Miss Zashiki

Although they planned to rest for a few more days, the actual development of the situation did not allow them to do so.

On this day, Iron Mouse went out for alms, and came back to tell them that there was the same arrest warrant on the street——Fu Xiaoyue had to formally look at the current situation from a new perspective.

For the time being, she was almost certain that the person who wanted to arrest her was definitely not just people from Hanamachi.Because as far as she knew, Hanamachi was at best a small village with a population of several hundred, and even after that, the few towns they stayed in were all much larger than their sphere of influence—if it was really within the same town. The troops sent by the chief will never be able to make big battles in these places.

So, as expected, behind this incident, there must be a higher-level force directing it.

The question is - who would it be?Why do you want to target such a scumbag like her?

After racking his brains for a long time, Fu Xiaoyue himself tended to explain the more likely explanation—could it be "Zashiki Doji" himself who caused the trouble?Maybe before she time travels, "Zashiki Doji" has offended some big shots?So, now that she came to this world for no reason, where did the original Zashiki warji go?died?Or exchange with her, to a reality outside the game world?

In addition, considering the efficiency and speed of the spread of the wanted warrant, after they left the third inn, they no longer dared to settle in crowded places.

However, in this way, the mentality and emotion of a certain teenager in the entire small team deteriorated rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fu Xiaoyue was sitting in the shade of a tree resting, and he could see the gloomy look in his eyes when he raised his eyes.

Even though the current situation is not optimistic, she still can't help but feel a little funny: "Well, it's okay if I didn't sleep in the wild for a few days before."

In this four demon team——

With the carefree temperament of the Nine-Life Cat, if it occupies a branch at random, the whole cat will be full of majesty and vitality; Holding the beloved wheel of gold coins in your pocket, no matter where you are, you can feel peaceful and peaceful in this world.

——Only this idiot, no matter what time it is, his focus is still on her "does she sleep comfortably/eat well".

Also affected by the strange brain circuit of Inugami, Fu Xiaoyue was not as nervous and scared as before.She is not a very resistant character, if she keeps her nerves tightly tensed and always has the mentality of fleeing for survival, she may explode in a few days.

——However, this rare "optimistic" mentality was quickly annihilated with a group of dense black shadows that suddenly scattered in the forest.

Fu Xiaoyue was startled by the shock, and when he looked far away, he saw that little black shadow hovering in the air for a while, and then flew away quickly.

...what, a sparrow?

"It's a crow. Get out of here as soon as possible." Mr. Yue's serious voice sounded in her mind.

--crow?

Fu Xiaoyue's first reaction was: "Crow Tengu?"

"No, it's just a group of young people who are best at concealment and detection. Your location has been discovered, hurry up and go."

She hurriedly jumped up, shaking the Jiuming Cat and Iron Mouse awake, and quickly explained the situation, but when she turned around, she saw Inugami staring at the direction where the crows were going away, with an extremely ugly expression on her face.

When he finally turned around, Fu Xiaoyue was already confused by this sudden shock, and after hearing his words, he was even more incapable of responding for a while.

"You want to solve them by yourself? How is this possible!?" She immediately wanted to dispel his thoughts: "Didn't you say it yourself before, our current situation is not suitable for confrontation directly, why are you so impulsive? Just forget?"

"It's not impulsive, master. Our previous estimation may have been wrong," the boy half knelt down and kept eye level with her, his solemn expression was clear and decisive: "These people are not following us to 'chasing' us, their power The range may be much larger than we thought. The group of crows had ambushed nearby in advance, waiting for us to pass by. Since they did not attack us and flew back, it may be to listen to the further arrangements of the people behind the scenes, or it may It is to gather people from other places. No matter what the situation is, as long as the news of you here is spread, we will soon be surrounded by many parties. So before that, I will get rid of them."

"But..." Fu Xiaoyue was completely confused, and subconsciously, he still wanted to persuade him to run away with him: "There are so many, it is impossible to kill them all, and it would be a waste of time to miss one—" —”

"Of course it's best if you can kill them all. If you can't kill them all, it can disturb their sight and hearing." Inugami told her very seriously: "You take advantage of this time to get out of this forest as soon as possible."

Now that she finally understood the other party's intentions, she felt her nose sore and her voice choked up: "But...but...you, can you find us? You are alone..."

Hearing this, the young man pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, leaned over and sniffed the ends of her hair that had grown some time ago, and then straightened up, his gaze as clear and firm as his voice: "—Where are you going, master?" , I will find them all."

"...I'm sorry...why do I keep telling you I'm sorry," Fu Xiaoyue looked at him with red eyes: "It seems that I can do nothing for you except trust you. "

"...Master's trust is already the highest honor I can get." His gaze softened for a moment, as if he understood what she wanted to say next, and he clenched the cold scabbard between his fingers: " There is no need to use demon power—"

"I will use this sword to kill the enemies behind you, and then return to you."

-

"Ah! What a disgusting stupid dog!"

