Tokyo Swordmaster Online Dealer

Uesugi Kiyoshi pondered for a few seconds and pointed obliquely in the direction of Tokyo Tower.

"I have a rough idea of ​​what the dream world is, but..."

"That monster - [Jörmungandr], why did he appear in your dream world?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked in the direction that Uesugi Kiyoshi pointed, but after just two glances, he hurriedly turned his head away, his face a little pale.

He laughed helplessly, and his voice was weak.

"Uesugi-kun, we are all residents of this apartment building. It's not strange to visit each other."

"For example, you are now in my dream world, which counts as you visiting my home."

"Of course, Uesugi-kun is my invited guest, but there are always some uninvited bad guests in this world."

"Like the one you're referring to."

"When the strength of ghosts, gods and extraordinary beings reaches a certain limit, they will have the ability to enter other people's [rooms]."

"Inviting others into your [room] is very simple. Like you said, you have been pulled into the [ghost realm] by ghosts and gods before. It is easy to do."

"But if you want to force your way into someone else's [room], the difficulty increases exponentially."

"The Jörmungandr you saw is not his true form. If his true form descended here, I would definitely drag you away to escape. The two of us cannot defeat him together. He is a demonic god of the [Natural Disaster] level."

"What exists here is just a trace of His thought, which means that He has set his sights on me."

"Even if it's as powerful as Jörmungandr, it's impossible for it to just break into my [room] and devour me. But if ghosts and gods want to attack extraordinary people, there are other ways."

"For example, almost all ghosts and gods are good at illusions - they can use illusions to influence the minds of extraordinary people."

"After all, the dream world is not the real world. If you stay here for a long time, it will cause great mental pressure on the extraordinary people themselves."

"You also said that carrying the will of the world is not such a simple thing. Even if it is just to connect to the dream world, it will bring a great burden to the soul."

"However, because the dream mirror world is beneficial to the growth of extraordinary people's strength, under such high pressure, the inspiration ability of extraordinary people is improved very quickly, so many extraordinary people will try their best to stay in their own [room]."

"So, when a transcendent is under tremendous mental pressure and his soul is on the verge of collapse, if he is caught in an illusion by a ghost or god, his soul will [sink]."

"He will not be able to distinguish between dreams and the real world. He will be trapped in his room, unable to return to the real world. Over time, under the dual attack of the illusions of ghosts and gods and the oppression of the world's will, his soul will collapse."

"At this time, the ghosts and gods who plotted against the extraordinary can take over the magpie's nest and take the opportunity to be reborn!"

"This is also one of the most suitable methods for ghosts and gods to break free from the dream world and come to the real world."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke took a few deep breaths, and his pale face became rosy, as if he had escaped from the discomfort caused by looking directly at Jörmungandr.

"Uesugi-kun, you were dragged into the dream world by the ghosts and gods before. Most likely, they wanted to seduce you and then use your body to be reborn."

"In fact, there is a way to refuse this kind of [invitation] from others. As long as you are sane, you can refuse to enter the other person's [room]."

“You obviously don’t know this method.”

"However, you chose a simpler and more brutal method to break the spell. You directly killed the master of the dream world with your sword."

"That's why I think so highly of you, Uesugi-kun."

"I told you that you were born to do our job"

Chapter 34 Collectibles Association

Uesugi Kiyoshi was silent for a long time.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this dream world was very similar to his own mirage.

If he stayed in the mirage for too long, he would feel mentally fatigued. Now he could only stay in the mirage for two hours a day. If he stayed there for more than that, his body would not be able to bear it.

But he had never experienced the feeling of soul collapse.

But he also kept the information about ghosts and gods invading the extraordinary people firmly in his mind. He felt that the ghosts and gods he had killed pulled him into the ghost realm with the purpose of bewitching his soul and then taking over his body.

"Your analogy is very vivid, Inspector Akutagawa. I now roughly understand the relationship between this dream mirror space and ghosts and gods."

"Allow me to ask one more question. I have never seen ghosts or gods in the real world. Is there something that restrains them and prevents them from coming to the real world?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi thought for a moment and asked a question.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded, then shook his head.

"No, Uesugi-kun, it is true that most ghosts and gods can only move in the dream mirror world."

"As for why, it involves several ancient legends, some of which I don't quite understand."

"Just understand it this way - ghosts and gods are pests of the world."

"Well, although humans are not considered beneficial insects, ghosts and gods have a purer and more violent desire for destruction than humans. They use all things as bait, take destruction as pleasure, and wantonly spread fear and disaster."

"Do you think that the will of the world we live in would like this kind of pest?"

"The answer is obvious. Therefore, driven by the will of God, wars to seal ghosts and gods have been launched all over the world."

"Western history is a history of wars. There are countless battlefields where extraordinary people fought against ghosts and gods. I won't list them all."

"In that ancient country across the sea from us, in the ancient times, during the tribal era, there was a myth about the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor competing with Chi You for supremacy in the Central Plains. It was described that Chi You had eight legs, three heads and six arms, a copper head and an iron forehead, was invulnerable to swords and spears, was good at using swords, axes, and spears to fight, and was extremely brave. The Yellow Emperor was unable to defeat him, so he asked the gods to help him defeat him."

