I'm a demon in Tokyo!

Chapter 439 Omniscient? Ye Chun's Defeat-Hearted Confession, Er Chi's Heartfelt Blessing, and Li Li Zi's Unwavering Certainty

What does it feel like to become the All-Seeing Eye?
Nobody knows.

Because in actual history, the "Ten Thousand Eyes" never existed.

The term "Ten Thousand Eyes" is merely a concept representing the ultimate evolution of the Thousand Eyes. Even if one were to become a Thousand Eyes, which is a million times easier in comparison, there have only been a handful of such individuals throughout history.

Therefore, even if it is based on imagination, it may be completely different from the myriad eyes that could actually exist in reality, and is a pure fantasy.

—Uesugi Tetsuya is also the first in history.

明明眼瞳的数量只是从“9999”变成了“10000”，只差区区的“1”，可个中的变化却像是从“0”到“1”那样堪称根本性的巨变。

The changes are enormous.

It's hard to describe in words.

Uesugi Tetsu felt as if he were receiving and immediately analyzing a vast amount of information in the world that no ordinary person could possibly read in a lifetime.

After a long delay, Uesugi Tetsu finally came to his senses.

Is this... omniscience within a certain range?

But if it's not a closed system, and a range is defined out of thin air, can it still be called omniscient?
Or perhaps, this is simply a feeling of arrogance after gaining immense strength?

Uesugi Tetsu really didn't know.

In short, he felt that even though the current "Ten Thousand Eyes Candle Shadow" was called "Ten Thousand Eyes Candle Shadow" just like before, it was actually not a species at all.

There is no comparison!
If we had to use an analogy, it's like replacing an old 580 mining card with a brand new H100, representing a leap forward in computing power.

In fact, Uesugi Tetsuya knew that the changes were far, far greater than that.

The thought of "wanting to annihilate all the erosion species within a thousand miles" arose, and all the erosion species within a thousand miles instantly died from the curse.

Not a single millimeter was exceeded, and not a single eroding species was spared.

Countless corpses of the eroded species either float to the surface of the sea or sink to the bottom, forming a spectacle whose cause is unknown to ordinary people.

This power is like that of a god.

Uesugi Tetsuya then absorbed all the "eyes" in one go, but there was no sign of even half an eyeball growing back.

After becoming a true "Ten Thousand Eyes," even this level of erosion species is far from enough to improve him even slightly.

"Different from humans..."

Such a thought flashed through his mind, but Uesugi Tetsu didn't pay too much attention to it. He hadn't yet tried out all the changes after becoming a Man-Eye.

"——Uesugi-kun?"

At the top of the grey lighthouse, Ye Chun's slightly trembling voice echoed.

Since entering the black box and meeting Uesugi Tetsuya for so long, this is the first time she has taken the initiative to speak to him.

Ye Chun clenched her fists, pursed her lips, and stared intently at the golden-red vertical pupils that slowly turned towards her like those of a god, asking cautiously,

"Um... is there something wrong with you?"

problem?

The massive flow of information rushing into his mind paused slightly. Uesugi Tetsuya focused his attention and looked at Ye Chun, whose face was slightly flushed, at the top of the lighthouse.

After a long time, I became aware of my "changes".

The look in his vertical pupils changed slightly.

Although the changes are indeed subtle and minute, they are real and exist at the fundamental level.

—His essential humanity is disappearing.

Relying on Wanyan's powerful information comprehension ability, Uesugi Tetsuya understood the reason for this change almost instantly.

Because the essential difference between "ten thousand eyes" and "human" is too great, and besides, he also has to add the words "candle shadow".

Even though his Zhuyin ability only allows him to control day and night and reverse the seasons, it is still terrifying.

When these two factors are combined, the intellect of a "human being" is already unable to bear the strain and has been quietly altered.

—At least, the half-finished Kenshin and the real-world power of the demons and gods could not resist this change.

"Perhaps the true gods in reality can understand this power, or perhaps the swordsman who has reached the other shore could?"

As Uesugi Tetsuya was calculating the possibilities, he heard Ye Chun speak after taking a deep breath.
"If there's a problem, I mean, if there's a problem!"

She whispered in a voice barely above a whisper, "Uesugi-kun, you can tell me everything. Tell me everything, and I will listen to every single word."

His golden-red vertical pupils stared at her silently for a moment, then he responded.

"it is good."

