Uesugi Kiyoshi has no intention of pretending to be polite.

It's kind of life money, and it's not too much to get something good.

He looked around earnestly, ignoring the dazzling array of quaint utensils, and looked for what was in his heart.

He had something that was particularly desperately needed.

A knife.

A knife that can destroy gold and jade, and slash evil spirits.

A good knife is for the promotion of a swordsman, presumably needless to say, the strength of a swordsman, ninety percent is on the knife, without the knife, how to kill the enemy?

Japanese swords are not separated, knives are also called swords, swords are also called swords, after training since childhood and cultivation by masters, Uesugi Kiyoshi is most familiar with the weapon, or the traditional sword.

That is, the most orthodox Japanese sword.

There are a lot of weapons in the collection of Shosoin, and there is also a special classification of Japanese swords, Uesugi Kiyoshi looked over, silently took off his glasses, and in a thought, his heart was opened.

Then, he walked over briskly, staring straight at a knife.

The body of that knife was miraged, endless, and not at all at the same level as the rest of the knives.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked away with difficulty and asked softly, "Can I take a closer look?" ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa nodded happily.

"Please, Uesugi-kun, you can get your hands on everything here and look at it carefully, but you can only choose one, this is the rule, please understand."

Uesugi Kiyoshi reached out and grabbed the scabbard of the sword with some eagerness.

A cold intent wrapped around his arm and struck his heart, only to be swallowed by the mirage that surged within him.

He exhaled softly, and with his other palm, he pressed against the sword engraved with a hundred ghosts, and pressed lightly.

A crisp sword groan sounded, a dazzling cold light bloomed, and an eerie and sharp blade came out of its sheath.

The cold light reflected by the blade, more dazzling than the moonlight, colder than the snow light, reflected on Uesugi Kiyoshi's face, adding a little pale to his delicate face.

"This blade pattern is a bit exaggerated, isn't it..."

Uesugi Kiyoshi stretched out his fingers in some confusion, brushing the blade lightly, feeling the chill of the steel blade - his fingers only touched the blade of this knife slightly, and a small hole was cracked, and a few bright drops of blood poured out.

A slight tingling sensation made him sober up a little.

It's not that he is not strong-willed, a good sword is always a great temptation that cannot be described by words and words for a swordsman of Uesugi Kiyoshi's strength.

The blade is about 80 centimeters long, and it is a long knife in the Taidao, with a straight edge, and the blade lines on the blade body are generally straight, but the subtleties are like the waves of the sea, undulating, and in the eyes of a swordsman like Uesugi Kiyoshi who specializes in swords, it is a touching beauty.

Because of the forging method of the Japanese sword, after quenching, the back of the knife forms a pearlite, and the blade part forms martensite, so as to achieve the ideal effect of combining rigidity and softness without bending, and the transition area between pearlite and martensite is the so-called "blade pattern".

The blade pattern of this knife is the most common straight edge pattern, but the condition is indeed the top treasure of the knife that Uesugi Kiyoshi has ever seen.

He had paid attention to the market of Japanese knives before, and he had also fantasized that when he had money, he would have to buy a good knife, but those expensive knives that he had longed for were a little worthless compared to the knife in front of him.

Uesugi Kiyoshi used force in his hand, pulled out all the knives, and with a wave of his hand, slowly mobilized the mirage and poured it into the blade.

Soon, a feeling of blood connection, like an arm command, welled up in Uesugi Kiyoshi's heart, and the knife was like an extension of his arm.

At this moment, naturally, other factors are not important, and there is no need to think about it.

That's it.

A very standard knife action, with a sharp blade into the sheath.

Just as he was thinking about equipping this knife with a sword pouch so that it could be carried with him, the knife seemed to hear his intentions, and turned into countless gray-black mirages, surging towards his right forearm.

When the mirage had dissipated, he gently rolled up the right sleeve of his shirt, and a tattoo of the head of a fierce demon with green fangs and two horns was already entrenched in his arm.

Uesugi Kiyoshi had a feeling that if he had a thought, the demon tattoo would turn into a sharp blade and jump back into his hand.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who had been quietly observing Uesugi Kiyoshi's movements, saw this scene in front of him and said with some admiration.

"To tell you the truth, Uesugi-kun, I guess you will choose this knife, this knife is the best knife in Shosoin, and it is also the most useful tool for you."

"Is it decided? Choose it? ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded firmly.

"I'm very happy with this collection, thank you, Akutagawa-san."

"What's the name of this knife?"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa paused in a tone, and said with deep meaning: "This knife is... Ghost cut. ”

Uesugi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Ghost cut?" ”

"That legendary famous sword, which has cut off the arm of the ghost king Ibaraki, the saber of the general Watanabe Tsunade under Minamoto Yorimitsu, the blade of the ghost slashing - Oni Cut?"

"No, no, no, that knife is also a ghost cut, but not this one."

