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"Don't lie!"

"Don't lie!!"

"Don't lie!!!"

For no apparent reason, Uesugi Tetsu's heart issued a frantic warning.

If he lied in front of Mr. Y, who was smiling at him right now, something terrifying would definitely happen.

After an extremely brief silence, Uesugi Tetsu looked straight at the smiling face. Every one of Mr. Y's features was utterly ordinary, yet together they blurred his entire face, making it difficult to remember.

He calmly opened his mouth and replied,

"Because someone secretly followed me on the way here just now, and it's been bothering me."

"I see."

Mr. Y nodded and said with concern, "The waves have been surging lately, and the Everworld forces have been probing us repeatedly. A talented young man like you, Uesugi-kun, should be extra careful."

Uesugi Tetsu replied, "I will."

Mr. Y turned back and continued watching the constantly rotating silver vortex.

"This Warring States secret realm summons soldiers within its range of influence at regular intervals, while also expanding that range."

As he listened to Mr. Y explaining things as casually as if nothing were happening, Uesugi Tetsu could clearly feel that he had just survived some major crisis.

Y, the head of the Countermeasures Office... had absolutely nothing to do with "ordinary," or rather, "normal."

There was some kind of twisted, terrifying "abnormality" about this man.

Uesugi Tetsu thought to himself.

"—And the more outsiders challenge the secret realm and defeat the powerful projections within it, the weaker the soldiers summoned the next time will become. The range of influence will also stop expanding."

Mr. Y spoke loudly, explaining it to Tamamo and Yagyū Shion farther away as well. "Each person has three chances to challenge it—in other words, three lives.

"According to the records, the secret realm is roughly as follows: the projections