665, Inside and Outside the Inner World?

"Mr. Du Wei? Are you still there? Hello? Can you hear me?"

"Hello? I can't see you at all?"

"I'm right at the church entrance now, Mr. Du Wei?"

...

In the rain.

Listening to James's voice on the other end of the phone, Du Wei's expression grew increasingly grave.

He had already entered the throes of Evil Spirit Transformation.

Even shadows clung to him.

But no matter what he did,

he couldn't see James standing at the entrance of Dusk Bell Cathedral.

It was as if the space was distorted.

A barrier had risen between the worlds they each inhabited.

In other words,

James was in an Inner World,

while Du Wei was in the outer world.

Of course...

There was another possibility.

That the person on the phone wasn't James at all.

But some ghostly entity Du Wei had never seen.

Thus,

he remained silent, merely walking on his own towards the entrance of Dusk Bell Cathedral, umbrella in hand.

The rain grew heavier.