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The cold wind howled outside the window, and snowflakes hit the windowpane, making soft pattering sounds from time to time.
Dou Tang crawled into bed, and then she felt Huai Yin crawl in as well.
"Why don't you go sleep with Lu Zizhen?" Dou Tang asked.
Huaiyin chuckled: "Does Sister Lu's ball look like one I could squeeze into?"
"I haven't slept with you for two days. Can't we sleep for a while now?"
Dou Tang had no good way to deal with Huai Yin's clinginess, so he could only silently give up some space.
Huaiyin was overjoyed. After getting into bed, she found a comfortable position, nestled in Doutang's arms, pressed close to his shoulder, and whispered, "Brother, will something happen in Tokyo?"
Dou Tang looked at the ceiling, gently reached out and hugged Huai Yin, saying, "Yes, so we need to finish our trip to Nikko City as soon as possible. I guess there are still many things waiting for us in Tokyo."
He sighed, "A storm is brewing..."
Huaiyin rubbed against Doutang's shoulder, her hands starting to wander, slowly slipping inside Doutang's shirt and pajamas.
Her delicate hands gently caressed Dou Tang's chest muscles.
Dou Tang raised his hand and pressed it down. Huai Yin struggled and kept rubbing her slender legs against Dou Tang.
What... what's wrong with this girl?! Dou Tang was filled with grief and indignation.
My parenting has gone terribly wrong! I had such a sweet dream last night, and now I'm being bothered by this little girl!
"Hey!"
Just as Huaiyin was about to go further and put her hand inside Doutang's pants, Lu Zizhen suddenly shouted from the side.
The two turned their heads away.
Lu Zizhen's eyes widened, as if she might faint at any moment, but she forced herself to stay awake and said, "If you're going to do something big, can you at least keep it a little quiet?!"
Chapter 261 Tamamo-no-Mae Didn't Act Like a Lazy Dog
To Dou Tang's surprise, Tamamo-no-Mae did not spend today lazily in her room.
On the contrary, due to Dou Tang's high profile, Tamamo-no-Mae became a frightened bird and ran out at dawn, wanting to change the status quo in her own way.
However, having so firmly rejected Emperor Sutoku's invitation, Tamamo-no-Mae could not possibly go back and contact the Shiba Inu demon; her pride wouldn't allow her to do so.
So she chose a risky move, just like she remembered doing it before.
Despite being a demon, she has ascended to the pinnacle of power three times, stirring up trouble right under the noses of the royal family's capable and extraordinary individuals—this is Tamamo-no-Mae's remarkable achievement.
Tamamo-no-Mae has now set her sights on Ninomiya Yuuki, an exorcist.
Knowing that Ninomiya Yuuki was closely involved in various activities in Nikko City, she decided to take the risk and use Ninomiya Yuuki to find out the movements of the exorcists in Nikko City.
She changed into a set of very ordinary clothes and left her residence, but instead of rushing to find Ninomiya Yusuke, she opened her senses and slowly explored the surrounding streets.
Soon, she found what she needed.
Vengeful spirit.
She needs a vengeful spirit, a very useful one.
She wanted to use this vengeful spirit to suppress the resentment within herself, hide herself, and pretend to be an ordinary person possessed by evil spirits in order to approach Ninomiya Yuuki.
Tamamo-no-Mae walked through the snow-covered streets, glancing at the vehicles every now and then. After turning left and right for a while, she entered an old apartment building.
“Dududu la…” Tamamo-no-Mae sang leisurely as she walked up the stairs, as if she had been there before, and came directly to a door at the end of the fifth floor.
She gently raised her hand to knock on the door, then waited quietly.
After a while, the door opened, and a faint smell of sweat wafted out. A disheveled middle-aged man scratched his head and said listlessly, "Who is it? What can I do for you?"
Tamamo-no-Mae snapped her fingers, pointed at the man's face, and said, "Stand aside."
The man's eyes immediately went unfocused, and he took two steps back to make way.
Tamamo-no-Mae burst into the room and frowned.
The room reeked of resentment, with a foul stench emanating from it in addition to the smell of sweat.
Tamamo-no-Mae went to the refrigerator, pried open the door with her fingernail, but there was nothing there.
Leave any fingerprints.
Then, her face was filled with disgust.
Inside the refrigerator, on the crisper drawer, lay the pale head of a young boy. His eyes were gone, and the blood had been drained from his head.
Tamamo-no-Mae then understood where the resentment in the house came from.
She gently stretched out her fingers and kneaded in the void.
Then, the air began to tremble, the souls began to coalesce, and the resentment moved like a whirlwind.
