Tokichi's rejection was within Sawada Tsunayoshi's expectations. His partners had not hidden from him what happened when he was away, not to mention that unlike home, there were surveillance cameras everywhere in the base. Sawada Tsunayoshi could call it up at any time.

That reaction, combined with the reaction of his mother in the parallel world ten years ago.

And that sentence... save the world.

Although it has been said before that the phrase "save the world" is too empty for Sawada Tsunayoshi, he has never saved the world for the sake of saving the world. He saved the world in order to protect everyone.

But... he heard seriousness from the boy's mouth.

Tokichi was telling the truth. As the system said, he could not deceive Sawada Tsunayoshi, so he either kept silent or made sure that every word he said was the truth.

It doesn't matter if he tells a lie - but he must make Tokino know that it is the truth. This way he can deceive Tsunayoshi Sawada's super intuition.

Even if he cannot understand the concept of the word "saving the world", Tokino is indeed doing such a thing.

Tsunayoshi Sawada didn't know what to say at this moment. He wanted to continue asking, but at this moment, he knew that even if he asked, he would not get any answers.

It's not that the other party won't tell him, but for this child, he himself is also confused.

This world is not that simple, not everything can be explained by science.

Flames have their own properties. Different flame properties can do different things. There are also special sorcerers. In front of the illusionist, the real and the fake are illusory, making it impossible for people to distinguish between the real and the fake.

In the short ten minutes of going back ten years ago, he couldn't tell which side was real.

Sawada Tsunayoshi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, all other emotions in his eyes disappeared. He smiled and said, "Okay."

"I'll pass it on for you."

When his body had basically recovered, Shi Wu moved from the ward to the guest room. Compared to the infirmary filled with the smell of alcohol, although it seemed a bit deserted and empty because no one had lived here for so long, it was still more comfortable than the ward.

There was a medical kit on the bedside table, and the tools in it were enough for Shi Wu to change his bandages and dressings when his wounds broke open.

Because the system blocked the pain, Shi Wu often forgot that he was in the process of being injured, and unconsciously made his wounds worse.

In the first few days, he was completely lying in bed. Because he didn't feel any pain, Shi Wu turned over and made some big movements, which resulted in the wound bursting - but at that time, there were wounds all over his body, so no one noticed this detail.

Painlessness is never a good symptom. It will only make people suffer fatal wounds without knowing it.

The system also found that it had blocked too much, so now the pain is 5% residual. It won't hurt too much, but it won't be ignored.

So this made Shi Wu start to pay attention to making his movements avoid wounds.

"I still don't quite understand the meaning of task two." Because of the conversation with Sawada Tsunayoshi during the day, Shi Wu had this doubt, and he asked the system in his heart.

[You don't have to understand, and you don't need to do anything. ]

"Can't you tell me?" Shi Wu was a little confused.

[……]

"I feel like you're thinking about how to perfunctorily answer me." Shi Wu complained.

"Okay, okay, I don't have to know." He said briskly in his mind: "Anyway, you won't hurt anyone because of me, right?"

[……]

"I believe you." Shi Wu smiled.

The moment he said this, he felt his heart become particularly relaxed - as if some restraints were untied. "I thought this was difficult because you're not human."

"But not all non-humans are bad, right?"

When he said this, Shi Wu's lost memories seemed to surface again.

Shi Wu still couldn't remember, but in those blank memories, some tiny fragments, like puzzle pieces, slightly occupied a small position.

It was fangs and claws, but the fangs were blocked by bamboo tubes that could be easily bitten, and the sharp nails had never been spread out in front of him.

That memory was pink, red, and warm.

"...Even if you are not a human, you can choose to control your instincts and stand on the side of protection. So someone will choose to protect her."

"So, I believe you. I choose to believe you. Just like I would believe in her."

The consciousness space once again turned into the blue sky and white clouds controlled by Shi Wu. He stood at the edge of the lake, looking at his reflection on the lake.

Shi Wu blinked, not knowing if it was his illusion. Just a moment ago, two figures seemed to appear on the lake.

One was a scorching red, and the other was a light and beautiful pink. They held hands as if they had never been separated.

However, when he tried to see the faces of the two people clearly, some ripples appeared on the lake, and the two figures disappeared easily from his sight.

Shi Wu had no regrets, nor did he have any thoughts of exploring.

He just felt again that he should be holding on to someone at this moment. Shi Wu

slowly emptied his mind and closed his eyes in this space.

