Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

And who knows how much of the "lies" from the Shadow Mage are mixed in.

Whether in "Tokyo" or Shadow Mage, Takano Sanshi is just a chess piece of others, and a useless chess piece that can be discarded at any time.

drip-

Just when Takano Sansi was at a loss, several whistles were heard outside the clinic, followed by hurried footsteps.

The first person to rush in was Oishi Zangren.

He had long wanted to see with his own eyes the culprit behind the haunting of the shrine god.

Next came Keiichi Maehara, Rika Furude and others.

"Takano." After adjusting her breathing to normal, Rika Furude walked past Keiichi Maehara and Kuratō Oishi and came to Takano Sanshi who was lying on the ground and struggling.

"Rika-chan... please, let me go..." Takano Sansi tried to smile, but because of her fear, her smile looked extremely awkward.

Chapter 18: Xin Tiao Qian: You are not the same kind as me, are you?

After handing over the room where Takano Sanshi was to Rika Furude and his group and Kurato Oishi, Taichi brought Akane Shinjo and Yukinoshita Yukino to the next room and narrated to them the information he had heard from Takano Sanshi and his own speculations.

I don't know if everyone is the type who likes to think too much, but after Taichi finished speaking, both Shinjo Akane and Yukinoshita Yukino said that they could only listen to what Takano Sanshi said, but not believe it.

After all, almost everything she said was told to her by Shadow Mage, and no one knew how much of it was what Shadow Mage hoped to use to guide the judgment and attention of Taiyi and others.

But there is only one thing, the shrine god - Haneri, is probably really swallowed by the Shadow Mage.

"Is there any way Aix can bring us back?" Xinjo Akane asked, looking at the smartphone in Taiyi's hand.

"I'm in the process of screening." Aix replied, "After eliminating the possibility of time and reincarnation, my progress has increased significantly."

"Then here comes the question." Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Taichi and asked, "Why did the Shadow Mage go to so much trouble to create such a 'dream' and then, after discovering us, he engraved and lured us in. What is his purpose?"

"By trapping us here, he can speed up his invasion in the real world?" Xin Tiao Qian guessed, tilting her head.

"Invasion... I don't think the purpose of the shadow mage is invasion." Yukinoshita Yukino frowned slightly and expressed her opinion, "Rather than invasion, I feel like he simply wants to destroy something."

"After all, if they really intend to invade, the Shadow Mage should use 'culture' as the vanguard and accumulate 'military power' to a certain level before taking action."

"It can't be that after watching special effects dramas, Shadow Master's intelligence has been reduced to the point that he thinks using monsters to destroy human civilization is aggression."

Recalling the scene where Chiba was destroyed, Yukinoshita Yukino still feels hatred.

"Ah this..." Akane Shinjo looked away feeling somewhat guiltily.

"To be honest, so far, what Shadow Master has done is more like: luring out Ultraman → testing Ultraman → defeating Ultraman. Rather than an invasion, this process is more like proving to the world that Ultraman is by no means invincible."

"Or is he trying to make humans completely despair in a more important sense?" Yukinoshita Yukino said somewhat uncertainly.

"Nothing can make humans more desperate than for a 'savior' to suddenly appear when they are on the verge of despair and show his divine power, suspending their hopes, and then trampling the 'savior' underfoot in front of humans."

Taiyi felt as if he had grasped some important inspiration.

"Master Shadow, is he still raising Gu?"

In the impression space, he uses the palace to cultivate monsters.

In the real world, he cultivates monsters by letting them fight each other in the sea.

Now, having swallowed up the so-called 'miracle' and stirred up the deepest despair in the hearts of mankind... Could it be that the Shadow Mage's purpose is still to cultivate stronger monsters?

The final completion of this training and development was probably the moment when X-Taichi was completely defeated by the monster.

So, Shadow Mage feels that the monster in the 'Cocoon of Goro Akechi' he has on hand is not strong enough?

Unable to crush Aix?

But what is the purpose of locking them up in Hinamizawa?

