Survive in Azure Files

So, what is the difference in smell if nail polish is applied on the top and on the bottom?

"Haha~ You're quite smooth-talking~ But I won't be happy even if you flatter me like this, okay? Well~ this is a minus point!"

The girl with devil horns opened her folding fan to cover the lower half of her smiling face. Her squinting eyes slightly opened, revealing yellow pupils:

"That being said, well... it's pretty interesting anyway."

"Lady Nia, you are very rude."

At this time, the voice of the fox-eared girl who led the way for me came from beside me.

I turned my head and saw that she had taken off her mask, revealing her true face.

The hanging side bangs cover half of the right eye, the eyebrows are wide and bean-shaped, the pupils are golden, and there is red eyeshadow around the eyes.

On the beautiful face, below the pursed lips, there is a beauty mole, and its owner is indeed an outstanding beauty.

I suddenly felt that even if they were the criminals who instigated the evil spirits to destroy the Sakura Festival, they were also my students, and I had the responsibility to reform them.

Of course, before that, I will never let their conspiracy succeed.

"Haha, Guo Sui is still as rigid as ever."

The girl called "Lady Nia" said this, put away her fan, straightened her expression, and cleared her throat:

"Ahem. Well then, please allow me to introduce myself first..."

I interrupted with a wave of my hand and said confidently: "Don't underestimate my intelligence network. You are the Smiling Professor, right?"

From the name Nia, it is completely "Professor Nia Nia", and she is always smiling like this, isn't she the "Smiling Professor"? It's really worthwhile to come up with a pseudonym!

Before Nia could answer, Guo Sui said in surprise:

"Teacher, what are you talking about? This is the head of our Yin Yang Department?"

……What?

Yin and Yang Department?

Faced with this shocking fact, for a moment, I realized that I had misunderstood something from the beginning, and my thoughts froze.

Chapter 85: Difficult Nia

Inside the room, I and the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Onmyoji Department, who I once believed to be the culprits of the Sakura Festival riot, have all taken their seats.

Nia covered her face with a folding fan, and laughter came from behind the fan: "Haha~ So, I'm not some smiling professor."

I will reserve my opinion on this point for now.

"Anyway," Nia folded her fan, "my name is Tiandi Nia, and I'm the head of the Yin-Yang Department. Hmm? You want to say I'm being rude? That's not the case. It's more like the opposite."

Nia, the head of the Yin-Yang Department, who was regarded very low by Shizuko, used roundabout words to make a sophistry:

"It's just because I'm so petty that I acted so rudely. Actually, I'm a very~great person. Having said that, I'm very happy to meet you, Xia Lai's teacher?"

In contrast, Guo Sui's self-introduction was very formal: "Deputy Minister of Yin Yang Department, Sang Shang Guo Sui. I hope you will take care of me from now on."

"I am Xia Lai's teacher. I am very happy to meet you. Please take care of me in the future."

Nia laughed and said, "Haha, that's a really serious reaction."

Don't worry, there will be a chance for you to see how I behave when I'm not serious.

"Well, now that the situation is urgent, I will get straight to the point."

I took a sip of the hot tea, sorted out my thoughts, and looked at the squinty-eyed girl who invited me here:

"You should know why I have been staying at the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons these days, right?"

"Oh my, you're such a direct man? Uh-huh~ Being too direct in conversation can be offensive, you know? But I don't mind it!"

If you don't mind, please don't talk about it at such a long length?

Nia said in a relaxed tone: "Of course I know. You helped the raccoon cat from Hyakuya-do to protect the Sakura Festival from the troublemakers, right? Haha~ I arranged for Chiyo to receive you. As the head of the Onmyoji Department, of course I know this!"

I nodded: "In that case, please tell me the true identity of the guy who hired Chi Mei Yi Zuo."

Nia exclaimed, "Eh? That's the first thing you ask? Isn't that too outrageous?"

Before the demons kidnapped me, they sent Guo Sui, who was wearing a mask to hide his identity, to bring me here. Was there something else they wanted to do?

I looked at Nia quietly, and she still had a smile on her face as if she saw through everything:

"Teacher, even I don't know how to conduct such a conversation without any preparation. More importantly, the girl's carefully prepared remarks were all invalidated. Is the teacher such a cruel person by nature? Well, I am a little disillusioned."

