"Then, Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger! Take this!"
Lu Nan first approached the old Yotsuya Miko and said, "Go ahead and speak."
"The pagoda will suppress the river demon," Yotsuya Miko whispered.
Lu Nan nodded and moved closer to the newly appeared Yotsuya Miko: "It's your turn."
"Iori's an idiot." The newly appeared Yotsuya Miko whispered, "I'm the real one, Senpai."
Lu Nan nodded, then suddenly turned around and delivered a whip kick to the old Yotsuya Miko. Yotsuya Miko's expression changed drastically, and her hands transformed into black mist daggers, ready to stab Lu Nan.
However, Lu Nan didn't even look at the incoming dagger. The dagger pierced Lu Nan's abdomen with a sharp sound and was directly deflected. [Yotsuya Miko] was completely dumbfounded, and then the next second she was kicked into a burst of black mist by a whip kick.
After watching the black mist be completely eroded by the golden light, Lu Nan looked at the newcomer, Yotsuya Miko: "Let's go, let's continue looking for that guy."
Yotsuya Miko nodded: "I think I just found some clues upstairs. Just follow me, senior!"
Yotsuya Miko walked ahead first, while Lu Nan stared behind her and whistled softly.
Yotsuya Miko turned around in confusion: "What's wrong, senpai? This isn't the time to be a pervert..."
A large, golden hand suddenly gripped Yotsuya Miko's head, while Lu Nan remained indifferent.
"S-senpai? What are you doing?" Yotsuya Miko trembled, looking at Lu Nan with some fear: "No, please, don't..."
boom.
Yotsuya Miko exploded into a cloud of black mist, which was instantly swallowed up by the golden light.
Lu Nan frowned. Although he knew it was fake, the guy's acting was a bit disgusting.
It seems that guy probably has some senses; he could still tell from a note. Luckily, he and the old fox had set up a secret signal with a whistle beforehand. Even Yotsuya Miko herself didn't know about this.
They even used a series of deceptions; that's quite clever of them.
Lu Nan strode toward the place where the new Yotsuya Miko had come from. That guy had deliberately led him upstairs, either because there was a trap waiting for him upstairs, or because he had just approached something he didn't want to be discovered, so he wanted him to go upstairs.
As Lu Nan walked, the surrounding darkness seemed to grow thicker and thicker, and black mist condensed. A figure in the black mist blocked Lu Nan's way, and Lu Nan could actually see a resolute look on the face of this figure in the black mist, which was not even a face.
"Oh? You disgusting thing actually have something you want to protect?" Lu Nan sneered, golden light bursting forth: "The thought of this is truly nauseating."
It seems that the old fox misjudged him; that guy and the ghost inside him might not actually be hostile to each other.
"So you mean I can't get through this unless you die?" Lu Nan smiled, raised his hand, and clenched his fist: "Then I'll grant your wish. I'll beat you to death right here."
……
Yotsuya Miko frowned as she looked at the man holding the knife in front of her: "I already said, I'm not going with you."
No-Face gritted his teeth as he stared at Yotsuya Miko in front of him: "I already said, I can give you everything, all of my life! Everything I own!!"
Yotsuya Miko sighed and stepped back: "I've already told you, I'm not interested at all. I have absolutely no interest in you. Your confession disgusts me. Do you understand now that I've made it so clear?"
Faceless, his face contorted in a grotesque roar, as if he'd lost his mind: "What's so great about that person?! What do you like about him?!"
Yotsuya Miko frowned: "I don't want to talk to you about my senior. You have no way of understanding how good he is."
Faceless froze abruptly. She didn't even want to say a few more words, and even talking to herself felt terrible...
"Hahaha..." The Faceless One chuckled softly, then burst into maniacal laughter. He understood; Jianzi had definitely been deceived. Only he himself truly understood her! In this world, only he was the one who truly understood her!
The only one worthy of her is himself! As long as he can take her away!
No-Face lunged forward with his sword raised, as if to place it against Yotsuya Miko.
"Your stand-up comedy is quite good, kid." A voice of indistinct gender came from Yotsuya Miko's shoulder: "It's so old-fashioned that it's almost grotesque to me."