The resentment that had been lingering in the room began to tremble. Summoned by the whirlwind at Tamamo-no-Mae's fingertips, it gradually revealed a black, illusory form in the room. A few minutes later, the slightly dim room suddenly became cold and gloomy.
Tamamo-no-Mae flicked her finger forward, and a whirlwind detached from her fingertip, sweeping across the room, until a slender, dark figure took shape in the center of the room.
The newly formed vengeful spirit opened its eyes and looked at Tamamo-no-Mae in front of it, its turbid eyes filled with confusion and ignorance.
Tamamo-no-Mae pointed at the middle-aged man standing in the doorway and asked, "Were you killed by him?"
The vengeful spirit nodded slightly.
"What happened? Tell your sister in detail."
Tamamo-no-Mae raised her hand, and the man at the door closed the door, then stood there blankly like a robot.
And the boy's vengeful spirit begins to tell its story.
This is a somewhat clichéd story; it's nothing more than a story about a distorted society that breeds a distorted pervert, and one day this pervert will extend his evil claws to innocent people. It's not a particularly novel tale.
After listening, Tamamo-no-Mae nodded and said, "Since you're already dead, you can contribute one last bit of usefulness to me."
"As for you," Tamamo-no-Mae pointed to the middle-aged man at the door, "after I leave, go and commit suicide."
The vengeful spirit will follow her and be killed by Ninomiya Yuki or other exorcists, becoming the stepping stone for her to confirm her identity as an ordinary person.
The murderer will end his life by suicide and will not be punished by law, because Tamamo-no-Mae is disgusted by such people, and she has no intention of abiding by the rules of the mortal world.
This is what makes her different from Tamamo-no-Mae. She never hesitates to use the dead, nor does she mind taking anyone's life. She is an evil spirit, so she should be.
The middle-aged man nodded blankly, while the boy's vengeful spirit struggled, its body seemingly becoming ethereal.
"Want to be free? Don't be ridiculous." Tamamo-no-Mae clenched her fists, firmly binding the young vengeful spirit to her side. "You still have a use for me. You think you can be free so easily? You're being too kind."
"I helped you get rid of your enemy, shouldn't you help your sister too?" Tamamo-no-Mae teased.
The tightly bound boy's vengeful spirit wore a pained expression, his muffled voice echoing in the air: "I don't want to..."
Tamamo-no-Mae scoffed dismissively: "Even if I hadn't come, you would have turned into a vengeful spirit and kept haunting this man."
"What, after hearing that I want him to commit suicide, you feel like you've gotten your revenge and want to be free? Shouldn't you thank me?"
The young vengeful spirit was still in a daze after being catalyzed and condensed. After hearing Tamamo-no-Mae's words, it was stunned for a while before suddenly bowing to Tamamo-no-Mae in the air.
"Thank you... thank you..." His voice was ethereal, as if it might disappear at any moment.
"That's more like it..." Tamamo-no-Mae was somewhat satisfied.
But then, the boy's vengeful spirit's body began to dissipate again, and Tamamo-no-Mae quickly raised her hand to bind him once more.
"You idiot, do you really want to die?" She was a little angry and frowned.
That's why I hate this kind of person the most—the kind who, after being bullied, can still let go of everything...
"Don't you hate him? Don't you hate this world?" Tamamo-no-Mae spread her hands: "You were just living a perfectly good life, and then you suffered this unexpected disaster. Don't you feel resentful?"
"Besides taking revenge on this man, don't you want to do anything else? Like continue living? Don't you feel jealous? Jealous of other living people?"
"Why am I the only one suffering like this..." Tamamo-no-Mae's tone was seductive: "Why am I the only one experiencing this? Why are other people still alive and well..."
"Don't you find the way those people live disgusting?"
Under Tamamo-no-Mae's influence, the young vengeful spirit finally had a glimmer of light in his eyes.
But that light carried an indelible malice.
Seeing this, Tamamo-no-Mae stretched out her hand and said, "Come on, young man, your revenge is not over yet."
"Come, for my sake, bare your fangs to the living."
Chapter 262 Tamamo-no-Mae, the Merciless One
The boy's vengeful spirit's eyes were filled with malice towards the living, and its body solidified further, emanating a bone-chilling cold.
Tamamo-no-Mae was very satisfied with this and released her demonic power to help the young vengeful spirit grow.
She reached out and shook hands with the young vengeful spirit, gazing at it with a look of pity, as the power within her surged towards it.
Finally, the boy's vengeful spirit fell from the sky, seemingly possessing a physical body, its feet making a soft thud as it stepped onto the tatami mat.
