At the same time.

Present world, Tokyo.

Panxing Palace.

"Brother Shan Gui, are you really leaving?"

Yamazaki retreated, exhausted, but forced a smile and said warmly, "Yes, the three adults gave me a very important mission before they left, so I have to leave Panxing Palace temporarily to complete the mission assigned to me by the adults."

Nanako asked worriedly, "Is it a mission to go abroad?"

"Well, that's about right." Yamazaki Tai forced a smile and said, "After my brother leaves, everyone should study hard, take good care of themselves, and get along well with Father Shinji. Do you understand?"

The children nodded reluctantly.

Yamazaki Tai said goodbye to the officials of the Bankei Cult one by one, dragged his suitcase out of the majestic Bankei Palace, and got on the bus opposite. He first went to the post office to mail a letter to Enoshima Junko.

He wrote this letter while staying up late last night. He wrote a lot, but only said that he was an ordinary fan and that due to job transfer, he might not be able to continue to support Enoshima Junko in the future. But even so, he still hoped that Enoshima Junko would be in good health and have a successful career.

It can be considered a happy ending for this inexplicable secret love.

It is extremely rude to fall in love with a young girl because of the dead Mr. Sato.

The same goes for Mr. Sato, and even more so for Dunko-chan.

So, let this feeling in your heart fade away with time.

——Time is a reversal technique that everyone possesses.

After sending the letter, Yamazaki Tai threw away his phone card. He applied for a new number using the fake identity of "Yamaki Tai". Finally, he randomly found the nearest barber shop and planned to change his hairstyle a little.

"Is the manager here?"

"Welcome, dear customer! Barber Ginpachi is at your service!"

"Welcome, dear customer! Barber Kagura is at your service!"

"Welcome, dear customer! Barber Xinbaji is at your service!"

Yamazaki retreated: "..."

Yamazaki Tai said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, I went into the wrong door. I was going to the barber shop opposite."

Just as he was about to walk out with his suitcase, he was held down by the three suspicious-looking shop assistants. Sakata Ginpachi said sternly, "Okay, dear customer, we'll give you a haircut! What kind of hairstyle do you like?"

Yamazaki retreated and said: "No, I said I just went to the wrong door..."

Kagura covered his mouth with her hand.

"Although our shop is small, our craftsmanship is first-rate, Alu! What do you want to do? A haircut? A perm? Or a hair dye? Hey, you look so ordinary, why not just get a pink afro to make you more noticeable!"

"That's right!" Shimura Shinpachi chimed in, "Look at the barber shop across the street. There are so many customers. It will take a long time for you to get a haircut! Just come here and do it!"

Yamazaki struggled hard for a while, and when he was about to suffocate, Kagura finally showed mercy and let him go.

He gasped for air and collapsed, "Ah, yes, I just had no sense of existence at all! I was your classmate for three years. That year, you bombed the school and the whole class failed! Only I, because I had no sense of existence, became the only one who escaped and graduated successfully! A year later, when we met at the funeral, none of my teachers and classmates remembered me. You just thought I looked familiar!"

Sakata Ginpachi and the other two were stunned, and said sympathetically:

"Wow, you are so miserable, bro."

"It's so pitiful, Alu."

"Yes, your teachers and classmates are really too much!"

Yamazaki retreated and said angrily: "It's you! The idiot teacher and idiot classmates who can't even remember their classmates, it's you!!!"

Sakata Ginpachi turned a deaf ear and said, "So, sir, for your presence, you should have a pink afro, right?"

Yamazaki retreated: "..."

Yamazaki Tai: "Listen to me! Don't just pick out what you want to hear!"

Forget it, I'm tired.

He sat down on the chair and sighed, "No need for the pink afro. I'm going to be an undercover agent, so please give me a normal curly hairstyle. Normal, normal, it has to be normal!"

Sakata Ginpachi smiled evilly and said confidently, "Okay! No problem!"

…

Soon after Yamazaki left, a strange visitor arrived at the Panxing Cult.

He was carrying a medicine box, with strange makeup on his face and clothes that didn't quite fit in with modern people's style. He walked into the Pansei Palace leisurely with the medicine box on his back, and immediately attracted Tenuchi Riko's attention.

The saint on duty said enthusiastically: "Hello!"

The strange man nodded gently, "Hello."

Huh?

This voice sounds so familiar.

Riko Tenuchi looked him up and down, then blushed suspiciously.

She coughed lightly and said, "Well, who are you looking for?"

