The voices in your head were saying to not follow him, that he's a liar, but your smart brain said otherwise. You enter a place to see a...skeleton? Or rather, a samurai skeleton?

"Wake up. Quickly child, come over here. This is the Shiori Honō–the White Flame. It is the last of your clan, a fire that no yōkai can withstand. With this, you can purge the darkness that has infected our land. Not just Enzukai (炎凶界), every demon that roams our streets will burn under its light. But be warned–this flame is not merely a weapon; it is a burden. It will consume the unworthy. Hold it close, but never let it control you."

The skeletal-looking Samurai says, his eyes that look like small white orbs glowing and his tone excruciatingly deep and serious as he faces you, he awaits your response, but before that, a tall dragon-like creature that has 1 head and 2 half-heads on the right and the left appears behind Ashikaga; it was 炎凶界, the beast of Jealousy. Just as Ashikaga is about to hand over the lantern, he is ambushed by 炎凶界 in front of you. Completely caught off guard, Takauji is in the floor, his skull twisted by 炎凶界's hands. Just as Ashikaga is about to hand over the lantern, he is ambushed by 炎凶界 in front of you. The beast shatters the lantern, scattering its fragments among the hands of the Kiirōibara Cult, preventing you from claiming its power before you can awaken. Just then, you manage to wake up in a wrecked up city, it was still Tokyo, but then you hear a voice. A terrifying, terrible one. The ground rumbles as 炎凶界 lands from the sky, and 炎凶界 says to you, not noticing where you are: "How long are you going to keep hiding, Isamu? Come out now.". As you run over to hide inside a car, Takauji's voice once again appears inside your mind, and as you thought he was dead, he basically reads your thoughts and says:

"No, it's impossible to kill a spirit. What happened took place within your mind. But that beast really dismantled the lantern, and we must retrieve the fragments at once! I will explain in due time, but you must hide! Now!"