His eyes were also shrouded in overwhelming killing intent and resentment, and he lost the last shred of reason.
"Very good, very good...good child." Tamamo-no-Mae rubbed the head of the vengeful spirit in front of her and said, "Next, possess your older sister and go with her to those who are still alive."
Humans seek revenge.
The boy's vengeful spirit transformed back into black mist and surged into Tamamo-no-Mae's body. Tamamo-no-Mae's spirit visibly weakened. After being possessed, all her demonic power was contained deep within her body. Now, even if she stood right in front of Dou Tang, he would only see her as an ordinary person possessed by a vengeful spirit.
Only after the vengeful spirit is exorcised can the true face beneath this disguise be seen.
Tamamo-no-Mae turned and left, pushed open the door and walked out. After closing the door, she seemed to hear the sound of a man's footsteps coming from behind it.
Behind the door, the bewildered man walked into the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and as if he felt no pain, plunged the sharp blade into his throat, slicing it open horizontally.
Tamamo-no-Mae rubbed her neck uncomfortably: "Ugh... being possessed feels so uncomfortable, it's so annoying."
"If it weren't for Ren Doutang, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble. Tch... This man is still haunting me even in another world. I hate him so much."
After leaving the apartment, Tamamo-no-Mae changed back to the same appearance she had when she met Ninomiya Yusuke, and confidently dialed the number left on the business card.
After a long busy signal, the call was finally connected.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ninomiya Yusuke's voice was full of fatigue.
Thinking to herself how hard exorcists work, Tamamo-no-Mae cleared her throat and said, "Ninomiya-san, I am Kyoraku Yayoi. Do you remember me? We met on the street before."
“Tamaro… Ah! Tamara-san!” Ninomiya Yuuki recalled for a moment and quickly remembered the kind traveler who had spoken to him by the roadside: “Of course I remember!”
"Since Yu Luosang made this call, there must be something you need, right? Is there anything I can do to help you?"
Hearing Ninomiya Yusuke get straight to the point, Tamamo-no-Mae said in a very helpless tone, "Ninomiya-san, I think I encountered something unclean last night. I feel extremely uncomfortable all over and had nightmares."
"You might not believe it, but I'm actually... the kind of person who easily attracts evil spirits. As a local of Nikko City, do you know any reliable shrines or exorcists?"
Upon hearing the topic of exorcism, Ninomiya Yuuki immediately took it seriously and asked solemnly, "Tamaro-san, are you sure it's something evil? Have you ever been tormented by something evil before?"
“Uh…yes.” Tamamo-no-Mae pretended to recall: “It was when I was in Kyoto. I came into contact with an antique and was then haunted by a vengeful spirit. Later, I asked an acquaintance to find an Onmyoji so that I could get rid of the vengeful spirit.”
“Ninomiya-san, I’m the kind of person who truly believes in the existence of vengeful spirits, aren’t you one too?”
“Uh, this…” Ninomiya Yusuke hesitated.
He was somewhat confused. If an ordinary person encountered a truly troublesome evil spirit, after the exorcist resolved the evil spirit, they would usually spend money to hire a professional exorcist to use hypnosis to make the ordinary person forget the process of seeing the evil spirit, leaving only a vague impression.
Perhaps the market is different in Kyoto?
Tamamo-no-Mae made such a good first impression on him that Ninomiya Yusuke had no suspicions whatsoever.
He pondered for a moment and said, "I do know people who can exorcise demons, Yu Luosang. Don't worry, I will help you with this."
"I'll send you an address later. Just go there and say that I introduced you. I'll meet you there this afternoon. Please wait patiently there."
Having achieved her goal, Tamamo-no-Mae smiled and said, "In that case, you've really had a lot of trouble, Ninomiya-san."
"Then, I'll wait for good news. By the way, Ninomiya-san, no matter how busy you are, don't forget to take a good rest."
"With such heavy snow today, don't push yourself so hard!"
Ninomiya Yusuke yawned on the other end of the phone and replied helplessly, "I understand... Thank you for your concern, Tamaki-san, see you this afternoon."
After saying goodbye, Tamamo-no-Mae hung up the phone.
"Phew...it went even more smoothly than I expected." She put her phone away and strolled leisurely down the street again. Anyway, the agreed time was in the afternoon, and she wasn't going to be foolish enough to go there so early to deal with a bunch of exorcists asking questions.
If too much talk leads to mistakes, then we might as well go later and not give them a chance to ask questions at all.
"Hey kid, do you know any fun places to go nearby? Or any good restaurants?"
The vengeful spirit of the young boy possessing Tamamo-no-Mae pointed out a direction from afar.
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