Sorry, you scumbag woman, you can do whatever you want.

Then she crouched down and grabbed Inuyasha by the back of his collar.

"Kikyo, let's go back." She smiled softly at Kikyo beside her. "I didn't expect that a silly little guinea pig would come to us on its own."

Platycodon: "..."

Since she gave the Shikon Jewel to Mebius, the monsters in the vicinity have not dared to come and cause trouble, and even fewer monsters dare to approach Mebius.

However, this half-demon dared to rob them.

Is it because of being a half-demon that I have a natural immunity to Mebius's aura, or perhaps I don't feel it deeply?

……

……

The sky was dark.

In the village of Maple, in a dilapidated wooden house, Inuyasha slowly awoke, staring at the light leaking through the ceiling.

"You're awake." Xiao Feng brought in the food and placed it on the low table. "Eat something, otherwise you won't have the strength to fight tomorrow."

"How am I supposed to eat while I'm tied up?" Inuyasha was speechless. When he woke up, he found that his body was tightly bound with ropes, like a wrapped rice dumpling, and he couldn't move at all.

"How about I feed you?" Xiao Feng suggested, but Inuyasha smiled disdainfully, took a deep breath, and suddenly exerted force with both arms, trying to break the rope.

Then, three minutes passed.

Beside her, Xiaofeng watched as Inuyasha, his face flushed red, rolled around on the tatami mat, striking all sorts of strange poses, unable to break free of his ropes.

Until he gave up treatment, he lay on the tatami mat, staring blankly at the ceiling, breathing heavily, his face ashen and lifeless.

"That's Lord Mebius, his divine power forming the rope," Xiao Feng whispered, "It's impossible to break it with brute force."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Inuyasha twitched his lips, but saw Xiaofeng turn her head away and scratch her cheek embarrassedly.

"Even if I told you, you wouldn't listen, would you?"

"..." Inuyasha remained silent. Indeed, he wouldn't listen. If he hadn't discovered the rope binding him, which he couldn't break even with all his might and couldn't loosen, he definitely wouldn't have listened to the little girl's explanation.

"Do you want me to feed you?" Xiao Feng asked again.

"No, I don't eat human food." Inuyasha refused, closed his eyes, turned over, and ignored the human girl.

Xiao Feng didn't try to dissuade her. She had experience with this kind of thing; even Lord Mebius didn't eat the food prepared by the village.

I imagine the same goes for the half-demon brother who was tied to the bed.

"If you need anything, just call me loudly," she said to the half-demon brother, then turned and left the house.

Inuyasha remained silent for a while, then turned to look at the little girl who had left. After waiting silently for a few minutes, he continued to try to break free of the ropes binding him.

A few minutes later, he gave up on this pointless behavior.

"I'm not so easy to trap." He panted, like a long worm, leaning against the wall for support as he slowly straightened up.

Then, it skipped and hopped out of the house, cautiously looking around. By then, it was getting late at night, most people were asleep, and hardly anyone was going out.

It's safe, as long as you seize the opportunity to escape this village.

Thinking of this, Inuyasha jumped and hopped around like a zombie, heading towards the dark forest.

Freedom is within reach.

but.

"Bang!" Inuyasha's face was pressed against the barrier, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground, kicking up a fine cloud of dust.

Why is there still a barrier blocking the way?

"A mere barrier? I'll smash it to pieces!" Gritting his teeth, Inuyasha got up, using the barrier as a springboard, and rammed his body into it.

Despite being bound and being a half-demon, he was far more powerful than ordinary half-demons, possessing enough brute force to break through the barriers of ordinary mages.

Ten minutes later.

"..." Inuyasha lay on the ground. The hardness of this barrier was ridiculously high. Why would there be such an absurdly strong barrier in such a small, dilapidated village?

Just then, Xiao Feng rushed over with a lantern in her hand. She looked at Inuyasha lying on the ground and asked, "Big brother demon, are you alright?"

"It's nothing," Inuyasha said stubbornly, sprang to his feet with a somersault, and hopped back to his cell.

Seeing this, Xiao Feng chased after him.

"Big brother monster, you'd better rest." She kindly advised, "Tomorrow, Lord Mebius will throw you into the monster prison. If you don't conserve your strength, you'll easily be bullied."

"A demon prison?" Inuyasha stopped jumping and asked Xiaofeng, "Is the Shikon Jewel inside the prison?"

