Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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Chapter 221 Chance Encounter

On the other end, Dou Tang, who had just hung up the phone, turned to look at Lu Zizhen and said, "It's confirmed. Lao Lang and Guang Taro will be able to get here tonight."

"Xueqing said Tokyo is in chaos right now, so he needs to stay home."

Lu Zizhen speculated, "It seems that the arrival of the exorcists in Nikko City has stirred up the evil spirits lurking in Tokyo."

"This is a good thing," Dou Tang said. "Xue Qing told me before that he had returned..."

After Tokyo, he'll be busy dealing with those evil spirits; the fact that he's currently tied up proves that it's a crucial moment.

"If we can resolve Tamamo-no-Mae's matter quickly, we might be able to go back to Tokyo and help him out."

Lu Zizhen clicked her tongue and said in surprise, "You're so good to them."

"A demon, a half-demon, and a human who's practically a demon..."

Dou Tang smiled and said, "I don't kill every monster I see."

"I can't tell at all," Lu Zizhen complained.

After all, before the incident in Urayasu City, Dou Tang was an absolute evil assassin.

Dou Tang scrolled through his phone and said, "Should we contact Professor Jiangdao? I feel like he might be interested too."

"No, please?" Lu Zizhen shook her head. "If we go to pick him up, we'll have to drive all the way back to Tokyo, which is too much trouble."

“If Tokyo also falls into chaos, you might get bogged down in other things when you go back.”

"If Ejima Iya is in Tokyo, Aida Gaku and the others can at least ask him for help when they encounter difficulties."

Dou Tang nodded in agreement, then said, "I hope he doesn't cause any trouble."

"Recently... wait, I have a missed call."

Dou Tang only just realized that he had missed the call from Jiangdao Yizai using the fake Kiryu's phone. He hesitated for a moment looking at the unfamiliar number, but still dialed back.

The call was answered after a while, and a fake Kiryu voice came from the other end: "Kiryu Toudou?"

"Why is it you?" Dou Tang frowned. Had the fake Kiryu figured things out and decided to cooperate with him?

The timing is just a bit unfortunate...

"I'll cooperate with you! Where are you now?" Jia Tong asked breathlessly, and there seemed to be voices in the background, indicating that he was in a noisy environment.

"I'm currently in Nikko City and won't be able to go back for the next couple of days. Is something urgent?"

"I can't go back... No, it's okay!" The fake Kiryu's tone seemed a little cheerful, and then he said, "Alright, contact me again when you're back in Tokyo! That's all, bye!"

Just as Dou Tang was about to speak, he heard a busy tone on the other end of the line; the fake Kiryu had already hung up.

"What's wrong with this guy? He's acting like a little kid." Dou Tang frowned and put down his phone.

Lu Zizhen looked at him, smiled and shook her head, then turned to look out the window.

The three parked their car in an open-air parking lot, with a convenience store nearby.

Huaiyin sat in the back seat, idly playing with her Nintendo Switch, while Doutang sat in the passenger seat, scrolling through messages on his phone to get updates on Tokyo.

Noon was approaching, and the three of them had still come up empty-handed. But Lu Zizhen suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with doing nothing.

"Ah, the sun is shining brightly today," she remarked.

The sky was high and clear, without a single cloud.

………………

Tamamo-no-Mae walked in the sunlight, feeling warm all over, as she was choosing a restaurant for lunch.

“I’m tired of Japanese food. Indian food? It hasn’t changed in hundreds of years. No thanks.” She walked through the shopping street, her tastes unusually discerning, passing by shop after shop.

"Tamamo-no-Mae's favorite fried tofu ramen..." Upon seeing this sign, her expression twisted slightly. "Why would people in this era think that foxes like to eat fried tofu?"

She shook her head and walked around it.

In the end, she chose a ramen shop that looked ordinary and went inside.

Having amassed some money, Tamamo-no-Mae ordered the most basic tonkotsu ramen, walked to the most inconspicuous corner at the back of the shop, sat down, rested her chin on her hand, and looked around at the shop.

Just like all the cramped shops she had seen in the past two days, this ramen shop could hardly accommodate more than a few people, but it was already full of people because it was lunchtime.