He fell asleep.

[……]

[…I never promised you this. ]

The system's tone was no longer so mechanical, but had some other emotions. The system seemed to be silent for a long, long time, and it seemed that it was almost dawn before he spoke again, as if sighing helplessly, and said:

[I promise you. ]

And Shi Wu knew nothing about this.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he had a good dream.

Shi Wu had a good sleep, but that doesn't mean that others are the same.

The power system of this world is very special. For example, there is a power called illusion, and among Tsunayoshi Sawada's guardians, there is a powerful illusionist who can be called the best in the world.

During the day, Tsunayoshi Sawada was throwing a lot of work to the other party——

Rokudo Mukuro has never been the same type of loyal dog as Gokudera Hayato. When he was given a bunch of tasks, veins popped up on his forehead. He almost threw the data in Sawada Tsunayoshi's face, wondering how he had the guts to throw so many tasks at him.

——Anyway, Rokudo Mukuro would never admit that most of the time, he would appear somewhere by coincidence, and just happened to meet Sawada Tsunayoshi's enemy, and just happened to have some conflict with him, and accidentally completed the task.

"Master, why don't you just say you're worried about the rabbit boss. Tsundere is no longer popular." Fran changed the mask on his head into a pineapple shape, and when his master used the trident to pierce his head, he cried dryly and deliberately.

"Kufufu, why are you here instead of going to your Valya?" Rokudo Mukuro had a dangerous smile on his face. If the person here was not his apprentice, it would probably look really scary.

But with the presence of Fran, the atmosphere in the room instantly turned towards a funny manzai.

"It was you, Master, who unilaterally threw me into that corrupt organization, right? With Senior Mamon here, my position in it is very awkward, Master." Fran said lazily, "Even if it's to gain social experience, it shouldn't be to the point of - OK, OK, to be honest, my senior sister was taken away by the Vongola, and she was worried that you, Master, would be alone, so she asked me to come and see -" Before

Fran could finish his words, three more holes made by the trident appeared on his pineapple hood.

"Don't think I don't know. Tell me, how many of these missions are related to Valya?" Rokudo Mukuro glanced at his apprentice, and casually stuffed all the things that Sawada Tsunayoshi gave him to Fran: "Here you go."

"Kufufufu... I want to see where Sawada Tsunayoshi gets the confidence to think that I will really complete these tasks obediently."

Fran: "..."

Fran sighed like a little adult: "Master, seriously, can you change the setting?"

"Don't you just want to find the rabbit leader? There's no need to find such an excuse that everyone can see through." "

...Oh, it turns out that the one talking to me has always been an illusion."

The man in front of him suddenly disappeared, and Fran blinked, and the pineapple on his head turned back into an apple head. He also childishly put a pair of the same dotted eyes on the apple head.

He muttered, "You are so anxious, but a man of this age is still arrogant. You really have no market value, Master—It hurts! Master, you haven't left yet!"

Rokudo Mukuro was too lazy to talk to his stupid apprentice. As an illusionist, there is no place in the world that he cannot go. Even if he is in Italy, he can connect with Sawada Tsunayoshi who is far away in Japan.

The ability of an illusionist is so weird.

However, Rokudo Mukuro never thought that when he used illusion to come to Namimori, he would find such an interesting situation—

as a person who also received the memory of ten years later, Rokudo Mukuro also knew that the same person should not appear in the same world. That would cause the person who was pulled in to become a block of fire.

So at the first moment, Rokudo Mukuro denied Tokiwa's identity. Instead, he thought of something darker, like human experiments, clones, or some messed up stuff that the Vongola enemies had created.

If it was because of this situation that caused Tsunayoshi Sawada to stay in Japan for a long time, it would not be difficult to understand.

That guy was more timid and weak than anyone else, and he would care about something that didn't need his attention at all - he might think that the clones were innocent, so he wanted to show his false tenderness.

Rokudo Mukuro's mouth curled up into a malicious smile. He wanted to tear off Tokiwa's appearance and reveal the darkness in it to Tsunayoshi Sawada, so that Tsunayoshi Sawada could show the dirty side of the mafia.

If Fran was here, he would definitely complain that his master was obviously worried that the Rabbit Leader was being deceived, so he wanted to confirm the danger of the other party first, and then tell the Rabbit Leader.

It’s a pity that Fran is not here. This is such a pity.

