"Kidding me." Uesugi swallowed, "If this kind of thing really awakens...... It fucking sucks! ”

"Is there worse news than this?"

"Could it be worse? What could be worse than God's resurrection? ”

"Things can always be worse than you think...... Worse still, if God has been resurrected, then there is a good chance that it is in Tokyo. ”

The colander in Uesugi Goshi's hand fell.

Ange was silent for a long time and took a deep breath, "It's not completely impossible to find it. ”

"The people behind the curtain must know where God is going. He had orchestrated his efforts to resurrect it, and of course he had to find it. ”

“……”

Uesugi took out the boiled soft noodles and served them in a large porcelain bowl filled with bone broth, and brought them to Ange.

"To be honest, I'm so tired that I don't even want to care about the life or death of this world."

"Did I tell you my mother's story?"

"In my impression...... Not really. Ange wiped the chopsticks that had fallen on the table and took small bites of noodles.

"Okay, then you just eat noodles and I'll tell you my current story."

Uesugi took out a bottle of sake and filled it for the two of them.

……

……

"I'm sorry for you." Ange whispered, draining the wine from his glass.

"This is my sin, enough to crucify me until the end of the world. I'm sorry for my mom, I heard so many Bible stories from her and never learned love from them. ”

Uesugi took out a silver cross from his collar and held it in his palm.

"So you don't have any children so far, you don't want the imperial blood to be passed on." Ange said.

"The Imperial Blood is a mistake for humans, I don't know what the purpose of the Venerable Dragon King gave it to humans, but it can't bring happiness to people at all."

"I don't want my descendants to bear the curse like I do." Uesugi looked into Ange's eyes.

"I heard such a rare story on this rare rainy night...... Well, I promise you that I won't use the power of the Imperial Blood, and that I will destroy the Holy Relics as soon as I find them. ”

Ange solemnly put down his glass.

"Also, God's awakening is much more than that." Uesugi whispered, "This is just the beginning. ”

"You should know about Japanese ghosts, right? Wine swallowing boy, tamamoe or something...... In ancient times, the land of Japan was a mixture of humans and ghosts, and the so-called ghosts and gods were mixed bloodlines that were out of control. ”

"The Eight Clans of Snake Qi have been fighting for thousands of years, sending those fallen half-bloods into the Night Food Plain...... The Nibelungen of the White King. ”

"However, after the death of the ancient priests, the Night Eclipse Plain was sealed, and the emperor could sense its presence, and even sometimes enter it in dreams, but this was uncontrollable."

In other words, when the Eclipse of the Night opens, all the demons and monsters in all of Japan's history will escape...... Hyakki Night Walking? Ange frowned, "It doesn't look like good news." ”

"That's right, when that time comes, even if it's as strong as you and me, it's still lacking in skills, Ange." Uesugi said in a deep voice.

"Don't compare you to me." Ange shrugged.

“…… You're still talking so mean. ”

"It's just the facts."

"Well, it's true, you remind me of who I was years ago, confident that there was no half-breed in the world better than me...... But 'Time Zero' is a spirit that can turn the tide of battle. ”

"I have no bloodline but no experience in facing the enemy, you wield two wooden knives and beat me vigorously, and I, the emperor, are powerless to resist."

"It's overrated." Ange smiled, "Two days are first-class, I just learned at that time, I must use that trick to beat people." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll admit we haven't changed." Uesugi also laughed, "I have to say that it's pretty good to have such a bad friend." ”

"Years later, gray-haired, we still mock each other about the drunken and frivolous past."

"Sounds good." Ange clinked glasses with him, "And we're doing it." ”

The two tacitly agreed not to talk about anything else until a bottle of sake bottomed out.

"I'll go get a new one." Uesugi got up.

"Then how do you stop the Night Eclipse from opening?" Ange opened his mouth to get back to the point.

"In 1457, the Hachiya Snake rediscovered the well leading to the Eclipse of the Night, and Tokyo was built on the location of the well."