The man replied: "I am here to find the founder of the Panxing Cult."

Tenuchi Riko suddenly realized, "Oh, you are a curser who is here to sell cursed spirits!"

Most of the cursers are like this, dressed strangely, and when they come, they say they are looking for Geto Suguru. Nine out of ten times, they are here to sell high-level curse spirits. After all, the fact that the Panxing Church spends a lot of money to buy curse spirits is well-known among cursers and sorcerers.

The strange man smiled, and said in a distant yet gentle voice: "I am not a curser. If you insist, I am just a drug seller."

This sound is really similar!

Tenuchi Riko hesitated and said, "Hmm - did you know that your voice sounds like the guy you are looking for?"

"Like the Summer Oil Patriarch, right?"

"Yes! Are you acquaintances?"

The man shook his head. “I can’t say I’m an acquaintance. I just heard them discuss this topic myself.”

"Oh..." Tenuchi Riko said in confusion, "That's right. Those three guys are out, and they probably won't be back for a few days. You came at a bad time."

"Oh?" the medicine seller asked, "When will they come back?"

Tenuchi Riko thought for a moment and said, "It will probably take three or four days at most."

The medicine seller thought for a while and said, "Then, while we wait for them to come back, please let me stay in Panxing Palace for a while."

Tenuchi Riko had a tangled expression.

The founder of the religion is gone, the son of God is gone, and the mascot is gone. Logically speaking, she, the saint, is the most important person in the Panxing religion now, and she should be able to make the decision on these matters herself.

Moreover, this guy is handsome, has a good temperament, and has a friendly voice. She has a very good impression of this guy.

Hidden face-obsessed girl Amanouchi Riko patted her chest and said, "Okay, I'll go ask Miss Suda and Mr. Fushiguro. If they think it's okay, you can stay. After all, we have a lot of empty rooms in the Bandei Cult. By the way, what kind of cursed spirits are you selling? What level is it? Geto won't accept anything below level two."

The medicine seller said calmly, "What I want to sell is not a cursed spirit, but a cursed object - a special cursed object, the Hell Gate."

"Yumenjiang?" Tenuchi Riko said, "Okay. Although I don't know the Yumenjiang you mentioned, but such a sophisticated name sounds very powerful, and it is also a special grade... Come with me, Mr. Medicine Seller!"

"Thank you."

Hoshino Saka was entrusted with the important task of entertaining the guests.

Perhaps wanting them to experience the beauty of the Time Government, the Time Government directly gave them a complete Honmaru, allowing them to have a casual vacation in it.

When Al and the other two walked into the Honmaru, it was just a spring scene.

The sky is blue and the clouds are white. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom. There is even the chirping of insects and birds in the woods. At first glance, it seems no different from the countryside in the real world. Everything seems real.

Hoshino Sayaka took the opportunity to recommend: "Although it is an independent space created by the technology of the Time Government, there are mountains and seas here, and there are also changes of four seasons. Oh, and there is a hot spring behind the castle tower!"

Al glanced around and saw the huge cherry tree standing in the center of the main castle.

——The thousand-year-old cherry tree.

There is a spiritual core floating on the Ten Thousand Years Cherry Blossom, which is continuously supplying spiritual power to the entire Honmaru, supporting the operation of the entire Honmaru.

Hoshino Saka introduced: "Because the Honmaru needs the spiritual power of the judge to support it to operate normally, the judge of this Honmaru left her spiritual core in the Honmaru when she retired, so even if she is gone, this Honmaru can still operate normally."

Al asked, "Is there no sword in this main castle?"

"Yes, we have temporarily transferred a few swordsmen to you. As for the original swordsmen in this Honmaru... after their judges retired, the swordsmen in this Honmaru will serve their new masters."

Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow: "Could it be that the judge of this Honmaru is still Renzuru?"

Hoshino Saka laughed, "Yes. It is Renshi's Honmaru."

Al pointed at the cherry blossoms and said, "So that must be Renshi's spiritual core?"

"Yes." Hoshino Saka explained, "When the judges retire, the government of time will spend a lot of money to buy the judges' spirit cores. The spirit cores are generally divided into two categories. One is the spirit core with special talents. Such spirit cores will be given to Kitsunesuke. Their main purpose is to assist other judges to complete their tasks."

They all thought of the Kitsunesuke from before, and the white spirit core it spit out had the ability to tamper with other people's memories.

"The other type is a spiritual core without special talents, like Renmi's. Such spiritual cores are used to support the Honmaru, or to support the existence of the Toki no Goku and Man'ya."

