In the practice room of Nogizaka 46 in the Sony Music headquarters building, the members are practicing the dance of the fourth single that will be released soon.

After the big selling prayer of the fourth single, the relationship between Akimoto and the members has also improved slightly, at least Ikuta Erika, Nojo Aimi, and Ichirai Reina, who went to the waterfall practice with her, have at least been able to talk to Akimoto Mannatsu normally. This is a good start, a sign that the members have begun to accept her, and gives Akimoto a chance to be part of the team.

Nana Hashimoto looked at Akimoto Masatsu a little clumsy but practiced dancing hard, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said to Mai Shiraishi: "It seems that Matsu has begun to integrate into this team." ”

"Well, Matsu has been working hard lately." Mai Shiraishi responded to Nanami Hashimoto with some absent-mindedness, as if she was thinking about something else.

Nana Hashimoto was slightly puzzled, and looked at Mai Shiraishi in some surprise: "Mai, what's wrong?" Why are you a little absent-minded today? ”

"Huh? Have it? Mai Shiraishi suddenly came back to her senses, and Okihashi Benami showed a bright smile and said with a smile: "No, it's just a little tired, it's nothing!" ”

"Really?" Nana Hashimoto didn't see Mai Shiraishi say this, so she didn't want to continue to ask, smiled lightly, and nodded to acquiesce to Mai Shiraishi's statement.

"The break is over, everyone stands up and continues to practice!" The dance teacher clapped his hands and asked the members sitting on the floor to stand up and continue to connect with the dance. Nanami Hashimoto stood up, shook her hands and feet, stood on her standing, took a deep breath, and continued to practice dancing to the beat.

Mai Shiraishi stood beside Nanami Hashimoto, looking at the hard-working figure of Nanami Hashimoto in the mirror in front of her, and secretly made up her mind in her heart to give Nanami Hashimoto a special gift on her birthday.

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"Iron Rat, did you hear that there is a big monster there?" The Qingfang owner frowned and asked a rat in a shabby robe in front of him, "This is the first task entrusted by Lord Nine-Tailed Fox since the establishment of our Nine-Tailed Group, if we can't complete it, I'm afraid we will all have no face to stay by Lord Shiraishi's side anymore." ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Qingfang." The iron rat with a somewhat obscene face pulled the shabby robe on his body, and stood in front of the Qingfang owner with a confident expression: "Although we have been sealed by Lord Thousand Nights since the Warring States Period, my iron rat ability has not yet fallen. I've already inquired, and at present, there are not many big yokai in the whole of Japan, and most of the big yokai that have existed since ancient times were killed and injured in the Warring States period and the Battle of Nasuno thousands of years ago, and those who survived also hid in the mountains and no longer appeared. ”

"So you can't find it?" Listening to the iron rat's words, the grumpy red ghost reached out and grabbed the iron rat's collar, lifted it up, and looked at it with a hideous face.

"Red Oni! Let go of the Iron Rat! The owner of the green square snapped, and the tin staff in his hand struck the red ghost's wrist. In pain, the red ghost let go of the palm that grabbed the iron rat's collar and let it fall.

After the iron rat hit the ground, it rolled on the spot, avoiding the red ghost from a distance. Although the iron rat is not afraid of the red ghost, it still chooses to avoid a hot-tempered existence like the red ghost, and hides to the side of the demon sword hime, who looks very dangerous, but has been very silent.

"Thank you for upholding justice, Lord Qingfang!" While the iron rat politely thanked the owner of the Qingfang, his body was still approaching the demon sword Ji, as if he wanted to use the protection of the demon sword Ji. But when it gradually approached the Demon Sword Ji, and its body was already close to the Demon Sword Ji's death, a cold voice like a blade echoed behind its head, making the iron rat even stand up the hairs on its tail: "Get closer, die!" ”

The cold voice of the demon sword Ji made the iron rat freeze, and after only moving a step forward slightly, he waited for the action of the demon sword Ji in fear, but the iron rat, who was silent for a moment, did not wait for the attack of the demon sword Ji, so he carefully took a breath before sitting down.

"Alright, Iron Rat, don't sell it. Tell us directly, there are big monsters there! The owner of the green square seemed to be distressed by this matter, and his mood was also a little annoyed, so he said to the iron rat in a rough voice: "If you tell us that you haven't found the big monster, I think the red ghost will be happy to teach you what happens if you joke around." Now tell me everything you know, I think you should know the order of Lord Shiraishi from the prawn toad, find a big monster that can live for a long time, and if you can't find it, use the big monster of our Nine-Tails Group to make up the number, I don't think you all want to be pulled to make up the numbers, right? The owner of the Qingfang said Finally, he looked around at the cadres of the Nine-Tails Group sitting in this abandoned warehouse.

Before being sealed into this Taisha by a thousand nights, among the monsters of the Nine-Tails Group, only Demon Dao Ji had the strength of a big monster, but after hundreds of years, more than a dozen powerful monsters among these monsters who were not restricted in the seal had the strength of a big monster or the strength of approaching a big monster. Therefore, all the members of the Nine-Tails Group who can become cadres at this time are sitting here as big monsters.

