The police were just ordinary people, but they quickly summoned Onmyoji (spiritual masters) to attack me.
Times have changed. There are surveillance cameras everywhere now. Despite being wanted nationwide for eight months, I painstakingly hid, but the Onmyoji still caught me. They erased my memories and resealed me into the demon realm.
I've forgotten almost everything, except for the thought of going back.
Now, your king has returned.
There were some more words after that, but they were crossed out at the end. Perhaps Shuten-dōji felt that what he wanted to say next was unnecessary, so he crossed them all out.
Judging from this diary, the outside world has indeed reached the modern era, with even cameras.
Looking at the candlelight illuminating the cool palace, Yin Zhu once again felt the pain brought about by technological backwardness. The last time was when she was in history class at Blue Star High School.
Tamamo-no-Mae's departure this time was a little long, but it's not important.
When the time came for the transition between Yin and Yang, Tamamo-no-Mae led Yin Zhu to the Heavenly Demon Palace. On the way, she told Yin Zhu some secrets of the demon realm. However, she lowered her voice after leaving the Seiryo Palace, as if she was afraid of disturbing Lord Shuten-dōji.
“Many of the flowers here are raised by demon servants who violate the rules. I don’t know what kind of species they are, but they can certainly serve as a stable food source for the demon realm.” At this point, Tamamo-no-Mae’s expression became somewhat subtle: “If you observe those flowers carefully, you might even encounter the faces of demon servants you recognize.”
"...It's better not to see it." In fact, Yin Zhu had already seen a familiar baby face. The other person's expression was vivid, but their eyes were full of malice, as if they hoped that Yin Zhu would also turn into a human head flower to accompany them.
"Speaking of which, these flowers will die if their heads are cut off."
Yin Zhu remembered the work assignment that had ruined her job and quietly complained to Tamamo-no-Mae, "I failed to complete the assignment because of them..."
"I see."
Tamamo-no-Mae smiled and led Yin Zhu to the tool shed, pointing to a fertilizer sample for her: "As long as you fertilize them again within half an hour after cutting off their heads, they won't wither."
"Ah, the tool room didn't even write this down."
Yin Zhu's tone was full of resentment. If she had written it down from the beginning, she wouldn't have had to sleep in the toilet yesterday.
"Actually, it was written there, but someone probably threw it away."
Tamamo-no-Mae visually surveyed the tool room, eventually focusing on a cabinet in the corner. She used a broom to rummage through the space under the cabinet and finally swept out a crumpled piece of paper.
When it was opened, there was a supplementary message, which was exactly what Tamamo-no-Mae had said.
The cabinet was filled with many things, so when Yin Zhu looked over, she didn't deliberately look down, which was indeed an oversight—because of her golden talent as a safety net, Yin Zhu deeply reflected on her growing arrogance.
After placing the paper on the table, Tamamo-no-Mae instructed Inotake to bring out a "pesticide".
After the two women left the tool shed, they sprinkled some "pesticides" they had taken from the tool shed on the ground. The people on the outside of the shrubs immediately moved their roots and branches to make way for them.
They seemed very scared.
Yin Zhu knew that the think tank would take notes of these details.
Tamamo-no-Mae is a fox spirit, so she naturally knows foxfire. However, unlike the foxfire that has become a spirit, Tamamo-no-Mae releases flames that are purely skill-based, illuminating the pitch-black Tenki-no-Gen.
This little bit of light shines like a searchlight in the garden.
I feel like moths to a flame.
Looking at the foxfire that illuminated the surroundings, Yin Zhu had a strange thought in his mind.
Upon arriving at the center of the garden, Tamamo-no-Mae meticulously arranged the ceremony, finally having Yin Zhu stand in the middle and instructing him to do certain things: "Close your eyes for a moment, count to eighty-one, then open your eyes."
Got it, about a minute and a half.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5..., 77, 78, 79, 80, 81.
When the time came, Yin Zhu opened her eyes.
The person in front of her was still Tamamo-no-Mae, but other yokai had appeared around her, including a tengu butler, a koto butler, and many other palace butlers she had never seen before.
They were all looking at Yin Zhu with ambiguous smiles.
Only Tamamo-no-Mae still wore a somewhat bitter smile: "I told you, this ritual won't work on ghosts, but you still didn't believe me."
Yes.
Yin Zhu smiled, lowered her head and said, "I already knew. I'm a ghost too. I just... didn't want to believe it."
"So, I'm a ghost too. I'm not human anymore."
Now, this little moth has really been caught.
"game over."
The sudden appearance of these four words in the live stream of the Dragon Kingdom on Blue Star startled many people, causing some to stand up in fright. One person even uttered a vulgar curse: "**!"
Unfortunately, the comments were censored and a ban was added as a bonus.
"The Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom, Yin Zhu, has died. There are four challenge attempts remaining for the dungeon 'Night Parade of One Hundred Ghosts'."
The cold, mechanical voice announced that it was not a system error.
"Wait, why was Yin Zhu declared dead? Isn't she still alive?"
Immediately, some viewers used calm language to ask the question that everyone was wondering about – in most games, the blood message only appears after the chosen one has clearly died.
"Actually, there are also cases where the chosen one doesn't explicitly die, but the live stream is shut down..." one comment weakly remarked, "That's when the chosen one's spirit is corrupted and collapses..."
"Pollution? Sister Sun looks so lively and energetic, like she's been polluted?"
"Don't you guys think she looks just like the Chosen One from the Russian Bear Country in 'Love Hospital'?" After this comment was posted, the live stream chat section actually paused for a few seconds, which was quite unusual.
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