2 a.m., Gulf Harbor.

The chosen departure location was a relatively remote harbor, and the silence around was a little terrifying, and for some reason there was not a single patrol officer to be seen. Jona came to the agreed meeting point with her suitcase, but what she didn't expect was that the contestants who were going to go to Zijiao Island with her group to participate in the Dark Martial Arts Tournament turned out to be a group of middle school students.

And it's someone I know.

“…… Minamino-san? ”

Qiao Na looked at Nanno Shuichi in front of her in front of her wearing the Ice Emperor's school uniform, the other party was also surprised by Qiao Na's appearance, and after hearing the name "Nanye-san", a tall boy next to him couldn't help but come over curiously, "Nanno? Do you know Tibetan horses? Who is this girl, your girlfriend? ”

Then he showed a lewd smile, and poked Nanno Shuichi in the face with his elbow familiarly, "You kid, you have a very good set of Tibetan horses, such a beautiful girl is here to see you off." ”

"That's my name at school, Kuwabara-kun." Shuichi Minamino pushed away the boy named Kuwabara and explained a little helplessly, "Jona and I are just classmates, in fact, I want to know this ...... too"

He then looked at Jona and asked seriously, "Are you the last player on Team Urahan, Sojo-san." ”

"Hmm."

Jona nodded, and didn't say much. However, after hearing her words, the rest of the people all shouted in shock, "What?!" The last man on our team?! ”

Except for the short man in black who didn't react, Kuwabara immediately surrounded him with another middle school student with his back combed, and the two looked Joanna up and down in disbelief, then pointed at her and questioned, "No kidding, right?!" This girl is going to join us in that dark martial arts tournament?! Hey, Zangma, she's your classmate, is she strong?! ”

"I don't really know about that." Shuichi Minamino shook his head, "I only know that Joanna can manipulate plants just like me, but I haven't fought Jona. ”

"What...... Is she a human or a monster......" The middle school student and Kuwabara on the back both looked suspicious, but they didn't have much choice, and couldn't help but muttered secretly, "No problem, it looks like it's just an ordinary girl......"

"I was first invited to join the Toguro team."

Jona didn't want to dwell on these meaningless things, and interrupted them in a very ordinary tone.

“——？！”

As soon as she finished speaking, the entrance to the dock fell silent in an instant, and everyone froze, along with the other dwarf who was standing in the corner and watched them silently, with an expression of disbelief and shock.

"What?! You said that you were invited by the Toguro team?! Kuwabara exclaimed unacceptably, "Why?!" Lie! What the hell are you capable of! What's more, since you were invited by Toyuro, why did you even join our team?! ”

"To be precise, their boss Zuo Jing invited me." Jona looked into their eyes and replied calmly, "I rejected Mr. Zuojing's offer because we have different philosophies, and the reason I joined you is only because there are no other suitable teams, and I don't care if you question my abilities or motives, I just hope you don't hold me back." ”

“……”

Although the other party's attitude towards such a statement was very ordinary, it was because of such a natural attitude that everyone couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to say to fight back for a while.

"Hey...... That's too arrogant, isn't it? Kuwabara's momentum was still a little weaker, and he couldn't help muttering.

Jona lifted her chin.

"Really? Then we can say no, right? Finally, the boy who combed his back finally showed a displeased expression, and said to Qiao Na with a bad face, "Since you look down on us so much, we are not reluctant, please find another team." ”

"Yusuke."

As if feeling the awkward atmosphere, Shuichi Minamino couldn't help but stand up and said, "I don't think Kujo-san's malice, she's just more straightforward, if she is indeed invited by the Togoro team, it should also be a great help for us." ”

"How do I know?" Urahan turned his back and continued to roll his eyes and shout, "What's more, we can't trust this kind of guy from an unknown source, right? ”

"This? Actually, I don't have a problem with girls......" Kuwabara was a little swaying.

"Speaking of which, I look like I've seen you."

At this time, Joanna didn't seem to care about their questioning, and suddenly interrupted everyone with a voice.

"Did you get hit by a car last year to save a child?"

