I'm having fun in Tokyo

Her eyes were tightly closed, her eyelashes were intertwined, her brows were slightly furrowed, her chest rose and fell slightly, and her legs were intertwined, as if she was struggling in her sleep but had no way to break free.

The big fox mistook Him for Tamamo-no-Mae?

It seems that the Inari God also said that at that time, He used the image of Tamamo-no-Mae to do evil, controlled a girl from the Fujiwara family, and even started a war, forcing her to seal herself and only use her incarnation.

She accepted His conditions, which led to what happened later.

Is it going to happen again like that?

Morikawa Yu frowned, looked at Mitsuko in front of him, stared at her face, and sighed.

The Inari God is not Tamamo-no-Mae; she is simply using another method to coerce her into not taking action.

Her current state only made Morikawa Yu feel more sorry for her.

That bastard Inari God deserves to die.

He hesitated for a moment, thinking about how to start the conversation and persuade Mitsuko to face reality.

Mitsuko suddenly released his hand, took a step back, and gave him a bright smile.

"You look so conflicted, do you think I'm treating Him like Tamamo-no-Mae and finding it hard to make a move?"

Morikawa Yu nodded, then shook her head.

"Sigh, you." Mitsuko sighed softly.

"Please at least have some faith in me."

"No matter what, I've suffered so many losses, I already knew His purpose in fusing Tamamo's power."

"Right now, He is just causing trouble under the guise of Tamamo and blackmailing me. I will not treat her as Tamamo, and if it weren't for Him, Tamamo would not have left me."

“I also want Him to die, to make Him pay the price.”

“I’m happy that you want to avenge me by killing Him, but He is ultimately a god. You are a human being, and you may be harmed if you kill Him.”

"Moreover, I also have some selfish motives; I want to kill Him with my own hands."

She turned around, golden starlight appearing on her forehead, and golden fox tails extending from behind her, slowly emerging one by one, gradually filling Morikawa Yu's vision.

Did Liangzi tell you anything before she came to my place?

“I subconsciously drove Him to Tokyo because I wanted to find something.”

"What is that?" Morikawa Yu asked, releasing his grip on Tsurumaru's right hand.

Although he felt a little sorry for the experience, there was nothing he could do if Mitsuko wanted to kill Inari.

He's not some scoundrel who'd give up everything for experience; he only gains experience to become stronger and protect those around him.

The big fox and he are now comrades-in-arms. When he becomes the god, they will definitely have contact and may even become friends.

The Inari god was her mortal enemy, having hurt her so much; it's only natural that she wanted to take revenge herself.

If I were to deceive her with sweet words for the sake of this experience, then in the future, I might very well deceive or even hurt others, including those close to me, for the same reason.

Then what's the difference between him and that greedy and ruthless bastard, Inari?

It's just experience. At worst, I can work overtime in the future, wear a mask at night, sweep through all the criminals, and then go and compete in the All Japan Kendo Championship again, be the "Great Demon King" for a while, and relax.

Morikawa Yu half-jokingly convinced herself, then looked at Mitsuko's face and found that her eyes had changed. Her eyelids were lowered, her brows were slightly furrowed, and she looked very sad.

Didn't she say she wanted something? Why does she look like that?

Chapter 177 Don't Touch the Fox's Tail

“Liberation,” Mitsuko suddenly said.

“I want to seek liberation.”

She gazed at the Inari deity on the throne, then looked around at the burning buildings not far away, and the palace ruins further on, until the end of her sight.

That was where she lived under the alias Abe no Seimei with Tamamo-no-Mae, but it had been reduced to ruins and burned to charred ashes by foxfire.

"For the past thousand years, I have often wondered whether what I did back then was right or wrong."

"Simply because he wanted to get closer to humans and disdained the actions of Inari, he forged a human identity to experience life and went to Kyoto, which resulted in the disaster."

“If I hadn’t gone to Kyoto and hadn’t done those things, He wouldn’t have succeeded, Tamamo wouldn’t have left me, Kyoto wouldn’t have suffered the disaster, and no one would have been injured or killed.”

"I was too greedy. I wish I hadn't been so greedy."

She floated toward the throne of Inari, and opened her arms.

"So, let me end all of this..."

She couldn't continue speaking and paused.

Morikawa Yu grabbed one of her tails from behind, her tone serious.

"You want to die together with Him?"

"why?"

He initially thought that Mitsuko wanted to deal with Inari herself, but the more he looked, the more something seemed off. Then, under the system's display, he saw a determination appear on her, something called "Jade and Stone Burn Together".

He didn't react at first glance, and after a moment of stunned silence, he realized that it seemed to mean the same thing as "perishing together with the jade" or "going down in flames."

Seeing her determined to fly towards the Inari deity despite the ominous situation, he became anxious and tried to grab her, but she flew too fast and he only managed to catch one of her tails.

