Chapter 4: The Mirage Building of Hyakki's Town

After entering the door, turning on the light, and putting the discounted bento box bought at a nearby convenience store on the warming table, Uesugi Kiyoshi sat down cross-legged on the tatami by the wall.

After he crossed over, he automatically had a system in his mind that called himself "Hundred Ghosts Night Walking".

To be honest, Uesugi Halal doesn't think this is a qualified system golden finger, it won't issue tasks, and it won't add attribute points to itself, compared to other traversers, it's a low explosion.

The system currently serves three purposes.

First, let him have the ability of "heart eye", he can keep his mind clear in the ghost realm, can distinguish the difference between humans and ghosts, and can also see through the illusions of those ghosts.

Second, with the blessing of the system, his physical attacks can cause additional damage to the "ghosts", such as the evil ghost in the ramen shop, which disappeared after only being hit in the head by his wooden knife.

Thirdly, he can absorb the gray mist after the demon disappears - the system calls it "mirage", and these mirages have only one effect so far, which is to slowly improve Uesugi Kiyoshi's physical fitness, and speed up his recovery from physical strength and injuries.

In addition to these three, he can also use some of the magical abilities of the "Mirage Building" a little, but that ability is not helpful in battle, so I will talk about it later.

Of the three effects of the Hyakki Night Walking System, the third one that has benefited Uesugi Kiyoshi the most at present.

As the saying goes, the poor are rich and martial.

If you want to practice martial arts, at least you have to eat well to exercise a stronger body, plus some medicinal baths and other assistance, the effect will definitely be better.

Obviously, in the economic situation of Shangshan Qing, he can only "barely eat".

Over the past year, he has been able to improve in kendo and his physical fitness has steadily improved, thanks to the mirage absorbed by slaying several demons, which has freed him from financial worries.

Sitting cross-legged, the dantian was depressed, and Uesugi Kiyoshi got rid of distracting thoughts and entered a state of "meditation".

This meditation was a compulsory course in kendo, and it didn't take him a few seconds to do it.

A thought changed, Uesugi Kiyoshi's body lightened, and when he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in his cramped and cramped apartment.

There was the sound of the waves in my ears, the fresh smell of the sea filled my nostrils, the soft sand beneath my feet, the gray mist all around, and the full moon on the horizon, the moonlight shining brightly and brightly reflecting the world.

Uesugi Kiyoshi is located on an island.

This is his "consciousness space", and this island is the entity of the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walking" system.

The sea was thick and tumbling fog, and it was impossible to see the surrounding situation clearly, and the sea was cold and biting, and Uesugi Kiyoshi tried to enter the water, but he couldn't hold out for a few seconds before he was forced to retreat to the shore.

It was obviously not the first time he had come to this island, and Uesugi Kiyoshi had walked into the island with a familiar car.

Behind him, there is a building that resembles a shrine torii, and unlike ordinary torii, there is a plaque hanging on it.

The plaque has four large characters written in Chinese characters.

"Hyakki-no-cho".

The environment of Hyakki-no-cho is very similar to that of the castle town of the Warring States period, with old Japanese-style houses on the outermost periphery, and a little further back is a commercial street with the same architectural style, with many signboards of different merchants, but it is silent now, not to mention people, not even ghosts.

In the empty streets, only the footsteps of Kiyoshi Uesugi echoed.

With a clear purpose, he walked straight to the tallest building in the town, the castle tower.

Castle town is a form of urban development in Japan, and it is a city built around the castle where the lord lived.

The core of the castle where this lord lived was the castle tower, which was also the center of the castle and was where the lord of the daimyo lived during the Warring States period.

The castle tower in Hyakki-no-cho is, of course, a mirage building!

In the very center of the island, a majestic and towering building stands quietly.

The night is like a curtain, the moonlight is like frost, it is imprinted with the traces of time, the vicissitudes of the times, and the fog floating around it makes it a little more mysterious out of the dust.

This is an intimidating building, and this is the castle tower of Hyakki-no-cho.

This is the "Mirage Building".

Unlike the ordinary castle tower, a 100-meter roof of the mirage tower is a large wooden ship in the shape of a fish, floating out of thin air, across the sky.

