Goodbye, Father.
Qiu Shui clicked the control panel and exited Heian-kyo. She removed the holographic eye mask, put it in a box, and locked it in a drawer.
"What does Miss want to do?"
The butler asked quietly.
"We're going back to Lo Yi in a few days, so we need to understand the competition in detail now so we don't make mistakes when we get back to the Lo Yi Mechanical Hall."
"Then a full-immersion online game?"
The butler rarely asked about games.
"I've already asked Muxue to take care of them, and I need to focus on preparations these next few days," Qiushui said firmly.
"Now that you've made your decision, Miss, the butler system will do its best to assist you in your preparations. There are still ten minutes until lights out."
"ah?!"
Qiu Shui rushed into the bathroom, quickly washed up, and climbed into bed. Just then, the dormitory lights were turned off.
Sensing that she had gone to bed, the housekeeper set up sensors around the shop, then shrunk into a small ball and landed on the cabinet.
Qiu Shui glanced at it, then closed her eyes.
at this time
Heiankyo
"Guigui, are we really going to rush back tonight?"
"Ibaraki-dōji asked dejectedly, 'I must say, the wind is very strong today.'"
The hair-eating demon nodded, "Lady Muxue is coming tomorrow morning, and we can't keep her waiting."
"Isn't Father coming?"
The mountain rabbit struggled to keep up with them.
“My father has been busy lately, but she will come to see us in a few days,” Yingcao said.
The mountain rabbit nodded.
"Let's speed things up!"
The hair-eating demon urged everyone again.
The shikigami quickened their pace and continued running towards Heian-kyo, but just as they were about to reach the gates of Heian-kyo, they suddenly stopped one by one in the mountains.
"That is..."
Thick smoke billowed over Heian-kyo, a despairing black haze that seemed poised to destroy the city.
"What happened in Heian-kyo?! How could there be a fire?" Hotaru panicked.
"I've been smelling a musty, decaying aura, and now I know it's coming from here," the Great Tengu mused.
Should we go in and rescue them?
Ichimokuren asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
The shikigami remained silent for a moment.
"Higanbana and the others are still in Kyoto!"
The hair-eating demon stared at Kyoto for a long time before suddenly speaking.
"Oh no, Little White is still there!"
Gui Shi Hei suddenly remembered this matter, and a look of worry crossed his face.
"I'm going to find them!"
Having made up his mind, the hair-eating demon gathered his demonic power and rushed toward the city gate, only to be stopped by the snow maiden halfway there.
"Everyone, don't make any rash moves!"
The hair-eating demon's palm-sized face scrunched up. "Sister, Father isn't here. What should we do now?"
He panicked. He wasn't mature enough. When faced with an unexpected event, he still habitually relied on the Snow Woman.
After considering for a moment, Xue Nu pointed in the direction of Fuxi Mountain and said, "Go back first. After you go back, seal off the mountain and keep the gates of your quarters closed. Do not open the gates until you see your father or anyone else!"
"And what about you?"
"Oki-no-Tengu asked worriedly."
"I'm going to Heian-kyo to find them. You all go back to Fuxi Mountain now!" Yuki-onna urged.
The shikigami were silent for a moment, then the hair-eating demon gritted its teeth and turned around.
"Everyone, follow me!"
The shikigami glanced at Yuki Onna, then at Shuten-dōji, and followed her. Ibaraki-dōji and Ōtengu, however, refused to leave.
"Hurry up, it will be very dangerous for the hut without you. Everyone trusts you, you must protect them," the Snow Woman said coldly.
In the system settings, they are attack-type shikigami with strong abilities, capable of resisting dangers that other shikigami cannot imagine.
Upon hearing her words, Ibaraki-dōji hesitated and asked, "But you're going in alone..."
"Kyoto is not hell now. There are many shikigami and onmyoji there. I will be fine."
The snow woman's tone softened.
Upon hearing her words, Ibaraki-doji and Ōtengu breathed a sigh of relief. They bid farewell to Yuki-onna and turned to chase after the Hair-Eating Demon and the others.
The Snow Woman watched them depart, feeling a weight lifted from her heart, but she wasn't entirely at ease. There was still one person here who refused to leave.
"Snow Woman, I'm sorry."
Tamamo-no-Mae stepped forward.
"I want to go back."
He stood there straight, speaking in a calm tone. Although his tone remained indifferent, the Snow Maiden knew that he was filled with fear and unease.
"You've decided to go back?"
The snow woman asked with difficulty.
She had already guessed some things.
Tamamo-no-Mae nodded.
The snow woman lowered her head, her white bangs obscuring her expression. After a few seconds, her voice, still icy, appeared in the plains.
"Then you can leave."
Tamamo-no-Mae glanced at her, then turned and slowly walked towards the gates of Heian-kyo.
The snow woman raised her head, her eyes filled with confusion and sadness, and her voice became very low.
"Thank you for taking care of us all this time. I thank you on behalf of the adults."
As she spoke, she turned her back to Tamamo-no-Mae and bowed solemnly.
Tamamo-no-Mae paused, removed his mask, and turned back to give Yuki-onna a faint smile.
"goodbye."
This was the first time he had spoken in a male voice.
The next moment, he disappeared into the mountains and fields.
As the snow woman watched him leave, she clenched her fist and flew towards Heian-kyo. Behind her, a figure followed closely.
Just before entering the gates of Heian-kyo, the Snow Woman suddenly stopped and sighed softly.
"Come out, I see you."
A figure emerged from the darkness, and a few tufts of black feathers fell into the flames.
Why are you here?
The Snow Maiden lowered her eyes and asked.
A gentle voice rang out in front of the raging fire.
"I'll stay with you."
...
...
the next day
Sitting on the road heading towards Tianxi, Qiushui, with a serious expression, operated the flying car handle, following behind one flying car after another.
At the beginning, the flying cars were far apart, and Qiu Shui drove very fast. However, as they entered the straight road near Tian Xi, the flying cars in the nearby air began to slow down.
Forced to land on the ground, they slowly moved along a straight road with a group of flying cars. At first, the convoy was still moving, then it moved meter by meter, and finally, it came to a complete standstill.
"What's going on?! Drive!"
Someone rolled down the window and asked.
"Something's happened up ahead!"
As a speeding car hurriedly passed by this person, he quickly answered.
"What happened?"
The person who rolled down the window was still asking questions when the car sped past him, and he could only watch the car's receding figure.
"That's strange!"
Boom—!!!
Black smoke billowed from Tianxi City.
"It's blown up! It's blown up up ahead!"
People gasped in surprise.
"It must have been those black witches again! Let's call the police and have them come and arrest them!"
"Forget it, I'll just take a detour. What bad luck... I've already come all this way..."
"Isn't this a waste of time?"
...
The surrounding cars reversed one by one, turning around and leaving in mid-air, while Qiu Shui remained unresponsive in the driver's seat.
"Miss?"
The electronic butler called her name, and Qiu Shui cranked the handle, weaving through the area where the flying cars had left.
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