Chapter 28: Fellow Townsman Meets Fellow Townsman

"Hey, Uesugi-kun, what the heck is that thing?"

Seeing the man behind them actually treat his head as a detachable part, Shizuku couldn't help but feel a chill, gripping the bamboo sword in her hand even tighter.

"Rokurokubi, also called Flying Head Barbarian." Uesugi Toru stared at the top of its head for a moment and said: "It's not very strong."

No wonder he and Shizuku were discovered; turns out a head had been floating in the sky watching them the whole time.

"But be careful, its head and body can stretch or separate at any time, and also, I'm not sure if its body can still move after the head and body separate."

Shizuku glanced at him in surprise, seemingly wondering why Uesugi Toru knew so much about the yokai that had suddenly appeared.

But she didn't say more, just asked coldly: "Then which side do I handle?"

"Those two people, the Flying Head Barbarian is mine."

"Okay."

Shizuku and Uesugi Toru pressed their backs together, switched directions, and then she discovered he had stuffed a weird-looking cloth doll into his pocket.

"What's this?"

"Don't worry about it so much!"

The moment the words fell, the two rushed toward their respective opponents as if with telepathy.

"Hiss!"

The Flying Head Barbarian opened its mouth and roared, the base of its huge mouth splitting exaggeratedly, fresh red muscles opening and closing, revealing a terrifying expression even more ferocious than an Evil Ghost.

Harsh sound waves swept across; Uesugi Toru, wrapped in thick Qi, remained expressionless, merely assuming the Heijougan stance, lowering his body and rapidly closing in on the opponent.

He thought this fight came at just the right time, perfect for practicing the new sword technique skills that had appeared in his mind.

On the other side, two Friendship Club... no, perhaps they could be called Followers of the Friendly Religion sighed simultaneously,

"Why go so far..."

And the young employee standing beside them seemed scared stiff, staring at the battle unfolding before him without moving.

The two Followers showed compassionate expressions, simultaneously taking out prayer beads and beginning to chant some inexplicable words.

"Playing tricks."

Shizuku coldly snorted; she only felt some trivial, fragmented noise brush past her Sword Heart.

"The Sound of Dreaming had no effect?!"

The two Followers' tones carried shock they could barely conceal; watching Shizuku rapidly close in, one revealed a vicious look and pulled out a dagger, while the other violently snapped their prayer beads.

The Follower holding the dagger had a cold gaze, raising the sharp weapon and stabbing straight at Shizuku's chest.

At the same time, noise far more massive than before by dozens of times surged into Shizuku's heart, then was ground into a floor of shattered dregs by that Sword Heart without any hindrance.

Shizuku knitted her eyebrows, roaring angrily: "Cultists, is this all you've got!?"

Her front foot planted, Kiai Technique erupted, the bamboo sword in her hand seeming to transform into falling furious thunder, completing strikes on the dagger-wielding Follower's hand, chest, and crown in a single instant.

All-out effort, One Second Three Swords!

In a split second, the dagger in the Follower's hand was knocked flying to the wall side, the person himself had his nose bridge broken by the bamboo sword's downward swing, and directly blacked out, collapsing on the ground.

"Kote! Do! Men!"

Amid the roaring, Kiai Technique was squeezed to its limit by Shizuku; her complexion furious like Kongou, yet her eyes colder than a Siberian winter.

Not waiting for that still-dazed Follower to react, Shizuku at point-blank range released the bamboo sword, directly delivering a Groin Kick for a Critical Hit.

The Follower's face contorted, crying out in pain: "Ah!"

And that cry of pain was smashed back down the next moment by Shizuku's Flying Elbow Strike.

"——Sounds like things are going smoothly over there."

Facing the roaring, pouncing Flying Head Barbarian, Uesugi Toru halted his steps, maintaining the Heijougan stance, and in the space of a breath suddenly thrust out his blade.

Tenraku!

Kaga Kiyomitsu's blade released a faint pale blue light; the sword tip that had already left afterimages accelerated violently once more.

The Flying Head Barbarian hadn't even seen this sword's trajectory clearly when its crown was already pierced straight through by Kaga Kiyomitsu, turning into an airborne skewer.

Instant kill!

【You killed Half-Star Yokai "Flying Head Barbarian", Soul Ash +25】

Seeing the prompt pop up, Uesugi Toru was just about to turn and check Shizuku's situation, but felt gloomy wind howling from both left and right sides.

——An ambush!?

Uesugi Toru's pupils contracted sharply, almost subconsciously wanting to Transform into the Laughing Hannya, but fortunately, being in the Heart Like Still Water state, he knew there was no need to use this trump card that would bring lots of trouble yet.

Rolling forward awkwardly in a donkey roll, Uesugi Toru with two ferocious bloody gashes left on his back regrouped, staring fixedly at the two heads before him gleaming with vicious light.

Why weren't these two Flying Head Barbarians with their teammate providing support just now?

