Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"?"

"Including when I spank you, do you want to imagine the scene?"

Upon hearing this, Himeko's eyes widened, and then she inexplicably felt a tingling sensation in her buttocks. She couldn't help but grind her teeth, wanting to raise her kunai and poke a hole in the fox first.

Snapped!

Just then, the owner of Ruyi Workshop clapped his hands.

"That's enough, Aoi. I've figured it out. The Smiling Fox is just bluffing."

Hoshino Hideyuki's heart skipped a beat, but he maintained his smile and replied, "Dice-headed fool, you start verbally harassing me when you can't win a bet?"

The owner of Ruyi Workshop shook his head and laughed heartily, "Smiling Fox, I'm not just saying you're bluffing at that kid from the Tiantong family, I'm also talking about your atomic bomb, that thing of yours..."

It probably won't explode, right?

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Hideyuki's pupils contracted slightly, and his hair stood on end.

Was I seen through?

How did you do that!

The owner of Ruyi Workshop continued, "Haha, we've been fooled by you for so long, you're really amazing..."

"But it's time to end this. The outcome of the bet is no longer important, and I don't expect to recruit you anymore... A fox like you is interesting, but too dangerous. You really shouldn't be allowed to live in this world!"

Before he finished speaking, Ruyi Fangzhu decisively raised his hand, and a seven-colored ray of light, exactly the same as the one that had shattered the Greedy Wolf Dharma Image, shot out and struck Hoshino Hideyuki's head in the blink of an eye!

No time to dodge.

There was no time to defend against it.

There was absolutely no time to react, and absolutely no chance to escape!

Hoshino Hideyuki suddenly felt a blur before his eyes, followed by a chill running through his body. It was as if all his strength had been drained away, and he could no longer stand, collapsing to the ground...

In that instant, he felt as if time had slowed down, and everything from the past flashed before his eyes...

Wait, I am...

dying?

Ah... now... that really makes eight duck pieces...

Chapter 228 The Girl: I Woke Up to Find the Fox Dead (3.7K)

at the same time.

Asuka Tendo opened her eyes and found herself in a strange space, surrounded by a vast expanse of white all around, with no end in sight.

She wasn't even sure if the ground beneath her feet was solid, so she could only tentatively take steps, cautiously moving forward little by little.

Where is this place?

It's definitely not the real world.

Have I been transported to another secret realm?

I was attacked by Ruyi Fangzhu before... Does that mean I'm dead? Is this hell? The Road to the Underworld? That's so monotonous, I can't even see the River of Three Crossings...

The girl remained silent for a long time, then suddenly her body trembled, she squatted down, and burst into tears.

After crying for a while, she forced herself to take a deep breath, wiped away her tears, and stood up.

No, anyway, let's take a look around first!

I wonder if I'll see a fox... No, no! If this is the road to the underworld, then I absolutely cannot see a fox! Foxes must not come! Foxes are forbidden!

The girl patted her chubby cheeks, then randomly picked a direction and started walking.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, she saw two figures lying on the ground ahead.

The one that's closer...

Huh? Naoko Sakuragi?

Wait, Naoko Sakuragi is just a character in a dream. If this is the underworld, she shouldn't be here at all!

After a moment of contemplation, Asuka Tendo stepped forward and checked the other person's mouth and nose. Finding that they were still breathing, she gently woke them up.

"Miss Naoko, Miss Naoko?"

Naoko Sakuragi groggily opened her eyes and looked up: "Asuka? W-Where am I? What happened to me? Giants... a voice... a crack in the sky..."

"Well, although I'd love to answer your questions, I don't know the answers to these questions either."

Asuka Tendo sighed and helped Naoko Sakuragi to her feet.

Just then, another figure lying on the ground not far away spoke.

"I know the answer..."

"Naoko, girls from the Tendo family, come a little closer."

Asuka Tendo and Naoko Sakuragi exchanged a glance and cautiously approached.

At this moment, Asuka Tendo realized that what was on the ground was not a person at all, but only half a person, with only the upper body, and blood gushing out from the waist down, with intestines spilling out.

Moreover, this person was dressed in samurai attire on his upper body, wore a white wolf mask, and had a broken Big Dipper flag under his body...

Based on my memory before I fainted, this image...

Asuka Tendo swallowed hard, then asked hesitantly, "You... are Lord Tanlang?"

“That’s right.” The man on the ground said wearily, “I am Tanlang.”

"W-What's wrong? What happened...?"

Greedy Wolf sighed and slowly said, "This is not the Yellow Springs, but my consciousness space. I brought you two in here on my own initiative because... cough cough!"

