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The two kappa monsters were defeated, and with stars in their eyes, they sank to the bottom of the water.

Holding the four fragments of the Shikon Jewel, Inuyasha was somewhat wary and dared not approach Zhang Chengyi. Standing in the river, he asked, "Kagome, which one is the real one?"

"I……"

Kagome hesitated for a moment. It seemed like they might all be true, but it was also unlikely that they were all true. So her lips trembled, and she said, "I can't tell, I can't tell, Inuyasha."

Chapter 171?

"I'll never swallow things blindly again."

Zhang Chengyi wiped the drool from his mouth, rubbed his sore cheeks, and sat up.

Kagome gradually calmed down, and the more she looked at the strange rat, the more familiar it seemed. She suddenly realized, "Inuyasha, don't you think this rat looks a lot like the rat god Sango mentioned?"

"What happened?!"

Shippo, the little fox demon, hopped over and exclaimed, "So many Shikon Jewels!"

"Ha~ Ah"

Zhang Chengyi stretched, casually picked up two Shikon Jewel fragments, rinsed them in the river, and said casually, "The rest are yours."

"Don't go! Put down the Shikon Jewel!" Inuyasha shouted, drawing his sword.

"Here you go," Zhang Chengyi said, gesturing with his rat-like head, "I've left you so many, can't you take two?"

Inuyasha was stunned for a moment, but still said defiantly, "No way!" Inuyasha's thought was that the Shikon Jewel was his, and he didn't care if it was real or fake, he was going to take it anyway.

Seeing this, Zhang Chengyi didn't bother to continue the conversation with Er Gouzi and said, "Cuizi."

"sit down!"

"Thump!" Presumably because Midori used more spiritual power, Inuyasha smashed the rock to pieces on the spot, and floated downstream with Tessaiga, which had turned back into a rusty sword.

Zhang Chengyi was about to leave.

"Wait!" Kagome called out.

"Hmm?" Zhang Chengyi had a good impression of the main characters, similar to his impression of Xiao Feng. After all, he knew that the main characters were all good people and didn't want to make things difficult for them.

According to the comic artist's design, Er Gouzi is very similar to a Shiba Inu. He is stubborn, energetic, and relatively difficult to train, so his approach to dealing with him is a bit simple and brutal.

Kagome hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Excuse me, are you Lord Rat God?"

"Isn't Coral with you?" Zhang Chengyi asked rhetorically, which was tantamount to acknowledging the title of Rat God.

It's a bit tacky, but it's still better than giving a golden rat as a gift.

Kagome shook her head, feeling strangely that the other person was telling the truth, and even felt a little affection for the mouse.

It's actually the result of Midori's pure spiritual power and her powerful perception derived from Kikyo. Normally, spiritual power represents the soul, signifying the inclinations of the four souls. It's perfectly fine to discern good from bad people through intuition. But, well, regarding Zhang Chengyi...

As for the main characters...

In fact, in the manga, Sango left the stronghold alone to search for and protect the Shikon Jewel shards. The main characters also came to the exorcist stronghold because of the exorcist's search for the Shikon Jewel shards. They came together because they had a common enemy, Naraku.

In the current timeline, the main characters' attempt to raid the demon hunter's stronghold failed. Although they had crossed paths with Sango due to Miroku's shamelessness, they did not act together.

Even Maitreya left because of the disappearance of the monk Mengxin, and the original main team, which should have been complete, is now reduced to the original trio.

Seeing that Kagome's eyes kept glancing at the two Shikon Jewel pieces in his claws, Zhang Chengyi simply threw them back, picked up two more, washed them clean, and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. Goodbye."

"Thank you very much, Lord Rat God."

Kagome felt grateful upon seeing this scene; she was nothing like the willful person Sango had described—she was such a gentle goddess.

Although she is not a shrine maiden in the future, her family business is the Higurashi Shrine. She has been influenced by it since childhood, and since she transmigrated here, she has been cultivated into a shrine maiden by Granny Kaede. She also has a past life as the shrine maiden Kikyo, so her trust in the gods is greater than that of others.

Zhang Chengyi jumped a few times, turned around and laughed, "Are Japanese high school students really that fit? Tsk tsk tsk..."

"Hey!"

Kagome instinctively let out a shy moan and clutched her chest. She had almost forgotten that she was wearing a swimsuit the whole time. Then, the next second, she stared blankly at the Rat God, who was leaping and disappearing from sight, and opened her mouth to let out a surprised sound:

"Eh!!!"

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That morning, just as the monk Mengxin got up to talk to the increasingly weak cow, he saw the warriors dragging the cow out of the yard using ropes and planks. He quickly went over to ask:

"Why did you pull it out?"

If it were anyone else, the samurai would probably have driven them away roughly. However, since Monk Mengxin was a monk, no matter how much trouble had been happening these past few days, they couldn't be too rude. The retainer in charge, suppressing his impatience, said, "Lord of the castle has confirmed that this is a conspiracy by Oda Nobunaga and the lord of the neighboring castle, attempting to assassinate you with milk. However, the wet nurse accidentally drank the milk—"

"and many more."

