After roughly passing through several Narrative Domains and following Sandra's Love Carriage through many areas of the town, Tang Qi had gained a preliminary understanding of this enormous town whose boundaries were difficult to see.
Without a doubt, this was a wondrous forbidden land.
None of the residents were ordinary. Some of the myriad spirits above Boundless Mystery had left projections here, while many divine powerhouses like the Three Cat Sisters had directly taken up residence in their true forms.
However, most of the town's residents had arrived later, accumulated over the long Years.
They were clearly unlikely to know the Hidden Knowledge Tang Qi sought, but perhaps the first residents of the town, such as Death God Sop, would be different?
As he pondered, Tang Qi ignored the Narrative Domain invitations Sop the shar-pei kept sending him.
He did not need to worry that entering Every Mortal Must Die would get him killed by the other party, but Sop was, after all, a death god. If they truly fought, Tang Qi would have to use most of his power, and the gains would not be worth the cost.
Watching Sop, who was still nagging and voicing his dissatisfaction, Tang Qi smiled and suddenly made the first move.
This time, however, it was not Death of the Handsome Youth. He casually fabricated another kind of Narrative Domain.
His appearance changed. From a lazy, handsome black-haired Beautiful Young Man, he became a detective in a trench coat, hat, and glasses, with a pipe clenched between his teeth. He also emanated a Divinity Aura, though he did not appear especially powerful.
A new Information Fragment exploded in the air.
"Forced Narrative Domain: Secret Detective... judgment passed."
As expected, Sop, who looked like a thug of a shar-pei but was inwardly a death