Her ramen was served quickly, but before he could even start eating, a man approached Tamamo-no-Mae and asked, "Excuse me? Would you mind sharing a table?"

Tamamo-no-Mae raised her head.

The man in front of me seemed out of place in this down-to-earth ramen shop. He was wearing a navy blue striped suit with a pure white shirt underneath, which made him look very elegant.

If I had to put it that way, I'd say... a successful person.

Tamamo-no-Mae also noticed that this guy had long hair.

But he seems like just an ordinary person.

Because she didn't want to reveal her demonic aura, Tamamo-no-Mae didn't use any methods to test anyone. As long as she didn't test others, with her ability to conceal herself, even a top-notch exorcist standing in front of her wouldn't be able to tell that she was a demon.

Tamamo-no-Mae nodded slightly: "There's no one here, please make yourself at home."

"Oh, okay, thank you so much." Ninomiya Yusuke quickly sat down and took out a handkerchief from his inner pocket to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

He's been exhausted these past two days. After agreeing to assist Lu Zizhen's plan, all the publicity for Tamamo-no-Mae in Nikko City fell on his shoulders, the local bigwig.

Although Nikko City is not large, the final report on all publicity work comes to him, which undoubtedly puts a lot of pressure on him.

Ninomiya Yusuke is constantly on the go. Although he wears an expensive suit and runs around the city to meet for work, his lunch break is only enough for him to eat a bowl of ramen at a fast food restaurant.

Yuki Ninomiya's pull

Once the food arrived, he immediately started eating, completely oblivious to the woman sitting opposite him, his chopsticks moving incessantly, showing no regard for his image.

Seeing Ninomiya Yuuki's behavior, Tamamo-no-Mae was clearly disgusted and quietly moved the bowl away from Ninomiya Yuuki.

Ninomiya Yuki had just finished eating when suddenly, the phone in his pocket rang.

He put down his chopsticks and answered the phone.

The contents of the phone call were heard clearly by Tamamo-no-Mae, whose hearing was beyond human comprehension.

"Hey? Ninomiya-san, the second part is finished! Print an extra 3,000 copies this afternoon, and start distributing them on the streets tomorrow morning!"

Ninomiya Yusuke exclaimed in shock, "Miss Lu, are you crazy? That's an erotic novel! An erotic novel! Let alone whether you can print 3,000 more copies a day, what's with you distributing it on the street?!"

"Are you trying to get me arrested by the police?"

Erotic novel? Part 2?

Upon hearing this, Tamamo-no-Mae blinked and glanced at the few pieces of luggage in her handbag.

The only book among them was... the erotic novel about myself that I bought in front of the city hall!

The second part is out so quickly?!

No, that's not the time to focus on that!

Distributing erotic novels on the street? Are you crazy?

"Oh, it seems you really can't hand them out in the street..."

When they heard that Lu Zizhen wanted to give up, Ninomiya Yujing and Tamamo-no-Mae both breathed a sigh of relief.

Chapter 222 Development

"Then let's plaster the entire city of Nikko with posters! Cover all the major billboards on the main streets!"

"Also, I want to see the illustrations for the second part tonight! Understand? Tell all the artists to hurry up!"

"What!?" Ninomiya Yuuki's expression was extremely strange. "Miss Lu, have you really gone mad...?"

"You expect an artist to review the original artwork in one afternoon, and then draw the illustrations and a new cover? Do you think they don't need to sleep?"

Lu Zizhen persisted: "I believe they can break through their limits. Just say that, and I'll give them triple the overtime pay! Triple, even five times!"

Ninomiya Yusuke swallowed.

Hearing that he didn't reply, Lu Zizhen on the other end assumed he was still hesitating and asked again, "Is five times enough?"

“That’s enough, that’s enough…” Ninomiya Yusuke quickly stopped her, “Miss Lu, please don’t spend any more money.”

"What, you won't even let me spend money?" Lu Zizhen retorted.

“No… the main thing is, every time you spend a lot of money, you frantically take on missions at the association…” Ninomiya Yusuke’s expression was bitter. “Many exorcists are so bored they’re sick of it… they also have families to support.”

