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Su You sensed a hint of elation emanating from Tamamo-no-Mae within the contract mark.

Yay! That wild god is finally leaving! From now on, this will be my and my master's nest! I won't have to sit on the sofa watching others eat breakfast anymore!

Miss Ba Chi gazed at him, a hint of inquiry in her eyes: "Mr. Su... are you reluctant to let me go?"

Su You nodded: "Some."

Although Miss Yasakani is a yokai, she has taken meticulous care of him these past few days: cooking, doing housework, sleeping with him at night, and teaming up for quests... While it is certainly partly due to the blessing coins he made for her, her care and tenderness towards him are also genuine.

He couldn't deny that he felt a little reluctant to see her leave.

Miss Ba Chi blinked her bright eyes and suddenly said in a joking yet tentative tone, "Then... I'll move in and live with Su Jun?"

"Living together..."

Before Su You could react, Tamamo-no-Mae in the contract mark went ballistic!

What a joke! Who wants to live with a shameless bastard like you! Get out of here right now!

Seeing Su You hesitate for a moment, Miss Bachi laughed and waved her hand, saying, "Just kidding. If that were the case, Su Jun's little girlfriend would definitely be jealous, wouldn't she?"

Su You shook her head with a helpless smile: "As for Yan Ye..."

Judging from Katsura Kotonoha's personality in the original work, she might not actually be jealous.

"I'm getting ready to go out, Miss Yatachi."

"Will Su Jun be coming home very late tonight too?"

"um, yes."

"Then I'll wait for you at home."

Miss Yasakaki's voice was as gentle as ever.

"Ok."

The door closed gently.

Miss Ba Chi stood alone in the quiet living room, gazing at the closed door, her eyes filled with a mixture of helplessness and doting affection.

“She stays up like this every night; what will she do if she doesn’t have my help to recover?”

"It seems I'll have to go find Miss Sayuri tomorrow and rent a room in this apartment building."

--

After leaving the apartment.

Su You replaced the bicycle with the [Dead Soul Racer].

Tamamo-no-Mae also emerged from the contract mark. She wanted to ride a bicycle, but Su You didn't dare let her, so she could only reluctantly sit on the back seat.

First, I went to the headquarters of the Special Cases Department.

When they were almost there, Su You switched back to her bicycle.

Once he arrived at the [Mission Hall], he logged into his account and submitted the mission [Investigate the Midnight Motorcycle Sounds on Mount Akina].

Then, after browsing the list of E-rank missions, I accepted a mission to clean up the earthbound spirits in an abandoned school.

It is said that passersby heard what sounded like a little girl singing inside the school in the middle of the night.

After leaving headquarters, Su You saw that it was still early, so he rode the [Dead Soul Racer] to the abandoned school.

The abandoned campus was shrouded in a deathly silence late at night.

The dilapidated school building cast distorted shadows in the pale moonlight, and the broken windows, like empty eyes, indifferently watched the intruder.

A faint, chilly atmosphere permeated the air.

Su You led Yuzao-no-Mae across the overgrown playground.

He had the short knife that could enhance his night vision tied to his waist, and he held a peach wood sword in his hand as he scanned his surroundings.

"Xiaoyu, can you sense the exact location of the earthbound spirit?"

Tamamo-no-Mae looked at the most dilapidated teaching building and said, "The source of the demonic energy is over there. It's very concentrated, but not particularly powerful."

Su You nodded and followed the direction indicated by Tamamo-no-Mae, quickly passing through the abandoned corridor.

The shattered glass beneath my feet made a faint sound, which was particularly clear in the empty building.

Not long after, Su You stopped in front of a mottled wooden door.

The sign on the door is blurred, but you can still vaguely make out the female human figure and the font.

[Women's restroom].

Su You's expression turned somewhat strange.

Combining the mission location being a school with the information about the earthbound spirit, a name instantly jumped into his mind.

Could it be Hanako?

With the help of the curator's malice, a faint yet clear red and black resentment drifted out from behind the toilet door like a trickle, carrying a strange chill.

"This should be the place, Xiaoyu, seal off this area."

"Yes, Master."

Su You gripped the peach wood sword in one hand and pushed open the creaking wooden door that looked like it might fall apart at any moment with the other.

The toilets were even more dilapidated, with most of the stall doors crooked and collapsed, and the sinks covered in grime.

tick tock...tick tock...

The clear sound of dripping water came from deep within, mixed with an extremely faint, intermittent, and strangely humming sound, like a little girl singing a cheerful lullaby in an off-key voice.

It was coming from the second-to-last cubicle.

Su You gripped the peach wood sword tightly, walked over, and kicked the tightly closed cubicle door with a sudden kick.

"boom!"

The already rotten door panel sprang open inwards with a loud thud, crashing against the partition.

Su You saw a little girl dressed in red and black stripes, similar to an old-fashioned sailor uniform, sitting quietly on the dusty toilet seat.

She placed her hands on her knees, lowered her head, and her short, black hair partially obscured her face.

The eerie humming stopped abruptly.

Startled by the sudden sound of the door being broken down, the little girl slowly and somewhat dazedly raised her head.

A pale, cute little face appeared, with large eyes and pure black pupils without any whites, yet strangely exuding a sense of bewilderment and blankness.

