I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 222 Cangwu
She thought about giving him some advice in the future. Dean Miyazaki once said, "Birds of a feather flock together." Ayu has extraordinary talent and a bright future, but he must not let his future be ruined by these weirdos.

But according to what this weirdo said, has Ayu already sent out the so-called Shikigami?

After Hashimoto Risa hung up the phone, she thought of this at first, and then she laughed. How could she be affected by this? There are no monsters in this world.

She casually put her phone on the sofa, picked up the mug of ice water, stood up, stretched her body, turned around, and took the opportunity to appreciate the night view of Tokyo.

It is located on the Tokyo Bay side of Koto District. You can overlook most of Tokyo through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and even see the lights of Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree at the same time.

At this moment, Risa Hashimoto frowned. She found that on the right side of the Skytree, there seemed to be a group of gray clouds floating towards this side at a similar height and at a very fast speed.

Is the wind so strong tonight?

Risa Hashimoto listened carefully and didn't hear any sound of wind outside. Just as she was feeling strange, the cloud of mist quickly expanded in her field of vision, until it finally stopped in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, almost covering most of her field of vision.

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Risa Hashimoto swallowed. Her twenty years of life experience told her that something was wrong. She subconsciously took two steps back, reached for the phone, and was about to call the police.

The next moment, a low voice sounded, like a whisper in the ear.

"Ms. Hashimoto, I'm Ayu, and I'm here to help you on the orders of my lord, Higashino Yu. Can I come in first?"

Hashimoto Lisa looked around in confusion at first: "Ayu? Where are you?"

Half a second later, she reacted and her eyes fell on the clouds in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. After a closer look, she found that there was a faint shape of a fox head in the center of the rolling clouds.

Hashimoto Risa was stunned for a second, then asked tentatively, "Are you Ah Yu?"

"Yes. Can I come in?" asked Fox Yunwu.

Hashimoto Risa hesitated for a moment, looked around subconsciously, and thought to herself, there are only Mayuri and I at home. If it really is a malicious monster, I'm afraid he will force his way in even if she doesn't want to, right?
Perhaps it's better not to annoy it.

She forced a smile and said, "Please, come in." Then she picked up the phone and held it with her hands behind her back.

"Sorry for bothering you."

Dong Yeyu replied in a deep voice, penetrating the French window, his soul shrank, condensed into the appearance of a two-tailed white fox, and nodded to Hashimoto Lisa: "Good evening, Miss Hashimoto."

"Hello, Ayu."

Seeing her look a little alert, and noticing her action of picking up the phone just now, Dong Yeyu was a little surprised: "Why are you so alert? Didn't the master tell you before?"

Hashimoto Lisa was a little speechless. Can such a thing be reassuring if it is agreed in advance? And Ayu didn't call me when he got home as he had said before.

So he frowned and said, "I also agreed with him to call me when he got home, but he never called. He didn't answer the phone when I called just now. It was a strange old man named Xiu Jizaemon."

Dong Yeyu was stunned for a second. It’s true. I was so focused on getting on the road that I forgot to call her first.

But if it was Xiuji who answered the phone, Dongye Yu asked, "He didn't say anything strange, did he?"

Hashimoto Risa rubbed her forehead and said, "He kept saying weird things from the beginning to the end, like Higashino Castle, Higashino Shogunate, I asked Ayu to answer the phone, and he said Ayu was organizing a ceremony or something."

Higashino Yu heaved a sigh of relief and explained, "Xiuji is actually a pigeon monster. He likes to watch Taiga dramas, so he learned from the settings in the dramas and gave himself the official title of Saemon. Higashino Castle and the Higashino Shogunate do not exist."

"Is that so?"

Risa Hashimoto spoke thoughtfully, and seemed to believe what Higashino Yu said, but in fact she remained vigilant. She clicked on the emergency call according to her memory with the hand holding the phone, ready to call the police. Now only the police could give her a sense of security.

Her mind was in a mess now. Her twenty years of understanding of the world was shattered the moment she saw this fox. But because Mayuri was at home, no matter how scared she was, she had to deal with this monster who called himself Ayu Shikigami.

"Please stop what you are doing." Higashino Yu noticed Hashimoto Risa's little action and reminded her. After all, what would it have to do with him if the police were called?
What's more, even I couldn't find the monster's whereabouts for a while, and the police would only alert the snake if they came. The performance of the Ministry of Religion and Liberal Arts' mobile class was really disappointing.

