Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

Because of the large number of victims, the countermeasures office is not very efficient.

The passengers were not allowed to return to Japan until four days after the Mengbo left Ryugu.

The originally pleasant journey was ruined by robbers and "poison gas," and the passengers were naturally full of resentment. As soon as they got off the ship, they rushed to the equally eager reporters and began to tell them about their experiences in recent days.

One can imagine what the front page headlines will be in the newspapers in the coming days.

However, neither the fox nor the accomplice had any interest in making the news.

They didn't want to attract too much attention, so as soon as they got off the ship, they secretly took the train home.

It's worth mentioning that when they boarded the train, the two of them only bought one ticket.

The reason they can save so much money is simple...

"Ah, finally home~"

As soon as she entered the room, Ichiki pushed her suitcase against the wall, bent down to take off her peep-toe heels, and without even changing into slippers, rushed into the room with her bare, slightly sweaty white feet, and plopped down on the bed.

"Ah, this feels so good. After all, I should just collapse in bed after a trip..."

"Help! Someone's about to run over a fox! Where are the animal protection organizations?!"

"Ah! I'm so sorry!"

Hearing a fox howl coming from inside her clothes, Ijichi Kikuri realized something was terribly wrong and quickly propped herself up with her arms.

Hoshino Hideyuki then crawled out from her collar.

Yes.

This is the fox's secret to saving on train fare, and also his clever way of avoiding the cold autumn wind.

"However, fortune and misfortune are intertwined. I never imagined that I, who had escaped the bitterness of the cold wind, would still be unable to escape the torture of being crushed by stones. Truly, fate has not been kind to me..."

The fox climbed onto the mattress and began to speak in a poetic tone.

“S-Sorry!”

Next to her, Iji Chikiku clasped her hands together and nodded like a little chick.

However, the fox merely gave the accomplice a resentful look, then, with a paw moistened with saliva, wrote on the bed:

"The one who crushed me was Ichikiku Riya, and Mogami River!"

Iji Chikiku stared at those words for a moment, then…

Duang!

He chopped the fox in the hand!

"Don't get the sheets dirty because of something like this!"

finally.

The case of the fox being crushed to death ended with Ijichi Kikuri confessing her guilt and being punished by going to the kitchen to get pudding for the fox, bringing a satisfactory conclusion.

But right now.

Hideyuki Hoshino and Kikuri Iji's cell phones rang at the same time.

It was Yui Sakai calling from Ichikichi's side. As soon as she answered, she was filled with concern. Clearly, Ms. Sakai had seen the news about the Mengbo's ordeal and was very worried about her best friend.

Kikuchi Ichi quickly began to explain.

Meanwhile, Hoshino Hideyuki received two messages.

One of the messages was from Asuka Tendo, which basically said that he had been officially classified as an A-rank yokai by the countermeasures office and was a major threat. She warned him not to be too conspicuous lately, otherwise the genius and beautiful female onmyoji would not show any mercy, blah blah blah.

The fox couldn't help but laugh and casually replied with a funny emoji.

On the other side, Asuka Tendo replied: What does this mean?

What do you mean?

What else could "funny" mean? You can guess for yourself!

Hoshino Hideyuki swiped his phone and then looked at another message, sent to him by Inuyama Tetsu.

The gist is that the bank indeed quickly froze Nishizawa's cards, but before that, they had already withdrawn 3 million yen.

Because the risk of withdrawing and transferring money this time is relatively high, one-third of the money will be used to bribe the relevant channels, and the rest will be divided equally: half will be donated to the families of the victims of the milk powder poisoning incident, and the other half will be transferred to Fox.

Hideyuki Hoshino had no objection to this; 100 million yen would be enough for him to live on for quite some time.

In short, the financial crisis that had lasted for several months has finally been resolved!

No more worrying about selling your cleavage to rich women!

Then, he raised his two paws and typed slowly, recounting his experiences over the past few days in detail to Inuyama Tetsuya.

Intelligence exchange complete.

He turned his head and saw that Ichikichi was still chatting with her best friend. Since he couldn't get the pudding out for the time being, he simply summoned the system.

At this moment, he already had a full 76 cultivation points!

