Death: This Death is a bit unorthodox.

"Ugh……"

She couldn't help but let out a long sigh, as if she had endless sorrow in her heart that she couldn't dispel.

"What are you sighing about again? Tell your husband?" A deep, gentle voice suddenly sounded in her ear. Immediately afterward, a pair of familiar arms reached out silently and pulled her into a tight embrace.

She shuddered slightly, trying to break free, but when she felt that familiar aura and voice, her body involuntarily relaxed.

Shiba Kukaku turned her head and looked at Aozaki Mayuki in front of her, a hint of helplessness and reproach flashing in her eyes. "You really have a lot of energy."

Her tone carried a hint of reproach, but her eyes revealed a touch of doting affection. Aozaki Mayuki chuckled, hugged Shiba Kuukaku tighter, and whispered:

"I'm helping you train... Haven't you noticed your spiritual pressure has increased again? This is all thanks to my hard work."

He lowered his head, gently inhaling the unique fragrance emanating from Shiba Kukaku's body, and feeling her soft form, he felt exceptionally happy.

A blush crept across Shiba Kukaku's face as she said coquettishly:

"You always have so many strange theories. Can't you just let me rest for a bit?"

Aozaki Mayuki smiled but didn't answer; she simply hugged Shiba Kukaku even tighter.

The two embraced quietly, enjoying this moment of peace and warmth.

"Your spiritual pressure has indeed increased..." A hint of joy flashed in Shiba Kukaku's eyes. "You wouldn't happen to be the legendary furnace, would you?"

"Oh, you've read my novel too? I thought only Lisa would be interested," Aozaki Mayuki said with a look of surprise.

"Watch it when you're bored to relieve some tension."

Shiba Kukaku blinked, smiled slyly, and said:

"Who told you to disappear every now and then, you scoundrel?"

Aozaki Mayuki smiled helplessly and didn't say anything more.

No matter how well he manages his time, this situation is inevitable.

"By the way, you just went to see the young lady of the Kasumioji family, right?"

Shiba Kukaku hesitated for a moment before asking the question.

"You know that too?"

Aozaki Mayuki looked at Shiba Kukaku with some suspicion. He had just deliberately released his spiritual senses to confirm that Kukaku had been lying there the whole time.

"I can smell her." Shiba Kukaku wrinkled his nose, as if trying to sniff out something. "So, what does she want with you?"

“She wants to be friends with me,” Aozaki Mayuki replied calmly.

Chapter 240 Peace of Mind

"Gone?" Shiba Kukaku's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

“That’s it.” Aozaki Mayuki shrugged, indicating that things were that simple.

"This shouldn't be!" Shiba Kukaku muttered to himself.

"Could it be that my intuition as a woman is wrong? She should clearly have ulterior motives towards you."

“That girl is quite shy.” Aozaki Mayuki scratched her face.

"I see. So you agree?"

“That’s right, I agreed.” Aozaki Mayuki nodded, then asked, “What, are you unhappy?”

"How can you be happy about something like this? But you know who she is... Just don't mess things up."

Shiba Kukaku rolled her eyes in annoyance, clearly full of resentment.

"The head of the Kasumi family... the Kasumi family's power is still not comparable to that of the Shiba family."

"What good is power? At worst, we can send them to join the Tsunayoshi family..."

Aozaki Mayuki leaned down to look at Shiba Kukaku lying in her arms and said smugly.

Cutting down Yunjing Yaojue only takes one strike, and destroying the entire Xia Dalu family also only takes one strike. Is having great power really useful?

"You're willing to do that? That girl will be heartbroken." Shiba Kukaku raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Aozaki Mazuki.

Shiba Kukaku also understood Aozaki Maki quite well, after all, the two had shared a bed for decades and had almost no secrets from each other.

Having known each other for so long, Shiba Kukaku knows that Aozaki Mayuki often appears ruthless and cold-blooded.

However, he still develops feelings for certain people, which is when Aozaki Mayuki's humanity is most evident.

"Don't let her know, just take care of it secretly." Gently stroking Shiba Kukaku's beautiful hair, Aozaki Mazuki said softly.

Shiba Kukaku's expression hardened; this man cared about individuals, not groups.

The people he cares about are the people he cares about, but he may not care about other people related to these people.

Others are just part of his affection for certain people.

Let alone the Kasumi family, even if one day Aozaki Mayuki had to make a life-or-death choice between herself and her older brother Shiba Kaien.

