I, Uchiha Hikaru, have joined the chat group.

Chapter 93 Erii: Challenging the Longest Online Time

After the negotiations were completed, it was already late at night.

The two went their separate ways and stayed at a hotel.

At this time.

Hikaru Uchiha opened the chat group and briefly explained what had happened to Bulma and the others who were eagerly waiting in the group.

[Bulma: Wow, it's already been solved smoothly? As expected of Hikari!]

[Iron-Headed Kid: +1]

[Nameless: It was mainly thanks to the "Four Symbols Sealing Technique" taught by Minato that we were able to seal Naraku so easily.]

[Yongdai Mei: No, what I did was merely icing on the cake. Miss Guang, your own talent and hard work are the most important. Ordinary people couldn't master such an advanced sealing technique as the 'Four Symbols Seal' in such a short time.]

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Bulma couldn't wait to bring up another topic—

[Bulma: Now that Naraku has been sealed away, you and Kikyo should be safe, right? Can I go over there now?]

[Anonymous@Buma: It's too late today, let's do it tomorrow. Remember to bring that detection equipment then.]

Bulma: No problem!

[Little Monster: Watching the drama unfold.jpg]

[Anonymous@LittleMonster: ...I'll call you later.]

Speaking of which, recently, the person who has been online the longest in the chat group has changed from Bulma to Erii.

That's not surprising.

The other members of the group all have some kind of job. For example, Bulma and Miko are students who need to go to school—of course, Bulma goes to school for fun and has skipped classes quite a bit lately; Tanjiro has to train with the Demon Slayer Corps and carry out demon-slaying missions; Kikyo is a priestess who practices medicine and saves people; and even Minato Namikaze has to fight and struggle with the half of the Nine-Tails that is also inside the Shinigami's belly.

Erii is the only one who is a typical homebody.

As a humanoid weapon secretly kept by the Snake Clan, she usually passes the time by playing games and watching anime.

But ever since joining the chat group, this girl has even played fewer video games. Every day, as soon as she opens her eyes, she starts staring at the messages in the group, eagerly hoping that Uchiha Hikaru and the others will appear. Even if no one posts, she can spend half a day scrolling through the chat history by herself, enjoying it immensely.

Well...

Although Erii herself didn't say it, these behaviors basically showed that "I am lonely" written all over her face.

Everyone in the group could sense this to some extent, so they were happy to talk to her and share interesting stories from their own worlds.

Uchiha Hikaru had previously promised to invite Erii over after he finished his current busy schedule, but various things kept getting in the way, and he hadn't been able to keep his promise. Now that the Naraku issue is mostly resolved, collecting the Shikon Jewel will have to wait until Bulma's radar is completed, which will probably take more than a day or two. So, during this free time…

We could go back to Konoha and treat Erii to a meal.

……

Time flew by and the next day arrived.

Early in the morning.

Bulma sent an entry request to Kikyo, and then, accompanied by a flash of white light, appeared inside the inn in Hitomi Castle.

Her attire was similar to when she last went to the Demon Slayer world, wearing a casual tracksuit and carrying a backpack, clearly treating this trip as another hiking adventure.

"Huh, so this is Kikyo-san. She's even prettier in person than in the anime screenshots of Erii... I'm Bulma!"

Bulma looked on with curiosity for a while, then her gaze fell on Kikyo's red and white shrine maiden outfit: "By the way, Kikyo-san's outfit is so unique! Can I buy it in town? I'd like to try it on too!"

"You probably can't buy it. Theoretically, only shrine maidens can wear those kinds of clothes, and ordinary people wouldn't make them... But you can ask Jianzi to help you buy one online. She should have someone who makes these kinds of cosplay outfits."

Since the topic of Miko had come up, Uchiha Hikaru casually gave Kikyo a brief overview of the situation in the Miko world.

Kikyo listened patiently, then frowned slightly: "Although I saw some of the scenes in the live stream that day, what you're saying... seems to indicate that Miss Miko's situation is a bit abnormal. It's possible that there's a problem with the order between Yin and Yang, causing a large number of vengeful spirits to remain in the human world."

"Does Miss Kikyo have a way to solve this?"

Kikyo considered for a moment: "If it is really as I guessed, then this matter involves the rules of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, which is beyond human control... All I can do is help Miko find out the situation and learn how to deal with those ghosts."

After considering for a moment, Kikyo decided to make a few simple magical artifacts for Miko to protect herself, and then go and visit her when she had some free time after her spiritual power had recovered in a few days.

Bulma was also getting a little restless.

"If you go with Ms. Kikyo, you don't need to worry about safety, but..."

Uchiha Hikaru paused, then earnestly instructed, "What you need to be careful about is that Miko's world is a relatively ordinary modern society. Most people are ordinary people, without superpowers or ninjutsu, and the level of technology is also average. When you get there, remember to keep a low profile and don't do anything that will attract attention..."

Uchiha Hikaru wasn't too worried about Kikyo.

Her clay body is not easily noticeable to the average person, and her shrine maiden attire and bow and arrows wouldn't seem too out of place in modern Japan; at most, she might be mistaken for cosplaying. As long as she doesn't use Sengoku-era herbs to heal people, she'll just be arrested for "practicing medicine without a license."

But Bulma...

Many of the inventions in the Dragon Ball world could cause a sensation in modern society. If they were to be noticed by someone with ulterior motives, they might attract the attention of government departments.

Although the "shuttle" means they won't actually be caught and subjected to biopsy analysis, it's still a troublesome matter.

"Okay, I'll be more careful."

Bulma nodded somewhat dejectedly.

……

According to Bulma's initial assessment, the Shikon Jewel radar will take about seven or eight days to make.

Considering the inherent danger of this object, Uchiha Hikaru and Kikyo were not comfortable leaving Bulma alone with the Shikon Jewel shards. Therefore, they decided that Kikyo would accompany Bulma throughout the process to assist her research and also to use this time to recover her spiritual power.

—Ever since she exorcised Uchiha Hikaru's evil thoughts last night, she has been in a weak state and has only recovered about 20-30% of her strength.

Inuyasha initially wanted to stay with Kikyo, but due to Kagome's presence and the urging from Miroku and Sango, he continued his journey to collect the Shikon Jewel after resting for a day.

Once the inn in Hitoshi Castle returned to peace, Uchiha Hikaru temporarily withdrew from the world of Inuyasha.

[Anonymous@LittleMonster: Erii, are you there?]

[Anonymous: I'm home now. If you want to come over, you can come over now.]

(End of this chapter)