Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"Director Fujiwara, over here!"

Just then, Hideyuki Hoshino suddenly walked into the middle of the group.

Behind him followed Fujiwara Takao, whose hair was so messy it could attract birds to build nests.

But the latter, upon seeing the scene, immediately perked up, his eyes no longer showing any sign of dejection, and stared intently at Ishii Ryohei:

"Ryohei, I don't remember this scene being included in the planned behind-the-scenes footage."

Ryohei Ishii swallowed hard, turned his head away, and said, "Ah, is that so? Maybe I remembered it wrong."

“I know you are under a lot of pressure at the station and desperately need support, but if you have to flatter outsiders without any bottom line for this, it would be too embarrassing for a producer.”

After speaking to his colleague, he turned to Kenichi Kitagawa and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Kitagawa, I've heard about you and your father. I don't care about anything else, but on my film set, I won't allow that kind of thing to happen!"

"Director, you've misunderstood. I was just teaching the newcomers how to act..."

Seeing that Fujiwara Takao was completely different from usual, Kitagawa Kenichi released his foot and spoke very politely, but unlike Ishii, there was no shame in his eyes. On the contrary, he glared fiercely at Hoshino Hideyuki.

Hoshino Hideyuki smirked, thinking to himself that he should be grateful.

If I hadn't thought Fujiwara was a decent person and could probably stop you, this fox would have taken matters into my own hands.

Then, hehe...

Just when everyone thought the farce was about to end, Yukiho Amamiya's maid, Kana Aragaki, suddenly ran over, found Takao Fujiwara, and anxiously said:

"Director Fujiwara, Miss has disappeared!"

Everyone:?

Hoshino Hideyuki:!

What is this mother fox up to?

Chapter 158 What? The mother fox has disappeared?

According to the maid, Yukiho Amamiya wanted to see the night view from the surrounding mountaintops, but she accidentally got separated from her and hasn't been seen since.

Hoshino Hideyuki didn't believe these words at all.

Lady Amamiya can get lost in the mountains?

If she really can't find the way, she can simply unleash her eight tails, sweep across the entire forest, and create a path right there.

however.

Hoshino Hideyuki didn't dare to say for sure that the young lady was definitely alright, and that she was just pretending to be lost and joking around with everyone.

Because the maid's anxiety didn't seem fake—in my memory, this Ms. Aragaki Kana was aloof and exceptionally skilled; something must have really happened to force her to act like this.

Furthermore, the fox was well aware that there were indeed extraordinary powers in Musashi Village besides his and the young lady's.

The owner of this power, capable of covering the entire village with a strange and enormous white net, is definitely not weak. Perhaps, it really can harm Yukiho Amamiya.

Ugh……

Thinking of this, Hoshino Hideyuki scratched his head. He knew he couldn't just ignore this matter.

We should at least get to the bottom of this.

If this is true for foxes, then it goes without saying for others who are unaware of the truth.

Fujiwara Takao and Ishii Ryohei immediately roused everyone and contacted the village chief, Satoshi Sasaki, and quickly organized six teams to search the surrounding mountains and forests.

Hoshino Hideyuki was in one of the teams, and coincidentally, he was on the same team as Oguri Takuya, the kind uncle who moved Japan and provided the free peanuts, who took the blame for the fox.

"Zichuan, how could this young lady, who always has someone following her, have gotten lost..."

"Zichuan, do you think there aren't any bears in these mountains...?"

Half an hour later, on the way to search the mountain, even though Takuya Oguri was shivering from the cold, he kept rubbing his hands to warm them up while chatting with Hideyuki Hoshino.

Hoshino Hideyuki didn't reply; instead, he suddenly grabbed Oguri Takuya's shoulder.

"Hey, what are you doing..."

"Shh!"

After forcibly calming Oguri Takuya down, he quickly reached out his right hand, grabbed at the other's collar, and pulled out a flower spider about the size of two finger joints.

"The venomous gibbon spider, although it's a common spider, it's quite rare for an individual to survive to this month..."

As Hoshino Hideyuki spoke, he flicked his finger, sending the spider flying into the nearby bushes.

At that moment, Takuya Oguri finally realized what was happening, jumped up on the spot, and yelled, "Oh my god!"

Hoshino Hideyuki raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Are you afraid of spiders?"

I'm afraid of anything with more than six legs!

Takuya Oguri clutched his chest and said, "Thank you, thank goodness you were quick..."

"fine."

