Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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Dou Tang finally reached out and gently smoothed the wet strands of hair from her forehead, his tone becoming very gentle.

"You did a great job, you helped me a lot, Huaiyin, I'm so happy."

Upon hearing this, Huaiyin's guilt and anxiety instantly crumbled into grievance. She cursed herself for being so useless, but large tears still kept falling.

"I'm sorry..." she choked out, turning her head away, unable to meet Dou Tang's gaze any longer.

Dou Tang sighed, took a step closer, and hugged Huaiyin tightly.

Huaiyin wrapped her arms around him, clutching Dou Tang's clothes on the back, not daring to let go, and buried her face in his shoulder, crying.

Chapter 122 The End

Dou Tang couldn't blame her.

No one can blame Huaiyin for what she did, not even Doutang, who was concerned about her and wanted to protect her.

Her actions and efforts are beyond question. In this incident, she stepped forward and infiltrated the main camp, forcing Taira no Masakado to abandon his fighting spirit and pride, and even severely injured Rin-yūdō. For a demon hunter making his debut, this was an unprecedented achievement.

If it were still during the Heian period, a girl like Huaiyin, born in this way, would have had her name spread throughout Japan.

Dou Tang's frustration stemmed from Huai Yin's unauthorized actions that put him in danger.

Even though he couldn't blame her, and even though he knew in his heart that what she had done had proven herself, Dou Tang still felt a lingering fear.

What would happen if I arrived a little late? Even... if I arrived even a minute later, would I still be myself...? Would I become even more insane?

What will become of me after losing Huaiyin?

Dou Tang felt a pang of pain in his heart. He had just gotten used to seeing Huaiyin greet him when he came home, he had just gotten used to waking her up every day, and he had just gotten used to her cold feet suddenly crawling into his bed in the middle of the night.

He had only just gotten used to it, only just realized from the bottom of his heart that this was his new life, and only just decided to accept it all, even at the cost of his life.

What would he become if it were taken away from him?

Dou Tang held Huai Yin close, wanting to feel her presence deeply, yet afraid of hurting her by being too forceful.

Huaiyin was breathing heavily and hugged Doutang tightly.

The two embraced for a long time until Ringo Shinzen couldn't help but yawn, and then they let go of each other.

After releasing Huaiyin, Dou Tang stared into her clear eyes for a long time before asking, "Go home?"

"……Um."

Dou Tang breathed a sigh of relief, his shoulders slumped noticeably, and he seemed much more relaxed.

Just then, a gust of cold wind blew over, and Dou Tang's hair stood on end as he looked in the direction from which the wind was coming.

The stagnation in the air was as sharp as a knife, and when carried by the wind, it transformed into a bizarre ability that could destroy anything. Those gales appeared at the entrance of the sewage treatment plant, accompanied by the cries and screams of evil spirits.

Then, the master of the gale appeared at the door. His sharply defined body symbolized the final form of humanity after death, and the gale surrounding him foreshadowed his extraordinary abilities. His fierce aura was as gloomy as the sky at that moment...

When Jiangdao Yizai saw Dou Tang, his previous fierce and angry demeanor instantly vanished. He raised his hand and waved wildly in greeting, then skipped and hopped over to Dou Tang.

Dou Tang said with a helpless expression, "I thought you were a hidden boss when you appeared like this..."

Jiangdao Yizai shrugged: "Ha, you've already defeated me, the BOSS, and now you're in the third stage of being whitewashed and weakened."

Dou Tang laughed.

Jiangdao Yizai sized up Doutang, then looked at Shenqian Linqing and Huaiyin, and asked, "So, can anyone tell me what the situation is now?"

“Especially you.” Ejima Iya pointed at Shinzen Ringo: “Little Ringo, what are you doing here? Do you believe I’ll tell your dad about this, and you’ll be grounded for a month?”

Ringo Shinzen whistled awkwardly and turned her head away from him.

Every family has its own problems, and when it comes to the Kōzaki family, it is undoubtedly Kōzaki Ringo and Kōzaki Ryūyū. Although the father and daughter have reconciled, Kōzaki Ryūyū still finds it difficult to discipline his daughter.

Jiangdao Yizai scoffed and stopped looking at her, then asked Dou Tang, "Judging from your expression, is it all over?"

Dou Tang stood up and pointed to a spot not far away. Jiang Daoyi turned his head and looked, and was immediately surprised.

"Taira no Masakado's head?!"

"You killed him so quickly?! I didn't hear a sound outside! I thought you were dead inside!"

Dou Tang said, both amused and exasperated, "So that's why you rushed over here so quickly?"

