I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

At first, there was fear, worry, and concern; the emotions were extremely rich.

But after dozens of times, Kaga Kiyomitsu completely stopped paying attention.

Uesugi Tetsu closed his eyes in resignation; it seemed impossible to expect Kakashi to become a sweet and caring daughter.

"Let's drag me over there first, Jia." Uesugi Tetsu, who didn't have the strength to speak, plucked at his heartstrings. "Let me touch the mist."

Kaga Kiyomitsu flicked the Sorrow of Parting from the tip of his blade, wrapped it around Uesugi Tetsu's wrist, and dragged him over.

A few seconds later, Uesugi Tetsu raised his fingertips and stared at the mist in front of him, which was no different from the previous thirty-nine floors.

This projection across forty floors...

If he's right, this projection should bring him a big surprise.

He narrowed his eyes and said before touching him, "Little Jia, prepare your defenses."

The person who understands your own fighting style best is, of course, yourself.

Once the domain of the Sorrow of Separation had spread out and the protective shield of qi above his head had piled up layer upon layer, Uesugi Tetsuya suddenly reached out his palm toward the edge of the mist.

The high walls shrouded in mist vanished in an instant!

……

[Ryuichi Saito, 39th Floor]

[Anonymous Person #666, 39th Floor]

The real-time changes to the top 100 list immediately caused a huge uproar on the Special Affairs Office forum.

—At the very top, Saito Ryuichi discovered that even after anonymity, one still possesses a unique identification number, and thus canceled the meaningless anonymity.

[Did you get promoted to Junior Rank today?: A second level 39 has appeared! Doesn't this mean this mysterious person is on par with Saito Ryuichi?!]

[Anonymous: Who is this Anonymous user #666? I'm offering a large reward for information!]

[No problem, just a casual stroll: Can't the upstairs neighbors find him themselves? This guy's in Hamamatsu City right now, he might not even be out of the secret realm yet, just block him off, wouldn't that solve everything?]

[After being a shadow for three hundred years: I'm now preparing for my offline event. If you want to know more, comment "1" below. I'll contact you one by one through private messages.]

Immediately, hundreds of replies with the number "1" appeared under this post.

"Xiao Ru, why are you typing 1 too?"

In the long shadowy "highway", the shadowy woman holding a special phone turned around and looked at the wet woman behind her who covered the phone screen with her long hair.

Hiyoribo silently emitted light next to Nure's forehead—with a light source, Nure wouldn't hurt her eyes when looking at her phone.

Ru Nu replied softly, "Sister Ying, if you can resist the urge to deduct 1 in this situation, your family will need to hire a master."

What does this mean?

The woman in the shadows scratched her head in confusion, then first addressed her earlier question: "Why did you need to find this anonymous user, number 666?"

"You may not know this, but in many places, there are behind-the-scenes betting matches between top seeded players and other highly competitive contests..."

If someone knew about number 666 before anyone else, it would be like making a fortune ahead of time.

The experienced actress has made a fortune thanks to her sharp eye.

Suddenly, Nurami shouted, "Kage-nee, look! Saito Ryuichi has run out!"

The woman in the shadows looked down and saw the golden verified name.

[Ryuichi Saito: First of all, please stop tagging me everywhere.]

[Ryuichi Saito: Then, there's the matter of that powerhouse number 666... ​​To be honest, the projection of that powerhouse on the fortieth floor was extremely powerful, and he killed me in just a few moves.]

Therefore, this player number 666 isn't just about as strong as me, but possibly much stronger, because I only barely made it to floor 39.

As soon as Saito Ryuichi finished speaking, hundreds more replies appeared under his post.

Everyone was shocked to hear Saito Ryuichi's own admission, and the already heated atmosphere became even more intense.

—【Ryuichi Saito: Anonymous User #666 is stronger than me!】

Posts with titles like that quickly topped the search rankings.

The woman hesitated and muttered, "Kage-nee, do you think what Saito said could be true?"

The woman in the shadows chuckled: "No one would believe this kid's words. Xiao Ru, you've seen him before. Let me put it bluntly, this kid was full of bad ideas when he was young, and his bad ideas will only double as he grows up."

"In my opinion, he didn't just barely make it past the 39th floor, but almost made it past the 40th floor."

As if to confirm what the woman in the shadows had said, someone immediately replied to the top-ranked post.

【Don't enter the [room]! : This is not actually the case.】

【Don't go into the room! : It's one thing for Saito to be modest, but you guys actually believe him?】

It's just a simple secret realm challenge. Don't they know how many things Saito has done in the past?

He could even single-handedly revive the nearly destroyed Saito family... The strategist himself could destroy the 39th floor; how could that No. 666 compare?

This means that the rational statements of those who use the "■" symbol, which is usually only blocked due to its high level of secrecy, have gained a lot of recognition.

Soon, comments like "To be honest, it's true" and "I met Saito when I was a kid, Brother ■ is right" appeared below.

This contrasted sharply with another group of operators who believed that Anonymous Agent 666 could easily defeat a scion of a prestigious family like Saito, and they began a passionate exchange of insults.

Before long, a bunch of people started tagging the anonymous user 666, who was impossible to tag, urging him to quickly clear the 40th floor of the secret realm and shut up the other group of people.

……

At this very moment, on the fortieth floor of the projection secret realm.