Upon hearing the answer, Ye Chun visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

In the silence, Uesugi Tetsuya finally spoke up.
"Ye Chun".

"Ah, I'm here!"

The girl hadn't expected her name to be called, so she immediately stood at attention and gave him a strange, crooked salute.

"—In the twenty years after you went through the tunnel, did anything good happen to you?"

Ye Chun blinked, then answered without hesitation.
"Yes, I have."

She counted on her fingers: "My parents have always been healthy, my chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) brother passed the exam and got a government job in what's called the local intelligence department, and I'm said to get along well with his colleagues. My comics didn't sell like hotcakes, but they were well received..."

"besides."

Ye Chun looked up and stared intently into the godlike golden-red vertical pupils: "It is you, Uesugi-kun, whom I have met again."

"..."

There was silence.

"hey-hey."

Ye Chun stuck out her tongue and said with a smile,
"For a reunion after such a long time apart, I seem to have said a lot this time."

She stepped onto the spiral staircase leading to the bottom of the lighthouse and waved to the golden-red eye: "Uesugi Tetsu, if there's nothing else, we can talk more often in the future!"

Uesugi Tetsu watched her leave.

Then, I realized with absolute clarity that I now had two paths to choose from.

First, stop absorbing everything from the "eyes," and stop there, maintaining the last part of your thoughts that is related to "humans."

Secondly, continue.

In reality, Uesugi Tetsu would definitely choose the former.

Since there will always be ways to eliminate this side effect and become even stronger in the future, there's no need to gamble with something that may never be recovered.

But this is not reality.

So, the answer is obvious.

The all-seeing domain of the myriad eyes opened, constantly clearing away countless eroding species that were far removed from the wandering world, turning their "eyes" into resources for its own continued growth.

—After becoming a Man-Eye, Uesugi Tetsuya could vaguely sense that he might be able to deliver a different kind of answer.

Wandering in this world is the same; it may also be an answer sheet.

Therefore, apart from the initial experiment, Uesugi Tetsuya never once cleared out the corrupted species around the wandering world, but instead kept killing corrupted species that were unrelated to this place.

Doing so is tantamount to scribbling on someone else's answer sheet.

He himself, the Sword Saint, the vanished Tokugawa Ryuji and Kujo Oboroya, and Kitano Runa, who now wanders the present world, and other correct individuals are all "answering".

The only difference is the difference in answers, and many respondents are unaware that they are actually answering a question.

Ririko was the first to sense the change and arrive at the top of the lighthouse.

"Uesugi-kun, you've changed."

Ririko's sword heart remained as fervent as ever, seemingly unchanged.

"Is that so?" Uesugi Tetsu asked in return.

"Yes, I have."

Ririko nodded without hesitation: "I'll just pick any statue of a deity that's being worshipped at the shrine, something similar to you."

She raised an eyebrow and gestured in front of her pupils.
"Perhaps I should light three incense sticks in front of you to make it more fitting."

Ririko crossed her arms and raised her chin: "Are you aware of this yourself?"

“It was my choice,” Uesugi Tetsu replied in the exact same tone as before.

"That doesn't matter."

Ririko pouted slightly, a hint of displeasure in her voice: "By the way, I already understood 'seeing a god without being destroyed' before, and now I'm trying to make my instincts remember this feeling so that I won't forget it when I wake up..."

As she spoke, she noticed that the enormous golden-red vertical pupil in front of her had turned its gaze back into the distance.

Calm yet profound.

Like an abyss.

Ririko was momentarily speechless, then let out a light sigh.

"A seeker of the Way..."

She didn't say anything more, shook her head, and left the lighthouse.

Because Ririko was certain.

Even if seekers of the Way take different paths and go their separate ways, they will surely meet again on the long road ahead.

The second person to notice this was the two-foot-tall adult.

Time had passed for who knows how long. Erchi's petite body had completely transformed into a pure white glass, and within her slightly narrowed eyes, a nine-leaf lotus platform was spinning.

Behind her, a wrathful golden Buddha statue, seemingly real, lifted her up to the sky, level with the only visible pupil of Uesugi Tetsuya at the top of the lighthouse.

From a distance, it looks almost identical to the image of a "Bodhisattva".

Erchi said that he was far from worthy of such a title, and at most he could only be called "Great Master".

"Lord Che."

The two-foot-tall monk spoke softly, and the tone flowing from his lips was as clear and pleasant as a silver bell.

