugi Tetsu claimed that he had only met the Sword Saint once, and had not even seen him in person, so he could not determine what the latter's personality was like.

"but why?"

Uesugi Tetsu was curious about the Sword Saint's motive for causing the plane to crash in the mortal world with a single sword strike.

"--have no idea."

Erchi shook his head: "Tokugawa Ryuji asked the Sword Saint this question, but he only said that we couldn't understand it, and then he died."

The girl scratched her head and sighed.

"Although we think the Sword Saint's original intention was not bad, it was still a bit too extreme."

"Why can't we discuss things together?"

Even if it's ultimately cut, isn't that still an attempt to explore another possibility?

Uesugi Tetsuya fell silent after hearing the Sword Saint's inexplicable actions.

—But there is definitely a reason why the Sword Saint is so powerful.

The thought made Uesugi Tetsuya chuckle.

Thinking about it this way, I've become that great Confucian scholar who defended the classics for those who "entered the pass".

Forget it, I won't think about it anymore.

Since the Sword Saint's ashes can't be found in this black box anyway, and we can't ask the other party, let's focus on the present for now.

Uesugi Tetsuya's all-seeing eye swept over the scene in a fleeting moment, then he asked,

"Miss Shizuma, what are so many right people doing gathered here? We've already reached the far east side?"

In the distance, upon hearing his question, the crimson-gold giant roc, sensing an extraordinary aura, opened its eyes.

Those vertical pupils, as if gilded, stared at Uesugi Tetsuya.

"almost."

A girl's voice, completely out of place with her imposing figure and aura, rang out, but Uesugi Tetsu could tell that it wasn't Kitano Runa's real voice.

It seems she still has some hidden consciousness.

Jupeng said calmly,
"Further eastward, the path is abruptly cut off by something—a surging, deep sea. So this is the far easternmost point."

"If you have time... you can go and see the big eyeball yourself."

"Compared to this."

With an air of superiority, Kitano Runa chuckled twice: "Big Eyeball, you're very strong... I've rarely seen a [Fantasy Item] as powerful as you."

She really is a [fantasy].

Uesugi Tetsu laughed when he heard this.

He casually tossed out a thread of spiritual energy, reinforced it repeatedly, and then threw it onto the giant roc's wing.

A flicker of hesitation crossed Kitano Runa's eyes, but she ultimately let the threads fall onto her body.

The next moment, a voice she knew all too well came from within the silk thread.

"Kitano-san, don't you recognize me?"

The giant roc suspended high in the sky trembled, its large eyes filled with a small sense of surprise and doubt.

She was stunned for a while before somewhat flusteredly asking through the spiritual energy threads, "Uesugi-kun?!"

Kitano Runa exclaimed in a slightly malicious tone,

"Wow! Uesugi-kun, what happened to you? You're covered in eyeballs, they're going to fall out of your head!"

The moment I run into someone I know, the tone I've just picked up completely falls apart.

Uesugi Tetsu wasn't surprised that Kitano Runa had seen through him. In fact, it was quite normal.

Among all those divine bird accessories she possesses, surely one of them has the ability to "see through illusions."

After a pause, Kitano Runa changed the subject again: "But she's still quite beautiful..."

She said in a trembling voice.

"The beauty of strength!"

It can only be said that great minds think alike.

Uesugi Tetsu silently gave her a thumbs up.

Then, he cast his gaze toward the plains on the other side, where deafening noises were constantly emanating: "Speaking of which, Kitano-kun, what's going on over there with all that commotion?"

"Oh, that's... everyone's building a boat together!"

Kitano Runa seemed to have been holding back for a while, and she started talking non-stop: "Uesugi-kun, you must have seen that ridiculously large yellow wave, right?"

"I've faced it head-on, and it's devastating."

Giant Roc nodded approvingly: "In that case, the conclusion that 'the mortal world is bound to be destroyed' is easy to draw."

"To be honest, based on my years of gaming experience, I thought that the final level of a game like this, where you fight monsters, level up, and evolve, should be a super world boss that everyone gathers together to fight."

Kitano Runa's voice sounded troubled.
"But this time it seems to be completely different... If we have to say that tide is the BOSS, it didn't even show a single health bar."

She asserted,
"A boss without a health bar is unbeatable!"

Before Uesugi Tetsu could answer, she continued, "So I was thinking, is it possible that we're actually playing a 'survival game'?"

Runa Kitano argued vehemently: "The upgrades and evolutions in the early stages are all for the purpose of surviving longer in the later stages!"

Uesugi Tetsu listened and glanced at the main quest two in the prompt.

[Main Mission Two: Survive. Use any means necessary to survive the "Tide of the Underworld" for as long as possible.]

In a sense, Runa Kitano wasn't wrong.

