Chapter 49: The Hannya Is A Ghost God
Shangshan Che casually found a shop and bought an XXL hooded coat and fox mask, then stored them in his storage bag.
Because tonight’s area unlock mission required his main body to board the train, he decided to transform into Laughing Hannya as soon as he encountered any abnormality, to prevent accidents.
The coat and mask were items for disguise in front of any possible ordinary people.
After sitting down on a rocking chair in a remote park, Shangshan Che began checking information related to Kisaragi Station on his mobile phone.
He of course knew this famous supernatural phenomenon across all of Japan, but he had forgotten many of its details.
This concerned unlocking the next area, so he couldn’t afford to be careless.
—The Kisaragi Station supernatural phenomenon, simply put, was a girl who boarded a train heading to the Eternal World late at night, and after getting off, arrived at Kisaragi Station in Japan, which sounds like “ghost.”
Then she encountered all sorts of ox demons and snake gods, got lost alone in the Eternal World, and could never return to the Mortal Realm.
It was just that simple story.
But Shangshan Che read it especially carefully, not only the original version but also all the later derivative works, reading them meticulously.
With the example of Two-Foot Adult before him, Shangshan Che knew that no matter which version, no matter how ridiculously deviated from the original supernatural phenomenon, it could become part of the real supernatural phenomenon.
And he focused his research on “passengers on the train” and “tunnels and stations passed through.”
Because this time the goal was just to reach Kisaragi Station, the only possible danger would come from the train itself and the passengers on it.
“Five sleeping passengers… they could also be five different demons.”
But since most of the Kisaragi Station supernatural phenomenon focused on after getting off the train, Shangshan Che couldn’t learn more clearly.
He only knew to be vigilant of the passengers on the train.
“But just being vigilant isn’t enough without sufficient strength.”
Putting down his mobile phone, Shangshan Che took out that somewhat crying White Hannya’s Mask from his storage bag.
No need to hesitate, use it, Effect Two!
The moment his thought decided, White Hannya’s Mask shattered, turning into a wail of deep anger that lingered by Shangshan Che’s ears.
【You used “White Hannya’s Mask”!】
【Your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya’s potential meets the standard!】
【Your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya’s quality has been upgraded from “Super Excellent” to “Rare”!】
The prompt popped up, and Shangshan Che immediately felt his body become slightly more powerful.
He raised his eyebrow slightly. It seemed that quality upgrades also brought attribute improvements to the demon incarnation.
However, the main event was yet to come.
【Detected that your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya’s quality has reached “Rare”, rewards being distributed…】
【Your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya’s quality has been upgraded from “Rare” to “Epic”!】
【Your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya’s quality has reached the upper limit!】
【Prompt: Your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya will evolve into demon incarnation·White Hannya upon reaching one-and-a-half star!】
This promotion was especially quiet, and the power in his body didn’t increase again; the main changes were in the upper limit and potential?
Shangshan Che gently rocked on the rocking chair and opened the new Laughing Hannya panel—
【Laughing Hannya（Youth Body）】
【Quality: Epic】
【Rank: One-Star】
【Rank Upper Limit: Three-and-a-half Star】
【Talent: Ghost God（Weak）, Greed, Anger, Ignorance（Weak）, Berserk】
【—Laughing Hannya, White Hannya, Red Hannya. All are Hannya, ghost gods.】
The first thing that caught his eye was of course the eye-catching “Epic” after the quality.
Before today, Shangshan Che never would have imagined that he didn’t even have any rare quality equipment, yet he upgraded his first demon incarnation’s quality to the unimaginable epic grade.
The prompt mentioned the demon incarnation potential meeting the standard; it seemed that was why Laughing Hannya came with purple light when drawn.
If it had been another Hannya, perhaps even with White Hannya’s Mask in hand, it couldn’t be used.
It could only be worn as a pendant, suffering a charm penalty.
Next, although the rank didn’t change, the upper limit truly upgraded from “One-and-a-Half Star” to “Three-and-a-half Star”.
It seemed that the Hannya race’s upper limit was three-and-a-half star evil spirit, still a small insurmountable chasm from becoming the legendary four-star ghost god【ghost god】.
Next were the two talents that changed somewhat besides “Berserk”—
【Ghost God（Weak）: Power of Ghost God, Ghost God’s Might, Ghost God’s Appearance.】
A talent whose description seemed somewhat meaningless at first glance, but it should be an upgraded version of the original “Power of Ghost God”; as for the specific effects, he’d test them when incarnating.
【Greed, Anger, Ignorance（Weak）: Deals extra damage to targets with any negative emotions; the more negative emotions accumulated, the higher the damage.】
The original control skill turned into a passive?
“Or is this the youth version of the complete talent, needing further upgrades to gradually complete it into a full powerful talent?”
Shangshan Che felt his idea made sense, so it seemed the plan to upgrade Laughing Hannya to one-and-a-half star needed to be put on the agenda.
Now he had just over 400 soul ash; after unlocking the Kisaragi Station area tonight, he should soon be able to do another ten-pull for Laughing Hannya’s second upgrade.
【Since your demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya’s quality has reached “Epic”, it can now be materialized as special equipment to wear.】
The final prompt popped up, making Shangshan Che raise his eyebrow slightly.
What did this mean?
He used his thought to click on 【Equipment Conversion】 next to Laughing Hannya’s name, and then found an exquisitely crafted, lifelike Laughing Hannya Mask in his hand.
【Hannya Mask】
【Quality: Epic】
【Effect: Stores one “demon incarnation·Laughing Hannya” talent, retaining 50% effect. Does not consume equipment slot when worn.】
【—The ultimate perfect evil spirit mask, without a single flaw even the top craftsmen could find.】
Shangshan Che was slightly stunned, seeming to understand the true meaning of a demon incarnation reaching epic quality.
In an instant, he even imagined himself in the future wearing dozens of similar equipment, bearing dozens or hundreds of talents.
“But still, better to stay grounded for now.”
Shangshan Che touched his empty stomach; his last meal was breakfast bento at home, and now it was evening, not to mention the high-intensity combat he’d been through, leaving him starving.
Time’s up, time to eat first.
Shangshan Che casually picked a Yoshinoya by the roadside, planning to order an extra-large beef bowl to fill his stomach.
But as soon as he entered the store, he saw two familiar figures.
Shangshan Che was stunned, looking at the woman who casually tossed her black tie aside, with flushed cheeks, gulping beer into her mouth,
“Sister Nanjo?!”
