Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful fox

Well, it feels tender, soft and warm to the touch, and it seems very suitable for cupping.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Brother Fox~"

Senjougahara Ryoko smiled slightly, then took the hair away. Then she hooked her hand and made the bottle of residual wine in the hot spring float in the air. She sprinkled the wine onto the ground bit by bit, drawing a pattern composed of ancient Chinese characters and strange cloud patterns...

Hoshino Hideyuki's attention quickly shifted from the touch of Ryoko's shoulder to the pattern.

Rather than calling this thing a barrier, it would be more appropriate to call it a formation passed down from the University of East China.

And compared to what he had learned at the Tendo family and seen in the Osaka underground, this was obviously much more sophisticated.

Should we say that it is worthy of being a thousand-year-old cat demon? Its methods are incredible.

What the fox didn't know was that while he was praising the cat in his heart, the cat was also praising the fox's abilities.

Senjougahara Ryoko: This lock of hair... clearly belongs to a god, right? And not some unknown rural god, but a powerful god who can build a shrine in Kyoto and enjoy national worship.

Being able to obtain the beautiful hair gifted by the gods, Brother Fox's connections in the human world are really incredible, including humans, gods, and monsters...

soon.

Accompanied by a flash of black and red light, Ryoko Senjougahara finished casting the spell.

Hoshino Hideyuki couldn't wait to ask: "Ms. Ryoko, is there any result?"

Ryoko Senjougahara nodded, then shook her head.

Hoshino Hideyuki:?

"Your friend is just like you before. She has either entered a secret realm or has been wrapped up like a dumpling by layers of secret techniques and barriers. I cannot pull her into my dream."

"what……"

Senjougahara Ryoko paused, and after seeing the fox's frustrated expression, she curled her lips and said slowly: "But."

Hoshino Hideyuki:?

This is not just normal heavy breathing. I suggest you go to the hospital to check out your trachea.

"But I can still help you find her location."

Ryoko Senjougahara finally finished the second half of the sentence, then turned her slender fingers into a pair of scissors, cut off a strand of her hair with a swish, and handed it to Hideyuki Hoshino.

"Take it. Follow its instructions after you go out and you will find your friend~"

Watching the fox carefully tidy up his hair, the cat demon's mouth curled up again.

Humph, since a kind-hearted god has sent a gift, I naturally cannot fall behind. I must let my fox brother have my hair on his body~

On the other side, Hoshino Hideyuki didn't think much about it for a moment, but bowed seriously to Senjougahara Ryoko, and then said:

"Thank you so much!"

"Also, this, it was a bit presumptuous of me to come in this time. I will definitely compensate you after I have solved the big matter!"

"Time is running out, so I won't say any more. Goodbye, Miss Ryoko!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hoshino Hideyuki could no longer contain his excitement. He quickly found the wooden door to exit. As soon as the bell rang, he disappeared into the peach forest.

"Is it presumptuous? I don't mind at all. I just hope you can come a few more times."

Ryoko Senjougahara tilted her head and smiled, completely shook off her kimono, and lay down in the hot spring water again.

outside.

"Hideyuki-kun! You finally came out!"

Seeing that half an hour was almost up, Ijichi Kikuri was taking out her cell phone to contact Asuka when she saw a pink-haired fox suddenly jump out from beside the bell. She excitedly went forward and hugged the fox.

"Calm down, I can't breathe..."

After taking a beating from the facial cleanser, Hoshino Hideyuki struggled to stick his head out of the valley and said, "I told you, nothing will happen."

Ijichi Kikuri loosened her embrace, but immediately frowned again and asked, "What's with that smell on you? Peach? Alcohol? And..."

"Is this the time to discuss this kind of thing?"

Anticipating what Miss Accomplice was going to say next, Hoshino Hideyuki decisively interrupted, "I know Yukiho's approximate location!"

Hearing this, Yichichijuli raised her eyebrows and stopped asking questions.

