Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

This phrase was learned by Shimizu Suzune from Araki Makoto; she also felt that the term "negotiating terms" sounded more sophisticated.

However, Hanako remained silent, simply staring at Shimizu Suzune with a dejected expression.

She admires him.

The recent battle gave Hanako a preliminary understanding of Shimizu Suzune's strength, and she found the person quite interesting.

The white blade in her hand contained far more power than the Enma sword in Jun Morita's hand.

That's the problem. She clearly has the ability, but she hasn't been able to use it much. She's just going through the motions without putting in any real effort.

If Shimizu Suzune had used even the slightest bit of force, Hanako would probably have been cornered long ago, and she would probably have had to flip the table to win.

The so-called "flipping the table" refers to Hanako's original plan to destroy the building and bury Shimizu Suzune alive.

Now it seems that it's no longer necessary.

The other party even suggested "negotiating terms".

Really...

interesting.

Furthermore, Hanako is the Demon King and knows what her goal is. Her intention in coming to cause trouble for Shimizu Suzune is also to pick a fight.

Therefore, in Shimizu Suzune's eyes, Hanako's aggressiveness did not seem as strong as she had imagined.

This is why Shimizu Suzune planned to negotiate with her.

Shimizu Suzune flicked the glowing white blade in her hand. "You're not going to say anything? If you don't say anything, I'll take that as your agreement."

Hanako remained silent.

She has no intention of communicating.

Hanako is carrying out the will of her own god, and this will not be changed by any outside influence.

Therefore, she has little to communicate with humans, and the same goes for the divine messengers.

"I~ hate it~ so much~" Hanako said softly, then floated up, her upper body already inside the ceiling.

During this process, Shimizu Suzune did not make any move to stop her, and just watched helplessly as Hanako escaped.

Are ghosts really this difficult to communicate with? If that's the case, then the only language ghosts can understand is the blade.

Shimizu Suzune decided to ignore her, but if she continued to cause trouble, like the Hanako in the toilet, then she would have to deal with her.

The battle is over.

The space that was previously cut open by the Yamato is slowly recovering, and it is expected that this space will return to its original state within the next few minutes.

Shimizu Suzune passed through the space cut open on the right side, left the restroom, left the building, and returned to the national highway.

Upon stepping out of the building, Shimizu Suzune didn't see Morita Jun at first glance, but upon a second glance, she saw her walking with Fujita Mino in the distance, heading this way.

Seeing Shimizu Suzune approaching, Morita Jun quickly came up to her and asked, "Huh, is it over? Hanako has been defeated?"

"No, she ran away," Shimizu Suzune said, shaking her head.

Jun Morita gritted his teeth and said regretfully, "How could this be... She ran away, which means there will be another victim tonight."

“Not necessarily.” Shimizu Rin shook her head again. After thinking for a moment, she continued, “Hanako scares and kills people in the girls’ restrooms of various universities at night. If the Shinto Office issues an order to prohibit going to the girls’ restrooms on campus at night, it might be able to counter her.”

Suzune Shimizu's method was learned from the Kisaragi Station incident. Now, no one rides the subway or trains at night, which, while causing severe traffic congestion in Tokyo, at least prevents death—isn't that wonderful?

Therefore, it is precisely in times like these that we must use strategies to combat urban legends, and that is how the Shinto Hall was established.

After hearing Shimizu Suzune's explanation, Morita Jun nodded and said, "That makes a lot of sense!"

Fujita Mino, on the other hand, scoffed at Shimizu Suzune's suggestion, because she had a different opinion.

In her view, constantly hiding from urban legends is not a long-term solution, especially since permanently abandoning the subway and tram systems in Tokyo would undoubtedly be a serious blow to the city's development.

The impact has already been felt; major roads in Tokyo are congested with vehicles, and traffic is almost paralyzed.

But does anyone care?

Nobody cares.

Why does nobody care?

Because they're all cowards.

They dared not fight the ghosts!

"Huh? Fujita-chan, what are you doing with Morita-san? Are you here to help?" At this moment, Shimizu Suzune spoke up, interrupting Fujita Mino's thoughts.

"No, I just happened to be passing by." Fujita Mino turned her head away, her face full of disdain.

It seems she's still angry.

But she was indeed very concerned about Shimizu-san's safety, otherwise she wouldn't have appeared here with a knife.

Fujita Mino was still sulking, while Shimizu Suzune wore a smile that seemed to see through everything. Morita Jun, however, couldn't see through it all and felt a little embarrassed.

Immediately after escaping the women's restroom, she ran off the national highway to return to the Shinto Hall and request assistance.

