By the time the two came down from the mountain, it was already noon.
"When do we set off?" Lin Qiye asked.
"The day after tomorrow." Amamiya Haruki seemed to have made plans in advance. "We need a day to prepare the things needed to enter the ruins, such as diving suits and oxygen tanks. Because of the maritime ban, these things are absolutely prohibited. It will take a lot of time to purchase them through special channels."
Lin Qiye nodded. He knew about the existence of the maritime ban. Yurina had mentioned it to him before, but he still had some doubts in his heart:
"Why was a sea ban issued? What's on the other side of the sea? Have you ever been there?"
"No, the ship is too big a target. Once it goes out to sea, it will be discovered and destroyed. The diving equipment cannot last for too long. It is not easy to reach the other side of the sea." Amamiya Haruki thought for a moment and added:
"Maybe Yuuri Kurozhe has been there. With Chizuru here, he can fly directly over this sea area."
"Did he say anything?"
"not at all"
Lin Qiye felt helpless. He secretly made up his mind that when he saw Yurina again, he would borrow Chizuru from her and fly to the other side of the sea to see what was there.
He always felt that behind this matter, there were some secrets of this country hidden.
"So where are we going now?"
"Go pick someone up."
"Is there anyone else who wants to go to the ruins with us?" Lin Qiye was a little surprised.
"No, if he doesn't go down to the ruins, without the Huojin Sword, his combat power will be almost zero." Amamiya Haruki said, "But he will help us make some predictions during the period before we go down to the ruins."
"Unreliable prophet?"
"Yes, his name is Hoshimi Shouta. I called him yesterday. He should be arriving in Hokkaido soon."
As they talked, they walked to the station. Amamiya Haruki glanced at the time hanging on the platform and squinted his eyes to look around.
"Strange, considering the time, we should have arrived by now," Amamiya Haruki asked in confusion.
Lin Qiye glanced around, "Does he have any characteristics?"
"Him?" Amamiya Haruki paused. "No, he's just an ordinary high school student. But there's a woman next to him. She's very charming, the type that you'll notice at a glance in a crowd."
Lin Qiye seemed a little puzzled when he heard this description, but he still closed his eyes, released his mental power, and began to search around.
After a moment, he opened his eyes with a very strange expression.
"Um, the woman you're talking about has fox ears and nine fluffy tails, is she particularly plump, and has golden eyes?"
"Yes, you found them? Where are they?"
"Oh, she was taking a seemingly insignificant high school student to pick out clothes at the adult store on the corner of the street."
""Amamiya Haruki said confidently, "That's right, it's them."
In the adult products store filled with a rosy atmosphere, Shota Hoshimi stood in the corner with a flushed face, looking at the seductress who was frantically choosing uniforms, and swallowed his saliva.
"Demon, demon girl, we should leave!" He quickly glanced out the window, seeming a little panicked, "If Yu Gong finds out that we are here, I, I will..."
The fox girl raised her eyebrows, turned around, leaned close to her ear with a smile, and whispered in a seductive tone:
"You, what's going on?"
The warm air brushed past Shota Hoshimi's ears, making his face red all the way to his ears. He whispered, "I'm so embarrassed!"
"What's there to be ashamed of?" The fox girl picked out a ragged pink top from the basket, her seductive golden eyes narrowed slightly, "Shota, what do you think of this dress? It's a pity that the size is too small, I can't wear it."
She looked down at her chest and sighed in distress.
Hoshimi Shota followed her gaze and fell on a certain place. As if he thought of something, he couldn't help swallowing and glanced to the side.
"We really should go!"
"You really want to leave?"
"Um!"
"Call me Sister Wu Ji."
"" Hoshimi Shota's mouth twitched slightly, "No"
"Well, don't leave so quickly. Let me go to the fitting room and try on the dress slowly. Do you want to go in with me?"
"You can't try it on anymore. And who wants to go into the fitting room with you?" Hoshimi Shota's cheeks turned red.
The fox girl looked at him with a smile, without saying a word, as if she was waiting for something.
Hoshimi Shota pursed his lips and looked around quietly. After making sure that there was no one around, he murmured in a mosquito-like voice:
"Sister Wu Wu Ji"
"Although your voice is a little low, I won't embarrass you."
The fox girl's face suddenly turned into a smile. She turned around, paid for all the uniforms in the basket, and then walked to Shota Hoshimi with the bag, "Let's go, we should go out."
Hoshimi Shota finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as they walked to the door of the adult products store, they saw two figures standing there, looking at them with a subtle expression, as if they had been waiting for a long time.
Hoshimi Shouta froze in place.
Amamiya Haruki glanced at the store's sign, then at the bags in the fox girl's hands, and couldn't help but say, "You guys..."
“Yuyuyuyuyuyu Yumiya.” Hoshimi Shouta stuttered, “When did you come?”
"It started with the two of you whispering in there."
""
At this moment, Shota Hoshimi felt the urge to escape from this world at the speed of light.
"Let me introduce you. This is the intruder, Asaba Nanaya." Amamiya Haruki turned around and said to Lin Qiye, "These two are Wu Ji's sword master and sword spirit."
Lin Qiye nodded with a subtle expression.
The fox girl stood there quietly holding the bag, staring at Lin Qiye with her golden vertical pupils, as if she was thinking about something.
After both parties finished introducing themselves, Amamiya Haruki took them towards the house he rented in Hokkaido.
Hoshimi Shota and the fox girl walked in front, while Lin Qiye deliberately slowed down his pace and walked beside Amamiya Haruki, lowering his voice and asking:
"The relationship between the sword master and the sword spirit of this sword seems to be unusual?"
"Maybe. I don't really know what happened between them." Amamiya Haruki shook his head.
Lin Qiye glanced at the bag in the fox girl's hand. "Speaking of which, aren't sword spirits all souls? Why can this martial artist have a physical body?"
“This is what makes Wu Ji different from other knights,” Amamiya Haruki explained, “Not only can she switch between her soul and body, but she is also extremely strong and can live independently in this world without the help of others. In other words, her combat power will not be affected by the sword master.
Even though her sword master is an ordinary high school student, it does not affect her top position among the Nine Swords of Huojin.
She is the strongest among the Nine Swords of Huojin, known as the humanoid nuclear weapon.
"The Seventh of the Nine Swords of Huojin, Wu Ji."