"Replace Chi You with a ghost, and the gods with extraordinary beings. Do you think this story is inconsistent?"

"In our country, during the Heian period, a bloody battle between Onmyoji and monsters broke out. After that, the once prosperous Onmyoji was severely damaged and could only recuperate. However, all the monsters that were once active were also sealed into the dream mirror space."

"To this day, humans and ghosts are separated by a world, and generally speaking, they will never interact with each other until they die."

Uesugi Kiyoshi nodded silently, then asked: "Then what about those ghosts and gods I encountered, and Yokotano? I have never seen mortals around me encounter ghosts and gods. Why am I the only special one?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke is a chatterbox himself, and although Uesugi Kiyoshi asked a lot of questions, he didn't mind the trouble at all.

"If—I mean if."

"If ghosts and gods come to the real world by [taking over a person's body] or [descending], they can cause harm to mortals."

"But if they are only in the Dream World, their illusions will not work on mortals."

"Because mortals cannot connect to the dream world at all, those ghosts and gods cannot find anyone to cast spells on."

"What cannot be seen cannot invade the heart."

"Mortals cannot see ghosts and gods, so they are safe most of the time."

"It's different for the extraordinary. Stepping into the extraordinary is like stepping into a battlefield full of dangers. You may be knocked on the door by ghosts and gods at any moment - that is their warm invitation."

"If you accept it, you'll have to fight to the death. If you refuse, you can still be safe for a while."

"That's why you're being targeted - just get used to it."

"Look, even though I was targeted by Jörmungandr, I didn't panic at all, because panicking is useless."

"Extraordinary people are the preferred prey of ghosts and gods."

"As for Yokotano."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke frowned slightly, and a fleeting glimmer of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

"Yokotano is not a ghost or god, he is an extraordinary person."

"He is a mystic, a servant of a certain ghost or god. Strictly speaking, he has basically lost himself and has become a puppet of the ghost or god."

Seeing the puzzled look on Uesugi Kiyoshi's face, Akutagawa Ryunosuke smiled suddenly.

"By the way, you have never come into contact with extraordinary people, so you don't understand these things."

"Superhumans are roughly divided into five categories based on the source of their abilities."

"The one who uses the [Mirror of Inheritance] to connect to the souls of heroes."

"A man who advocates science, is committed to the idea that man can conquer nature, and believes that he can rival the gods and ghosts with his human body."

"Those who have the qualifications to practice certain arts and have gained extraordinary powers through their own hard practice - for example, your teacher, Shangquan Jianhao, was once an enemy of ghosts and gods in a dream world. He boldly drew his sword and killed thirty-seven ghosts and gods with one sword, saving half of the lives of Tokyo City. He also made a great name for himself as the [Invincible Shangquan]."

"There are also some humans who join the ghosts and gods for power, or who are brainwashed and bewitched by ghosts and gods and gain extraordinary powers from them. These people are called mystics. Basically all mystics are our enemies. They are not on the side of humans."

"Finally, there is another extremely rare type of extraordinary person. I have never even seen one. I have only seen some fragmentary information about them in the information."

"【Children of Destiny】, do not need to practice, do not need to connect, do not need to believe, and do not need to learn. They are born with innate extraordinary abilities. For them, using this ability is as natural as a person breathing or a fish swimming. "

"Yokotano is a mystic of a certain ghost god. His master should be lurking in the Double Ghost Group under the Dongwen Society, hum."

"That ghost god has a grudge against me. Only one of him and I can survive."

".Well, I lost my composure a bit. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Uesugi-kun."

When Uesugi Kiyoshi heard the name "Tobunkai", he was a little dazed. Then after a little thought, the look in his eyes when he looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke became a little strange.

"I see."

“I thought it was a duplicate name”

"A linker of the heroic spirits?"

"Inspector Akutagawa, could it be that you are..."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke smiled slightly, took a step back, crossed his cane across his chest, and leaned forward to perform a gentleman's salute.

"As expected of Uesugi-kun, you're quick to react."

"Well, please introduce yourself again."

“I’m the president of the Tokyo branch of the Collectibles Association.”

"He is also the one who connected to the heroic spirit of the great writer [Akutagawa Ryunosuke]."

"On behalf of the Collectibles Association, I now extend an invitation to Uesugi-kun."

"I need Uesugi-kun's strength, please join us!"

Chapter 35 Edogawa

Akutagawa Ryunosuke's words were sincere and his expression was full of sincerity.

However, Uesugi Kiyoshi would not put on any show of kneeling down and bowing down - he actually came to discuss things with Akutagawa Ryunosuke with the intention of gathering intelligence, and as for joining his organization, he would not rashly agree to do so.

I have to go back and ask my master about this.

Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't trust Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Rather, he had experienced a rough life, had been deceived many times, and had suffered a lot of malicious intent, so he was always very wary of strangers.

If Akutagawa Ryunosuke hadn't returned the ebony sword to him, he wouldn't even have come to the rooftop with him. Without a sword in his hand, he lacked the confidence.