What ancient monster-level being hadn't lived through plenty?
Relax.
Compared to them, only clever people like Shokuhou Misaki, who needed to "compromise," would care so much about this sort of thing. Without the life experience of an ancient monster, failing to get to the bottom of something beyond their understanding and being kept in the dark would undoubtedly make them feel terrible!
"Put simply, these people are 'illusory humans' from the Illusory Zone." Jiu Ming gave Shokuhou Misaki a brief explanation.
She raised her brows, wearing an expression that said, Are you fucking fooling me? "'Illusory humans'? Are you kidding me? If they're fake, how could my ability possibly work on them?"
"Who said they were fake? I only said they were 'illusory humans'; I never said they were fake people." Jiu Ming emphasized this point. "You can just regard them as humans who exist in a special world."
Such an explanation clearly could not truly put Shokuhou Misaki at ease. Jiu Ming helplessly tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Why do you love making everything so complicated... From the moment they appeared, they were real people!"
Jiu Ming said this with absolute certainty.
"That's just your own claim, isn't it?"
Seeing Jiu Ming show such a rare display of forcefulness, Shokuhou Misaki could not help twitching the corner of her lips.
"Here, what I say is what this place says. If I say it's so, then it's so."
If he did not state it firmly enough, Shokuhou Misaki would never be able to untie this knot in her heart. "They aren't clones, either. They have flesh and blood, and lives of their own."
The Mysterious Shop had merely provided them with a foundation suited to this place...
"Fine... Then how can my ability affect them?"
"Doesn't that only