“…Fine.” Lu Zizhen whistled. “Go ahead and say it, I’m not going to listen anyway.”

Ninomiya Yusuke sighed helplessly.

"Okay, I understand... Anyway, I'll make the arrangements. Is there anything else, Miss Lu?"

"Well, that's all for now. By the way, do you have any news about Tamamo-no-Mae?"

Ninomiya Yusuke shook his head: "No, absolutely not."

Tamamo-no-Mae, who was sitting right across from him, quickly lowered her head.

These people are actually looking for me?!

Could it be exorcists? Most likely, the barrier that enveloped the entire Nikko City must also be their work!

Fortunately, they haven't discovered it yet...

Tamamo-no-Mae had no appetite. Although she was inwardly panicked, she remained outwardly calm. She quietly got up, paid the bill, and walked out of the store, as if she hadn't heard Ninomiya Yuuki's words at all.

After stepping out of the store, she breathed a sigh of relief, but dared not relax for a moment, and quickly fled the shopping street.

After leaving the shopping street and finding a rather quiet café to sit down, Tamamo-no-Mae began to sort out the current situation.

First, the city of Nikko is surrounded by barriers, which are only used to identify those who enter and leave. This means that their target must be someone different from ordinary people, and is very likely themselves, the great monster.

They even went so far as to publicize their existence, maximizing Tamamo-no-Mae's presence and plunging the entire Nikko City into a vortex of popularity surrounding Tamamo-no-Mae.

They...are forcing themselves to reveal themselves!

Tamamo-no-Mae's eyes lit up, feeling that she had caught the other party by the tail.

As a notorious femme fatale in history, Tamamo-no-Mae possessed exceptional wisdom and instantly guessed Lu Zizhen's thoughts.

The essence of constantly stirring up the hype is to create a sense of tension, to make oneself feel that if one doesn't leave now, one will not be able to escape, and then... wait for oneself to run headfirst into the barrier and walk into the trap!

What a plan!

She gave a wicked smile.

Unfortunately, it's no use now!

It's incredibly lucky that I actually met that man named Ninomiya and obtained such important information.

Tamamo-no-Mae laughed triumphantly, suddenly feeling relaxed all over, leaning back in her chair, feeling very comfortable.

"Now, the prey is going to become the hunter... Hmm, I wonder how many of them are left."

While pondering how to defeat those exorcists, Tamamo-no-Mae recalled the man she had seen in the illusion.

………………

At noon, the fake Kiryu and Nagaibuki ate lunch at school.

The cafeteria, which had been destroyed by Toudou a long time ago, had long since reopened, so the fake Kiryu used Nagaibuki's meal card to eat there.

The two faced each other in the cafeteria, and Nagaibuki happily recounted what he had done that morning.

"Kiryu-kun, Class 2-A even set up a stall outside! Apparently, it's a toy gun shooting range." He gestured with his fingers. "Last time in Kamogawa City..."

I lost to you, but I'd like to have another match with you this time. How does that feel?

"Hmm, okay." Fake Kiryu was still brooding over the phone call from Toudou earlier. Now he just hoped that Kiryu Toudou wouldn't suddenly return to school, otherwise it would be troublesome.

He's far away in Nikko City... What happened in Nikko City?

"By the way, Chōkun, has anything happened in Nikko City lately?" the fake Kiryu asked.

"Nikko City?" Nagaibuki's eyes lit up. "So Kiryu-kun is also interested in Nikko City!"

He took out his phone from his pocket, scrolled through it, and then read aloud: "The Sesshōseki in Nikko City has cracked! It's said that Tamamo-no-Mae has reappeared in the world!"

"Right now, the entire city of Nikko is buzzing with activity searching for Tamamo-no-Mae, and there are tons of events related to her," Nagaibuki showed his phone to fake Kiryu. "There's even a fried tofu eating contest—who would just keep eating fried tofu like that!"

The fake Kiryu, who was chewing on the fried tofu in his udon noodles, choked.

At that moment, only one thought remained in his mind.