"This one... It was the famous sword of the Genji general Minamoto Rarimitsu who once beheaded the head of the drunken swallowing boy and was stained with the blood of the ghost king. ”

"I know what you're going to say - Ghost Cut and Boy Cut Angang aren't the same knife, are they?"

"You're wrong, Uesugi-kun, Onikiri isn't the name of a certain knife."

"Oni cut is a method of forging knives handed down by the Genji family - they have a transcendent technique that allows the famous sword that slays countless evil spirits to transform into a more powerful ghost weapon under the stimulation of blood and soul."

"Genji's treasure knives - mustache cut, knee pill, and boy cut, all belong to [Oni Cut]."

"This one in your hand is a genuine boy Che Angang, one of the most famous five swords in the world in Japan, 100% genuine."

Uesugi Kiyoshi gently touched the tattoo on his arm and hesitated, "But I heard that this knife should be in the Tokyo National Museum." ”

"That's a fake, this one is real."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's tone was firm, dispelling Uesugi Kiyoshi's doubts.

"Uesugi-kun, you have a good eye, and this knife fits you very well."

"The sign that the ghost artifact is in harmony with the transcendent is that it can merge with the transcendent, like this."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke paused the black jade cane in his hand, and the cane turned into a wisp of black smoke, which attached to his face, turning into a few wisps of mysterious black patterns, adding some mysterious colors to him.

"The more the ghost weapon is in harmony with the transcendent, the more powerful it will be, but it will also be more likely to affect the user's mind, so please be careful."

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded cautiously, he could listen to this kind of kind golden and jade good words.

"What is the power of this knife?"

His current understanding of the ghost cut is "sharpness" and "containing mirage", and the rest, he knows nothing.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke shook his head slowly, and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I can't give you an accurate answer, because the previous owner of this ghost artifact was still the great general Minamoto Yorimitsu, who has been dead for hundreds of years. ”

"The Prophets of the Guild have studied this knife and have come to the conclusion that this knife may be able to break through the barrier between the Dream Mirror and reality, and harm the true body of the ghost."

"Uesugi-kun, the ghosts and gods are a very tricky enemy, and in a way, they are immortal."

"For example, when the Eight Thunder Gods set up a ceremony in Tokyo to prepare for the prayer of the believers, the sacrifice chosen was your junior sister, Miss Ueizumi."

"That incident was known to Dongwenjue of the Dongwen Society, and then he used the power of the Dongwen Society, with countless casualties, and delayed the footsteps of the Thor Sect with human lives, so that Miss Shangquan survived, and persevered until the arrival of your master Shangquan Jianhao, and was successfully rescued, which is also the origin of the friendship between Dongwenjue and Shangquan Jianhao."

"The Eight Thunder God failed to descend, temporarily seized the house, and his strength was greatly reduced, he was not the opponent of Shangquan Jianhao, and his body was cut into several sections by Shangquan Jianhao, but this is not fatal to the ghosts."

"Generally speaking, it is very difficult to completely kill a [god] like the Eight Thunder Gods who have names and surnames in ancient records and believers in this world."

"Different from the little minions like the red and green twin ghosts you have killed, the ghosts and gods of that level, as long as the name is still remembered, the real body can be immortalized in the dream mirror."

"So, Shangquan Sword recklessly accepted the [invitation] of the Eight Thunder Gods, entered its dream mirror world, and killed the thirty-seven ghosts and gods with one sword, and the Eight Thunder Gods were greatly injured, and fled in a hurry.

"Stronger than Shangquan Jianhao, if you want to hurt the ghosts and gods, you must also go deep into the enemy's home field, the Dream Mirror World."

"But, if there is such a knife..."

"Maybe... No. ”

"I don't know if this ability is really effective, and I don't know if this knife has other abilities, the so-called ghost and god weapon, unpredictable, wonderful, Uesugi-kun, you better explore it slowly."

"The only thing I can confirm is that this thing in the world that keeps slashing with knives... Not much. ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded thoughtfully, a slight smile rising at the corner of his mouth.

From Akutagawa Ryunosuke's words just now, he learned the details of a big gossip and understood the possible effects of this knife, which was quite rewarding.

"I see, anyway..."

Uesugi Kiyoshi raised his hand, revealing half of the ghost-faced tattoo.

"I appreciate it, Akutagawa-san."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa smiled with satisfaction, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"It's a good thing to say, don't take it personally."

"This knife is given to you, so that you can make the best use of it, otherwise it will be a pearl covered with dust."

"Alright, Uesugi-kun, let's go out and talk about our enemies, I'll close the Shosoin first."

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded in agreement, and suddenly asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Akutagawa-san, I'm a little curious, what is that, is that also a collector's item?"

He pointed to the very center of the Shosoin Temple, a large petri dish with a very different style.

The petri dish was oval-shaped, with a clear glass exterior and nothing inside, except for a crack that was squirming slightly.