It's like a magic airship.

What it was, Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't know - he couldn't fly, so naturally he couldn't go up and take a look.

Now is not the time to care about that kind of thing, he took a deep breath, calmed some of his excitement, reached out and pushed open the heavy door of the mirage building, and stepped into it.

With the movement of opening the door, the candles of the hundreds of bronze candlesticks densely packed in the mirage building automatically lit up, emitting a warm orange-yellow light, reflecting the room as if it were day.

From the outside, the mirage building is five or six stories high, but when you enter it, you will find that there is actually only one floor here.

The entrance was an empty hall, empty except for the burning candlesticks on the walls, which reflected the murals on the surrounding walls.

It is a ukiyo-e style scroll, with colorful lines outlining strange and lifelike images, completely filling the mirage walls several stories high.

If you have studied Japanese culture a little, you can see at a glance that this is a Hyakki nocturnal scroll.

The rain girl held an umbrella and walked gracefully, and the phoenix fire flapped its wings and sang on fire.

The tengu fanned the wind and rain, and the bird spread its wings and soared for nine days.

The white wolf raised his bow to the moon, and the demon sword girl sword shadow was crazy.

The immortal mermaid dances in the sea, and the nine-tailed demon fox overlooks all living beings in the palace.

Fairies and ghosts are arrayed, and ghosts and ghosts are rampant.

It's a weird, it's a world-wide spectacle.

On the wall facing the gate, there is a young man on foot, with a brilliant sword in his hand, and a hundred ghosts walking at night behind him!

The young man's face was unripe, and he couldn't be more ripe.

That's himself...

Even though it wasn't the first time I've seen this Hyakki nocturnal ukiyo-e, Uesugi Kiyoshi was still shocked for a few seconds.

He believes that if he were someone else, he would also be robbed of his soul by this magnificent and beautiful picture.

This is something that does not belong to the world, this is an extraordinary artifact.

The only fly in the ointment is... This scroll, except for himself, is black and white.

Moreover, there are many portraits that are missing, such as the two monsters of "Gu Won Bird" and "Demon Sword Ji", which are obviously missing some of the composition.

Lacking the whitewash of color, these goblins and ghosts are like missing souls.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked around, but found that today's Hyakki picture scrolls are different from the past.

Beside him, there was another youkai, which had been colored and turned into a living creature.

“...”

"Inugami?!"

"I see, the role of the mirage is to light up the monsters in the Hundred Ghost Scroll?"

"If the monster is lit up, I can use the corresponding [Baiwen Card] to activate the corresponding ability?"

"Tsk, I didn't expect your system to be a little useful!"

Uesugi Kiyoshi digested the information transmitted by the system in his mind, and his face was happy.

No one knows better than him how powerful these monsters are.

If the effect of these Baiwen cards is really as exaggerated as the effect in the mobile game in his previous life, then he will at least have to worry about being killed by evil ghosts for a long time.

"Was the first one to be lit up by the dog god? I'm really close to you..."

His favorite deck in his previous life was the "Dog Stream" with the dog god as the core.

Uesugi Kiyoshi walked over to the Inugami and stood still, looking at the youkai.

It is a majestic youkai with a dog head, wearing a blue samurai robe, with two swords hanging from his waist and a dog on his back.

His eyes widened, the corners of his mouth opened slightly, revealing his ferocious fangs, and his hand tightly held the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he would draw his sword and cut it out in the next second.

At this time, the picture scroll of the dog god was dyed with color, making him feel like a real person, and even Uesugi Kiyoshi, who was looking directly at him, felt a little pressure.

The side of the dog god is covered with the phantom of eight cards.

Uesugi Kiyoshi stretched out his hand, and two of them shone brightly, falling off the picture and leaping into his palm.

"Oh... Need more mirage to unlock more cards? ”

"Your ability to ask for money has a certain Yi's demeanor."

"But... It doesn't matter..."

"These two... It's enough for the time being! ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi stared at the two Baiwen cards in his hand, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously outlined a comfortable smile.

There is nothing more enjoyable than having "power" in this demon-infested troubled world.

A year after the time travel, for the first time, Kiyoshi Uesugi felt like he could hold his destiny in his own hands.