I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

"Hello, sir, the tram is currently suspending operation because of track maintenance."

The conductor's voice came from behind.

Isn't it because tourists are missing that the tram is suspended?

Dongye Yu was slightly stunned and found that he seemed to be trapped in inertial thinking. There seemed to be no connection between the missing tourists and the tram. The trams on this island country travel through cities and countryside. Many times, even if there are few passengers on a route, they will not stop running.

"Excuse me--" Dongye Yu said, walking towards the ticket office.

The conductor saw him walking towards this side, as if to ask something, frowned slightly, thinking that he was going to ask about the missing tourists in Taoxiang, and became alert.

She was a native of Taoxiang Town, and her family gradually became richer in the past few years thanks to the tourism industry.

However, the good times did not last long. Because of the disappearance of Taoxiang tourists, the family's income related to the tourism industry was completely cut off. In the past two years, many reporters have quietly inquired around the town, which is very annoying.

The ticket seller watched the man walk closer, and decided not to say anything later. She just met his eyes, and her heart trembled inexplicably, as if she was hit by something.

His eyes were so beautiful.

Until he took off his mask, the ticket seller was stunned, watching him walk from the sun into the shade, slowly coming to her, with a gentle smile on her lips.

She breathed lightly, and her lazy body subconsciously straightened up, her eyes flickered and she didn't dare to look at him.

"Excuse me, have you heard of Hishizawa?"

Higashino Yu asked.

"I saw a description in a book that it was a lake with lush water plants and schools of fish and shrimps. It was around Inzai City. I wanted to go there to fish and have a spring outing. But strangely, I couldn't find it on the navigation."

As he said, he lifted the sword bag on his shoulder and pretended that it was a fishing rod.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to tell whether it is a fishing rod or a sword in this long canvas bag. There is not much difference in appearance.

"Oh, by the way, my name is Higashino Yu, nice to meet you."

The ticket seller came back to his senses after hearing him for a few seconds, and found that he was just waiting there quietly, and hurriedly replied: "Excuse me, my name is Yuuki Chie."

Then he asked a little embarrassedly: "What did you ask just now? I didn't hear it clearly."

So Higashino Yu repeated his words again, and Yuuki Chie pondered for a moment, "Hishizawa. You mean Kasumi Lake?"

Higashino Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, leaned down, and leaned against the ticket window: "Can you tell me in detail?"

Yuuki Chie's body became more and more stiff, and her hands were twisted together under the counter.

"I don't know the details, but when I was a child, I heard the witch grandmother who lived in Hishizawa Shrine say that in ancient times, Kasumi Lake was very large, and it seemed to be called Hishizawa. A powerful water god once lived in the lake."

As she recalled and introduced, she gradually relaxed a lot, and her tone was a little sighing.

"But later, the scope of Hishizawa continued to shrink and became the current Kasumigao Lake. Seven or eight years ago, the shrine maiden died of illness, and the shrine gradually became deserted. Only a few old people in the town occasionally went to maintain it."

So the water has degenerated?

Higashino Yu nodded thoughtfully. The monsters are not sensitive to the changes of time and the vicissitudes of life, and many still use the ancient names.

The raccoon boy also called Tokyo Edo.

"Can you tell me the location of the shrine and Kasumigao Lake?"

"No! It is forbidden to enter the forest now!"

When Yuuki Chie heard that he was going to Kasumigao Lake, her face instantly became much more serious: "Haven't you heard about the news of the disappearance of tourists in Taoxiang?"

"I heard a little bit, but I guess it's just an ordinary tourist missing?"

Higashino Yu didn't seem to care much.

"Many nature reserves have cases of disappearances every year, most of which are caused by tourists who do not follow the rules, such as those who like to challenge the wilderness. Normally, as long as you don't walk around randomly, you should be fine."

"That's what you said, but the cases of disappearances in the past two years have exceeded the normal range, even our villagers..."

"If it's really that serious, why don't you leave here?"

Hitano Yu asked: "Momogo Town is next to Taogo, aren't the local residents afraid?"

"We have lived here for generations, where can we go? What's more, as long as we don't step into the mountains, nothing will happen."

Yuuki Chie explained seriously, and after that, she seemed to be afraid that Higano Yu would be scared and turn around and leave Taogo Town. After hesitating for a second, she said another sentence.

"There will be a festival in the village soon. Although there are no tourists, it is still decided to be held because it is a tradition. It will be very lively at that time. Mr. Higashino, do you want to stay for a few days?"

"I came all the way from Tokyo, and I didn't plan to leave just like that. If the festival is about to be held, I can't miss it. I do plan to stay here for a few days."

She nodded slightly after hearing this, and a blush appeared on her fair face, a little embarrassed.

"So has Mr. Higashino booked a place to stay? If you haven't booked a place to stay, my family runs a B\u0026B."