He coughed twice, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and then said, "Because I am about to die, I intend to give my last strength to you."

Asuka Tendo was stunned: "How is that possible? You are..."

"Nothing is impossible. In the end, I am just a great demon. I survived the entire period of spiritual energy decline in the broken little secret realm with the support of the Tiantong family. I have reached my limit."

"that……"

Just then, Naoko Sakuragi spoke up: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you, but I really can't stand it anymore. From Himeno Aoi until now, everyone you've been saying things I don't understand. What's going on? I don't get it..."

Although Naoko Sakuragi is an ancient person from a dream, she is capable of building a team, so she must be quite intelligent.

After witnessing this series of changes, she already had a vague idea in her mind.

"...So, what Aoi said was right? It was all a lie?"

Tanlang was silent for a few seconds, then said in a deep voice, "Yes, there is no Ashihara, no Long-haired Demon King, it was all just a dream of mine."

Naoko Sakuragi stared wide-eyed, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly, momentarily speechless.

At that very moment, a flood of strange memory fragments suddenly appeared in her mind.

Although all the memories are of fighting long-haired demons in Ashihara, there are hundreds of different versions, each with many differences in details, especially the Onmyoji encountered changing wave after wave...

"This is……"

Her voice trembled, and she said with a bitter laugh, "It's all fake, it's all fake. My dead father and brothers never existed. Killing the long-haired demon is meaningless. I... ha, what should I say..."

Asuka Tendo, who was standing to the side, lowered her head.

She wanted to comfort Naoko Sakuragi, but didn't know how to begin. After all, realizing that her life was just a recurring dream...

Ah, just thinking about this is awful.

“I’m sorry, child, you are indeed facing a complex philosophical problem.”

At this moment, Tanlang slowly said, "But to say that your existence is completely meaningless is not entirely true. At least, without your will, I would not exist."

"What do you mean by that? I don't understand." Naoko Sakuragi's eyes lost their luster. "I'm just a character in your dream. You created me. How could my existence or disappearance possibly have any effect on you?"

Clearly, this leader of the Yukawa Clan, a heroine who once fought on the front lines against demons, was now completely dejected.

Greedy Wolf shook his head, struggled to raise his hand, and took off the white wolf mask.

Upon seeing the true face of Tanlang, Asuka Tendo and Naoko Sakuragi were instantly stunned.

This face...

Although she is covered in wrinkles and has white hair, her eyebrows, nose and lips clearly show that she is an eighty-year-old version of Naoko Sakuragi!

Naoko Sakuragi murmured, "Who exactly are you...?"

"Don't rush, child, don't rush."

Greedy Wolf sighed, "I'll tell you everything now..."

original.

The shikigami Tanlang was not some great yokai born from nature. Thirteen hundred years ago, at the end of the Nara period, she was just an ordinary human.

At that time, she lived in northeastern Honshu Island. She was the daughter of a local samurai family. Her ancestors had followed the Shogun to Hokkaido and had amassed a great fortune due to their outstanding military achievements.

Logically speaking, with this background, she should have lived a fairly comfortable life.

Unfortunately, when she came of age, a demon plague broke out in Japan. The three major demon clans, red, blue and white, frequently fought with humans for land, resulting in bloodshed. It was during this period that the famous Shuten-dōji of the Heian period emerged.

In this disaster, her entire family was killed by the White Ghosts, and she was the only one who escaped.

From then on, she vowed revenge, gave away her family fortune, built a team, and fought against the White Ghosts everywhere. In the end, several years later, her entire army was wiped out in order to defend a city that is now nameless.

But her journey did not end there.

During the final battle to defend the city, an Onmyoji fought alongside her, and the two became close friends. After her death, the Onmyoji tried to resurrect her, but he only succeeded halfway, turning her into a half-human, half-corpse monster.

However, she had no complaints about it.

The samurai girl who crawled out of a pile of corpses had an excellent mindset, without any hesitation. She was resurrected in the morning, and by the afternoon she was happily wielding a sword and hacking people to pieces. She even ate an extra bowl of ochazuke (rice with tea) that evening!

And so, she went through countless battles, her strength growing steadily until she became stronger than that Onmyoji, until that Onmyoji died, until she watched that Onmyoji's sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons grow up...

"...In the end, I became the Greedy Wolf of your Tiantong family."

As Tanlang spoke, he took another deep look at Tendo Asuka, his eyes filled with longing.

At this moment, Naoko Sakuragi couldn't help but ask: