Uesugi Kiyoshi is not a scheming person, and the decisions he makes are all deliberate.

He can judge that Ryunosuke Akutagawa should not have any malicious intent, he is now in the Metropolitan Police Department, on the opposite side, and he can't make any waves, and the other party is willing to go to the trouble of talking to him first, which shows that he is still sincere.

The ability to retrieve things from the void that Akutagawa Ryunosuke has just revealed also shows his identity - an extraordinary person.

Coupled with some of the questions that Akutagawa Ryuyuki was referring to, Uesugi Kiyoshi thought for a while and made a judgment - could this be because of my ability to cut down Yokodano and pull me into the gang?

It's not impossible, if he really belongs to some "special departments", it is reasonable to find the traces left by the "heart slash" on Yokodano.

Thinking about it this way, there seems to be a lot of temptation in Ryunosuke Akutagawa's previous questioning!

As for his decision...

Needless to say?

In order to gain the ability to fight evil spirits, he ran all over the streets of Tokyo, just to learn some self-defense skills, and he persevered with perseverance in the boring and boring kendo practice for ordinary people.

What are these for?

The threat of the demon is like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head, which always makes him fearful.

This is a matter of life, and you can't be sloppy.

Now, there is an opportunity in front of him, what exactly is he fighting against, and he can finally get an answer.

He had no reason to retreat.

Moreover, now he also has a little guess and curiosity about the identity of Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

With the wooden knife in hand, he became a little more courageous, Uesugi Kiyoshi pushed the door out, and glanced at Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who was waiting for him by the door, and was silent.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa seemed to have expected Uesugi Kiyoshi to follow, smiled slightly, took Uesugi Kiyoshi with him, and walked up the stairs upstairs.

Five minutes later,

At the railing at the very edge of the roof of the Metropolitan Police Department building, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Kiyoshi Uesugi stand side by side.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke stretched out without any image, sighed, and stretched out his hand to point outward, with some emotion.

"Behold, Uesugi-kun."

"It's beautiful at night in Tokyo."

It's already past 9 o'clock in the evening, but the city of Tokyo doesn't look tired, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is an eighteen-story high-rise building, and you can see half of Tokyo at night from the rooftop here.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked in the direction pointed by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the weather was not good today, and the rainstorm was coming, but there was still a neon flickering everywhere he could see, under the colorful light pollution, not even half of the stars could be seen in the inky sky, the streets were full of traffic, the lights were red and green under the flower moon, and the hustle and bustle floated above the mortal dust, escaping the vitality that belongs to the unique world.

"This world is singing and dancing."

"But we're in a storm."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa retracted his gaze and tilted his head to Uesugi Kiyoshi and said these two words.

"Before I tell you about part-time jobs, I first want to tell you what we are and what we will face."

"I'm sure you're wondering too, Uesugi-kun, with all due respect, I'm pretty accurate."

"You don't look like such a self-contained person..."

"A real mortal person, no matter how superb his sword is, when he encounters a monster like Yokodano, he will not think about a death match, and most of them will choose to run away and call the police."

"But what about you?"

"If you draw your sword, you will slash..."

"You lack [awe] for them!"

"You were born to do what we do!"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa took a few steps back and bowed slightly to Kiyoshi Uesugi.

"In order to make it easier for me to explain, I may want to invite Uesugi-kun to my private domain."

"Please don't panic and resist, I have no ill will towards you, I repeat."

Ryunosuke Akutagawa spoke, and the black jade cane in his hand tapped the ground.

Uesugi Kiyoshi only felt a trance, and there was a brief feeling of dizziness in his mind, and countless strange colors blurred in his eyes, as if he had traveled through time and space, and when he came back to his senses, the surrounding scenery had changed greatly.

This is also the rooftop of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and in front of him stands Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

But...

The glittering neon disappeared without a trace, the wide streets were filled with only the cold wind howling, not even half a human figure, the lights were extinguished, the night was thick, and countless gray-black fog filled the air, giving people a strange feeling like a dream.

The stars shone brightly in the sky, and a blood moon shone in the sky, shedding an ominous dark red light.

The whole of Tokyo seems to have become a dead city.

The feeling here is too familiar to Kiyoshi Uesugi ... This is the ghost domain of evil spirits.

If only that's it.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked around, his heart was shocked, he stared in the direction of Tokyo Tower, his pupils shrank, and his hand had subconsciously held the handle of the wooden knife.

On top of the 330-meter-high tower, there are huge monsters.

It looked like a combination of a giant snake and an octopus, with a snake on its upper body and an octopus-like octopus on its lower body - it was eight sinuous arthropods, and the monster was firmly attached to Tokyo Tower with the suction cups on its arthropods, and its body dripping with disgusting liquid stuffed Tokyo Tower to the brim and made it look crumbling.

There are many raised sarcomas on the snake's body, like the heart of a mammal, all beating faintly, and occasionally a sarcoma breaks open, and there is a rain of blood.

The rain of blood steamed into a gray-black gray mist in mid-air.

On the head of the snake are hideous scale armor and irregular bone spikes, which form a mysterious pattern, making Uesugi Kiyoshi feel dizzy after just a few glances.

The snake has eight eyes, each of which is a compound eye like a fly, and they look in different directions towards Tokyo, as if to take in the world.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked away with difficulty and looked at Ryunosuke Akutagawa with unprecedented solemnity.

He swallowed, rolled his Adam's apple, and lowered his voice to squeeze out a sentence.

"What's that!"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa looked in the direction of Tokyo Tower as usual, with a strange smile on his face, and nodded slightly.

He replied, "You can see it." ”

"What do you see?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi was not in the mood to talk nonsense, and he described the unspeakable monster he saw in concise language.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa bowed slightly, and the smile on his face did not decrease.

"Uesugi-kun, His name is Jörmungadre."

"He is the snake that devours dreams, a true god."

"And one of our enemies."

Uesugi shook his head, suppressed the irrepressible fear in his heart, and whispered, "Gods? ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa didn't care about Uesugi Kiyoshi's gaffe, but said it on his own.

"Weird, ghostly, monster, ghost, ghost..."

"There are countless other names for this kind of [existence], and their formation is no longer examinable, some are transformed by the soul after death, some are born by adhering to the aura of heaven and earth, and some are born with the spirit of the mountain spirit and wood charm."

"But in places where mortals can't see them, they really exist."

"Let's call it a ghost!"

"The weak are ghosts, the strong are gods, otherworldly, standing in the clouds!"

"And this is the home of ghosts and gods, the Jedi of humans."

"Let's call it the Dream Mirror World."

"The god of dreams, the ghost of the mirror, coveted all the time... Our world! ”