We'll Definitely Have to Pretend to Believe Her from Now On

Ibuki yelled anxiously, but the children ignored her and ate happily, which made her very angry.

The Enmu slowly retreated. The little girl who suddenly appeared made him very wary. Somehow, she pulled him out of the dream.

This was a situation he had never encountered before, and for safety's sake, he decided to retreat for the time being and look for another opportunity later.

Ibuki was very irritable. Even though Enmu thought she was being careful, Ibuki saw through her every move.

She's in a terrible mood right now and has nowhere to vent.

"Sneaking around like that, he's obviously not a good person!"

Ibuki reached out and made a grasping motion, and a giant Demon Hand appeared in front of Enmu, firmly holding him.

Enmu was pulled by the Demon Hand and brought to Ibuki's side.

"It's all your fault for not including me in your game, which made me feel so embarrassed. Tell me, how do you want me to punish you?"

Enmu struggled desperately, but to no avail. She was held by Ibuki's Demon Hand, and breaking free was not something an ordinary person could do.

While eating, the children clamored, "Ibuki, set off Fireworks! We want to see Fireworks!"

"Yeah, eating while watching Fireworks is the most fun."

Ibuki turned around and shouted, "That's enough! I haven't settled accounts with you yet!"

She's in a bad mood right now, and seeing the children's attitude makes her even more upset.

"Tch! Fine, don't let me go then. Ibuki, you're so stingy."

The children's sarcastic remarks drove Ibuki completely insane. She threw Enmu into the air, and her giant Demon Hand into a fist, slamming Enmu into the sky.

Bang!

Brilliant Fireworks burst in the sky, appearing incredibly beautiful against the night sky.

Wow! It's so beautiful!

The children looked up at the sky, exclaiming in amazement.

The others slowly woke up and were also stunned by the magnificent Fireworks.

Today isn't a holiday, so why would anyone set off Fireworks?

"Ibuki, it's you! Setting off Fireworks as soon as you arrive, you seem to be in a good mood!"

When Yuxian woke up and saw Ibuki, he smiled and said to her.

"I'm very unhappy right now, Master, please don't talk to me."

Ibuki turned away sullenly, her back to Yuxian, and placed all the blame on him.

He had an expression that said, "If you don't try to please me, I'll ignore you."

Yuxian blinked, somewhat confused, wondering what had happened to make Ibuki angry.

He hadn't yet snapped out of the game in his dream and didn't know what to do.

Chapter 24, Section 337: We must pretend to believe her from now on.

Ibuki was still being stubborn when Kocho Shinobu, who had woken up, drew her Nichirin Blade and charged at her.

Insect Breathing, Butterfly Dance!

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Ibuki retreated repeatedly, dodging Kocho Shinobu's blade.

"Hey! What are you doing! I'm really angry!"

Ibuki was very dissatisfied with Kocho Shinobu's attack without warning. She was clearly with Yuxian, yet she was being attacked.

"Don't think I'm easy to bully, I'm about to get angry!"

Ibuki stared at Kocho Shinobu, his face filled with anger.

"Where's my sister!?"

Kocho Shinobu intently at Ibuki, her eyes unblinking. This was the demon who had kidnapped her sister; she was absolutely certain she hadn't mistaken him.

"What does your sister have to do with me? I don't even know her!"

Ibuki found Kocho Shinobu's questioning rather strange. If she hadn't seen that Kocho Shinobu was with Yu Xian and the Yuxian, she would have been very rude to her long ago.

Suddenly her eyes lit up, as if she had remembered something.

"You look a lot like that person."

Ibuki reached out and touched his chin, carefully examining Kocho Shinobu.

"So you've finally remembered? Then prepare to die!"

When Kocho Shinobu saw that Ibuki had admitted it, she decided not to stop and vowed to avenge her sister.

"Wait, wait!" Yuxian quickly stopped Kocho Shinobu.

He turned to Ibuki and asked seriously, "Have you arrested anyone? What have you done?"

Ibuki tilted his head and carefully recalled the events.

"Ah! I remember now."

Ibuki said, "Once, Shuten said he didn't have any snacks to go with his sake, so I grabbed someone who looked a lot like her."

Snacks to go with drinks!

Kocho Shinobu's eyes widened in disbelief; her sister had actually been eaten as a snack with drinks...

"And then?" Yuxian asked.

"I ate it, it would have gone bad overnight," Ibuki replied matter-of-factly.

Kocho Shinobu could no longer restrain herself and, disregarding Yu Xian's attempts to stop her, Yuxian charged towards Ibuki.

