Smile is back.

The Nine-Tails sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the faltering girl with a complicated expression.

The flowers around her body bloomed, the leaves were green and yellow, and the plants and trees were constantly withering and changing, repeatedly.

Since Xiaoxiao left to look for someone, the scenery in this courtyard has shown such a strange state.

Just like the state of mind of the Nine-Tails.

There are more and more legends about her in the world, and they are becoming more and more vicious, but who knows that for thousands of years, she has been in a state of ignorance for half of the time, encountering love under the guidance of fate, and then watching fate destroy this love.

The number of tails behind her grew, but she became more and more confused.

It's the same as the girl walking with her head hanging in front of you.

Xiaoxiao's Hanfu had more dust and stains on her body, she was still trembling a little, her fists were clenched tightly, and her eyes that often smiled crooked seemed to be covered with a layer of gray of this world, without the slightest anger.

When Nine-Tails saw this princess-like girl for the first time, she knew that although the girl was soft and cute on the outside, she was stubborn and firm on the inside.

It's true, even if he is locked up in a cage world with the Nine-Tails that will never see the light of day, Xiaoxiao has never complained.

But such a stubborn girl, after staggering closer, knelt down in front of the Nine-Tails without hesitation.

Xiaoxiao pressed her forehead against the ground and knelt quietly.

She believed that the Nine-Tails must have understood what she was begging for.

"Alas......" Nine-Tails let out a long sigh, with some pity in his tone, "I can't save him." ”

Xiaoxiao raised her head suddenly, her eyes firmly fixed on the expression of the Nine-Tails, as if she was distinguishing between the real and the fake, and then muttered, "But ...... But this is your sealed world......"

"I did say that I taught Kawada this sealing technique, but I didn't create it." Nine-Tails stepped forward and stretched out his hand to hold Xiaoxiao up, "At that time, I lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and I never saw any other humans except Kawada, who came to kill me once a year. But one day, a man came to me and said that he knew my story and my wish - I didn't want to step into human society again. ”

"This sealing technique was given by the man?"

"Yes, he does know what I want, and I tried and couldn't kill him...... So we talked for a long time, and finally, he gave me a sealing technique. He said that this seal was actually a Gu. ”

"Gu?"

"Well, all the demons who are included in the seal will gradually lose consciousness and only instinct. Kill, devour, mutate, and in the end only one of the most powerful beings remains. But even if he is the strongest in this world, he can't escape, and can only endure eternal torment in loneliness...... for all living creatures were slain by him. ”

Xiaoxiao remembered the bloodshot in Qi Zihuan's eyes, the saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, and the beastly roar.

"But you didn't!" The laughter suddenly increased.

"Yes, I didn't become a monster who lost consciousness, and the world is not as lonely as the man said, because there is still you as a seal...... I don't know the specific reason, so I can only guess. ”

"What did you guess?"

"Perhaps, that man is not the one who created the seal, and he only knows part of the world inside the seal...... He didn't expect that the rules of the law of the jungle in this world are not absolute, and when you are strong enough to a certain point, you can break the rules and even do whatever you want. ”

Nine-tails raised his hand slightly, and the changes of the four seasons in the courtyard immediately stopped, and everything returned to its previous static appearance.

"He's not strong enough......"

"yes, he's not strong enough. If you guess correctly, you now only have two options. ”

"What choice?"

"One is that I will take action now and bring him here, but he will always be just a monster with no reason and only instinct. The other option is not to help him, if he survives to the end, the power of fighting and devouring may allow him to break the rules and become an existence like me. ”

"But...... He could die. Even the eyelashes on her eyelids fluttered.

"You can only gamble."

Nine-Tails stopped talking, silently looking at the smile that was struggling in his heart.

After a long time, Xiaoxiao finally raised her head, walked to the calm lake, and spread out her somewhat messy hair against the lake, and then carefully coiled it.

Carefully insert that beautiful flowing cloud hairpin.

Without saying a word, he turned and left.

Nine-Tails closed his eyes and sighed inwardly.

Silly boy, of course I won't let him die, because this is the promise I made to the man surnamed Li in exchange for the Sealing Technique.

That man, in fact, knows all the rules in this sealed world.

……

In this gray world, all demons are alone.

Because once encountered, it is fighting and devouring.

But I don't know when a strange duo appeared somewhere in this world.

A beautiful little girl always follows a man who is becoming more and more like a monster, watching him fight in the most primitive way, and then watching him eat the other man.

She never spoke, nor did she look away from gore and disgusting.

Just follow it all the way.

Look.

……

In the outside world, the Kotokai family's feat of sealing most of the demons and ghosts in the country has spread among some upper-class circles, and it has gained momentum, not only completely confirming the position of the first family of Japan's Onmyodo, but also continuously infiltrating the family power into Japan's political and business circles.

It is foreseeable that the family will enter a new leap forward under the leadership of the head of the Kawada family.

The opposition to the original family's efforts to seal the seal with countless resources has also disappeared completely.

Everyone is gearing up and looking forward to the arrival of a new era.

No one noticed that since the last invasion, Kawada, who has always been domineering and iron-fisted, has always had a faint trace of exhaustion on his face.

……

On the streets of Kyoto, a pet hospital quietly opened.

The shop is simply decorated, and the owner is a glamorous royal sister who loves to paralyze on the sofa in the store, and a man who wears long sleeves at all times.

When encountering customers who come to the door with pets, sometimes the two will push each other, which does not seem reliable.

But for some reason, kittens, puppies and budgies at the Kyoto pet market are always out of stock.

……

A mansion near the Kotokui family manor.

Mr. Li walked into a secret room.

In the middle of the chamber lay a mobile hospital bed, on which lay a corpse that did not seem to decompose.

Next to the corpse was an ancient book, and the spire of a small tower on one page was glowing with a faint golden light.

Occasionally, the book inexplicably has an extra page with some strange-looking ghosts.

……

Small town.

Ah Fei passed by a funeral supply store with a closed door, stood on the side of the road with thick lips and looked at it for a while, and then glanced at the next door with the door closed.

He shook his head a little depressedly.

Qi Zihuan, I don't know if it's okay?