I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 295 Working together
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The miso soup was poured on old man Iori's face, extinguishing his burning beard. He shuddered and looked at Higashino Yu, his eyes becoming clear.

Because I came back late, the temperature of the miso soup was only warm, so it wouldn't burn the old man.

Miko breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, while Grandma Tomoko glared at the old man and silently handed him a clean towel.

"This power is indeed not something that mortals can control."

The embarrassed old man Iori first looked at his wife awkwardly and smiled. After thanking her quietly, he took the towel she handed over, wiped himself, and handed the feather fan back to Higashino Yu.

"Be careful to keep it safe, so that it won't be used by bad people."

Dong Yeyu nodded, but he was not very worried.

Although ordinary people can create flames with feather fans, they have no magical powers and can only create ordinary fire. The most harm they can cause is arson.

But then again, if you really wanted to set a fire in modern times, would you still need this fan?

What's more, let alone stealing treasures, no one can take away even the five-yen coin in his pocket. The child has been afraid of poverty since he was a child, so he attaches great importance to these material possessions.

The atmosphere at the table quickly returned to normal, and Higashino Yu continued to talk about the follow-up of the Hegui Mountain fire.

"What about Hanako?" Miko asked, "What happened to the girl who was eaten by the demon?"

Dong Yeyu had a complicated expression as he picked up a piece of red ginger tempura. The crispy batter wrapped around the red ginger was crispy and delicious, with a sweet taste and a slight spiciness from the ginger.

Although everything can be made into tempura on this island, some ingredients do have an unusual taste when paired with tempura.

"I helped her fulfill some of her wishes, and then did my best to help her to be reborn. But I have no idea what the outcome was, and I don't know if Hanako was reincarnated well."

He sighed and took a big bite of rice with the miso soup.

Beside him, Asumi Sanae looked at him thoughtfully.

Is this why Dongye Nissan is different today?
Miko thought to herself that he seemed to like today's meal very much, and his dreamy eyes curved like a crescent moon. Miko could only do so much for Dongye Nissan.
After dinner, Higashino Yu helped Tomoko's grandmother and Miko to clear away the food and dishes, and then they came to the tea room, and Iori Tadamichi asked while holding a cup of tea.

"Speaking of which, since there are demons lurking outside the shrine, why don't you and Miss Asumimi stay at home for a few more days, Ayu?"

Dong Yeyu bowed slightly and said, "That's exactly what I meant. But Grandpa Iori, Asumi and I may have to disturb you for a little longer this time."

The news about Oeyama learned from Chikan made Higashino Yu feel a lot of pressure. The Pure Yang Sword has a limited number of uses and is suitable for use as a deterrent or decisive force.

But the locations of these Oeyama monsters are not fixed at all. According to the explanation of the porcupine monster, they are usually divided into small groups to govern themselves, and they only gather in Oeyama when Shuten Douji holds a banquet or holds meetings.

The so-called Oeyama is not the mountain located near Kyoto, but a castle tower independent of the world, which is as magnificent as the Dragon Palace and requires a special way to enter - at least that is what the porcupine demon said.

Dong Ye Yu guessed that it was probably a magical weapon of the paradise type, so he planned to collect information during this period of time to see if he could find the location of Dajiangshan.

After all, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Instead of waiting for death, it is better to take the initiative.

Asuka saw Sanae following Higashino Yu and bowed to express her gratitude.

"It's okay, it's okay. Usually there are only three people in such a big yard, which makes it seem empty. It would be good to have more people."

Iori Tadamichi didn't care. Although the Iori family had fallen on hard times, they were still able to entertain guests. It was just a matter of adding two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

After chatting for a while, Iori Tadamichi saw that it was getting late, so he returned to his bedroom, dressed himself, and prepared to begin his daily routine as a priest.

Higashino Yu, Miko and the other two came to the study together. Just after these few steps, Miko, who was wearing thin clothes, had sweat on his forehead.

Dong Ye Yu also felt a little uncomfortable, so he closed the study door and turned on the air conditioner.

The summer temperature has already risen, and coupled with the high humidity in Tokyo, the perceived temperature is extremely high.

The desk was large enough to accommodate three people studying together. Dong Ye Yu put the sealed thunder sword and feather fan aside, and did not bring textbooks or anything else with him. He was about to take out his cell phone to see if his fans had increased.

"Is it Tiktak?" Yuko came closer curiously.

