"Chiba-sama, Kazuba-sama has reconvened the old department in Kyoto and started to stabilize order in Kyoto." A woman dressed in black and dressed as a ninja knelt down on one knee in front of Chiya and reported to him. The black clothes on the female ninja's body seemed to be for the reason of ease of movement and to avoid the sound of the friction of the clothes, and the loose parts of the body were all tied with strings of the same color, thus making the female ninja's already bumpy figure appear even tighter and more prominent.

There was only a dim oil lamp in front of Qianye, and there was no other light source in the whole room, so it was extremely dim. The female ninja knelt in the shadows, and from the perspective of a thousand nights, there was only a vague outline, and only a pair of green eyes of the female ninja appeared.

The darkness didn't seem to have any effect on Chiya, but instead of focusing on the female ninja, he looked at a letter in his hand. While looking at the letter in his hand, a smile appeared on the corner of Qianye's mouth: "It seems that Aunt Ge Ye is doing a good job, so I can rest assured in Kyoto for the time being." Qianye put down the letter in his hand as he spoke, looked at the female ninja who had been kneeling quietly in front of him, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he said with a smile: "The end of the thousand-year-old covenant is approaching, and it is indeed a great help for me and Nanami that you cat ninja clan can return at this time." ”

"My generation has been preparing for this day for 500 years, just to once again dedicate all our loyalty to Hashimoto-sama." The female ninja's voice was crisp, even if it was a little dull when it was covered by a mask, but it was still melodious: "For Hashimoto-sama, the cat ninja clan is ready to sacrifice everything. Chiba-sama, I don't know when we will be able to appear in front of Hashimoto-sama again and be loyal to your lordship? ”

The female ninja, who calls herself a cat ninja, seems to be very concerned about when she will be able to meet Nanami Hashimoto. From what the female ninja said, it seems that the cat ninja she was talking about had already met Nanami Hashimoto five hundred years ago.

"Five hundred years is enough time to prove the loyalty of the cat ninja clan, and I believe that Nanami will be very touched to know that your clan has been waiting for five hundred years just to continue to offer her loyalty." Chiya smiled affirmatively at the loyal female ninja, admiring her while answering her question: "But this is not the time for the cat ninja clan to return to Nanamin's command, and before she knows everything, whether it is your cat ninja clan or the ninja dog clan who have not yet returned, you still need to wait for the time to come." ”

Hearing Chiya say this, the female ninja's eyes darkened for a moment, but she quickly perked herself up and suppressed her mood swings. As a ninja, you should always stay calm and not let anything interfere with your emotions. Reciting the rules of the ninja so silently in her heart, the female ninja still knelt on one knee in front of Chiya in silence, waiting for his orders.

"But don't be disappointed, the cat ninja clan deserves to be rewarded for the loyalty they have been waiting for for five hundred years." With an approving smile in the corner of her eyes, she was very satisfied with the attitude of the female ninja: "Nanamin has now completed her demonization, and as the new big youkai, she should have her own subordinates to form her own Hyakki Night Walk." Now Nanamin is in need of her subordinates, so ......" Qianya paused, raised her eyes and looked at the female ninja, "Do you understand what I mean?" ”

The female ninja's eyes suddenly brightened, and she looked at Qianye with burning eyes, excited by what he said: "I understand! Chiba-sama, please rest assured, our cat ninja clan will definitely offer all their loyalty to Hashimoto-sama. ”

"That's fine, then you should find a suitable time to go to Nanamin's side and become her subordinate." Chiya's right hand brushed his knee, leaned slightly, and said in an accentuated tone that the female ninja was expecting.

After Qianye finished speaking, the female ninja bowed her head excitedly towards Qianyeichi, turned into a black cat, and escaped into the shadows.

Seeing the black cat transformed by the female ninja into the darkness, the corners of Chiya's mouth fluttered, and her body turned into a white paper figure and fell into the oil lamp, which was soon burned into a cloud of ashes by the flames, and the oil lamp slowly went out.

