I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 306 What are you hiding?

After receiving the message, the other side quickly replied: "Since it is Your Excellency the Knight who has come to see you, then Your Highness and the Inquisitor will accept it with reluctance. Even though it is late at night, the Moon Witch did not reject you. Please feel honored."

I gave you my baby to defend yourself, and I should feel honored?
Higashino Yu curled the corners of his mouth, feeling a little speechless, but he still felt that this kind of Sanae was more familiar.

I put on my shoes at the shoe cabinet and went out. In the corridor, there were students calling home, probably because it was their first time away from home so far. Some were talking on the phone with their girlfriends for a long time, their faces almost hurt from smiling.

After going downstairs, the hotel receptionist was an ordinary-looking young woman, about twenty years old, who looked like a local.

She sat there with her cheek propped up, playing with her cell phone bored. She looked up at Dong Yeyu and her eyes were stunned. Seeing that he seemed to be about to go out, she looked around and waved at him.

Dong Yeyu pointed at herself in confusion. As she approached, she heard her whisper, "There are wild animals in the mountains, and some strange things. Please be careful, and don't stray too far when you go for a walk."

"Something strange?"

The two buildings of the hotel were next to each other. Dong Yeyu looked at them at the door. They hadn't gone downstairs yet. He checked his phone again. There was no new message. He leaned against the automatic glass door and smiled at her: "My name is Dong Yeyu. You can just call me Dong Ye. Can you tell me more about me?"

"My name is Fukuda Akiho."

The country girl smiled generously and hesitated for two seconds: "I don't know much either. I just heard rumors."

Most of them? There are a lot of weird things, right?
Dong Yeyu thought for a moment and asked, "For example, what are some?"

"From here, walk up along the mountain road, and then there is a small path leading to the mountain. On the way, there is an area for tourists to rest. It was built by the government. It is said that there is often a strange old man who comes from nowhere and drives out people who want to enter the mountain. Some tourists have been beaten with crutches."

"Some people said they knew the old man, while others said they had never seen him. Mr. Horii said the old man was worried that tourists might be attacked by wild boars."

Fukuda Akiho added: "Wild boars do often injure people here, and even elderly people have been mauled to death by wild boars."

"Is this a strange thing?"

She scratched her head: "Aren't all weird people and weird things the same?"

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he said, "Oh, yes, I saw this incident with my own eyes. It happened in the small river next to us."

Higashino Yu pretended to listen. She was a very talkative person, so she started telling the story immediately.

"Not long ago, about two or three weeks ago, it was very hot that night, and I was playing by the river with some friends. Suddenly, I saw the water flowing down from the upper reaches of the Tianshui River turned blood-red. The whole river was blood-red and had a very unpleasant smell. It lasted for a while before it became clear."

It is hard to say whether this is an extraordinary event or not. After all, under normal circumstances, it is common for landslides and the like to expose underground minerals, and for them to dissolve in river water and turn into the color of blood.

Of course, it is also possible that there are indeed ghosts, but there is insufficient evidence to say for sure.

Dong Yeyu thought for a moment, then smiled and comforted him: "It may be caused by a mountain torrent or some mudslide. Some minerals are very similar in color to blood. Don't worry."

"Is that right?"

Fukuda Akiho was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "The mountain torrents are yellow water, and they don't have that unpleasant fishy smell. I think it must be something strange."

"Some minerals do have an unpleasant smell. It may be related to geology. We must believe in science."

Higashino Yu explained that if ordinary people firmly believe that there are supernatural beings around them and are frightened by this, they are likely to be teased by demons and ghosts. They will not die, but if they are frightened, they will inevitably get sick.

The girl seemed to be in a fight and curled her lips, "There is one more thing that you definitely can't explain."

“It happened recently as well.”

Fukuda Akiho's voice gradually became strange, and the lights at the entrance of the hotel began to flicker.

"I, my family, and even many people in the town over there, have the same dream at the same time every night."

"In the dream, everyone seemed to have come to an ancient battlefield, holding weapons in their hands, hacking at each other, limbs and blood were everywhere, and some people even had their heads chopped off, just like this—"

She suddenly picked up the fruit knife on the table and stood up.

Snapped!
The bright lights suddenly went out, and the entrance was shrouded in darkness. Only the outline of Akiho Fukuda could be seen through the dim light on the sign outside the glass door. She seemed to be about to crawl out from the front desk.