What a troublesome guy! No wonder Shizuka had to drag me along first before she dared to ask Nia for help.

I thought there was still time, so I didn’t need to rush. “Then please do as you please. I’m all ears.”

Nia smiled triumphantly: "Haha, since the teacher is so anxious, I'll make it short~"

One more thing, he has a bit of a bad taste and seems to like to play the devil's advocate.

"Originally, regarding this matter, our Onmyoji Department is not going to get involved at all. Teacher, you should have heard about the purpose of our Onmyoji Department from Tanuki-san, right?"

The Tanuki-san was referring to Shizuko. I nodded, thinking back to Shizuko's complaints.

The purpose of the Onmyoji Department is to be lazy and not take care of things... Bah, it is to maintain the balance of the Hundred Demons Night Parade.

Nia continued, "Well, since you already know this, I won't elaborate on this. In short, even if the current situation is slightly beyond expectations, our Yin Yang Department will still not provide military support."

"What do you mean by beyond expectations?" I frowned slightly.

"In a nutshell, the balance has been broken." Nia's smile faded a little. "First of all, when Shizuko reported the results of the investigation to the Yin Yang Department, I realized that the direction of your investigation was completely off track."

I see. Because the "Smiling Professor" was involved, I started to get restless.

"If it involves a famous criminal master in Kivotos, the Yin Yang Department still needs to give a basic response. This is the first reason. The second is that I received some strange intelligence. Although I can't be completely sure of its authenticity, it makes me a little concerned."

Nia's words were ambiguous, and she is indeed a master of Tai Chi.

"In the end, without clarifying their identities in advance, they invited the teacher who should have been brought in front of the mastermind and knew the other party's identity. This is also a mistake made by our Yin Yang Department, so let's regard it as a special apology to the teacher~"

Although this reason seems a bit far-fetched, I can regard it as Nia's goodwill.

I smiled slightly: "Then, I will accept it with peace of mind. So, who is the mastermind behind the demons?"

"Hmm~ well~" Nia said in a roundabout way, giving a hint, "From what I know, that person seemed to have participated in your discussion last night and guided the direction of your speculation?"

There is only one guy who meets the requirements to participate in the combat meeting and is completely untrustworthy.

The corner of my mouth twitched, and I stroked my forehead and sighed, "It's that guy. I only guessed that he was related to the mastermind, but I didn't expect it to be him?"

Nia tilted her head. "Hmm? Because of the strange rumors that suddenly popped up? Oh my, I'm also surprised. Maybe, I've been hiding my true abilities all along?"

"You'll know this when we face each other face to face."

"Hahaha~ That's true~"

"Anyway, thank you for the information."

I stood up and said, "Well, I'll take my leave today. I'll come visit you again after this incident is over."

Nia also stood up and held out her hand to me: "Haha, I'm looking forward to your visit."

I shook Nia's cold hand and felt that this first meeting was quite harmonious and pleasant. I sincerely hoped that the future would be as smooth as this.

Although it's probably impossible.

Just when we first met, I could feel that Nia was a man of deep thoughts. The Minister of Yin and Yang was not an easy person to get along with. You never know when I might fall into her trap.

It would probably be a daunting task to conquer her and taste the black nail polish she uses.

After saying goodbye to Nia and Guosui, I walked out of the teahouse. When I thought about the true identity of the culprit, I still found it a little hard to believe.

But it can also be said to be unexpected and reasonable.

The president of the shopping street, Nyanko Tenmaru, is not a good person after all.

While using my cell phone to inform everyone of the news, I walked towards the direction of Baiye Hall in the midday sun.

Chapter 86: Professor Miao Tianwan's Smiling Face Says Wei Cun

The famous coffee shop is located in Baiye Hall.

The girls from the festival management committee and the training club have gathered together at my call.

With a loud bang, the cute little maid-girl stood up and slammed the table:

"Damn it! I didn't expect that the mastermind behind the destruction of the Sakura Festival was actually that old man! I trusted him so much!"

As she said this, Shizuka was both angry and frustrated. She gritted her teeth and her eyes seemed to be burning with flames.

The culprit who caused her to bear the pressure of the festival being cancelled at any time for so many days, and even lost two strands of her carefully maintained hair, was actually Meow Tenmaru who came to her house every now and then to show concern and whom she thought was a good person who was soft-hearted but came to help? !

