[Comprehensive] Notes on Cat Raising by Benmaru

Ibaraki also returned to Shuten's room shortly after Hoshikuma Doji entered the room. As soon as he entered the room, he was dumped by a cat.

The white cat who was mercilessly thrown into Ibaraki's arms obviously hadn't reacted yet. After she raised her head and stared at Ibaraki-douji for a few seconds, she finally realized what happened just now, and was about to pounce on Shuten-douji in a rage.

Ibaraki was taken aback by her sudden movement, and quickly hugged her tightly, and pinched her paw, and pressed it on the soft pad twice very smoothly.

"..." Chihiro, you patted the opponent's hand away indifferently.

Shuten-douji glanced this way, and after confirming that Chihiro had calmed down, Hoshiguma-douji looked at the thoughtful Hoshiguma-douji and lowered his voice, "Who let you in?"

Xingxiong boy who knew the ghost king's character was startled, he took a step forward, then lowered his head heavily, "This subordinate is afraid..."

But before he finished speaking, Shuten waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, don't come in without my order next time."

He turned around and sat back on the chair in the middle, propped his head on one hand, and asked lazily, "How are you doing with the thing you refused before?"

Hoshikuma Doji hesitated rarely, and Shuten, who saw the clue from his attitude, frowned instantly, "Are they still not giving up?"

"Master Jiu Tun..." Xingxiong boy paused, knowing that the next words would make the ghost king in front of him angry, but he still said it with the mentality of giving it a try, "The subordinates feel that what they said can be considered, In addition to the master of great rivers and mountains, don't you want to be the master of mankind?"

"Hoshiguma!" Ibaraki frowned and scolded him, but he couldn't stop Hoshiguma Doji from continuing, "This is a great opportunity, if you join forces with those guys who call themselves the retrograde army..."

"Enough!" Jiu Tun showed a disgusted expression on his face, "Let's not say that I'm not interested in becoming the lord of mankind. Even if I am interested one day, I won't join hands with people of unknown origin."

Different from Shuten-douji who clamored to meet Chihiro's eyes before, now Shuten exudes a gloomy and terrifying coercion all over his body, which was produced after Chihiro was almost turned into an animal. swallowed by instinct.She tried her best to resist the urge to shrink into Ibaraki's arms, and thought carefully about what Hoshikuma Doji said before.

The retrograde army, will it be the time retrograde army?What is the purpose of their contact with Dajiangshan?

She lowered her head and narrowed her eyes slightly. No wonder there was nothing unusual when she inquired about the news before, so she ran directly to Dajiangshan.

It looks like I have to go back as soon as possible...

Huh?wrong.Even if I go back, there is no way to pass this news to Sanriyue and the others. After all, I am an ordinary cat in their eyes.

Chihiro, who silently complained that this setting was really inconvenient, was put back on the table by Ibaraki. She shook her disheveled hair and looked up at Hoshikuma Doji with a gloomy face.

The other party didn't seem to be very reconciled, but after Jiu Tun gave the order to let him go out, he still left the room very obediently.

Ibaraki watched him close the door, then lowered his voice and asked, "Master Shuten, do you still want to send your letter?"

Shuten-douji looked at the gauntlet thrown in the corner by himself, and suddenly laughed, "I suddenly have a good idea."

"According to the previous group of people, there will be a big fire in the palace tonight. Although I have no intention of participating in it, this is a good time to make a big fuss..." His red eyes were suddenly filled with joy. Then, he picked up the pen again and wrote another gauntlet. This gauntlet is much simpler than the previous one. He only wrote that he will lead the Hyakki Night Walk to Kyoto tonight, and then ask Abe Seimei Compete.

Ibaraki accepted the letter in silence, and then, he looked at Chihiro with those eyes that were particularly deep in the darkness, "So, what about her?"

Shuten-douji couldn't help but look at the white cat that was reluctant to look at him no matter what. The moment the cute cat met his gaze, it made exactly the same disgusted expression as before.

"..." As the king of ghosts, Shuten-douji has always been worshiped by the monsters of Dajiangshan. Even if he walked out of Dajiangshan in the form of a human, he was greeted with envious and admiring eyes.

So now, he clearly knew that the other party was not a real cat, but he couldn't help but feel a subtle feeling of being ignored by animals.

"I'll take her with me." Shuten said in an unclear manner.

Ibaraki-douji looked at Shuten-douji who was staring at the cat, thought for a while, and finally accepted the letter, and left Shuten-douji's room without saying a word.

The room fell silent for a moment, Chihiro's thoughts were still on the Xun Xingjun, so he didn't pay the slightest attention to Shuten-douji.

She simply lay down on the table and thought silently in her heart.She had heard Sanriyue mention the fire in the palace before, and she thought they should be prepared for the fact that the retrograde army would attack the palace.

And just now I heard Jiu Tun-douji's meaning, he is very likely to organize a night tour of the Hyakki in Heian Jing, and I am afraid that Heian Jing will fall into chaos, it is simply——

What a perfect time to escape!

