In the apartment.

Shinji, who had finished washing, lay down on the bed.

"Spatial Rift..."

He wanted to rest, but his mind couldn't help but remember the prompt of the 'lamp' just now.

Apparently.

His 'lamp' found a spatial rift and gave a 'safe' verdict.

Because he had encountered several invasions, he was actually quite resistant to the spatial rift, so he didn't think much about it at the time, and returned directly with Bai and Xiangpho.

But after he was free, he couldn't calm down.

He didn't want to invade other worlds through the spatial rift, and he instinctively resisted this kind of thing that destroyed the peace of others.

But he also had to admit that he was very curious about the world behind this spatial rift.

He was desperate to find out what the 'lamp' was and what 'lantern-bearer' meant! Why did the strange 'lantern bearer' in the Demon Slayer World invade the ninja world?

These problems cannot be solved by his evasion.

He must be brave enough to explore, to find answers through exploration.

And this time the spatial rift may be an opportunity, a chance for him to figure out what a 'lantern bearer' is!

Sitting up from the bed suddenly, he secretly thought, "I shroud myself with the shadow of the lamp, and I shouldn't pollute other people's worlds." ”

He felt that if he just went for a walk, without polluting or destroying, there should be no problem.

With this thought, he became more and more unable to resist the impulse.

He checked to his 'lamp' again: "Can I come back at any time?" ”

【Yes...】

[It has been confirmed that the spatial rift leads to a safe area...]

Shinji got up and put on the red cloud of the Xiao organization again, put on a mask, and whispered to himself the code of conduct: "Don't pollute, don't destroy, don't communicate if you don't have to, just observe..."

After completing the disguise, Shinji shouted a little nervously, "Open the spatial rift!" ”

[The spatial rift has been located...]

[Whether it is an invasion...]

Shinji opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Invasion!" ”

Swish...

Shinji disappeared into the apartment.

......

After a whirlwind, Shinji found himself on the ground.

Before he could get up, he felt a very uncomfortable throat, as if he was in a fire, and the air he inhaled was full of sparks.

Holding back the discomfort, he got up and looked around, and then froze in place.

The sky in this realm looked like burnt glass, crawling with mottled cracks.

Through the rift, Shinji could faintly see the bottomless darkness outside the sky, and there seemed to be something churning and roaring in the darkness!

There is no sun, no moon, no stars.

There were nothing but churning flames and scattered dust in the air.

Retracting his gaze, Shinji looked around again.

He found himself in a wasteland ravaged by fire, and all he could see was the charred black that had been burned, and the sparks that flickered in the black.

"It's called a safe zone!?"

Don't blame Shinji for exploding foul language.

When he said that it had just been hit by a nuclear explosion, he thought it was beautifying.

Then, he noticed a lamp in his hand.

"My lamp!?"

He scrutinized.

The style of the lamp is very ordinary, with a delicate light pot hanging from the bronze handle, and the light pot flows with a substance similar to golden sand, but there are not many mysterious substances that look like golden sand, only about one-fifth of the capacity of the entire light pot.

After realizing that this was his 'lamp', Shinji put the 'lamp' into the red cloud and carefully hung it around his waist.

Then, he looked warily into the distance.

When he looked around before, he had already noticed that there were several figures over there, but he didn't know the identity of the other party, so he didn't dare to approach easily.

Now that it was confirmed that there were only creatures in the entire endless wasteland, Shinji hesitated for a while before taking a step forward.

When he got closer, he noticed that there were eight figures in the distance.

Among them, there were seven figures, all wrapped in black robes, and they couldn't see anything except their height, so they could only print some edges and corners on their robes, and barely guessed what weapons might be hidden under the robes.

"Even the weapons are wrapped, so careful..."

Shinji's heart sank.

Then, he noticed that the seven figures, though they were at a distance from each other, seemed to be talking, as if they were cautiously making some kind of transaction.

In addition to the seven figures, there is another figure.

It was a strong man of nearly two meters, wearing an eye patch, seemingly injured, with a thick bandage, sitting on a boulder and smoking a cigar leisurely.

Seeing Shinji standing alone in the distance and stopping to watch, the strong man beckoned to Shinji.

Shinji was unmoved, still standing in the distance, carefully guarded.

The strong man got up from the boulder and walked towards Shinji with a smile.

When he arrived, the strong man glanced at Shinji: "Newcomer? ”

Shinji was noncommittal.

Admit it, you will show your bottom, deny it, you will show your timidity.

At the same time, he found that the other party was speaking an unfamiliar language, but he understood it without any obstacles.

In addition, he also noticed that there was also a lamp hanging from the other party's waist, but the golden sand-like substance in the lamp pot had bottomed out, and for some reason, the already small golden sand was blooming with a very brilliant light.

Feeling Shinji's gaze, the strong man looked down at the lantern on his waist and said with a smile: "These are embers, if you have rich embers, you can trade with them." ”

As he spoke, the strong man pointed to the seven figures in the distance who were wrapped in black robes, for fear of leaking their own information.

Seeing that the other party had already recognized himself, Shinji simply asked, "Who are they?" ”

The strong man smiled: "It's the same as you." ”

"Those seven are the lantern-bearers..."

Shinji was secretly frightened.

He thought he was going to invade a certain world, but he didn't expect to stumble into a world that seemed to be dedicated to trading for the 'Lantern Bearers'.

The strong man said at this time: "Time is running out, if you want to trade something, hurry up!" ”

"What do you mean?"

The strong man asked rhetorically, "How long do you think this place can last?" ”

"What's going on here?"

Shinji said as he stepped up his vigilance.

The normal 'lantern bearers' are wrapped in black robes like thieves, but the strong man in front of him has nothing to hide, and he is so familiar with himself, which has to make Shinji feel vigilant.

What's more, in the lamp on the strong man's waist, the substance called 'embers' like golden sand has obviously bottomed out, so the other party is likely to be fighting his own ideas.

The strong man took a puff of his cigar and said in a casual tone: "What else can happen, being targeted by the overlord!" ”

"Overlord?"

The strong man pointed to the sky.

Shinji immediately realized that the 'overlord' that the other party was talking about was the roaring shadow in the darkness of the sky.

That giant shadow that makes people's souls tremble even if they look at it from a distance...