"Papa~ Tamamo-no-Mae? Isn't that just Xiao Yu?"
Xiao Yu looked at Mo Shuying with a pair of innocent, wide eyes, as if asking, Papa, have you gotten senile?
Mo Shuying quietly thought, Sure enough,
Xiao Yu is aware that she is Tamamo-no-Mae.
"Then, Xiao Yu, do you know that besides you, there's actually another Tamamo-no-Mae out there right now? A few days ago, she even had a fierce fight with Papa."
Unconsciously, Mo Shuying had started referring to himself as "Papa."
When Xiao Yu heard this, her cheeks immediately puffed up in anger. She fumed,
"What! She dared to be fierce with Papa!!"
Mo Shuying thought the focus of her anger seemed a bit off.
"Does Xiao Yu know her?"
Xiao Yu nodded vigorously and said,
"Mhm, I can sense the existence of the other… sister? But she's a bad sister now! Xiao Yu will help Papa beat her up when the time comes!"
Watching Xiao Yu try her best to look fierce, Mo Shuying finally understood what "fiercely cute" meant.
But there was a problem.
Since Xiao Yu could sense the other Tamamo-no-Mae, then could the other Tamamo-no-Mae also—
*"Bang!"*
Tamamo-no-Mae in the villa crushed the wine glass in her hand. Her usually enchanting and graceful expression was now extremely cold.
She had naturally detected Xiao Yu's appearance immediately, and she understood that her wish to merge the remaining two Sessho-seki had been shattered.
However, Tamamo-no-Mae quickly smiled again. She realized something: one Sessho-seki giving birth to another version of herself didn't seem to be a bad thing.
As long as she caught her other self and forcibly merged, it would be much faster than searching for the Sessho-seki like looking for a needle in a haystack, because at least… she could pinpoint its location!
Thinking this, Tamamo-no-Mae displayed her usual smile. Her eyes darted around, already forming a plan. She turned to Kiichi Hōgen and said,
"My location has been exposed, but it doesn't matter. This actually makes it easier to implement our plan. You continue to search for our kin; the more, the better. I will find a way to lead them on a wild goose chase. The rise of the demon race is inevitable, and no one can be allowed to disrupt it."
With that, Tamamo-no-Mae stood up and walked towards the door.
She paused as she passed Ashiya Doman and said,
"Tell your dog-legged subordinates to move faster. They can't even handle small matters. They let someone beat them to finding two stones. Absolutely useless. This is a Fox Ring I made; it will react when it's near a Sessho-seki. Use this to confirm the Sessho-seki's presence, and notify me immediately if you find anything. Don't mess up this time."
Ashiya Doman took the ring, which seemed to be woven from fur. He was very unhappy, but he couldn't refute anything.
He thought back to before, when he was the one who resurrected Tamamo-no-Mae, but now… she didn't even use the self-address "this concubine" when speaking to him!
"Hmph."
Finally, with a cold snort, Tamamo-no-Mae swayed her tail and left, riding on a few Fox Fire wisps as she flew into the sky.
Watching Tamamo-no-Mae leave, Ashiya Doman turned to look at Kiichi Hōgen.
"What are you looking at! Go do your job!"
Kiichi Hōgen took a step and vanished like the wind. Ashiya Doman gritted his teeth and clutched the ring in his hand. Besides being bullied by Abe no Seimei during his lifetime, when else had he endured such indignity?!
The more he thought, the angrier he got. Ashiya Doman swayed as he stood up; his injuries hadn't fully recovered yet.
"You two b*tches! Just you wait!!"
"Papa! Sister is moving."
Cute little Xiao Yu was happily eating a daifuku mochi when her ears suddenly twitched. She looked up at Mo Shuying, who was doting on her, and said,
"Oh?"
Mo Shuying regained his focus. Tamamo-no-Mae's movement was actually within his expectations.
"Is she coming here?"
"No, Sister ran far away."
Xiao Yu finished speaking and continued to bite her daifuku. Mo Shuying nodded. She truly was a cunning fox; she would quickly relocate once her position was exposed and wouldn't stay in one place for long.
"The downside of this mutual positioning is that I chase, she runs, and neither of us can catch the other. Is she trying to stall for time? Heh, who isn't stalling for time?"
Mo Shuying was waiting for reinforcements. What was Tamamo-no-Mae waiting for?
At Groudon's speed, it should arrive in a little over a day.
During this time, Mo Shuying felt that since he was idle anyway, he might as well…
"Xiao Yu, do you want to go out and play with Papa?"
Mo Shuying asked Xiao Yu, who was licking her fingers after finishing her daifuku. As soon as she heard she could go out and play, Xiao Yu's eyes lit up.
"Yay yay~ Xiao Yu wants to go out and play~"
Children are naturally playful, and Xiao Yu had never been outside before. She really wanted to go explore this strange and new world.
"Then let's go~"
Mo Shuying raised his hand, and Xiao Yu, with a small jump, grabbed his arms with both hands, swung around like a pendulum, and then settled onto Mo Shuying's shoulder.
"Let's go!"
"Let's gooo~"
"Moving?"
Tamamo-no-Mae, who was in motion, noticed Xiao Yu's actions and a triumphant smile curled at the corner of her lips.
It was good that they were moving. If they weren't, she would have suspected an ambush, like Xiao Yu staying put to mislead her, then using her position to signal Mo Shuying to launch a surprise attack.
As a cunning fox, she naturally wouldn't let such a thing happen. Her goal now was to buy time, waiting for information from Kiichi Hōgen or Ashiya Doman.
However...
"Huh?"
Tamamo-no-Mae suddenly realized something was off.
Xiao Yu wasn't moving closer to her; instead, she was getting further and further away!
"What are you trying to do?"
Tamamo-no-Mae stopped in mid-air, looking in the direction where Xiao Yu was steadily receding.
"..."
This situation was a bit mind-bending.
Tamamo-no-Mae frowned, an invisible pressure enveloping her. This was psychological warfare; not understanding what the opponent wanted to do would inexplicably increase one's own stress.
At this moment, Tamamo-no-Mae felt a prickle of curiosity, like a cat being scratched! But reason told her that curiosity could kill not only the cat but also the fox.
"This concubine shall see how long you can endure. When it comes to patience, do not underestimate this concubine, who has slumbered for thousands of years."
With that, Tamamo-no-Mae turned and flew towards the nearest city. Although finding suitable maidens in Nihon was difficult, at a time like this, it was better not to be picky. Tamamo-no-Mae decided to be ruthless, taking whatever she could get, directly absorbing the Life Essence of city-dwellers. Quantity could lead to qualitative change, and it was still possible to break through to Five-Tailed.
No sooner said than done, these past few days, the people of Nihon had suffered greatly. They had done nothing wrong, yet they could end up like that at any moment.
A figure had already appeared over the city, and then... nothing more happened.
A large amount of blue Life Essence was forcibly absorbed by Tamamo-no-Mae. Countless people unknowingly lost their breath, their bodies shriveling like mummies from a thousand years ago.
With so many ordinary people falling, Tamamo-no-Mae should have been grateful that she had not been reborn as a Heroic Spirit, otherwise, she would surely have incurred the punishment of the rules.
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