Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

You said you found me...

Really?I do not believe!

Don't believe rumors, don't spread rumors, I'm a good fox of the new era!

Hideyuki Hoshino decided to fight to the death.

But then, the young lady strolled over to his little withered branch and squatted down.

At this distance, he could clearly smell the pleasant lily fragrance on the young lady's body and clearly see her snow-white jade feet on her wooden clogs.

Especially the ten round toes, which, due to their posture, are slightly stressed at this moment, causing the toe pads to turn white and curl up cutely, like the tips of cream on a cake.

If you look even higher, you can see what's hidden beneath the kimono...

Ah, no.

Hideyuki Hoshino was drenched in sweat.

Could I have really been discovered?

Chapter 156 The male fox saw through the female fox's counterattack.

Do not!

I want to believe in myself one more time!

A noble male fox will never surrender to a despicable female fox!

Hideyuki Hoshino continued to hold his breath and pretend to be a withered branch.

A few seconds later...

"Did I see it wrong?"

Amamiya Yukiho muttered to herself, then squatted down in another spot for a while, before finally letting out a soft sigh and getting up to leave.

Hideyuki Hoshino let out a long sigh of relief.

The bet was won!

As expected, Lady Amamiya was not omnipotent and did not actually discover him.

Seeing that the crisis was over, Hoshino Hideyuki wanted to change back to his original form.

But just as he was about to make a move, he sensed something was wrong and quickly stopped in his tracks.

After waiting for more than a minute...

"Hey~"

The perfect young lady laughed and jumped out of the woods, her hands forming claws, as if trying to scare someone.

However, there was still only air in front of her, at least on the surface.

"Hey?"

Amamiya Yukiho sighed again: "It seems I was indeed mistaken..."

With the footsteps fading into the distance, this time, the young lady had truly left.

Hoshino Hideyuki transformed back into human form, clutching his chest and breathing heavily with lingering fear.

You vixen!

How cunning and treacherous! They actually pulled a surprise attack on me!

Luckily, I, the fox, am cunning and sly, so I didn't fall for your trick!

After calming down, Hoshino Hideyuki reluctantly returned to the hot spring inn and continued to sleep as Azusagawa Akihisa.

There's no way out; we simply can't get out.

He couldn't break the white net outside with a little force, and even with his full strength, he couldn't say for sure he could break it, but it would definitely attract bad things, including the mother fox.

Since that's the case, we can only lie low for now.

He tossed and turned on his makeshift bed on the floor, unable to sleep, and began to think again.

What exactly happened in Musashi Village?

Who laid down that strange white net that seemed to envelop the entire village like a barrier?

It's definitely not Yukiho Amamiya.

Even if the young lady had lost her mind and was truly certain that he was in this village, and intended to do everything in her power to capture him, she wouldn't use such a method that could very likely kill an ordinary person—given the sturdiness of that white net, if an ordinary person accidentally crashed into it with their car, they would be 100% killed in the crash.

Moreover, the aura emanating from that white net was exceptionally malevolent, completely different from the half-demon, half-god feeling of Yukiho Amamiya.

It seems that some powerful entity is hiding in this small mountain village, planning to cause trouble...

The villagers will likely soon realize they're trapped here, and then...

Ugh, just thinking about it is such a hassle...

In bed, Hoshino Hideyuki suddenly shed tears of grievance.

Why do I keep running into these kinds of things lately?

He just wanted to scam a few hundred million in pocket money, why was he being targeted like this!

Not only have they repeatedly encountered formidable enemies, but this time it's even worse—they won't even let them run away!

This is so difficult, this fox is having such a hard time.

Shivering with cold, when will the male fox finally stand up? Waaah...

Six hours later.

Its daybreak.

"Get up!"

As the stagehands knocked on the door, the extras got up one by one.

The fox lay there all night without coming to any conclusion, so it temporarily gave up thinking and obediently followed the others.

After the extras finished washing up, they all went to the restaurant for breakfast.

During this time, assistant director Kimura arrived, distributed the scripts, and assigned roles to everyone.

Afterwards, some of the extras who were about to start filming went to the dressing room, while the rest were led by Kimura to the filming location—the middle school in Musashi Village.

On the school playground, Kimura gave a final speech on important points.

Hoshino Hideyuki didn't listen carefully; he secretly started looking at the script.

Today they're filming the seventh episode of the second season of "The World Is Not Good," which is called "Countdown."

The story takes place in a village that is very similar to Musashi Village.

The protagonist is a local high school girl who feels that the village is becoming increasingly deserted, to the point that even after the junior high and high school are merged, there are only 100 students left. So she makes a wish to an ancient well in the mountains, hoping that the village will receive national attention.

The next morning, when she arrived at school, she found that all the desks and chairs had been inexplicably moved to the playground and arranged to form a large number 9.

The teachers thought it was a prank and severely criticized the students, but the students were very happy—because they would spend the whole morning moving the desks back, which was much more interesting than attending class.

The next day, when the female protagonist arrived at school, she saw that the tables had been moved to the playground again, this time forming the number 8.

The students laughed and joked, but the teachers were furious. They teamed up with the security guards, patrolling overtime at night, vowing to catch the culprit.

On the third day, when everyone arrived at the school, they found that all the teachers and security guards were fast asleep, and the tables had been moved to the playground, forming the number 7.

This time, things have blown up and the news has spread.

Reporters came to the school to investigate what happened, and not only did they keep watch overnight, but they also set up cameras around the area.

On the fourth day, everyone came over to take a look, and guess what?

The reporter fell asleep too!

The video footage shows half a person, and everything was normal until midnight. At midnight, the screen suddenly went blank, and when it returned to normal a second later, the tables were all on the playground, arranged in the shape of the number 6.

This is something that is completely beyond human capability.

As a result, the story became a nationwide sensation, attracting countless reporters and idle people to the small village.

Some experts on television speculated that the numbers formed by the tables were a countdown, and then offered various guesses about what would happen when the countdown ended.

The female protagonist was very happy during this period.

She believed her wish had come true; the small village had gained national attention and become more lively than ever before. She herself was interviewed by reporters, appeared on television, and made a splash in the limelight.

But soon, things started to go wrong.

First, a beautiful reporter from a major TV station came and, without doing anything, bewitched her boyfriend, making him ignore her.

As the countdown continued irreversibly, people began to speculate more and more. Some thought it was the work of vengeful spirits, some thought it was aliens trying to destroy the earth, and some thought it was because the villagers had angered the gods and were about to be flooded.

Different speculations led to different behaviors. For example, some people invited idol groups to perform at schools, singing strange songs such as "Do You Remember Love," "Curry Curry Love," and "Love from India," in an attempt to influence the aliens who wanted to destroy the Earth.

Some people believed the end of the world was inevitable and started looting and partying all over the village.

All of this frightened the female protagonist, leading her to seek out the ancient well again to make a wish, hoping the countdown would stop.

But that didn't work.

It turns out that everything had nothing to do with the female protagonist's wish; it was just an absurd supernatural phenomenon that inexplicably crashed down on all of humanity.

Finally, the countdown reached zero, and just when everyone thought something big was about to happen... the next day, the countdown dropped to -1, and then nothing happened.

This concludes this episode.

After reading the script, the fox felt the story was quite interesting.

Once I get back to Tokyo, I'll randomly pick a school to give Asuka Tendo and the others some extra work!

But now...

I'd better just act properly for now and try my best not to get caught red-handed by Lady Amamiya...

Hideyuki Hoshino then glanced at their respective roles.

The idols played the female lead and her classmates.

Kenichi Kitagawa plays a school teacher.