In the blink of an eye, a giant golden fox appeared behind Yotsuya Miko, and two fox-headed shrine maidens quickly rose from the ground, stretching out their hands. With bells ringing, No-Face's body was pinned in mid-air, unable to move.
"Coo-coo! (God! We're frozen!)"
"Giggle! (Big sister is awesome!)"
"Shut up! I've already told you all to stop secretly watching TV at night. If you scare Jianzi Xiaoni's mother, I won't let you off the hook!"
The two witches shrank back and dared not utter a sound.
The old fox looked at Faceless, who was pinned in mid-air and unable to move, with a mocking expression: "Generally speaking, I really can't do anything with an ordinary person like you."
"But the unfortunate thing is, you can no longer be considered human."
Chapter 233 Retribution
No-Face showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he began to speak with a sincere expression, saying all sorts of things that Yotsuya Miko wouldn't even bother to listen to.
The old fox chuckled maliciously: "Still talking? I really don't know where you get your confidence from. Aren't you afraid of dying here?"
The faceless creature glanced at it but said nothing.
Since he dared to be so arrogant, he must have a backup plan. Once his evil intentions returned and they were determined to escape, no one could stop them.
With his life in danger, he naturally dared to act so recklessly.
The old fox stroked his tail: "Although I don't know if you have any tricks up your sleeve, now that you're here in your true form, if I kill you now..."
The old fox nodded slightly, and the fox-headed witch slowly clenched her fists. The faceless body began to twist in a very strange direction, and he let out a somewhat tragic wail.
"Evil thoughts! Evil thoughts!"
Finally, he couldn't help but roar loudly. The old fox covered Yotsuya Miko's eyes with his tail and said calmly, "Isn't it a little too late to start getting anxious now?"
Suddenly, a black mist swept in, enveloping and saving Faceless, but it dissipated after only a few steps, and Faceless collapsed to the ground.
He flew into a rage: "Evil thoughts! What's going on!"
"Are you looking for this guy?"
Lu Nan's voice came from behind. Wumian turned around and saw a half-dead black mist figure being held in Lu Nan's hand, its body riddled with holes from the golden light.
Faceless exclaimed in horror, "How is this possible... How could you..."
Lu Nan rolled his eyes: "Can you please stop saying lines that sound like they come from an old-fashioned urban novel villain? It's so cheesy! What era are you from?"
The black mist figure in his hand, seeing the faceless man lying on the ground in such a miserable state, seemed to be stimulated by something and wriggled, as if trying to gather its strength for a final desperate attempt.
However, Lu Nan didn't give it that chance at all. With a flash of golden light in his hand, the black mist figure in his hand was immediately corroded even more severely and became completely unable to move.
Faceless was sitting on the ground, his heart filled with despair. He looked at Lu Nan and said dejectedly, "You win. Do as you please, kill me or torture me."
Lu Nan was slightly taken aback, then revealed a somewhat wicked smile: "You don't think you're so tough now, do you? That kind of spirit didn't exist when you were torturing and killing ordinary people. You're nothing but a complete beast and scum."
Lu Nan squatted down and shook the black mist figure in his hand, which was almost completely worn away: "If I'm not mistaken, you're the kind of person who complains about everything, right? You feel like nobody in this world understands you, and you think that since the world treats you this way, it doesn't matter how you retaliate?"
"So you're lonely, you're helpless, so you turn to the dark side. You bully ordinary people and carry out your so-called 'revenge,' but in the end, it's just you putting a disgusting skin over your own disgusting self."
Faceless clenched his fist: "It's just the victor's empty words. Say whatever you want."
Lu Nan narrowed his eyes: "You've been searching for your so-called companionship, your so-called confidant, but do you know that what you actually need has already been right beside you all along?"
Wumian's eyes widened suddenly as he stared at Lu Nan in astonishment.
Lu Nan then picked up the black mist figure in his hand: "Oh yeah, isn't this the thing that's always been there for you and supported you? Isn't it the kind of confidant you've been looking for?"
Faceless was struck dumb, frozen in place.