"Well, I was originally planning to become a video blogger to make money, but with the number of fans I have now, I will probably starve to death."

When Higashino Yu saw that the number of fans had dropped by three, he immediately turned off his phone, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.

"Maybe it's because Higashino Nissan has not managed the account for a long time?" Miko guessed.

Dong Yeyu held his chin with some distress: "It's not that short, it's been a few months, but I don't know why, those weird people can suddenly become popular, and it's the same when it comes to me. This is probably the randomness of the Internet."

As he said this, he remembered something, turned his head, and looked at the girl with sparkling eyes: "Is Yuzi paying attention to me?"

"Yes!" Miko took out her iPhone, "It's right here. I left a message on every video posted by Higashino Nissan."

Dongye Yu leaned over to take a look, and it was indeed a very familiar account. He had seen it many times before. He thought it was a duplicate of the name, but he didn't expect it to be Yu Zi?
Silly boy, how can you use your real name when surfing the Internet?

Dong Yeyu was just about to teach her about the intricacies of the Internet, and she couldn't grasp it.

Asumi Sanae lowered her brows and seemed uninterested in the topic of Higashino Yu's internet celebrity money-making plan, and just glanced at her phone.

"Well, the school has decided on the location for the training camp."

"Oh?" Dong Yeyu came closer: "Where is it?"

"Fukuchiyama, we went to the beach in Kamakura last year, so we chose to go to the mountains for our school trip this year. Didn't you say earlier that you wanted to go to Fukuchiyama City? Now we don't have to travel back and forth."

Asumi Sanae put down her phone and started writing about Higashino Yu's experience last night in her own Moon Witch Chronicle.

Is there such a coincidence?
Dong Ye Yu glanced at the girl suspiciously, suspecting that she was abusing her power for personal gain.

Although the castle tower in Fukuchiyama City is ranked among the top 100 castles in the island country, there are many such "famous castles" in the island country.

I had searched for pictures of that castle tower on the Internet before, and it was actually just built on a small hill. It was not grand or majestic, and was quite small in scale, probably not even as big as an average temple.

There are mountains all around, and it's a deserted place even in the countryside.

If the first-year students of Tachibana High School knew that the school trip they had been looking forward to for a long time was changed to a remote place like Fukuchiyama because of someone's reasons, they would definitely curse the tyrant emperor and the corrupt officials for their collusion.

Higashino Yu felt sad in his heart. Arima was still looking forward to summer, beach and swimsuits in his own creepy little group, but now he can only go to the mountains to feed mosquitoes with the cheese fox.

"I see. It is indeed much more convenient." Higashino Yu said, moving closer and whispering, "Thank you." Asumi Sanae, who was sitting upright, trembled her eyelashes slightly, but her expression remained unchanged. She said softly, "Sir Knight, please repeat the detailed information about those demons."

Upon hearing this, Yuko put down the pen she was about to use to do her homework and looked curious.

Dong Ye Yu sorted out the information in his mind for a moment, and then told everything he knew, including the demon's appearance, weapons, spells and so on.

Isn’t it? Asumi Sanae frowned at first, but still recorded all the information.

"The monster itself is probably a monkey. It uses an iron rod made of special materials and can cast some water spells. When it swings its iron rod, it screams like ghosts and wolves, but it's just a bluff. It can't even last a round in my hands."

"Apes in armor?"

Is this the point? Dong Yeyu pretended not to hear and continued: ". I cut his iron rod in half with one sword."

Miko smiled and said, "Higashino Nissan is so awesome!" as if she was coaxing a child.

Mingji Sanae rolled her eyes at him.

"Where's the porcupine monster? What does his bow look like?"

"I didn't look at the bow carefully. I gave it to you, Hiiragi Jing. You can ask her to take a look at it some other day."

The pen made subtle sounds on the high-quality paper, and Higashino Yu talked boastfully so that they would not worry anymore, and occasionally the voices of Miko and Asumi Sanae asking questions could be heard.

The air conditioner made a low but non-disturbing hum. The morning breeze stirred the wind chimes hanging on the window frames, making crisp sounds. The sun outside the window gradually rose, and its golden light fell on the ancient corridor, reflecting the texture of time. The noisy car horns mixed with the enthusiastic summer cicadas visited the Iori family's courtyard.

Still missing a watermelon, Dong Yeyu thought inexplicably.