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In the underground stronghold of the Nine-Tails Group, Nanami Hashimoto looked at the hair ghost standing opposite him, his nose bulged, and his breathing was a little short, and at the same time, he was also a little panting. The unadorned concrete walls of the practice room where she and the demon were located were covered with marks from the impact of snow and ice, and in some places, even the walls that had been poured out of concrete were cracked.

Nanami Hashimoto's hair has some white frost marks, and her body is surrounded by swirling ice crystals, which look crystal clear and shining with stars, and look beautiful under the influence of fine broken ice and snowflakes. But witnessing the devastation caused by these ice crystals shooting out, the Hair Spirits would never treat them as harmless ornaments.

Approving and lightly slapped his palm twice, the hair ghost looked at Nanami Hashimoto, and praised: "Miss Hashimoto has really made rapid progress, and she has mastered the trick so quickly." The power of these ice crystals is already seventy percent of the strength of the original Snow Maiden. ”

"Is it only seventy percent?" Hearing the praise of the hair ghost, Nana Hashimoto did not feel happy, but asked the hair ghost with a somewhat solemn face: "Then Miss hair ghost, how much gap is there between the power I have exerted and the real big monster?" As for her own strength, Nana Hashimoto has always taken the standard of the big monster as the goal of her efforts after knowing that the Snow Maiden essence she absorbed was from a big monster-level Snow Maiden. Because Nana Hashimoto didn't understand that after the end of the thousand-year non-war covenant that Qianye said, if he wanted to help him share his worries, he would inevitably need to have the strength of a big monster like Mai Shiraishi, so that he could gain a place in the next demon chaos.

Faced with Nana Hashimoto's inquiry, after hesitating for a while, the ghost still told Nana Hashimoto the truth: "If Miss Hashimoto is based on the strength of the big monster, I'm afraid there is still a gap between the power you exert now and the big monster." ”

Although he was telling the truth, after looking at Nanami Hashimoto's somewhat gloomy face, the ghost still comforted Nanami Hashimoto after thinking for a while: "Miss Hashimoto, you don't have to worry too much about your strength, after all, you completed the demonization by absorbing the essence of that snow girl." Although Miss Hashimoto, you now have more than ninety percent of the strength of that Snow Maiden, and you also have the momentum of a big youkai, but you are not a big youkai yet. Miss Hashimoto, the time you have been a youkai is too short, and your foundation is too shallow, and it is already rare to have the power to be comparable to the peak of ordinary youkai under the big youkai now. For ordinary youkai, it usually takes hundreds of years for them to get to this point, if not for their talent or aptitude. ”

"Even though I said that, I still want to master the power of the Great Youkai as soon as possible!" For the comfort of the ghost, Nana Hashimoto did not see joy on her face, but she showed some urgency: "After all, only the strength of the big monster can share the pressure he bears for Qianye." Nana Hashimoto didn't think of the pressure that Qianya was under in order to protect the entire human world, and the desire for strength in her heart became even more intense: "Miss Hair Ghost, for ordinary youkai, how long does it generally take to cross the distance from the peak of ordinary youkai to the big youkai?" Hearing the hair ghost say that his strength has reached the peak of ordinary youkai, Nana Hashimoto is even more curious about how far she is from the big youkai.

"It's not long to say, it's not short, this time varies from person to person." The answer that the ghost said was a little unexpected: "For ordinary youkai, Miss Hashimoto, the strength you have now is already a height that most of them can hardly reach in their lifetime. Speaking of which, the hair ghost glanced at Nana Hashimoto with some envy, although the hair ghost is already the strength of a big monster, but she herself has accumulated today's strength step by step from an ordinary monster, and she is envious that Nana Hashimoto has reached the peak strength that ordinary monsters dream of so easily.

