"Alright."

Mom's voice gradually weakened: "I still have some things to deal with, and I may not be in touch with you in the near future." ”

"Wait!"

Aihara Hiroshi hurriedly asked:

"How long, exactly?"

According to calculations, her mother's age is at least 500 years old, and her concept of time seems to be different from that of ordinary people.

The questions he was most curious about were:

Since my mother is 500 years old, am I really only in my twenties?

How was I born?

Who is my dad and why was he born in the shelter?

These Aihara Hongs have asked their mother directly or indirectly, but unfortunately they have never received a positive answer from her.

On the other side, Hiroshi Aihara's mother was silent for a few seconds:

"Maybe a few years.

"If it's longer, it's possible for more than a decade, or even decades."

His eyes widened:

"It's been too long!"

"What's so long?

"You are now all a first-order transcendent, and your natural lifespan is not less than one hundred years, if you usually work hard to break through to the fifth order, it will be easy to live for three hundred years."

Hiroshi Aihara's mother had already informed him of the core formula of the "Assassin Line" mutation she had inherited, from Tier 1 to Tier 5.

So before he was promoted to demigod, he wouldn't have much difficulty.

"...... Hong"

Although she was talking about it, she was still very reluctant in her heart.

She carefully advised:

"During this time, it is important to pay attention to safety, and not only to the wasteland......

"At the same time, be careful of the transcendent around you."

Aihara Hong's brow was puzzled:

"For ...... Why?

"The transcendent world is obviously very harmonious."

Although these extraordinary forces in the survival zone may have contradictions and minor conflicts in normal times, everyone works together in major matters.

What's there to be careful about here?

Mom immediately denied:

"It was just in Tokyo.

"You're all weak, the wasteland is the biggest threat, of course you can work together, but if you look at the whole world......

"The top layer of the transcendent realm is extremely cruel."

Aihara thought for a moment:

The top floor?

If you don't consider the Musashino next door, the most powerful strength in the survival area is the few 5th orders, and there are 6th ~ 9th orders on top of this.

Four whole ranks.

When mom says the top floor, do you mean level 6 and above?

What does that have to do with me.

If you want to break through to the demigods, even the most talented and lucky transcendents will need at least two hundred years of sleepless efforts.

It's early!

Mom seems to know this, so she didn't continue to emphasize:

"Alright, it's time to go to bed so late."

She additionally advised:

"And don't forget.

"If you really encounter unsolvable difficulties, you can try to ask your patient for help, there should not be much he can't do in your living area."

This point is deeply agreed with by Aihara Hong:

"Know!

"I usually ask him to help bake bread and eat it, and the bread he makes in that new oven is really delicious!"

“……”

Mom was silent for a few seconds:

"Eat as little as possible."

In the end, Aihara asked a question that he had been wondering about for a long time in his heart:

"Mom, what's your real name?"

For so long, he didn't even know his own mother's name.

What exactly is the identity?

It's so unclear, I can't recognize it when we meet in the future.

“……”

"Hello? Mom, are you still there? ”

There was no sound on the other side, and it seemed that she had been disconnected.

Aihara Hiroshi fell on the bed, inexplicably a little depressed:

"There will be no way to contact her for years, if not decades.

"Really.

"It's a little uncomfortable."

……

Musashino's dormitory.

He was still thinking about who the mysterious transcendent was that he suddenly ran into on the way.

"Assassins.

"Rank, no less than 6.

"Good at using music to attack.,At the same time, he has a certain achievement in the field of mental ability......"

These characteristics are quite distinct.

If there is a "Encyclopedia of World-Famous Transcendent Figures", you should be able to quickly lock down the identity of this person, but unfortunately there is no such book.

Musashino takes out "Ise Jingu" from the cabinet.

The seal has been locked in a safe at all times.

But wherever he is, he can use it as he pleases.

Hmmm-

Musashino came to Ise Jingu again.

Judging from the fact that the seal easily injured the woman who played the shamisen, there are indeed many unexplored aspects of its function.

"Let's go inside?"

This shrine is actually quite large.

The place where he and Tetsuko Amamiya met before was just the main hall in front of the shrine, which was used for meetings with believers.

Behind the main screen, there is also a lot of architectural space.

Musashino once tried to get in.

Unfortunately, it was not only pitch black and without any light, but there was also an unknown resistance that prevented him from continuing to go inside.

"What's behind the conference hall?"

He plans to try again.

It's okay anyway, and being idle is also idle.

Behind the main throne is a gold-leaf screen door with a scroll of The Tale of Genji, which is pulled open, and there is a Japanese-style room behind it.

Whoop -

Musashino opened the screen door.

This new Japanese-style room was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.

He took a deep breath and stepped out of his left foot.

Sure enough, the air in the Japanese room seemed to be very viscous, and a strong resistance prevented him from continuing to go inside.

"Something is wrong."

Do you need any special conditions to continue going inside?

He retracted his left foot and began to think:

"I went to Ise Jingu and used the check-in system, so ......"

Maybe go inside, still need it?

Get your feet wet!

Musashino activated the system, and some net-like blue ripples suddenly appeared in his pupils, and then tried to walk in.

Drip~

New and indoor, outgoing mechanical beeps:

【Password ......】

[Correct password]

"Huh?"

It really can!

Increasingly, Musashino felt that it was actually a miniature modern building with all kinds of built-in security checks, but it was decorated in a traditional Japanese style.

Strip away all the bells and whistles......

It may be all cables and chip boards.

"And......

"The sign-in system may really be the key to unlocking this seal."

At this point, Musashino hasn't figured it out yet:

If the check-in system is the key, will it ultimately be for me to take over this Ise Jingu?

This is a very high-level seal.

Without the strength of Rank 6 and above, it is impossible to successfully master it.

The check-in system poured me more than 7 million energy points, perhaps so that I could take over smoothly as soon as I met Ise Jingu.

But......

Why is it happening to me?

How did I find Ise Taisha Shrine and open Ise Jingu so coincidentally?

Musashino finishing ideas:

"It was a cult recruitment task that was systematically assigned that made me know Tetsuko Amamiya.

"Through her......

"It's possible for me to step into the Ise Taisha Shrine and meet this seal."

If you look at it this way, it's not so coincidental.

Syllable~

At that moment, the lights of the Shinwato Room in front of me came on.