The story is long.

Fortunately, the moonrise and sunset can never be seen in this gray world, and time seems to stand still, so that those who are in it cannot perceive the flow rate.

There is no such concept as yesterday and tomorrow, and it can only be expressed in terms of some time before, later.

Perhaps, after a while, it will be a thousand years.

Xiaoxiao and Nine-Tails sat in front of the court, and the maid beside them silently poured out the cooled tea soup, and then boiled hot water to make new tea.

"Sister, after you died that time, you were reborn again in chaos, and now that you have recovered the memory of your past life, your strength should also be restored." Xiaoxiao propped her hands on her sides and tilted her head slightly, looking at the gray clouds rolling in the distance.

"Well, eight tails have grown."

The nine-tailed demon fox uses the number of tails as a sign of strength, and eight tails have been the pinnacle of her strength for thousands of years.

"Then why did my father ...... Well, Kotokui Kawada is still able to seal you? Even if the Kotokai family is indeed growing stronger in his hands, but when he meets you, my sister, I'm afraid it's just in vain. ”

"I volunteered...... Even this sealing technique was taught to him by me. ”

The answer was completely unexpected, and she turned her head to look at the Nine-Tails in surprise.

The Nine-Tails just smiled, and his expression was light.

After staring at it like this for a while, Xiaoxiao couldn't help it after all, and asked softly, "Why?" ”

"Kawada, he's a very persistent person." Nine-Tails mentioned this name again at this time, and his tone was no longer wavering, "Although it was his family who came to arrest me and kill me first, but I killed his father, and finally killed many of his clansmen, this is a fact after all." Then I was reborn, I grew up, and I met him again before I could remember the past. He was middle-aged at the time, and when he saw me, he hesitated for a moment, and then raised his sword to kill me. ”

Nine-Tails paused, picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"Even though my strength hadn't fully recovered at the time, he still couldn't beat me...... At the moment when I was about to kill him with my palm, I suddenly felt a sad feeling in my heart, although I didn't understand the specific reason, but I still stopped and let him go, who was seriously injured...... A year later, he recuperated from his injuries...... Every year after that, he would come, each time with two knives. ”

"Two knives?" Xiaoxiao only knew that his adoptive father had a long knife called "Demon Fire".

"Yes, two. One is a long sword demon fire, which is used to kill me, and the other is a short blade, and he said that if he could kill me one day, he would go with me. He may have a bad memory and forgot that I can't die, hahaha......"

The Nine-Tails laughed loudly, and the laughter echoed in the picture-like courtyard, which was very empty.

"But he can't kill you after all."

"Yes, he couldn't kill me, and after seriously injuring him for the third time, I remembered everything from the past...... I was tired, and I told him there was a way to seal it, and it was hard, but it was easier than killing me. ”

"I was adopted, and since I was a child, Kawada has been cultivating masters in spiritual power control in a targeted manner, including me." Xiaoxiao took a sip of tea, a little bitter, "He has always told me that as the head of the Onmyoji family that guards Japan, his lifelong dream is to seal the demons and ghosts that are gradually losing control in Japan, and restore a clean and peaceful world." ”

The Nine-Tails held one of Xiaoxiao's hands and said with some guilt: "This sealing technique is very expensive, so big that it needs a pure and powerful soul to serve as the seal itself...... I hurt you. ”

"No, after all, he's done most of it, isn't he?" Xiaoxiao didn't withdraw his hand, and smiled very freely, "Japan's Yin-Yang Tao is in decline, and those demons and ghosts outside have indeed begun to wreak havoc on the world, and even some smart ones have entered the political arena wearing human skins, if they are not contained, there will be endless disasters." Now trap these demons here, no matter how powerful they are, they can't hurt others. They couldn't even hurt me, who no longer had any power. ”

The dust outside the manor was filled with blood and violence.

But Nine-Tails and Xiaoxiao occasionally go out, but no demons will come forward to attack.

One is the absolute suppression of strength, and the other is the seal of this world itself, as long as these demons are in this world, they can't hurt her in the slightest.

"However, if it is purely for the sake of the clarity of the world, there is still another way......" Nine-Tails sighed lightly.

"It's good here, and I have my sister here with me."

Xiaoxiao stood up, reached behind her head and pulled out a hairpin, and a green silk hung down.

The hand holding the hairpin rubbed gently.

"Sister, the flowers and trees in this courtyard are always the same?"

Indeed, with the ability of the Nine Tails, it doesn't take much effort to turn these illusory landscapes into flowers blooming and plants withering.

"It's illusory, so why bother to deceive yourself."

"Then why don't you just remove these illusions?"

The Nine-Tails also stood up and stood side by side with Xiaoxiao.

The wind was blowing, and the long hair of both men was fluttering lightly.

As the most powerful youkai in all of Japan, she was silent for a long time, and finally seemed to mutter, "Because I am not strong enough to dare to face thousands of years of truth." ”

……

People who really dare to say that they are not strong enough to face the truth have often seen the truth.

Some people think they can see through it.

On the streets of Osaka, a young man is hurrying by.

He carried a half-new briefcase, a modest suit, a featureless dark blue stripe even his tie, and a little messy hair.

At first glance, it is a young man who has just entered the society and is trying to climb up, but there are some people who are unable to do it.

The young man's attention was all about ahead, and he didn't notice that a man with dyed yellow hair and stud earrings was following behind him about ten meters behind.

The tailgator stared at the young man's back, his scarlet tongue licking his lips.

A rare yin attribute physique, it must taste very good.

Thinking so, he stepped a little faster, getting closer and closer to the young man in front of him.

Half a year ago, it was rumored that the Demon King was born, which would turn Kyoto into a hell on earth, and many demons hiding in the mountains or markets appeared one after another, wanting to get a piece of the pie in the troubled times, but instead they were deceived and sealed by the Yutokai family.

Many powerful demons were sealed, and the result was a redistribution of resources.

Now, as an old ghost who has lived for hundreds of years, this follower has also taken the opportunity to seize an area of Osaka and use it as his own hunting range.

And the young man in front of him is his prey today.

Just as he was about to pounce on him like a cheetah, a curvaceous woman suddenly leaned into the side of the road, and took the young man's arm very familiarly.

The old ghost grinned as the young man bent his arms in embarrassment, trying to avoid the constant friction of the huge size.

It is not uncommon for a woman who sells herself to be ambiguously pulled by a young man who is not deeply involved in the world.

The usual result is that young people can't resist the temptation to be sent to the door, and are dragged into the hotel, spending half a month's salary.

Of course, it's not that simple.

The old ghost who has been in the world for a long time can see at a glance that the woman who exudes mature charm is actually a youkai.

But it should just take on a human form, a little demon.

The old ghost was still relaxed, and he didn't mind having an extra piece of dessert before the main meal.

Stepping forward, he could already hear the conversation between the young man and the woman.

"How much?"

"560 yen."

"How much time?"

"An hour and a half."

So cheap?

The old ghost glanced at the woman's beautiful side face.

This little demon still hasn't had enough experience in the world, and he doesn't understand the market at all.

The old ghost reached out and grabbed the young man's shoulder, his nails already black and sharp in mid-air.

The moment he grabbed it, it didn't break into the flesh and bones as he imagined, and the young man seemed to just tilt his shoulders slightly, and the old ghost's claws slid away.

It looked like it was just the old ghost patting the young man on the shoulder.

The young man looked back with a smile on his face.

"What? Brother, do you also want to know how to take the Shinkansen from Osaka to Kyoto? ”