Such a familiar dialogue.

Hangye Yu heard this Miss Yuuki beating around the bush to attract business for her family, and for a moment he was quite impressed.

However, this Miss Yuuki is very good at attracting customers. She asked it inadvertently and logically, so people would not be disgusted.

Hangye Yu's hometown in his previous life was a scenic spot, and the people in the village would ask strangers if they wanted to stay in a B\u0026B when they saw them.

But most of them are very rude and direct, directly stopping the car and asking "Hey, sir, do you want to stay?" Sometimes it makes people feel irritated.

"What a coincidence, Miss Yuuki, I booked a hotel in advance when I came here, it is called Xiaoli Hot Spring Hotel, and I booked it directly when I saw the good ratings on the Internet."

Yuuki Chie looked a little disappointed, and smiled reluctantly: "It doesn't matter, it is indeed the best hot spring hotel in Taoxiang Town."

Higashino Yu said goodbye to her apologetically, thinking about secretly going to the Kasumi Lake later.

Then he followed the navigation to the location of Xiaoli Hot Spring Hotel.

The small parking lot outside the hotel is different from other local B\u0026Bs. There are many cars parked, including the Mercedes-Benz that picked up Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami from school before.

It seems that many demon hunters have arrived one after another, and several people have just got off several cars. Higashino Yu took a look and found that they were acquaintances, demon hunters from the Kusaka family.

The leader of the team was Kusaka Nobuhide, who claimed to be the head of the Kusaka family that night. He was accompanied by two middle-aged people, one man and one woman, with good cultivation.

There were also several high school students who looked about the same age as him. They were endowed with magical powers and seemed to have practiced, but their cultivation was shallow, so they could only defeat Xiuji miserably.

Although Xiuji was pounced on by the cat, it was because he was careless and the species was restrained. Moreover, because his feathers were as hard as steel, the cat could not hurt him, but only made him embarrassed for a while.

Under normal circumstances, this bird is very slippery, mean and cowardly. If it finds danger, it will immediately fly away. Unless there is a spell to restrain it, weaker demon hunters cannot catch it.

This is also the reason why Dong Yeyu was relieved to let it go to Kyoto to inspect the situation of the benefactor. It can live in the wild for more than 40 years, which is quite something.

The demon hunters of the Kusaka family seemed to have noticed Dong Yeyu's gaze and looked over, but they only looked at it and ignored it.

Dong Yeyu saw their performance like this, and did not approach them without knowing the tact.

He walked along a secluded stone path, with lush bamboo forests on both sides. There was cool and gentle air in the forest, and the air was fresh, which was quite interesting.

At the end is a Japanese-style hot spring hotel.

The exterior looks like an ancient mansion of a wealthy family, with an antique style.

There is a wooden gate at the entrance that looks like the style of the Tang Dynasty. A small wooden sign hangs on the pillar of the gate, with the word "Xiao Li" written on it in white paint.

Going in is the entrance of the Tang-style broken wind, with a white curtain hanging on it, and the word "Xiao Li" is also written on it. Next to it is a wooden shelf with many black umbrellas on it.

After entering the entrance is the main hall of the hotel, which is a modern and Japanese-style decoration style. The lights are warm yellow and the walls are plain, which is quite warm.

The area is not large, about two-thirds the size of the Tachibana Kendo Hall. There is a rest area for tourists, a shop selling some souvenirs, food and daily necessities, and a front desk.

There is a middle-aged woman wearing a blue kimono with patterns standing at the front desk. Dong Yeyu walked over to ask about it and gave her his identity information.

The name of the reserved room is Mantianxing, which is a mid-level room.

Higashino Yu stretched his neck and took a quick look at the price on the computer at the counter, and was shocked.

20,000 yen a night?

Why don't you go and rob?

Higashino Yu wanted to go back to Miss Yuuki to ask about the price of their homestay.

Later, he found out that Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami had already paid, and he was relieved.

To be fair here, it is not easy to maintain a hot spring hotel, and the cost is very high.

Especially in such a scenic spot, this price is actually quite affordable-of course, it should be partly due to the closure of Taoxiang Scenic Area, and the price has been reduced a lot.

After receiving the key and pushing open the door leading to the hot spring in the hotel lobby, there is a long corridor in front of you. Opposite the corridor, there are buildings with hot springs and rooms, which are built around several dry landscape gardens and connected by wooden corridors.

The whole hotel seems very secluded, there are not many people in the corridor, and there are a few men wearing Japanese-style yukatas by the small pavilion by the water in the distance. They are probably all exorcists.

Dong Yeyu was led by a middle-aged female receptionist to his room, which was completely Japanese-style, and the bed was directly laid on the tatami.

The area was not large, about 60 square meters, but the design was good, not giving people a narrow feeling. Pushing open the French window, there was a gravel road leading to the courtyard.