The moment the mist dissipated, a bluish-purple thunder dragon descended from the sky without warning!

Uesugi Tetsuya, who had prepared 100,000 moves in advance, was naturally unharmed.

He tilted his head back, looking at the all-too-familiar lightning and spiritual energy fluctuations, and subconsciously muttered a word.

"Damn, it really is... This is a completely different story when he gets angry. He's not even in the same league as the Grand Master."

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head and saw a four-tailed fox wearing a priest's robe, waving a folding fan, with four scarlet tails swaying behind her, and a breathtakingly beautiful face.

In the next instant, before the heavily injured Uesugi Tetsuya could react, that face he knew all too well was already within arm's reach!

The three stages belonging to the Natural Rhythm School suddenly bloom!

Then, Kaga Kiyomitsu, who had been instructed to do so, appeared at the designated location and blocked the attack without missing a beat.

"Hmm...Kaga Kiyomitsu?"

The four-tailed fox, who had been radiating a cold, murderous aura, blinked.

He crouched down, frowned, and began to examine Kaga Kiyomitsu, who was more powerful, more beautiful, and more agile than he had imagined.

The four-tailed fox raised its hand, wanting to touch the hilt of Kaga Kiyomitsu's sword.

But then, a dry and hoarse voice rang out.

"Xiao Jia, come back."

Slightly confused, Kaga Kiyomitsu quickly broke free from the five fingers that had almost grasped him and returned behind Uesugi Tetsu.

To be precise, it was behind Uesugi Tetsuya, whose body was severely injured and crippled.

With Kaga Kiyomitsu's help, Uesugi Tetsuya struggled to sit up, grinning at the projection in front of him, which was frowning and deep in thought.

"Hello, it's me."

"what's the situation?"

The projection stroked its chin, tilting its head in confusion: "A second version of myself appeared, looking half-dead? What kind of plot twist is this?"

Uesugi Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the projection had stopped its frenzied attacks.

Fortunately, seeing myself still triggered the secret realm bug.

Otherwise, facing his own full power when he's in "rage" mode, his defenses would be practically nonexistent, and he'd be reduced to ashes in two or three seconds at most.

"To be precise, I am Uesugi Tetsu."

Uesugi Tetsu held up his charred fingers and explained with a smile.

"Although you are also Uesugi Tetsu, you are nothing more than a mere projection."

The projector was stunned at first, then couldn't help but laugh.

He pointed to himself and asked, "Me? A projection?"

"Correct."

Uesugi Tetsu continued, "You are just a stage boss in this mission realm, copied down from the Warring States period and placed here for people to conquer."

The projection burst into laughter: "I'm still just a stage boss? Don't be ridiculous. There were only a handful of truly powerful figures in the Warring States period. I was just... "

Halfway through his sentence, the projector suddenly glanced at the transparent space in the corner of its eye, a look of surprise flashing in its eyes.

Only then did he begin to look around.

Uesugi Tetsu raised an eyebrow: "What are you doing? Can you even say it?"

"me……"

The projector opened its mouth several times, but still couldn't get the rest of the message out.

After a brief silence, the projection stared directly at Uesugi Tetsuya and said with utmost seriousness,

"I forgot."

Uesugi Tetsuya understood.

—Things about the system and the mission were not imprinted in this secret realm along with ordinary memories.

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "No need to rush. It's normal for you to forget. This just proves that you are the real projection."

The projection stared coldly at him.

"Then how can you prove that you're not just a projection of someone else, albeit a more miserable one?"

"Even Little Jia didn't notice...?"

Uesugi Tetsu snapped his fingers, causing Kaga Kiyomitsu to float in front of the projection: "Take another look at your waist."

Upon hearing this, Projection drew the "Kaga Kiyomitsu" sword from its waist and placed it flat in its hand.

He looked down, then looked up again, and finally clicked his tongue in displeasure: "What I have in my hand... is actually an inanimate object. Why didn't I notice it before?"

Uesugi Tetsu opened his mouth,

"You are a projection."

"I am indeed a projection."

The projector nodded helplessly, but immediately reached out its hand again.

"Wow, Jia has become so beautiful! Let me touch her and see..."

Without a word, Kaga Kiyomitsu flew back behind Uesugi Tetsuya, causing the projection to squint its eyes in displeasure.

But Uesugi Tetsu knew he wasn't an unreasonable person.

So he sat there and waited, and in less than ten seconds, the projection also sat down and looked at him.

"—Then, explain the current situation to me, this amnesiac projection, in detail."

Two minutes later.

"I understand."

The projection waved the folding fan in its hand, then snapped it shut: "So you're going to kill me now and go collect the reward for the 40th floor?"

"Are you willing to die like this?"

The projection retorted, "When have I ever truly lived?"

Uesugi Tetsu responded, pondered for a while, then looked up and said seriously, "But it would be a real shame if you died so simply like that."

"Heroes see the same thing."

The projection laughed: "According to you, proficiency will increase significantly in this secret realm. Although simple cultivation will not increase proficiency, it did not say that sparring is not allowed."

Uesugi Tetsu touched his exposed jawbone and said, "I don't think such a basic mistake would happen in this secret realm."

"Even so, it is a very special situation that two people with slightly different ways of thinking and perspectives can sit face to face together."