The Five Tigers retreated quietly to guard behind them, listening to the conversation between Hoshino Saka and the three sorcerers.

Xia Yujie asked curiously, "Since there is no one in this main palace, why do you still need to spend a spirit core to support its existence? You should be short of spiritual power, right?"

Hoshino Saka smiled sheepishly.

"The Time Government has also begun recruiting sorcerers in recent years. The three adults should also know this, right?"

"I know." Al said, "I heard that after Wu-chan went to technical high school, you guys have been trying to persuade him to change jobs."

Xia Yujie was stunned and said awkwardly: "Al."

Hoshino Saka immediately clasped her hands together and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! But, Geto-kun was rated as a first-class sorcerer right after entering the technical high school, which shows that he is really strong, and the pressure from the higher-ups is also very great."

Xia Yujie gave Al a light knife and said helplessly: "Well, everyone has their own difficulties, I understand."

Hoshino Sayaka smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, everyone has their own difficulties... By the way, this Honmaru is reserved for the recruited sorcerers. Because the sorcerers' cursed power cannot support the Honmaru, nor can they awaken the swordsman, so after the sorcerers join the company, we will allocate a Honmaru with its own spirit core to them."

"So that's how it is..."

As they turned the corner, five big white tigers jumped towards them.

“Ahh—”

Wu Hu Tui looked embarrassed, and he quickly stepped forward to stop the five big tigers that were rushing over.

"Don't run out like this, you'll scare the sorcerers."

Al blinked. "What is this...?"

Hoshino Saka explained: "They are the companion tigers of the short sword Gokotai. There are five of them in total. Because Gokotai has to go to assist you in the mission, the five tigers will temporarily stay in Honmaru."

Companion tiger...

There is such a wonderful setting.

"retreat--!"

Catfishtail Toushirou and Bonebane Toushirou ran over from a distance. Catfishtail Toushirou said helplessly as he ran, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! They ran away while I was holding the bowl! I didn't keep an eye on them!"

Kobeba Toushirou quickly tugged at the corner of his clothes, and Catfish Tail Toushirou braked suddenly and said seriously: "Hello, Master Hoshino, hello to the three sorcerers, I am Catfish Tail Toushirou, and this is Kobeba Toushirou, the sword sent by the Government of Time to serve you."

So lively and full of personality.

As for the ones they have seen so far, Ichigo Ichizuru, Yaken Toushirou, Gokotai, Catfish O Toushirou and Kobane Toushirou, all of them have distinct personalities and are as smart as humans.

Al said in the team channel: "They all dress alike, they're all military boys."

Ichigo Ichijin and Yagen Toushirou also seem to be wearing military uniforms under their straw raincoats.

Moreover, three of the five swordsmen who appeared were named Toushirou, and Ichigo Ichijin said that Gokotai and Yaken Toushirou were his younger brothers...

Kagome turned to Hoshino Saka with understanding: "You guys didn't call back all the Awataguchi group left by Renmi, did you?"

Hoshino Sayaka was shocked and said, "You are so smart!"

All the Fujishiros of the Renzuru family are here now!

"Hahaha, because they used to be the Omen Gods who lived here. The layouts of the main maru are actually different. They are very familiar with this place and have a good spiritual affinity with Renmi. More importantly, the Omen Gods of Toushirou's family generally have good personalities and are very loyal to humans. They are most suitable for entertaining novices... uh, entertaining guests!"

This person just accidentally told the truth.

Al said, "Their goal is to make us become inquisitors. Jake, be careful and don't give up our cult for the sake of a comfortable life as a stay-at-home."

Kagome: "...You, a typical otaku, have no right to say such things to others."

Gojo Satoru said, "Since we are here, we should enjoy ourselves first. It won't be too late to run away after we have enjoyed ourselves."

He smiled and asked, "So how are you going to entertain us?"

Catfish Tail Fujishiro said cheerfully: "It's a very delicious lunch! Master sorcerers, we specially kidnapped a very good cook, Candlestick Kiri, today's lunch will definitely satisfy you!"

Wu Hutui nodded, "Yes. We carefully selected it from many candlesticks and spent several days tying it together. He must be able to do it!"

Xia Yujie: “…”

He looked at Wu Hutui with an ambiguous look and gently touched his head.

