"It's a pity that Mikako is not here, such a handsome old man is not often seen." Chiyoko sighed deliberately.
"What do you mean? Am I usually frustrated?" He Ma protested.
"Kazuma... No, Master." Honami called to Kazuma, her fresh snow-like face radiating the brilliance of admiration and love.
"As a disciple of the Kiryu Dojo, I, Honami Nanjo, have never been so proud of joining the master's school as I am today. Although the disciple is dull and stubborn, he vows to follow the master for life. Please don't give up on the master."
"No, that, you're exaggerating..."
"Although no one knows about your achievements, please allow your disciples to stand in the position of a politician and represent the tens of thousands of people in Tokyo to pay respect and gratitude to you, master." Honami, who had finished speaking, withdrew In the last two steps, with both left and right hands in front of him, he bowed down to Ma Yinyin with the most respectful etiquette.
"Uh, come on, I just wanted to say this because you asked Honami, there's no other meaning." Kazuma scratched his head in confusion.
He didn't expect Honami to come this time after Haruyuki last time, so he didn't know what to say.
"Speaking of which, the Nanjo family has helped me a lot so far. Seiryu and I charge into the battle, and Tamazao helps me make suggestions... In short, without your help, I would not be able to make it this far. The people who should be thanked are I was right."
Looking around at the girls at the same table, Hema raised his wine glass as if expressing gratitude. Everyone from Honami to Haruyuu showed particularly moved expressions. In this warm atmosphere exuding a touch of pink, Chiyoko raised her hands timidly.
"Wait, bro, you didn't mention my name!?"
**
The continuous fierce fighting in Chang'an Great Lake consumed an unexpectedly large amount of physical strength, and the next day he slept with Ma Yi until it was close to noon before waking up.
After waking up, Kazuma subconsciously looked to the right, only to see that Honami who was with him was nowhere to be seen. Encouraged by Kazuma at the banquet last night, the daughter of Nanjo seemed to have re-established the ideal of being a ruler, so she hurried out early in the morning to deal with government affairs.
She was so careful when she left that neither the horse nor the horse noticed.
Tamamo, who was sleeping on the other side, should also go to work, and only Kazuma was left on the bed that felt a bit crowded last night.
Sitting up and yawning with the horse, he walked out of bed while moving his shoulders, opened the curtains and looked out at the sun-drenched atrium. I just feel that this sleep is extraordinarily solid, and a sense of refreshment and joy seems to emanate from every cell in the body.
"Hoo..."
Feeling quite comfortable, I stayed with the horse at the window for a while, and then slowly turned out of the bedroom.
Yesterday, the fox at home confirmed that the Tongsheng Dojo has become a place of eternal darkness under the protection of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. This is probably the reason. Walking like this, I feel that the whole dojo is surrounded by a particularly reassuring and refreshing atmosphere. The intimacy that comes out is like a wanderer returning home after wandering outside.
"Hey, it's really amazing when you think about it..."
Although he just nodded as a matter of course when Yuzao explained last night, but looking back now, from tracking Kosa to welcoming the Jizo God Body back to the dojo, the process is really almost miraculous.
The key role played by He Ma Quanji is mostly the blessing of the entry named "Tian Dao". This kind of law-level blessing is far beyond the perception of human intelligence. To be honest, even now and Ma still feels awe from time to time.
"hungry."
Touch the belly with the horse. Although I ate and drank a lot at the banquet last night, they were all consumed in the intense activities later, so it is only natural that I feel hungry.
Honami and Tamamo both have their own jobs, and Seiryu and Chiyoko also have to go to school today, so Kazuma should be the only one in the dojo today, but it is estimated that they will prepare some lunch for him when they leave.
With such anticipation, Kazuma walked towards the kitchen, subconsciously glanced at the cherry blossom tree as he passed the courtyard, and then let out a cry of surprise.
"Huh? Eggs?"
The vicissitudes and quaint stone statues of Jizo stand quietly under the cherry trees, and Tamazao with fox ears in front of the Jizo statues is reciting something earnestly.
The combination of the big demon fox and the Ksitigarbha stone statue was unexpectedly harmonious, and He Ma almost couldn't help blowing his whistle.
Kazuma stretched his neck a little, and saw that an altar was set up in front of the statue of Jizo at some point, and then the altar was filled with piles of offerings—from the grade and type of offerings, it is easy to see which ones People put it on.
