I, Den-O, Contract Urban Legend

If you are a local, you may have heard of the terrible rumors about the mansion, where disappearances and hauntings frequently occur. In the past, the police and Onmyoji came to investigate, but either nothing was found or even the people disappeared. The residents nearby would rather take a detour than approach the mansion.

In fact, this mansion is the temporary base of Yuyuko.

Yuyuko, a great monster that entrenched in Kyoto four hundred years ago, has the ability to absorb resentment to enhance itself. It was once killed by Nurarihyon.

However, even if she was killed, death is not the end for her now. Just a few years ago, she was reincarnated again.

Qingming, the famous Onmyoji, is actually her offspring. As a half-demon, he has great power. During the day, he is a big man with the title of the strongest Onmyoji and respected by everyone. At night, he leads all monsters under the name of "Nue" and is the Lord of the Hundred Demons. He has the beautiful ideal of letting humans and monsters coexist.

At the beginning, Yuyuko was not a particularly powerful monster, but an ordinary monster who lived in seclusion like the Hidden God Gyobu Tanuki.

However, due to the problem of bloodline, his life span was far less than that of normal monsters, and it was impossible for him to be immortal, let alone realize his ambition. Although he was developing the soul-returning technique to prolong his life, it was ultimately a magic against the will of heaven, even for him, the strongest onmyoji. Even if he spent his whole life researching, his life span could not support the completion of the spell.

So, Qingming thought of another way. He asked Yuyuko to be born again, and wanted to create a perfect body through the reincarnation ceremony.

In order to meet Qingming's request for reincarnation, Yuyuko needed to give birth to him again.

However, just one day later, Qingming was called by a high-ranking minister, who suddenly mentioned immortality to him and witnessed the dying Yuyuko with his own eyes.

I don't know where the minister heard the rumor that eating the liver of an immortal monster would make one immortal, and then he heard about the existence of Yuyuko, so he sent people to hunt her down, and asked Qingming to make this fox, which was said to have lived for a thousand years, into an elixir of immortality.

After hearing the minister's words, Qingming hated humans. He found that he still thought too simply of humans. The guy in front of him could actually kill the unarmed Yuyuko for his own selfish desires and for an unreliable rumor.

At that moment, he gave up creating a world where humans and demons coexisted, gave up the name of his human identity, killed the minister in front of him, and decided to rule the world as the Lord of Darkness and restore the order of the world.

Yuyuko's current reincarnation ability is actually a result of Qingming's manipulation of her soul, which turned her into a "reincarnated monster" after she lost her body. Rather than reincarnation, this ability is more like possession. She can possess a human body. When the host is severely stimulated mentally, such as feeling extreme despair, anger, or fear, she can take advantage of the situation and directly take the right to use the host's body for herself. This power allows Yuyuko to reincarnate into humans again and again before giving birth to Qingming again.

Because Qingming always hated the minister who killed his mother because he heard nonsense about eating livers to achieve longevity, he let Yuyuko, who became a "reincarnated monster", gain the ability to become stronger by eating the liver of a human with special abilities, so that she can continue to become stronger in multiple reincarnations until she can successfully give birth to Qingming again.

As for the reason why she was killed by Nura Nageki-hyo...

The resurrected Yuyuko began to crave power in order to give birth to Seimei again. She kept sending people to capture women with strange abilities and eat their livers alive. As luck would have it, her subordinates also captured the woman Nura Nageki's love, Yingji, who was Nura Rikuo's grandmother, and she died tragically at the hands of Nura Nageki-hyo, who turned on the protagonist's halo.

The lover was captured, and the magic weapon was obtained by chance. After a hard battle, the bad guy was finally defeated, and the person he loved was rescued. It was a completely classic royal development.

I don't know if Yuyuko is a bit unlucky. After being killed by Nurarihyon, she has been resurrected several times, and each time she was killed by Nurarihyon, the son of the naughty demon, until this reincarnation...

But these are not the main points. After Yuyuko was killed, most of the Kyoto monsters also left, but a few powerful monsters were sealed in several temples as the nodes of the barrier.