Now looking back, that guy came to their house just to gather information and understand their movements!

No wonder we couldn't find anyone from the Ghostly Tribe this morning. It turned out that the employers of those problem children were sitting next to Shizuko and her companions when they were holding a combat meeting, listening and personally participating in the formulation of the plan.

This is simply a shameful betrayal... No, there was an ulterior motive from the very beginning. He was just treating Shizuko, the smartest and cutest poster girl of Hyakuya Hall, as a fool!

Shizuka was furious, and the waiter Renxia was adding fuel to the fire: "Fina knows! This is Infernal Affairs! He has been lurking around us for so long without being discovered. The president is really a hero! But why did he do this?"

"Didn't he say that before? There might be people who can't accept innovation and object to us spending too much money... His analysis was very logical, and it turns out that he himself is one of them!"

Shizuka became angrier and angrier as she spoke. She paced back and forth, waving her fists from time to time, punching like a poster girl with great vigor and energy, as if she couldn't wait to beat Nyanko up to vent her anger.

I wanted to say something but stopped myself, not knowing whether I should say it or not. In fact, I had already felt that Miao Tianwan was suspicious, but I didn't say anything because of their face.

After thinking about it, I asked the most critical question at the moment: "The reasons can be put aside for now. Anyway, let's first determine the location of Miao Tianwan and Chi Mei's people."

"Yes, it won't be too late to consider these things after we defeat the bad guys."

Mimori agreed softly. As expected of my good wife, knowing how to speak up for her husband at the right time should also be a compulsory course for Yamato Nadeshiko.

"Ah, about this point," Shizuka calmed down, "it has been basically confirmed."

Fina followed up, "We just asked the people who came to attend the Sakura Festival if they saw any strange people!"

Shizuko nodded. "As a result, many people said they saw the president and a group of demons passing through the back alley of the shopping street and entering the ruins."

"Because Chimei Ichizo and the president of the shopping street are very conspicuous... yawn..."

The one who was yawning while talking was naturally the head of the training department, Chun.

In other words, it was just because they were blinded by the light and misled by the people of Chimeiyizu, that they ignored the suspicion of Miao Tianwan. Once the crux of the matter was found, it would be easy to find evidence of his collusion with Chimeiyizu.

"Well, then!" Feng raised his hand happily, "Now that we have determined the opponent's location, let's set off quickly! Defeat all the bad guys and solve the troubles of the Sakura Festival once and for all!"

But at this point, Feng's expression turned a little regretful: "...Wuwuwu! I didn't expect the decisive battle to come so soon. I thought it would happen at the same time as the climax of the festival, the fireworks, like in the TV series..."

"It will be completely too late by then!"

Shizuka couldn't help but complain, then she took a deep breath and regained her composure, saying worriedly:

"But do we really have enough manpower now? I wonder how many troops Meow Tenmaru and Chi Mei Yi Zuo will ambush in the ruins and what kind of traps they will set... Let's wait for the support of the Yin Yang Department first?"

It was indeed as Shizuko worried, it was hard to say whether this was another flaw that Meow Tenmaru deliberately exposed in order to lure us to their base camp.

however……

"Sorry, I didn't get to say it yet," I said regretfully, pouring cold water on Shizuka, "The news that Meow Tenmaru is the mastermind is all the help the Onmyoji Department can give."

"Huh? Wait, that means those guys already knew that these things were all instigated by Meow Tenmaru, but they just sat there and did nothing?"

Shizuko was keenly aware of this and became furious: "It must be Nia! It must be Nia! She keeps saying something about maintaining balance, but she's actually waiting to see me laugh at her! Ahhh! Damn Onmyoji!"

"Ahem, don't say that. They may have just found out about this..."

I feel that this argument, at least not convincing to myself, but it is just right as a stepping stone.

"Tsk... Never mind, let's just leave it like this for now, and settle the score with them after this is over."

Because the fireworks display was imminent, Shizuko, who was increasingly disregarding her image in her anger, pouted and complained helplessly:

"Although he appears to be just an ordinary shopping street president, Nyanmaru secretly has a hidden identity as the 'Smiling Professor'. The Onmyoji Department is still so careless."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask, "Wait, why do you say Meow Tenmaru is the Smiling Professor?"

Shizuka asked in confusion: "Eh? This is the answer we came up with together before? Besides, the name actually gave away our identities."