He turned around, looked at Tamamonomae who was sitting exhausted on the ground, and stretched out his hand.
"Can you still stand up?"
Tamamonomae did not choose to be stubborn, but just took Yexing's hand and stood up with all her strength.
Although her pretty and charming face still showed obvious fatigue, she was not seriously injured and she forced a smile.
"Mr. Ye Xing... the conditions of our contract... do not include... huh... it does not include the requirement that you come to save me... the fact that you come to save me... really makes me overjoyed."
"That means the contract should be upgraded."
Hearing Ye Xing's words with a smile, Tamamonomae's attention was not on these simple words, but on the way Ye Xing looked at her, which seemed to have changed compared to before.
Tamamonomae didn't know how to describe it.
If I have to say, the stars in the night used to always look at me with admiration.
This kind of appreciation is not the possessiveness or love that arises from seeing a beautiful woman.
Rather, it is a condescending appreciation of the food by diners without any emotion.
Because of this, Tamamonomae has always been somewhat timid, fearing that this mentally unstable exorcist might suddenly get angry and eat him one day.
But now, Ye Xingjun seemed to begin to truly treat her as an equal rather than an ingredient.
Plus the fact that the contract should be upgraded...
Does it prove that I finally have a place in the other person's heart?
"Let's talk about this somewhere safer."
.......
Five minutes later, inside a house on the street.
"Once again, let me thank you for your rescue."
Tamamonomae bowed deeply, not caring at all that this action would expose the snow-white skin beneath her loose kimono.
"No need to say thank you."
Ye Xing waved his hand and smiled.
"If you really want to thank me, then let me have a bite. I haven't tasted what you taste like yet."
Tamamonomae's smile froze and she said awkwardly.
"This...is not necessary."
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Why did this happen?"
Ye Xing sat on the sofa, took off the disguise of the "mask", and returned to his usual attire.
Tamamonomae was about to answer, but the flash of scarlet that caught her eyes made her pupils shrink.
"Master Ye...Master Yexing, are you injured?"
Ye Xing looked down and saw a long wound on his right arm, deep enough to see the bone. The flesh was split to both sides, looking horrible. Blood flowed down his arm, along his fingertips, and dripped onto the ground.
"Oh, that's okay."
Ye Xing waved his hand nonchalantly.
"In order to eliminate those guys as quickly as possible, I just used an ability that puts a high load on my body. It's normal for this to happen."
As he said this, a layer of dark flames appeared around his wound. After burning for a few times, the long wound healed quickly without even leaving a scar.
Seeing this scene, Tamamonomae, while marveling at Yexing's strong recovery ability, couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.
Last time...even when fighting with that giant evil spirit, the opponent didn't suffer such injuries.
But this time, he was injured.
Is it because you want to protect yourself?
This was the first time that Tamamonomae felt this sense of powerlessness and guilt.
She knew that now was not the time to feel sorry for herself, so she calmed herself down, frowned slightly and murmured.
"I don't know why. I was just patrolling the inner world and collecting intelligence. In the process, the evil spirits that appeared earlier appeared in the black fog that was supposed to dissipate on its own. They attacked me and my subordinates like crazy."
Tamamonomae really didn't understand why this happened.
Judging from the feeling that the giant centipede evil spirit just gave her, the other party was the kind of guy who was powerful but had no ability to think and could only act on instinct.
Logically speaking, in an area where such an evil spirit exists, there shouldn't be other evil spirits appearing, otherwise they will become food for the other evil spirits.
But, such an unreasonable thing happened.
Is someone targeting me?
impossible.
Tamamonomae frowned, thinking that she was not the kind of monster that devoured all evil spirits unscrupulously. Except for those evil spirits that only acted on instinct, broke into her territory and took the initiative to attack, she basically would not devour the rest of her kind.
How could one become enemies with other evil spirits?
Again.
Tamamonomae had not yet discovered a second evil spirit in the other world who was as intelligent as himself and could use strategies like driving a tiger to devour a wolf.
too weird.
"Wait a moment..."
Tamamonomae seemed to have thought of something, her expression suddenly changed, and she looked at Yexing who was sitting there.
"Since you can come to the other world to save me, does that mean that in the real world, the time now is morning or dusk?"
"Yes."
"Could it be..."
Tamamonomae suddenly thought of a possibility that shocked her.
"This attack was not aimed at me, but to make you enter the other world... But why do they want you to enter the other world? It obviously doesn't make any sense..."
Having said this, Tamamonomae paused.
