"Jiujing, is it really okay for us to break in like this?" The orange-haired female ninja was still a little uneasy at this time, standing next to the wall of Asama Shrine, and asked Kushi, who was already preparing to climb over the wall to enter. The group of youkai ninjas were eager to take on the commission from Nanami Hashimoto, but they didn't know the priests of Asama Shrine, so after a night of discussion, they decided to sneak straight into Asama Shrine and show off their skills in front of the so-called "big guys from Kyoto" in order to get the job.

Kuji looked up at the wall of Asama Shrine, looked around, and made sure that there was no one before saying to the orange-haired female ninja: "Tachibana, don't worry too much, that lady is very curious about ninjas, and specially asked her maid to hire ninjas, as long as we can show enough skills in front of her, I believe that lady will definitely hire us, as long as we receive this mission, we will have money." ”

After speaking, Jiujing glanced at Tachibana, then jumped onto the wall, turned into a black cat again, and urged Tachibana, who was still a little hesitant: "Hurry up, Tachibana." If the lady had hired the right ninja before we went in, the job would be in vain. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Tachibana gritted his teeth when he thought of the dilapidated courtyard where he and the others lived and those of his fellow clan who still couldn't get enough to eat, and jumped onto the wall like a Kuji, turning into an orange cat, and standing on the wall of Asama Shrine with Kuji.

"I knew you could be trusted! Follow me! Jiujing complimented, and then quickly ran along the tiles at the head of the wall, towards the location where Nanami Hashimoto was. The orange cat that had turned into an orange also followed Jiujing and ran over.

Nine and Tachibana stepped on the blue-black tiles, the pads on the cat's paws silent. Walking through the equally quiet courtyard of Asama Shrine, two cats, one black and one orange, jumped off the wall and carefully followed the root of the wall to the outside of the room where Nanami Hashimoto was.

Squatting in the corner of the wall under the window, the orange probe looked at the slightly hidden window, and asked Jiujing in a low voice, "Jiujing, is this it?" How are we going to get in, in human form or in cat form? Have you figured out how to convince that noble lady? ”

"Rest assured, let's climb up to the beams first, then go in through them, and then appear to the lady in the form of a ninja and give her the impression of being elusive, so that we can convince her to hire us." Jiujing also lowered her voice, but she spoke to Tachibana with confidence, as if she was confident in her plan.

Although Tachibana was not as confident in Jiujing's plan as she was, she had no better plan at this time, thinking that the others were still waiting for her and Jiujing to be able to convince this lady to get the opportunity to be hired and earn enough money, Tachibana could only nod and act according to Jiujing's plan.

"Then let's go up and make a good impression on that lady." As he spoke, Tachibana popped his sharp claws out of the pad, leaped sharply, grabbed the pillar beside him, and climbed up quickly.

Kushimi Tachibana climbed up the pillar, and also climbed up in a generic motion, and the two female ninjas in the form of cats followed the beam at the top of the pillar and drilled into the room where Nanami Hashimoto was.

In the room, Nanami Hashimoto was playing with Nanami in his arms, humming nursery rhymes softly, while throwing Nanami Xiao Nanami high and catching it. This kind of game made Nanami very happy, and kept letting out tender laughter, which filled the room with joy.

Kujin and Tachibana on the beam of the house waited for a while, as if they felt that this was not a good time to jump, until Nanami seemed to be tired of playing, and Nana Hashimoto put Nanami down before he felt that the time was almost up, and they jumped down from the beam together, and changed back to the appearance of a female ninja with a puff of white smoke in the air.

Looking at the sudden appearance of white smoke and the appearance of Jiujing and Tangerine from the white smoke, Nana Hashimoto almost reflexively protected Nanami Xiao Nanami behind him, raised his hand to touch the snow that he had inserted in his bun, and a powerful momentum emanated, and without hesitation, he shrouded towards Jiujing and Tangerine, and was ready to fight in an instant.

