This agreement is too extreme. Once the outside world finds out, there will definitely be people who condemn Hirano San for being too extreme, and Yin Zhu for allowing her to carry out a cruel and inhumane plan.
Therefore, An Zhi kept quiet about the contents of their agreement.
When asked, she said she had no idea what the two of them were talking about; she was wearing headphones at the time and didn't hear or see anything.
Out of humanitarian concern, Anzhi should tell others about this, criticize Hirano San's inhumane behavior, and help the Sakura Kingdom avoid this premeditated "Sakura Kingdom Chosen One's plan to destroy the country and seek revenge." However, out of a desire to protect her own Chosen One, Anzhi chooses to remain silent.
Moreover, if Yin Zhu's second test is also successful, Lan Xing will be able to break free from the unspeakable control and return to a normal life.
For both public and private reasons, Anzhi is unwilling to reveal this matter.
Looking at Yin Zhu on the screen, carrying a cloth bag and heading out with her cat, An Zhi sighed inwardly: If your entire plan succeeds, then you…
Achoo!
Yin Zhu suddenly sneezed again, looking around in confusion: Isn't it cold? There shouldn't be any snow maidens passing by... So the cat is shedding fur again? That shouldn't be the case.
She glanced at her dark kimono—which she had taken from her room—and found it spotless, without a single white hair, which didn't match the assumption that cats shed. It was so strange; could someone be talking about her?
Could it be that my older sister watched the live stream and found out that I was the one who exposed her early romance back then?
Fortunately, I am now the chosen one, protected by layers of protection and do not need to see my family. Otherwise, it would be too awkward to face my older sister... Yin Zhu rubbed her nose, thinking about the unusual sneezing situation, and finally suspected that it was the dark history she wrote in the "Grand Theft Auto" dungeon.
I don't know if it was because we were with the cat demon, but apart from encountering a familiar cat demon on the road and chatting for a while, the two of us didn't see any other ghosts.
It's not that I didn't see anything at all, but all I saw were the hems of clothes that were moving slowly.
Yin Zhu turned her head in confusion to look at the cat demon in a great mood, wondering if she had a bad reputation. Why were all the monsters avoiding her? They were all monsters from the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, weren't they? Was it really necessary?
With a cute and obedient little imp following her around, the cat couldn't be happier. This was the most comforting little imp she had ever found.
It can pet itself, feed itself, and act cute. Unlike many little ghosts who are terrified and stressed, suspicious and wanting to run away, or some little ghosts who seem obedient on the surface but actually have evil intentions, it is clearly a good child who can live a serious life in the ghost world.
The downside is that it's a bit confusing.
But it doesn't matter, that's not that important. With her protecting him, how could this guy who calls himself the Bamboo Cutter Boy get into trouble?
Soon, they arrived at the market.
A piece of paper was posted at the entrance to the market, with lines of text visible from afar. Curious, Yin Zhu went closer and discovered several rules written on it:
[Market Information]
[1. This market is the only market in the demon realm. It is directly controlled by Shuten-dōji. Any disturbances in the market are strictly prohibited, and violators will be executed.]
2. To ensure fair transactions and prevent fraud, theft, or other acts that disrupt the normal order of the market, all monetary transactions must be completed under the supervision of the "slippery ghosts." Taking goods out of the market without supervision will be punished.
3. You can set up a stall at the market or buy the supplies you need there. When you need to set up a stall at the market, please have all your goods appraised by the Sly Ghost to obtain a stall permit.
This license will expire at midnight. Please complete your transactions before the license expires.
4. Once you enter the market, you must complete at least one transaction before you can leave.
[5. If the buyer does not have enough currency during the transaction, the seller is obligated to remind the buyer of this. If the buyer insists on continuing the transaction, the seller may choose the buyer's limb as tokens to continue the transaction process.]
6. If you see a man wearing a white shirt with bamboo pattern setting up a stall, please leave that stall immediately.
7. A maximum of 20 transactions can be made per day.
[Today's exchange rate in the Ghost Realm: 1 Gold Coin : 1 Silver Coin = 1 : 9.7]
Will this exchange rate change?
Yin Zhu was somewhat puzzled. It was one thing for the Ghost Realm to need currency for transactions, but it even had an exchange rate? You are already ghosts, living in the Ghost Realm below the Human Realm. Being too close to the human world would only result in becoming a ghost!
Of course, Yin Zhu didn't dare to say a single word of complaint openly, for fear of stepping on some landmine she didn't know about.
“It will change, but the amount won’t change much.” The cat glanced at the table again. “Basically, the exchange rate between gold coins and silver coins is 1 to 10, and it just fluctuates around that… Anyway, these are all numbers set by the higher-ups, and we can’t change them no matter how much they change.”
"I see."
Yin Zhu nodded thoughtfully, wondering whether this was just a smokescreen for the instance or if it would actually be used someday.
Is this dungeon about defeating Shuten-dōji with a money-based strategy?
Yin Zhu shook her head, trying to banish such an impossible idea from her mind. After all, she was studying literature, not finance, and this kind of thing was simply not something she should be considering.
After buying all the necessary goods with the help of the cat, Yin Zhu carried large and small bags, her eyes unable to resist glancing at the stalls next to her.
"What, you want it?"
The cat glanced at the stall next door, which was filled with colorful items—hair ties, handkerchiefs—things that many little girls would love.
"No, I'm just wondering why these things are here."
Yin Zhu had been wondering about this for a long time. These ghosts and monsters couldn't leave the ghost realm, so where did they get their supplies from? They couldn't possibly be creations from the void, could they?
If they can create things out of thin air, Yin Zhu doesn't think they can't leave the Ghost Realm—creation and destruction have always been the two most terrifying abilities, as well as the two most primal forces. If they have this level of ability, what can't they do? Unless the original world of this instance was a battle between gods... then it's even less likely that it could be turned into an instance by the Unspeakable.
In response to Yin Zhu's question, Mao You replied, "I don't know either. Sometimes things suddenly appear at home, but we don't need them, so we bring them over to sell."
She pulled out several white, copper coin-shaped "silver coins" from the tumbler: "Give me a bow."
Seeing a transaction taking place, the sly creature with a large head walked over slowly with its hands behind its back, wearing an identification tag that read "Market Supervisor".
The shopkeeper, who seemed to have several hands, deftly took the money and hung the ribbon on the tip of the cat's paw. The cat then skillfully put the ribbon on Yin Zhu's paw as well: "Now that you've bought what you wanted, we can leave in a bit."
As the two walked through a row of shops, Yin Zhu suddenly stopped.
The stall didn't sell anything complicated; it just had a red cloth laid out with a stack of papers on it.
A stack of her diaries.
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