"Actually, Tokyo is not a particularly old city, it used to be the residence of the wealthy Edo family until 1457, when a man named Ota Michikan built the castle here, and he was a retainer of the Uesugi clan and a descendant of the Snake Eight family."

"We've found the remains of the Night Eclipse Plains in this land, which was also the site of Takamagahara." Uesugi explained as he rummaged through the wine in the cabinet.

Ang nodded his head, this ancient history has long been lost to the Eight Families of Snakes, because more than sixty years ago, a guy named Uesugi Yue burned down the family temple and burned the history passed down from the primeval world.

Now there is still this one in the world who knows this, and this guy may be the only one left.

"Where is that well now?"

"You want to find that well?" Uesugi finally pulled out the wine and slammed it on the table, "Don't think about it. ”

"I advise you to dispel this thought, I won't tell you, that well is indeed one of the entrances to the Night Eclipse, but it is a one-way street, and you can't enter or leave."

"You don't trust me?" Ange asked.

"Can't you just let me go?" Uesugi asked rhetorically.

"Ange, you may still be the same person you used to be, but I am not the same person I used to be, as you can see, I have been pulling noodles for more than 60 years, and these hands have only pushed the ramen cart, and have not touched the handle of the gun or the handle of the knife, nor have they used the spirit of speech."

"What do you want me to go to war with you? Rolling pins? ”

"One of my few hobbies these days is to go to church and listen to the missionaries chanting, and then listen to the customers who come to my noodle stall to complain, and by the way, to let the young boys bravely pursue love, and to soak the girl I like and tell me the good news......"

"What else?" Ange asked lightly.

"Look at the absolute realm of the young girls' stockings between the thighs and the short skirts......," Uesugi said, lowering his voice.

"Sounds interesting." Ange smiled and commented.

"Funny fart." Uesugi stared into Ange's eyes, "I should have quit a long time ago. ”

He took out a thick stack of paper and threw it in front of Ange, and before Ange could start to look at it, he spoke to himself.

"I'm glad that you came to Tokyo at this critical time, Ange, so that I can finally get out and go back to France...... I've told you everything I know, and the rest is up to you. ”

"Actually, I have already bought an Air France first-class ticket to Lyon, and I have been buying it for more than 30 years, because I pay a lot of money to Air France, so I can always get on the plane with this priority ticket."

"I've always thought that one day I'll be done with everything I can do in this country, and I'll be able to go back to France and see the convent where my mother used to be."

"Then I died there, had a funeral, and lay in a coffin and listened to them sing Requiem Mass to me."

Uesugi pointed to the stack of papers, "Look, this is the medical examination report I've been saving for thirty years." ”

Ange flipped through the physical examination reports page by page, his pupils gradually dilated, and his face showed an inexplicable look of surprise, he majored in medicine in Cambridge, and it was not difficult to understand the literal meaning of these physical examination reports.

According to these medical examination reports, the more Uesugi in front of him should have had a memorial service.

His organs all over his body have failed to make shape, almost none of the blood and urine tests pass the index, and the most terrible thing is that his cranial nerve blood vessels are being closed, and the system that supplies blood to his brain is failing......

And this systemic failure has been going on for thirty years.

"You're right, I should have died, but I'm still struggling to survive on the support of the dragon's blood. The lifespans of the previous generations of Shadow Kings are not long, and Shadow Kings are not perfect hybrids, they are just freaks. Uesugi shrugged.

"Although it is possible to tolerate more than the upper limit of dragon bloodline without being consumed by dragon blood, it comes at the cost of premature aging...... The Shadow Emperor has been a man who withers as easily as cherry blossoms throughout the ages. ”

"It's not funny." Ange's voice was a little hoarse, "Didn't you stick to the entrance to the Night Eclipse Plain all your life?" A watchman like you is ready to pat your ass and walk away at an important moment? ”

"What can I do? The old man who guards the door is like this, when someone comes to rob, he calls the police and leaves work early. ”

"Do you expect the old janitor to take out a batsuit from the cabinet and put it on after calling the police? That's simply not realistic. ”

"Actually, I've wanted to tell you about it for a long time, and then ask you to find someone to be the janitor of Night's Eclipse, but I'm not willing to hand over the secret to a fanatic like you."

