Yes.

Nohara Kyoko appeared very abruptly in Uesugi Kiyoshi's arms, in this world of his dream mirror, in his territory - the mirage building.

He had just retracted his thoughts and seemed to have brought back a gift.

Kyoko Nohara was startled, obviously she was still reading a book in the bedroom a second ago, thinking nonsense, but as soon as it was dark in front of her, she arrived in a strange environment.

The mirage building is full of ghosts, the candles are lit up, and the murals are magnificent, but they are a little weird, and they don't look like a good place.

Especially when there was a naked half-naked ghost king on the other side who was gulping down and staring at him with strange eyes.

Nohara Kyoko almost lost her voice, hugged Uesugi Kiyoshi in a hurry, smelled the familiar breath, she felt a little calmer, and looked up in a hurry, it was Uesugi Kiyoshi's smiling face, which made most of the horror in her heart disappear.

"Uesugi-kun...!"

"Where is this? I... Why am I..."

Her voice was a little shy, and before she finished speaking, her tone lowered, she shrank her head, and hid behind Uesugi Kiyoshi, carefully looking at the surrounding environment with her spare eyes, not daring to look at the wine swallowing boy.

Uesugi Kiyoshi stroked the soft hair of Nohara Apricot, glared at the wine swallowing boy with slanted eyes, frowned, and said with some displeasure: "Don't frighten the child!" ”

As soon as he said this, the wine swallowing boy did not react, but Nohara Apricot's face became a little ruddy.

She took a step back, left the somewhat warm embrace, subconsciously straightened her chest, and muttered a little unconvinced.

"I'm not a child!"

"I'm old enough to get married!"

Nohara Kyoko is sixteen years old this year, and Japanese law once stipulated that the age of marriage for women is sixteen years old, but it was revised to eighteen years old a few years ago, but Nohara Kyoko probably doesn't care about this kind of news, so she doesn't know about this change.

So she said this with a lot of confidence, but it didn't take long for her to reflect how bold she had made a statement, and she lowered her head a little shyly, not even caring about being afraid.

The wine swallowing boy didn't have time to pay attention to his little daughter's thoughts, he stared at Nohara Apricot with burning eyes, and muttered in his mouth.

"Sure enough, it's you!"

"The side of the barren river is buried, and the glowing grass grows quietly..."

"This light can't be wrong."

Uesugi Kiyoshi turned around, blocked Kyoko Nohara behind him, looked at the wine swallowing boy with cold eyes, and snorted.

"Didn't you already know who she was, and you didn't attack Yokodano just for her?"

The anger contained in these words is obvious, the drunken boy is not deaf, and he naturally will not fail to hear it.

"Are you angry?"

"Ha, angry for a mortal?"

“... Interesting. ”

"Little ghost, listen well, those who are secrets have a way to die, if their hearts are impeccable, then even ghosts and gods will be difficult to confuse their minds!"

"I've been sealed in a dream for so long, and the power to affect reality is very small, but I can still bewitch that mortal... Do you think he's a good guy? ”

“...”

"Forget it, why should I explain it to you."

"If you have a grudge, when you think of a way to kill me, just try it, but I won't sit still!"

The drunken boy coped with a few words nonchalantly, and drunkenness appeared on his face.

"I'm going back to sleep for a while, what do you have to say, hurry up and ask, this is after-sales service."

"Don't forget what you promised me!"

Uesugi Kiyoshi also temporarily suppressed some ups and downs.

"What the hell is that star map? What are those different lights? ”

When the wine-swallowing boy heard this, his sword eyebrows were raised, and his face seemed to be smiling.

"Oh? You've gotten there? That's right, if you don't get there, you can't easily pull other people into your dream mirror. ”

"On the top of the steps of the gods, naturally... Kingdom of God! ”

"It is the sea of stars that belongs to you, and every star in it is a creature connected with you."

"The light represents faith in you."

"The faith of mortals, if they want to manifest in the sea of stars, requires extremely devout believing, and the soul of the transcendent is strong, even if the faith is not pious, it can be embodied in the sea of stars."

"I don't know how the hell that man did it... It is unreasonable that the Ascending God Ladder and the Altar Divine Body that originally belonged to him could be sealed by him in the Hundred Ghost Scroll and directly handed over to you to inherit! ”

"But... He's never been a man who plays his cards by common sense..."

"Hey, little ghost, do you remember my big country?"

"It's obviously my dream mirror, but Ibaraki and the hundred ghosts under my command can also move freely in it."

"This is one of the effects of stepping on the divine level - your dream mirror, which can be effective for believers."

"No matter how far away they are, they can appear in your dream mirror through their spiritual connection with the gods, like this little girl."

"If she's a mortal, she's not qualified... But, whether she is mortal or not, you know better than me! ”

"Connecting [God] and [Believer] is the most basic ability after stepping on the step of ascending to God."

"As for going further, I can't tell you that you and I are not the same, the Hundred Ghost Picture Scrolls are different, the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk is different, and the Sea of Gods and Stars is not the same."

"The follow-up [ability] is naturally different."

"Find out for yourself."

With that, the drunken boy stood up and walked towards the mural behind him.

"I probably see what you mean - but what does the light of the stars in my sea of stars mean by their different colors?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi asked again.

The drunken boy paused, and doubts appeared on his face when he turned around.

"The colors are different?"

"I've never heard of that."

"Hmph, your situation is special, all of this comes from that hundred ghost painting scroll, specific details, don't ask me, I'm not omniscient."

"By the way, don't you have a good relationship with the Lord of Hundred Things? Ask her! There are few things in this world that she doesn't know! ”

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded thoughtfully, and continued to ask, "The last question, what is the purpose of those beliefs condensed into light?" ”

This question made the wine-swallowing boy look moved.

"What's the use? Many gods can condense that belief into divine power and use it as a high-level transcendent power, and there are different changes with the ability of the gods. ”

"My Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, you have also seen it, in a sense, it is with the help of the soul of the ghosts of the great rivers and mountains, and it can be regarded as a use of the power of faith."

"But... This is not the main role. ”

"Have you ever seen a ship in the sea?"

The drunken boy suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't know what he meant, but subconsciously nodded - of course he had seen it.

"Dream Mirror, in fact, is the [Spirit World], the [Sea of Consciousness] of this planet."

"Then, in this sea of consciousness, whether it is a god or a ghost, it is just a lonely boat."

"For the ship to stop, it needs an anchor."

"That faith, which begins in the living beings, ends in your soul, and gathers together is yours... Anchor! ”

"From this world, through the two realms, firmly anchor your soul!"

The drunken boy leaped into a lifelike portrait, leaving only his voice echoing through the mirage.

"As for the role of the anchor... Have you ever sunk? ”

"Sinking is the wind and rain in the sea, from the sea beasts that stir up the wind and waves, or from the moody sky."

"But, if the anchor is the heaviest, even the fiercest wind and rain will not be able to overturn your ship!"

"It's... The reason why all the ghosts and gods aspire to become gods..."