Now Yuyuko is preparing to lead the monsters to break the barrier set up by the Kakaiin family in Kyoto, unlock the monsters that were sealed in the past, and regain the old territory to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Kyoto monsters.

This is also one of the conditions that must be met in order for Qingming to reincarnate. She needs to remove the seal of Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

The underground of Nijo Castle is where she first gave birth to "Nue".

This place has become a little special since she gave birth to "Nue". It seems to be related to the nature of Yuyuko. She is a monster that absorbs resentment. When she gave birth to Qingming, she made that place also able to gather resentment. Once the barrier seal set by Hanakaiin is lifted, it will be a place where all the resentment in Kyoto gathers, and it is also the most suitable place for Qingming to build a perfect body.

"Strange, where did Aojizo go..."

Although I feel a little puzzled by the disappearance of one of my subordinates, it is understandable that they are monsters after all and have a rather self-centered personality. This is not something that requires special concern.

The feathered fox shook his head, didn't think much, and continued to think about the attack route.

She has already summoned quite a few monsters from Kyoto, and she can dispatch them at any time as soon as the people are almost there.

"Oni-douji, Ibaraki-douji, and who is that..."

Suddenly, Yuyihu felt a strange and strange aura coming from nearby, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously.

"Really, is there another reckless guy breaking in?"

She stood up and saw a weirdo wearing a leather jacket walking straight in from the door through the window next to her.

Chapter 162 I also said that the real culprit is Den King

Looking at the weird man with a leather jacket in front of him, Hagoromo Fox felt a little surprised.

There are long blade-like horns on the left and right sides of the monster's head, and its dark eyes give people a vague feeling of weirdness. It is covered in light brown metal armor, and there is a small diamond inlaid in the middle of the belt on its waist. metal skull...

The feathered fox pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion.

This guy shouldn't be a human being, nor is he a monster.

To be honest, if you look at it with the naked eye, this guy really looks like a human wearing a leather jacket, but she can't feel the slightest aura of human or monster from him.

If a human breaks into the mansion on weekdays, the monsters who are responsible for guarding the mansion will be like bloodthirsty monsters and rush forward to attack the opponent without saying a word. However, this weirdo in front of her easily appeared in front of her. in front of me.

There were no traces of battle on its body, as if the monsters had allowed it to walk in.

Or did those monsters not notice its existence at all?

The monsters responsible for guarding the mansion are all powerful beings, and they are also monsters from Kyoto. Each monster has experienced many battles, and its strength is not comparable to that of some small minions.

After thinking about it carefully, Yu Yihu's expression gradually became serious.

Something is wrong, this guy is very extraordinary, his aura does not resemble that of a human being or a monster, and he possesses unknown abilities...

What exactly does it exist?

Even though he was a great monster who had lived for thousands of years, Hagoromo Fox still frowned unconsciously when he encountered an unknown existence.

However, Hagoromo Kitsune is also a big monster who has experienced many reincarnations. He just encountered an unknown life form by chance. This level is still not enough to scare her!

As a result, the feathered fox took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, and began to look at each other with the leather-covered weirdo.

"I have never invited any strangers to this mansion. Who are you?"

The weirdo in the leather jacket bowed to Hagoromo Kitsune and began to introduce himself, "This is the first time we meet, you are Hagoromo Kitsune-sama, right? I am here to represent the power of the "Alien Demon God", and I hope to cooperate with you and the Kyoto Yokai... "

Hearing this, Yu Yihu smiled coldly.

"Cooperation? Do you have the strength?"

…

"The contract is established, please feel free to act. The strange demon gods will cooperate with your actions to provide support."

The weirdo waved his hand to the Hagoromo Fox, jumped out of the broken window, and then walked outside, gradually disappearing from her sight.

"The strange devil?"

Watching the strange man who called himself "The Strange Demon God" leave, Hagoromo Fox's eyes flashed with fear.

Even the Hagoromo Kitsune, who had been reincarnated many times, had never heard of special existences, and they actually appeared at this critical time.

"They actually offered to help me give birth to a "nue". What is their purpose? "

And its strength cannot be underestimated...