Seeing Yuzao's introduction last night, everyone really listened to it, but do you really have so many wishes for the help of Bodhisattva? ? Hema laughed wryly in his heart.
How about I make a wish too? Whispering with Ma, he wondered if it would be too embarrassing for a man like himself to ask Yuzao about the offerings. At this time, Yuzao over there seemed to have finished chanting, and looked back as if he knew he was there a long time ago, showing a slightly seductive smile.
"Good morning husband, my concubine was not able to serve you well last night, how did you sleep well?"
"Yeah?" Hema was stunned, watching the demon fox Yingying approaching.
"Breakfast is ready, my husband, do you want to eat first or take a bath first? Or..."
"Wait! Tell me which show you are acting in first?" He Ma jumped back three or five steps urgently, putting on a posture of being ready for battle.
Although he and Yuzao have had a candid relationship for a long time, this big demon fox who has survived since the age of mythology has almost always played the strong role of Yujie Guijuan before, and has never treated him with such a little woman's attitude. he.
Freshness is freshness, but Hema subconsciously feels guilty.
"...Why did you jump so far?" Yuzao stared over as if injured. "I just want to play the role of the next bride on a whim, can't I?"
"Scared me, I thought Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva gave you some kind of enlightenment..." Hema exhaled.
"Shenqi?" Yuzao blinked in surprise, then shook her head and laughed. "Hema, do you know that the name of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha means 'the earth that contains endless treasures'? The earth carries and nourishes all things. Have you ever seen it speak?"
"Uh, I haven't seen it before..." Kazuma stroked his chin. It seems that after the Ksitigarbha statue entered the dojo, it seems that even the big demon fox has been endowed with holy attributes? If things go on like this, I don't know if Zhengzong and Murasame will have a chance to evolve into a mourning god...
No, no, why did you think of this again? Shaking his head with the horse, he pushed down the inexplicable thought, and asked the question out of the topic.
"By the way, don't you have to go to work today?"
"About this matter, we actually discussed this morning..." Yuzao pulled Kazuma to the kitchen.
"Are you, you and Honami, Chiyoko and Haruyuki?"
"That's right. Aren't you going to be out of work for the time being? Mikako can't be counted on in Cambridge for the time being. In the future, the four of us will arrange time to take turns and ensure that at least one person stays at the dojo every day.
"Otherwise, it would be pitiful for our hero to go to the kitchen to cook by himself after waking up."
Yuzao looked over with a smile on her face: "Besides, if there is any urgent matter, we can help to some extent."
"That's really helpful." Hema whistled. "But I can't afford to let the chief prosecutor serve in person."
"Really? Someone did everything they should and shouldn't do last night?" What else is there to be afraid of? Tamamo squinted over and pushed Kazuma to the square corner of the dining table over there. "Okay, I'll warm up Chiyoko's cooking and bring it down, don't make trouble while you sit over there."
"Yes, ma'am." He Ma stuck out his tongue, sat down at the dining table obediently, and then watched the fox at home pull up his hair, put on an apron, and was busy at the kitchen counter.
The kitchen of Kiryu's house is basically controlled by Chiyoko. Occasionally, when Chiyoko is too busy, Tamamo and others will temporarily take over. Over the years, Hema has actually seen Yuzao cooking not many times. Looking at the cook-like fox from behind, a sense of freshness and emotion rose at the same time.
"I always feel a little sorry..." He Ma said subconsciously.
"What?" Yuzao hurried back, but the fox ears on her head did not miss Hema's murmur.
"That's right, Tamamo, you always wanted to become a human, didn't you? But I brought back the Ksitigarbha image, and it turned the dojo into a place of eternal darkness... Uh, your plan has been at least temporarily stranded, right? That's what I feel sorry for Your..." He Ma scratched his cheek.
The monster society on the mysterious side has existed since the birth of human beings. However, with the prosperity of technological civilization in modern times, the power of the mysterious side has been weakened unprecedentedly, and many monsters have lost their power one after another.
The great demon fox Yuzao who has lived for a long time, his wish is to use the power of science to completely erase the existence of the mysterious side, so that he can become an ordinary human being.
