"Aono-kun, you should know the original characteristics of the Lost Mist, right?"

Faced with Aono's sharp question, Hino sighed.

His gaze was on the black mist that shrouded the very edge of the barrier.

Any transcendent person who has ever seen such a thing would surely associate it with the Lost Mists.

In fact, anyone who fights alongside Aono within the Tokyo Rangers will have such associations.

There are also many strange rumors about this, such as that Aono was originally born in the black fog; Or have a very special supernatural ability to mimic the abilities of the enemy...... There are also many settings that resemble light protagonists.

There are all kinds of strange things, and there are no strange things.

If you want to say that Hino Yuki can't see anything, it must be underestimating him.

"Of course."

Aono replied crisply.

"It's nothing more than blurring people's senses, changing the flow of time to a certain extent, and giving birth to monsters derived from human emotions."

Yuki Hino nodded.

"Aono-kun is right, but the most critical function is actually ......"

"Connecting the worlds inside and out, and the Lost Lands?"

Aono picked up Yuki Hino's words.

"Exactly."

"That's also its most dangerous trait."

Yuki Hino had a serious face.

"After we have a certain amount of experience in dealing with the Lost Mist, we can bring specially designed equipment, and it will not be very dangerous to be in the Lost Mist alone, and the slightly stronger A-class transcendents can even ignore their influence."

"But if you don't clear the Lost Fog in time and let it stay in the surface world for too long, it may become a passage, a passage where strange beings in the inner world and the Lost Lands can enter and exit!"

Aono nodded, waiting for Yuki Hino's next words.

"Whew-"

Hino took a deep breath, as if she didn't want to recall the unpleasant pictures, but she still spoke with difficulty.

"Although they are the causes of the last days I see, it is them who have really killed countless human beings! That is, the monsters from the inner world. ”

"And some time ago, the reason why the Lost Fog appeared frequently, and often carried all kinds of dangers, in my opinion, should be his temptation, or want to use this means to constantly consume the corrective power of the watch world, and pave the way for the advent of those more terrifying existences!"

Aono chewed on the contents of Hino's words.

He had actually guessed all this information, but it wasn't confirmed until today that it was confirmed - a person like Yuki Hino who can predict the future has indeed brought him great convenience.

It's just that Aono suddenly had a strange question.

"Who did you get this information from in the future?"

Who knew that Hino Yuki's eyes were even more strange, and he said in a strange tone: "Of course I heard it from you, Aono-kun."

Aono: "......"

Did he confirm the truth of these conjectures?

This answer may sound ridiculous, but when you think about it, it's the most plausible explanation.

"But you still haven't explained why this town is the way it is."

Aono put aside the somewhat awkward topic for a moment and asked instead.

"I was about to say that."

Hino Yuki said helplessly.

"Why does the Lost Mist have the ability to become, has Aono-kun ever thought about this?"

Hino Yuki is not the kind of person who sells guanzi, although he asks questions, he still talks about himself.

"Because of the Lost Mist, you can simulate the environment of the inner world to a certain extent!"

This sentence can be regarded as an earth-shattering shock, which surprised Qingye as well.

He turned and looked around.

The color of the lost mist, which has lost its aura, is ......

"Pure" pitch black!

As we all know, the color "black" alone is not uncommon at all.

Whether it's the pupils of Asians, or the night sky, the ink on the scroll...... It's all black.

But the word "pure" is not such a simple thing.

Take Aono's black fog as an example, they can naturally be classified as "black", but in Aono's sensitive vision, he can still see things farther through this black.

This is a phenomenon caused by the refraction and reflection of light.

Some people can still see in the dark because there is still light from the moon and stars beyond.

It's just that the human eye can't distinguish that faint light, so only people and animals with night vision can see other things at night.

The fog of mutation next to it is not like this.

Even Aono can't see through it.

To put it another way, it is impossible for any animal with night vision to see through the darkness.

Because in the "pure darkness", there is not even the slightest light.

Or rather, they swallowed up the light!

This can also be used to explain why Aono couldn't see anything unusual when he explored Stone City from the outside world, and the moment he stepped into the city gate, he suddenly fell into darkness.

In a way, "pure darkness" is similar to the astronomical concept of black holes!

Due to the sheer mass, the original star collapsed violently at the point where it was located, forming a black hole.

The greater the mass, the greater the gravitational force, and the gravitational field at that point has reached a terrifying level, and even light cannot escape, so its existence cannot be detected in optics.

This is the end of the explanation of black holes.

All in all, this fog of mutation is such an existence.

"Simulated Environment ...... World"

Aono muttered this, but remembered the past few times he had seen this pure darkness.

When you think about it this way, the world is filled with pure darkness.

And it is not surprising what kind of things are born out of that environment.

But here comes the problem again, the last time Aono saw the Lost Mist - just two days ago - this is not the case, and there is no so-called "mutation".

"I think there should be answers in this city that we want to find."

Hino Yuki looked at the endless darkness, as if he could see the darkness at a glance, to the other side of the light.

"Ahem!"

As soon as the words fell, Hino Yuki coughed violently.

Blood foam sprays directly into the air.

He took out the handkerchief he had prepared and covered his mouth.

Then, on the white handkerchief, there were more dark red blood stains.

The blood that came out of his mouth was no longer a fresh red, but a dull dark red, like paint that had dried for a while.

When Hino calmed down, he raised his head and looked at Aono apologetically.