Suddenly, the door to the hall was opened again, and a long-haired little girl holding a human skull in her hands rushed in, with an extremely anxious expression.

"Lord Hagoromo Fox, are you okay?"

After the words fell, the little girl was frightened by the scene that came into view.

Different from the scene in her memory, the hall in front of her was in a mess. She must have experienced a fierce battle not long ago.

"What the hell happened here?"

The Yuyihu turned his head when he heard the sound, and his expression gradually softened, "Oh, it's Xiao Kuanggu."

"Don't worry, I'm not injured. I just had a fight with a guy who asked for cooperation... I would like to ask, didn't you guys who were standing outside notice any movement?"

"No, that's not the case!"

Kuanggu shook his head vigorously.

"Not long ago, all the monsters in the mansion seemed to be restrained by some invisible force. Even the powerful monsters like Ibaraki Doji were unable to move. They could only watch the silver weirdo. Come in..."

After hearing Kuang Gu's description, Yu Yihu subconsciously widened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

While fighting just now, does that weirdo still have the power to control all the other monsters in the mansion?

To what extent does its strength reach...

Hagoromo Kitsune gritted his teeth unconsciously, and began to worry a little whether he could successfully give birth to "Nue" this time.

Even if the weirdo said he would help her fulfill her dream, Hagoromo Kitsune, who had experienced many reincarnations, was not so naive. Helping strangers for free was a strange thing in the first place. The true purpose of the so-called "different demon god" force It is still an unknown number.

According to the weirdo, it just represents the power of the "Odd Demon God" to meet with the Hagoromo Fox, which means...

"Is there really only one weirdo with this level of strength? What are they planning..."

…

In a dark alley.

A figure suddenly appeared. It was the strange man who came out of the mansion.

Now let's call it the Skeleton Demon God. It opened the door next to the alley and walked into the dim environment. It was originally a bar, but now it has become the stronghold of the Demon God.

"Oh, the skeleton is finally back."

"What's going on with that fox monster?"

"Have you successfully concluded a contract with her?"

Several strange demon gods noticed the skeleton's return and immediately asked it about the progress of the matter.

"Ah, it has been successful. Although the Hagoromo Fox didn't believe us at all, she finally verbally "agreeed" to what I proposed, no matter how many times she was reincarnated. In the end, the old youkai is just an old youkai. There is no common sense at all. That guy didn’t seem to be very wary of the verbal promises, and he didn’t even notice that I had secretly made a contract with her..."

Hearing this, the strange demon gods nodded with satisfaction.

"The Book of Shadows and the history that originally belonged to it have obviously been erased by an unknown entity, which directly gave rise to a new point of divergence. At that moment, the distortion of time and space also caused many strange demons to disappear completely. In the future The world has been greatly affected by this..."

"Really, if we only need to directly use the Book of Shadows and use the ability of Nirvana to forcibly assimilate the concept of life and death in this world, we can easily connect time and space to the future belonging to the strange demon god. How can we need it like now? It takes so much effort.”

"There are not many people who have the ability to go back in time and intervene in history. Especially the past of the Book of Shadows is basically unknown to anyone. At least there is no one among the alien gods who knows the past whereabouts of the Book of Shadows. I am beginning to doubt this. Could this be a good thing done by Zero North..."

"Haha, you can pull it off. Even people in the future don't know about things. Do you think that modern people like Zero North will know about things? I also said that the real culprit is Den-O!"

Chapter 163 If ​​I had a choice

I saw the Skeleton Demon God shaking his head.

"Although we don't know what is going on with the Book of Shadows yet, the most important thing right now is the resurrection of "Nue". We must ensure that this happens. "Nue", who has studied the principles of life and death for many years and was once the strongest onmyoji, is The only being who can completely ignore the concept of life and death and assimilate the influence of the environment. As long as it can be resurrected, the time-space connection thing may turn around a little bit. If something unexpected happens in this reincarnation ceremony, "Nu"'s soul will be wiped out, and the incomplete reincarnation will cause it to become an idiot. , in this state where we don’t even know the identity of the divergence point, I’m afraid the space-time connection will be completely lost. "

It would be fine if the person who caused the disagreement was someone like Den-O or Zero North. The most worrying situation is the good deeds done by the legendary Time Tribber.