Feeling the momentum that Nanami Hashimoto suddenly exuded, Jiujing and Tachibana's movements stiffened, but they quickly reacted, and Tachibana opened his mouth and shouted to Nanami Hashimoto: "This lady, please stop, we have no malicious intentions, just a ninja who came to recommend himself!" ”

Nanami Hashimoto stopped pulling out the dead snow and looked towards Kujin and Tachibana. Although at this time, Jiujing and Tangerine had completely wrapped their faces with black bandanas in order to cover their cat ears and orange hair, but the familiar aura on Jiujing's body still made Nana Hashimoto recognize this cat demon female ninja at first sight, but she didn't recognize Tachibana on the side.

"Since it's a ninja who recommended himself, why did he come in at the door, such a sneaky behavior, it's really hard to believe what you said." After Nana Hashimoto didn't recognize Jiujing, she didn't intend to embarrass them, but she couldn't just choose to believe them, and after hesitating for a while, Nana Hashimoto put away her momentum and held Nanami Xiao in her arms for protection, and then she opened her mouth to ask Jiujing and Tachibana about their purpose.

Jiujing and Tachibana seem to have discussed that Jiujing will persuade Nanami Hashimoto, so without hesitation, Jiujing directly opened his mouth to explain to Nanami Hashimoto the reason why he did this: "Please forgive me, I waited until yesterday to find out that Asama Shrine intends to hire a group of guards and ninjas to protect a noble person to go to Beijing, and I want to undertake this job." But because I'm not familiar with the priest of Asama Shrine, I can only take the method of self-recommendation to see Mrs., if there is any disturbance, please forgive Mrs.! ”

Nana Hashimoto didn't finish listening to Jiujing's words, although she believed it a little, but she didn't completely believe Jiujing's words, although Jiujing would be her subordinate five hundred years later, but Jiujing at this time was not a member of her own Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, although what she said was very reasonable, but he didn't easily believe her reason.

"Although what you said seems reasonable, I'm sorry, I hired guards and ninjas to protect me and my daughter as we returned to Kyoto, and I can't trust the safety of my daughter to you as a ninja of unknown origin like you. I won't embarrass you, but please leave like this. ”

Although he trusted Jiujing very much after five hundred years, Nanami Hashimoto couldn't trust her and what she said at this time, it was a matter of Nanami's safety, and Nanami Hashimoto didn't want anything to go wrong.

The expression on Jiujing's face was invisible because of the mask, but her eyes almost instantly lost hope, and the gloomy look made Nana Hashimoto think that she had done something heinous. However, Jiujing didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of disappointment and he bowed to Nana Hashimoto and wanted to withdraw.

However, the orange on the side didn't want to give up just like that, and after struggling with his eyes, he suddenly knelt down in front of Nanami Hashimoto, and pleaded with Nanami Hashimoto in a sincere voice: "Madam, please give us a chance!" We're not from unknown origins, and besides the two of us, there are more than thirty other people, all of whom are experienced ninjas, and we will definitely be able to satisfy you, ma'am!" Please give us a chance, we really need this job, and we two ninja dozens of people are pointing to be able to get this job to live! ”

Hashimoto Nana Wei turned her eyes to Tachibana, originally her eyes were attracted by the familiar Jiujing, not mainly to Tachibana, but at this time as soon as Tachibana spoke, Hashimoto Nana Wei found that there was a faint demonic aura on her, and the vertical eyes proved her identity as a monster.

"Two ninjas?" Nana Hashimoto looked at the kneeling orange and hesitated for a moment, and after hesitating for a while, Jiujing, who also knelt down, remembered that Jiujing was a member of the cat ninja clan, and the ninja clan that Tachibana said at this time must be the cat ninja clan and the ninja dog clan who will join him in the future.

After figuring out the connection between them, a smile appeared on Nanami Hashimoto's face, and pierced what Tachibana wanted to hide: "Two ninja clans, I'm afraid it's two youkai clans, right?" You're a monster, and you're a cat demon, right? Nana Hashimoto smiled evilly, and then released the momentum of his big youkai.

Feeling the momentum of the big monster suddenly released from Nanami Hashimoto's body, Tachibana and Jiujing bounced off the floor like two frightened cats, hunched their backs, grabbed the floor with both hands like claws, and looked at Nanami Hashimoto with wide eyes and vigilance.

