After a moment of turmoil in his thoughts, the old man finally understood the identity of the young man in front of him.
"Are you... the devil from the History Administration Bureau?"
"Well, what, it doesn't look like it? Or, what do you think I should be like?"
Tokiwa Shougo smiled calmly, his eyes were like the water of a cold pool, as quiet as a mirror, reflecting people's hearts, without any ripples caused by the old man's suspicion.
Under the gaze of those eyes, the old man hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke out his true thoughts without hiding anything.
"At least, in my imagination, you are not this... young."
"Young? Ah, I probably understand what you mean."
Tokiwa Shogo looked at the change in the expression of the old man in front of him, smiled, and nodded slowly to express his understanding.
"So, do you need me to change my appearance to talk to you?"
He said understandingly.
"Change...image?"
"Yes, change your image."
Faced with Tokiwa Shougo's affirmative answer, the old man looked at him in confusion, his face full of doubts.
However, the next moment, his heart was occupied by an unbelievable emotion.
He looked at Tokiwa Shogo with a dull expression... watching Tokiwa Shogo's face "grow up" at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a moment, he completed the age transition from "young man" to "middle-aged man" .
The middle-aged Tokiwa Shougo looked at the old man and said, "What do you think of this image? Is it close to the me you imagined?"
Seeing Tokiwa Shougo like this, the old man opened his mouth and didn't know how to answer for a while.
Tokiwa Shougo, who didn't get a response, wasn't in a hurry either.
"Are you not satisfied? It's okay, I'll change it."
Saying this, the "age" of middle-aged Tokiwa Shogo began to accelerate again.
After a while, he completed the leap from "middle age" to "old age".
Now Tokiwa Shougo is an old man about the same age as the leader of the Menshi Organization.
The elderly Tokiwa Shougo asked the old man for his opinion: "What about this? Or do you think I should look older in appearance?"
The old man took a deep breath and exhaled it. He forced himself to calm down and stopped Shogo Tokiwa from continuing to change his appearance.
"...If you can, please change back to the way you were at the beginning."
Well, in the end, the image of young people in the first version is more likable.
Tokiwa Shougo has returned to the young man he was at the beginning.
He smiled and said: "As you can see, my apparent age means nothing to me. I have actually spent longer than you think."
Seeing it with his own eyes, the old man had a deeper understanding of the meaning of Tokiwa Shougo's words.
He looked at the young demon king in front of him, and there was no longer any doubt or contempt in his heart about his identity as the leader of the History Administration Bureau.
Then, as mentioned before, the old man proposed his terms of exchange to Shogo Tokiwa.
"Thirteen years ago, my son, the Hibiki Ghost - Izumi Yinori, was attacked by the alien Hibuki ghost you call me during an earth purification ceremony, and lost the ability to transform into a ghost. Until today..." ...
At this point, the old man paused, looked into Tokiwa Shogo's eyes, and continued.
"If the theory you declare is true, then let my child... let Yin Zhi become a bragging ghost again, and let him continue to complete the earth purification ceremony that he did not complete 13 years ago... If you can If I can do that, I will believe that the timeline I live in is an alien timeline, and I will lead the Mengshi organization to fully cooperate with your actions."
Upon hearing this condition, Woz couldn't help but look at the leader of the Mengshi organization with some surprise.
He thought the old man would make a more selfless request, but he didn't expect it to be such a selfish condition.
However, Tokiwa Shougo didn't seem to think so.
He and the old man looked at each other quietly, taking into account all the emotions in the old man's eyes when he made the offer.
Also used as a reference are the content of the old man's previous conversation with Woz, and the fact that the old man did not continue to ask questions about the alien timeline after meeting him.
Gradually, Tokiwa Shougo caught a point that he had previously ignored.
"I see……"
He looked at the old man in front of him and smiled slightly.
"Although it has not reached the level of complete realization of the knight's watch, Izumi Yoonori is indeed on the road to awakening the historical memory of the knight."
Falling into the abyss and climbing out from under the abyss unyieldingly, indeed, it is not surprising that Izumi Yinori will awaken the knight watch of the powerful ghost.
"He should have told you before that he sometimes dreams about scenes in another timeline, but you didn't believe it at the time, but now, it has become a huge factor that can prompt you to believe us... Excuse me, Leader Hequan of the Mengshi Organization, is your selfishness due to guilt?"
Hearing this, the old man's palms tightened involuntarily and he said nothing.
He acquiesced.
What seems like an extremely selfish condition is actually not that selfish at all.
Because considering all the current conditions, Izumi Yinori is indeed the most suitable candidate to confirm the "alien timeline" theory.
However……
"Let's change the conditions, Leader Izumi. I refuse to use 'helping Izumi Yinzhi awaken the Mighty Ghost Knight Watch' as an exchange condition."
Hearing Tokiwa Shougo's answer, Leader Izumi was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "Why?"
He was not angry, but asked Tokiwa Shougo calmly.
Tokiwa Shougo replied: "It's very simple. It is our duty to help [Knight] awaken [Watch]. For this, we have a mature and complete process. You don't need to ask for any relevant conditions. You can put it forward." We won’t accept the additional conditions...so, change it to another one.”
Leader Izumi understood what Tokiwa Shogo said.
"That's right..."
But he did not put forward any other conditions.
"In this case, please do what you should do, and after that, we will also do what we should do."
Agreement reached.
Tokiwa Shogo left.
Just like his silent "come", after saying goodbye, his figure quietly disappeared from the seat, like an illusion dissipating, as if he had never really been here.
Leader Izumi stared at the empty seat quietly for a while, then raised his head and looked at Woz standing behind the chair.
"Mr. Watts, do you want to stay here today?"
"If possible..." Woz said.
"Of course." Leader Izumi nodded, "In fact, I have ordered someone to prepare a guest room for you."
"Really?" Woz said happily, "Thank you so much."
"Where... Speaking of which, regarding the specific matters of cooperation, should I discuss it in advance?"
"What I wish for!"
Nodding without hesitation, Woz happily agreed, thinking: Hey, I've been waiting for your words!