Cold sweat broke out on Hashimoto Lisa's forehead, and she forced a smile and said, "What are you talking about?"

Higashino Yu explained seriously: "The police have no deterrent effect on demons. The Ministry of Religion, Culture, and Science does have a special response and countermeasures mobile unit for fighting demons, but their capabilities are not enough. Bringing those people in will do nothing but alert the enemy."

"Mayuri has been targeted by a demon. Once the mobile class arrives, the demon will definitely avoid it. Demons often cause trouble in Tokyo. The Ministry of Religion and Literature is short of demon hunters and cannot protect Mayuri forever. Once they leave, the demon will always come back, maybe in a month or a year. My lord is in school, so he can't always pay attention to protecting Mayuri. How will you deal with it then?"

Hashimoto Lisa was silent for a few seconds and asked, "Can I trust you?"

Dong Yeyu pondered for a second and replied: "My lord once said that Dean Miyazaki likes to eat Shenzhou's pan-fried dumplings."

When Risa Hashimoto heard this, the doubts and fear in her heart dissipated a little. Only the people in Sunshine Garden who were familiar with Dean Miyazaki knew about this matter, and she had never mentioned this matter since she met Ayu.

Maybe, it really is that A Yu?

Higashino Yu continued, "I know this still won't make you completely trust me, but you have no other choice. For Mayuri's safety, I will stop you from calling the police. Even if the lord blames me afterwards, I don't care. Now you have no choice but to accept my help. I won't give you a chance."

"Well, without further ado, I'm going to go protect Mayuri. You can rest as usual."

Higashino Yu said this, ignoring the phone in her hand, and walked straight towards Mayuri's room.

Hashimoto Lisa looked at his back in silence for a while, then asked, "Ayu, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Please ask." Dong Yeyu stopped and said,

"Are you better than the government officials? Can you avoid alerting the enemy? Can you protect Mayuri?"

"First question, there may be demon hunters in the government who are more powerful than me, but they won't come here. If Ms. Hashimoto calls the police, at most they will attract some weak operatives. Second question, as the answer to the first question says, if even I am discovered by the monster, then human demon hunters, even if there are better than me, won't come here. As for whether they can protect Mayuri."

Higashino Yu said this, and turned to look at the pale Hashimoto Risa. His narrow fox eyes, which were originally a little lazy and casual, now looked solemn and serious: "I can protect Mayuri."

This is not that Dong Ye Yu is bragging. Although the demon's evil aura is very hidden, it does not give people the feeling that it is no stronger than his own.

What's more, the life-saving wind chime that Chunyuan gave me last time is still there. This wind chime has the function of concealing the breath, and I brought it with me when I went out this time. At this moment, it is wrapped in my soul.

All I can say is that this powerful and terrifying fox is overly cautious.

"It's late at night, you should go to bed early."

After saying this, Dong Ye Yu penetrated the wall.

Risa Hashimoto watched him enter Mayuri's room, and sat on the sofa exhausted, looking at the wall that Higashino Yu had penetrated, and recalled in a daze what Yu had said before.

By chance, she suddenly discovered a problem that she had just overlooked.

The voice of this fox monster is very similar to Ayu.

The light in Mayuri's room was still on, as if she was going to keep it on all night. Mayuri was yawning, wondering why the fox shikigami that Ayu had mentioned hadn't come yet.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and along with this strange breeze came a low and gentle voice.

"Mayuri, you can't sleep with the lights on."

There was no warning before the sound, no footsteps, no door opening, or the sound of someone entering the room.

Mayuri shrank back into the quilt in fear at first, but then she reacted, lifted the quilt and sat up: "Is it Ayu?"

"Smart, that's me."

Higashino Yu sat beside Mayuri's bed and talked to the girl face to face: "Aren't you scared? Ms. Hashimoto almost called the police when she saw me just now."

"Don't mind it, Yu." Mayuri smiled and defended Hashimoto Lisa, "Sister, are you doing this because you're worried about my safety?"

"I don't mind."

Dong Yeyu shook his head: "Ayu is also responsible for this. He forgot to call Miss Hashimoto, so as soon as I got here, Miss Hashimoto never stopped doubting me. I will definitely scold him when I get back."