As expected, Cangdaikiri Cangguang, who was kidnapped by Fujishiro, had amazing cooking skills. He cooked a very luxurious Japanese meal, which made Al and Gojo Satoru very happy. Xia Yujie had been thinking about how to decline the invitation of the Time Government. He actually had no appetite, but because Cangdaikiri's food was so delicious, he couldn't help but eat a lot.

After they finished lunch, Ichigo Ichijin and Yagen Toushirou came back. The two reliable gods of the dead reported the work progress to Al and the other two, saying that Toyama Shino and the young master of the wealthy family had made all the arrangements, which sounded much more reliable than Kitsunesuke.

After reporting the mission, Ichigo Ichijin wrote a mission report on the spot in front of them.

The handwriting is beautiful and clear, comparable to that of the top assistant supervisors.

Xia Yujie was amazed by the celestial being.

"Mr. Ichigo Ichijin."

Yiqi Yizhen said: "Just call me Yiqi."

"Mr. Ichiki, can you make an Excel spreadsheet?"

One phase, one vibration: "..."

The short-haired Tachi was confused for a moment, but soon realized what Geto was referring to. He replied, "The electronic spreadsheet for accounting? Yes."

Xia Yujie couldn't help but say in the team channel: "This Fuzang Shen is too useful, right? What do you think, does the Time Government sell swords?"

Gojo Satoru exclaimed, "Jay, you actually want to buy the sword and the Zangshen?"

Al also pretended to be surprised and said, "You are indeed the founder of a cult!"

Xia Yujie was speechless: "...You two are human traffickers, you have no right to criticize me. To be honest, I like this one-shot one-shot."

He is gentle and polite, and knows when to advance and retreat. I heard that he is a very powerful extreme swordsman. His martial arts skills must be strong enough. He can also complete the clerical work excellently. He is also the patriarch of a sword school and has a very responsible personality.

Of course, the other brothers were good too, but they had no intention of becoming judges, so they couldn't take them all.

Gojo Satoru thought for a moment and said, "If you really want, we can ask the old man before we leave."

Al nodded and said, "Well, if he doesn't agree, we can just take the knife away."

Geto: "...It sounds like we're here to rob."

Al said without shame, "Yes, we must teach the government of the time a lesson and tell them what it means to invite a wolf into the house."

After finalizing the intense follow-up plan, they comfortably enjoyed a relaxing afternoon, taking a nap in the castle tower, playing games, reading comics, and flipping through the latest illustrated guide of sword men, getting a lot of little-known sword knowledge. Finally, they had a BBQ on the beach in Honmaru and went to soak in a hot spring.

At eight o'clock in the evening, when Al and the other two were playing poker together to cultivate their relationship, the old man from the Time Government came to visit them leisurely.

The ones who came to Honmaru were the kind-looking old man from the daytime, the middle-aged man with a gentle look, and Hoshino Saka.

The old man chuckled and said, "I wonder if everyone is satisfied with our hospitality?"

Yagen Toushirou brought them tea and then took his brother to retreat.

Xia Yujie smiled gently: "Honmaru is very interesting."

Gojo Satoru was impatient to play along with him and said directly: "If you have something to say, just say it directly."

The three people opposite were silent for a while, the old man nodded slightly, and Hoshino Saka said: "As you three know, there are fewer and fewer psychics now. Although the government of the time has three-digit Honmaru, the actual number of psychics is only two-digit, and the disadvantage in numbers is difficult to make up."

Gojo Satoru thought thoughtfully, "Those sword gods also need spiritual energy to exist, right?"

"Yes. So unfortunately, even if we master the technology to mass-produce sword tanshin, there is still a limit to the number of tanshin we can have."

Hoshino Sayaka lowered her eyes and said sadly, "If we want more sword men, we need more spiritual power, but the people with the strongest spiritual power, such as Higa-sama and Oiwa-sama, do not agree with our approach."

Xia Yujie asked: "Why?"

Hoshino Sayaka choked and the middle-aged man next to her took over the conversation.

"They believe that it is only a matter of time before spiritual power is completely exhausted. Investing a large amount of spiritual power resources in the Time Government will only further accelerate the consumption of spiritual power. When we concentrate all our spiritual power to protect history, the world without spiritual power people will become a mess."

Gojo Satoru groaned and said calmly, "Doesn't what they say make sense?"

The ultimate goal of the current government in protecting history is still to protect the present. It is understandable that they do everything they can to protect history.

But in order to protect history, should Higa Kotoko come to the government of the past to help, or let the evil spirits harm people in the real world?