The wildfire on Hegui Mountain has not yet been extinguished and is even getting more severe. Fire trucks of all sizes are parked on the side of the road. Countless firefighters are building a barrier around Hegui Mountain like ants. Their orange uniforms are scattered across the mountains, which is quite eye-catching.

The approach to the shrine had long been charred and cracked by the fire, and no traces of blood or remnants of battle could be seen.

A crow stood on an ashes and dead branch, looking at the approach path below. Its beak opened and closed, but a steady masculine voice came out.

"Failed?"

It jumped off the branch and came to the place where the sickle and the mole died in battle. There were no corpses or burnt remains here, only two strange black scorch marks, as if they had been burned for a long time.

Burned to death, it thought, glancing at the ruined shrine, perhaps Yu was also beheaded.

Although he is a fallen angel who is about to be forgotten, he is a veteran mountain god who ascended to the throne seven or eight hundred years ago. The man who can kill him should not be underestimated.

"We need to tell Ibaraki-douji-sama what happened here."

The crow flapped its wings and flew away, disappearing into the sky.

The next morning, Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami sent a message on Line saying that they had already arrived at the parking lot of Inari Shrine by car and asked Higashino Yu if he was ready to leave.

Do you even provide pick-up and drop-off services?

Dong Ye Yu was a little surprised. He had originally planned to take the subway later, but this saved him a lot of effort.

It has to be said that although this large family has many etiquettes, they are indeed skilled and considerate in welcoming and seeing off guests.

"Miko, Sanae, I have to go to the Jinguji family." Higashino Yu briefly explained that he was going to visit the Jinguji family, and then prepared to get up and leave.

"I'm going too." Asuhi saw that Sanae seemed to have forgotten to correct Higashino Yu's rude address, so she put down the pen she was using to practice Chinese characters and stood up as well.

Dong Yeyu was stunned for a second: ".?"

"The Lord of the Moon Kingdom has requested me to visit the Jinguji family on his behalf many times before. He has been in Fukuoka and has not returned. This time, I will visit them."

She said without waiting for Dong Yeyu's consent, pushed open the sliding door of the study, and walked towards her room: "I'll change my clothes, please wait a moment."

Dong Ye Yu felt inexplicably strange, but he was not sure where the strange feeling came from, so he was too lazy to think about it.

"I'm sorry, Miko, I can't take you with me this time." Higashino Yu said apologetically to Miko who was sitting alone at the desk.

After all, the Jinguji family only invited me. If I take the initiative to bring someone with me, it might be very embarrassing.

Miko didn't seem to care. She sat at the table reading a book. While turning the pages, she asked softly, "Will Tono Ni-san come home for dinner tonight?"

"If possible, it would be best if you could keep a copy."

Higashino Yu wasn't sure whether the Jinguji family would invite him to have dinner, but he had a big appetite, so it would be no problem for him to eat two meals.

Fifteen minutes later,

Asumi Sanae had just walked out of her room. She was wearing a summer navy blue long sleeveless dress with a sailor suit-like design on the shoulders, which was folded in front of the chest to form a V-neck. There was a white fabric curl as an embellishment at the lower right corner, and she paired it with a pure white top hat, which was refreshing yet not revealing.

But it's beautiful, but does it take fifteen minutes to change clothes? Dong Yeyu was a little speechless. Asumi usually doesn't need to put on makeup, so how can she change so slowly?

"You're going to visit wearing this?" She looked Higashino Yu up and down. He was wearing basically Uniqlo from head to toe, a T-shirt with short sleeves and overalls. It couldn't be said to be indecent, but it was obviously not that formal.

"I just came to have a meal, bring two cartons of milk and buy some fruit—"

As Higashino Yu was speaking, Asumi Sanae rolled her eyes at him, grabbed him and dragged him into the room.

"Hey, what are you doing! In broad daylight—"

A few minutes later, Higashino Yu stood in front of the floor-length mirror and looked at himself. The white high-end suit on his body had similar design elements to the sea blue long skirt worn by Asumi Sanae.

In addition, the suit was tailored to my body, so it perfectly supported my figure and was a perfect fit, with both texture and proportion perfect. One glance at it made one seem as if one could smell the scent of Fukuzawa Yukichi.

"That's fine. Let me make it clear first, I don't have any money."

Dong Yeyu looked at the person sitting at the desk.

Asumi Sanae, who was looking at Higashino Yu in a daze with one hand on her cheek, came back to her senses and pouted: "Who wants your money?"

(End of this chapter)