Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful fox

Hoshino Hideyuki curled his lips, and seeing that Asuka Tendo was still hesitant, he said, "Well, well, well, I've told you everything I know, so shouldn't you also tell me about your Tohno Trial in detail?"

"In that case, I can help you analyze it as well."

"Now that I'm here, there's no need to keep it a secret anymore, right?"

Asuka Tendo rubbed her temples, then sighed and said slowly:

"Our family has a powerful shikigami that has been passed down from generation to generation, named Tanlang."

"And the so-called Far Wild Trial is a ceremony to test whether the tribesmen are qualified to contract with Greedy Wolf."

"The trial itself is held in a secret place called Tono, hence the name." As she spoke, Asuka Tendou looked around at the people nearby and whispered, "You should know what they are going to do this time, right?"

Hoshino Hideyuki nodded and said, "Well, help General Hojo kill the long-haired ghost."

"Yes, this is the main content of the trial."

"The Onmyojis of the Tendo family entered the Tono Secret Realm, helped General Hojo defend Awihara City, and killed the Long-haired Demon King. This is considered to have passed the test."

"And the Tongshen Jade in General Hojo's hand is actually a magic weapon to awaken the Shikigami Tanlang. If the trial is successfully completed, it will automatically determine who is the best performing member of the Tendo tribe, and then fly to him and let him complete the contract with Tanlang..."

Hoshino Hideyuki blinked.

"I see."

"You guys have such a big show."

"This secret realm, in my opinion, is at least as big as Hokkaido, right? If it were given to an online writer, he would have grown an empire out of it. But you just use it to hold trials?"

Asuka Tendo didn't quite understand what the web novel author and farming meant, but she still shook her head and said:

"You misunderstood. The Tono Secret Realm is actually very small."

"The reason why it looks so big is because this is not only a secret realm, but also superimposed with the dream of the shikigami Tanlang. In other words, we are essentially in a dream within a secret realm."

"The humans around us, the long-haired ghosts, and the Hojo general in Awahara City are all fake people in the dream, not real living humans."

"The land beneath our feet, except for a few fixed locations like Awahara, is just a temporary evolution of the dream based on our actions. If you run too fast and too far, exceeding the limit of evolution, you will fall into a fog..."

Wow, it really feels like a game.

It’s just not an open world map, but a small garden with some real-time generation mechanism added?

Also, are Sakuragi and the others all fake? Tsk, what a pity, they are all quite interesting guys...

After sighing for a while, Hoshino Hideyuki exclaimed:

"No matter what, this is still an incredible feat. Is this the heritage of a thousand-year-old Onmyoji family?"

Asuka Tendo changed the subject and said, "So, you absolutely shouldn't be here!"

"The structure of the secret realm nested in the dream realm is very complex, equivalent to a bank vault with two locks. Even for our family, it would take three years to send a dozen people in! It is impossible for outsiders to get in!"

Hoshino Hideyuki shrugged: "But, I just came in~"

After saying this, he pulled the girl to a more secluded place, put down the box on his back, and turned back into the body of the narrow-eyed Onmyoji.

"You see, this is the truth."

"Tendo Souta?"

The girl recognized the deceased and then fell into even greater shock and suspicion.

And Hoshino Hideyuki continued:

"In short, you must have been targeted by someone during this trial. The opponent is powerful and ruthless. Not only can he come and go at will, but he will also kill anyone who finds anything unusual... Hiss, but if that's the case, why did he send me in?"

"…It was probably an accident."

Faced with the bedrock facts, Asuka Tendo had to admit that Toono had been invaded by someone with bad intentions.

She further speculated:

"If there really is a group of people like you described, their original plan should have been to send Tendo Souta's body into a secret place to keep it secret."

Hoshino Hideyuki asked in confusion: "Is this place very confidential? Wait, don't you have an elder to remotely monitor this trial?"

"No, this place is basically a black box."

Asuka Tendo scratched her head and said:

"Tan Lang will remain asleep until the trial is over, relying only on his subconscious to maintain his dreams."

"During this period, people outside cannot see through the complex structure of the secret realm nested in the dream realm and explore the situation inside. Even real-time communication is impossible - the speed of time inside and outside the secret realm is different."

"Once you get in, you have to rely on yourself for everything, at least that's what I know."

"The only thing our family can rely on is that no one will die in our dreams."

"For example, if I were stabbed in the heart right now, my body would be ejected to the edge of the dream, where I would remain in stasis and recover until the trial was over and I was teleported out with the rest of the people."

As she spoke, the girl glanced at Tendo Sata and said, "He's different. He was probably dead before he came in, so he didn't trigger this mechanism."

After listening to the girl's introduction, Hoshino Hideyuki also scratched his head.

"So according to what you said, even if we knew there was danger here, we wouldn't be able to withdraw in time or call for support from your family?"

"Ahhh!"

The girl shook her twin ponytails in distress.

"I don't want to admit it, but it's like this!"

"Because the essence of the trial is to gain the approval of Greedy Wolf, the entire process has to be based on that guy's temperament. It's very troublesome with all the twists and turns!"

"And even if you have the ability to notify the outside world, your situation is hard to explain!"

"I do believe in you, Fox, even though I've been deceived countless times... cough, but I'm still willing to believe in you!"