Of the 45 new points, 20 came from deceiving the dragon corpse, and 25 came from deceiving Sada Kunishimado at the end.

Hoshino Hideyuki pursed his lips, feeling that the dragon corpse had given him a bit too little.

After thinking about it, it's probably because although the dragon corpse is strong, it only has instinct and no intelligence, so the system lowered the reward multiplier.

However, no matter what, the gains this time were still significant!

So Hoshino Hideyuki splurged a bit, using 30 points and 25 points respectively to upgrade both the Quick, Easy and Economical Fox Fairy Technique and Heart Moonfire to level 4.

Since he's already been rated A-rank by the countermeasures office, he should at least make his demonic power more profound to truly live up to that title.

The same goes for Heart Moonfire. As his signature skill, it failed to burn Sada Kunishima this time, which was somewhat embarrassing. It needs to be strengthened.

After doing all this, I only had 21 cultivation points left.

The fox flicked its tail and decided to keep 11 points as a reserve, and draw another prize for the rest.

[Giveaway begins]

You have obtained a solar-powered flashlight without batteries (it only lights up when there is light).

You have obtained a solar-powered flashlight without batteries (it only lights up when there is light).

【you……】

[You have obtained the item—Loyal and Reliable Friend: A clay doll that can absorb a certain amount of damage for the wearer when hidden on their person. When it reaches its limit, it will shrink into a ball and will take three days to recover. (For some reason, I never have enough friends—A reckless investigator who graduated from Miskatonic University)]

what……

The fox scratched its head.

A flashlight that only lights up when illuminated by light...

Got it, this is actually an electronic brick!

It is an easy-to-grip throwing weapon!

However, the other prop is not bad, it's just that the name is a bit strange - it's essentially just the kind of scapegoat scarecrow commonly seen in voodoo, why call it a friend?

It makes it sound like I'm harsh on my friends...

Uncle Fox never lets his friends down!

I've taken very good care of every brother, sister, and friend—I've lied to them all, no, I mean I've taken very good care of them!

cough cough.

In short, the fox's panel now looks like this:

[Name: Hoshino Hideyuki]

[Race: Laughing Fox~?^.???^?]

[Talent: Meditation and Cultivation]

[Talent Description: Omitted~?(???)?]

[Current Skills: Charm (lv1), Mirror Image (lv3), Seventy-Two Transformations (lv4), Hairy Warrior (lv3), Heart Moonfire (lv4), Fast, Easy, and Economical Fox Fairy Technique (lv4), Eye of Insight (lv2)]

[Current Items: Absolutely safe cotton quilt, oil paper package for immediate use, ten-fold return steamed bun, carefree and joyful wind and thunder fan, loyal and reliable good friend]

[Remaining cultivation points: 11]

Such impressive stats are befitting of an A-rank monster!

The fox felt that he was terrifyingly strong now. Even without using any tricks, he could fight Akagami Soun at his peak in a turn-based match to a draw.

He was quite satisfied and rolled around on the bed happily, thinking about buying himself some chocolates as a reward tomorrow.

But then, another image flashed through his mind...

It was the part where he clashed with Sata Kuninari in the ship's cabin, only to be utterly defeated in close combat...

Ok……

Although this fox is more like a mage, it seems necessary to improve my melee skills.

He needs to seriously learn close combat, otherwise he can only bully little Karami, and he'll be finished as soon as he encounters a real master.

So, how should we learn it?

Chapter 138 The girl wanted to teach the fox to respect his teacher!

"The pudding is ready! I even sprinkled some raisins on top~"

Ichiki walked out of the kitchen, placed two bowls of pudding on the bedside table, and turned around to find that the fox was only turning its back to her, showing no enthusiasm whatsoever.

Although the corgi-like furry butt looked quite cute, the accomplice was still not happy. So, with a wicked grin, she climbed onto the bed, stretched out her ruthless hand, grabbed the fox's tail by the base, and slicked it back.

"A fox that doesn't pay attention to what's happening behind it will get eaten by a lion or a tiger!"

"Ow!"

The fox cried out in fright, turned its head, and stared intently at Ichikiku, tiny pearls welling up in the corners of its eyes.

Ijichi Kikuri: ?

"Um, Xiuxing, what's wrong? Did I use too much force just now?"