Lu Nan whistled: "But you don't care at all. You take its kindness for granted, treat it as a tool to be used. You've completely betrayed sincerity, just like those people you've met before. They don't trust you, just like you don't trust this guy. You're just like those people."
Faceless suddenly broke down, roaring, "Stop talking! No! No!"
Lu Nan raised an eyebrow, kicked Wumian over, and stepped on his mouth to physically silence him: "Isn't that right? I don't think there's anything wrong with it. You're just an ordinary guy who happens to be able to see some things and happens to gain a sincere heart that you don't care about. You're nothing special."
"This guy has sacrificed so much for you, standing in my way for what you thought was true love, and no matter how much I beat him, he wouldn't back down~"
Lu Nan looked down at the faceless creature's increasingly distorted face and said with a grin, "It could have run away, but it refused to back down in pursuit of so-called true love for someone. It even turned back to help you when you cried for help, only to have its chest pierced by my punch. Look, this is it. Isn't it big? Isn't your brother Lu amazing?"
Faceless gritted his teeth and glared at Lu Nan: "You'll get your comeuppance..."
Lu Nan's smiling face suddenly turned cold. He stomped his foot on the faceless man's face and said viciously, "Retribution? If there really is such a thing as retribution in this world, then you should have been struck by lightning long ago when you attacked the first innocent person. You son of a bitch."
"This guy has dozens of souls inside his chest, big and small, old and young. You've robbed so many families of their happiness; you're the one who deserves the most retribution. And now you dare to say I'll be punished?"
Lu Nan slowly took a step back, raised his hand to let Wumian see his action: "You are the ones who should be punished."
A burst of golden light erupted, and the black mist figure twisted helplessly under its corrosive influence, burning to ashes in the faceless, desperate gaze.
Lu Nan clapped his hands, as if trying to brush away something dirty: "Poor thing, it didn't even have a name in the end. It doesn't matter, anyway..."
"I burned it to ashes, so it won't even have an afterlife."
Lu Nan's powerful shot completely lulled Wumian, who was about to say something, to sleep. After this kick, Wumian can probably go back to his family home in seven days.
Looking at the faceless man with his neck twisted, Lu Nan glanced at the old fox who was calm and collected, and the maid witch who was trembling and clinging to each other, not daring to utter a sound.
"I'll leave the cleanup to you, you old fox. Just bury it somewhere out of the way."
The old fox nodded, and the two witch maids immediately stepped forward, dragging the faceless corpse into the darkness.
"Leave it to me. In this desolate wilderness, finding a bear den to throw him in will be a good deed for me." The old fox quickly shrank and followed. It had to do what the old man had ordered, or it would be the next one to be kicked to death like a stray dog.
It wasn't comfortable leaving the two little kids alone; it had to go and keep an eye on them.
Chapter 234 Experiencing Local Customs and Traditions
Yotsuya Miko remained obediently standing in place with her eyes closed, even after the old fox had moved his tail away.
Lu Nan even wondered if the little girl had fallen asleep.
Lu Nan stroked his chin as he moved closer to observe Yotsuya Miko. Yotsuya Miko trembled slightly at the familiar scent approaching, opened her eyes, and said with a hint of helplessness, "You can just call me 'senpai' directly, you don't need to get so close..."
Despite saying that, Yotsuya Miko still blushed and nervously clutched the hem of her clothes.
Lu Nan chuckled and ruffled her hair: "Everything's settled, let's go back."
"Okay, senior."
Yotsuya Miko followed Lu Nan back, still unable to contain her curiosity, and asked, "Senpai, that No-Face and that Oni really..."
Lu Nan smiled and said, "You want to ask if it's a love story between a human and a ghost, right?"
Yotsuya Miko nodded: "After all, I've never seen this before...it's quite novel."
Lu Nan, holding his head, said nonchalantly, "He's definitely lying to me. Ghosts don't have such complex emotions. That ghost is just a tool. It's not as mysterious as I'm making it out to be."
He looked out the window at the moon that had already appeared, and said with a touch of wicked humor, "Those kinds of people are too easy to guess. They have deep-seated grievances and all they need is recognition."
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