"But in the eyes of the rest of our family, even if they patiently listen to you, they will only think that you killed Tendo Souta and then made up a story, right?"

Hoshino Hideyuki nodded.

Well, indeed.

and so……

"Is it a dead end? Is it a dead end? Is it a dead end?"

"Uh... about that..."

The girl sighed, patted her chubby face, and said, "No matter what, we can only rely on ourselves!"

"That's fine~"

Hoshino Hideyuki was in a good mood and smiled, "Well, since we don't have any more information right now, why not just take it one step at a time?"

"Well, that's all we can do..."

After the discussion, the fox and the girl calmed down and walked back to the group.

At this time, Yukawa and the people of the caravan had cleaned up the battlefield, gathered the wounded, and cut off the heads of all the dead long-haired ghosts and inserted them on spears to make flags.

Seeing the two of them coming back, Sakuragi Naoko greeted them with a smile in a tone that was a mixture of ambiguity and teasing, "Have you finished whispering?"

Asuka Tendo, who was still in distress, blinked and was a little dazed.

Fortunately, Hoshino Hideyuki reacted quickly. He took a step forward, put his hand on the girl's shoulder, and held her white and tender hand.

Asuka Tendo:!

"We are a couple on the surface, remember? You just said it yourself~"

“Ah, I…”

Hoshino Hideyuki finished speaking in a low voice, and without paying attention to the girl's answer, he turned his head and smiled at Sakuragi Naoko and said, "Well, that's it~"

Sakuragi Naoko nodded, and then said:

"Well, let's get ready to go. We have to continue on our journey. We have collected all the heads of the long-haired ghosts, so we don't need to go around looking for them anymore... If we hurry, we can reach Awahara City tonight~"

Chapter 204 The girl came up with a new way to tease the fox

Can we reach Awahara City in just over a day?

This is very close...

However, considering the size of Japan's map, it doesn't seem strange.

Hoshino Hideyuki curled his lips and said, "I understand, Master Sakuragi~"

"Well, Lord Rukawa, just call me Naoko from now on~" Sakuragi Naoko blinked, bowed and smiled, then turned around and went to talk to the people in the caravan.

huh?

Hoshino Hideyuki raised his eyebrows.

Wow, it’s only been one day, and already there’s an extra thick barrier between me, the fox, and the beautiful woman?

Ah, it seems like there are more than just beautiful women...

He glanced around and found that the other members of the Yukawa clan were in the same situation. The way they looked at him was even more in awe than when he had just displayed his power.

"Since someone from our family comes in every few years to save the day, Onmyoji has a very high status in this place. Even when facing the Hojo Shogun, there is no need to be too polite."

Asuka Tendo walked up to him and explained, "So, when she knew you were mine, she naturally wouldn't dare to treat you as her subordinate anymore..."

It's a bit strange to say.

At the beginning, Asuka Tendo was simply confused by seeing the fox, and was swept up in the atmosphere without thinking much, so she accepted the dead fox as her partner.

After she realized it, she should have clarified this point immediately.

But actually...

She now inexplicably felt that there seemed to be no need to clarify.

Absolutely, absolutely not because she felt a little bit of excitement from this misunderstanding!

She simply didn't want to cause any trouble and arouse other people's suspicion!

That’s right!

After convincing herself, Asuka Tendo thought for a moment, tugged on Hoshino Hideyuki's sleeve again, and whispered, "By the way, there's something else I need to tell you about our relationship."

Hoshino Hideyuki lowered his head and asked, "What do you mean?"

Asuka Tendo said, "It's fine for you and me to act like lovers in front of these people in my dreams, but it won't work when we meet my relatives. They will just be as curious as I am about where you came from."

Hoshino Hideyuki thought about it and realized that this was the case.

Then he turned around and saw that the girl was ready to put her hands on her hips, so he asked with a smile: "Then our genius beautiful Yin-Yang Master must have thought of a solution, right?"

"Hum~"

Tendou Asuka raised the corner of her mouth and blew into the fox's ear, "You can pretend to be my shikigami!"

Hoshino Hideyuki: “Ah?”

"The people in my family don't really care about my situation, so they naturally don't know how many shikigami I have. So as long as you and I collude, they won't be suspicious."

"In this way, not only can you act with me openly, but you can also freely reveal your true form and use spells - of course this does not include your blue fox fire, which is too conspicuous."

"How about it? It's reasonable, right? Hurry up and agree to it~"

Asuka Tendo twitched her eyebrows and urged the fox, but she was thinking about something else in her heart.

Onmyoji and Shikigami are not equals~

Although many Onmyojis will emphasize that Shikigami are their partners, that is often only a treatment that can be enjoyed by a few special and powerful Shikigami.

In most cases, Shikigami are the subordinates of the Onmyoji, and occasionally they are slaves or pets!

Therefore, as long as the fox admits that he is the girl's Shikigami, even if he is pretending, the girl can use this as an excuse to order the fox around!

Hehe, this is the latest plan of the genius beautiful Onmyoji to tease the fox!

As long as I succeed, I can avenge the last time I wore the maid costume!

Here.

Hoshino Hideyuki narrowed his eyes and smiled, then nodded: "Well, what you said makes sense~"

"Right, right!"

"So, from now on, whenever I meet other Onmyoji, I should call you Master, right?"