Jiangdao Yizai laughed and said, "If I wasn't worried about you, I would have stood on the bridge all night."

He pointed to his feet and continued, "My skeletal feet can't wear shoes. You have no idea how uncomfortable it was for me to walk through those pools of blood. Some of the monsters' blood was even like slime!"

After saying that, he found a small puddle by the roadside and rinsed his feet in it.

With this person around, it was really hard for Dou Tang to be serious, so he patted Jiangdao Yizai on the shoulder and said, "Now you can go back to standing."

“The battle outside is almost over.” Jiangdao Yizai explained, “Once Taira no Masakado disappeared, this group of demons was a complete mess. Your previous actions of defeating Taira no Masakado’s generals one by one really played a significant role.”

“You should know,” Jiangdao Yizai tapped Doutang’s chest, “that you have never lost a game.”

Dou Tang nodded and then said, "Then let's put a final note on tonight. You go and take Taira no Masakado's head with you, and I'll carry my sister on my back."

Ejima Izai tilted his head: "Huh? Carrying your sister on your back?"

Dou Tang looked at Huai Yin's feet: "Her shoes are wet and uncomfortable, so is there anything wrong with me carrying her on my back?"

"Heh! Heh!" Jiangdao Yizai waved his hand in front of him, his tone indignant: "What about me? I came here treading on blood, while you were only taking care of the little guy, what about this old man?"

Dou Tang smiled faintly, picked up Huai Yin and carried her on his back, completely ignoring Jiang Dao Yi Zai's antics.

Ejima Izai put his hands on his hips and snorted. Just as he was about to pick up Taira no Masakado's head, Shinzen Ringo called out to him.

"Uncle Jiangdao, my shoes are soaked too, could you..."

"No! Climb quickly!"

"whispering sound……"

………………

The battle was drawing to a close. The demons who had been putting up a last-ditch resistance noticed that the exorcists were not stopping them from escaping, and they all left as if their butts were smoking.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; that's the gist of it.

There are loyal and righteous people among the demons, but it is clear that the people that Taira no Masakado recruited are not.

Dou Tang carried Huai Yin out of the sewage treatment plant, and what they saw in front of them was a bloody path along the river.

The corpses lying on the blood-soaked path included exorcists and demons; their blood was mixed together and indistinguishable from each other.

The exorcists, panting and exhausted, stood on the shore, resting in twos and threes.

Everyone was overjoyed to see Dou Tang appear.

Ejima Iya stepped out from behind him, raised the head of Taira no Masakado high in his hand, and opened his mouth.

"Enemy general, defeated! Over!!!"

Under Ejima Izai's control, the rain stopped, and his loud shouts echoed along the riverside road and across both banks.

The next moment, cheers erupted. Even though the exorcists were exhausted, they couldn't contain their joy and excitedly celebrated with each other.

Dou Tang didn't look at them, but instead looked towards both sides of the strait.

Those who had been observing have now obtained the results they wanted.

Dou Tang knew that after today, no matter how much he wanted to keep a low profile, some storms in Tokyo would still come uninvited.

Chapter 123 The Storm Has Not Subsided

Suiten Keisaburo stared solemnly into the distance. When he saw Ejima Iya raise Taira no Masakado's head high, he suddenly deflated and his posture relaxed.

Nurarihyon chuckled lightly, "What, Mr. Suitenkyō is relieved now?"

Shui Tianjing Sanlang's eyes were gloomy, and he rubbed his chin. The exorcists' victory did not bring him any joy. Instead, he seemed to have more concerns.

“Taira no Masakado is a good businessman,” he suddenly said.

He picked up the teacup beside him. Although it was a temporary shed, as the manager of the entire Tokyo Exorcist Association, he needed to receive sufficiently high "treatment".

After taking a sip of tea, Shui Tianjing Sanlang continued, "But Mr. Ren is different. To be honest, I can't see his purpose, nor do I understand the intention behind many of his actions."

"Such an existence may be even more difficult to deal with than Taira no Masakado."

Nurarihyon laughed and said, "But he's honest enough that he's more like an exorcist than someone like you."

“Mr. Shui Tianjing, we both understand that we are more like businessmen than staunch supporters of our respective camps.”

Shui Tianjing Sanlang nodded and chimed in, "People like us don't care about factions. As long as we can ensure that the current situation doesn't deviate in an unpredictable direction, then everything can be used as a bargaining chip."

He spread his hands, his expression natural: "What's wrong with this? We're no longer in an era where we fight each other to the death. If I were a radical, how could I discuss these things with you, Nurarihyon?"