Nine Lives Cat embraced the small figure in its arms, while nimbly jumping past the tree shadow beside him, recalling what that guy said just before he left, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth in his heart.What is called--

"No matter how useless it is, I won't die seven times before I come back."

——How dare you look down on the wise and mighty Ben Meow so much!The worst part was that for some reason she couldn't scold him back!Ahh, she is so mad!What kind of hero are you?Isn't it still Ben who protects Fu Xiaoyue now! ?

Nine-Life Cat, who turned her anger into strength, had doubled her efficiency several times, leaving the entire forest behind in a short while.Stopping at the fork in front of her, she put Fu Xiaoyue down, stared at her with piercing eyes and straight ears, and she knew the meaning at a glance——please praise me!If you don't praise Ben Meow, you're going to make a fuss!

However, Fu Xiaoyue, whose feet touched the ground, did not praise her.

Looking intently at the fork in front of him, Fu Xiaoyue pondered for a long time, finally gritted his teeth slightly, raised his eyes to look at her solemnly: "You are about to become a cat, so take off your clothes by the way."

-

With a black cat in his arms, a mouse in his waist purse, and a bamboo hat on his head, Fu Xiaoyue pulled the sleeves that had been rolled up several times awkwardly, and walked silently among the crowds with his head down. Between the bazaars.

The intersection that left the forest just now diverged into two roads. One road was criss-crossed with various ruts and footsteps, and the other road was obviously sparsely populated. She preliminarily guessed that the latter was still connected to wild suburbs, while the former led to residential areas.

Even though she knew that her portrait might be posted on the streets of the market now, she still made a very risky decision and chose the first road.

Because, she was still thinking about those crows.

——Inugami was right.Even though they already knew that the forces hunting them down must be quite large, there was still a fundamental problem with their previous estimation.

Send the crows to scout...

This is already using non-human power.

She even wondered for a moment, could it be that the person who wanted to arrest her was not actually a "person"?But also a monster?But after thinking about it later, if it was a monster, it would be impossible to send someone to post a wanted order so openly.

—In other words, the opponent can use the power of both the youkai and the human world.

Continuing to escape into the wild, you may encounter other ambush monsters—maybe they are no longer scouts, or they may have a tendency to attack.Avoiding the crowd can temporarily cover the traces, but there is also the risk of being caught by the wanted warrant.

Fu Xiaoyue took the second kind of risk.She thought, at least among the crowd, the Nine-Life Cat still had the power to fight, but if it encountered other monsters, the three of them combined would not be enough to fight.What she has to do now is to hide here as long as possible, wait until the dog god shakes off the forces behind her, and then come back to find them.

Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help but asked again in his mind as his mind kept spinning rapidly: "Mr. Yue, can't you tell me now? Who is it that wants to arrest me?"

She had asked many times before, but she never got an answer.It was the same in the past. Mr. Yue always avoided telling her the truth unless it was absolutely necessary.

"...I almost guessed that it is definitely not an ordinary human being, but it should not be a monster...but I really can't think of its identity!" The more she thought about it, the more flustered she became , stepped up a little more hastily, almost pleadingly thinking: "——you tell me, I, I'm really scared!"

After another long silence, he finally answered her.

"...It's a master of yin and yang."

--what! ?

Fu Xiaoyue's eyes widened instantly, his expression was blank, and his whole body froze in place.

The next second, a hand suddenly stretched out from the alley next to her, pressed her shoulder, and pulled her whole body into it!

Suddenly, Fu Xiaoyue couldn't help but let out a small cry, and the black cat in his arms also raised the fur on its back and let out a sharp and vicious "meow".

Immediately afterwards, she was pulled by that force and slammed into a cold embrace. At the same time, a faint, slightly bitter, familiar fragrance escaped into her nostrils.

After realizing where he smelled this familiar fragrance, Fu Xiaoyue's eyes widened in astonishment, and he raised his head abruptly. Exhale:

"——Why are you here!?"

-

Several warriors looked around and patrolled. When they passed by an alley, they glanced in, but saw an unexpected familiar figure, and their faces were stunned.

"Huh? It's Yaolang-sama!"

"Master Yaolang, good afternoon."

"By the way, Lord Yaolang, have you ever seen such a little girl near you?"

The young man with beautiful makeup leaned against the wall quietly, and the huge medicine box was placed at his feet.Hearing this, he silently glanced at the portrait held in the warrior's hand, and shook his head slowly without answering.

After saluting respectfully again, several warriors left this secluded corner.

The whole area was quiet and silent for a long time, suddenly there were a few small tapping sounds from the medicine box at the young man's feet, mixed with rustling sounds like animal claws scratching wood.

There was no response, and the medicine box was silent for a while, and then someone hesitantly pushed the drawer open from the inside out.

A pair of delicate black eyes carefully looked out from the gap, and the voice that came out was very thin and timid.

"...Mr. Yakuro?"

"Little monster, I haven't seen you in January, what heinous crime have you committed—"

Xiuli's eyes still had the familiar cold background, the drug seller looked down at her, and said lightly:

"—The entire human world is almost unable to accommodate you."