I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 47 Gift from the Dead
Sakurada Wakako handed a stack of things wrapped in cloth to Higashino Yu, picked up a handkerchief and started wiping the table.

"How can this be so embarrassing?"

Dong Ye Yu didn't feel any danger, so he took it subconsciously, opened it with some caution, and was stunned.

This was a stack of brand new banknotes wrapped in dark blue cloth. The strong scent of ink unique to banknotes even suppressed the damp, musty and bloody smell in the room at his nose.

They are all 1,000 yen notes, and when stacked together they are about two or three centimeters thick, which is quite visually impactful. At a glance, there should be about two or three hundred of them.

Dong Ye Yu was stunned at the time. He followed over to see what bad intentions this inhuman old lady had. She was already on alert, ready to set fire or summon thunder at any time.

I thought you were going to eat me, but you just raised your hand and gave me 200,000 or 300,000 yen as a gift?

Considering that Mrs. Sakurada had so many cats to take care of and lived in such a shabby place, Higashino Yu was reminded of Mr. Miyazaki from the orphanage.

Instead of refusing immediately, he asked, "Do you need this money?"

"I don't have any more use for you, Tono-kun."

Sakurada Wakako looked at Higashino Yu with a smile.

"Higashino-kun is not an ordinary high school student, right?"

"I feel that Dong Yejun has a special power, like the brightness of the morning sun, the purity of the morning dew, and the gentleness of the breeze. It reminds me of the legendary immortal."

Whenever his benefactor said something nice, Higashino Yu's eyelids would start twitching - this usually meant there was a commission that was difficult to complete.

You're not going to ask me to take care of so many cats in Cat Town, are you?
Dong Yeyu felt a little numb on his scalp, and suddenly felt that the money in his hand was as heavy as a thousand pounds, but facing such a gentle old lady, he couldn't say no.

And there is a real lack of spells right now.
After a while of struggling, I set a standard: as long as I am not asked to take care of this group of cats, everything will be fine.

"I'm not an immortal. I'm just an ordinary practitioner. I'm still a long way from reaching that realm. I don't know how many years it will take me to reach that realm." Dong Ye Yu answered modestly.

"So, Dongye-kun should already know that I'm dead, right?"

Sakurada Wakako said this and turned around to continue wiping the table. It seemed that life and death were not as important to her as housework.

So Mrs. Sakurada is a ghost?

Dong Ye Yu was a little surprised. He had not felt too much negative energy from the old lady in front of him before, and thought she was a special monster or something.

But then I thought of the special location of this house and a guess came to my mind.

Perhaps this old lady, by chance, became a being similar to a ghost fairy by virtue of this small blessed land?

After Dong Ye Yu came to this world, he would search the Internet for legends about gods, ghosts, and monsters whenever he had the chance.

Through the Internet, I read the translation of "Zhonglu Chuandaoji" in the island country, which records that there are five immortals in the Zhoutian, namely heaven, earth, man, gods and ghosts.

The ghost immortal is one of the five immortals. He is detached from the underworld, his deity image is unknown, he has no surname at the Ghost Gate, and he has no name in the Three Mountains. Although he does not enter the cycle of reincarnation, it is difficult for him to return to Penglai. In the end, he has nowhere to go but to be reborn.

It is also said that "people who practice cultivation but do not understand the great way but want to achieve success quickly, their bodies are like dead wood. Their hearts are like purple ash, their spirits are kept within, their minds are not scattered, and in their concentration, a Yin spirit emerges. They are pure spirit ghosts, not pure Yang immortals. Because their Yin spirits are not scattered, they are called ghost immortals."

However, Mrs. Sakurada has no magic skills. She has neither a Taoist foundation nor magical powers. She cannot be called a ghost fairy. At most, she is a dead soul that is able to stay in the mortal world with the help of spiritual energy.

Sakurada Wakako continued, "It's useless for a dead person to ask for money. Instead of leaving it to my son who only knows how to fool around, I'd rather give it to you."

