Since the Snow Woman was ruthless towards her own kind in order to gain dominance, Yin Zhu did not believe that such an ambitious monster would willingly go into a slumber without any external force.
"Lady Yuki-onna..." The ice pillar woman's expression became wary. She lowered her voice and said furtively, "I've heard a story that Lady Yuki-onna was defeated by Lord Shuten-dōji, and thus fell into a deep sleep due to her inferiority complex."
"Then why didn't Lord Shuten-dōji just eat her?"
Yin Zhu knew that the demons in the ghost realm could attack each other. It didn't seem reasonable that a rumored ruthless king of demons would show extra mercy to the snow woman.
If something that could have happened doesn't happen, it's either because it couldn't or didn't want to.
Because it was hard to imagine what emotions a demon might have that would lead it to spare the life of the Snow Woman—it was like something out of a melodramatic romance drama—Yin Zhu decisively chose the first possibility as her answer.
Shuten-dōji was not strong enough to overwhelm Yuki-onna, so he could not destroy her. He could only imitate the Onmyoji and force Yuki-onna into a deep sleep, thus sealing her away in a disguised way.
The icicle woman smiled and answered easily, "I don't know either, because I just heard about it."
Yin Zhu: ...Spreading rumors, huh?
Nekomaru didn't really want to bring up the Snow Woman, so she had let the conversation steer towards lighthearted topics. But now that the conversation was back to business, her expression became a little serious: "We'll be in the Snow Woman's territory soon. If she's not awake, it'll just be a bit cold here. But if she is awake..."
The giant cat head turned towards the icicle woman, and the cat said, word by word, "Then don't worry about us, run, and tell the other ghosts this news."
"Can't Sister Icicle help us get rid of the freezing effect?"
Yin Zhu still remembered what the cat said: ghosts would be frozen into ice sculptures. Since they could be frozen, they should also be able to melt, otherwise... She glanced at Shiranui: Wouldn't that just be another person coming to be given away for free?
Shiranui's gaze met Yin Zhu's, and a smile played on her lips.
"The Ice Pillar Woman can walk through ice, but if you want to melt the ice, you'll have to rely on me." Shiranui proudly raised her head. "My flames can be ignited anywhere. I was the first person to resist the Ice Domain back then, not some Shuten-dōji. If the Yuki-onna really awakens, all you have to do is break the rules, get frozen into an ice sculpture, and then hold on inside until I rescue you."
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