Night, Tokyo, noisy streets, lights just coming on, dazzling neon.
Among the passing pedestrians, Inoue Tetsuya loosened the tie on his neck and cursed, "That stupid woman Hanada Shizuka, did her menopause come twenty years early? A crappy proposal, revised six times back and forth, still not satisfied, made me miss the last train."
Tokyo's transportation is very developed, but the apartment Inoue Tetsuya rents is not.
After eight at night, he has to walk three kilometers from the company to catch another bus before reaching near his apartment.
His name is Inoue Tetsuya. He has transmigrated for twenty-three years.
Although the memories of his previous life in Huaxia are not very useful for this place that looks more like a parallel world called Neon, in his hometown, Kuta City, Inoue Tetsuya once was a genius boy.
Only with time did he gradually fade into the crowd—ordinary university, ordinary job, ordinary corporate slave. The only two achievements are coming from the countryside to Tokyo, and being handsome for two lifetimes.
Suddenly—
"Drip." Something seemed to fall onto Inoue's head.
He subconsciously reached up to touch it, then brought his hand before his eyes… blood!
Inoue Tetsuya's eyes instantly widened.
He looked up. At a small third-floor roadside window, a woman covered in blood was slumped against the glass.
Probably because of too much blood loss, the woman soon collapsed down.
Mu! rder! Scene?!
Yes, but not completely.
The killer stood behind the woman, yet it was not a person.
Inoue Tetsuya saw an octopus head and a body like flowing sludge.
"What is that thing?"
Monster!
Inoue Tetsuya took out his phone to call the police, but when he looked up again, the monster killer had already disappeared.
"It's coming after me… no, I have to run first!"
That octopus head image might be cosplay, but whether human or yokai, murder is already fact.
No time to think more, Inoue Tetsuya dashed off.
Forget the station—run wherever there are more people.
"Good evening, the new coffee in the shop is half price for the second cup!"
"Miss Suzuki, your new song released, big sales!"
"Oh ho ho, Mr. Naoki, you haven't come to play in a long time. This is your son? Truly a fine young man!"
…
Inoue Tetsuya's attention had never been so focused as today. It was as if every move of the people around slowed down along with his running.
"Ding-dong~"
Prompt: Your exorcism system is activating, please wait!
…
Among all kinds of noisy sounds, a semi-mechanical prompt sounded in Inoue Tetsuya's mind.
At the same time, a bright red tentacle exceeded his speed, reached the front, then bent, turning into a spike, stabbing straight toward his neck.
"!!!"
Damn it!
Inoue Tetsuya shouted in his heart, "Whatever it is, hurry up and activate, hurry!"
"Ding-dong~"
Prompt: Exorcism system successfully activated!
Current—
[Inoue Tetsuya]: Status, off work, spiritual power 100%!
…
Inoue Tetsuya's eyes went round, instantly bursting out with speed twice as fast as before.
The noisy street was still noisy, the dazzling lights unchanged, but Inoue Tetsuya disappeared into the crowd.
"?"
A woman wrapped herself very tightly let out a puzzled sound, as if she didn't quite believe Inoue Tetsuya could escape from her hands.
She sniffed the air, locked onto a direction, then stepped on bloody footprints and chased after.
A few minutes later,
The woman stopped in a remote alley.
She trusted her nose, so… she guessed right!
Hiding on the outdoor AC unit of the second floor, Inoue Tetsuya gave a flying kick, the woman's head and body separated instantly.
However, the woman's body was a headless body, while the head hanging on it was a red octopus.
It opened a saw-toothed round mouth and spat out bloody filth. The filth splashed onto the wall and ground, corroding a large area in an instant.
"So you really are a monster!"
"Then go die!"
Until now, Inoue Tetsuya still didn't know what the hell this exorcism system was about.
But that's not important for now.
The monster opposite wants to silence him. If someone wants to kill you, no one would just wait to die.
Spiritual power 100%?
Not now. Only 70% left.
As for how to use this so-called spiritual power, Inoue Tetsuya was also completely clueless.
But he knew that just now when he wanted to be faster, he burst out with a speed even a 100-meter champion would be left in the dust.
When he sneak-attacked the octopus monster, that kick's strength was also ridiculously huge.
And now, after dodging the venom attack, when Inoue Tetsuya wanted to smash the monster to death, a faint red aura ignited over both his fists.
After wasting more than twenty years, Inoue Tetsuya had accepted his own mediocrity, accepted the life of a corporate slave, even accepted the future of never being able to buy a house of his own in Tokyo.
And still not enough—now it even wants his life!
"Too much… die!"
Blazing red collided with blood-red carrying a fishy stench. Inoue Tetsuya's fist broke through everything, smashing the octopus head into pieces.
Battle over,
Inoue Tetsuya gasped for breath.
Look at the shattered remains, look at the headless female corpse, then look at his suit splattered with blood. Lifeless expression, "Damn, this is my new clothes. Ruined. Ruined!"
As for killing a monster, Inoue Tetsuya didn't feel much discomfort. After all, it was self-defense.
Neon having monsters is something people can easily accept.
Besides, maybe every man has a hot-blooded heart.
From today on, he is no longer ordinary. With his fists, slam them on the boss's desk—two words: "Raise pay!!!"
Alright, for now he can only think of money. He's still waiting for his salary to pay last month's rent.
Just then—
"Ding-dong~"
Prompt: Congratulations, exorcism successful.
Prompt: Your spiritual power has increased.
Prompt: Your strength has increased.
Prompt: Your poison resistance attribute has increased.
…
[Whisper: The woman killed by the monster was actually a spirit master. In her pocket there is a spirit-master-only phone. With it, you can claim the bounty for this exorcism mission.]
…
Bounty!
Currently, Inoue Tetsuya's spiritual power is only 10%.
That finishing punch, though handsome, drained sixty percent of his spiritual power in one go.
Inoue Tetsuya had already collapsed sitting on the ground, but when he heard "bounty," his whole body perked up again.
"Huff… looting a corpse isn't right, but I did avenge her, taking some bounty isn't too much."
He bent down and searched a few times. Sure enough, a phone appeared in his hand.
No password needed. 10% spiritual power became 9%. The screen unlocked automatically.
After that, the list that popped up was the mission interface.
Mission name: Head-eating Fish, an octopus that feeds on human heads, likes to target women.
Mission difficulty: D-rank.
Bounty: 200,000 yen, 200 spirit coins.
Note: Mission bounty will be transferred to your account within 1 workday after target is confirmed exorcised. Spirit coins are the only currency for spending and exchange, please use carefully.