If the ultimate goal of the Shadow Mage is to cultivate stronger and more terrifying monsters through the deep despair of all mankind, then the most indispensable actor on this stage is X.

So no matter whether they can think of a way to leave here later, Shadow Master will open the door and release Ultraman in the end?

"All our speculations are currently just on paper." Taiyi shook his head and sighed, "Unless the Shadow Mage reveals his plan in person at the final moment, what we know will always be just fragments."

Xin Tiao Qian blinked as if she thought of something.

"Hey, Taichi, do you think that Shadow Master wants to transcend the constraints of 'special effects films', 'text' and 'images' and reach the 'real world'?" Shinjo Akane rubbed her fingers nervously, "Wow, look, this world also has special effects films, Ultraman from the Kingdom of Light, monsters and aliens, for the humans before, they all existed only in fantasy..."

Master Shadow, his spiritual heart has collapsed?

Taiichi wanted to shake his head, but when he saw Akane Shinjo and Yukinoshita Yukino in front of him, his expression froze instantly.

A conjecture that should have been guessed at the very beginning and theoretically closest to the 'truth' came to mind again.

After all, the background of this world is itself a mixture of various novels, animations, comics and games.

Who can say that this world is definitely real?

The types of novels I had read before traveling through time also began to become clear.

Then comes the most important proof that nothing is 'real'...

Taichi looked at Shinjo Akane.

Akane Shinjo in the state of a two-dimensional character.

There is no more direct evidence of the reality of the world than this.

"There's no point in escaping, and facing reality and the truth... is also meaningless." Taiyi is a little emo.

"Ah?" Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Taichi with a confused look on her face.

But Shinjo Akane looked at Taichi thoughtfully, then nodded as if she had confirmed something.

"That should be it."

She was aware of her situation.

Although I don't have much sense of my existence in the 'real world', that memory is not a lie.

And the only world I can appear in with this form is...

"Hey, Taichi." Shinjo Akane looked at Taichi with a serious expression, "Are you a 'god'?"

Taichi looked up at Shinjo Akane blankly, then shook his head.

"I am not sure."

He knew what Xin Tiao Qian meant.

Could this world be created by him in the 'real world'?

And would he who appeared here at this moment be just like her, a projection of consciousness by 'him' in the real world?

But Taiyi really doesn't know if he is a 'god'.

He has memories from before he traveled through time, and in his memories are also the contents of various 'works'.

After he traveled through time, he got help from X at the beginning, and then discovered that his body was a carrier created by the god of the underworld, and his personality mask was also different from that of the original protagonists.

All these experiences seemed to be adventures, but it was not impossible that they were the power that came with the projection of his consciousness in the 'real world'.

Chapter 19: Shadow Mage thinks you are all right

"Hmm--Did I think so?"

The Shadow Mage watched the scenes happening 'inside' from 'outside' and felt his scalp itchy.

He just wanted to invade the earth according to the routine of his predecessors, just to be cautious beforehand, how come...ah, the invasion method of his predecessors was downgraded?

Then there is nothing wrong with what they said!

Those people inside are his Shadow Mage's substitutes!

No matter what they are imagining, as long as it sounds high-end, it is describing him!

Wow, they are worthy of being Ultraman’s partners!

You are worthy of being my Shadow Mage’s opponent!

They were all very clever and exposed my Shadow Mage's plan in just a few words!

Although I didn't quite understand what they meant by "transcendence" later on.

But if what they said is true, the one on the correct invasion route couldn't be the only one from another dimension who was addicted to the political games of the Earthlings!

Shortly before Shi Tong's righteous deeds were exposed, that guy successfully used the country's political arena as a springboard to go to Washington, USA and settle down there.

The last time I contacted him, I heard that he is now the mayor's secretary.

"God? The human body of Ultraman?" Shadow Mage tilted his head and looked at Taichi, who was frowning, with some confusion. "Except for the lack of a specific priesthood and divine status, this guy basically has all the other characteristics of a god."

