After leaving the world of all NPCs

That is the drumbeat of life.

Every beat is like a silent question, gently hitting the burning mark deep in the memory.

I am still alive.

That's all it feels like.

A very soft response came from behind the bamboo curtain.

The report has been completed.

Tiancheng bowed his head deeply, his chestnut hair falling on his cheeks, hiding the fleeting ripples in his eyes. Then he straightened his back, and the wide scarlet feather woven in his hair rippled silently like water. He stood up and quietly left the dark room filled with sandalwood.

The heavy wooden door closed behind him, blocking out the solemnity.

Walking slowly along the wide approach to Amagi.

The smooth and heavy stone slabs under her feet reflected her hazy figure and the golden fragments filtered through the branches and leaves of the sacred tree above her head.

Knock, knock!

The wooden clogs hit the stone slabs, making a clear sound.

She stopped suddenly.

In front, the approach to the temple extends to a bright courtyard, flanked by carefully arranged dry landscapes, with white rocks resembling waves and black pines reefs.

The warm sunlight poured down unobstructed, enveloping her.

Tiancheng raised his face slightly, closed his eyes, and let the sunlight kiss his skin.

Under the wide sleeves, his fingers quietly clenched, tightly grasping the dark purple kimono fabric.

The vigorous power in this body was so clear, so clear that it almost made her tremble.

Healthy temperature, unobstructed breathing...

This lost and found gift.

The name could not be suppressed after all, and turned into a hot whisper, escaping from the pale pink lips, as light as a sigh, and dissipated in the wind.

"Lord..."

She opened her eyes, and her purple pupils were filled with strong emotions. Her gaze gently turned to the dense shadows of the trees in the corner of the courtyard.

"Akagi, come out."

Deep in the shadows of the trees, a strand of brown-red hair first brushed against the branches and leaves, and then a figure slowly walked out from the intersection of light and shadow.

Akagi stopped at the edge of the shade, wearing a loose black haori. The golden cherry blossoms and cloud patterns embroidered on the clothes glowed dimly in the light.

Under the haori is a pure white short top that tightly wraps her breathtaking curves, and the low-cut neckline boldly reveals a large area of ​​snow-white skin.

A black metal belt was fastened around the waist, and underneath was a fiery red ultra-short pleated skirt, the hem of which barely covered the thighs.

The over-the-knee black socks tightly wrapped around the graceful lines of the legs and extended to the scarlet clogs.

Her cheeks were flushed with a strange red cloud, and she had dark brown fox ears on her head. The light red on the tips of her ears was like burning charcoal.

Nine brown-red fox tails curled and twisted anxiously behind her, unable to conceal the turmoil in their owner's heart.

A pair of scarlet eyes were fixed on Tiancheng, greedily taking in every detail of her sister. In her eyes, there was ecstasy, bottomless guilt, and a trace of forcibly suppressed resentment.

I did a lot of bad things just to revive Tiancheng.

As a result, Tiancheng jumped out like this...

So what were you doing before?

All sorts of conflicting emotions collided and burned in her eyes, almost burning through the air.

"Sister Tiancheng..." Akagi's voice was very dry. She called out but suddenly stopped, as if she was burned by the simple syllable.

Almost at the same time as Akagi appeared, the air suddenly cooled down in the cold shadow of the pillars at the other end.

Kaga appeared silently like a statue condensed from moonlight.

The wide, pure white haori was draped over her head, and the blue cloud patterns and cherry blossoms flowing on it exuded a refreshing chill.

A pair of white fox ears stood straight up on her short silver hair, and nine fluffy fox tails hung naturally behind her, with the tips of the tails swaying slightly, giving her a cold and aloof posture.

On her small, fair face, her pale pink lips were pursed into a straight line without any curves, and her ice-blue eyes were slightly narrowed, as if examining some strange object passing through Tiancheng, and finally fixed on the violent foxtail storm in Akagi.

She folded her arms across her chest, her calves wrapped in white sock boots standing straight, and she exuded a freezing aura of "keep away from strangers."

The smile on Tiancheng's face deepened slightly. With a gentle and insightful look, his eyes moved between his two sisters, and then fell warmly on Akagi: "Thank you for your hard work during this period."

Akagi's body shook violently, as if stabbed by these gentle words.

She took a deep breath and tried her best to suppress the surging emotions in her chest: "Sister... I'm glad you're back."

Kaga remained expressionless, her ice-blue eyes moving away from Amagi and towards an angular black rock in the courtyard, as if this emotional reunion before her had nothing to do with her, or perhaps all the waves had been buried deep under a thousand-foot glacier.

A brief silence passed.

The gentle smile on Tiancheng's face gradually faded, covered with a solemn veil. She turned slightly and cast her eyes on the towering sacred tree at the end of the worship path, which exuded an ancient and sacred aura.

"Akagi, I have something I want to ask of you."

She paused and added, "It has been approved by the Son of God."

"What's the matter?"

Tiancheng slowly turned around and said, "I need you to enter that 'Special Space Y'."

"Go observe the Lord, Outer Lord, and determine if he is qualified to be our commander."

"We, the Sakura Empire, have discussed this with the Great Sage, Yamato, Musashi, and others, and have decided to call that space 'Special Space Y' and the person who resurrected me 'Outer Master'."