Hoshino Hideyuki waved his hand, glanced at the other bushes nearby, and after a few seconds of silence, suddenly said to Oguri Takuya, "I'm going to use the restroom. You can follow the group for now."

"Hey? No way, what if you get lost too!"

“There are only small roads around here, how could you possibly get lost? You go ahead, I'll catch up with you in a bit.”

Having said that, Hoshino Hideyuki stopped arguing with Oguri Takuya and walked straight into the woods, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Takuya Oguri rubbed his eyes, thinking to himself:

No way, they've disappeared so quickly...

That Azusagawa guy is so mysterious...

He recalled Hoshino Hideyuki's performance over the past few days, touched the stubble on his chin, and turned to catch up with the group.

the other side.

The reason why Hoshino Hideyuki chose to act alone was that he really smelled Amamiya Yukiho's scent!

That faint lily scent, there's no mistaking it.

Following the scent, he ventured deeper into the woods and, after walking more than a hundred meters, spotted bright red bloodstains on a withered blade of grass.

Although it was only a few drops, but...

She's bleeding?

Hoshino Hideyuki frowned and quickened his pace.

After walking about a hundred meters more, he finally saw that familiar figure under the roots of a tree in the middle of a large slope.

She still had long, smooth, black hair and fair, delicate skin, but compared to during the day, she looked more disheveled.

Specifically, her wooden clogs were missing, a piece of her kimono skirt was torn, and there was a hand-length wound on her exposed right calf, which looked like it had just stopped bleeding.

However, even in this state, Yukiho Amamiya, placed in the surrounding silent forest, still exudes a unique and poignant beauty, as if she were a heroine who stepped out of a game wallpaper.

"Azukawa-san?"

Amamiya Yukiho noticed Hoshino Hideyuki's footsteps, leaned her head against a tree root, and gave a faint smile: "Wait, to be able to find me at this time, you must be Mr. Smiling Fox, right?"

"Great, I'm so glad to see you again!"

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Hideyuki wanted to run away for a moment.

But after glancing at the injury on Yukiho Amamiya's leg and confirming with his Eye of Insight that it was definitely not fake, he still sighed and stepped forward.

He asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

Yukiho Amamiya immediately covered her face with her hands, saying shyly, "Mr. Smiling Fox cares about me, I'm so happy~"

"Hey, can't you be serious at a time like this?!"

Hoshino Hideyuki frowned, squatted down, and extended his hand, saying, "You don't mind, do you?"

"Generally speaking, I would mind, to the point that it would drive Kana-chan to commit murder... but if it's Mr. Laughing Fox, then it's fine~"

"Don't let the maid get her hands stained with blood so easily..."

After making a half-complaint, Hoshino Hideyuki reached out and touched the other person's fair calf.

Ignoring the warm and smooth touch, he carefully used his demonic power to examine the wound.

It's alright, the injury doesn't seem serious.

Hmm, thinking about it carefully, it seems he doesn't need to check the injury. If it's minor, he doesn't need to worry about it at all; if it's serious...

Even Yukiho Amamiya, a demigod, couldn't do anything about it, so what could he possibly do?

Then Hoshino Hideyuki stood up again and said, "With injuries of this severity, you shouldn't need to disappear, right? Or did you injure yourself just to lure me out?"

"Although I was trying to draw you out, I would never hurt myself. I'm really hurt."

Amamiya Yukiho shook her head and said, "The injury itself is not serious, but the additional toxins are very troublesome. I just hid here to detoxify. If I don't detoxify it completely, I won't be able to retract my tail."

It turned out to be like this...

Since it doesn't have a tail now, does that mean it has already detoxified?

Hoshino Hideyuki then asked, "Who did you fight? How were you poisoned? What exactly happened...?"

"Mr. Smiling Fox, don't ask too many questions at once~"

Amamiya Yukiho pouted and said, "Let's talk about these things when we get back to the set, otherwise everyone will get anxious."

"Right."

With things having come to this point, Hoshino Hideyuki temporarily abandoned any thought of escaping. Firstly, he couldn't get away, and secondly, with unknown enemies around, he couldn't simply abandon Amamiya Yukiho.

This is so troublesome...

But there was no other way but to spend some more time with the young lady.

So he said, "Let's go back then, but let's make this clear beforehand: I came here out of kindness, so you can't take advantage of this time to do anything to me!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Smiling Fox, I would never repay kindness with enmity."

I hope so...

Hideyuki Hoshino shrugged, turned around, and started walking.