Facing the bitterly smiling Ah Yin, Mai Shiraishi didn't say anything about him, after all, it was a private matter between him and the needle girl, even as the general of the Nine-Tails Group, Mai Shiraishi was inconvenient to ask about the private affairs of his subordinates. Mai Shiraishi, who was a little irritable, had no choice but to wave her hand to let Ah Yin walk away, picked up a bunch of grass balls, and bit hard to vent her dissatisfaction.

Nana Hashimoto looked at Mai Shiraishi who tore the grass dumplings with her mouth, and smiled at her with a little doting on her face: "Mai, the grass dumplings are innocent, don't use food to vent your dissatisfaction, it will make the food also stain with a bad taste." As he spoke, he picked up a string of soy sauce-flavored grass dumplings and ate them gently. Although it is not his favorite chili powder flavor, the Japanese soy sauce thickened with sugar and starch still makes Nanami Hashimoto feel delicious.

Looking at the grass dumplings that were just sprinkled with soybean flour on Nishino Nanase's plate, Nana Hashimoto asked her curiously, "Nanasai, don't you think the taste is too light when you only sprinkle soybean flour?" Nana Hashimoto, who prefers a heavy taste, is insensitive to the light soybean flour, just as Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino have the same attitude towards her chili powder.

Nanase Nishino covered her lips with her small hands and shook her head as she chewed on the grass dumplings, clearly pleased with the taste of her own soy flour dumplings. Nana Hashimoto didn't see this and didn't say anything, and concentrated on enjoying her share of the grass dumplings. And Mai Shiraishi on the side was said by Nana Hashimoto again, and she also let go of the dissatisfaction in her heart, and ate grass dumplings while drinking barley tea that the proprietress Sakura deliberately put in warm water.

Just as the three of them were enjoying the grass dumplings and barley tea, a crow suddenly flew in from the door and landed directly on the table in front of Mai Shiraishi. After the crow landed on the table, it barked twice at Mai Shiraishi and lowered its head at her as if bowing, and then pecked at the strip of cloth tied to its feet, motioning for Mai Shiraishi to look at it.

Recognizing this crow as Yata's subordinate, Mai Shiraishi was a little unclear, and she didn't know why Yata's subordinate suddenly flew here, still carrying a strip of cloth, but she still untied the strip of cloth and took it in her hand and examined it carefully. What was written on the cloth seemed to be a message, the handwriting was a little blurry, and after Mai Shiraishi read it, she frowned and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Nanamin, the owner of the Qingfang has sent a message to say that there is something to find me, and he wants me to go to the stronghold of the Nine-Tails Group, do you want to go with me?" ”

Nana Hashimoto did not put down the bamboo skewer used to wear the grass dumplings in her hand, looked at the strip of cloth in Mai Shiraishi's hand with some confusion, and asked her, "What's wrong?" Why did the owner of the green square use such a primitive means of cloth to send messages? ”

"Qingfang owners, they are still a little uncomfortable with modern things!" Mai Shiraishi was also speechless at such a primitive means of communication as the Qingfang master, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on her face while holding the strip of cloth: "Don't talk about this, Nanamin. Since the Qingfang owner used this method to let us pass, there must be something important, so let's hurry over first. ”

Nana Hashimoto nodded without seeing Mai Shiraishi say this, looking at the uneaten grass balls on the plate, although she was a little regretful, she still wiped the soy sauce on her lips with a tissue and said to Mai Shiraishi: "Since that's the case, let's go over." ”

Mai Shiraishi looked at Nanase Nishino, and suddenly remembered that Nanase Nishino was not a monster and was not suitable for intervening in the affairs of the Nine-Tails, so he asked her, "Nanasai, are you going to stay here and wait for us to come back, or do you want to go with us to the Nine-Tails?" ”

Nishino Nanase hesitated, although he felt that there was nothing wrong with meeting the monsters of the Nine-Tails Group, but considering that he was not demonized like Mai Shiraishi and Nanami Hashimoto, and he could be regarded as an onmyoji, he hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm still here waiting for Mai to come back, the grass dumplings here are delicious." ”

"Then Nana Sai, you can wait for us here, and Nana Min and I will come back to you after we finish dealing with the affairs of the Nine-Tails." Seeing that Nanase Nishino said this, Mai Shiraishi didn't force it, and after nodding to Nana Hashimoto, they left the house together, and the crows on the table also flew out behind her.