"Tsk...then let's go find someone!"

Afterwards, Hoshino Hideyuki took out Senjougahara Ryoko's hair from his arms, and saw that the hair stood up as if it had life, and then in the completely windless environment, it fell firmly to the northeast of the two people.

"Well, it's actually used as a compass."

Hoshino Hideyuki blinked his eyes, grabbed Ijichi Kikuri, and turned the two of them into two pigeons. They flapped their wings and flew in the direction indicated by the hair.

More than an hour later.

When they arrived at a residential area near the ruins of Senhu Castle, Hoshino Hideyuki, whose perception had risen to the level of a great monster, suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"No, you can't follow me anymore."

He sent Ijichi Kikuri to the ground and transformed back into human form, who immediately asked, "Why?"

Hoshino Hideyuki replied: "Because this place is full of surveillance cameras and barriers, it might be dangerous if we go further... It's strange that it is hidden so deep that I couldn't detect it when I came here last year..."

Ichichi Kikuri said: "If you are alone..."

"First of all, I am now a big monster, not so fragile. Secondly, as always, you should keep your phone charged and provide backup. This is the greatest support for me."

After saying that, Hoshino Hideyuki pecked the earlobe of the accomplice lady with his beak, then flew away with a cooing sound.

"Well, it hurts a little."

Ijichi Kikuri pouted, rubbed her earlobes, and looked in the direction where the fox pigeon flew away, without moving her eyes away for a long time.

And the other side.

Hoshino Hideyuki became more and more frightened as he flew.

It would be fine if you didn't look closely at this place. Once you look closely, you will find that there are not only barriers everywhere, but even some of the small bosses in the street shops don't seem to be ordinary people. The level of strictness is almost as high as that of the Tiantong family's old house.

So what's down there? Mothra or Godzilla?

How did Yukiho Amamiya get caught in such a place?

Chapter 291 Fox: Gearing up for trouble (4K)

With all kinds of curiosity in mind, Hoshino Hideyuki continued to go deeper into the streets.

But he soon ran into trouble.

Because Ryoko Senjougahara's hair made a sharp turn and pointed directly below him.

What do you mean? Going into the sewer again?

Hoshino Hideyuki reluctantly flew into the alley, changed from a pigeon into a mouse, and slowly approached a manhole cover, but the moment he wanted to lift the manhole cover with his little paws, he immediately felt something strange.

Yes, there is also a barrier under the manhole cover.

Although the touch he just made was light, it was enough to attract the attention of those who were paying attention.

Then he whooshed back into the depths of the alley and turned into a coin on the ground.

A few seconds later, two men who looked like restaurant kitchen helpers came over and glanced at the manhole cover on the ground.

"Ventilation 3... That's right, this is where the alarm went off just now."

"But there's nothing here." One of them squatted down and looked at the ground. "I think it's probably mice or stray cats or something."

Another person shook his head: "No, senior, these manhole covers will only sound the alarm when they are lifted up, and mice can't do that. Well, we have to write a report..."

The squatting man immediately stood up and said, "Come on, the barrier of this place has been used for who knows how many years. Last time, a dog passed by and took a shit, and the police were called all night. You should remember it, right?"

"Uh……"

"So, don't be so sensitive. We are just the outermost security here. It's not important."

"But the rules require..."

"Wait until you finish writing that report and send it out by fax. My cat will be a grandmother by now." The man sighed, patted his colleague on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry about this or that. As a junior, you should listen more to me as a senior! Let's go eat yakitori!"

Seeing the two people walking away, Hoshino Hideyuki breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay.

Although the various barriers in this place are arranged in a chain and seem airtight, they still need to be guarded by humans in the final analysis. And since they are humans... they are bound to slack off.

Doesn't Mr. Fox have an opportunity now?

However, Hoshino Hideyuki did not act in a hurry. Instead, he ran out of the street, found an opportunity to change back into human form, and took out his mobile phone.