But the moment Rokudo Mukuro tried to invade Tokiwa’s spirit through illusion, the system noticed it.

Since Q almost harmed Tokiwa’s soul in the previous world, the system upgraded itself once without Tokiwa’s knowledge.

Of course, the more important reason is that because Tokiwa completed the task, the energy collected by the system is enough for him to "upgrade".

So at the moment when the sky was about to dawn, when everyone fell into the deepest sleep, the system discovered that someone tried to invade Tokiwa’s spirit——

[……]

No, wait, is this guy’s spirit so popular?

The system did not alarm anyone, nor did it wake up Shi Wu. Just like when he transferred for the first time, he threw Sawada Tsunayoshi into the glass jar containing the vest. This time, the system did the same.

No one can hurt Shi Wu in front of him - not even Shi Wu himself. His mission from beginning to end was to resurrect Shi Wu.

When Sawada Tsunayoshi was stuffed into the glass jar, the system was very focused and worked hard to prevent Sawada Tsunayoshi from noticing the abnormality in that space. As an illusionist, Rokudo Mukuro is much more sensitive in this regard.

So the system can only be more careful. The system cannot throw false memories and spirits to Rokudo Mukuro - it cannot hide from these strong men.

It might be possible to hide from these people ten years ago, but in the world where Shi Wu is now, they are facing strong men at their peak.

There cannot be any mistakes. So the system did not do anything unnecessary. It did not attack Rokudo Mukuro, but at that moment, packed up Toki's soul and sent it back to the consciousness space.

The vest was still in the room.

The system was not sure what Rokudo Mukuro would see, but he would never let anyone have the chance to hurt Toki's soul again.

In the last world, Ishikawa Takuboku used Q once and once, which was enough.

After protecting Toki's soul, the system never did anything unnecessary.

Therefore, Rokudo Mukuro frowned.

He has seen too many people's spiritual worlds, some warm, some fragile, some hateful and dirty, but he never thought that he would see such a... empty and dark world, but full of light.

Darkness and light, these are two completely contradictory words, but at this moment, they appear harmoniously and naturally in the same space.

Illusionists can easily invade the spiritual world of any organism, and the system has packed up Toki's soul, so Rokudo Mukuro can only see the instincts that exist in this vest.

[Sawada Tsunayoshi] is warm, and in Rokudo Mukuro's heart, he is almost synonymous with "light", even if Rokudo Mukuro will never admit this.

Even if it was just a vest, the warmth and light radiating from the inside out could not be ignored.

But the vest itself has no soul, so it became empty and dark at this moment.

The system noticed Rokudo Mukuro's invasion the moment he did. He shouldn't have underestimated Rokudo Mukuro's ability.

Even if it was only for a moment, Rokudo Mukuro still captured a bit of the truth.

Rokudo Mukuro couldn't see more, but he still sensed Shi Wu's protective heart, which was the friendship that he had to protect his companions even at the cost of his death -

Rokudo Mukuro frowned, he finally realized something was wrong.

If it was just a clone, Gokudera Hayato and the others wouldn't have reacted even calmly. Similarly, if it was a clone or other possibilities, then he wouldn't have seen these things.

That was a soul that Rokudo Mukuro was very familiar with, and no one could pretend to be it.

He stepped out of it. He was somewhat disgusted with the scene he saw - if it was light, then it would continue to be warm. He didn't want to see such a half-hearted thing at all.

Rokudo Mukuro wanted to know the exact answer, and when he appeared in Sawada Tsunayoshi's room, he saw a pair of warm brown eyes that were helpless.

Sawada Tsunayoshi said helplessly: "It's you, Mukuro."

Rokudo Mukuro leaned against the wall with his chin slightly raised: "What do you want to do, Sawada Tsunayoshi?"

"What's going on with the one next door?" Rokudo Mukuro's different-colored eyes seemed particularly cold at this moment.

"It's me ten years ago, Mukuro." Sawada Tsunayoshi smiled bitterly, and he gestured to his clothes: "I'm wearing special clothes now, which can temporarily allow me to be in the same world as myself ten years ago."

"So?" Rokudo Mukuro raised his eyebrows.

"Well... something seems to have gone wrong in that world, so now I--"

"Oh, so you're going to 'save' it again?" Rokudo Mukuro interrupted Sawada Tsunayoshi and said sarcastically, "It's a waste of effort."

"Can't you see it?" "

--That guy has already stepped half a foot into hell."