Monk Mengxin sensed something was amiss and quickly interrupted, saying, "Please, please allow me to see the City Lord." As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

The claim that drinking milk turns one into a cow is a complete rumor, yet they insist on treating it as fact, blaming it on Oda Nobunaga, who supposedly drank the milk, and the neighboring castle lord who was likely completely unaware of the truth, along with the Hojo and Takeda clans who were highly likely to negotiate peace...

The retainer smiled and said, "Master will be able to see the city lord soon."

"At the scene of the execution of the monster."

"Excuse me."

Monk Mengxin stood frozen in place, looking up to meet the calm, almost deathly gaze of the giant cow. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word that would make the giant cow retaliate.

Even if a monster is so badly injured that it reverts to its original form, its sheer size means that killing it would still come at a great cost, and there is a considerable chance that it could escape.

Innocent monsters, and many people who would die if the monsters resisted.

Monk Mengxin was conflicted. Compared to the chaos of humans, monsters were extremely extreme, some extremely good and some extremely bad.

After several days of investigation, he clearly knew that the cow monster was the one who raised the city lord. It was a very senior monster, but very low-key. Its age was unknown, but it must have followed the city lord's grandfather's generation a long time ago. However, the monster's identity was unknown to outsiders, and its sudden exposure obviously revealed a lot of inside information.

Even the reason for his severe injuries remains shrouded in mystery.

He does not underestimate human evil, but at this moment, as a human being, what stance should he take?

"What are you thinking, Mengxin?"

Monk Mengxin chuckled self-deprecatingly and muttered to himself, "When you helped the Golden Rat get banished, didn't you already decide to help justice, instead of stubbornly judging good and evil based on race?"

Wait, here comes the golden rat...

He suddenly realized something: if Zhang Chengyi came back, even if he didn't know the inside story, just seeing that the cow was dead and making a fuss would cause a huge mess.

Well then, there's nothing more to consider.

"It's really troublesome for me to do it alone." Monk Mengxin sighed. It would have been fine when he was young, but now that he's old, his physical strength just can't keep up.

"Hey, you stinky monk, need any help?"

An annoying guy, but he arrived just in time.

Monk Mengxin touched his bald head and laughed: "Maitreya, you're not dead yet."

Chapter 172 The Time of Execution

Maple Village, Bone-Eating Well.

"Kagome?" Shippo peered into the well, looking at the girl inside. "Why are you back?"

Kagome frantically reached into the well, hopping and jumping around, before pulling the Shikon Jewel necklace from her bag—

Grandma Feng is very skillful; she strung more than thirty pieces together, which is a bit too long for a regular necklace.

After struggling for a full half hour, Kagome finally climbed out of the well with a look of utter despair on her face, saying, "Shippo, I can't go back, waaaaah!"

"That's great!"

Just as Shippo was about to cheer, he saw the sadness on Kagome's face and cautiously said, "Should we go ask Granny Kaede?"

He didn't mention Inuyasha. That half-demon is very strong, but he's also incredibly unreliable.

Yesterday I heard that two pieces of the Shikon Jewel were taken by the Rat God, and he ran out late at night saying he would get them back.

Do you chase them by their noses?

Hmm, that seems pretty reliable... Inuyasha's sense of smell...

"Grandpa, Mom, waaaaah!"

Kagome felt even more grief-stricken when she thought of her family, and ran wildly towards the village with Shippo in her arms.

The villagers along the way were a little confused. Didn't they just say they were going home? Why are they back so soon?

Before long, she returned to Granny Feng's hut with Qibao in her arms. Upon seeing the elder she trusted, she burst into tears on the spot.

Grandma Feng patted her back and yawned, asking, "What happened?"

She couldn't sleep last night either, because she heard that some rats had created a huge pile of Shikon Jewels, which completely shattered her worldview.

"Grandma, sob sob sob!" Kagome cried, tears streaming down her face. "The Well of Bones is broken!"

"What?!" Granny Feng's expression froze. "Let's go take a look."

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Inside the city, an execution ground prepared for the monsters.

"Isn't that too cowardly? Are you just going to wait to die?"

Zhang Chengyi squatted on the cow's neck and asked, "I've given you all the Shikon Jewel fragments. Now, just come with me after you've defeated that city lord."

Contrary to what the monk Mengxin thought, he wasn't going to be late. He arrived at the city lord's mansion yesterday afternoon and even learned in advance that the city lord was going to kill a monster as a sacrifice and then go to war with the neighboring city. He also found a lot of letters between the city lord and Takeda in the city lord's study.

He's too lazy to care about many things, but he doesn't just blindly push through them.

With the support of Cui Zi's magic, he could sneak in openly without anyone noticing, and now no one would see him standing on the execution ground.

The large cow whispered, "I'm grateful you wanted to save me, but I want to see if he really wants to kill me, and besides, the Shikon Jewel..."

"What a huge cow! Did it get possessed by a monster after drinking its milk?"

"I heard that a famous person not far away was also attacked by a monster some time ago..."

"When will we start killing monsters?"

"The city lord has arrived."

The number of onlookers is growing.