My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

The girl and the dog god finally left this place and headed towards the anomaly point under the cover of night.

Halfway there, Inugami's allergy symptoms from the cat hair subsided. Apart from his red nose and red eyes, he stopped sneezing and sneezing.

The girl stared at the dog god's face, lost in thought.

His oval face, his beautiful eyes, and his thick, black braided pigtail.

Each one is adored by the girl.

After spending so many years together, she had long wanted to touch Inugami's hair and face.

But every time...

Seeing the girl staring blankly, Inugami couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Why are you staring at me?"

He immediately turned his head away, avoiding eye contact with the girl.

The girl also came to her senses.

See? That's how it is.

He doesn't look at himself for more than a minute.

Joey told her that counting to sixty usually takes one minute.

Every time the girl counted to around thirty, Inugami would turn his head away.

The girl didn't know why. Did her brother Inugami dislike her?

But no, her brother Inugami still took care of her meticulously, just like before.

I'll give her the best food first, and I'll cover her with a blanket at night.

If she looks unwell, even if she's just running, Inugami will come over and ask if she's feeling unwell.

The girl sighed, "Brother Inugami, it's nothing, I just wanted to say... you're very handsome, you're the most handsome!"

Inugami casually made a few remarks.

"Don't talk nonsense. In terms of looks, the fox is more handsome. I am not as good as him. I know my own limitations. He is naturally charming. When he stands there, everyone will look at him."

In the past, the girl would remain silent upon hearing this.

But today, the girl threw a tantrum and disagreed!

"But only Inugami-nii-san is the best in my heart! Why should I care about others? They're not in my heart anyway!"

!!!

Inugami was taken aback.

He looked up sharply.

Does this mean...that I like him?

But... but is it really possible?

The dog god was feeling irritable, but still tried to avoid it from time to time.

Finally, he simply said, "Let's go to that anomaly point you mentioned. We'll go back after we've cleared up the anomaly."

"I……"

The girl was angry. Why didn't this guy even ask her anything? Wasn't she clear enough?

She's put it like that, it's practically a confession, isn't it?

The girl was angry and said directly, "This strange phenomenon isn't something you can just get rid of as easily as you think!"

Upon understanding the implication of her words, Inugami quickly took the girl's hand.

"What do you mean? What strange phenomenon? Can't we get rid of it quickly?"

They are considered among the best practitioners of Taoism today.

If neither of them can finish dividing, then there's only one reason.

"You concealed the level of the anomaly! Joey said that if there is an exceptionally large anomaly, it must be reported. If neither of us can eliminate it, it must be a thousand-year-old ghost or an ancient ferocious beast!"

The girl rubbed her nose. "Pretty much. I found out before that there seemed to be traces of Taotie here. It might not be accurate, but it's quite possible."

Inugami was extremely surprised upon hearing this.

Taotie?

That's one of the Four Fiends.

"You are crazy!"

The girl shrugged, pointing to her head, indicating, "I'm perfectly sober. I know one plus one equals two, but Brother Inugami, have you ever thought that if we pull this off, we'll become famous! From now on, Bian Liang, the fortune teller who's always right, will have us on his list!"

Even without Joey's money, we can live a good life however we want.

Inugami holds his forehead.

"I really haven't thought about that. Right now, I'm just thinking that once we do this job, it'll be over for both of us. I don't know if Bian Liang has our fortune-telling skills, but there will definitely be our tombstones on Bian Liang's grave."

Inugami felt that they absolutely could not stay there.

He reached out, as usual, to grab the little girl's collar and force her to leave.

However, the girl also grew a lot.

She was already familiar with this move; she bent down, dodged, and ran straight forward.

"I'm not leaving. Since I took this job, I'm definitely going to go check it out. Maybe it's not a Taotie after all, and it'll just be a false alarm."

The incident occurred on a mountain in another province.

This mountain is used by people for cutting firewood and hunting.

But in the past month, all the prey on the mountain has died. It's not the cold winter season, so how could so many prey have died?

That wasn't the end of it. Later, the man who went up the mountain to chop wood didn't bring back any wood. When he came down the mountain, he looked dazed and didn't know anything when asked. He couldn't even say his own name.

Day and night, I just sit blankly on the bed.

If you get sleepy, take a nap, and continue watching when you wake up.

Some people are only interested in eating, eating rice all the time without any vegetables.

Some people are only interested in the vegetables and don't eat any rice, only the vegetables.

At home, we cook the dishes a little less salty.

The one who was in the worst condition was the one who only drank water. He lay weakly in bed and needed to be tied up tightly to control his movements and then fed porridge.

We can't feed them yet.

She vomits when fed and refuses to eat anything, waiting to starve to death.

"So, Inugami-nii, in conclusion, I think that being stubborn about only one thing, doesn't that look like what we in the North call a 'club'? And isn't that what Taotie has this attribute? Whoever comes into contact with it will be infected with this habit, influenced, and controlled."

Inugami listened and thought it made a lot of sense.

But at the same time, I felt even more nervous.

"It's better not to go. We need to tell Qiao Yi and Hua Ran about this."

“But Inugami-nii ...

"I...I have my reasons!"

Inugami repeatedly said, "Isn't it better to be safe and sound?"

Besides, this world doesn't need young girls to be heroes.

"Do what you're capable of, and with Hua Ran and Qiao Yi above us, we don't need to do anything. Why do you insist on proving anything?"

The girl had heard this sentence more than once.

She could recite it almost backwards; her ears were practically calloused from it.

"Brother Inugami, if that's the case, why did you ask Sister Joy to teach me magic so I can control paper figures and animals, and why did you insist that I be able to use it freely?"

“I… that wasn’t taught to you by Joey, it was just her returning it to you! That magic was originally yours, you only got involved because of her affairs…”

Inugami shook his head. "Never mind, let's go back anyway."

The girl ran directly towards the mountain where the strange phenomenon was occurring.

The dog god was greatly alarmed.

“Come back, come back!”

The girl did not turn around.

"I want to be able to stand on my own two feet, instead of being treated like a child by you!"

The girl knew that Inugami wouldn't understand what she meant. More than anything, she hoped that Inugami could treat her as a woman, a strong woman.

Because she had come of age, she had different feelings for the dog god!