"...Or, is it to send us to find some new continent, a new home, or something?"

After proposing the second hypothesis, Runa Kitano steered the conversation back to the main point: "However, I personally think long-term survival is more likely."

When it comes to how to "strategize in a game", Runa Kitano becomes unusually calm.

"As for some common knowledge about the Deep Sea, I naturally understand it after spending so long in the Special Affairs Department."

Moreover, according to my recent field investigation, the monsters in the deep sea further east, as well as the eroded species eroded by those waves, are as numerous as ants, simply too many to count.

Besides that, there are no other resources.

"then--"

Giant Roc looked towards the vast, bustling plain and said, "I reasoned with them and appealed to their emotions, getting everyone to join hands in building ships, which led to the current situation."

"Nobody is ignoring this?" Uesugi Tetsu asked.

"Most of the people who can come here are hardcore gamers, I've never seen such an idiot before."

The giant roc shook its wings, melting the massive mountain of ore that had been transported to its feet, and then continued...
"However, when some people wanted to leave along the way, I didn't stop them; I just explained the pros and cons."

The true pro scoffed dismissively: "In this situation, even I, as a lone wolf, can't guarantee I'll survive half as long as if we were united. What makes those people think they can?"

Live on...

Uesugi Tetsu felt that there was more to it than that.

Thoughts arise and vanish in my mind.

—While the second main quest is indeed about survival, does Onmyoji really only want to see a group of righteous people banding together to survive?
Or are you going to become the Pirate King in the Deep Sea?

But apart from the mortal world, there are no islands in the Deep Sea.

What is the point of living on?
Or perhaps, Yin Yang's help is to get them to build Noah's Ark and continue the flame of civilization?

"...This kind of thing can be done with just a mental test, right?"

Uesugi Tetsu thought that Yin Yangzhu shouldn't cause such a big fuss over these things.

In silence, his gaze fell on the main questline.

Whether your correctness remains constant will significantly influence the evaluation of a specific region!

correct.

Unchanging.

Uesugi Tetsu inexplicably connected this to the strange act of the Sword Saint splitting open the mortal world.

What is the correct way to be a Sword Saint?
He asked the two-foot-tall man, only to be met with another "I don't know."

No one knows.

But this was expected.

“Kitano-kun,” Uesugi Tetsu said, “'Whether what is right will remain unchanged forever' might be the real final boss.”

Upon hearing this, the giant roc showed a momentary look of bewilderment, followed by a flash of wisdom in its golden eyes.

"Is that so... Is that so... If what you're saying is true, then what we're actually playing is a super-large-scale puzzle game."

Kitano Runa's voice held a hint of confusion: "If that's the case, why did we have to go from weak to strong in the first place? What was the point of that long, pointless period?"

As Kitano Runa fell into deep thought, the light and heat emanating from the giant roc increased significantly, expanding the area of ​​the lava field even further.

"I don't understand it yet."

Without making a hasty decision, Runa Kitano frankly stated,

"Let's leave it at that for now, Uesugi-kun. Let's keep both possibilities open... Anyway, there are definitely things I haven't considered or that I've misunderstood."

"In short, build the ship first!"

"Is there anything you need my help with?"

Uesugi Tetsuya briefly demonstrated to Kitano Runa: "My psychic power is very strong, and my operational precision is also very high, equivalent to a ton of high-precision machine tools."

"Although I really want to say things like, 'Please ask Uesugi-kun to lend a hand, the efficiency will skyrocket...' "

The giant roc flew thousands of meters higher, spread its wings and stretched: "But as fellow fantastical beings, Uesugi-kun, you haven't fully matured yet, have you?"

"—Sharpen the knife first, then you'll be able to chop wood much faster, won't you?"

Still far from being the true Wanyan Zhuyin, Uesugi Tetsu replied simply and clearly: "Then I have to eat demon eyeballs, lots and lots of them."

"It's a small problem, a small problem."

Runa Kitano's eyes suddenly transformed into two giant light bulbs, drawing attention.

"I saw countless demons on my way here. If I were to kill them, I could get even more loot..."

If all else fails, Uesugi-kun, you can eat my eyes too.

My eyes are a rare find – double pupils! Plus, I have the bloodline of a phoenix and a phoenix combined, so regenerating eyes is a piece of cake for me.”

Kitano Runa's current "level" is definitely much higher than his.

Theoretically speaking, eating her eyes would definitely be more effective than eating the eyes of tens or hundreds of thousands of ordinary demons.

In that case, what is there to hesitate about?
"Kitano-kun, let's try a pair first to see how it goes."

Three thousand golden-red vertical pupils rose up at once, landing on the giant roc's eyes, which were comparable to two small suns.

(End of this chapter)