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Inazuma Chapter: Chapter 82: The New Slave

"Oh? You actually know my name? Then hurry up and let go of me! I can't breathe!"

The little fox chirped and chattered.

Lu Sheng then grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and shook it vigorously a few times.

"Stop shaking me! Stop shaking me! I'm about to throw up!"

Lu Sheng: "Where's your lightning? Strike me and see."

The little fox's eyes widened; it had never heard of such a request in its entire life.

"Ha! If my power hadn't been incomplete, you would have been reduced to ashes long ago!"

"You can't be struck by lightning and you call yourself the Eightfold Divine Child? Spit out what you've eaten right now! Or I'll turn you into a scarf!"

As Lu Sheng spoke, he shook the table a few more times.

The little fox immediately begged for mercy, "I was wrong! Stop shaking me! I really am the Eightfold Divine Child! How can I prove it to you so you'll believe me?"

"It's simple, I'll take you to see someone and you'll find out."

Lu Sheng grabbed the little fox and leaped away from the underground town, arriving at a deserted, secluded spot, where he entered the Dust Song Pot.

At this moment, Inashiro Hotaru had already been gagged and tied up by Paimon.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng rebuked Paimon, "How could you treat a guest like this?"

Paimon shrugged. "I had no choice. I invited her to eat hot pot with me, but she kept yelling and screaming. I couldn't stop her no matter what I did, so I had to tie her up."

"Huh? Hot pot? Fried tofu!"

When the little fox saw the hot pot that Paimon had set up, its eyes lit up with green light. It struggled to break free from Lu Sheng's hand, pounced over, grabbed some fried tofu, and began to devour it.

Mmm~ Delicious! Delicious!

The little fox finished off a whole plate of fried tofu in less than half a minute, but it wasn't satisfied. It then set its sights on the beef and mutton cooking in the pot. Ignoring the boiling water, it stretched out its front paw and hooked a piece of beef into the pot, stuffing it into its mouth to savor it.

One month! Do you know how I spent this past month?!

Ever since being betrayed by that vile Suzuka Gozen, she has been reduced to the harmless little fox she was a thousand years ago, only able to lick dewdrops and catch a few disgusting insects to fill her stomach every day.

When encountering people coming up the mountain, you have to fawn over them with a smile and wag your tail to get a little food from them.

For example, a few days ago, I finally met someone who offered me fried tofu, but he called me dirty. When I got angry and tried to argue back, he kicked me down the mountain and almost killed me.

Speaking of which, how come the person who smashed the Sessho-seki today looks so much like the person who kicked me away?

It wasn't until the little fox saw the white-haired girl beside him that he suddenly remembered.

it's him!

"Hey? Isn't that the little fox from the mountain the other day? You're still alive?"

Paimon ran over quickly, used his chopsticks to scoop up a few pieces of meat, put them on a plate, and presented them to the little fox, fearing that it might use its paws to scoop them up and burn itself.

"Thank you, little one. I will remember you."

The little fox suddenly spoke, startling Paimon, who scurried behind Rikuo. "Uh...why can the fox talk?"

Lu Sheng glanced at Paimon and thought to himself, "Isn't it rather strange that a creature like you can talk?"

"She said she was the daughter of the Yae no Miko."

"Huh?! Yae no Miko? Is that the priestess from Narukami Shrine? But we've definitely seen her before, how did she turn into a fox?"

Riku explained, "The Yae no Miko of the shrine is fake. We don't know for sure yet, so we'll have to ask her."

Then, he turned his gaze to Inashiro Hotaru.

Sensing the kidnapper's gaze, Inashiro Hotaru shuddered and curled up into a ball, trembling.

She had no idea what this person wanted to do with her by bringing her here.

If you covet your own beauty, you'll be in big trouble!

"Go, untie her."

Riku patted Paimon, who immediately ran over to untie Inashiro Hotaru's ropes and brought her to the little fox.

"Huh? Isn't that Hotaru? What are you doing here?"

The little fox was eating happily when it looked up and saw a familiar face, and exclaimed in surprise.

"You...know me?" Hotaru was even more surprised than her.

"Oh dear~ I am Yae no Miko! It was all because of that bitch Suzuka Gozen. Luckily, I had a backup plan before I went to see her. After I died, my consciousness was inherited by this little fox. Otherwise, Yae no Miko would probably have really disappeared from this world."

Afterwards, the little fox told Yingmei many secrets and experiences that only they knew, making Yingmei completely believe that the little fox in front of her was the former priest.

She sighed incredulously, "Lord Kōji, are you saying you were murdered by the Regent? And who is that Kōji at the shrine?"

The goddess scooped a beef ball from the pot and said while eating, "That one, oh, it's also a fox demon, named Tamamo-no-Mae. Like me, she has a thousand years of cultivation and is a very powerful demon~"

At this moment, Lu Sheng sat down next to him, picked up his chopsticks, and naturally started eating the hot pot.

"I never thought that you, the Eighth Divine Child, would end up like this, falling into someone else's trap and meeting a tragic end. Should I say you were careless, or that Suzuka Gozen was really so meticulous that she could even outsmart you?"

The divine child squinted at Lu Sheng and asked, "Who exactly are you? Why do you talk as if you know me so well? Even saints make mistakes, let alone me, a mere little fox."