"What about reaching the realm of the Great Youkai?" Nana Hashimoto didn't care about the envy of the ghost, but just cared about the answer she wanted to know: "Miss Hair ghost, how long does it take for an ordinary youkai to become a big youkai after having a strength like mine?" As for how long it will take for him to become a big monster, Nanami Hashimoto is full of urgency.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Miss Hashimoto, this question, there is no answer." The hair ghost made an apologetic expression to Nanami Hashimoto, and after thinking for a while, he explained to Nanami Hashimoto: "Different youkai are completely different when they become big youkai. Some youkai may break through with a single sleep, but some youkai may struggle to break through to the realm of the Great Youkai for the rest of their lives. Although I understood Nana Hashimoto's impatient mood, the ghost still chose to tell the truth.

"Can't break through in your whole life? Is it so hard to become a big youkai? Nana Hashimoto didn't hear the ghost's words, her face became a little ugly, and at the same time, she was also worried, although she was very confident in her perseverance, but Nana Hashimoto was not confident that she would be able to break through the big monster. Thinking that if he couldn't break through the realm of the big youkai, or if he couldn't become a big youkai in a short time, he wouldn't be able to have enough strength to help Chiya, and the mood on Nanami Hashimoto's face also became a little bad.

In Nanami Hashimoto's opinion, only when he has reached the level of a big youkai like Mai Shiraishi can he have the ability to help Chiya in the next time, instead of causing him trouble. If you can't break through for a long time, you won't be able to help Chiya, which is obviously not the result that Nana Hashimoto wants.

"Miss Hashimoto, you don't have to worry about not being able to break through the realm of the Great Youkai." Looking at Nanami Hashimoto with a worried face, although the ghost felt that Nanami Hashimoto was in such a hurry to become a big monster, he still comforted Nanami Hashimoto: "Miss Hashimoto, you are the same as Lord Shiraishi, you have completed your demonization and become a monster by absorbing the essence of other big monsters. For you and Lord Shiraishi, becoming a Great Youkai is a must, because you have absorbed the power of other Great Youkai. As long as you digest these powers, you will naturally be able to reach the realm of the Great Youkai, and have the power that is difficult for ordinary Youkai to achieve in their lifetime. ”

Speaking of this, the ghost remembered his experience when he went to Hokkaido to capture the snow girl for Nanami Hashimoto, and added: "This is also the reason why Lord Shiraishi specially asked us Nine-Tails to capture a big monster to extract the essence. So Miss Hashimoto, you don't have to worry that you won't be able to reach the realm of that youkai, as long as you digest the power that has been fused into your body, you can become a real great youkai. ”

For the ghost to say that as long as she digests the power fused into her body, she can become a big youkai, Nana Hashimoto didn't feel relieved, but she was still a little dissatisfied with becoming a big youkai so step-by-step. Tamamo told Chiya that the end of the thousand-year no-war covenant was imminent, which not only made Chiya feel troubled, but also made Nana Hashimoto, who cared about Chiya, feel urgent. She desperately wants to share her husband's worries, but without the strength of the big monster, she is not even qualified to stand by Qianye's side, let alone face his enemies.

Thinking like this, Nanami Hashimoto asked the Hair Ghost again, "Miss Hair Ghost, do you know how to digest the power that has been fused into my body more quickly?" I want to become a real big youkai as soon as possible, so that I can share some of the pressure for Chiya and Mai. After saying that, Nana Hashimoto looked at the hair ghost with expectant eyes, hoping that she could tell her the good news.

Looking at Nana Hashimoto's hopeful eyes, the hair ghost frowned and thought for a while before replying: "I'm afraid there is no very good way, these powers that are fused into Miss Hashimoto's body, while turning you into a monster, and then strengthening your body to the level of a big monster, it will also take time." Moreover, if you want to master such a large amount of power, you also need time to become familiar with your body and strength. So, Miss Hashimoto, this matter is not in a hurry. ”

"But how did Mai become a big monster in such a short period of time?" Nana Hashimoto didn't remember that Mai Shiraishi had completed her demonization and become a real monster nine-tailed fox in less than a year, so she asked the ghost with some puzzlement.

"Lord Shiraishi?" When the hair ghost heard Nana Hashimoto not ask this, he couldn't help but think about it.