After Gu Guan's strong persuasion, Lady Shencheng believed in Jiu Zhiche and the others' identities.

Furthermore, I felt a strange sense of familiarity with them.

"So you specialize in finding and dealing with strange events and illnesses. Thank you."

A touch of sadness appeared in Lady Shencheng's eyes. "Before the age of 8, Xiaofang was a lively and active child. Since she contracted a strange illness at the age of 8, she has been unable to play outside wholeheartedly and can only stay in her room."

"He's 12 years old this year. Other kids his age are in middle school, making friends, playing sports, playing video games together..."

"We took him to all the famous hospitals, both in China and abroad, but none of them could find the cause."

"I think we can't let Xiaofang stay in his room forever; that would be too cruel for him..."

Her eyes welled up with tears, and she forced a smile. "I'm sorry, please excuse my poor appearance."

Kayako's gaze lingered on Koba's face for a moment.

Jiuzhiche: "Then do you remember anything special that happened before he started acting strangely?"

Lady Shencheng thought carefully for a moment and shook her head: "There's nothing special about it. If there is, Yu and I, that is, Xiaofang's father, should remember it."

The investigation results for One-Punch Tomie were similar; nothing particularly unusual had happened in their family.

"We'll look around, you don't mind, do you?"

"Please go ahead. I'm so grateful that you've come all this way to my door."

Lady Shencheng found Jiu Zhiche particularly pleasing to the eye; the young man was both handsome and capable. If she were younger...

"Gu Guan, please take us there."

As soon as Jiuzhi Che spoke, Gu Guan immediately led the way.

Gu Guan had no intention of resisting at all. Madam Gu Cheng was not a kind person. On the contrary, she was suspicious and had a bad temper. However, she showed unprecedented friendliness after meeting Jiu Zhiche only once.

Evil magic, absolutely evil magic or something like that.

Since the other party has such methods, what about him?

Did he get infected?

No, no, if I were infected, I wouldn't think like that.

No matter how complicated Gu Guan's heart was, on the surface he was conscientiously leading the way.

It also includes a detailed introduction.

Kayako's face grew increasingly serious, even becoming distracted, until she bumped into Jiuzhiche's back, which had stopped. She covered her nose, her voice slightly muffled:

"What's wrong, Che?"

Jiuzhi Che looked to the side, "Xiao Hei is out. Didn't you notice? Kayako, have you been here before?"

Xiao Hei leaped onto Jiu Zhi Che's shoulder, glancing sideways at Kayako: "Meow~"

The matter is quite clear; trust your instincts.

Kayako understood what Xiao Hei meant, but she was still confused and couldn't help but grab Jiu Zhiche's hand.

"Che, I feel like I've been here before, but then again, I don't feel like I have..."

Ignoring the third wheel next to him, Jiuzhi Che hugged Kayako and gently comforted her, "It's okay, if you can't remember, then don't think about it. You're the most important."

Anyway, these people won't die.

Perhaps the truth is crueler than we imagine, and maintaining the status quo is the best option.

Gu Guan quickly turned his back, afraid that looking at him for too long would cast a spell on him.

Kayako looked up: "Che, I heard some calls..."

Jiuzhiche: "Gu Guan, you go back first."

"Okay!" Gu Guan ran away as if fleeing.

On the way, Jiu Zhiche saw a group of people hurriedly kneading the air in front of a room, apparently working.

The mansion is like an ancient castle, not only is it large in area, but its various corridors and rooms are also like a maze.

Kayako walked around, stopping frequently, and finally stopped in front of a rather old-fashioned door.

"here......"

"Let's go in."

Jiuzhiche sensed a power emanating from this door.

When he pushed open the door, the skin on his hands aged rapidly, then returned to normal in an instant.

It's the power of time.

Inside the door is a child's room, decorated in a childlike style with a blue star theme. There are many tokusatsu character models on the display cabinet next to it.

A child is at a desk, writing something.

Kuro jumped into Kayako's body.

The surrounding air suddenly stopped—no, time stopped.

The child remained completely still.

Kayako stepped forward, reaching out towards the child's shoulder.

Before it could be touched, the child disappeared, and the surrounding environment and objects were sucked into the vortex in a distorted form.

Jiuzhi Che pulled Kayako along. He could have resisted the suction, but Kayako needed to go.

Because she wanted to know the truth.

They all possessed the power of curses and were intimately connected, sometimes to the point of being able to communicate with each other perfectly.

Jiuzhi Che, carrying Kayako, offered no resistance.

In contrast, the perception of time is chaotic and incomprehensible to humans.

Fantasy and Xianxia novels often compare time to a long river, but in reality, it is not a single river.

That is merely a phenomenon manifested in things that humans can understand.

Jiuzhiche did not see the long river, but he felt the power of time. His consciousness seemed to have traversed decades or even centuries, yet also seemed to have passed in a mere instant.

Until Kayako raised her hand and touched the moment that had called her, their vision blurred.

They reappeared at the Divine City Mansion.

Jiuzhi Che supported the exhausted Kayako, "I'll carry you on my back."

Lying on her lover's back, Kayako's lips curled into a slight smile.

"I'm fine, Che. I used my power when I transmigrated here. It's my first time using it, so I'm not used to it yet."

"Yes, I'll use my mental power to soothe you and help you recover faster."

The familiar spiritual energy entered her mind, and Kayako comfortably squinted her eyes, like a kitten.

Without realizing it, she rubbed her cheek against Jiu Zhiche's neck.

Jiuzhiche chuckled.

I'm not nervous at all. I've been to other worlds before, so time travel is nothing to me.

If I'm not mistaken, the child in the room just now was 7 or 8-year-old Shinjobo.

He is like a time anchor, and at the same time, a silhouette of the Shinjobo in the past. It is through him that the two of them arrived at a specific point in time.

wrong.

Jiuzhiche surveyed his surroundings; his senses were incredibly sharp.

The Shencheng Mansion in front of us looks like it was built a few years ago, but in reality, there are many subtle details that don't match up.

This is not the previous mansion.

Jiuzhiche thought of a certain possibility.

"Mom, look, I caught a big cricket!"

In the courtyard lawn, 8-year-old Shinjo held a cricket in his hand and raised it up for Mrs. Shinjo, who was planting flowers, to see.

"Wow, Xiaofang, that's amazing! This is the biggest cricket Mom has ever seen."

"Mom, there are more there, I'll take you..."

Xiao Fang laughed heartily, wanting her mother to also enjoy the fun of catching crickets.

Jiuzhiche seemed to sense something and looked up at the sky.

Unbeknownst to them, endless shadows had taken over the sky, forming a dark, oppressive mass.

Resentment, hatred, despair, and bitterness engulfed the entire mansion.

The flowers and plants withered and turned to ash in a second.

Along with all the living people, they were torn apart by countless resentments.

A hint of seriousness appeared in Jiu Zhiche's eyes.

It's not just Shencheng Mansion, it's the whole world that's disappearing.

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