However, Kiryu Dojo suddenly became a dark place governed by mysterious laws, which is undoubtedly a big setback like a thunderbolt in the clear sky for her efforts so far. So saying sorry to Ma is also true.
"Would you like to guess what I just asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for?"
"Uh, do you want to ask the Bodhisattva to help you become a human? No way? Can such a thing really be done?" He Ma was taken aback by his own speculation, and stared at the fox in a daze.
Although there are indeed incredible mysterious laws in this world, it feels like things like turning monsters into humans have already exceeded the dimension of the current world line.
Kazuma looked at Yuzao seriously, ready to bear the impact of the broken world view again, but the fox snickered and kept silent. Stepping down with the horse, the fox wagged its tail and brought the hot food to the table.
"You, it's better not to think too much." Yuzao sat down opposite Hema, raised her slender legs, and looked at him slowly. "Land of Eternal Darkness is a very comfortable place for monsters to stay in, not to mention the protection of that adult. So I have no dissatisfaction with the status quo, I just feel..."
"Just what do you think?" He Ma tensed up.
"I just feel like, 'Ah, my husband is indeed a man of destiny...' or something like that?"
"Are you still coming!?" He Ma glared at him.
"Hee hee, I'm not lying, am I?" Tamamo picked up a sausage with a toothpick and put it into his mouth, straightening his posture slightly.
"And in terms of reality, I think the current situation is quite good. This time you went to Chang'an Great Lakes and I was also shocked. Those guys from Fuji Technology teamed up with monsters and made things that I have never heard of. …
"Although I don't know how they did it, but that thing will definitely not be used to maintain peace, so of course we have to be prepared. So I really don't mind, or rather, I was relieved. "
Yuzao's sincere confession made Hema feel relieved, and he couldn't help adding another sentence at the same time.
"...Danzi, you are such a good woman."
"Of course, have you fallen in love with me again?" Fox said, pushing out his plump chest muscles, but judging from the crimson cloud that appeared on his cheek, Kazuma's surprise attack actually accidentally poked her soft side.
"Ah, I've been hooked for a long time, even if I want to let go now, I can't help it." He Ma Hao smiled quickly, stretched out his hand and pinched the fox's cheek.
"Big pervert." Yuzao spat, but didn't avoid it, but reminded him as if reminding him. "You, be careful, don't treat Nichinan with such an attitude? Maybe the little girl will really fall in love with you."
"What? I thought she was already obsessed with me?" He Ma was stunned.
"Although it's true, it's not to the extent that you don't want to marry." Yuzao rolled her eyes and swung a whip from under the table.
"Different from Takada Kozuo's half-toned brainwashing techniques, Fuji Technology is an extremely evil organization that has really stepped into the mysterious side? Even I can't predict what they are doing, and the legal order of Japanese society probably can't provide much. protection, so it’s best not to get involved with her as an ordinary person.”
"Understood, I will tell her." He Ma nodded seriously. "Takada fell from a building, and Kozuo was executed. Hyuga's company exists in name only, and Toyokoku's department probably doesn't dare to bother her anymore. She should be able to live a stable life from now on... It's a pity that Mo, the first person who worked hard to investigate A commission came to nothing."
"Well, the industry is very strict, isn't it? It's normal for a kid who has even graduated from university to stumble! If you want to ask my opinion, I actually think it's better for him to focus on his studies at this stage in the future."
Yuzao offered his opinion as a senior in the industry, and suddenly squinted at Kazuma again: "Speaking of which, are you really not planning to bring Amao in? Anyway, he is also the chief disciple of the Kiryu Dojo, and he is pretty good at fighting."
"There are many dojos that can fight, and he is not missing." He Ma waved his hands. "Don't think about it, Amao is destined to embark on the road of justice. That road is not easy. It would be better for him to be less exposed to mysterious things?"
"If you think this is better, I have no problem..." Tamamo shrugged. "However, based on my experience, many things often don't develop in the direction that people expect. If one day Amao suddenly tells you that he wants to be a Kamen Rider who fights monsters, what will you do?"
"Uh, I'll save future issues for the future. There are more things that need to be confirmed now, right?" He Ma Yaoyao shook off the wonderful picture that emerged in his mind.
"That's right." Tamamo narrowed her eyes, and inserted the fried sausage in front of her with a toothpick. "Fuji Technology, before cleaning up the Sakurada Gate, we must first deal with this scourge."