It was a pity that there was no private bath in the room.

The receptionist briefly introduced the various facilities in the room, the wardrobe, and the storage place of the yukata, and then said goodbye and left.

Dong Yeyu put down his backpack and first sent a message to Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami to inform him that he had arrived at the hotel.

Then he sat down and rested for a while, and took a bottle of ice mineral water from the refrigerator - the things in the refrigerator were provided free of charge.

Didi.

A message came from the mobile phone, from Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami.

"Please come to the tea room at five o'clock, there will be a small meeting."

Dong Yeyu looked at the time. It was about an hour before five o'clock. This time was very awkward. It was boring to stay in the room, but he couldn't go far when he went out for a walk.

After thinking about it, he simply took out the Chengming Ichimonji Nagamitsu and concentrated on nurturing it with his mana.

Ever since he learned how to slay demons, Dong Yeyu has kept the sword with him and nurtured it with his mana at all times. However, if he could sit down and concentrate more, the effect would be much better.

Now it cannot withstand the power of slaying demons. It is estimated that it will take a few days to nurture it before it can be used for slaying demons. Otherwise, it will be damaged or even broken.

Although Grandpa Iori has given him the sword, it is still his family heirloom sword.

If it breaks after just a few days, I won’t be able to explain to Mr. Iori.

Soon, the time came to 4:50.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Dong Yeyu put the knife into the sword bag and walked towards the teahouse with it on his back.

On the way, he met many demon hunters, who probably felt the unrestrained magic power of Dong Yeyu, and looked at him sideways and whispered to each other.

"Kamihara, do you know this guy?"

"I haven't seen him, but he's very powerful. I think he's Toshihiko from Kyoto."

"Kansai? I heard that the demon hunters there are very arrogant. It's true. They don't even restrain their spiritual power. They're too high-profile."

"Young people are talented and powerful. It's normal to be a little arrogant. If you had this strength when you were young, wouldn't you have raised your eyes to Takama-ga-hara?"

"But you look like you're only about 20 years old. Don't you have an elder to guide you?"

"A demon hunter with such a level of cultivation should have graduated and can act alone."

"That's right."

Higashino Yu heard their discussion, but didn't take back the power of the Warming Sword.

I'm not sure when to start the action, nor the strength of the opponent - what if these demon hunters decide to rush in tonight?

What if the monsters know that the demon hunters have gathered and attack first?

What if the sword is broken because of this little time for warming up?

Who will pay?

The only spells I can use directly now are demon slaying and some spells and barrier spells.

Among them, demon slaying will be the main C position. It is foreseeable that the test that Chengming Ichimonji Nagamitsu needs to accept is not small. He will go into battle after such a short time of warming up.

Naturally, he must seize every minute and every second to make the sword and his magic power more compatible.

The higher the degree of compatibility, the lower the damage caused by demon slaying to the sword, and the stronger the power exerted at the same time.

I can't put myself and Chengming Ichimonji Nagamitsu in danger for the opinions of others.

Came to the tea room and pushed open the shoji door.

The interior of the tea room is not small. At a glance, it is about 100 square meters. There are many people sitting inside, including Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami.

She wore an exquisite purple kimono today, embroidered with elegant flowers with colorful silk threads. The black hair that was originally tied into a ponytail behind her head was let down and fell behind her like a waterfall. The hair hanging on both sides was tied with a bow with a red rope.

The delicate and beautiful little face was as cold as always. He knelt there with his eyebrows lowered, and the temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.

"Excuse me."

Dong Yeyu said, and as soon as he entered the tea room, he attracted a lot of people's attention - the fluctuation of his magic power was too obvious.

Most people were not strong enough to judge his realm, but they could also feel the depth of his magic power.

It's like you don't know how high the mountain is, but when you look up and can't see the top, you know it's a big mountain.

However, most people are a little unhappy with such an unrestrained attitude, and they all frowned.

Some powerful demon hunters looked at the sword on his back, showing a thoughtful look, sharpening the spear before the battle?

With some funny looks, no one scolded him for being rude. Judging from his age, it was probably the first time he acted alone, so nervousness was inevitable.

Jinguji Hiiragi Jing saw Dong Yeyu enter the tea room, and his eyes first fell on the sword on his back, and his eyes flashed slightly.

Then she looked at his formal suit, which was similar to the one Asumimi Sanae wore before, and her eyes twitched, but she didn't say anything, just nodded slightly to him as a greeting.

A beautiful woman in her forties sitting next to her followed her line of sight and saw Higashino Yu. She looked at him a few times and was a little surprised. She covered her face with a round fan and seemed to be smiling. She waved at Higashino Yu.

Is this asking me to come over? Higashino Yu stood at the door, pointed at himself, and looked questioning.

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