As a "time traveler" and a "future person", the strange demon god actually has no real concept of life and death. He is an existence born from different timelines and different parallel worlds for some reasons, even if it is destroyed by Zero North and others. When people destroy their bodies, they just return to the desert of time. Many strange demon gods have even traveled through multiple worlds because of this. Among them, some strange demon gods once discovered a group of self-proclaimed "time robbers" in other worlds. of human beings.

Of course, there will still be cases where the alien demon gods are completely eliminated. For example, some of the alien demon gods that were erased due to the historical changes in the Book of Shadows were originally alien demon gods born from this timeline. Because the Book of Shadows The existence of "cause and effect" may be involved in their becoming strange demon gods in the future. To put it simply, the disappearance of the magic book also prevents certain things that will happen in the future from happening. The reason why they become strange demon gods is not the same. exists again.

Well, this shouldn't count as death, it's just that they didn't become strange demon gods in the future.

"It's great that they were freed so easily..."

Back to the topic, although the so-called Time Tribbers have the appearance of humans, they can easily stop time and travel freely through time and space. They don't even need to make any contracts with people and have no restrictions. They are so powerful that they are unreasonable. The guy...

What's strange about them is that they have an inexplicable obsession with Kamen Rider, right?

In addition, it is said that they sometimes take actions of unknown meaning. For example, it is not strange to suddenly harm their own kind. They are basically a group of dangerous people who cannot use common sense to guess their thoughts.

The skeleton has never encountered a real time robber, but when it stayed in the Desert of Time, it occasionally heard about this existence from the mouths of some strange demon gods who returned from other worlds.

All in all, as a character with the ability to erase the history of the "Book of Shadows", an exceptional existence like the "Time Tribber" is the most likely person to know the past history. If he is to be the culprit, the Time Tribber's The possibility is definitely the highest.

Although the strange demon gods have not discovered the extraordinary existence of Time Robbers in this world so far, since there are Kamen Riders in this world, it is not strange for Time Robbers to appear. If they want to hide themselves deliberately If they exist, as long as the time is stopped and turned on, even the strange demon gods may not be able to detect their whereabouts.

"How about just living in this time and space like this, right? Anyway, time and space connection is not something that must be done. If they don't attack humans and cause destruction everywhere, Zero North and the others will not take the initiative to attack us..." Among them A strange demon god said in a timid tone.

Hearing this, the Skeleton Demon God also felt a little helpless.

"No, this won't work. Newcomers may not know. Let me explain here. If we don't connect time and space to the future that allows the existence of strange demon gods, we will never be able to be freed from the shackles of the Desert of Time. …”

Most of the strange demon gods present were not born from this timeline and will not be affected by the history here. The reason why they want to connect time and space to the future where the strange demon gods exist is just to completely escape the ghost of the Desert of Time. It’s just a place.

Their purpose is still the same as the original work, to connect time and space to the future where strange demons exist.

It's just that people in the future still underestimate the price of distorting time and space, or the "price" of becoming a strange demon god.

The title of time traveler is very heavy. The "memory" of others is an important factor that allows them to "exist" in the world. Once their own existence is completely forgotten, those people can only stay in the desert of time, even if The strange demon god is no exception.

Forever forgotten, never able to reach the reality of death, an eternal cycle of death, this is the current situation of most strange demon gods.

Even if they have escaped from the Desert of Time, it is only temporary. Once their bodies are destroyed, they will eventually have to return to that desert. Simply put, it is an endless cycle of life and death.

"Immortal, staying in a desert forever, can you understand the horror of that silence?"

The skeleton's words were full of helplessness, causing the strange demon gods in the stronghold to fall silent for a moment.

Even if they wanted to die, they couldn't die, and they couldn't give up the mission. They had to travel through the timeline again and again, going to different worlds to try to complete the work of connecting time and space.