If Ye Xing was just allowed to enter the inner world, it would really be meaningless for a psychic like him who could pass through the "gate" at any time and travel back and forth between the inner world and the real world.
but...
Thinking of this, Tamamonomae's expression changed, and he stood up suddenly, his tone very nervous and anxious.
"Lord Yexing, from which area's 'door' did you enter?"
"It's nearby, in an unfinished building two kilometers away. What happened?"
Seeing that Ye Xing "seemed" not to be aware of the abnormality, Tamamonomae pursed her lips tightly, looking anxious.
"It's too late to explain."
As the words fell, Tamamonomae had transformed into his true form, but this time, his body was deliberately not that large, and was about the same size as a tiger in the zoo.
"Please let me take you with me and quickly check the status of that 'door'!"
While riding on Tamamonomae and watching the scenes on both sides of the street passing by quickly, Yexing couldn't help but sigh.
"A professional exorcist should have a dedicated mount. I declare, Xiaoyu, that you will be a non-staff member of the Super Quantity Society from now on, and you will be responsible for letting me ride you."
At this moment, Tamamonomae no longer had the energy to respond to Yexing's abstract words.
She dragged her tired body and ran all the way, quickly arriving at the location of the "door" the other party mentioned.
When she arrived at the unfinished building, what came into Tamamonomae's eyes was the scene that she had already guessed but was most reluctant to see.
Nothing at all.
open.
There is no "door".
"The 'Gate' was destroyed..."
Tamamonomae turned into a human form again. The physical exhaustion and spiritual despair made it impossible for her to hold on any longer. She slowly sat down against the wall with a bitter look on her face.
"I only know this 'door'..."
Ye Xing put away his smile and nodded slightly.
"Well, I only know this one."
The atmosphere fell silent.
"Door" is the passage connecting two worlds.
While Yexing was approaching the "gate" in the real world, Tamamonomae in the other world encountered an inexplicable attack and was in danger of death.
This is definitely not a coincidence.
It was obvious that this was a well-planned conspiracy.
The purpose is simple.
Without the "door", there would be no connection between the inner world and the real world.
The other party wants to use this to trap Ye Xing in the inner world.
Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be a big deal.
As long as you find the evil spirit that has merged with the "door", or wait for a new "door" to appear, you can go back. Anyway, there is no shortage of food and drink in the other world, there are just no humans, so there will be no problem in surviving.
But no matter what is behind this long-planned conspiracy, would a powerful being who can influence two worlds at the same time spend so much effort to trap Ye Xing in the inner world just to disgust him?
No, this is absolutely impossible.
Through the dusty window, Tamamonomae saw a scarlet crescent moon appear in the sky.
For some reason, she always felt that the moon in the world today was redder than usual.
It was as if dark red blood was about to ooze out at any moment, and there was an inexplicable, weird and dangerous atmosphere.
At this moment, Tamamonomae saw from the corner of his eye that the thick black fog had surrounded the unfinished building where he and Yexing were.
Emerging from it were hundreds of twisted pupils and roars filled with murderous intent.
"You...can see?"
"You can see it."
"You can see it!"
Densely packed, evil spirits gathered like a tide and quickly poured into the unfinished building.
Tamamonomae had a look of despair on her face, and she looked at Yexing who was standing there with a bitter, apologetic smile on her face.
"I'm sorry, Lord Yexing, I am a burden to you."
"drag?"
Hearing the horrifying roar coming from the stairwell in front of him, Ye Xing just smiled and did not change his clothes. He just held the hilt of Onimaru Kunigasuna in his right hand, with a look of crazy anticipation in his eyes.
"There are so many evil spirits. I can kill them one by one while eating them. Just thinking about it makes me happy."
At the same time, in the real world, in Kyoto City.
"Snapped."
Yotsuya Miko, who was sitting on the sofa with her mother, saw the TV suddenly go out accompanied by a slight electric sound.
Her mother tried pressing the remote control, then stood up and pressed the light button in the living room, wondering.
"Hmm? Is the power out? I didn't forget to pay the electricity bill."
A premonition of danger emerged in Yotsuya Miko's heart.
She looked out the window, and what appeared in those golden eyes was a horrible and twisted evil face that was stuck tightly against the window.
"You...can see."
Episode 217 The Attack on the Entire City of Kyoto, the Awakening of Hachisha-sama
Suddenly seeing a terrifying evil spirit appear, Yotsuya Miko's expression and eyes did not fluctuate at all. She just stood up as if she saw nothing, looked at her mother who was studying the circuit, and said lightly.
"Mom, I'm going to go out and ask the neighbors if there's a power outage."
