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They willingly admitted defeat and used all their strength to stop the Blue Demon.
The Blue Demon fell down, and several Bean-shaped figures fell down with him, rolling down the conveyor belt down the mountain.
Uchiyama Yu
Tears welled in his eyes as several large hands pushed him toward the enormous, radiant crown behind him—the hope of the mortal world and the will of the dead.
He opened his arms and embraced the crown.
Chapter 69 The Hero's Self-Mourning
It's raining in Nagano.
Rainwater fell from the sky and flowed down the slope, gurgling like a stream.
The entire city was shrouded in a wet, misty curtain of water, silent except for the clamor of the rain joining in the mourning.
A dark figure walked in the rain, holding an umbrella.
Kiryu Toudou had a sharp look in his eyes and was dressed in a well-tailored black suit. He was also a member of today's funeral party, but he did not attend the rain to pay his respects; instead, he was the one who delivered the suicide note.
In such heavy rain, even cars drove cautiously, and everyone who passed by him would turn their heads to look. The reason was that Kiryu Todo's attire was too strange. Who would wear a black suit that looked like they were going to a funeral in the pouring rain?
What's even stranger is that, walking in such heavy rain, not only did his trouser legs not get wet, but his feet didn't get wet either, as if the rain had nothing to do with him.
However, if it were someone from the exorcism world, such as an Onmyoji, they would suddenly realize that this person seemed to be in the midst of a whirlwind.
A black whirlwind.
The resentment filled with the aura of death transformed into a black vortex, surrounding him. Every drop of rain that tried to wet him was slapped away and disappeared into the water on the ground.
Enveloped in death, carrying out the work of guiding souls, this is the current Todo Kiryu.
He was holding a ring in his hand.
Yusuke Uchiyama won the championship, and he was granted a wish. To be honest, even if he chose to live as a bound spirit or a tsukumogami, Toudou would grant it, because that's what this ordinary man deserves; his courage and will make him worthy of living that way.
But he didn't, and his wish was so simple it was heartbreaking.
He wanted to say goodbye to his friends.
Upon hearing this wish, Dou Tang suddenly sat up from the ground, startling Lu Zizhen and Huaiyin, who were watching TV.
He paused for a moment and said, "I have to attend someone's funeral."
After hearing this, Lu Zizhen said nothing, went to the car and got a suit that fit Dou Tang perfectly.
Dou Tang, holding an umbrella, disappeared into the rain.
He first returned to the Blue Demon Mansion, buried Yusuke Uchiyama's body, then took a ring from the corpse's hand, wiped the blood off it, and returned to Nagano City.
It was already night, and his stomach was empty, but he didn't care.
Nagano City wasn't particularly busy late at night. It's too far from Tokyo, so it lacks the usual bright lights and has a quieter atmosphere. Strolling through it, all you can hear is the sound of rain.
He arrived at the entrance of an apartment building. The apartment was dilapidated. The group of four didn't have much money, and this was the only place they could afford to rent in Nagano.
I walked up the semi-open staircase to the third floor, and when I got to the last room, I could hear faint crying and the sound of someone packing their things.
Having suffered such a great fright during the day, yet unable to tell anyone, they could only choose to flee, rain or shine, wanting nothing more than to leave this place as soon as possible.
Dou Tang slowly closed the umbrella, the long umbrella hanging down like a long sword. He composed himself and knocked on the door.
All sounds inside the door vanished instantly.
Then a voice, feigning composure, came through: "Who is it? Who is it?"
Dou Tang lowered his head, covered the peephole with his hand, and interrupted the person inside from opening the door. He said in a hoarse voice, "I am Fall Bean."
A flurry of sounds came from inside the door. The woman rushed to the door, and the other man bumped into something on his way there, making a loud bang. It was clear that they were both in a state of confusion.
The person inside tried to open the door, but found it blocked. Dou Tang, with superhuman strength, pressed the door shut.
Before the people inside could answer, he continued, "Yusuke Uchiyama came with me too. He has something to say to you."
The door, which had been shaking violently, stopped, and the three people on the other side of the door suddenly fell into unbelievable pain and sorrow, frozen in place.
Dou Tang leaned the umbrella to one side and took out the ring from his pocket. It was a diamond ring without any diamonds.
A soul needs a vessel, and in the present moment, Yusuke Uchiyama can only appear in the world like a vengeful spirit and convey his words through this ring.
The ring began to shine.