She still remembered a little, she looked at the middle school student in front of her with his back combed, this young man named Urahan Yusuke was the captain of this group. If her memory was not wrong, she remembered that she had seen this boy at the scene of the car accident a few months ago - he died on the spot, and even the spirit came out and floated, why was he still standing in front of her?

“——！！”

Urahan Yusuke was stunned for a moment, and then he jumped up instantly, "What! How do you know? ”

“…… I was at the scene of the crash. Joanna looked at him suspiciously, "Your soul is out of your body, ** died on the spot, why are you resurrected now?" ”

"Because Little Hades gave me a chance." Puhan rubbed his nose and seemed to be a little annoyed, "Really, since you could see me at the time, why didn't you say it directly, it took me so much effort to be able to resurrect......"

"How did I know you could be resurrected." Jona's eyes widened, "Aren't ordinary people pretending to be stupid when they see ghosts?" ”

"Forget it, stop arguing about these." Shuichi Minamino couldn't help but play a round game, "Although I don't know the strength of Kujo-san, it's certain that she is not an enemy, and I am willing to vouch for her." ”

"Well, since you said so, I believe you are Tibetan." Urahan Yusuke scratched his head, although he still looked reluctant, but finally agreed, "As long as it doesn't hold us back." ”

"......" Qiao Na didn't want to explain anything about this questioning attitude, but at this time, the short man among them who had been silent suddenly disappeared in place, and the next second Leng Buding appeared in front of Qiao Na, and pulled out the knife on his waist and aimed it at Qiao Na's face, looked at her coldly and said, "Since you claim to have received an invitation from the Toyuro team, then prove your strength." ”

"Shadow ——!"

Even Urahan, who had just been very unfriendly to Jona, couldn't help but cry out when they saw the guy called Feiying make a move, "Hey, what's the matter!" Don't mess around! ”

"yes, it's a girl...... "Kuwabara suddenly became a little nervous, "You've been like this!" ”

"Shut up, I don't care if my opponent is a woman or a child." He motionlessly pressed the knife against Jona's neck, his eyes sharp as if he could pierce someone, "Prove it." ”

"How do you want to prove it?" Jona, who was standing in front of everyone, was still looking at them expressionlessly, and the flying shadow who had the advantage of fighting at extremely fast speed was fully alerted, but in the next moment, in front of everyone's eyes, the girl's figure suddenly disappeared, and most of the flying shadow's entire body was buried in the earth, and only one head was exposed.

"What's going on?!"

Kuwabara pointed at the flying shadow buried in the earth in disbelief and shouted, "What just happened?!" Why was the Flying Shadow buried inside?! ”

“——！！”

Even Kurama didn't expect this to happen, they immediately reacted in shock and began to look for Jona's figure, and the most shocked of them was Feiying himself, he was stunned, his face became very ugly, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Originally, he had absolute confidence in his speed, and there was no way that a human could make him so wolf when he was defenseless, let alone ...... He glanced at the knife next to him, and even the knife was snatched down, and he didn't even feel anything......

How did it work......

"Hey, explain! What did you do?! Urahan looked around and shouted, "What about you?" ”

"That's my ability, and I won't tell you what kind of ability it is." Jona, who was clinging to the wall of the dock warehouse, calmly replied, "I'm a very careful person, because I'm not sure if you're going to attack me together, so I won't expose myself as a target. ”

"What did you say?!" Urahan couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, "We won't do that!" Who do you think we're like?! ”

"It's very simple, because there is no relationship of trust, you don't believe me, and it's the same on my side."

"Isn't that nonsense? You said that you were invited to join the Toyuro team, why should we believe you unconditionally! ”

"I'm just telling you the truth." Facing the other party's annoyance, Jona seemed much calmer, "You are also the ones who want to test my strength, so what do you want now?" ”

“——！！”

The group of people in Urahan were suddenly dumbfounded, as if they were a group of vexatious children. They really couldn't refute Jona's words, but they were a little unwilling, but when they were at such a stalemate, a young man with a pacifier in his mouth finally appeared.

"I'm late, I'm sorry, are you guys fighting?"

"Little Hades!" Urahan angrily shouted to the other party, "Is her the last teammate we are?" ”

"Huh? Is Miss Jona here? Where is she? Hearing this, Little Yama couldn't help but look around, and then Jona cautiously walked out of the hiding place and nodded to Little Yama.

