Seido University Hospital.

Inside a ward with the surname "Iida" written on the door.

A father and son were happily playing games together.

Tokiwa Shogo looked through the door and window for a long time, then raised his hand and pushed open the door.

The father and son in the ward heard the sound and looked towards the door. After seeing Shogo Tokiwa, they couldn't help but look surprised.

During this period, Tokiwa Shogo frequently appeared on TV reports in order to attract hatred.

What we destroyed today will be destroyed tomorrow. We will receive continuous commendations, continuous achievements, and the same limelight.

Therefore, the child really did not expect that a detective star like Tokiwa Shogo would suddenly visit.

Although the Lord had been prepared when he sent the anonymous letter, he never thought that Tokiwa Shogo would suddenly appear in front of his... a weirdo like this alone. Isn't he not afraid at all?

?

As far as he knew, this young man did not possess extraordinary powers.

The reason why he was hated by the cult was simply because of his resourcefulness.

After thinking about this, Iida patted his son's head gently and smiled at him: "Be good, daddy is going to... execute justice."

Iida Keisuke was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the detective star was contacted by his father, and he was really going to become a hero's partner as he suggested.

"Um!"

Iida Keisuke nodded vigorously, with a big smile on his face, proud and proud.

"Dad! Come on!"

He clenched his fist and gestured to his father to cheer him on.

Iida smiled, finally patted his son's head gently, stood up, changed his expression, and walked towards Tokiwa Shogo with a tense expression.

During this period, Tokiwa Shougo never said a word.

It was only after he saw Iida starting to walk towards him that he looked at Keisuke Iida with slightly softer eyes, nodded to him, and turned around to leave.

But after turning around, the softness in Tokiwa Shogo's eyes disappeared instantly.

Only the coldness that seems to be able to freeze everything is left.

Just like his mood at this time.

Tokiwa Shougo led Iida all the way up to the rooftop of the hospital building.

"Squeak——"

As the door to the rooftop opens, the pure white skylight shines in, and the cold wind of early winter blows, gently disturbing the rows of pure white sheets that have been washed and dried.

They are so white, like snow.

However, looking at the gently swaying pure white sheets, Iida's heart suddenly felt a bit of winter chill.

He thought he was mentally prepared and aware enough. At this moment, looking at the back of Shogo Tokiwa who was parked not far in front of him, he suddenly felt an unspeakable strong uneasiness in his heart.

The intense unknown turned into intense fear and enveloped him.

Iida suddenly thought, is the person in front of him really just an ordinary person?

Finally, Tokiwa Shogo spoke.

"Because of your unsigned anonymous letter, I asked someone to investigate you a little."

This is obvious. There was neither a signature nor a mailing address on the anonymous letter written by Iida. Without investigation, Tokiwa Shogo would not have been able to find this place.

Iida nodded to show that he knew.

"Um."

Saying this, Tokiwa Shogo turned around and looked at Iida who was coming up behind him.

"Since you are mentally prepared, I will tell you the result directly."

Tokiwa Shougo's eyes moved and met Iida's.

And the moment Iida met Tokiwa Shogo's cold and scrutinizing eyes, he seemed to be stared at by some terrifying existence. His whole body was cold and chilly. At the same time, he also felt that he had been completely

A sense of unease and fear seen through.

"Two years ago, you listened to the cult's bewitchment and you have been away from home for a long time. Not only did you not stay with your sick son, except for paying the basic medical expenses on time, you also cut off contact. No one can contact you.

, so that your son’s disease, which could have been cured using advanced medical technology, missed the best time for treatment, and has become the current state with almost no hope of cure. "

Tokiwa Shogo's words were like a hand reaching out from under the Nine Netherworld, locking Iida's neck, grabbing his body, and dragging him into the deepest hell.

"It took two years for you to gain the power of a monster. You could transform your son into a monster so that he could survive. However, your son rejected you because your son longed for a hero.

"During the two years of your absence, it was the hero's dream that allowed him to survive the torture of illness until now. Therefore, he would rather die as a human than actively become an evil weirdo in order to survive."

Just as Shogo Tokiwa expected when he wrote the short film called "Kamen Rider Zi-o", it served as a good publicity.