"He calls himself the commander of Iron Blood and Royal."

"We have hinted at this to the visiting members of the Iron Blood team... and they admitted it very frankly."

Having said that, she paused slightly, her expression a little subtle.

For some reason, the Iron Blood ships seemed to have strange expectations of her, as if they wanted her to come over and snatch men...

Sorry.

Although people have strange misunderstandings about vixen, Tiancheng thinks she is a strategist, so how could she steal men?

Thinking of this, Tiancheng turned his gaze to Kaga: "Kaga, let's go too."

Kaga's icy blue eyes turned slightly and fell on Tiancheng's face, still without any ripples: "I will obey my sister's orders."

"It's just that humans... are so disgustingly weak."

Akagi opened her cherry lips slightly: "Kaga, don't say that. Although it's just a bug, it's also a bug that resurrected my sister, so it's still a special bug."

Tiancheng sighed softly. "Originally, I should have gone there in person, but the situation in the Sakura Empire is complicated right now, and we need someone to stay here and stabilize the situation..."

His gaze fell back on Akagi's paper-pale face, as if he had penetrated the surface of the moment and seen the past struggles hidden in the darkness.

she knows……

That subtle look was like a red-hot iron, burning Akagi's heart.

Akagi suddenly lowered her head, and her brown-red hair covered her instantly ugly expression.

"I...I'll go! I'll go, sister!"

Tiancheng sighed and nodded. "You can go there as an observer for a while. Also, there are not only Royal and Iron Blood ships there, but also many women from other universes. Most of them have special powers. You can also try to contact them..."

Having said that, she thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate.

Everyone in the [NPC World] is immortal. Given Amagi and Kaga's personalities, they can act recklessly and probably won't communicate normally with others.

I want to be the commander of the Sakura Empire.

Tiancheng thought of these words in his mind.

There is no doubt that this statement comes from the heart. Although the motive is vulgar, it is sincere.

Tiancheng thought for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I will ask others to deal with the contact with other people. Tiancheng and Kaga should focus on confirming the temperament of the main and outer masters."

It was a close call, I almost said the word "Master".

Although Tiancheng has not yet completely pledged allegiance to Ye Zuochen, as soon as these two words are spoken, everyone in the Sakura Empire will inevitably doubt this person who has come back from the dead.

It seems that we must pay attention.

Akagi and Kaga spoke at the same time.

"Don't worry, sister. I will do it well."

"Ah."

Akagi and Kaga's figures completely blended into the swaying shade at the end of the shrine, leaving only the lingering scent of burning and coldness in the air slowly spreading.

Amagi stood alone in the empty courtyard, the hem of her scarlet haori gently lifted by the wind passing through the corridor, and then slowly fell down.

The white sand patterns of the dry landscape in the center of the courtyard show clearer light and dark gullies as the sunlight deflects, which is very much like the defenses and reefs of the Sakura Empire at this moment.

Kamiko seems to be running away, Yamato is adding fuel to the fire, and senior Mikasa is basically in retirement.

Before his resurrection, the entire Sakura Empire's course was arbitrarily steered in the darkness by Akagi, who was burned by obsession.

Now, she is back.

Does it bring vitality?

Or a bigger vortex?

This body, carrying its heartbeat and strength, still derived its source from the power of the Lord, fueled by Iron Blood...

This in itself is a question mark that is enough to trigger all suspicions.

Her fingertips gently pressed against her heart through the soft fabric of the dark purple kimono.

The steady and firm beat seemed to question her soul every time.

As a once sickly strategist, even though he has recovered his health now, Tiancheng is accustomed to putting in a lot of effort to find a way out.

It is far from enough to just transfer Akagi and Kaga.

That was more about protecting Akagi and letting Akagi calm down and repent.

A more substantial existence is needed to step into the Lord's world.

Shinano.

Thinking of this name, Amagi did not stop and walked along a more secluded path beside the shrine.

The warm fragrance of sandalwood gradually faded, replaced by the unique cool fragrance of ancient fir. The air also became moist and quiet.

At the end of the road, a small shrine is quietly hidden under layers of dense shade.

The vermilion torii gate is already showing signs of age, the stone lanterns are silent, and moss silently spreads up every stone step.

The door of the main hall of the shrine is tightly closed, as if it has been isolated from the world for thousands of years.

It's not a dead silence that reigns here.

Flying.

Countless blue spots of light.

Like broken moonlight or a condensed dream, it swirls lightly and formlessly under the eaves of the shrine, between the pillars, and around the gaps of tightly closed doors.

Amagi stopped in front of the mottled torii.

After a moment, a dark blue dream butterfly fluttered through the cluster of dancing light spots and gently hovered in the air an inch in front of the Sky City.

Amagi bowed to the dreamlike creature and said, "Lord Shinano."

The light on the butterfly's wings suddenly brightened for a moment, like a silent response and confirmation.

An ethereal voice, still filled with sleepiness, sounded:

"Tiancheng... after you've returned from the dead, why have you come to this secluded place?"

Tiancheng nodded slightly and said, "Because there is a unique place that may be able to answer your long-standing thoughts. We have named it 'Special Space Y'."