Shuten will definitely bring her into the capital, Chihiro understands this, and she has no doubt that she can escape back to the hotel safely by taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Hyakki Yakura.

Unexpectedly, the matter that had been entangled for a long time was suddenly resolved. The relieved white cat simply relaxed its body completely, and collapsed itself into a flat cat cake.

Shuten-douji silently looked at the white cat sitting not far from her, her long tail flicked gently in a very slow rhythm, the fluffy back looked very cute.

Although Shuten-douji still didn't understand why cats are so popular with humans, his curiosity was aroused, so he imitated the appearance of humans he had seen before, and raised his hand to run along the white cat's soft fur. Touched down.

Chihiro glanced back at him, and subconsciously wanted to raise her paw to slap the other's hand off, but then remembered that she was still counting on him to send her back to Heian Jing, so she took her paw back with difficulty.

Forget it, I'll let you touch it three times if I'm in a good mood.

She lowered her head slightly, put her chin on the slightly cool table, and put on an extremely obedient look.Jiu Tun swallowed and patted her head again.

Chihiro's favorite place to be touched is probably her head. Since she turned into a cat, no matter who it is, it will always be very gentle when touching her head.

She desperately resisted the desire to raise her head and rub the opponent's hand, and shook her ears slightly.Well, let you touch it three more times.

However, Shuten-douji did not continue touching as Chihiro had expected, he stopped his hands, looked ahead and fell into deep thought: I...why did I touch the cat...

When Xingxiong boy finally rejected the request of the retrograde army and came to report to Jiu Tun, what he saw was the ghost king who was extremely cold in his heart, who was... stroking the cat...

He paused, then knocked lightly on the door, "Master Shuten, according to your order, I have rejected the request of the retrograde army."

Shuten-douji just woke up like a dream, he hastily let go of his hand, and returned to his usual appearance.

Chihiro rolled her eyes silently, she nimbly jumped down from the table, and then walked to the window, the sky in the distance appeared a faint white color, it turned out that the night had passed quietly before she knew it.

Only then did she feel that she was a little tired, so she stretched her waist, looked around, and jumped onto Shuten-douji's bed domineeringly.

"..." Jiu Tun finally had a deeper understanding of the cat's own way of doing things, he sighed inwardly with a headache, and simply gave up the bed to Chihiro.

Chihiro slept deeply this time, and in a daze, she seemed to be hugged by someone, it was a warmer embrace than the bed she was lying on.

She turned over and didn't open her eyes, but her brain gradually woke up.

The person holding her didn't make a sound, but quietly led her out of the room and walked through the long corridor.

The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus lingering in her nose finally made her unable to hold back and opened her eyes. She raised her head, looked at the expressionless Ibaraki Doji, and meowed at him in a very rare soft voice.

Ibaraki-douji lowered his head, and after a brief hesitation, he explained to Chihiro, "Master Shuten asked me to watch you."

Oh.

Chihiro realized that Shuten-douji, who was still going to stop Hyakki Yakō, probably had no time to look at her. She raised her paw and rubbed her eyes, trying to calm herself down and wait for the sky to darken again.

This was probably the longest day she had ever lived. She clearly felt that the time was passing by, but the moment she was waiting for never came.

During the time she stayed in Ibaraki's room, she swung her claws to repel the bone girl who wanted to touch her, and tried her best to ignore the girl who was secretly looking at her, wondering what she was thinking.

And then finally, night came.

The cold ghost aura mixed with the raging evil aura, she was firmly locked in Ibaraki Doji's arms, approached Ping'an Jing from the air, and was blocked outside Luocheng Gate.

"Oh~" Shuten, who was walking in the front, raised his eyebrows with interest, "Is it a barrier?"

He stretched out his hand, and the majestic monster energy seemed to condense into a sharp and sharp giant spear, striking towards the barrier.

Chihiro was stunned for a moment, after a sharp pain in her right eye, which was sealed with the Soul-Sealing Stone, she saw a scene that her left eye couldn't see at all.

It's as if the spiritual power and demonic energy have been materialized, and they are completely presented in front of the eyes. When the transparent barrier covering Heianjing is hit by the demonic energy, it is like a stone falling into the lake, stirring up The splash of water drops is average.

"Oh, is it worthy of being a famous onmyoji?" Shuten-douji licked his lips, "You really trapped me with only the barrier."

"But—" he was only halfway through his words, his toes touched the transparent wall formed by the barrier, and then flew backwards back under the city gate.

Someone's chuckle sounded softly in the night sky of Heian-kyo. The man in the moon-white safari stood quietly on the gate of the city. He raised his hand slightly, and covered his face with the same color as Hakura with a bat fan. lips.

He didn't pay attention to Shuten, but shifted his deep gaze to Chihiro in Ibaraki's arms.

"You've got me in a lot of trouble, Chihiro." He said with a low voice, laughing.