Not all people are unable to make the right choices.

What they do wrong may just be a reminder.

A reminder to tell them what is right and what is wrong.

"Your son's choice made you very entangled and at a loss. You wanted to be alone, but at this time, your son's attending doctor found you and he was finally able to have a good talk with you in person. He

From the perspective of a bystander, ruthlessly and coldly, he told you everything, including the fact that he was confident of curing your son."

When Tokiwa Shogo said these words, he was very calm, just like the doctor he was talking about. Everything was based on cold objectivity and did not contain any personal emotions.

"You gave up on reality, so reality also gave up on you. Not only that, it also came back to your son, because reality also gave up on your son... This fact completely defeated your psychological defense and made you

Became extremely confused.”

In Iida's ears, Tokiwa Shogo's words gradually became distant and ethereal.

Because Iida is being dragged into a deeper abyss by Tokiwa Shogo's words, as if he is sinking in the deep sea.

But Tokiwa Shogo was still standing in the same place, standing above the sea.

"You were confused. You once again came to a fork in your life. Your son's expectations made you take a step in one direction, but you quickly stepped back because, on that road, you gave up on saving your son.

hope.

"So, should you comply with your son's expectations, give up treatment, and turn to the bright side, or should you ignore your son's wishes and forcefully transform him into a monster?

"You are confused, and that anonymous letter with only reminder information is the result of your confusion and the result of you handing over your choice.

"In that case, let me give you another choice."

Tokiwa Shogo dragged Iida into the abyss with his words, but opened a window above him.

Behind the window was warm sunlight, which seemed to be within reach as long as Iida raised his hand.

"Exchange your future for your son's future..."

Tokiwa Shogo gently opened the window above Iida and stretched out his hand to him in the light.

"Would you do that?"

Iida subconsciously grabbed the hand stretched out to him, and was pulled out of the abyss.

In a daze, he saw two phantoms slowly separated from Tokiwa Shogo who was standing with the backlight. One was on the left, covered with cracked and mottled chains, with arrogant eyes and a wanton smile on his face; the other was on the left.

On the right, arrogance is hidden, his deep eyes seem to be able to accommodate everything, and his expression is calm.

And Tokiwa Shogo, who is in the middle, has a cold expression, and his eyes full of suspicion are looking at the world indifferently.

Iida stared at this scene blankly, just like the mortals who were about to sell their souls to the devil in myths and legends. He murmured half in fear and half with renewed hope:

"What should I do?"

The devil smiled as if the contract had been completed and whispered softly.

"It's very simple. Doesn't the sect you join preach that this real world is just a virtual game that cannot be exited? If so, then take me to see what reality is like in the eyes of your sect?"

Hearing this, Iida couldn't help showing a little surprise on his face.

Because, no matter how he heard it, he felt that what Tokiwa Shogo meant was not that he wanted him to help destroy the Life Virtual Sect, but that he was attracted by the concept of the Life Virtual Sect, and he wanted to understand and visit the Life Virtual Sect first before making a decision.

Do you want to join it?

At the same time, just as this thought that confused him was swirling in Iida's mind, neither Iida nor Tokiwa Shogo noticed that at this time, there was another person on the scene who was invisible to everyone, wearing a pure white dress.

The girl was standing behind Iida, holding a gun-mode future mobile phone in her hand and pointing it steadily at Iida's back, but her eyes were looking at Tokiwa Shougo without blinking, full of worry and distress.

Therefore, under the urging of the strong death crisis that hit him again, as if he would die immediately if he did not agree to Tokiwa Shogo's words, Iida quickly broke away from the shock and nodded in agreement to Tokiwa Shogo's request.

"Okay, I understand."

He denied the outrageous idea in his mind, but confirmed Shogo Tokiwa's guess that he was not an ordinary person.

The dense pixel blocks are centered on Iida and spread out in all directions.

Game field, expand.

Game life, access.

Scene transition.

Then, Iida pointed to the screens in mid-air that were arranged in an orderly manner and were playing various scenes, and said to Tokiwa Shogo: "This is the real-world game library of the Life Virtual Sect.

"Here, the images played on every screen are a person's life in the real world.
Chapter completed!