Chapter 46: Awakening

After drinking the fox blood, the fox poison on Mai Shiraishi's body was lifted, and the original blue color on her arm gradually dissipated, returning to its original flesh color. Although she hadn't woken up yet, Nanami Hashimoto could still see that Mai Shiraishi's originally somewhat painful expression had been stretched out, and now she was just falling into a deep sleep.

Looking at Mai Shiraishi who was asleep, Nana Hashimoto let go of her worries, and said to Sayuri Matsumura on the side: "Sayuri, you go back to rest first, it's okay to have me here." ”

Matsumura Sayuri shook his head and said, "Nanamin, you're also tired, and you've been in poor health, so it's better for you to go back and rest first, and I'll stay here." ”

When both of them were persuading each other to go back to rest, the agent on the side said: "Hashimoto-san, Matsumura-san, don't fight, go back and rest." You're tired for the past three days, and you still have work tomorrow, so go back and have a good rest in the evening, and I'll just keep it here. ”

"What's so embarrassing, Agent-San!" Nana Hashimoto didn't hear the agent say this, and immediately felt very embarrassed.

The agent waved his hand indifferently and said, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's my job to take care of you." Shiraishi-san is already destined to miss tomorrow's work, if you don't have a good rest and the work opens the skylight, it's still me who suffers. I still have to go to the producer side one by one to apologize, it's better for me to work harder, let you rest well, and work hard tomorrow. ”

Nanami Hashimoto and Sayuri Matsumura heard that the agent had already said this, so they had to stand up and bow to the agent and said, "Thank you so much, Agent San." ”

"Alright, let's go quickly, we can sleep a little more when we go back." The agent seemed impatient and hurried Nanami Hashimoto and Sayuri Matsumura out of the ward.

Nanami Hashimoto and Sayuri Matsumura left Mai Shiraishi's hospital room with gratitude to their agent.

In the hallway, Chiya and Wakadie are also coming out of Officer Twilight's hospital room.

"Thousand Nights-san! Miss Wakadie! Nana Hashimoto didn't say hello to Chiya.

"Miss Hashimoto, how is Miss Shiraishi?" Senya asked Nanai Hashimoto, because Matsumura Sayuri was present, and the two did not show intimacy.

Mai is fine, and now she is asleep, and the agent is accompanying her. It's really troublesome for Chiyo-san tonight, and I really don't know what would have happened to Mai without your help. Nana Hashimoto said gratefully.

"It's a little thing, Miss Hashimoto doesn't have to worry about it." Qianye shook his head: "Now that medicine is prosperous, even without the help of the underneath, the doctor can still cure Miss Shiraishi." ”

"Anyway, thank you for your help." Matsumura Sayuri on the side bowed to Qianye very excitedly and said.

"Miss Matsumura is polite, this is only a matter of the next duty. However, regarding the fact that the demon fox hurt people, please keep it secret. Qianye said to the two seriously.

"Huh? Why? Hearing Qianye's advice, Matsumura Sayuri looked dazed, while Nanami Hashimoto looked thoughtful.

Qianye explained seriously: "Although I show yin and yang in front of people and show all kinds of miracles, these are just talking points for ordinary people, which is amazing but not afraid. But yokai hurting people is completely different, and although Japan has a strong yokai culture, it can still cause panic for the general public to know that yokai live around them, even endangering their lives. ”

After listening to Chiya's explanation, Matsumura Sayuri and Nanami Hashimoto both suddenly reassured Chiya: "Chiya-san, please rest assured, we won't talk nonsense." ”

Qianye nodded, and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Miss Hashimoto, your luggage is still in this Taisha, why don't you go back with Zaixia, there are still some questions I want to ask you for advice below." ”

Nana Hashimoto nodded obediently, and then said to Sayuri Matsumura: "Then you can go back first." ”

Matsumura Shayuri did not doubt that he had him, nodded and said, "Nana Namin, be careful yourself, I'll go first." ”

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After Nanami Hashimoto left the hospital with Chiya, the golden magatama on Mai Shiraishi's chest in the ward bloomed with a brilliant golden light, but it was covered by the quilt covering Mai Shiraishi's body, and it was not noticed by the agent who was almost asleep on the sidelines.

After the golden light shone for a while, it seemed to be absorbed by Shiraishi Mai's body, and it quickly dimmed, and even the originally smooth and transparent golden magatama became dim and turbid.

After the golden light disappeared, Mai Shiraishi's skin seemed to become more dewy and shiny, like a freshly peeled egg. The smooth skin even makes people feel that there is light and becomes extremely attractive. The wound under the bandage seemed to heal as if time had been sped up.

The agent next to him seemed to be completely asleep, unaware of the changes that had occurred on Mai Shiraishi's body.

The change continued, and the moonlight outside the window seemed to be attracted by Mai Shiraishi, turning into a little white light, flying towards Mai Shiraishi's body like fireflies, and being slowly absorbed by her, Mai Shiraishi's entire body emitted a white light under the action of the moonlight.