On the way, she happened to meet Fujita Mino who was running this way, so she quickly grabbed the latter's hand and rushed back to help!

And that's it.

Shimizu Suzune doesn't know how to coax Fujita Mino, nor does she intend to. She has more important things to do: to quickly return to the Shinto Hall and issue new Shinto orders.

Meanwhile, Fujita Mino has her own plans. She is considering finding a kendo dojo to learn kendo in order to improve her proficiency with the Muramasa sword and thus enhance her combat power.

As for Jun Morita, she no longer has any independent thought; she does whatever the two divine messengers above tell her to do.

As a result, the three's "meeting" ended unhappily.

Makoto Araki witnessed this scene, but he didn't want to get involved in the little girls' tantrum.

They're just a few young girls; how much grudge could they possibly have? They'll probably be over it by the next day.

Besides monitoring them, Makoto Araki now also needs to talk to Hanako and other spirits, so he seems a little busy.

On a large screen, Hanako, looking dejected, pouted and said to Makoto Araki, "Kami-sama, that divine messenger you mentioned, she's so powerful..."

Araki Makoto stroked his chin and said doubtfully, "So what? Aren't you the Demon King? Your performance doesn't seem that great..."

When the title of "Demon King" was mentioned, Hanako choked up and said, "I... I can't be recognized as the Demon King yet..."

"Then why are you so laid-back?" Makoto Araki said with a smile.

Hanako suddenly realized, and she perked up, saying, "Kami-sama... Hanako understands! Starting tomorrow, Hanako will definitely work hard to increase her resentment and become the Demon King as soon as possible!"

Makoto Araki shook his head and laughed, "What are you planning to do? Go back to scaring people in the toilets? In my experience, I'm afraid that won't work."

"Huh? Why?" Hanako scratched her head, looking puzzled.

There was really nothing he could do with her, so Makoto Araki patiently explained, "Humans are intelligent, and they won't fall in the same place twice. So, in my opinion, the Shinto Office or the Prime Minister's Office will soon issue a notice prohibiting people from going to the girls' restrooms at school at night."

Upon hearing this, Hanako became smug and said, "Oh... that's alright, I'm the Demon King, it's not like I only have this one path! I can also harvest the resentment of wandering ghosts."

"Anyway, good luck. Your current performance hasn't instilled much fear in humans..." Makoto Araki said, glancing at the "fear" value on the system panel.

[Current - Fear: 1120000]

It is currently 6 PM.

The current value of this item is over one million!

Therefore, Makoto Araki no longer lacks "fear"; what he lacks most now is probably "fun." He wants to see the Demon King battle the Divine Messenger, and then stage a plot where gods fight but accidentally destroy human cities.

After all, the world has become so extraordinary, so we have to find some fun, right?

Hanako then left, head down, drifting towards a building, passing through one building after another in the city, searching for wandering ghosts.

Then, Makoto Araki turned his attention back to the others.

However, compared to watching other people's news, Makoto Araki thinks the Tokyo News is more interesting now.

For example, the Asahi Shimbun just published a new headline—

[Shinto Agency: In order to counter the problem of Hanako in the toilets, Shimizu Shinto priests advise the public not to use the toilets at school at night]

Good guy.

Shimizu Suzune's movements are pretty quick! And she's already giving random advice!

However, it must be said that Shimizu Suzune's intelligence is still online; she actually thought of the same thing as Araki Makoto.

Makoto Araki continued browsing the news.

However, since he hasn't created any new urban legends recently, there's not much news worth watching; most of the headlines are about Shinto officials giving "interviews."

Watching their interviews is pointless.

However, the more interviews they conduct, the more social pressure they alleviate, which significantly reduces the benefits of Makoto Araki's "fear."

But so what?

Makoto Araki's current "fear" is already enough to rival a nation's wealth, and it is projected to reach two million before human emotions stabilize.

With those two million in fear, how many divine artifacts could Makoto Araki acquire, how many urban legends could he create...?

Let him come and let Tokyo descend into chaos!

Chapter 97 Consecration Strength

late at night.

It's time to exchange for the Six Paths of Ksitigarbha again, and the "Fear" value is about to break through the 1.5 million mark.

[Current - Fear: 1390050]

exchange!

[Consumption - Fear: 50000]

[Remaining - Fear: 1340050]

【Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Part 5: The Hungry Ghost Realm*1】

[Note: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Item 5 - Hungry Ghost Realm has been placed in the abandoned shrine; Item 6 will refresh at this time tomorrow, remember to redeem it on time!]

OK, following the steps, I've exchanged for the fifth Jizo statue. If all goes well, I should be able to exchange for all the Jizo statues by tomorrow night.