"Tsk, I have to say it, the 'Gods' on Earth really know how to have fun, they like to create big daddies for themselves."

"Wait! Speaking of which, the reason why those 'allies' and 'spectators' took a bystander attitude towards me and never interfered with my actions, couldn't it be because they also felt that my methods were too crude and there was no chance of success, so they treated me like a clown behind my back?" The Shadow Mage's brows trembled slightly under his hood.

He felt that those gods always had a weird tone when dealing with him. Could they be trying to hold back their laughter?

As for the Shadow Master's original purpose... he just wanted to trap that Ultraman, so that he would not accidentally discover the place where he hid the cocoon before Goro Akechi broke out of it.

By the way, hatch this seed...but there seems to be something wrong with this seed.

Her mentality completely collapsed when facing the crisis, and even the roots that were about to sprout shrank back after Ultraman's human body broke into her secret base.

"I originally thought that the mastermind who could manipulate the infinite cycle and force the foresighted priestess to reincarnate countless times would definitely turn into an incredible super monster... I didn't expect you to make me lose so miserably!"

"Earthlings are creatures that are so unexpected that we, the people of the universe, really can't understand them." Shadow Mage looked at Takano Sansi 'inside' with disdain in his eyes.

Goro Akechi, who was originally thought to be just a cannon fodder, not only became a super beast, but even entered the level of "evolution" at the moment of his death.

As a result, Takano Sanshi, who had the potential to directly climb to the top level of super monsters, was so bad that he couldn't bear to watch him.

Using earthlings as materials is indeed too unstable.

Shadow Mage decided not to use ordinary humans on Earth as synthetic materials in the future.

It's just a waste of materials.

It’s better to use more special earthlings like Goro Akechi.

Turning his gaze away from 'inside', Shadow Master began to consider whether he should capture the other groups of personality mask users for experiments while Ultraman's human body was trapped 'inside'.

……

When Taichi brought Akane Shinjo and Yukinoshita Yukino back to the previous room, all three of them were stunned.

Takano Sansi was thrown into a corner with a red face, while Furude Rika and others gathered in another corner and whispered something.

Taiyi thought of countless miserable appearances of Takano Sansi that they would see after they came in, but he never thought that her face was just swollen and red from being beaten.

"After all, they are still kids and can't bear to do anything harsh." Yukinoshita Yukino, who is only a few years older than the protagonists, shook her head with emotion.

Taiyi's expression immediately became extremely wonderful.

Could he tell Yukinoshita Yukino that these children who she mentioned were unable to use heavy hands were actually very good at killing their friends in other reincarnations, without any hesitation, and had even committed many acts of "brutal killing"?

Seeing Taichi coming back, Takano Sanshi couldn't help but shrink his head back.

She really has a psychological trauma towards Taiyi.

"Ah, Naruto-san, Yukinoshita-san, Shinjo-san." Sonozaki Mion, who was the first to see Taichi, now raised her hand to greet them with a depressed look on her face.

The other people had the same expression, without any trace of joy after winning the battle.

It seems that they have already heard her "dream theory" from Takano Sanshi.

If nothing unexpected happens, Rika Furude, who really lost Yuiri, might have assisted her and further consolidated the "Dream Theory".

Just as Taiyi guessed.

As soon as the three of them walked over, Sonozaki Mion directly asked about their concerns.

"Is our Hinamizawa really just a false dream?"

"I can't give a definite answer to this." Taiyi shook his head and replied, "But it's definitely not normal."

"We have used our own methods to conduct exploration... In fact, the 'entire world' here is only Hinamizawa and the town of Xinggong. Beyond that, there is nothing."

"Then, what about the blue sky and starry sky above our heads? It can't be that even the stars in the sky are fake?" Keiichi Maehara raised his doubts.

"It's fake." Taiyi answered affirmatively, "Although we haven't conducted altitude measurements yet, I think this range will definitely not exceed the distance from the ground to the atmosphere."

"Is there no such thing as reincarnation?" Rena Ryuuguu looked at Taichi and asked.