"Aono-kun, I want to ...... We've got to pick things up. ”

Yuki Hino's health is not optimistic.

Aono knew this early on.

The reason why Hino Yuki can't directly tell Aono about the secret of Stone Town is not that he has something to hide, nor that he can't reveal the secret of heaven, but because ......

He didn't know either.

Of the vast majority of the future he sees, Yuki Hino ...... All die here.

It wasn't necessarily that he died from weird and strange monsters, but more often than not, his secret methods could no longer be maintained, and he died without life.

Even later, because of his deteriorating physical condition, he spent less time in Stone Town than he had seen before.

——Changing the present can change the future.

Every time Hino predicts the future, he has to consume a certain amount of vitality, making him weaker and weaker in the future.

The reason why he did not continue to try to predict the future was because he could no longer see further on the right path.

In order to provide Aono with his last few helps, he decided to escape from Hinano's house at that point in time and meet Aono - as for escaping from the heavily guarded family mansion, it would not be difficult for a person with the ability to predict.

Now is it......

Even if it was the first time he encountered this key city so early, his body didn't seem to last long.

"Let me help you."

Aono sighed slightly in his heart, and the black mist around him wrapped Hino's body like an arm, greatly reducing the burden of his actions.

He could have used this method to carry Hino forward before, but doing so in the wilderness of the Lost Lands would undoubtedly cause more trouble, so he stopped there.

"Let's talk about some of the characteristics of the monsters here as we go."

"Good. In the case of the previous 'Strange Steps', for example, he was supposed to have no physical form, more of a ...... than a living monster The rules for being alive? For example, if you turn back, you will be fatally injured......"

"Where are these weird steps, it's more reasonable to call them murderous steps!"

"That's right......"

Aono took Hino Yuki and walked cautiously in this dark stone town.

The small barrier, like a submarine diving alone in the deep sea, will be eaten and wiped clean by monsters from the deep sea at any time.

The whispers of the two faded away.

It was just that behind them, in the pure darkness, scarlet eyes suddenly opened.

Large and small, cramped ones appear on walls, on the ground, and even in the air out of thin air.

They huddled together like that, staring intently at the direction in which Aono and the two had left.

It even made a strange and incomprehensible sound, chattering like a sparrow.

They whispered, like a tidal wave, not far away.

"Whew!"

It was just that in the next moment, many eyeballs suddenly exploded together, and the gray juice burst into the pure black mutation mist, and disappeared in an instant.

It seems to have been eaten clean by the fog of mutation.

The rest of the eyes showed the same horror and fear, wanting to close their eyes and burrow below the surface again.

Another being is different, repeating a language similar to that of the eyeballs—perhaps not a language at all, just a dull sound, with their emotions attached, and thus becoming "language".

His whole body was hidden in the dark fog, and his appearance could not be seen, except for a goat-like hoof pressed against the eyeballs, and countless tentacles-like things flew out in a chaotic manner, piercing the eyeballs, and then sucking them all away.

He repeated the roar again.

The bulky and huge body continued to take steps and follow the direction of the two of them.

In the midst of a black fog.

Aono felt a chill down his spine for no reason, as if he was being targeted by some kind of malicious gaze.

And this chill lingered, extremely intense.

Not only Aono, but even Yuki Hino can sense this malicious existence.

"Poof!"

He suddenly spurted out a mouthful of thick blood, his eyes were glazed, and the situation was getting worse.

"Yes, it's Him!"

Hino said with annoyance.

The flame of hope that had been kindled with great difficulty before was suddenly extinguished most of it this time.

It can be heard that this time it has met the existence it has seen before.

And this one only brought the impression that I am afraid that it made Hino Yuki fall into despair.

"Aono-kun, leave me here."

Soon, the malice behind them began to get closer and closer, as if the air around the two of them was so sticky that it couldn't flow, and it turned into something like ice.

Breathing, it seems, becomes a difficult thing.

In this situation, Hino Yuki spoke sadly.

"If it's me, I can hold him off for a while, and you can take advantage of this time to ......"

Aono glanced at Yuki Hino and didn't react much, just asked.

"In the future you see, have I ever granted you such a request?"

Hino was stunned.

Finally, it turned into a heavy sigh.

"No, not once."

"That's good."

When Hino heard Aono's words, he seemed to read some kind of lightness in them.

"I, in fact, am not as firm as you think, nor can I believe in myself all the time, as for omniscient and omnipotent, that is even more ridiculous."

Aono said a rare long paragraph.

The look on his face was something Hino Yuki couldn't understand.

"Even now, I still don't understand why you believe in me like this and see me as some kind of amazing person."

"But in fact, only I know - my essence is just an ordinary person."

"If you don't have this ability and experience, maybe you don't even have the courage to die calmly."

"But...... Even if I have doubts and hesitations in my heart, I still hope that I can stand in the position of a human being, not an indescribable existence. ”

"Even if it's just in the future you see, it's a good thing that you don't become the guy I don't want to be!"

Aono laughed, still a fairly standard smile, but Hino read a kind of spirituality that he didn't have before.

Hino Yuki looked at Aono in amazement, unable to understand some of the content of these words - can a guy like you be called an "ordinary person"? Don't slander ordinary people, okay!

But before he could come up with anything else, the malice had already come like substance!

In the dark fog, several shadows quickly popped out.

The tentacles pierced Aono's body!