I became the Lord of the Eternal World in Tokyo.

He and those highly skilled ninjas silently approached the man known as the Walking Man, just as they were about to succeed.

Suddenly, everyone except him fell silent.

In a moment.

It was as if they had drowned in the shadows.

He was left with only the woman with her lowered gaze grabbing his throat, losing all power to resist, and being forcibly pulled out of the shadows like a chick.

After that, Tokugawa Haruhiko felt he couldn't remember anything.

"Look at your eyes, you still don't recognize me? You guys have been chasing me for so long."

Nanjo Manami fed the man another bite of food: "I am Nanjo Manami, you'd better remember me from now on... oh no, it seems you don't have a future anymore."

Nanjo Manami?!

She also came from the Onmyōryō (Yin-Yang Bureau)...

How could it be... so powerful...?

Haruhiko Tokugawa's pupils contracted in shock, and he stammered, his blood-stained lips barely able to speak.

Seeing his expression, Nanjo Manami yawned listlessly: "What, are you going to kill him?"

“If I could, I would have told you to kill me already.” The man struggled to stand up from the chair and sighed helplessly. “Nanjo-nee, don’t say things that will give me a headache.”

"Okay, okay, I'll put the leftover food in a thermal container for you."

Nanjo Manami picked up a chair and placed it behind Tokugawa Haruhiko as he walked up to him.

The man with the dusty token hanging from his waist sat down instinctively, lowered his head, and said hoarsely,

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Tokugawa Haruhiko remained silent; he couldn't recall ever seeing Xingzou before.

But when he looked up, he saw a face that still couldn't be considered mature... and a pair of weathered, vicissitudes-filled eyes.

calm.

It was as if nothing could stir a ripple in those eyes anymore.

That's just not the look someone this age should have in their eyes.

Behind him, Nanjo Manami stood silently with an indifferent expression, staring at him with the eyes of someone looking at a dead object.

It seemed that she had returned to her true form because she was out of the man's sight.

The man smiled and said, "Lord Tokugawa, I simply wanted to ask you about the basic situation of the world today."

Just as he said, the man only asked about basic information that anyone could find out in a few months in the real world, and it didn't involve any secrets.

Therefore, Tokugawa Haruhiko answered truthfully.

Ten minutes later, the brief questioning session ended.

The air was suddenly swallowed up by a long silence.

After a long silence, Uesugi Tetsu sighed heavily: "Nanjo-nee is right, let's just kill him."

"This kind of world should just be destroyed."

Under Tokugawa Haruhiko's fearful gaze, Nanjo Manami casually tightened her fingers, then hesitantly asked Uesugi Tetsu, "But, will things get better after this?"

"Who knows?"

Uesugi Tetsu stood up and waved his hand.

"In short, things can't get any worse than they are now."

He turned his head and smiled: "Let future generations think about what they will do."

All they can do now is try to keep the equal walking kingdom alive in the gap between two adjacent "hells".

Nanjo Manami gazed at the slightly hunched back, recalling the time ten years ago when he rescued her after the Arakawa Ward was destroyed by the Red Tide, and when she first met him.

From that moment on, she understood that Uesugi Tetsu was just like her.

At the same time, I inevitably fell in love with him.

It's strange that anyone or anything she likes will leave her one by one for various reasons, just in varying degrees of time.

Mafuyu, Arakawa District, Ririko, Huikaku, Manatsu, Shadow Girl, Koru, Kohiwabo...

Now, she only has Uesugi Tetsuya left.

After losing everything, Nanjo Ai finally saw the true nature of this world—the ugly face of the real world and the Yin-Yang Bureau.

Such a world is better off destroyed.

She thought the same thing.

It was only she who changed, while Uesugi Tetsu remained unchanged from beginning to end.

"Let us embrace our shared ideals and walk together to the end of the world..."

The Demon King spoke thus, and made thus his prayer.

……

But a prayer is ultimately just a prayer.

Like all stories with happy endings, the Demon King is eventually killed by the heroes.

More than a decade later, the walking nation, which had strived to maintain basic "equality," burst like a bubble.

The Grand Master of the Onmyōryō, the head of an ancient family, the owner of a factory in Tokoyomi, Prince Shotoku, a daimyo of the Sengoku period, and even Shuten-dōji, who ruled Mount Ōe...

