Weird Tokyo, I am the master of strange stories

Chapter 40 Fame
[Beautiful girl phantom thief VS bloody swordsman]

Both the video content and the gimmicks are quite cool and eye-catching.

In the following days, as this video of unknown origin spread and fermented on major platforms, more and more people became aware of it.

It even became a trending topic on Japanese Twitter.

The beautiful phantom thief became famous for saving victims kidnapped by the consortium.

Coupled with the status of a "beautiful girl", there is naturally a lot of discussion.

But now, the bloody swordsman has undoubtedly used her fame as a stepping stone to soar into the sky and become a veritable urban legend.

Not only that, in the past few days, the bloody swordsman has continued to act.

The strongholds of several criminal groups were destroyed one after another.

This made his reputation soar again.

At the same time, many people have noticed the video blogger "Unthinkable Urban Story".

After all, he was the first blogger to promote the Blood-clothed Swordsman, and the content of the video was solid and interesting.

Because of this, An Yuan once again gained a lot of fans.

Have 9w subscriptions.

And there is still an upward trend. It is just a matter of time before it breaks through 10.

——If An Yuan were allowed to directly publish the video of the decisive battle, the number of fans would only increase faster, but it would also attract a lot of unnecessary attention and trouble, and even the possibility of identity exposure.

On the other hand, the news posted by An Yuandu earlier was also forwarded and seen by more people.

But most people just thought that the author of the painting had heard about it somewhere beforehand, or maybe he was one of the eyewitnesses, and they did not believe so easily in the so-called "predictive painting" theory.

But still the same.

The seeds of ghost stories have been planted, just waiting for the day they will take root and sprout.
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The indescribable deep sea.

It's dark in here.

The glimmer of light from the sea was already imperceptible.

Water pressure...or other pressures are silently acting on him.

But there was no sense of suffocation or pain, and the senses of sight, hearing, smell... seemed to be stripped away from this world.

There are only thin or tough silk threads entangled on the body.

More and more, more and more densely, coming from all directions on the sea.

Pulling Him into deeper waters.

In the pitch-black water, there would occasionally be huge black shadows swimming by, sometimes passing him by, and sometimes emitting strange rhythms that were difficult to understand and describe.

Some looked at Him with strange eyes.

Or indifferent, or curious, or greedy...

He knew that they were His kind.

But apparently, these same species are not so friendly.

They are like hunters and prey wandering in the dark forest. Anyone can become a hunter, and anyone can become a prey.

And in the deeper... deeper... deeper waters, the beings there make no secret of their malice.

Like a dark black hole, swallowing everything that comes.

"Want to eat me?"

He whispered: "Then, let's see whether it is me who is eaten by you, or whether I eat you..."
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Yu Gonglang woke up.

On the familiar ceiling, familiar hands are groping carefully.

“Day by day, I don’t know what I’m touching.”

Yu Gonglang complained, and opened the panel.

[Blood-clothed Swordsman]

[Ghost Story Level: Blue]

[Trait: Evil Nemesis (Green) (46%)]

[Ghost Body (White) (22%) - Your body no longer looks like a physical body to ordinary people, and it is immune to certain physical damage. 】

After this video promotion, the level of the Bloody Swordsman’s ghost stories has been upgraded as expected.

But [Evil Nemesis] is still only green.

Yu Gonglang guessed that there was actually no real connection between the level of ghost talk and the level of traits.

The former represents the spread of this weird story and the degree to which people believe it, while the latter is just for the acceptance of the trait itself.

It can be said that the Kaidan level represents the upper limit of the trait level.

Take a simple example.

Some netizens may believe that the bloody swordsman is real, but they may not think that he must be the "nemesis of evil."

Especially in this video, the beautiful phantom thief is also a person on the "righteous side", which makes it even more difficult to highlight the [evil nemesis].

The progress bar does not increase much and is completely understandable.

As for the appearance of [Ghost Body], it was purely an unexpected surprise.

Because the shooting quality of this video is not very good, it is relatively blurry.

Many viewers actually didn't see that Yu Gonglang avoided all the attacks of the beautiful girl Kaitou, and just thought that those attacks were "ineffective", so some people spread the idea that "the bloody swordsman is a ghost".

Naturally, Yu Gonglang would not miss such a good opportunity, so he followed the trend and asked An Yuandu to guide him deliberately in the new video, and then solidified this trait.

Immune to physical damage, it is still somewhat useful when dealing with enemies with heavy firepower.

During this period, Yu Gonglang's attempts were not limited to these.

【Demon Sword Heart Slash】

[Ghost Story Level: Blue]

[Traits: Heart-cutting, desire for exclusivity]

【Swallow (green)】

[Sturdy (white): The blade of the heart is made of special materials and is extremely difficult to damage. 】

The original [Swallow] has become a green quality, and a new [Sturdy] trait has been added.

These two qualities may seem ordinary, but they are extremely practical.

Even though the demon sword Heart Slash seems to be invincible in Yu Gonglang's hands and can cut through anything, that's because his right eye and the Heart Slash ability are so well-matched. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are a "match made in heaven." .

In fact, Yaodao Heart Slash has some shortcomings of ancient Japanese swords.

Sharp, but brittle.

Cutting hard objects can easily create gaps.

It is also due to this factor that swords are rarely used to block or slash each other in kendo duels.

Although Yu Gonglang has the assistance of his right eye, he can cut things off in the easiest way every time, but if he encounters a heavy blow in an unexpected situation, there is still a risk of the Heart Slash breaking.

[Sturdy] makes up for this defect very well.

This is also due to An Yuan Du’s new video promotion.

It focuses on the demon sword in the hands of the bloody swordsman.

Yu Gonglang also used part of [Gratefulness of Ghosts and Gods] to speed up the process of trait formation.

While adding traits, he also discovered something interesting.

Among the traits, there is a phenomenon of overlapping each other.

For example, Yu Gonglang originally wanted to add the trait of [Sharpness], but was immediately overwritten by [Heart Slash].

Later, he tried to add the trait of [drinking blood], that is, to strengthen the demon sword by absorbing blood.

And a strange thing happened. This trait did not appear on the panel, but there was a new line of description in Devour.

[Xin Zhan has food he likes and food he hates, but he has a special liking for blood. He can use blood to repair the blade and make it more powerful. 】

It is not difficult to see that this is the result of the [Swallowing] trait overwriting [Blood Drinking], which is equivalent to merging the two together, so they will not be displayed on the panel.

hum-

The demon sword hummed softly, holding the hilt up as if somewhat proud.

Yu Gonglang touched her gently: "Yes, yes, careful cutting is the best."

"Huh? Do you want fried noodles and bread with ketchup for breakfast?"

"You really don't get tired of eating... I really can't do anything to you..."

At this moment, Yu Gonglang's cell phone rang.

"Don't cry~ My loving heart~ Tears don't match 'you'~"

Caller ID - An Yuan Du.

Yu Gonglang picked up the phone smoothly.

"Hey?"

"Hanomiya-kun, watch TV!"

(End of this chapter)