Mitsuko turned her head, glanced at his hand that was pulling her tail, and looked at him with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance.

Morikawa Yu also felt something was wrong, but then she noticed that the tail in her hand was fluffy and very soft.

He tried to loosen his grip, but ended up squeezing it again.

"You, sigh."

Mitsuko suddenly sighed.

She had made plans to seek her own liberation, but was interrupted, and the person who interrupted her even grabbed her by the tail, stopping her in such an atmosphere-ruining way.

Even if she wanted to continue what she had just said, she couldn't quite bring herself to say it.

"Does it feel good to squeeze?"

She stared intently at Morikawa Yu, raising one tail to strike his hand, but seemed afraid of hurting him, so she moved very slowly.

Morikawa Yu instinctively reached out her left hand and grabbed the tail that was hitting her. Only after she held it did she realize what she had done.

Mitsuko glared at him, her ears twitched, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

Morikawa Yu chuckled awkwardly and released her tail.

Mitsuko sighed again.

"Do you know that you shouldn't touch a fox's tail?"

She felt a surge of anger, but considering that the other person had just helped her and had a rather strange relationship with her, she ultimately suppressed her anger.

Morikawa Yu shook his head honestly.

He only knew that you shouldn't touch a tiger's backside, but he really didn't know that you shouldn't touch a fox's tail.

However, the great fox is no ordinary fox; she is a powerful yokai from the Age of Gods. If she says we can't touch her, then we can't touch her.

Anyway, my wife will definitely let me touch her; my wife is the best.

"What's with that expression on your face? A 'life-winner' smile?" She stared at Morikawa Yu and turned around.

"Even if I have a lot of feelings for you, the fact that you're thinking about another girl in front of other girls, and looking so happy, is a serious drawback, isn't it?"

For some reason, Morikawa Yu felt that Mitsuko's tone had become dangerous.

He coughed lightly, trying to change the subject as if he wanted to survive.

"Hey, big fox, why did you choose to perish together with this damned god?"

"To kill Him, must we pay a heavy price?"

He didn't understand.

Feiyue must have killed quite a few gods, but nothing happened to her.

Why did she have to be so prepared to kill Inari?

Or perhaps she simply didn't want to live anymore? Did she seek relief by giving up her life?

He was a little worried when he saw Mitsuko's expression become subtle.

"So, you just want to give up your life, instead of paying the price for killing Him, is that right?"

Morikawa Yu confirmed her thoughts and sighed inwardly.

It's really a headache. I finally managed to rescue her with Ryoko, and now she wants to commit suicide. Isn't that too much to ask?

He looked at her, then glanced at the spot where the two of them had been standing.

He remembered that when he first arrived here and saw her, she looked preoccupied.

"I came here just now and saw you deep in thought. Is this what you were thinking about?"

"When I arrived in the consciousness space, you wanted to send me back because you were preparing to end your own life and were afraid I would stop you?"

Women's eyesight.

Mitsuko lowered her head and turned around.

"Morikawa, please don't say any more. This is my business..."

Before she could finish speaking, Morikawa Yu interrupted her.

“Big fox, I didn’t want to do it originally because you wanted to kill him, but now I’ve changed my mind.”

He flew over, stood in front of her, and facing the Inari god before him, drew Tsurumaru and Mikazuki, the blades shimmering with a dazzling light.

"What happened in Heian-kyo is not your fault."

"If this bastard hadn't abandoned his principles, gone mad, and abandoned his followers, this would never have happened."

"Otherwise, even if you hide and don't let Him find you, He will still hurt more people, threaten you, coerce you, and use any means necessary to achieve His goals."

Morikawa Yu pointed the sword in his hand at the Inari god on the altar.

"The problem isn't with you, it's with this guy!"

"If He doesn't die, disaster will surely strike!"

"Therefore, he is the one who should die!"

"Furthermore, if you want liberation, is giving up your life the solution?"

"Liangzi helped you, didn't she?"

"Did I help you too?"

"Although I don't know much about the situation in Kyoto, the people must be in a state of panic, right?"

"Although Feiyue seems to dislike you, she'll be heartbroken if you really leave, won't she?"

"So you've just been saved, and now you're about to give up your life."

"Whom do you think you're being fair to by doing this? The Heian-kyo of a thousand years ago?"

"What about us?"

"You're free now, but what about us?"

"If you become aware of these things before ending your own life, can you truly find liberation?"

He sighed, and seeing that Mitsuko remained silent, he continued.

"I'm not saying this to criticize you, nor am I suggesting that you resolve these issues and then end your own life."

"I just want you to understand that suicide is useless, and running away won't solve anything."

Instead of dwelling on the past, you should move on and face it all.

“Even if you destroy the position of Inari God, you are still a great yokai of the Age of Gods, the lord of Kyoto. You have power, status, and truly virtuous character.”

"You can live a better life, so why think about dying?"

Mitsuko fell silent, her expression blank.