She stared intently at Su You, who stood at the doorway, holding a wooden sword and looking wary.

After a moment, she seemed to finally come to her senses and tried to run away in a panic.

She turned and ran toward the wall, but a pink demonic barrier suddenly appeared on the wall, slamming her back hard.

She collapsed to the ground, covered her forehead with her hands, sniffled, and then began to cry softly, feeling wronged.

Su You looked at the somewhat adorable earthbound spirit and fell silent.

Tamamo-no-Mae's voice sounded behind him:

"Huh, Master, this doesn't seem to be a Jibakuling (earthbound spirit), it seems to be a Zashiki-warashi (a type of spirit that hasn't fully formed yet)."

Chapter 85 Shall we go home with big brother? (4K)

Zashiki Warashi?

Su You was taken aback upon hearing this and began to examine him closely.

Indeed, she was completely different from the resentful female earthbound spirit in the apartment before. She had almost no fierce aura, but instead exuded a kind of innocent ignorance, and even a bit... clear stupidity.

Su You asked, "Zashiki-warashi...I've heard they can bring good luck?"

Tamamo-no-Mae nodded and said, "A true red-robed Zashiki-warashi can indeed bring blessings to the household, bring some good fortune, and even have the title of a little god of luck. But this one in front of us..."

She pointed to the little girl's red and black sailor uniform and said, "Her clothes are a mixed bag, a sign of both good and bad fortune. She needs to be carefully nurtured to transform into a pure red dress. Even if she does, the luck she can bring is probably less than one-tenth of what I can bring to my master."

Her tone carried a hint of the arrogance of a nine-tailed fox looking down at a little monster.

Su You glanced at her, smiled, and said, "It doesn't matter if it's not much. It's always good to have a little bit of luck."

"Master wants to adopt her?" Tamamo-no-Mae raised an eyebrow slightly. "Would you like to use the same scroll you used to contract me last time?"

Su You shook her head: "I only had one of those scrolls, and I've already used it."

Tamamo-no-Mae paused for a moment, her expression subtle.

So you only had one of those precious contract scrolls, and I just happened to stumble upon it?

But on second thought, being contracted by Su You wasn't necessarily a bad thing for her, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to recover to the strength of the Eight-Tails so quickly.

Su You asked, "Xiao Yu, do you know any other contract techniques? Like the Shikigami contract in Onmyoji?"

Tamamo-no-Mae shook her head: "I am not familiar with Yin-Yang arts, I only know the love bond method of the fox clan, which you cannot learn, Master."

Her tone carried a subtle hint of ambiguity.

Su You pondered. He remembered that the Special Cases Department's internal shop sold "Basic Shikigami Contract Techniques," but it required 15 contribution points.

He doesn't have that many contribution points right now.

Tamamo-no-Mae looked at him and suggested, "Master, why don't you take her home and raise her? If she stays here, she'll eventually be exorcised by other exorcists as an evil spirit."

Su You agreed. He put away his peach wood sword, squatted down, and tried to make his voice sound gentle: "Hello, Zashiki."

The little girl looked up at him with teary eyes, her large, dark eyes filled with a timid expression.

The two people, one big and one small, just stared at each other quietly.

Tamamo-no-Mae covered her mouth and chuckled: "Master, she is just beginning to develop intelligence and probably can't speak yet, but she can roughly understand what you mean."

Su You tentatively asked, "Do you want to leave here with me?"

Upon hearing this, the little girl's cute face showed confusion and unease.

Su You changed her approach, using more enticing words: "Would you like to come home with me?"

The word "home" seemed to touch something etched deep within her instincts.

Her expression shifted slightly.

Zashiki-warashi are originally lucky deities who protect the home.

Seeing that she was still hesitant, Su You took out the [Demon-Exorcising Treasure].

He flipped his palm, and a colorful ring of primordial energy quietly appeared.

In an instant, the Zashiki-warashi's large, dark eyes, like stars that had been lit up, stared intently at that aura.

She even forgot she was afraid.

Her little nose twitched slightly, and her face revealed an extremely eager expression.

"Want some?" Su You's voice was so gentle it sounded like a coaxing. "Want some?"

The little girl nodded subconsciously, uttering a soft syllable: "Mmm..."

Su You handed over the source energy.

She savored the breath in small, delicate bites, as if it were cotton candy.

As the power of origin merged with her, a blush of extreme satisfaction appeared on her pale face.

Even more amazingly, a small black area on her red and black sailor uniform had quietly turned into a bright red.

After being fed, her fear of Su You lessened considerably, replaced by an instinctive closeness, as if she believed that this older brother who could give her delicious food was not a bad person.

"How about coming home with big brother? It's not safe here; bad people will come and bully you," Su You continued. "And once we're home, big brother will give you delicious food like this every day."

"Um……"

Without much hesitation, the little girl nodded timidly and reached out her little hand to grab Su You's clothes.

Su You felt a strange sense of guilt about using candy to lure children.

Besides the allure of the primal aura to the Zashiki-warashi, the "Yellow-haired Disguise" ring's inherent "Friend of Women" initial affinity effect likely also played a significant role.

Otherwise, the Zashiki-warashi wouldn't have let down his guard so easily.

Su You turned to Tamamo-no-Mae: "Tamamo, you take care of her."