“There are many fragments of the Shikon Jewel.” Xiao Feng nodded slightly, looking at the silver-haired half-demon with pity in his eyes, and kindly advised, “Brother demon, it’s better not to use the Shikon Jewel. I heard Lord Mebius say that the Shikon Jewel will distort people’s hearts and eventually devour the user’s soul.”

"..." Inuyasha paused for a moment, watching the kind little girl skip away. Now it was no longer a question of whether to use it or not.

The question is whether he can successfully escape.

The next day.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

"...Oh dear, is he hiding?" Mebius chuckled, looking at the empty room. The half-demon boy she had captured had vanished.

As for leaving Kaede Village, that's impossible. With Kikyo's barrier protecting Kaede Village, even if she releases Inuyasha from his restraints, allowing him to attack for a year, it's still impossible.

That wouldn't break the barrier.

Therefore, it is most likely that Inuyasha hid in Kaede Village, planning to find an opportunity to escape.

“…This is so frustrating, where did she hide?” She pressed her fingers to her temples, sat down on the tatami mat, and slammed the holy sword “Yulandel” from her waist into the mat.

"He clearly wanted to steal the Shikon Jewel, but he cowardly hid away. How shameful! If I find him, I'll definitely make him laugh at me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she reached out and pressed down on the Holy Sword Yulandale, which was stuck in the tatami mat, and gently pushed and shook it, as if she were pushing a game controller.

Beneath the tatami mats, the blade swayed gently.

The sound of cloth scraping against the ground could be heard, moving in rhythm with the blade, as if providing accompaniment.

Chapter 118

experiment

(That woman did it on purpose!)

Inuyasha hid under the tatami mat, crouching down, trying his best to avoid the wildly swinging blades.

A moment later, the blade was slowly withdrawn.

Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief, but then with a "bang," the blade suddenly stabbed down again, narrowly missing his neck.

It almost pierced his throat.

"Oh, so you were hiding here."

The tatami mat was lifted, and Mebius, with a mischievous smile, looked at Inuyasha, who was tied up like a dumpling and staring wide-eyed.

“Little puppy, even if you’re going to hide, you should hide in a safe place.” She shook her head helplessly. “Hiding under the tatami mat is something only a three-year-old would do.”

"Mind your own business!" Inuyasha wished he could just use his Soul-Scattering Claws to kill the woman in front of him.

He had thought it through deeply last night and realized that no matter where he hid, he wouldn't be safe. In the end, he felt that the most dangerous place might actually be the safest.

That's why I chose to hide under the tatami mats.

"He's quite fierce." Mebius smiled, pulled Inuyasha out from under the tatami mat, then took out a string of prayer beads and hung them around Inuyasha's neck.

"Why are you putting this on me?" Inuyasha had a bad feeling, but Mebius didn't explain. He just untied Inuyasha's ropes and freed him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to get the Shikon Jewel." Mebius waved his hand lightly, opened a spatial rift, and stuffed the rope into the villa.

Then, he turned and walked outside.

"..." Inuyasha flexed his wrists, staring at Mebius's unguarded back, wondering whether he should... try attacking.

However, he eventually gave up on the idea; the woman was very powerful and also very strange.

Even if you take action, the chances of success are not high.

Helpless, he could only follow Mebius for the time being to the location of the so-called Shikon Jewel.

on the way.

"Where is that woman?" Inuyasha looked around and realized that the priestess from yesterday hadn't come with him. In other words, there were one less pair of eyes watching him, which increased the chances of a successful strategic retreat.

"Go to another village and exorcise the demon." Mebius seemed to be able to easily follow Inuyasha's train of thought. Although Inuyasha did not name names, he could understand who Inuyasha was talking about.

"Oh right, I don't think I've introduced myself yet." She stopped in her tracks. "Little monster, what's your name?"

"Didn't you say you were going to introduce yourself?" Inuyasha's lips twitched. "Why are you asking my name first?"

He had a hard time understanding this strange woman's way of thinking. He felt she was a troublesome person, no... a very troublesome person. He should have known better than to show his face and try to steal their Shikon Jewel.

Otherwise, how could they have fallen to this state?

“Because I want to know your name first,” Mebius said with a smile, but Inuyasha scoffed dismissively and had no intention of cooperating.

In response, she added a comment as if she had expected it.