"Oh, you're here." Xiao Hades waved his hand at her, and then faced the angry Yusuke and the others and began to explain nonchalantly, "Jona was also introduced by the organizers, so you don't have to worry about this, anyway, she will participate in the competition with you." ”

"What's the reason? At least let us know in advance! ”

"Isn't that good, you don't have any other alternates anyway." Little Yama asked inarticulately, "Or do you want Teacher Phantom Sea to join?" ”

"......" Hearing this, Puhan suddenly quieted down, he glanced at Kuwabara, and finally retreated, "No, it's better not to." ”

"That's good, at least everyone's goal is still the same." As if he didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, the little Hades waved his hand to everyone and said, "The ship is almost here, let's get ready." ”

“…… Oh. Urahan reluctantly responded, and Kuwabara approached him and whispered in his ear, "If she's going to hold back...... Just don't let her out of the game when the time comes, and we'll have no problem as long as we keep winning. ”

"That's what I intended."

They secretly talked as if Jona couldn't hear it, and the flying shadow had already come out of the pit, staring at Jona with a look of resentment, fortunately, there was no next move, only Nanno Shuichi smiled bitterly, walked up to Jona and apologized to her, "I'm sorry, because Yusuke was selected as a guest group, and they are not qualified to refuse to participate in the Dark Martial Arts Conference, and it is a matter of life and death for them, so they are a little sensitive, please forgive me." ”

"I don't care." Qiao Na was still very casual, but at the moment, her attention was only on Nanno Shuichi, and she looked at him coldly and asked, "Speaking of which, do you still have memories of when you were a demon fox and a hidden horse?" ”

"How much do I still remember, what's wrong?" Shuichi Minamino said.

"Well, then, I'd like to ask you something." Joanna seemed to be lost in thought, and stroked her lips as if she were talking to herself, "No, I should say I'm too stupid...... I should have thought of a ...... that I could have come and ask you."

"What's the matter? Jona? ”

Shuichi Minamino seems very friendly, and I have to mention that when he was a human, he was too different from the demon fox that Jona had seen before, but it was impossible to tell whether this was the disguise of the demon fox or the real him now. Jona quickly detached herself from her thoughts, she raised her head, looked directly into Minamino's eyes, and asked, "Then can you tell me about Yokai Sesshomaru?" ”

“…… Yes. ”

Shuichi Minamino was visibly stunned, his expression becoming a little stunned, as if he couldn't quite understand why the name came out of Jona's mouth.

"Sesshomaru? Why would you want to know these ......"

"We've met before, don't you remember?" Jona interrupted Shuichi Minamino, "For some reason I can go back to the Warring States period, for you it was hundreds of years ago, in fact, I just experienced it yesterday. ”

Amid the whistle of the ship about to dock, Jona looked at Shuichi Minamino and continued, "You □□ the four-handed youkai who set up the bugs, I met you in the form of a demon fox at that time, and then you borrowed our hands to kill that you, remember?" ”

The expression on Nanno's face became more and more surprised, and then he quickly came back to his senses and smiled slightly at Jona, "It turns out that at that time, the human girl next to that monster was you Jona." ”

"yes." Jona said, "Even though it's only one side, you really don't remember me." ”

"I'm sorry, because after becoming Shuichi Minamino, I can't remember a lot of things clearly, and even if I remember, I won't connect you in the world hundreds of years later with that girl at that time."

Nanno Xiu smiled and said, "But one thing is still very clear, the rumors about the prince of the west, I heard that he fell in love with a human, so that when the door of the demon world was closed in the end, he was still alone. ”

"Sesshomaru...... Falling in love with a human? ”

Jona suddenly felt that her breathing was a little difficult, and her chest felt stuffy for a while, and she stared straight at Shuichi Minamino, and her brain was in a trance, which seemed to echo the thing that the monster had told her before, but in the end......

"What kind of human being is it?"

"I don't know, it's just a rumor among the monsters." Shuichi Minamino looked at the stunned Jona, smiled at her kindly, "But what do you say?" If that's true, you don't have to ask me this question. ”