“But it is precisely because Mr. Ren is upright enough,” Shui Tianjingsaburo changed the subject, “that I did not take action against him and let him continue like this.”

Nurarihyon looked thoughtfully at the exorcists around Tou Tang. Almost all of them were very young, and they came from all walks of life. Some of them even treated exorcism as a side job.

Some of them carry ancient traditions, while others...

They emerged during this year, and unlike the corrupt exorcist association, they were radical and full of justice.

Each of their stories could be a book in itself, from ordinary people who came into contact with the extraordinary world, to growing and progressing little by little, and finally blossoming tonight, announcing their existence to the entire extraordinary world of Tokyo.

It's both poignant and somewhat frightening to see what they represent, especially people like Suiten Keisaburo and Nurarihyon.

They are change, and the changes of the past year have borne fruit tonight, fruits that have grown into a force that the old-school exorcists cannot ignore.

"I think that in the future, both evil spirits and exorcists will undergo great changes," Nurarihyon concluded.

Of course, this refers to beings capable of thought.

In this city, there are still many anomalies that cannot be thought of or understood.

The storm has begun, and after today's full unveiling of Toudou, the whole of Tokyo will become increasingly turbulent, like a pot of soup about to boil.

Countless lives rise and fall within it, and no one knows whether they will be able to surface and be seen by the world, or whether they will sink to the deeper bottom.

The exorcists and evil spirits on both sides of the strait began to slowly retreat. Since they had not participated in the battle, they naturally had no right to go and offer their congratulations. If they were to strike up a conversation with those cheering exorcists at this time, they would only appear to be lacking in prestige.

Before long, both sides of the river quieted down, with only the exorcists on the bridge still making a few noises.

Dou Tang didn't linger and, under the cover of Jiangdao Yizai, quietly left.

For him, it didn't matter whether these exorcists worshipped or respected him; they were merely tools for Dou Tang to achieve his goal. Now that his goal was achieved, he could quietly withdraw.

He had no intention of becoming the leader of these people; a team assembled because of an emergency was fragile and useless to him.

Dou Tang carried Huai Yin on his back, got into the car that had been prepared on the street, and left.

………………

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Taira no Masakado incident is over.

A considerable number of Treasure Sugar Pills are still circulating in the underworld. It is foreseeable that many incidents will occur in the entire Tokyo metropolis because of these things in the future. Fortunately, the beginning of everything has been erased, and it is only a matter of time before the city can digest these incidents.

Mentioning "Mr. Ren" in front of any exorcist now brings to mind the battle between Tou-Tang and Taira no Masakado on the bridge that night.

From the bright moon hanging in the sky to the dark clouds gathering and the sudden downpour, that night's "one-man showdown" was undoubtedly a grand performance. The thousand-year-old vengeful spirit, Taira no Masakado, was as wretched as a candle in the wind under Dou Tang's fierce offensive.

The blue-eyed swordsman shrouded in thick black mist—Tokyo never disappoints when it comes to giving people titles.

The fire at the Shinkawa wastewater treatment plant was covered up as an accident caused by aging equipment. Meanwhile, the residential area north of Shinkawa became a new gathering place for the exorcists who had made a name for themselves in this battle. Many young exorcists settled down there, showing a trend of forming a brand new group. The leader was undoubtedly Ryuuichi Kamiya and Gaku Aida, along with their group.

Although neither Dou Tang nor Jiang Dao Yi Zai had any intention of establishing a faction, all of them remembered everything that had happened before.

After the fight, he took some time to meet with Sugawara no Michizane. The two had a long private talk, and even Nurarihyon couldn't participate.

Afterwards, Sugawara no Michizane returned to Kyoto, while Toudou discussed some matters with Nurarihyon, including a trip to Tokyo.

“It seems you’ve reached some consensus with Lord Michizane,” Nurarihyon said.

Dou Tang responded with silence.

Dou Tang's life finally settled down completely.

Lu Zizhen has been busy somewhere again lately. Kuroki Keizaki has started contacting the delinquents of the Bald Group in accordance with Dou Tang's orders. Hoshigi and others are busy dealing with the matter left behind by Juon Shouwu.

Everyone around Dou Tang had their own things to do, and for a time, Dou Tang himself became a lonely person, spending his days at home sleeping.

That day, Dou Tang was still sleeping when he vaguely felt something kicking his stomach.

Dou Tang frowned, grabbed the little foot that had kicked her stomach, and pulled it to the side. With a soft cry, the soft body pressed down and fell into Dou Tang's arms.

Dou Tang squinted and mumbled, "Why aren't you sleeping properly...?"

wrong.