"Ah... everyone, sorry, hahaha."
His first words were an apology, and immediately a woman's sobs came from behind the door.
"Don't cry... Huizi, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I rushed down without thinking much at the time, but now that I know you're all okay, I can finally rest easy."
"I think you've guessed it, I'm dead, um... but Fall Guy, he fought alongside me to defeat the Blue Oni, so that's a kind of revenge."
"To make a long story short, after this incident... let's disband. I was the one who brought everyone together to create this channel, and now I'm the one saying we should disband... this is probably a case of ending something after all."
Dou Tang placed the ring on the ground, and Uchiyama Yusuke's voice continued to come from the ring. He then turned his head, rested his hands on the railing, and looked at the rain outside.
Yusuke Uchiyama's last words were very long, ranging from his longing for his friends to how he would cover up his death, and even included the idea of sinking his computer in water to destroy the data inside.
But he also specifically requested that...
The three people inside the door laughed and cried as they handed over all the "study materials" from their computers to the man with the camera.
Such a farewell seemed to evoke some memories for Dou Tang. He sighed, stretched out a hand, caught the rain falling from the sky, and stared blankly at the waves splashing in his palm.
The voices inside the door grew softer and softer, indicating that the three people behind the door were kneeling together, unable to control their emotions.
Finally, Yusuke Uchiyama mustered his spirits and said optimistically, "Don't cry, I'm not completely dead. I can still help Fall Guys. He has even bigger goals, and I'll walk with him... Maybe you'll see me in Fall Guys' videos in the future! As a vengeful spirit or a monster, hahahaha..."
His laughter subsided, as if he were sniffing.
Dou Tang turned around and saw a phantom emerge from the ring, kneeling on the ground with its hands pressed against the door. It slowly lowered its head, its forehead touching the door, and its shoulders, both illusory and trembling, forcibly suppressing its emotions.
"So don't be sad for me. I'm really happy to be able to say goodbye to you like this... Thank you, thank you all."
"Well then, goodbye... goodbye."
The phantom slowly disappeared. Dou Tang took a deep breath and wiped the rainwater from his hands onto his face, so that he could cry openly without anyone noticing.
The soul in the ring was reabsorbed into Dou Tang's body. He picked up the umbrella but not the ring, slowly went downstairs, and deliberately made a lot of noise with his footsteps.
After going down one floor, he heard the sound of a door opening and footsteps. The three people saw the ring on the ground, slowly picked it up, and their uncontrollable sobs echoed in the corridor.
Dou Tang stared at his feet without saying a word, then went downstairs with an umbrella and plunged back into the rain.
That's all he could do.
Chapter 70 Your crown is really a bit useless.
Back at the house, Huaiyin and Lu Zizhen were cooking, busy with various tasks.
Dou Tang put his umbrella down in the entryway. Listening to the sizzling sounds of cooking coming from the kitchen, and smelling the aroma of food mixed with the dampness of the rain, he was reminded of his childhood. Back then, he would run around and play all day, and by the time he got home, it was already dark. He would hear the sounds of cooking coming from the kitchen, and then he would hear his little sister pattering in her slippers. She would jump into his arms, holding a piece of paper with messy drawings in her hand, and ask him if the drawing was good, proudly tilting her head back.
So missed.
Walking into the living room, he looked towards the kitchen, where two people wearing aprons were circling around the stove, with Lu Zizhen wielding the spatula, her hands flying up and down.
Dou Tang blinked and said, "I'm back."
"Welcome back... Did you get wet? I've prepared a change of clothes for you." Lu Zizhen said without turning her head as she fried rice.
Huaiyin, meanwhile, was intently washing the fruit in the sink, not even looking up.
The two men's reactions were as if... as if he had just gone to a convenience store, just gone out for a short walk, rather than walking for an hour or two, venturing into the deep mountains and then disappearing back into the city.
Dou Tang grunted, took off his coat, hung it on the hanger, and then frowned. His actions made him look like a recent office worker who had just finished work and was going home to relax.
Seeing his frown, Lu Zizhen chuckled and shook her head.
"What are you doing?" Dou Tang asked casually.
"Cheap fried rice." Lu Zizhen yawned, followed immediately by Huaiyin, since yawning is contagious.
Just as Dou Tang was about to speak, he yawned and then shook his head vigorously.
What exactly is "cheap fried rice"?
Lu Zizhen explained, "It's just cheap ham, cheap vegetables, cheap rice—and it ends up being cheap fried rice, right?"