"I will avenge my sister!"

Insect Breathing, Dance of the Centipede, Hundred-Legged Serpent!

"My sister is so gentle and hopes to live peacefully with ghosts, but I will never let you get away with this!"

Ibuki parried the attacks repeatedly, then asked, bewildered, "You're here to avenge your sister, so why are you looking for me?"

Yuxian said irritably, "I'm talking about people! Not snacks!"

Ibuki blinked, looking bewildered, and said, "Why should I care about people? People don't have snacks to eat."

"Ha?"

Kocho Shinobu stopped attacking, looking at Ibuki with a puzzled expression, then at Yuxian.

What's going on?

Yuxian shook his head helplessly. He first comforted Kocho Shinobu, saying, "Don't worry. If they captured your sister, she must still be alive."

Then he asked Ibuki, "Where did you take the people after you captured them?"

"Mount Oe, Shuten is always drinking there and never plays with me. I sneak out to play while she's drunk."

Ibuki pouted. She had finally managed to get out and have some fun, but ended up getting a lot of anger. She was really unhappy about it.

Yuxian asked, "Is the person still in Mount Oe?"

"Why should I care about that!" Ibuki said, glaring at Yuxian with great dissatisfaction. "Master, are you going to help someone else bully me? Let me tell you, I'm very angry about this."

"Ibuki is very angry, and the consequences will be severe!"

Yuxian smiled gently, "A plate of snacks, and take us to Mount Oe."

Ibuki blinked, a little tempted, but she held back and kept staring straight at Yuxian.

"Two plates, that's the most we can have, otherwise we'll find them ourselves."

Yuxian rolled his eyes. You're not going to give in.

"You also have to promise to take me with you and not leave me behind."

Seeing that she had reached her bottom line and that the two plates of sweets were quite good, Ibuki quickly put forward her other condition.

Yuxian waved his hand, "Let's go."

Two plates of dim sum were all it took; she's such an easy prey.

After buying some snacks at the market, Ibuki led everyone towards Mount Oe, completely satisfied.

Is my sister really still alive?

Along the way, Kocho Shinobu had asked Ibuki this question more than once.

Ibuki was extremely annoyed and said angrily, "Aren't you annoying? The sweets are getting worse."

"If he's still alive in Mount Oe, then I don't know. It's so annoying!"

The Kocho Shinobu was anxious and became more and more uneasy the closer it got, which is why it kept asking questions.

"Ibuki, Mount Oe fun?"

The children were concerned with other things.

"It's not fun, it's so boring, I really don't know why you guys went there," Ibuki said impatiently.

"But didn't you say before that there were many ghosts there, and that you were their leader? Was that all just bragging?"

The children's questions left Ibuki speechless. She wasn't exaggerating, but Mount Oe was so deserted it was practically haunted.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have made a special trip to Kyoto to relax.

"Sigh... It turns out Ibuki was just bragging. I was really looking forward to it."

"Yes, Ibuki, you've really had a tough time. Even so, we won't laugh at you. Don't worry, we don't blame you."

"Yes, we are your good friends, and we won't let you feel lonely."

The children got more and more excited as they talked, as if they had already confirmed Ibuki's boast.

"That's enough! Where did I brag? I... I..."

Ibuki wanted to prove herself, but she found that she seemed to have no way to do so, which made her both angry and helpless.

Losing face in front of her friends would be the death of her.

Ibuki muttered dejectedly, "Why did I even think of coming out to play? I should never have come..."

She would be happy to meet everyone in a different setting, but she doesn't think it's a good thing at all; the timing is really terrible.

It's all that damn bridge's fault; I'm definitely going to blow it up later.

Ibuki bitterly blamed all the reasons on the Ichijou-modori Bridge.

Every time she goes there, nothing good ever comes of it; it's as if it's her nemesis.

"We're here, it's just ahead."

Ibuki pointed into the distance, and the great river was right in front of him.

In the dead of night, it was pitch black and not a single light could be seen.

The children immediately looked at Ibuki with sympathy, and Illya even went over and gently hugged her.

"Ibuki, don't be afraid. You'll be very happy with us from now on."

"Yes, I didn't know you had such a miserable life before, living in a place like this all this time."

We all misunderstood you.

Ibuki was going crazy; she couldn't hold back any longer and shouted loudly.

"Ah!!!--"

Little Jeanne immediately gathered her friends together and said very seriously in a low voice, "From now on, whenever we hear Ibuki bragging, we must pretend to believe her and not hurt her feelings, understand?"

"Okay!" "I understand." "I will."