Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

The fox wiped away its tears and sobbed:

"It's nothing, I just remembered things from the past."

"what's up?"

"I had just been born then, and there was a younger brother in the same litter. We were playing together when I wasn't paying attention behind me, and a stray dog ​​carrying me was snatched away..."

Ijichi Kikuri: !

"I'm sorry! I didn't know, um, I..."

Realizing that she had reminded the fox of her sad past, Kikumi Ijichi hurriedly tried to apologize, but as soon as she spoke, she saw the fox's upturned lips.

"...Are you lying to me?"

"Hey~"

"No hehe! No hehe! Damn it!"

Kikuchi gritted her teeth, lunged forward, and grabbed the fox in her arms, kneading it vigorously.

"I'm angry now! To make it up to me, you'd better turn back into human form right now!"

The fox blinked.

"What do you want to do?"

"miss you!"

fox:?

Just now you looked exhausted from your trip and needed to rest more!

Hideyuki Hoshino sighed: "Iji Chikiku, Iji Chikiku, you've fallen..."

Suddenly being called by her full name, Ichiki raised an eyebrow, wondering what tricks the fox was up to this time.

So Hoshino Hideyuki continued, "I was just thinking about how to make you and me stronger, but you, on the other hand, were only thinking about vixens and didn't have anything important on your mind!"

Ijichi Kikuri pouted and said:

"Tch... So tell me, what conclusion did you just come up with?"

"The result is that I think we should all learn close-quarters combat!"

After a moment of silence, Ijichi Kikuri nodded in agreement.

Even setting aside the fox, she herself felt she should learn from it.

After returning from the Mengbo, her strength and physique increased many times over, but her fighting skills were still only good enough to sit at the same table as delinquents.

This is insufficient to meet the need to fight alongside a fox.

So she eagerly chimed in, "Are we going to learn karate or judo?"

Hoshino Hideyuki shook his head: "The institutions on the market tend to focus more on teaching people how to improve their physical fitness, which is somewhat lacking in practical combat skills. Moreover, their targets are all people, but our enemies are most likely not human..."

Iji Chikiku added, "What about the latter half of the Musou Shinto-ryu style? Isn't that also swordsmanship?"

Hideyuki Hoshino stroked his chin and said:

"We can give it a try, but there are some problems. First, we don't use knives, and second, we lack good teachers."

In fact, Hideyuki Hoshino had asked Ryoko Senjougahara about this matter before.

However, the latter said that after she snatched the manual, she carefully read the cultivation methods in the first half, but only glanced at the sword techniques in the second half and did not learn them.

Come to think of it, the old cat demon doesn't look like someone who uses swords.

After hearing the fox's answer, Ichikiku was speechless; the only ones she could think of were those mentioned above.

The fox, after wagging its tail for a while, suddenly raised its head.

Hey, got it!

That person is highly skilled, has plenty of practical experience, and has fought all sorts of things, so he meets the requirements perfectly!

A few minutes later.

"You want me to teach you martial arts? Are you crazy! I'm still thinking about catching you, I'm not going to help you get stronger! I just told you not to show off lately, and you come after me, huh..."

In the break room of the countermeasures office headquarters, Asuka Tendo rolled her eyes at her phone.

But after hesitating for a moment, her eyes darted around, and she whispered:

"Fine, since you helped us take down the Cloud Sea Gambling House, I'll teach you a couple of basic self-defense techniques. Hurry up and thank this genius!"

"I'll send you the address tomorrow night, you can come find me there~"

"Okay, that's settled then~"

She hung up the phone, and a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

Just then, Maki Aoyama walked over with a coffee cup and asked, "What's making you so happy?"

Asuka Tendo put her hands on her hips and casually lied, "Well, one of my classmates asked me for self-defense tips."

"Hmm...is it someone you care about a lot?"

"That's not true!"

"Oh?"

Maki Aoyama filled the cup with hot water, raised it, and took a sip. The rising steam instantly fogged up her glasses, obscuring her mischievous gaze.