As she spoke, Lu Zizhen picked up a plate of stir-fried beef cubes and threw it into the wok.
Dou Tang didn't say anything more, just pursed her lips, picked up her change of clothes and took them off as she walked towards the backyard.
As soon as I opened the door, a wave of dampness hit me. The entire backyard of the house was filled with the bath. The bath was surrounded by stones, trying to create the atmosphere of a hot spring. However, the bubbles rising from the bottom of the bath were a bit of an eyesore.
The backyard has walls on three sides, but this time there was no roof, since it was late at night and no one nearby could see what was going on.
The moon hangs high, its light clear and bright.
Dou Tang stripped down to his underwear, threw his change of clothes aside, and then took off his underwear as well.
His physique is becoming more and more perfect, and he even looks a bit like the muscular version of Fall Guy, but fortunately he is thin and you can't tell when he's wearing clothes.
He slowly sat down in the bathtub and let out a long, relaxing sigh.
I haven't felt this kind of bathtub where I can stretch my legs out in so long... Maybe I really should listen to Huaiyin and move to a better place.
The apartment we lived in before was also visited by evil spirits, so perhaps it's time to move to a different place.
Think about it carefully, if it were a community with multiple layers of security and guards around the clock, how could those mindless evil spirits possibly break in?
Following this line of thought, changing locations does indeed have its advantages.
Dou Tang stroked the stubble on his chin and began to daydream.
After thinking for a long time, he suddenly remembered something.
After the competition, the Blue Oni transformed into a Fall Guy, while Yusuke Uchiyama was sent to the Fall Guys world to join the fun at the foot of the Mountain of Vengeful Spirits. The other headed vengeful spirits have also had their resentment cleared.
But there was one more thing that he had overlooked due to his significant emotional fluctuations.
Crown!
He quickly opened the Crown game.
A screen displaying candies and cookies unfolds before your eyes, with a gleaming golden crown spinning continuously.
He reached out and took the entire crown from the void, bringing it into the real world.
It was heavier than I had imagined.
As if it were truly cast in gold, the entire crown felt heavy and substantial.
And the description of the crown also came to light.
【Ao Oni Crown】
In the mountains of Nagano, there exists a Western-style mansion that raises blue demons. There lives a malevolent spirit who was once human, who kills innocent people and absorbs their power for his own use, greedily devouring flesh and entrails.
[The Intimidating Power of the Blue Demon]
[As a ghost, the pressure you exert is incredibly powerful. Your eyes now possess a real, intimidating force, capable of exerting pressure on any being who has never encountered the supernatural, regardless of their form.]
Dou Tang pouted. Although he had the crown, he felt that the Green Ghost's pressure was not very useful.
Dou Tang already gave off a fierce vibe, and now he's adding eyes that can unleash the aura of a green demon. What's the point? Is he just trying to make himself look even more like a delinquent?
How could someone as kind as me be associated with bad people? Absolutely not!
"Besides, someone as easy to talk to as me, who would think I'm a delinquent?" he muttered to himself.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of a high school in Tokyo, someone sneezed, rubbed their nose, and muttered something.
"Kiryu-nii didn't come again today... I've been waiting for almost a week. Does Kiryu-nii even remember me?"
Yangping kicked at the pebbles at his feet idly. Behind him was a group of delinquents squatting on the ground smoking. The delinquents looked at their former boss who had returned from Ghost Island, shook their heads helplessly, and whispered among themselves.
"Hey, hey, hey, if you ask me, Brother Yangping must have been driven crazy by that shock that day... Does that Kiryu-san even exist?"
"Don't talk nonsense! I've inquired about a lot of the big shots from Onigashima. That Kiryu guy seems to be a yakuza, and he defeated more than seventy people from Onigashima all by himself! Do you know what everyone was talking about the night Onigashima was destroyed?"
The people around Yangping glanced at him and saw that he was still staring longingly at the street corner. So they shrank back and whispered, "What's the rumor? Tell us quickly!"
"They all say... that Kiryu-nii was hunting Onigashima all by himself, fighting against the entire biker gang by himself!"
All the delinquents present shivered. After all, it had just rained in Tokyo, and although the rain clouds had drifted over to Nagano, it was still cold.
Yang Ping turned around and saw them, roaring, "You bastards! What are you squatting there for! Come here and stand at attention with me!"
"Hey!" The delinquents, though furious, dared not speak out and quickly followed.
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