Qingxue ran at full speed, leaving Tsukikage Hatsuka and Bone Woman in the dust.
"I'm so mad!"
Seeing that she couldn't catch up with Qingxue, Bone Woman turned her furious gaze back to Tsukikage Hatsuka.
Her main target had been Qingxue all along. Fat Cat was just an appetizer.
Now that the main course had gotten away and only the appetizer remained, how could she not be annoyed?
Tsukikage Hatsuka was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead when Bone Woman grabbed her by the scruff and lifted her up, then headed off in a certain direction.
She didn't particularly like fat little animals, but fat meant well-nourished, and Lord Nine-Tail would surely like her.
Not far away, Qingxue, who had already escaped, had turned around and come back. She hid in the thick canopy, watching Bone Woman leave through gaps in the branches.
She also watched the Fat Cat dangling and swinging in Bone Woman's hand.
Qingxue didn't hurry after them. Instead, she changed into human form, took a fist-sized lump of soft, mushy blood from her body, and placed it in her palm. Then she called softly, "Lord Cheng!"
The blood instantly turned into a little pigeon, which spoke in a human voice. "Did you find the person following you?"
Qingxue was a cautious person. When she had vaguely sensed they were being followed yesterday, she had quietly told Fang Cheng about it.
So today, after the three of them split up, Qingxue decided to draw out their pursuer, while Fang Cheng stayed nearby.
When Bone Woman first appeared, Qingxue had planned to use the 'Great Summoning Technique' to summon her familiar, Fang Cheng.
But when Bone Woman later spoke on behalf of 'Lord Nine-Tail' and tried to recruit her, Qingxue had an idea.
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