"Listen up, I'm your savior. If I hadn't helped you shatter the Killing Stone, you little fox might have ended up on the hot pot table in another form someday."

"Phew~ That's true. I should thank you properly. Once I get all the tails back and become the priest again, I'll erect a statue of you in the shrine."

Lu Sheng frowned slightly. "I'm not even dead, why should I erect a statue? If you want to erect one, erect one for Ayaka Kamisato. She's the one who asked me to."

Yingmei's face lit up with hope as she hurriedly asked, "Lord Miyaji, can you turn back?"

The divine child proudly raised his head, "Of course! How could a great demon like me, who has lived for thousands of years, die so easily? Even if I was ambushed, those people could only disperse my power to suppress me. Fortunately, I made preparations in advance and put some of my power into the little fox's body, so I was not completely suppressed."

"After my death, my power transformed into nine Sessho-seki stones, representing my nine tails. Suzuka Gozen gave them to nine different yokai, who then suppressed them in nine different secret places in Inazuma. If you can find my nine tails, I can be resurrected immediately."

Yingmei quickly asked, "Do you know where these places are? I can help you find them!"

The shrine maiden sighed helplessly, then turned gently to Hotaru and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but finding the Killing Stone isn’t as simple as sweeping the floor and drawing lots at the shrine. The yokai that can suppress the Killing Stone are all quite powerful. Not to mention that Suzuka Gozen will send even more powerful yokai to guard it after she knows the seal on the Killing Stone has been broken. You’re a shrine maiden who can’t even fight, so don’t get involved in this mess.”

Hotaru was unwilling to give up and said that she could join forces with other priestesses to expose the fake god's identity.

It is important to know that all the residents of Narukami Island worship Narukami Taisha, and the priest is a sacred and inviolable figure. If someone is found to be impersonating the priest, the angry believers will definitely investigate to the end.

"No, please don't do that. Suzuka Gozen has basically taken control of Inazuma. If you do this, you'll be pushing many people to the brink of disaster. It won't help me, and it will kill many people."

"But..." Hotaru started to say, but then swallowed the words back and changed her mind, saying, "I still don't understand why Kanpaku did this?"

The goddess said softly, "Silly girl, some things don't need a reason. Suzuka Gozen wants me dead for only one reason: she thinks I will get in her way. Even if I publicly declare my support for her, she will not let me go. Only when I disappear completely can she feel at ease."

Rikuo silently ate his tripe, thinking to himself that he would never let Yae no Miko go either.

A country where religion is prevalent, with an uncontrolled religious leader who is also an extremely dangerous figure.

Which emperor can sleep soundly?

If Yae no Miko were to raise objections one day, how many believers would stand on her side if she, as the palace priest, gave an order?

Religion should only be used as a tool of imperial power, not as a means of challenging it.

It can only be said that Yae no Miko died a just death.

Because no matter what she does, Suzuka Gozen can never be completely at ease, so eliminating her and supporting a new Yae who is completely obedient to her is the only solution.

"Then what should we do? Lord Kuji, are you just going to continue like this?"

The goddess's fox-like face revealed a wicked grin. "Of course not, I'm a fox, you know, I always get my revenge!"

As she spoke, she turned her head toward Lu Sheng and looked at him expectantly.

This person knew Ayaka Kamisato, so he could be considered an ally.

He shattered the seal on the Killing Stone with just his fist, and his strength is unfathomable!

The only person who has the best chance of helping me regain all my power right now is this person.

"Why are you looking at me? Go find that person inside the castle tower."

"Of course they've looked for me, but I'm not familiar with the general. The one I know has been bewitched by Suzuka Gozen and is completely unresponsive to the outside world."

Lu Sheng put down his chopsticks. "You don't want me to help you, do you? If I arrest you now and send you to the Grand Coordinator, I guarantee you a life of wealth and honor. Why should I make an enemy of the entire country to help you?"

The goddess pleaded in an ambiguous tone, "Good brother, have you ever heard of a fox repaying a debt of gratitude? I certainly won't let you suffer any losses~"

"Will you repay this debt of gratitude with a fox, or with the Eightfold Divine Child?"

Son of God:? ? ?

Lu Sheng waved his hand and continued, "I can help you, but there are two conditions."

The divine child suddenly perked up his ears. "Only two? How ungreedy!"

"First, serve me tea and water, and be my servant for a hundred years."

"No !!!!"

Yingmei and Paimon shouted in unison.

"How could a dignified palace chief become your slave?!"

"How could you just randomly take other people as your slaves?!"

Before the two masters could even voice their opinions, the two younger ones got impatient.

The fairy's fox-like eyes darted around, and she asked, "And the second one?"

Rikuo leaned closer and whispered in the child's furry ear, "Heart of God."

The divine child was taken aback, then realized that this was the man's true intention.

"That thing isn't on me anymore," she said truthfully.

“I know, so this is a loan to help, and I’m taking a loss.”

"Okay, as long as you have the ability to snatch it back from that woman, I have absolutely no objection."

Seeing the divine child's frankness, Rikuo smiled and said, "So you've agreed to everything?"

The divine child rolled his eyes at him, his tone sullen, "What other choice do I have but to agree? But a hundred years is too long. Can you live to that age? At most, twenty years."

"You don't care if I live that long. Even if I die, you have to guard my grave for eighty years, okay?"