Perhaps seeing Dong Ye Yu's puzzled expression, she said with a smile.

"If you want to know why, it's probably because you and I are both from Kyoto. You came all the way to Tokyo, and you were able to get into Tachibana High School. You are diligent, thrifty, and neat. I think you are a good kid."

"Plus, I've been dead for so long, and Dongye-kun is the first person to visit me. It's quite fate."

Sakurada Wakako folded the handkerchief she had used to wipe the table and knelt down.

"This money is not much, and it won't be of much help to you. Just think of it as a gift from an old man to a younger generation that he loves." As if she had guessed Higashino Yu's concerns, she smiled and said, "Don't worry about Cat Town."

"I asked a lawyer to arrange it while I was still alive."

"If I pass away suddenly, Cat Town will no longer adopt stray cats, this house will be sold, and the money will be used to take care of the remaining cats."

"Cat Town has always been open for adoption, and there aren't too many cats left. I estimated that the money should be enough."

"There's just one thing. I need Dong Yejun to do me a favor."

Here it comes. Dong Yeyu was sitting there, his face serious: "Please speak."

"Sakura's transformation might have something to do with my death. I don't remember much about this part, but it seems that the child is possessed. If left unchecked, many innocent people will be harmed."

"And when it came to see me in the past, I could tell it was in a lot of pain."

Sakurada Wakako felt quite guilty and said something that she had probably been thinking about for a long time.

"So I would like to ask Higashino-kun to call the police or tell other demon hunters about Sakura. I hope someone can give it some relief."

Higashino Yu pondered for a moment and thought that as the chief priest of the shrine, Mr. Iori Tadamichi should know some exorcists and could tell them the clues about Sakura.

It is not impossible to call the police directly.

There have been so many disappearance cases in Tokyo in the past six months that the police are already overwhelmed. The government has probably invited exorcists to assist in the investigation, and reporting clues to the police about Nekomata can easily solve the problem.

Of course, based on past experience, if you want the highest gratitude score, you should complete the commission yourself.

"I promise you."

After thinking it over, Higashino Yu agreed and decided to find out Nekomata's background first. After all, they were in the Tokyo metropolitan area, so even if they couldn't defeat them, they could easily escape.

Seeing that he did not agree immediately, but really thought about it before agreeing, Sakurada Wakako felt relieved and then told Higashino Yu some very useful information.

"Whenever the moon is full, it will come back to see me. That's the chance. But Sakura is in danger. Don't try to be brave. It's best to find a powerful demon slayer to deal with it."

After giving him instructions, the old man urged him to leave.

"Go ahead, Higashino-kun, that pretty girl is worried about you."

"Then I'll take my leave and visit you again some other day."

Dong Yeyu bowed and said goodbye, then turned around at the stairs and saw her sitting in the dim bedroom with a smile on her face. She waved at Dong Yeyu and then disappeared.

I went downstairs and came to the living room. Natsuko Sugida was frowning and talking into the intercom, but the voice in the intercom was intermittent.

When she saw Dong Yeyu coming back, she left the living room and went to the yard, probably to see if the signal outside would be better.

Imagawa Kashiwagi looked at Higashino Yu with some curiosity, but did not ask anything. In his opinion, if there was something to say, Higashino would have said it himself.

If it is a secret, it would be quite rude to ask.

Asuhi saw Sanae kneeling beside the table, her brows tightly furrowed, her cherry-colored lips pursed, and she was writing something on a notebook with a pen in her hand. She would look up at the stairs in the corridor every few seconds.

Only when she actually heard Dong Yeyu's footsteps and saw him enter the living room from the corridor did she breathe a sigh of relief, her expression calmed down, and she leisurely put her pen and notebook into her small bag.

"Any new findings about Nekomata?" she asked softly.

"Great discovery!" Dong Ye Yu nodded and said something that surprised everyone.

"Mrs. Sakurada has actually passed away."

(End of this chapter)