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, why, doesn't it look like me? Or, what do you think I should be like?"

Tokiwa Shougo smiled calmly, his eyes were like the water of a cold pond, as quiet as a mirror, reflecting people's hearts, without causing any ripples due to the old man's suspicion.

Under the gaze of those eyes, the old man hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke 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 Shogo'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... and watched as Tokiwa Shogo's face "grew 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"

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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 Shogo didn't feel anxious when he didn't get a response.

"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".

Today, Tokiwa Shogo is an old man about the same age as the leader of the warrior 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, exhaled it, and forced himself to calm down, preventing Shogo Tokiwa from continuing to change his appearance and age.

"...If possible, 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 Shogo 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, Izumi Iori, the Hibiki Demon, was attacked by the alien Hibuki ghost you call me during an earth purification ceremony. He 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 Iori 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 warrior organization to fully cooperate with your actions."

Upon hearing this condition, Woz couldn't help but look at the leader of the Warriors 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 Shogo 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 Shogo 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, Iori Izumi is indeed on the road to awakening the historical memory of the knight."

After falling into the abyss and then crawling out from under the abyss without giving up, it is indeed not surprising that Iori Izumi would awaken the Knight Watch of the Demon King.

"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 Izumi of the Warriors Organization, is your selfishness due to guilt?"

Hearing this, the old man's palms involuntarily tightened 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, Iori Izumi is indeed the most suitable candidate to confirm the "alien timeline" theory.

However……

"For another condition, Leader Izumi, I refuse to exchange the matter of helping Iori Izumi awaken the Demonic Knight Watch."

Hearing Tokiwa Shougo's answer, Leader Izumi was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "Why?"

He was not angry, but asked Tokiwa Shogo 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, should I discuss the specific matters of cooperation in advance?"

"What I wish for!"

Nodding without hesitation, Woz happily agreed, thinking: Hey, I've been waiting for your words!

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Chapter completed!