The Former Great Enemy, Fangxiangshi, Was No Match for Thousand Eyes! Don't Sign For the [Invitation]!

Uesugi Tetsu had just finished speaking when the vision brought by the enormous Thousand Eyes Pupil in the sky allowed him to discover in an instant—

The demons in Edo Castle had decreased by more than a few tens of percent.

At a glance, at least two-thirds of them seemed to be gone.

Several streets he had once needed to detour around when he was weak were now deserted, with only a few scattered Sengoku Ronin wandering through the mist along the roadside.

Most importantly, demons ranked three stars or higher had nearly all vanished—such as the Jorōgumo he had encountered before, and the clusters of Wara-bi-fire that had grown vastly more powerful after gathering together...

Only a few minor demons below two stars remained. The Edo Castle map could completely be downgraded from four stars.

Uesugi Tetsu could not help falling into thought.

What had happened in Edo Castle during the not-too-long period he had been gone?

The indifferent Thousand Eyes Pupil moved slightly, its gaze sweeping over the entire Edo Castle in detail, yet it found no decisive evidence.

Perhaps it was some unknown natural cause. Or perhaps the unending rain and mud had erased the traces of what had happened in Edo Castle not long ago.

In any case, Uesugi Tetsu could be certain that the change in Edo Castle had nothing to do with the Factory Master.

The surrounding natural landscape had been preserved far too well. Even those useless gassho-style houses and nagaya had not been demolished, but still stood where they had always been.

At that moment, in the brief interval before Fangxiangshi appeared, Uesugi Tetsu still had the leisure to send a somewhat troubled voice transmission through his heartstrings to Qing and Karuta.

"Just now... you two should have heard what Erchi said..."