Since the place was not very large, Mei spotted her target at a glance—Asai Chacha... or rather, Hagoromo Gitsune.
She looked quite different from the matronly image in the anime. She was not ugly at all... in fact, she was very beautiful, with the allure of a mature woman.
She appeared to be in her twenties or thirties...
As the daughter of the most beautiful woman of the Warring States period, Asai Chacha's body had now been taken over by Hagoromo Gitsune. Nourished by Hagoromo Gitsune's yokai power, she had not been very old to begin with—though she would have been considered old in ancient times—and now looked to be in her twenties, not yet thirty.
The perfect married woman...
However, the sight before Mei made her heart race a little. Not from attraction... it was simply... too thrilling.
Hagoromo Gitsune stood in the black pool completely naked, her belly swollen as she absorbed the negative emotions from the water.
Eight snow-white tails stood out sharply against the pitch-black pool, swaying from time to time.
Hagoromo Gitsune was a reincarnating yokai. Every time she reincarnated, she gained another tail and became stronger. And now... it was easy to see that the Hagoromo Gitsune before Mei had already undergone eight reincarnations.
One more time would make nine, and then she would... become a nine-tailed fox.
Mei did not move any closer as she watched Hagoromo Gitsune ahead. Instead, she found a corner and waited quietly. After all, Hagoromo Gitsune was a Great Yokai among Great Yokai. Though it was merely a title, it still showed how extraordinary she was.
If Mei got too close, there was still a good chance she would be discovered.
Now, Mei only needed to wait—wait for her to give birth to Nue, then kill Nue,