Seeing that Mai Shiraishi and Nana Hashimoto had not left, Nanase Nishino shook his head and continued to eat his grass dumplings, although he was a little curious about what was going on. Nanase Nishino, who felt a little bored, also carried the handheld he carried, while playing games, while eating grass dumplings, enjoying a rare comfort in this hot summer.

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"Qingfang Master, what is the important thing that specially asked the crows under Yaga to call me back with strips of cloth?" Sitting in the room specially prepared for herself in the underground stronghold of the Nine-Tails Group, Mai Shiraishi looked at the Qingfang owner with some dissatisfaction, and waved the strip of cloth in her hand at him: "What age are you, you are still using such an ancient communication method as 'flying pigeon transmission'. Didn't I tell you my mobile phone number last time? I remember that the Nine-Tails had youkai who had been living in the human world before, right? How about being humble and learning from them how to use modern means of communication? ”

Looking at the white stone Mai who was waving the strip of cloth he used to communicate before, and looking at himself with slightly dissatisfied eyes, even the Qingfang owner, who had always maintained a dignified image in front of his subordinates, couldn't help but feel embarrassed, but there was no expression on his always cold face, but when he spoke, he paused slightly: "Bai... Lord Shi, I will deal with this matter later, but I do have something important to report to you. The pause just now seemed to be an illusion, and the voice of the owner of the green square returned to its usual seriousness after speaking.

Looking at the serious face of the Qingfang owner, Mai Shiraishi didn't want to say anything to him about this matter, and when she heard him mention the matter, she also asked him seriously: "So what is the important thing that you need to call me over like this?" Is there any news about the cult I asked you to investigate last time, tell me about it! ”

"Yes, Lord Shiraishi, the cult called the 'Yellow Springs Sect', our investigation has already resulted." It seems that the owner of the Qingfang always has such a serious expression on his face, but he will be more serious when he is down to business: "Since receiving your order, I have sent the rat group and the crow group, as well as the newly joined aquarium and the tanuki company to investigate this matter, and have collected a lot of valuable information. ”

"Rats, crows? What are they? Compared to the information mentioned by the Qingfang Master, Mai Shiraishi's interest seemed to be focused on the names mentioned by the Qingfang Master, so she asked him curiously, "Are these names also members of our Nine-Tails Group?" And the newly joined aquarium and tanuki company, are they the same group of fish monsters and tanuki monsters that opened a construction company that I saw last time? ”

Although he was dissatisfied with Mai Shiraishi's focus, the owner of the green workshop did not show this on his face. As a subordinate, the owner of the Qingfang is like the loyal retainers under the command of the ancient daimyo, taking care of the Nine-Tails Group seriously and seriously, and at the same time, he also does his best to complete every command of Mai Shiraishi.

Therefore, when faced with Mai Shiraishi's inquiry, the owner of the Qingfang immediately replied seriously: "Yes, the rat group and the crow group, as well as the aquarium and the tanuki company are all members of our nine-tails group. As for their names, it's because many of the youkai living in Tokyo have been added to the command of the Nine-Tails Guys, and after the number of people increased, in order to facilitate management, the youkai under the command of each cadre were divided according to their own Hyakki Night Walk, and according to the different cadres of each other, they were given different names.

Among them, the rat group is led by the iron rat.,Although the iron rat is not a big monster.,But it's good at finding out information.,Because of the credit for the last time I heard the information about the snow girl in Hokkaido.,Now it's been promoted to a cadre.。 The Crow Group is led by Yagaya and Corpse Dance Crow, and the main members are some bird monsters, and the two of them are regarded as one cadre together because they are responsible for the communication task of the entire Nine-Tails Group. As for the aquarium and tanuki company, you have already seen them last time, and they are all youkai that have only recently taken refuge, because they were small groups before, so I didn't break them up, but used them as a whole. ”

After listening to the introduction of the Qingfang owner, Mai Shiraishi nodded with a satisfied expression, and praised the Qingfang owner with a smile on her face: "I don't worry about your work, the current family business of the Nine-Tails Group is the result of your careful work by the Qingfang owner, and I will keep your credit in my heart." In the future, the affairs of the Nine-Tails Group will depend on how hard you work and how hard you work, come on! ”