Actually, what Uesugi Toru didn't know was that his speed in killing the first Flying Head Barbarian was simply too fast, causing the remaining two to not react in time.

"But it's fine..." Under the stimulation of adrenaline, Uesugi Toru only felt his blood boiling, "Just two Zako."

The aura coming from these two Flying Head Barbarians was completely inferior to the first one.

And the "Zero-Star" on their heads also indicated this.

The Flying Head Barbarians danced in mid-air, sharp fangs flashing cold light in their bloody mouths.

Uesugi Toru merely advanced silently.

Two clean sword lights flashed and vanished, cutting off the Flying Head Barbarians' hoarse roars.

【You killed Zero-Star Yokai "Flying Head Barbarian", Soul Ash +12】

【You killed Zero-Star Yokai "Flying Head Barbarian", Soul Ash +13】

Four head pieces clattered onto the ground, emitting a foul stench; if left alone, they'd be discovered and reported within a few hours at most.

But Uesugi Toru had already notified Nanjo Ai while waiting at the barbecue restaurant doorway; calculating the time, the Special Affairs Division should arrive in less than two minutes.

【Your Skill, Kiai Technique Fragment Proficiency +21!】

【Your Skill, Tennen Rishin-ryu Proficiency +28!】

Perhaps because this was the first time Tennen Rishin-ryu reached Beginner Level and was used in actual combat, the Proficiency increased more than in ordinary battles.

And if you count the Fragment time training, the Kiai Technique Fragment Proficiency has already become 【Kiai Technique Fragment (151/300)】, clearly already surpassing Halfway.

Sheathing the sword, Uesugi Toru walked towards the opposite side of the alley: "How's that guy……"

"You're injured?!"

Shizuku interrupted his words, grabbed Uesugi Toru and turned him over, carefully observing the wound on his back for a while before letting out a breath of relief.

"Minor injury."

While speaking, Uesugi Toru took the Ghost Old Man's Puppet back from Shizuku's Pocket without ceremony, turned around again and said: "Compared to me, better worry about that guy first."

After both Followers were beaten into Coma, the youth seemed to have broken free from a trance state, and for a moment actually spoke Chinese: "Thank you…… was it you guys who just saved me?"

Shizuku scratched her head, didn't understand what this guy was saying.

But Uesugi Toru raised an eyebrow, asked in plastic Henan dialect learned online: "Fellow townsman? International student?"

The youth froze, then was overjoyed to the point of incoherence: "Holy shit bro your girlfriend just now was fucking handsome as hell!"

Girlfriend?

Oh, he means Shizuku.

Didn't bother correcting these trivial details, Uesugi Toru familiarly put his arm around the other's Shoulder, spoke in Chinese: "Bro, can you tell me how you ran into these two guys?"

The youth laughed haha after hearing this, though he was laughing, Uesugi Toru felt it had a bit of a Suffering feeling.

"Chance encounter. I was just getting off work, they walked in, said some stuff about love and salvation and whatnot, so I just muddleheadedly followed them over…… does it sound stupid?"

Muddleheadedly huh.

Uesugi Toru glanced at the scattered Prayer Beads on the ground, estimated it was probably hypnosis or a Spirit-affecting type of Yin-Yang Technique.

The laughter gradually disappeared, the youth took out a Cigarette, held it in his Mouth, wearily closed his eyes: "Sometimes I wonder, was the decision to come study in Japan really right?"

"At first when working I couldn't speak fluently, couldn't understand classes either. By the time things improved slightly everyone was wearing masks, although graduating next year, family side says business had problems, two semesters of tuition I also have to figure out myself.

Today even almost got abducted by a cult…… I'm tired, really a bit tired."

He looked enviously at Uesugi Toru and Shizuku standing beside him, passed over a Cigarette: "Bro, you gotta Precious your girlfriend well."

Uesugi Toru took the Cigarette, asked: "Any plans next?"

"Go Home." The youth exhaled smoke, let out a long sigh, "Go back to hometown, then farm some land in the countryside, do some Raise livestock or something, although lost the job, adding a pair of Chopsticks to the table is never Difficult."

Uesugi Toru recalled the events happening in Tokyo recently, felt the youth going back at this time might be a good Select.

So he didn't speak further, the rest can just be asked of these two Followers.

The youth raised his head, quietly gazed up at this modern metropolis filled with high-rise Dasha, as if recalling bit by bit of his study abroad life.

Long Time, he seemed to have made some Determination, left without looking back.

Seeing the youth's back completely disappear, Shizuku who hadn't understood a single sentence Strangely asked: "What did he just say to you?"

Uesugi Toru stared at the unlit Cigarette in his hand, thought a bit and said:

"He said, he misses Home."

Shizuku didn't understand, but could clearly feel the heavy atmosphere permeating the air, so she Looked at the two Followers on the ground who were already showing signs of waking up.

Shizuku decided to use Great Memory Restoration Technique on them.

End of Chapter