"Why am I so happy if it's not someone I care about?"

"On the contrary, I absolutely hate him! But Maki-nee, think about it, if I teach him self-defense, doesn't that mean I'm his teacher?"

Asuka Tendo eagerly explained, "As a teacher with a higher status, can't I just make him do whatever I want? I'm going to take this opportunity to make fun of him!"

As she spoke, the girl began counting on her fingers the tricks she used to play pranks, and then left the tea room with a grin.

Maki Aoyama put down her coffee cup and murmured:

"Looks like you still care about him, Asuka~"

"Young people are so energetic! They went straight back after making the call... It's a pity I'm almost an old auntie, and I can only do things that old aunties do..."

After saying that, she slacked off in the break room for fifteen minutes until she saw the group leader from the next group coming over. Then she pretended to have just gotten some water and slowly walked back to the office.

The next night.

Asuka Tendo arrived at the agreed location ten minutes early, full of excitement.

This was originally the playground of a middle school on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Because no female high school students aspiring to become idols stepped forward, the school unfortunately failed in the face of closure.

With the graduation of the last class of students at the beginning of the year and the subsequent unsuccessful acquisition negotiations, the place became completely deserted.

Therefore, this place becomes very suitable for extraordinary beings to fight each other, and even if a Holy Grail War is held, it will not attract unnecessary passersby.

After waiting for about five minutes...

The girl squinted and saw the shadow of a fox at the entrance.

"Hmph, you've finally arrived. You dared to keep your teacher waiting for so long on the very first day, you stinking fox. Just you wait, this genius will teach you what it means to respect your teacher!"

Crunch.

After a while.

Hoshino Hideyuki, in his fox form, rode a children's mini tricycle to the girl.

The girl stared wide-eyed at the large bag loaded on the tricycle, and asked in a daze:

"W-What are these?"

"Of course, it's a ceremony to formally become an apprentice!"

Hideyuki Hoshino jumped off the tricycle, took out the package, and laid it on the ground.

There were several pieces of cured meat, a bunch of carnations, ten greeting cards, and a banner with the words "A teacher for a day is a mother for life" written on it.

The fox cleared its throat and said loudly:

"Thank you, Ms. Asuka, for teaching me close combat techniques. To better express my gratitude, I've prepared a song..."

"There's no one better than a teacher in the world, ah, a fox with a teacher is like a treasure, ah ah~"

Tendo Asuka:?

Spicy balls.

Because of the fox's antics, she completely forgot the lines she had prepared!

Seeing that her toes were about to dig a three-bedroom, one-living-room house with a balcony out of the rubberized track, the girl quickly said:

"You, you stop right now! I'm just teaching you some self-defense techniques, it's nothing, you don't need to do this! Time is of the essence, let's talk about serious matters! Waaah, please stop singing!"

The fox stopped talking, its eyes crinkling into a smile.

Laugh to death.

You mere Onmyoji, what are you thinking? Do you think I can't guess what's going on with the fox?

Chapter 139 The girl still wanted to smash the fox into a pig's head.

Originally, Hoshino Hideyuki was still hesitant about whether he should bring Iji Chikiri along to learn – after all, the level 4 Seventy-Two Transformations could last for twenty minutes, and as long as he used it, the risk of his identity being exposed would be very small.

But after Tendo Asuka agreed so readily, he guessed that the girl was going to do something fancy.

Since that's the case, he should come alone; that way, it will be easier for him to counter each other with his own unique style.

It's not too late to talk about other things once both sides have adjusted to each other.

So he came by tricycle tonight.

At that moment, seeing that Asuka Tendo had surrendered, he smiled and put all the gifts back on the tricycle, then transformed back into human form and bowed solemnly to the girl.

"I was just joking, but anyway, Asuka, I'm still very grateful that you're willing to teach me."

Realizing she was being manipulated, the girl pouted, not caring that the fox had inadvertently called her by name, and muttered softly:

"Tch, at least they have a conscience..."