Dong Yeyu looked at her for a while and suddenly laughed: "Ms. Fukuda, please stop pressing the light switch. If it breaks, the manager will give you trouble."

There was silence for a while.

Didn't it scare him? How did you find out?
Fukuda Akiho stared at the young man in front of him for a moment and pursed her lips, "Boring."

While jumping down from the front desk somewhat clumsily, he turned on the light, straightened his clothes, and explained: "But the dream was indeed true. I didn't lie to you. Even now, I still have that dream occasionally."

“It may be because their living environments are similar.”

Higashino Yu smiled and glanced at her phone. Asuka saw Sanae and the others sending messages saying they were downstairs, so she said something to Fukuda Akiho and pushed the door open and left.

The first two strange things described by this girl were very ordinary, but the dream at the end was quite interesting.

In the ancient battlefield, Shifan also died in Fukuchiyama. Could there be any connection?
Dong Yeyu plans to look up the relevant history later, maybe he can get some clues.

Asumi Sanae and Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami were already waiting downstairs. As soon as Higashino Yu went out, he saw them and ran up to them.

"Do you have something important to report to me late at night? If you just don't have a reasonable explanation, you will be wrathful to the Moon Witch."
“It’s something important indeed.”

Dong Yeyu then told the story of Shifan, "I plan to accompany him to revisit his hometown. I will be away for a long time. Considering that the monsters in Mount Oe might take the opportunity to attack, I thought of giving this to you for self-defense."

As he spoke, he took out the Pure Yang Sword Box that was nurtured in his Dantian, spread his hands, and with a flash of light, the sword box appeared in his hand.

what is this?
Asumi Sanae looked at the wooden box in Higashino Yu's hand. It looked like it was made casually by someone whose craftsmanship was not very skillful. It was not square, and there were even burrs on it that had not been polished clean, and the remnants of complete tree branches that had not been removed.

Although he was confused, he did not show it. He just looked at it calmly.
"What is..." Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami couldn't feel anything special about the box and looked at Higashino Yu strangely. Could it be a joke?
Although he is reliable and serious when it is important, he is quite erratic at other times.
Dong Yeyu first used a spell to isolate himself from the demons, and then said solemnly, "This is a magic weapon for self-defense given to me by a god. It is called the Pure Yang Sword Box. It was left by an immortal named Pure Yang Zhenren in Shenzhou. It can kill demons and monsters. Even if Shuten Douji comes in person, he will only end up with a torn corpse."

"The way to use it is--" "It's too expensive, please take it back."

Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami interrupted him before he could finish.

Although she didn't know what level immortals were, she thought they were higher in status than the gods of the major countries. Moreover, the magic weapon that could kill Shuten Douji must be more powerful than the legendary Doujikiri Yasuoka and Hoshikuni Armor.

Not to mention the Jinguji family, no other demon slayer family or priest family on the entire island country has such a treasure - after all, if they did, they would have wiped out the demons of Mount Oe long ago.

Is this a treasure that can kill demons? How powerful! Asuhi was a little surprised to see Sanae standing aside without making any movement.

She knew Chinese, so she had naturally heard of immortals, but most of the time she equated them with domestic gods, just like most people have no sense of reality when talking about hundreds of millions or tens of millions.

In comparison, she was actually delighted by the fact that Higashino Yu was worried about her.

Miss Moon Witch thought so, as the princess's guard, His Excellency the Knight is very competent, he must be worried about me.

Take it back? And then you were kidnapped and eaten by demons, and I regretted it too late and died because I couldn't overcome the inner demon tribulation?
Are you here to harm me?
Higashino Yu complained in his heart, but of course it was just a complaint. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's original intention was definitely for his own good.

So he explained earnestly: "If you are captured by the demons and suffer irreparable harm, I will blame myself very much, and in a sense it will even ruin my practice. Magical weapons are a means to protect the Tao, and in the final analysis, the most important thing is the practice itself."

What does this mean?
Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami bit her lower lip lightly, feeling a little dizzy and her face hot. She secretly glanced at Asumi Sanae beside her and found that she just nodded approvingly. She felt an inexplicable sense of guilt in her heart.

Then, thinking that she might need to use such a precious magic weapon later, she felt complicated emotions, a mixture of sweet and sour, and even a little distressed.