But her eyes were unusually serious.

“Your current state is no different from that of the Blood Moon… and the evil eye of the Aragami that we once bound together.”

She and the towering Buddha statue behind her warned: "If this continues, Lord Che, you will lose your own thinking and reason, and become a pure beast driven by instinct!"

The voice, like a resounding bell, echoed endlessly between heaven and earth, yet it was only meant for Uesugi Tetsu to hear.

With a solemn expression, Er Chi recited the words dozens or even hundreds of times before the indifferent golden-red vertical pupil slowly turned and looked at her.

"Two feet."

Uesugi Tetsu's words were swift and direct: "You're looking at things too superficially."

He says,

“I am the same as that evil eye of the abominable god... only in appearance, but in essence we are completely opposite.”

Jin Hong's vertical pupils remained indifferent, not stirred by Er Chi's words in the slightest: "No matter how you perceive the changes, 'I' will not be lost or altered because of them."

"—Can you understand?"

Er Chi was stunned by these words.

She pondered Uesugi Tetsu's words for a while, sometimes looking confused, sometimes deep in thought.

After a long silence, Erchi nodded, his face showing a mixture of realization and disappointment: "So, Lord Che, you have glimpsed the 'Dharma Nature' and been able to 'dwell in emptiness'..."

"Erchi, I've learned a lot."

The solemnity and anger on the petite Bodhisattva's face vanished, leaving only a heartfelt and helpless resignation.

"Unfortunately, it's far from something we can understand, let alone do."

Er Chi, unusually, tugged at his hair forcefully, bowed deeply to the golden-red vertical pupils, and offered his heartfelt blessings.

"I hope Lord Che will gain a lot from this trip."

……

Finally, Ye Chun arrived, having been the first to notice Uesugi Tetsu's change.

She climbed up step by step from the bottom of the lighthouse, silently gazing at the golden-red eyes that seemed as unmoved as earth and stone that had existed for millions of years.

—Ever since that day when Ye Chun mustered up the courage to speak to Uesugi Tetsu, she has said that they can chat and communicate often in the future.

But in reality, apart from that one time, Ye Chun never came again, nor did she ever speak to Uesugi Tetsuya again.

This is the second time, and possibly the last.

Ye Chun thought,
"Someone like me, who has social anxiety and has to mentally rehearse a single sentence a dozen times before actually speaking it, still ends up stammering and stuttering—"

Such awkward angles are often associated with characters who are considered "ultimate losers" in romance comics.

The ending usually begins with a smile and blessings for the heroine who wins the political battle and the hero to be together. Then, after watching them leave, the author spends some time finding a secluded corner to quietly lean against a wall and cry.

But fortunately——

Although I've been watching anime and drawing comics for twenty years, I've gradually become this kind of socially awkward person.

But this isn't a typical romance comic.

Ye Chun knew that the Uesugi Che in front of her was still the same Uesugi Che, but he was no longer the Uesugi Che who would throw her back into the SUV and let her rush out, and who would take the initiative to greet her.

Such a Uesugi-kun would receive endless information in an instant, and would continue to exist like this for who knows how long. He certainly wouldn't remember such insignificant bytes as the few words he said.

So, it's okay to be a little bolder, right?

Right!

Ye Chun gritted his teeth, clenched his fists tightly in front of his chest as if he were grasping courage, and shouted at the reef that stood firm amidst the endless tide of information.
"Uesugi Tetsuya, I like you, Ye Chun likes you!"

Her voice was loud, so loud that she didn't care if anyone heard it. Because Uesugi Tetsuya was so far away from her, so far that even if she repeated those words a thousand times, they still wouldn't reach her.

A sentence contains only a few bytes of information. Such information, mixed into the tide, is like water molecules falling into water; it will not be noticed by the rocks, nor will the rocks react.

After Ye Chun finished speaking, she buried her gaze deep in her chest, still somewhat shy.

However, the meaning and emotions she expressed in her words had already been washed away and shattered by the other information in the moment she finished speaking, leaving no trace.

In the silence atop the lighthouse, Ye Chun bit her lip, then stammered out the words.

"Actually, if it's more than one... I can barely accept it, just not too many, okay..."

"Uesugi-kun, say something..."

Ye Chun pointed to the edge of the golden-red vertical pupil with her finger and complained softly.

But Ye Chun knew that she was destined not to receive an answer.

(End of this chapter)