I'm doing Jujutsu Kaisen in the ninja world.

If she had heard that, she certainly wouldn't have made such a basic mistake.

Fortunately, she still has her good friend Tamamo Hotaru.

After Tamamo Hotaru explained the 'rules' of Shinji's hometown to her, Princess Haruna finally realized where she had gone wrong.

But who would rather admit to being a bad guy than accept the title of a good guy?

Although she couldn't understand it, she didn't dare bring it up again.

The deeper they went, the more dire the situation became.

It's worth noting that even the five great nations suffered heavy losses in this cursed calamity, so one can only imagine what the outcome would be for a small country like the Land of Vegetables, which has little military strength, when faced with such a 'natural and man-made disaster'.

If these cursed spirits hadn't left for some unknown reason in the end...

It's estimated that there are hardly any living people left in the Land of Vegetables by now.

About an hour later, they finally arrived at the residence that Tamamo Hotaru had purchased long ago.

谷臾

And then... that was it!

This place is now a scorched wasteland; everything has been burned to ashes.

Tamamo Hotaru was completely dumbfounded!

Although she had a bad feeling before coming, she was still strongly shocked when it actually happened.

Gone. All the capital she had left to rebuild her life was burned to ashes.

Even Shinji frowned, clearly displeased.

Although I know this isn't their fault, the thought of offending Yunyin and wasting so much time and effort to get here, only to find I've gained nothing...

Isn't this disgusting?!

Tamamo Hotaru gritted her teeth and led Kyoto Moon on a relentless search through the scorched earth. In the end, they only dug up some remnants that hadn't been completely burned, proving that she hadn't gone to the wrong place. This was indeed the spot.

However, even after all of Jiaoyue's fur had been dyed black, the jade pendant she had hidden there was still not found.

"I...I'm sorry."

Tamamo Hotaru opened her mouth, wanting to explain herself, but in the end she managed to utter an apology.

Shinji sighed inwardly, said nothing, and nodded helplessly.

Just as Tamamo Hotaru was feeling numb and unsure of what to do, Kyouzuki suddenly called out to her twice and then lowered her head slightly to show her the crescent moon mark on her head.

"Huh? What are you doing, Jiaoyue?...Ah! I know!"

Belatedly realizing what was happening, Tamamo Hotaru suddenly shouted, her sorrow turning to joy, "Kyogetsu is royalty among the Moonlight Foxes. When there is moonlight, she can use a secret technique to sense the location of the Fox Spirit Token. So as long as I wait until nightfall, I'm sure I can find it!"

Although it sounded like a lie, Shinji, not wanting to leave empty-handed, had no choice but to believe her one more time.

When everyone looked at the sky, they realized it was getting late, so they simply found a place nearby to rest for the time being.

Gradually, the sky darkened, and the moon rose and the sun set.

"Are you ready, Diana?"

Jiaoyue jumped down from Yuzaohong's arms, revealing her true form, and let out a long howl at the bright moon in the sky.

Then, the crescent moon mark on Jiaoyue's forehead attracted a beam of pure white moonlight, which then reflected out in a certain direction.

"..."

"Is it all done?"

Tamamo Hotaru nodded uncertainly, "Mm."

Where is that thing?

"In that direction..."

"That direction? How far away?"

"do not know."

"have no idea???"

Tamamo Hotaru was embarrassed again, and even became somewhat withdrawn.

Normally, if the distance is relatively close, the moonlight in the sky, after merging with the mark on the moon's head, will directly reflect a beam of moonlight onto the location of the Fox Fairy Token.

But the moonlight that was just reflected pointed directly in a certain direction and disappeared because of the distance...

"Because the distance was too far, the moonlight that was used to perform the secret technique disappeared before it could reach the location."

"So, it's very likely that the jade pendant was taken away by someone?"

"Yes, that should be it."

"Is it too late for me to blow your head off now?"

"..."

[Chapter 299 Public Toilet]

Tamamo Hotaru's extremely unreliable performance earned her the middle finger from Shinji.

The next day, Princess Haruna parted ways with the others.

Although the Land of Vegetables has become like this, and even those who originally wanted to fight for power and profit either died in the catastrophe a few days ago or fled in fear.

But Princess Haruna was willing to take on this responsibility, to preserve the name of the Land of Vegetables, and the remaining commoners.

For the first time, she did not choose to sit in this position for power, but for the people.

Now that Daming Prefecture has been burned down, naturally no one is going to compete with her for this mess anymore.

However, the large group of people who were arrested were very important; they represented hope.

"I'm counting on you guys."

Princess Haruna, along with the few people she had managed to gather, bid farewell to Shinji and the others.

With the Land of Vegetables in such a state, Tamamo Hotaru naturally could no longer stay. Moreover, she still owed Shinji a jade token, so she had to continue serving as his maid.

"Do your best."

Shinji gave a brief answer, without making any promises.

He wasn't sure if he could find the person.

Princess Haruna nodded and said nothing more.

If we make any further demands at this point, it would be like taking advantage of someone's kindness.

Where do we look for them?

After hurriedly leaving the Land of Vegetables, Tamamo Hotaru asked with great concern.

"If you don't want to die a horrible death, then don't keep lingering in front of me."

"Oh..."

Shinji has no desire to deal with this woman now. It would be a waste of his time and energy, and he would only offend Kumogakure by sending her to the Land of Vegetables.

Then, unfortunately, they got nothing.

So he's really not joking now.

He had even begun to seriously consider whether to sell the woman to the Hidden Cloud Village.

It should fetch a good price.

Shinji's peripheral vision began to shift and look somewhat menacing as he glanced at someone.

Tamamo Hotaru may not have noticed yet, but the white fox, Kyougetsu, in her arms has noticed it keenly.

With an extremely human-like intelligence, it rolled its big, dark eyes around and suddenly struggled out of Tamamo Hotaru's arms.

"ah!"

Then it jumped onto Shinji's shoulder, whimpered twice, and nuzzled his face with its fluffy head in a flattering manner.

Shinji kept a straight face, "Don't think that you can wipe the debt off by acting cute and trying to please me."

Jiaoyue immediately gave him an innocent look, then stuck out her tongue and gently licked his face twice.

Shinji turned to look at it and was amused by its pitiful little appearance.

I picked it up and started petting it.

"Don't worry, at most they'll just sell your stupid master to Yunyin to pay off his debts, it won't affect you."

Jiaoyue let out two soft moans, squinting as she enjoyed Shinji's massage.

The tamamo niji suddenly turned sour.

At first, she was quite puzzled as to why Jiaoyue would do this, until she heard Shensi's words and suddenly realized just how dangerous her current situation was.

No more chips, and they even got protection for free...

If the people from Kumogakure come again now, will anyone still care whether she lives or dies?

They could even sell her to someone from the Hidden Cloud Village; they'd surely offer a good price.

In this way, the jade plaque becomes unimportant.

However, she wasn't stupid; it was obvious that she had said that to Jiaoyue on purpose.

Otherwise, if you really wanted to do that, there was absolutely no need to let her know, lest you cause trouble.

Logically speaking, she should be thanking Jiaoyue.

But besides being grateful, she also felt a pang of jealousy.

Because it had been a long time since Jiaoyue had acted so cute and charming towards her, yet now she was groveling and begging for mercy from a despicable, stinky man...

Even though it was all for her sake, she was still very jealous.

Furthermore, she is a great beauty, yet no one here has ever taken her seriously. Now, why is she even inferior to Jiaoyue?

Sometimes it's really hard to imagine what inexplicable thing or event could trigger a woman's competitive spirit, just like now.