Just as Tamamo Hotaru left, Shinji emerged from nearby, with a beautiful white fox crouching at his feet.
He had simply found tonight's invitation a little suspicious, so he had come out to take a look.
He hadn't expected Moqian to dare show herself again.
He was already prepared to rescue Tamamo Hotaru. With [Boogie Woogie]'s swapping ability, he could easily get her out.
He just wanted to see what the other party was actually trying to do.
Yet even after Tamamo Hotaru left, he still hadn't figured it out.
He understood even less why she had let Tamamo Hotaru leave.
Had she only wanted to give her a scare?
What was the point?
Shinji realized that Moqian was probably the strangest Cursed Spirit he had ever met.
After hesitating briefly, he deliberately released a faint trace of hostility toward Moqian.
The sensitive Moqian immediately picked up on it and appeared before Shinji in the blink of an eye.
"You again?! Fine, you really think I'm scared of you, huh? Let's see which of us dies first today!"
Moqian's eyes instantly reddened. Nine tails rose behind her, swaying wildly as terrifying Cursed Energy swept outward!
Shinji frowned and lowered the hand that had been reaching for his weapon. "I'm not here to fight you today. I just want to ask you a few questions," he said calmly.
"You think I'm stupid enough to believe anything you say?"
Moqian smiled mockingly, and faint silhouettes of beasts were already roaring silently around her.
Shinji sighed. "Fair enough. Why would a mere Cursed Spirit care whether the humans around here live or die? If you insist on fighting, I'll oblige. What's wrong? Why haven't you attacked yet? That 'Nine-Jade Curse' or whatever you used last time was pretty powerful. You could destroy this