Hearing Mai Shiraishi's praise, the owner of the Qingfang bowed to her knees and said seriously: "I will definitely offer all my loyalty to you, Lord Shiraishi!" ”

The words of the owner of the green house seemed to touch the laughter of Nanami Hashimoto, who was sitting on the sidelines, and made her suddenly cover her mouth and laugh out loud. Feeling Mai Shiraishi's curious eyes and the slightly dissatisfied gaze of the Qingfang owner, Nanami Hashimoto hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, the words of the Qingfang owner Sang just now reminded me of the famous retainers in the Dahe drama when I was filming the Dahe drama before. The tone of the speech was too similar, so I couldn't help but laugh, I'm sorry, Qingfang Master San! ”

Seeing that Nana Hashimoto had already apologized, the owner of the Qingfang, who didn't want to offend Mai Shiraishi's best friend because of such a trivial matter, didn't say anything, but after glancing at Nanami Hashimoto, he continued to Mai Shiraishi: "The information about the 'Huangquan Sect' just mentioned was also inquired about by the rat group and the crow group, as well as the aquarium and the tanuki company. Especially the aquarium, because they opened a nightclub, a lot of information can be obtained by them from humans, and the important information obtained this time is also discovered by them. ”

"Oh? Is it the group of beautiful ladies who were dressed up very well last time? Their appearance is really uncontrollable for men! Mai Shiraishi raised her eyebrows, and seemed to be quite impressed by the fish monsters in the aquarium: "Then these beautiful young ladies, what important news have you heard?" ”

"That's right, the nightclub opened by these fish monsters seems to be quite well-known among humans, and there were several wealthy human businessmen and government officials who had fun in their yards before, and when they were in company, they heard these humans talking about the Huangquan Sect, so they paid special attention to it, and at the same time used some small means to make these humans confide a lot of inside information." The owner of the Qingfang seriously introduced the situation of the aquarium, and explained in detail to Mai Shiraishi: "According to the information they have heard, these humans are all peripheral disciples of the Huangquan Sect, according to them, the Huangquan Sect seems to have made some big moves at the moment, and is currently looking for two swords and one person. ”

"Two swords and a man? Why did the Huangquan Sect look for these? Mai Shiraishi frowned, and asked Nanami Hashimoto with a puzzled expression, "Nanamin, what do you think is going on?" Why would a cult look for this, shouldn't they think about proselytizing all day long and then do bad things? What is the situation of looking for swords and people! ”

"Two swords and one person, since the Huangquan Sect is looking for these, then these are probably very important existences for the Huangquan Sect, right?" Nana Hashimoto guessed a little uncertainly, and at the same time asked the owner of the green house: "Master San, have the young ladies of those aquariums found out what kind of sword and who it is?" ”

"Indeed, as Miss Hashimoto guessed, these two swords and one person are extremely important to the Huangquan Sect." The owner of the Qingfang nodded approvingly to Nanami Hashimoto and confirmed her guess: "According to the information obtained by the monster called 'Fugu' in the aquarium, these two swords are weapons in the hands of a Susanoo enshrined in the Huangquan Sect, but they were stolen more than ten years ago. These two swords are the Ten Grip Sword and the Celestial Cloud Sword, which are the divine swords used by Susanoo in myths and legends, but they should not be genuine, just accessories for the statue. ”

"Is it Susanoo's sword? Even if it's just an accessory for a god statue, the Huangquan Sect attaches so much importance to it, I'm afraid it's not a simple thing! Qingfang Master, mobilize the men of the Nine-Tails Group and find these two swords before they do! No matter what the Yellow Springs Sect wanted to do with these two swords, they would never be allowed to achieve their evil purpose. Mai Shiraishi immediately instructed the owner of the Qingfang, and at the same time became even more curious about the person the Huangquan Sect was looking for: "Then who is the person the Huangquan Sect is looking for?" Was it the one who stole the two swords ten years ago? ”

"No, according to the information obtained by the pufferfish, what the Yellow Springs Sect is looking for is a human girl with the blood of the Yellow Springs Ghost Girl." The owner of the green shop explained to Mai Shiraishi.

"What? Huangquan Ghost Girl! Hearing the words of the owner of the green house, Mai Shiraishi and Nanami Hashimoto exclaimed together.