It's like a broken mirror that comes to life.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa glanced at the thing casually and responded, "Oh, that's, that's the Dream Mirror Crack." ”

He didn't stop walking, and when everyone had walked out of the main courtyard, he cautiously locked the shoji door and put away the keys properly before continuing to speak.

"The crack in the dream mirror, the gap between the dream mirror world and the real world."

"I once told you that there were originally ghosts and gods in this world, but driven by the will of the world, the transcendent ones launched a war and sealed all the ghosts and gods in the dream mirror world."

"It's been hundreds of years since that battle in Japan."

"Seals are not immutable, and the barriers between worlds are not impenetrable."

"Time is the strongest corrupting agent."

"Some powerful ghosts and gods with a large number of believers as support, after years of accumulation of power, can even tear a gap between the two worlds."

Speaking of this, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's expression became a little more solemn.

"Spirits and spirits cannot affect mortals with low inspiration, except in two cases."

"First, there are items impregnated with the breath of this ghost and god that are worshiped by mortals day and night, and in the same way, this is also the way for most secret rituals to awaken, and Yokodano is such a person."

"Second, it's near the crack in the dream mirror."

"Within a certain range of the dream rift, mortals will become extremely susceptible to the influence of ghosts and gods, and their spirits will be very sensitive."

"If a ghost god tears open the cracks in his dreams and exerts influence on the present world day and night, then the number of mortals bewitched by him will increase exponentially, and his followers will grow stronger and stronger, and the speed of their arrival will be faster and the risk will be lower."

"The daily work of us collectors is to destroy the ghosts and gods that have been seized or descended, and to check the cracks in the sealing dreams."

"That crack in the Shosoin is the largest dream crack in Tokyo, and it is the masterpiece of the catastrophic ghost god, the Dream Eater Serpent, Jörmungad, and we have no ability to repair and seal it, so we can only let the Prophets research a special storage table, draw on the extraordinary power of the collection, and suppress this dream crack through that petri dish."

"That's the biggest reason why we chose to address the association's headquarters here, and it's the only reason why we set up our treasure trove in such a dangerous place."

"As for the creation of this dream crack, it's a longer story, and when the threat of the great rivers and mountains passes, I can tell you slowly."

As they spoke, they sat down at the round table again.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa saw that the dust had settled, and Uesugi Kiyoshi had finally become his own, and the smile on his face had never been broken.

Although he is nominally the president of the Tokyo Metropolitan Collectibles Association, his situation... It's not good.

A general, and a general with a bigger backer behind him, joins like a charcoal in the snow, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Uesugi-kun, the agreement has been signed, and the collection has been given to you, because we have a cooperative relationship with the government, so we also have relevant documents, and after they are issued, I will send them to you as soon as possible."

"The Metropolitan Police Department, the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defense, and even the Cabinet of the House of Representatives all have more or less business dealings with us, and collectors' badges and badges are sometimes better than police officer badges."

Speaking of which, Ryunosuke Akutagawa seemed to suddenly think of something.

"Look at my memory, Uesugi-kun, we collectors don't use their real names to the outside world, this is a rule of the association, and we use our respective code names as names."

"I'm Rashomon, that's a detective."

"Corresponding to different code names, you will be given a unique collector's badge, which is a collector's status symbol."

"Please give me a code name, and I will immediately arrange for your badge carving, as well as the issuance of your certificates."

Uesugi Kiyoshi's expression had regained his composure, and the joy of joining the Collectibles Association and getting a good knife was all hidden under the handsome face that was as still as water.

After a few seconds of silence, Uesugi Kiyoshi's gaze was a little deep, as if he was stuck in a memory.

He remembered a lot of things.

The panic when he was threatened by evil spirits for the first time, the fear and determination to become stronger after escaping death, the kendo practice that persevered with a strong will again and again in the mirage building, and the Yokota couple, who were obviously innocent, but died tragically because they were targeted by ghosts and gods, ran rampant and killed the twin ghost group of Maki Higashimi on the street.

This is not supposed to be the case in this world.

There may be a lot of injustice in this world, and there may be tragic deaths of people for various reasons all the time.

But they should not be bewitched by demons and gods without resistance, and be treated as sacrifices or food, without even the right to resist.

There is a legal punishment for murderers, but who will punish the ghosts and gods?

In a trance, Uesugi Kiyoshi probably understood the meaning of what Akutagawa Ryunosuke told him on the day he first met.

"We foresee disasters, we contain ghosts and gods, we protect the world..."

That's what the Collectibles Association is all about.

It's a bit idealistic, but it's not wrong.

Follow the local customs, do a line of love, Uesugi Kiyoshi is very professional.

He stroked the ghostly tattoo on his right arm and spoke solemnly.

"Please, Akutagawa-san."

"My code name... Let's call it [Ghost Cut]. ”

"Now that I've joined the Collectibles Association and gained so much convenience, I should naturally pay something for it."

“...”

"I am willing to use my body as a sword to slay the evil spirits in the world, and I am delusional like evil ghosts with human beings!"