"Ayu must have forgotten because she was worried about me. Ayu, don't be angry. How about I sing a song for you?"

At this point, Higashino Yu was still hesitating whether to refuse, and Mayuri was preparing to perform.
Click,

The door was opened, and Hashimoto Risa stood at the door. She looked at the man and the fox chatting on the bed, feeling relieved. After thinking for a while, she said, "Isn't it time for Mayuri to go to bed and rest?"

"Okay. Sister, I'll rest now." Mayuri nodded with a smile, snuggled into the bed and covered herself with the quilt. She was actually a little disappointed in her heart because she hadn't sung for Ayu yet, but could she sing tomorrow?
Higashino Yu saw that Hashimoto Lisa was worried, so he said, "If you are really worried, just sleep with Mayuri."

Hashimoto Lisa was a little surprised: "Then Yu, you..."

"I hid under the bed to protect you."

After Dong Yeyu finished speaking, he turned into a wisp of mist and went under the bed, using his magic power to activate the wind chimes.

A clear bell sounded, and after a pure white light flickered like a firefly, the mist transformed from the soul disappeared along with its breath, as if it had never appeared.

Risa Hashimoto closed the door and sat on Mayuri's bed. She wanted to look under the bed, but she felt that it would be rude and might also annoy the fox shikigami.

"Are you still there?" Hashimoto Risa asked tentatively.

"I'm here. What's up?" a calm and peaceful voice replied.

"No, no, just asking."

Risa Hashimoto sat on the edge of the bed and prepared herself mentally for a while, then lay down on the bed and looked at Mayuri who was sleeping beside her. She reached out to touch her head and comfort her, but found that her breathing had calmed down and she had obviously fallen asleep.

It's normal to fall asleep with your pillow touching your head after not sleeping for two days.

Thinking of this, Risa Hashimoto subconsciously wanted to reach out to turn off the light, but after looking at Mayuri, she withdrew her hand and simply lay down and looked at the girl's cute sleeping posture for a while.

Suddenly I remembered that it seems like it has been a long time since I slept with Mayuri like this. I am usually busy with work, and it is usually Mrs. Shimamura who stays with Mayuri. As a mother, I can hardly be called a competent one.

But if he doesn't work, he won't be able to provide Mayuri with a good life, and there's no hope of curing her eyes.

The city of Tokyo is like the Sphinx that poses a riddle, urging people to answer it, and will swallow you whole if you answer it wrong.

However, judging from the results, most people's answers are always far from perfect.

Hashimoto Risa sighed helplessly.

"Goodnight, Mayuri."

It was a hazy morning, and the morning light outside the curtains drew a warm light band.

"Are you awake? Good morning, Mayuri. I have good news for you. Miss Cangwu is here to pick you up!"

An excited female voice echoed in her ears. Mayuri got up dazedly and rubbed her eyes. The empty space in front of her eyes was now full of colors.

The orange quilt with cartoon patterns, the clean brown wooden floor, the pure white curtains, and the golden sunlight that makes people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts at a glance, the colors are dancing before her eyes, and Mayuri has an inexplicable urge to cry.

But she always felt that there was something very inconsistent and strange. She sat on the bed and thought carefully for a while, and a faint sound of wind chimes rang in her ears.

Suddenly I remembered.

That’s right, I can’t see it.

That.
She looked at everything in front of her and then reacted.

This is not in reality.

I am dreaming, where am I?

Mayuri touched the bedding under her body. There was a familiar Braille storybook on the bedside table. It was Alice in Wonderland.

I clearly gave this book to Lingyin.

There were also furniture and furnishings wrapped with foam around the edges. Mayuri recalled for a moment that this was the St. Mary's Welfare Home where she had lived for eight years.

Why come back here?

Just when Mayuri was wondering, the woman with a gentle smile walked to the bed and urged, "Hurry up, little lazy bug. Miss Cangwu came early and waited for you for a long time. You didn't get up. She must be worried."

Is this voice from Teacher Shikiko?

Mayuri, somewhat confused, put on her clothes with the woman's help.

Miss Cangwu? Oh, yes, that was the name of the older sister who played with me in my dream. Why did I forget it when Ayu was here?

She was just confused when another sound came from outside the door. It was the crisp sound of high heels walking on the wooden floor, and the sound finally stopped at the door.

"Mayuri-chan, are you ready?"

(End of this chapter)