In the hospital room, Mai Shiraishi is unconscious. Nana Hashimoto didn't say hello to the agent at the door, and when she pushed open the door of the ward and walked in, Sayuri Matsumura, who had arrived first, was standing by Mai Shiraishi's bed.

"Sha Yuri, how is Mai doing?" Nanami Hashimoto stood by the bed and asked with concern about Sayuri Matsumura, who looked worried.

Matsumura Sayuri raised his head, tears were already rolling in his eyes, looking at Nana Hashimoto's unconcerned eyes, Matsumura Sayuri said with a crying voice: "Nana Min, the doctor said that Mai's wound has an unknown toxin, and if it can't be detoxified, Mai's will not wake up." ”

Nana Hashimoto looked at Mai Shiraishi lying on the bed in shock, and asked in disbelief, "How can this be?" Didn't it mean that Mai was just knocked unconscious after being scratched? How can you be poisoned and not wake up? ”

At this time, the agent walked in with Chiya, and when he heard Nanami Hashimoto's question, the agent replied, "Shiraishi-san's wound is not serious, but it was scratched by the animal's claws." After the doctor's treatment, there is no major problem. But there was an unknown toxin left on the wound, and this toxin paralyzed Shiraishi-san's whole body, leaving her in a comatose state, unable to wake up. The doctor said that if the effect of the toxin on Shiraishi-san could not be resolved, it would be difficult for her to wake up. This is not only the case with Shiraishi-san, but also with the policeman who protects her. ”

The agent's words made Nana Hashimoto suddenly feel soft under his feet, and he almost wanted to fall. And Sayuri Matsumura on the side was already crying.

Because of the presence of other people, it was inconvenient for Chiya to comfort Nanami Hashimoto, so she had to wink at Ruodie, and then stepped forward to check Mai Shiraishi's wound. Ruodie received Chiya's instructions, held Nanami Hashimoto's shoulder, and comforted Nanami Hashimoto softly.

"Chiba-sama, do you know anything about this unknown toxin?" Officer Sato, who was on the side, looked at Chiya inspecting Mai Shiraishi's wound and couldn't help asking.

Qianye picked up Mai Shiraishi's scratched arm, looked at the bandages on his arms and the blue color on his arms, frowned and said, "Not sure, I need to check it." Ruodie, give me the silver needle. ”

Ruodie, who was comforting Nanami Hashimoto, took out a small blue cloth bag from the hidden pocket of his sleeve and handed it to Qianye. Looking at Chiya's movements, Nanami Hashimoto's eyes couldn't help but be full of hope when he looked at him. And Sayuri Matsumura on the side also stopped crying and watched Chiya's movements.

Qianye opened the cloth bag, only to see that the cloth bag was filled with silver needles of different lengths, and Qianye took out several silver needles from it and pierced them on Shiraishi Mai's bandage-wrapped arm. After waiting for a while, Qianye carefully raised Mai Shiraishi's arm, pinched her middle finger, and pricked her fingertip with a silver needle, squeezing out a drop of black blood. Then he took out a small piece of white paper with the Qingming bellflower seal from his bosom, and dripped the blood in the middle of the Qingming bellflower print.

After Qianye removed the silver needles from Mai Shiraishi's body, she handed the cloth bag to Ruodie, holding the white paper with blood droplets in her hand, frowning, and there seemed to be confusion in her eyes.

Looking at Qianye's eyes, Nana Hashimoto asked with concern, "Qianye-san, how is Mai like her?" Can you cure her? ”

"Do you want me to heal 'her'?" Qianye's eyes were a little wandering, and he asked Nanami Hashimoto in a strange tone.

"What are you talking about? Of course I hope you'll cure Mai! Chiya-san, what's wrong with you? "Nana Hashimoto was very strange about Chiya's question.

Qianye shook his head, sighed and said, "It's nothing, I just remembered something." The toxin on Miss Shiraishi's body is not a big deal, it is just fox poison. Demon foxes like to lick their paws, and the demon fox's saliva is poisonous. Hit by the claws of the demon fox, infected with this fox venom, if you don't use fox blood to detoxify, you will be unconscious. ”

Hearing Chiya's explanation, the agent in the ward and Sayuri Matsumura were both relieved, while Officer Sato asked with concern, "Mr. Chiba, is the same situation with the Twilight Police Department?" ”

Qianye nodded, staring at the white paper in his hand and replied, "I think it should be about the same, as long as it is a toxin." ”

"Then Qianye-san, can you catch this demon fox?" Although he knows how powerful Thousand Nights are, he is still worried about Nanami Hashimoto, who has never seen a monster and Thousand Nights really make a move.

