All Beings of the Heavenly Path Have Finished Receiving Their Wishes, and Two-Shaku Has Become a Demon God! The Three-Tailed Fox Stone Statues at Shiratsu Shrine

Uesugi Tetsu watched as Kujo Machi knelt down without hesitation once again.

Kujo, this guy... Why did she keep kneeling at the slightest sign of trouble?

Uesugi Tetsu frowned slightly, using his astral energy to pull Kujo Machi upright before saying, "Get up. You're not allowed to kneel anymore."

He noticed the subtle change in Kujo Machi's expression and said flatly,

"Demons don't have human notions of worldly morality. They certainly won't spare your life just because you kneel. You'd probably have a better chance of surviving by turning and running than by staying on your knees."

Uesugi Tetsu looked at Kujo Machi, who was smiling awkwardly and didn't know what to say, and spoke,

"Miss Kujo, you wanted to test whether I was human or a demon. The answer is right in front of you now. Are you satisfied?"

He could even see through that? Just what was this man's background...

Kujo Machi grumbled inwardly, then carefully glanced at the blood-red eyeballs covering Uesugi Tetsu from head to toe as they stared at her, filled with "appetite."

She thought that this was far too terrifying. If a child accidentally saw it, they would definitely wake from nightmares three, five, or six times that night.

Uesugi Tetsu withdrew the Hundred-Eyed Demon's Eye covering his body, glanced at the sky, and said,

"It's about nine or ten in the morning now. Miss Kujo, your parents should be at work rather than at home at this hour, right?"

How did this hundred-eyed monster know that my parents were at work!?

Kujo Machi was startled by Uesugi Tetsu's words, but immediately realized that at ten o'clock on a weekday, wouldn't normal people all be at work?

She did her best to keep a blank expression as she looked at Uesugi Tetsu, reassuring herself.