I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 128: Xia Lake

"Hello, sir over there. The tram is currently temporarily suspended due to track maintenance."

The conductor's voice came from behind.

Wasn’t it because of the missing tourists that the tram was suspended?
Higashino Yu was slightly stunned and found that he seemed to have fallen into inertial thinking. There seemed to be no connection between the disappearance of tourists and the tram. The trams in this island country run through cities and countryside, and many times they will not stop running even if there are few passengers on a route.

"Excuse me..." Dong Ye Yu said and walked towards the ticket office.

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

She was born and raised in Momogo Town, and her family fortune gradually grew in recent years thanks to the tourism industry.

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

The conductor watched the man strolling closer, and decided not to say anything later, but his eyes met the man's, and his heart trembled inexplicably, as if he was hit by something.

He has beautiful eyes.

It wasn't until he took off his mask that the ticket seller was stunned. She watched him walk from the sunshine into the shade, and slowly come to her with a gentle smile on his lips.

She breathed lightly, and subconsciously straightened her sluggish body, her eyes flickering and she didn't dare to look him in the eye.

"Excuse me, have you ever heard of Hishizawa?"

Dong Yeyu asked.

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

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

For ordinary people, it is difficult to tell whether the object in this long canvas pocket is a fishing rod or a sword, as they look almost the same from the outside.

"Oh, by the way, my name is Dong Yeyu, nice to meet you."

The conductor came to his senses after hearing that 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 somewhat embarrassedly: "What were you asking 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?"

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

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

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

As she recalled and introduced the story, she gradually relaxed and her tone became a little sentimental.

"But later, the area of ​​Hishizawa continued to shrink and became the present-day Kasumigao Lake. Seven or eight years ago, the shrine maiden died of illness, and the shrine gradually fell into disrepair. Only a few elderly people in the town occasionally went to maintain it."

Did the water degenerate?
Dong Ye Yu nodded thoughtfully. The monsters were not sensitive to the changes in time and the world, and many of them still used ancient names.

The raccoon cat boy also called Tokyo Edo.

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

"No! No entering the forest now!"

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

"I've heard a little bit about it, but I guess it's just a normal missing tourist, right?"

Higashino Yu didn't seem to care particularly.

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

"That's true, but the number of missing persons in the past two years has exceeded normal levels, even among us villagers."

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

Higashino Yu asked, "Momogo Town is right next to Taogo. Aren't the local residents afraid?"

"We have lived here for generations. Where else can we go? Besides, as long as we don't step into the mountains, nothing will happen."

Chie Yuuki explained seriously, and then seemed to be afraid that Higashino Yu would be frightened and turned around and left Momogo Town. After hesitating for a second, she said another sentence.

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

"I came all the way from Tokyo, and I don't plan to leave just like that. If there's a festival coming up, I can't miss it. I do plan to stay here for a few days."

After hearing this, she nodded slightly, a blush appeared on her fair face, and she felt a little embarrassed.

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

Such a familiar dialogue.

When Higashino Yu heard Miss Yuuki trying to get business for his family in a roundabout way, he was quite impressed for a moment.

However, Miss Yuuki is very good at attracting customers, and she asks this question casually and naturally without making people feel disgusted.

Dong Yeyu's hometown in his previous life was a scenic spot, and the villagers would ask strangers if they wanted to stay in a B&B when they saw them.

However, most of them are very rude and direct. They will stop the car and ask, "Hey, sir, do you need a place to stay?" Sometimes it can make people feel annoyed.

"What a coincidence, Ms. Yuuki. I booked a hotel in advance when I came here. It's called the Kotanari Hot Spring Hotel. I saw the good reviews online and booked it directly."

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

Dong Ye Yu said goodbye to her apologetically, thinking that he would secretly go to the Xia Lake later to take a look.

Then we followed the navigation instructions to arrive at the Xiaoli Hot Spring Hotel.

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

It seemed that quite a few demon exorcists had arrived, and a few had just gotten off several cars. Dongye Yu took a quick look and found that they were acquaintances, demon exorcists 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 followed by two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, who had good cultivation.

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

Although Xiuji was pounced on by the cat, that was because it was careless and had species restraint. Also, since its feathers were as hard as steel, the cat was unable to hurt it, but just made it look embarrassed for a while.

Normally this bird is very slippery, mean and cowardly. If it senses danger, it will immediately fly away. Unless it is restrained by magic, even a weaker exorcist cannot catch it.

This is also the reason why Higashino Yu was confident in letting it go to Kyoto to inspect the situation of its benefactor. It is quite something that it has been able to survive in the wild for more than 40 years.

The demon hunters of the Kusaka family seemed to have noticed Higashino Yu's gaze and looked over, but they just glanced and ignored him.

Seeing their behavior, Dong Ye Yu didn't hesitate to go over to them.

I walked along a secluded stone path, with lush bamboo forests on both sides. The forest was cool and gentle, the air was fresh, and it had a lot of mountain charm.

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

The exterior looks like an ancient aristocratic mansion, with an antique flavor. At the entrance there is a wooden gate in the Tang Dynasty style, with a small wooden sign hanging on the pillar of the gate, with the words "Xiao Li" written on it in white paint.

Entering the hallway is a Tang Dynasty style entrance hall with a white curtain with the word "Xiao Li" written on it. Next to it is a wooden shelf with many black umbrellas on it.