The vision didn't last long, as if it had absorbed the moonlight, the white light on Mai Shiraishi's body flickered for a while, and then disappeared under the skin, and the moonlight flying towards her gradually faded, and finally disappeared.

After all the visions disappeared, Mai Shiraishi's eyes, which had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened, and the originally black pupils turned into two vertical pupils, one red and one blue.

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After returning to the Taisha here, Qianye sat in the tearoom as if she had something on her mind, looking at the teacup on the table with her eyes attentively, until the tea in the cup became cold, and she didn't make the slightest movement.

Nanami Hashimoto, who had just taken a shower and still had a warm body of water, gently picked up the cup in front of Qianye, poured out the tea that had been cold in the cup, took the kettle that had been warm on the stove next to him, and added a cup of hot tea to Qianye, knelt beside Qianye, reached out and smoothed Qianye's frowning brows and asked, "What's the matter, Qianye?" It's been like this since you came back from the hospital? ”

Qianya seemed to be awakened by Nanami Hashimoto's movements, and looked at Nanami Hashimoto wrapped in a yukata for a moment, and suddenly held her hand that touched her brow.

Nana Hashimoto looked at Qianye's movements in surprise, and looked at him with some puzzlement: "What's wrong?" Qianye, do you have something on your mind? ”

Chiya shook his head, took Nanami Hashimoto's hand and pulled her into his arms, hugging her gently. After Nana Hashimoto's body stiffened for a moment, she obediently leaned into Chiya's arms and put her head on his shoulder.

"Nanamin, what would you do if Mai-like became a youkai?" Qianye's tone was a little erratic, and it seemed that her voice was a little hoarse because she hadn't spoken for a long time.

"Why do you suddenly ask that?" Nanami Hashimoto asked Qianye strangely, "Isn't Mai okay?" Could it be that there is still some hidden danger in her body? ”

Looking at the expression that suddenly became nervous, Nanami Hashimoto, who wanted to get up, Qianye smiled reluctantly, pressed her shoulder and said, "That's not the case, the fox poison on Mai's body has been resolved, it's not a problem." ”

"What's that?" Nana Hashimoto looked at Chiya with a hint of worry and nervousness in her eyes: "Why did you suddenly ask this question?" Could it be? Nana Hashimoto suddenly remembered the strange appearance of Senya when she saw the golden magatama on Mai Shiraishi's chest in the hospital.

"What the hell is that magatama?" Nana Hashimoto abruptly got up from Chiya's arms, turned his head to look at Chiya's face, and asked seriously.

Qianye smiled wryly, shook his head, and said, "I'm not sure yet, but that piece of magatama feels familiar to me." ”

"Qianye, don't you tell me that Mai is also the reincarnation of an acquaintance of yours?" Nana Hashimoto looked at Chiya with a dangerous look.

Qianye reached out and touched Nanami Hashimoto's hair, smiled and said, "Mai is just an ordinary person, I'm sure of that." Her past life has nothing to do with me, you can rest assured. ”

"Then what do you mean by feeling familiar?" Nana Hashimoto didn't let go of the thousand nights easily, and looked into his eyes seriously.

Seeing that Nana Hashimoto was not serious, Qianye hesitated for a moment and told her: "Killing stone." ”

"Killing stones?" The wide-eyed Nana Hashimoto was a little confused, but she quickly reacted: "You mean Tamamo Mae?" Wasn't she already killed by you and Haruaki Abe? ”

"What Jiang Ziya can't do, I don't think Qingming and I can do it." With a helpless wry smile on Qianye's face, he explained to Nanami Hashimoto: "If Nana Min has read some biographies about Tamamo Qian, you will know that there is such a saying: The nine-tailed demon fox Tamamo is actually the demon fox Daji in ancient Chinese mythology. ”

"In ancient Chinese mythology, the peerless demon fox who caused trouble in the world?" Nana Hashimoto covered her mouth and asked in surprise, "Is the legend true?" ”

Qianye nodded solemnly: "The nine-tailed demon fox Yuzaoqian is also called the demon fox Daji, she is not a fox cultivator into a demon, but a creature born from the convergence of yin qi between heaven and earth. Three thousand years ago, Da Ji turned into a beautiful woman and became the favorite concubine of Prince Xin, the emperor of the Shang Dynasty who ruled China at that time, causing chaos in the world. Later, the rule of the Shang Dynasty was overthrown by the Zhou Dynasty, and Daji was beheaded by Jiang Ziya, the Taishi of the Zhou Dynasty at that time. But the nine-tailed demon fox is born of the yin energy between heaven and earth, and the demon fox will not die if the yin energy is endless. After that, the demon fox fled to India and became the princess Hua Yangtian, the prince of Mojituo, and later returned to China incognito for hundreds of years. Until the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent the Tang envoy Kibi Zhenbei to the Tang Dynasty, and when Kibi Zhenbei returned to Japan, the demon fox slipped onto Kibi Zhenbei's ship and came to Japan. Then, there's the well-known story about the demon fox 'Tamamo Mae'. ”