I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Sakurada Wakako handed a pile of things wrapped in cloth to Higashinoyu, picked up a handkerchief and started wiping the table.

"How can this be so embarrassing?"

Dong Yeyu didn't feel the danger, so he subconsciously took it, opened it with some vigilance, and was stunned.

This was a stack of brand-new banknotes wrapped in dark blue cloth. The strong aroma of ink unique to the banknotes even suppressed the damp, musty and bloody smell in the room on the tip of my nose.

They are all worth one thousand yen, and are about two to three centimeters thick when stacked. They are quite visually impactful. At a rough glance, there should be two to three hundred of them.

Dong Yeyu was stunned at that time. He followed him to see if there was any evil in the belly of this inhuman old lady. He was already on alert, ready to set off fire and summon thunder at any time.

I thought you were going to eat people, but you raised your hand and gave me two or three hundred thousand yen as a greeting gift?

Considering that Mrs. Sakurada had so many cats to take care of and lived in a shabby way, Higashino Yu thought of Mr. Miyazaki in the orphanage.

Instead of refusing immediately, he asked, "Do you need the money?"

"I don't have any use for it anymore, Higashino-kun."

Sakurada Wakako looked at Higashino Yu with a smile.

"Higashino-kun is not an ordinary high school student, right?"

"I feel that Higashino-kun has a special power, like the dazzling sun, the purity of morning dew, and the gentleness of the wind. It reminds me of the legendary immortal."

Whenever his benefactor said something nice, Higashino Yu's eyelids started to twitch - this was usually the case when there was a difficult task to complete.

You’re not going to ask me to take care of so many cats in Cat Town, right?

Dong Yeyu felt a little numb, and suddenly felt that the money in his hand was as heavy as a ton, but facing such a gentle old lady, he couldn't say no.

And there is really a lack of magic right now.

I thought about it for a while and set a standard. As long as I am not asked to take care of this group of cats, everything will be easy.

"I'm not an immortal, I'm just an ordinary practitioner. I'm still a world away from that realm. I don't know how many years it will take to get in touch with that realm." Dong Yeyu answered humbly.

"Then, Higashikata-kun should already know that I'm dead, right?"

Sakurada Wakako said, turned around and continued to wipe the table, as if life and death were not as important as housework to her.

So Mrs. Sakurada is a ghost?

Dong Yeyu was a little surprised. He didn't feel too much Yin Qi from the old lady in front of him before, and thought it was a special monster or something.

But then I thought about the special location of this house, and I had a guess in my mind.

Perhaps this old lady, by virtue of this small blessed place, became a being similar to a ghost or fairy through some combination of circumstances?

After Higashino Yu came to this world, he would search the Internet for legends about gods, ghosts, and monsters whenever he had the chance.

Through the Internet, I read the island country's translation of "Zhong Lu Chuan Dao Ji", which records that there are five immortals in the Zhoutian, heaven and earth, humans, gods and ghosts.

The ghost immortal is one of the five immortals. He is detached in the underworld, has an unknown idol, has no surname in the ghost gate, and has no name in the three mountains. Although he has not entered the reincarnation, he cannot return to Pengying. He has nowhere to go, and he is just reincarnated.

Also known as: "Practitioners who do not understand the Dao, but want to achieve quick results, are like gnarled wood. Their hearts are as purple as gray, their spiritual consciousness is guarded within, and their will is not scattered. Yin spirits appear in concentration. They are ghosts of pure spirits, not pure Yang." Immortals are called ghost immortals because of their one-minded spirit that never dissipates."

However, Mrs. Sakurada has no magical skills, neither Taoist foundation nor magic power. She cannot be called a ghost fairy. At most, she is a dead soul who can stay in the world with her aura.

Sakurada Wakako continued: "It's useless to ask for money from a dead person. Instead of leaving it to my son who only knows how to fool around, I might as well give it to you."

Probably seeing Dong Yeyu's confused look, she said with a smile.

"If you want to ask why, it's probably because you and I are both from Kyoto. You came all the way to Tokyo, and you were able to get into Tachibana High School. You are diligent, thrifty and neat. I think you are a good boy."

"In addition, I have been dead for so long, and it is quite fate that Mr. Tono is the first person to visit me."

Sakurada Wakako folded the handkerchief she had wiped on the table and sat down on her knees.

"The money is not much, so it won't be of great help to you. Just think of it as a gift from an old man to a beloved junior he met."

Seemingly guessing Higashino Yu's worries, she smiled and said, "Don't worry about Neko Town."

"I asked a lawyer to arrange it while I was still alive."

"If I pass away suddenly, Cat Town will no longer take in stray cats. This house will be sold and the money will be used to take care of the remaining cats."

"Cat Town is always open for adoption, and there aren't too many cats left. I've calculated that the money should be enough."

"There's just one thing, I need Touya-kun to do me a favor."

Coming. Dong Yeyu was sitting with a serious face: "Please tell me."

"Sakura becoming like that may have something to do with my death. I don't remember much about this part, but it seems that the child must be possessed. If left alone, many innocent people will be harmed."

"And when it came to see me in the past, I could tell it was in a lot of pain."

Sakurada Wakako felt quite guilty and said something she had probably been thinking about for a long time.

"So I want to ask Higashino-kun, whether it's calling the police or telling other demon slayers about Sakura, I hope someone can give it a break."

Higashino Yu thought for a moment. Mr. Iori Tadamichi, as the shrine secretary, should know some demon slayers and could inform them of Sakura's clues.

It is not impossible to call the police directly.

There have been so many missing cases in Tokyo in the past six months that the police have been overwhelmed. The government has probably invited exorcists to assist in the investigation. It is easy to solve the problem by reporting the clues of Nekomata to the police.

Of course, based on past experience, if you want the highest score for repaying a favor, you should still complete this commission yourself.

"I promise you."

After thinking about it, Higashino Yu agreed and decided to find out the bottom of Nekomata himself. After all, he is in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and he can easily escape even if he can't beat him.

Seeing that he did not agree immediately, but really thought about it before agreeing, Sakurada Wakako felt relieved and then told Higashino Yu a very useful piece of information.

"Every time it is full moon, it will come back to see me, and then it will be an opportunity. But Sakura is very dangerous, don't be stubborn, it's best to find a powerful exorcist to deal with it."

After the old man gave instructions, he urged him to leave.

"Go, Higashino-kun, that pretty girl is worried about you."

"Then I'll take my leave and visit you another day."

Higashino Yu bowed and said goodbye. Standing at the stairs, she turned around and looked. She was sitting in the dim bedroom, smiling, waving at Higashino Yu, and then disappeared.

Going downstairs and coming to the living room, Sugida Natsuko was frowning and talking to the intercom, but the sound in the intercom was intermittent.

Seeing Higashino Yu coming back, she left the living room and went to the yard, probably to see if the signal outside would be better.

Imagawa Kashiwagi looked at Higashino Yu with some curiosity, but didn't ask anything. In his opinion, if it was something he could say, Higashino-kun would say it himself.

If it was a secret, it would be quite rude for him to ask.

Amori saw Sanae kneeling at the table, frowning tightly, pursing her cherry-colored thin lips, writing something on a notebook with a pen in her hand, and looking up at the stairs in the corridor every few seconds.

When she heard Higashino Yu's footsteps and saw him enter the living room from the corridor, she breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and calmly put her pen and notebook into her small bag.

"Any new discoveries about Nekomata?" she asked softly.

"A big discovery!" Higashino Yu nodded and said something that shocked everyone.

"Mrs. Sakurada is actually dead."