After entering the entrance hall is the main hall of the hotel, which is decorated in a style that blends modern and Japanese styles. The lighting is warm yellow and the walls are plain, which is quite cozy.

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

There was a middle-aged woman wearing a blue patterned kimono standing at the front desk. Dong Ye Yu walked over to ask her and gave her his identity information.

The name of the booked room is Starry Sky, which is a mid-level room.

Dong Ye Yu stretched his neck and took a quick look at the prices on the computer at the counter, and broke out in a cold sweat.

20,000 yen a night?

Why don't you go and grab it?
At that time, Higashino Yu wanted to go back to Miss Yuuki to ask about the price of their B&B.

Later, I found out that Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami had already paid the money, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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

Especially in this kind of scenic spot, the price is actually quite affordable - of course, this is probably partly due to the closure of the Taoxiang scenic spot, so the price has been lowered a lot.

After getting the key, I pushed open the door leading to the hot spring in the hotel lobby. In front of me was a long corridor. Across the corridor were buildings with hot springs and rooms scattered around them. They were built around several dry landscape courtyards and connected by wooden corridors.

The entire hotel seemed very quiet, with few people in the corridors. In the distance, near a small pavilion by the water, there were a few men in Japanese-style yukatas, probably all exorcists.

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

The area is not large, about 60 square meters, but the design is good and does not give people a narrow feeling. When you open the floor-to-ceiling window, there is a gravel path leading to the courtyard.

It's a pity that there is no private bath in the room.

The receptionist briefly introduced the various facilities in the room, the wardrobe, and the storage location of the bathrobe, and then left.

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

Then I sat down to rest for a while and took a bottle of ice mineral water from the refrigerator - the items in the refrigerator were provided free of charge.

drip.

A message came from the cell phone, it was 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 still about an hour before five o'clock. This was an awkward time. It was boring to stay in the room, but he couldn't go far if he went out for a walk.

After thinking about it, he simply took out the Chengming Yizi Changguang and concentrated on using his magic power to nurture it.

Ever since he learned how to slay demons, Dong Ye Yu has kept his sword with him at all times, and uses his magic power to nourish it at all times. However, if he could sit down and concentrate more, the effect would be much better.

It cannot withstand the power of Demon Slayer now. It will probably need to be nurtured for a few days before it can be used to slay demons. Otherwise, it will either be damaged or break directly.

Although Mr. Iori had given the sword to him, it was still a famous sword passed down from his family.

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

Soon, the time came to four fifty.

Dong Ye Yu saw that the time was almost up, so he put the knife into the sword bag, carried it on his back and walked towards the tea room.

They met many demon hunters on the way. Perhaps they all felt the unrestrained magical power of Dong Ye Yu, and they all looked at him sideways and whispered to each other.

"Kamihara, do you know this person?"

"I haven't seen him, but his cultivation is very powerful. I think he is Junyan 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 are too high-profile."

"As a young man, you are gifted and powerful, so it's normal for you to be a little arrogant. If you had this much power when you were young, wouldn't you have raised your sights to Takama-ga-hara?"

"But he looks like he's only about 20 years old. Don't you have any elders to take care of you?"

"A demon hunter of this level of skill should have already graduated and can act on his own."

"Too."

Dong Ye Yu heard their discussion, but did not take back the magic power of Wen Yang Sword.

I'm not sure when to start taking action, nor am I sure about the strength of my opponent - what if these exorcists decide to rush in tonight?

What if the monsters learn that the demon exorcists have gathered and attack us first?
What if the knife gets broken due to lack of warming time?

Who will compensate?

The only spells he could use directly now were the demon-slaying spells and some talismans and barriers.

Among them, Demon Slayer will take the position of main C. It can be foreseen that the test that Chengming Ichimonji Nagamitsu needs to accept is not small, as he has to go into battle after such a short recuperation time.

Naturally, you have to seize every minute and every second to make the knife and your magic power better match.

The higher the degree of compatibility, the lower the damage to the sword when slaying demons, and the stronger the power exerted.

I can't put myself and Chengming Ichimonji Nagamitsu in danger just for what others think.

Arriving at the tea room, I 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 was wearing an exquisite purple kimono today, with elegant flowers embroidered with colorful silk threads. Her long black hair, which was originally tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, was let down and fell behind her like a waterfall. The hair hanging on both sides was tied with bows with red ropes.

The delicate and pretty little face had a cold look as always. She knelt there with her brows lowered, and the temperature seemed to have dropped a few degrees.

"excuse me."

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

Most people are not strong enough to judge his realm, but they can still feel the depth of his magical powers.

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

However, most people were somewhat unhappy with such an ostentatious and unrestrained attitude and frowned.

Some powerful demon hunters looked at the sword on his back with a thoughtful look on their faces. Is this sharpening the sword before the battle?
Everyone looked amused, but no one scolded him for being rude. Judging from his age, it was probably his first time acting alone, so it was inevitable that he was nervous.

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

Then she looked at him for a moment at the formal suit he was wearing, which was quite similar in style to the one he wore when she met Sanae Asuka. The corner of her eye twitched, but she didn't say anything. She just nodded slightly at him as a greeting.

A beautiful woman in her forties sitting next to her followed her gaze and saw Dong Ye Yu. She looked at him for a few seconds, a little surprised, and covered her face with a round fan as if she was smiling. She waved at Dong Ye Yu.

Are you asking me to come over? Dong Yeyu stood at the door, pointed at himself, and looked questioning.

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