In order to protect history, should Oyan hand over the core of the sacred field in Xianwang Township and let those poor wandering ghosts fend for themselves?

The middle-aged man sighed, "Yes. The Time Government is right to protect history, and Lord Higa and Lord Oiwa are also right to protect the present world, so... the contradiction between us is irreconcilable."

Hoshino Saka whispered, "The inquisitors who retired from the Time Government lost their spiritual cores and became ordinary people after returning. Because of this, there are fewer and fewer psychics in the world, and the main task of destroying evil spirits falls entirely on Master Higa."

That's why Higa Kotoko is so busy all year round.

"Lord Ayan is the same. If the spiritual power core of Xianwang Township can be sold to the Time Government, the current situation of the Time Government's spiritual power shortage will be alleviated to a great extent. However, correspondingly, those lonely ghosts who cannot be reincarnated will not be rescued by Lord Ayan, which means they will lose the opportunity to start a new life forever, so Lord Ayan will not give in."

She glanced at the three sorcerers in front of her and said in a deep voice, "It's the same for all the sorcerers. There are more and more cursed spirits in the world, but there are only so many sorcerers. We know that it's not easy for sorcerers, and we are short of sorcerers ourselves, but we still want to do our best to protect history."

After all, everyone is doing their job and trying their best to fulfill their mission.

Hoshino Saka said: "It is selfish to only care about your own position, we understand. It is also cruel to dig out the soul cores of the judges and leave them with sequelae that are difficult to heal for the rest of their lives, we all understand."

"But we must protect history. Once history is lost, it is not just a matter of a few people missing in this world!"

After a moment of silence, Xia Yujie asked them, "What do you want us to do?"

Hoshino Sayaka's eyes lit up, and she said quickly: "The Time Government needs a lot of spiritual power, so we have developed a new technology!"

Al asked curiously, "What technology?"

"Find other worlds with abundant spiritual energy and use the spiritual energy from other worlds to support the operation of the Time Government!"

"……Um?"

Hoshino Saka said excitedly: "There must be other worlds outside this world, and there must be other universes outside the universe. Since there is no spiritual power in our world, let's go to other worlds to look for spiritual power!"

“…”

Hoshino Saka said sincerely: "Please! This is something that only powerful sorcerers can do!"

Xia Yujie was silent for a long time, then asked coldly, "Why do you say that?"

"Do you know about the guardians of history?" The middle-aged man thought they agreed, so he explained, "The guardians of history are the laws of the world. Our swordmen and the enemy's retrospective army have a certain chance of encountering guardians of history when they appear in the past. If they are unlucky and encounter guardians of history, the most common situation is that the whole army will be wiped out."

It was hard to tell whether Gojo Satoru was happy or angry when he asked, "Oh, it sounds like those guys are very strong?"

"Yes, they are very strong." The middle-aged man said, "But the World Guardian is more powerful than the History Guardian."

Xia Yujie was speechless and said, "Why is there another world guardian?"

You output so many concepts at once. Aren't you afraid that these laymen won't be able to remember them?

The middle-aged man said, "If we want to break through the barriers between worlds and reach another world, we will definitely be blocked by the world guardians. They are stronger than the historical guardians. So far, all the inquisitors who have tried to reach another world have died at the hands of the world guardians, including two first-level sorcerers."

"..." Xia Yujie rubbed his brows and felt his blood pressure rising: "You mean, you poached two first-level sorcerers from us and let them die in the mission of breaking through the world wall?"

"……yes."

"You recruit powerful sorcerers just to have them defeat the World Guardian?"

"yes."

Al understood, too.

"You want us to defeat the World Guardian and help you break through the World Wall."

The middle-aged man nodded and admitted frankly: "Yes!"

The middle-aged man knelt before them and said, "Yes, even though I know you are very likely to die, I still beg you to fight for us. Please open up hope for us! Please help us - to protect this world!"

Hoshino Saka was stunned. She looked at the middle-aged man and quickly knelt down as well.

“Please!”

The old man sighed deeply, bent down, and said sincerely: "Please, the Time Government can't hold on for a few more years. Many lives have been lost in these years, all on me alone. I will definitely go to hell, but please help the Time Government get through this difficult time."

After a long while, Xia Yujie said, "Please forgive us for refusing."

He said: "It is natural that you go to hell, but we will not agree with this crazy plan. Even if it is called a righteous cause, it cannot cover up the selfishness and plunder in nature."

Suddenly, Al raised his head as if realizing something.

He heard a distant, strange voice, as if it was a call from another world.