Chiya smiled, glanced at Nanami Hashimoto, and did not answer her question, but said to her, "Miss Hashimoto, have you ever heard of 'dog chasing'?" ”

"'Dog chases'?" Officer Sato looked confused: "Mr. Chiba, do you need a dog?" I can apply for dog assistance if needed. Although we have tried to track the fox with police dogs, for some reason, these well-trained police dogs are so scared that they can't track the demon fox at all. ”

Qianye smiled dumbly: "Ordinary police dogs smell the smell of demon foxes, and not having weak legs is already a well-trained performance." However, 'dog chasers' do not require police dogs. ”

"'Dog chasing' is a kind of riding and archery sport of ancient Japanese samurai, that is, riding on a running horse and shooting arrows at a running dog. Mounted archers were once very popular among samurai in groups to shoot running dogs in a range of about 40 meters. Although his heart was full of worries, Nanami Hashimoto, who usually likes to read the most, still answered: "Legend has it that in the Heian period, the demon fox Tamamo tempted Emperor Toba in front of him, caused trouble in the court, and was driven away by the great onmyoji Abe Harumi and fled to Nasuno. The imperial court sent Miurasuke Yoshiaki, Chiba Suke Tsunein and Kamisuke Hirotsune to lead an army to crusade. It was the method of 'dog chasing' that the crusading army defeated the demon coalition led by Tamamo and finally killed Tamamo Mae. ”

"Nanamin, do you even know that? It's amazing! "Officer Sato is in front of Nanami Hashimoto at this time, and there is no difference between the same idol chef he acts.

At this time, the agent asked with some concern: "Mr. Chiba, when you mentioned 'dog chasing', do you plan to use the same method to hunt this demon fox?" ”

"Yes and no, I can't explain it for a while." Qianye smiled and said, "I can't use it in the ward." Officer Sato, can I borrow the roof of this hospital? ”

Officer Sato nodded: "This is easy to do, I'll go and contact the person in charge of this hospital." With that, he walked out.

Seeing Officer Sato walk out, Qianye said to Ruodie again: "Ruodie, you go and get the 'Fox Cry', you can't bring a knife in the hospital, I just put it in Officer Sato's car." Ruodie nodded and walked out the door.

After instructing the two of them, Qianye still held the white paper in his hand, and there was always a trace of doubt in his eyes.

At this time, Nanami Hashimoto seemed to want to put Mai Shiraishi's bandaged arm into the quilt, so she lifted the quilt covering Mai Shiraishi's chest, revealing the golden magatama necklace on her chest.

The moment he saw this golden magata, Qianye's eyes opened suddenly, his face changed greatly, and the momentum on his body spread in an instant, and he actually pressed the three people in the room to the ground.

Nana Hashimoto looked at Chiya with difficulty, and shouted, "Chiya! ”

Qianye was awakened by the voice of Nanami Hashimoto, and hurriedly restrained the momentum on his body, and bowed to the three people in the room, apologizing: "I'm very sorry, it's a gaffe." ”

Although Nanami Hashimoto and her agent were puzzled, they didn't say much, and Sayuri Matsumura still hadn't figured out what had just happened.

Qianye looked at the golden magatama on Mai Shiraishi's chest, pointed to the necklace and asked Nanami Hashimoto, "Miss Hashimoto, do you know where Miss Shiraishi's necklace came from?" ”

Seeing that Qianye actually had such a big reaction to the necklace on Mai Shiraishi's chest, Nana Hashimoto replied while being puzzled: "I don't know very well, but Mai seems to care about this necklace very much, it is said that she has been wearing it since she was a child." What's going on, I'll have to wait until Mai wakes up and ask her to find out. What, is there something wrong with this necklace? ”

"No, nothing." Qianye shook his head: "It should be that I read it wrong." ”

At this time, Officer Sato pushed the door in and said to Chiya, "Mr. Chiba, the rooftop is ready to use." ”

Chiya nodded to Officer Sato in thanks, "It's hard work, so let's go to the rooftop." It's time to skin this demon fox. With that, he walked out the door.

Nana Hashimoto didn't see Senya walking outside, so he said to Sayuri Matsumura: "Sayuri, you take care of Mai here, I'll go over and take a look." Seeing that Matsumura Sayuri understood, Nanami Hashimoto looked at the agent again, and when he saw him nodding, he followed Chiya and walked out together.

When the three of them came to the rooftop, Ruodie also walked up holding the "Fox Cry" that was contained in the sword bag.

Qianye took the sword bag from Wakadie's hand, took out the "Fox Cry" from it, and after pulling the knife out of its sheath, what appeared in front of Nanami Hashimoto and Officer Sato was a blade as red as blood.

Qianye gently wiped the white paper dripping with blood drops in his hand on the blade, and then put "Fox Cry" back into the scabbard and put the knife on his waist. Qianye reached out and took out a piece of talisman paper from the hidden pocket in his sleeve, and read softly: "Let the dog chase after things, and nothing misses." After turning the rune paper into a feathered arrow, he wrapped the white paper in his hand around the arrow. Qianye casually took the feather arrow in his hand, and then threw the feather arrow out.

Looking at Chiya's movements, Officer Sato and Nanami Hashimoto kept their mouths closed tightly, lest they disturb Chiya's spell casting, although they looked curious.

After the feather arrow flew out of its hand, it instantly turned into a red light and disappeared.

Chiya turned around, looked at Nanami Hashimoto and Officer Sato with a curious face, smiled and said, "The curse arrow will find that demon fox and bring it to me." Now we just have to wait here for the demon fox to come to the door by itself. ”