He would probably choose himself immediately, without even a moment's hesitation.

He was willing to indulge his older brother's "willfulness" because of his own existence, but that did not mean he would tolerate it without limits.

Her older brother has been beaten up countless times, but his "willfulness" hasn't reached the point where he has to pay with his life.

“So… this isn’t something to worry about,” Aozaki Mayuki said patiently.

"So what are you going to do next? You can't really expect to be friends with her, can you?" Shiba Kukaku asked.

"Of course, we need to gradually build her courage. I still want her to be a little willful with me," said Aozaki Mazuki.

"You really are a bad man," Shiba Kukaku chuckled.

"Thank you for the compliment, my dear wife," said Aozaki Mazuki, shamelessly.

"Where did you learn this shamelessness from? I really shouldn't have fallen for someone like you."

Shiba Kukaku, who was so angry that he laughed, could only complain in a petulant tone.

"I learned it from your Shiba family. I've truly inherited Uncle Isshin's skills."

Looking down at Shiba Kukaku in his arms, Aozaki Mayuki gently kissed her lips.

At this moment, any flowery words are superfluous; the purest expression of emotion is the best sweet talk.

"That's it? You think you can get away with this?" Shiba Kukaku licked her lips, pouted, and looked unhappy.

"What do you take me for? If Yoruichi and the others find out, they'll think I'm inferior to them!"

"Do we really need to compare and determine who's better?"

Recalling that energetic and adorable cat, Aozaki Mayuki couldn't help but chuckle, looking somewhat helplessly at the highly competitive Shiba Kukaku in front of her.

"That's true... You have no idea how arrogant Yoruichi is in front of me because she's good at fighting.

Shiba Kukaku muttered complaints under his breath.

"Isn't that because you don't exercise regularly? Look at you, how can you do anything with such a weak and frail body?"

Aozaki Mayuki sighed helplessly, then gently lowered her head and gave her another deep kiss on her cherry blossom-like, delicate lips.

This woman's talent is actually very high; she may not be much worse than Yoruichi.

However, she doesn't usually focus on cultivation; she devotes all her energy to researching fireworks.

Even so, her spiritual pressure was almost at the level of a vice-captain.

"Having you is enough... anyway, I'm just a vessel anyway..."

Shiba Kukaku looked at Aozaki Mazuki with a flushed face and said shyly in a soft voice.

Upon hearing her words, Aozaki Mayuki's lips curled slightly upwards, and she looked at her with a half-smile, teasingly saying:

"Oh? It seems someone's words aren't entirely honest; they need a good talking to."

Upon hearing his words, Shiba Kukaku blushed even more.

She looked at Aozaki Mayuki with suspicion and asked coquettishly, "Oh dear, what are you doing?"

Aozaki Mayuki didn't answer her question. Instead, she reached out and gently stroked her face, her eyes filled with tenderness and love.

Then, he slowly leaned closer to her ear and whispered, "Madam, it's late...we should rest too."

The room gradually fell silent.

…………

"Young Miss, where have you been? I was so worried about you."

Seeing Kasumigaoji Rurichiyo walk out of the garden, Kumoi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This is the source of his power, and now is not the time to relinquish it.

With two guards by her side, Kasumi Rurichiyo felt a sense of security.

"I'm here to see Lord Zhenyue."

"Did you see him?" Yun Jing asked cautiously.

"I saw him!" Ruri Chiyo exclaimed excitedly, hands on her hips. "We're friends now!"

"Friends?" Yun Jing muttered to himself, his brows furrowing tightly. This was not a good sign.

"As my friend, Mayuki will be free to come and go from the Kasumioji residence from now on."

Kasumi Rurichiyo smiled and nodded.

"Absolutely not!" Yun Jing shouted anxiously, even forgetting to maintain the proper hierarchy between master and servant in front of others.

"It's far too risky to grant such a dangerous person such privileges. Please think carefully before you act, Miss!"

"But I have already agreed."

Ruri Chiyo glanced at the anxious-looking Yun Jing and answered casually.

She herself didn't know why she suddenly had such confidence, but just thinking of that man made her feel at ease.

"Lord Shingetsu also said that if Mr. Kumoi disagrees, he can go to him himself, and he will naturally have a way to make you change your mind."

"Method? What method? Does he intend to tear this old man apart?" Yun Jing thought to himself.