"What the owner of the Qingfang said is right, I don't think any of you would want to have the essence of Shiraishi-sama drained and used to prolong Miss Hashimoto's life, right?" A ghost samurai dressed in red, blackened armor, holding his head, made a hollow sound with his abdominal cavity.

All the big monsters looked at each other and saw the same idea in each other's eyes, so all the big monsters looked at the iron rat sitting in front of the demon sword hime, and even the demon sword hime, who had been indifferent to everything behind it, also focused on the iron rat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please rest assured, my iron rat has already found out where there are still big monsters!" Feeling the threatening gaze of more than a dozen big monsters, the iron rat's body suddenly trembled like a sieve, and cold sweat instantly soaked the back of its clothes.

"Don't say it yet! Do you want me to skin your rats? The Hair Ghost held a skeleton covered in hair, and was gently combing the skeleton's hair with a wooden comb. The hair ghost's eyes were full of threat when he looked at the iron rat, and he didn't have the slightest bit of the delicate demeanor that he showed in front of Mai Shiraishi.

The iron rat wiped his whiskers, forcibly pressed his gums that wanted to tremble, and said: "In Hokkaido, there is a sealed snow maiden, whose strength is said to have reached the level of a great monster before it was sealed, and the human mage spent a lot of money to seal it in order to establish a city there. So far, the seal is still very complete! ”

"Hokkaido? What is that place? Haizatou fiddled with his lute, frowned and asked the owner of the sea beside him. The owner of the sea also shook his head in confusion, indicating that he didn't know.

"Humans always like to change the name of a place, and it won't take a few hundred years to change a name, which is really troublesome!" The green ghost slammed the iron rod in his hand on the ground and said angrily.

The owner of the green square frowned, looked at the actions of the green ghost, and said dissatisfiedly: "Green ghost, this abandoned warehouse is the only property of our Nine-Tails Group at present, will you repair the broken floor?" Give me a little love! "Because of the reason that the Nine-Tails Group has just escaped from the seal, the Nine-Tails Group currently only has this abandoned warehouse provided by Qianye to survive, so as a cadre in charge of the daily management of the Nine-Tails Group, the Qingfang owner is very annoyed by the behavior of destroying the only place of existence of the Nine-Tails Group like the Blue Ghost.

The green ghost picked up the iron rod with some annoyance, and wanted to smash it on the ground again, but looking at the unkind eyes of the green owner, he could only gently put it on the ground. The green ghost, who had no place to vent his fire, looked at the iron rat and yelled at it, "Tell me quickly, where is that damn snow girl sealed!" Otherwise, I'll tear you rat alive!" ”

"It's Ezo!" The iron rat didn't dare to sell the guanzi anymore, and hurriedly said the news he had heard: "Because Ezo has always been quite desolate and lacks people, after the Warring States Period, many youkai who were driven by humans and couldn't stay in the original place hid in Ezo. More than 100 years ago, humans developed Ezo and renamed it Hokkaido. The Snow Maiden I mentioned was sealed in this place, and as long as we go and break the seal, we will be able to catch it and complete the task entrusted to us by Lord Shiraishi. After the iron rat finished speaking, he lay on the ground and panted loudly, for a little monster like it, facing the pressure of more than a dozen big monsters, it really made the tip of its tail tremble.

"What do you think?" After listening to the words of the iron rat, the Qingfang owner ignored the iron rat who was already paralyzed on the ground, and looked at the other cadres of the Nine-Tails Group with inquiring eyes.

As the strongest martial arts cadre in the Nine-Tails Group, Demon Dao Ji's attitude was as indifferent as ever, but she responded to the Qingfang master's question at the first time: "Catch it back and complete the task." ”

After looking at each other, the head of the sea and the owner of the sea square also nodded, agreeing with this matter.

It's just that at this time, the ghost has different concerns, and said: "It's winter now, and places like Ezo should also be the season of heavy snow at this time, and the Snow Girl is the most powerful time, I'm not sure that I can defeat a Snow Girl in winter, and my hair will be broken by a touch of the frozen." ”

The ghost samurai holding his head put his head back on his neck, and after he set it up, he said with his mouth: "I'm more worried that this snow girl has lost its strength under the wear and tear of the seal, and it is not enough for Miss Hashimoto to complete the demonization ceremony." ”

"Anyway, let's catch it first!" After listening to the opinions of the cadres, the Qingfang owner, who frowned and thought about it for a while, finally made a decision: "If this snow girl is just sealed and consumes its strength, then our Nine-Tails Group has a way to restore its strength, as long as it can really reach the level of a big monster!" This is the first task entrusted to us by Lord Shiraishi, so please complete it beautifully, everyone! So for the sake of insurance, Demon Sword Ji, you and the demon will take half of the martial arts cadres to go together, and be sure to bring back the snow girl completely! ”

Demon Dao Ji glanced at the Qingfang master, stroked the wild knife in his arms, and said indifferently: "I try not to chop it too much." ”