He believed that the streets nearby were located in the core area of Tokyo and were, at least on the surface, heavily guarded. It was unlikely that the Countermeasures Office, as a local boss, knew nothing about this place.

In this case, instead of just barging in blindly, it is better to ask the representative of the local snake first.

However, at the same moment when the fox took out his cell phone, the "local boss" he was looking for called him first.

He pressed the answer button and said:

"Asuka, I just happened to be looking for you. I have some clues about Yukiho..."

"Fox, I found clues about Yukiho..."

what.

Is this what they call double happiness?

"Then let's meet now~"

Ten minutes later, in an ordinary cafe nearby.

Kitsune, Ijichi Kikuri, and Tendo Asuka took seats in the corner.

"I didn't expect you to get here so quickly." Hoshino Hideyuki looked at the girl with twin ponytails opposite him and guessed, "So... this place is really the base of the Countermeasures Room?"

Asuka Tendo dug out the strawberry from the cake in front of her, swallowed it in one gulp and said, "To be specific, it's our headquarters."

"Ahem!" Ijichi Kikuri was so surprised that she almost choked on her coffee: "Headquarters? Near here? I never thought..."

Asuka Tendo shrugged and said, "That's right. A confidential department should behave like a confidential department." After that, she asked Hoshino Hideyuki, "So, how did you find this place without me leading the way?"

"Depend on this."

Hoshino Hideyuki took out Ryoko Senjougahara's hair and briefly introduced the situation.

"I don't mean to doubt you, but according to the instructions of the hair, Yukiho should be trapped near the headquarters of the countermeasures room."

Across the table, to the fox's surprise, after hearing these words, Asuka Tendo did not get angry or rush to explain. Instead, she lowered her eyebrows and sighed, "If that's the case, then it makes sense..."

Hoshino Hideyuki blinked.

Asuka Tendo continued, "Not long ago, I accidentally rescued a little Tsukesangami. It was one of the monsters that you, Fox, threw to me after you broke the fake."

"He overheard the people in the Containment Division of the Countermeasures Room discussing how to deal with the Inari God. He was accidentally discovered and was hunted down. Fortunately, he had the ability to create almost unlimited clones, so he was able to hide his real body until I found him."

"I have sent him back to his hometown now."

"If he's not lying, Yukiho should have fallen into the hands of our shelter department."

"And the containment area of the countermeasures room that the containment department is in charge of... well, it's just below the street you just visited."

Right!

After combining the information from both sides, Hoshino Hideyuki basically confirmed that Amamiya Yukiho was trapped in the basement of the countermeasures room, and the human who had teamed up with Ruyi Bouzu and others to attack her was most likely related to the countermeasures room!

hiss……

He originally thought that he could rely on his relationship with Asuka Tendo to avoid conflicts with official organizations like the Countermeasures Office, but he didn't expect that after going around in circles, he would still have to fight in the end.

Hoshino Hideyuki felt the veins on his forehead throbbing, and said to the girl in front of him: "Asuka, tell us in detail about the situation in the countermeasures room."

The once high-spirited genius and beautiful Onmyoji now had a bitter face and said in a deep voice:

"First of all, I have to emphasize that this matter is definitely not the official will of the Countermeasures Office."

"There are many small departments in the Countermeasures Room, but the most important ones are the Soul Search Department and the Containment Department. The former is the external combat force of the Countermeasures Room, responsible for investigating, searching for, and eliminating supernatural beings that disrupt society, while the latter is responsible for detaining and studying captured supernatural beings."

"Onmyojis from big families like mine are basically in the Soul Search Department. I privately asked a few trustworthy people among them, and they all didn't know about Xuehui's situation. So this time, Sister Xuehui was arrested, most likely because someone from the Accommodation Department did it without telling the Soul Search Department!"

Hoshino Hideyuki narrowed his eyes.