"With your character, you will definitely not expect the alchemy matrix to stop functioning and collapse on its own like I did, but will try to steal the technology in it to strengthen your Kassel Academy, right?"

"Perhaps." Ange was noncommittal, "Am I really that bad in your mind?" ”

"Oh, almost, you only survived because you wanted revenge, and you will do whatever it takes to get revenge."

"The reason why I chose the 'Violent Evil of the Worlds' tattoo for you back then is because in my opinion, your essence is very close to evil, and you will do whatever it takes to sweep away your opponent."

"That's right." Ange whispered, and some ripples suddenly appeared in Gujing Bubo's heart.

Yes, he lives for revenge, and he doesn't feel much sadness when he hears that Uesugi is running out, but thinks about what kind of means he has to use to pull Uesugi in to gamble with him, even if it's the life of the wind and candle.

But it occurred to him that he himself had lived too long, and had hardly attended the funerals of his friends in his long life, for his friends were pitifully few after that early summer night.

What was it like to have a funeral? If he attended Uesugi's funeral, would he have felt even a little bit of sadness?

"Do you just trust me like that?" Ange unconsciously repeated the question.

"It's not that I'm denying you entirely." Uesugi smiled, "I think that in the war between humans and dragons, there may be a need for a man like you who is incomparably strong-willed. ”

"You are like the kings in history who became famous for their murder, you think that there will be peace after you wipe out all your opponents and wash the earth with blood, and your followers will follow you to kill because of your fanaticism and will."

"I'm just a janitor for a cowardly person, I can't keep up with you heroes, I can't run as fast as you."

"So......" Uesugi took the empty bowl in front of Ange and put away the empty wine bottles.

"I'm sorry old friend, although you are such an attractive man, but I am not the same person as you in the matter of slaying dragons."

"I'm done drinking, and it's time for me to close. Goodbye Angers...... I should say that I will never see you again, so let me die with peace and joy. He whispered.

"Listen to your tone, I probably don't welcome me to your funeral, do you?"

"My funeral will be a Catholic, calm, compassionate, loving funeral." Uesugi seems to have really imagined that moment in his mind.

"At that funeral, I was just a ramen chef who worked hard for the community, okay, not some underworld supreme, you bloody avenger, don't participate."

"yes, I see."

Ange placed a paper bag on the table, "A small gift for you, French chocolate, may help you think of a taste of France." ”

He got up and unfolded his umbrella and staggered towards Maserati.

At the end of the alley is the brightly lit metropolis, and when he opens the car door, he looks back to see Uesugi sitting quietly in the wind and rain deep in the alley, cherry blossoms flowing under his feet along with water.

……

……

Genji Heavy Industries, Mural Hall.

Yuan Zhisheng stood in front of the shadow wall and was silent.

"Mr. Masamune has arrived." The crow hurried behind Gen Zhisheng and lowered his voice.

"You guys go out, and let me talk to Mr. Masamune alone." Yuan Zhisheng didn't look back.

"We'll be on guard outside." The crow bowed and glanced at Sakura and Yaksha, and everyone withdrew from the mural hall.

Yuan Zhisheng picked up a candle and rekindled the lantern with great patience.

Tachibana Masamune didn't speak either, waiting until he lit all the lanterns.

The walls are blackened fragments of frescoes, and the gods and demons dance in the flickering flames, creating an eerie atmosphere.

"Daddy, is there something that should be told to me?" Genjisheng stood in the middle of the hall with his back to Tachibana Masamune, his waist straight.

"Actually, you've been suspicious of me for a long time, have you?" Tachibana Masamune chuckled softly.

"I can't doubt it, but I know there are things you didn't tell me. I've already been to see your underground research institute, and that giant cistern, so advanced that I won't forget it for the rest of my life. ”

Yuan Zhisheng lit a cigarette and turned around, "But I don't want to talk to you there, that's why I invited you to come to the mural hall." ”

He was stunned, Tachibana Masamune's outfit was completely different from before.