"Big ...... Big...... Big youkai! At this time, Jiujing was far from being as mature and steady as a big monster five hundred years later, and her eyes were full of panic when she was still young at the age of the monster, and she couldn't even speak clearly at this time. Although the orange on the side was older than Jiujing, he didn't seem to be so surprised, but at this time, he was also shocked by the identity of the big monster of Nana Hashimoto and couldn't speak.

"Why, so you can't speak? If that's the case, I'm not going to leave the job to you. With a smile on his face, Nanami Hashimoto looked at Ku Jing and Tachibana with big eyes that were also open and curious, and asked them with great interest: "You just said that there are two ninjas, in addition to your cat demon, what is the other one, dog?" ”

"It's a ninja dog clan, they live with our cat ninja clan, and they usually accept employment together and help each other." In the end, it was Tachibana who recovered first, explaining to Nanami Hashimoto, and at the same time, he couldn't stop the natural curiosity of cats and asked Nanami Hashimoto: "Madam, since you are a big youkai, why do you still hire human guards?" They don't protect you, do they? ”

Nana Hashimoto didn't hear Tachibana's question, and didn't answer directly, but asked her, "If you want to accept my employment, you have to tell me your name, and you don't even introduce yourself, how can I know who you are?" ”

Hearing Nanami Hashimoto's question, Tachibana and Jiujing glanced at each other, put away their guard posture, changed to a sitting posture and knelt in front of Nanami Hashimoto, and then said to her: "My name is Tachibana, because the body is an orange cat, so I took this name." She's a black cat, and we all belong to the cat ninja family. As for the ninja dogs, they don't seem to be very good at sneaking in, so they didn't come this time. ”

Because it is pointless to resist in front of the big monster, Tachibana and Jiujing both gave up resistance at this time, just like a cat showing its belly to indicate that it is not threatening, at this time, Jiujing and Tachibana also completely removed their defenses, and even the masks and headscarves on their faces were removed.

"Dogs who aren't good at sneaking in? Presumably they're better at finding people or things, right? Nanami Hashimoto seemed to think of something funny, and couldn't help but reach out to cover the corners of his mouth, and after a burst of laughter, he asked Tachibana: "You just said that dozens of you people are living on this job, are your days very hard?" ”

"Yes, forgive me, my lord, because we are just a group of small monsters, and we can't even maintain the appearance of human beings well, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we rarely have contact with humans, so no one hires us, and life has been very hard." Tachibana nodded, explaining to Nana Hashimoto, but there was some unconscious shame on her face.

"I see, I thought it was because you didn't have good skills and couldn't get a job." Nana Hashimoto's mischievous psychology has risen again, and she has said words that are narrow, but her psychology has already decided to hire them. It's just that Nana Hashimoto didn't have to add an insurance policy for this.

Nana Hashimoto didn't think about it for a while, and then said to Kujin and Tachibana, "There's nothing wrong with letting me hire you, but only if you can join me. The employment relationship of humans is not trustworthy, we are all youkai, let's follow the rules of youkai, you join my Hyakki Night Walk, and from now on you will be protected by me. ”

"Join your lordship?" Jiujing and Tachibana exclaimed, with a look of disbelief on their faces, obviously not believing that things would take such a turn. Jiujing hesitated for a moment, but still opened his mouth to ask Nanami Hashimoto his doubts: "Why did the adults recruit me?" Although we still have some skills as ninjas, as youkai, we are just small youkai who can't even maintain their human form, so we shouldn't be qualified to join the big youkai's Hyakki Night Walk, right? ”

"Whether you are qualified to join the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk under my command is up to me, not you." Nanami Hashimoto showed the momentum of a big youkai and explained to Kujin and Tachibana, "On the one hand, I recruited you because I was recruiting my Hyakki Night Walker and was short of manpower, and on the other hand, I did need some ninjas to handle some things for me. So you're going to join? Or do you want to go back and talk about it? ”

"I would like to offer all my loyalty to my lordship!" After Jiujing and Tachibana glanced at each other, they did not hesitate and made a big salute directly to Nanami Hashimoto.