She liked to collect all kinds of precious talismans and magic tools, but she didn't use them often. Just looking at them in the room made her feel a joy of harvest and indescribable satisfaction.

So he hesitated and said: "But such a magic weapon..."

"It's settled then—" Dong Ye Yu said without allowing any room for rebuttal.

Asumi Sanae interrupted, "If you're worried about the demons, why don't you fulfill your duties as a guard?"

Dong Yeyu was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"Foolish Knight, do you want to carry that old man around Fukuchiyama City with your own legs?"

Asumi Sanae rolled her eyes at him, took out her cell phone and started contacting Sugida Natsuko, asking her to send a car over - Asumi Group also has many industries in Fukuchiyama City.

Dong Yeyu was silent for a few seconds, "Yes."

"Idiot." Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami said softly and glared at him.

"They will send a car over here soon. It will take about half an hour. Let's go sit there for a while. By the way, I haven't seen this treasure yet. Where did you get it from, Sir Knight? Show it to me."

"No." After getting the solution, Dong Yeyu immediately put the Pure Yang Sword Box back into his Dantian like a miser: "This is my treasure, very valuable."

"Who insisted on giving it to us just now? Now it seems like Grandet again. I don't care. Show me now!"

Asu saw Sanae grabbing Higashino Yu and starting to rob him. When Higashino Yu was about to escape, Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami silently grabbed his wrist.

"Haha, well done, Your Excellency the Inquisitor! What is this thing? It's so big. What are you hiding, Your Excellency the Knight?"

"Wait! Not there, I gave it to you, take it, don't, don't pinch it!"

The mountain is not far from the city of Fukuchiyama, and it takes about half an hour to get there.

At this time, the staff of the Fukuchiyama Castle Scenic Area had already gone off work, but with the money of Miss Moon Witch, the few of them easily passed through the bronze gate sentry post and arrived outside the main building of Fukuchiyama Castle.

All the lights that had been turned off were now turned on, illuminating the not-so-big building.

Mingri saw Sanae standing a few steps away. Her originally fair and rosy face was still flushed, with her eyebrows lowered. Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami's originally cold face also had a look of surprise from time to time.

No one knew what these two people were thinking about. Dongye Yu was too lazy to pay attention to them. He carried the sword box that contained Arima Tadayoshi and asked the old man in front of him.

"Look here, do you remember anything?"

Arima Tadayasu looked at the building in front of him with some unfamiliarity. There was only a lonely renovated castle tower standing in front of him.

This castle tower is quite small, only about the height of an ordinary four or five-story building, and the area it occupies is not large. It is smaller than the manors of some wealthy people today, and is only slightly larger than the large wooden houses in the rural areas of the island country.

However, although the sparrow is small, it has everything, including a watchtower, flying eaves, and copper bells. It looks like a small wooden tower with green tiles and white walls, a thousand birds breaking through the wind, and golden patterns, which is quite luxurious.

"Is this Fukuchiyama Castle? What about my huge city? Is this all that's left?" The old man subconsciously took two steps forward, gritting his teeth.

Higashino Yu took out his mobile phone and searched, only to find out that this castle tower had been rebuilt several times.

The first time was when the feudal domains were abolished in 4, when most of the buildings were demolished directly - after all, the castle tower was not only the residence of the lord, but also a fortress-like existence with military defense functions.

Only the stone wall between the castle tower and the main castle, the well called "Toyowa Well", and the bronze gate sentry post remain.

It was renovated several times due to wars, and the last major renovation was in the 1970s. The luxurious decorations outside were probably added at that time. This island country is not like China.

China's idea for repairing ancient buildings is to avoid repairing them if possible, and if they do, they must be repaired strictly in accordance with historical records. The island countries, on the other hand, prefer to renovate the entire building, making it beautiful and luxurious.

Now this castle tower has been converted into a museum-like structure, and its interior is used as the Fukuchiyama City Local Information Center - you can go inside the castle tower to take a look.

Higashino Yu briefly explained it, but Arima Tadayoshi continued to curse as if he didn't hear it. After they entered the castle tower, they saw some historical records and some cultural relics on display in the glass cases.

The old man watched it once angrily, and did not feel any emotion of revisiting the old place, and said he did not want to watch it a second time.

Maybe this is not the place that Shifan wants to go, Dongye Yu thought.

(End of this chapter)