Countless humans and demons came to attack the Demon Queen, who had become so powerful that she inspired fear, wanting to kill her and this kingdom that had promised equality between humans and demons.

On the vast land of the mortal realm, countless roars and howls rose up, accompanied by waves of spiritual energy that reached the heavens and the earth.

Then it returns to nothingness.

The roar rose again, stopped abruptly again, rose again, and disappeared again.

This was repeated hundreds or thousands of times, and then earth-shaking cheers resounded across the land.

The Demon King was killed by the heroes.

That's the end of the story.

On the desolate, charred ruins, a middle-aged man with a weathered face sat on an old wooden chair.

In the past, in order to be able to move the entire country at any time, Uesugi Tetsu had deeply bound himself to the country. Now that the country he could travel to was no longer there, he had also lost all his power.

Holding the now-dull gray token in his hand, Uesugi Tetsuya chuckled softly.

Even the ability to go back in time and change the future is not omnipotent.

Not to mention the "innovation" that is thousands or even tens of thousands of times more difficult, they can't even do something as simple as "destruction".

After a long, long time, the cheers on the ground finally subsided.

The heroes approached with utmost caution, carefully raising the divine weapons bearing ancient names, and encountered the "mastermind" standing behind the Demon King.

The demon king, whose two horns were severed, walked at the forefront, cautiously asking the penniless ordinary people questions.

"You are the Walker?"

Uesugi Tetsu did not answer.

He just felt it was a pity.

With a sigh, the man smiled and pressed the large red button in his hand.

The hero saved the world.

But is such a world really worth saving?

There was no further reply; endless light and heat engulfed everything.

Branch 27: The End of the Story

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……

"Kitano-san! Did you watch the new anime series this morning?!"

"Hey, what are you looking at! Log in to your account, can't you see we have a million followers?! Ririko, come check it out too! Don't forget your potato chips!"

Branch 42: As It Should Be

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"It's time to draw your sword, Ririko Tokugawa."

"I never thought things would come to this."

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"President of the Demon Guide Association, Uesugi Tetsu, is there anything else you wish to say now?"

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"The forging hammer is the token of love from the Heavenly Craftsmen, and now it's yours!"

……

"This is the scenery that everyone in the world can see. It's truly magnificent."

"Che, are you willing to share this world with me?"

……

……

Countless possibilities, countless options, and countless branches emerged in an instant, giving rise to hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... countless Uesugi Tetsuya.

Countless Uesugi Tetsuyas are immersed in a world indistinguishable from reality, experiencing countless lives.

Uesugi Tetsu became the president of the Demon Guide Association, Uesugi Tetsu ruled the world, Uesugi Tetsu lived an ordinary life, Uesugi Tetsu became a shut-in, Uesugi Tetsu won the World Martial Arts Tournament, Uesugi Tetsu had three wives at the same time...

Originally, a mind as clear as a mirror, unpolished, has undergone countless trials in the fleeting time, thus becoming indestructible.

The so-called "hundred refinements" can no longer measure the inner mirror that has not even found a "form" to cast.

Endless branches extend aimlessly through all things, as if trying to touch the end of the world and its possibilities.

Until finally, it came to an abrupt end.

No further extensions or updates.

It was as if it had been forcibly blocked by some external force.

Having traversed an immeasurably long distance, we arrived at the end of all branches and possibilities in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 230 Two-and-a-Half-Star Special Salvage: The Demon King's Heaven on Earth! Learned by Yaegaki! Entering the Mokumen Labyrinth.

On this desolate and barren land, someone is walking aimlessly forward, measuring the distance, time, history, and future of the earth with their own two legs.

The scorching sun is gone, and the silver moon has disappeared.

All life and organisms have vanished into nothingness long ago.

Someone once asked him, "What's the point of staying sober and moving forward even after everything has disappeared?"

The very existence of something is meaningful.

If someone remembers the past, then that past existence has meaning.

Suddenly, the man stopped his steps, which had been lingering for countless years, and raised his eyes toward the sunless sky.

Those eyes seemed to contain the ultimate truth, as if all the answers were written within them.

The man sensed the countless, endless ripples emanating from beyond the vast expanse of time.

Therefore, I have doubts.

"Is it even possible...?"

He murmured softly, his eyes lowered.

I glimpsed another version of myself.