I didn’t expect that we 

w

ould capture that little fox so easily. Her tail seemed to be her weakness. I reached and pinched her tail. The onlookers looked at us strangely

, but

 I didn’t care

 much about that

. 

I asked her, “Who are you? Why did you ambush us?” 

The little girl looked at us pitifully

. She folded

 her ears 

and gave us

 an aggrieved look. I thought she didn’t understand Chinese, so I took out my phone to call Xiao Gao to come down here to translate. 

However, t

he little girl 

suddenly

said

, “Mr. Huang asked me to come here to protect you guys.” 

I was a little surprised. This little girl could speak Mandarin. 

Still

, she was a fox spirit that could live for a long time. It wasn’t strange that she could speak many languages. 

“Who is Mr. Huang? I have never heard 

of

 him.”  

“What? You don’t know him? If you don’t believe me, ask your pockmark-faced friend.” 

“You mean Li Mazi?” I spotted a flaw in her words. “If you came to protect 

us

, why did you cast your magic illusion on us?” 

“I didn’t hurt you!” 

T

he little girl shook her head. 

“

Is that so

? We almost 

became crazy

 in your magic illusion. Be honest. Who is Mr. Huang?” My voice grew cold. 

“He… He asked me to bring you guys to a place. You’ll know when you get there.” 

I didn’t 

understand and turned 

to Chuyi. 

He

 frowne

d and said

, “She’s fooling you

.

” 

I turned and caught 

a

 smirk on the girl’s face. Immediately, a stinky gas emitted from her lower body. It was like tear gas

, and

 I couldn’t even open my eyes. I covered my mouth

 and coughed 

hard. 

Her

 f

luffy

 tail slithered like a snake

, and she got 

away from my 

grasp

. I was mad at myself 

for being easily fooled by

 a little monster. 

Chuyi chased after the girl

 and tried to stab her 

twice

, but t

he little girl 

moved

 agilely. She jumped from the counter. After

ward, b

oth of her legs hooked onto the chandelier

, her 

body dangl

ing

 upside down. She swung

 and made 

a face. 

“You fool! You fool! 

Haha

!

I angrily drew the Sirius Whip

 and lashed 

at her. The little girl caught the whip

. Then, she attempted 

to pull me toward her. 

This little fox spirit 

was too naive.

 The Sirius Whip was covered in spells that could exorcise ghosts and monster

s

. As soon as she caught it, she shrieked in pain. The whip left a burning streak 

in

 her palm. 

I withdrew the Sirius Whip then lashed again. The little girl jumped off the chandelier

 and dashed 

to the door

, fleeing

. 

I wanted to chase after her, but Chuyi stopped me. “We don’t know that fox spirit’s origin. 

We should be

 careful

 as w

e don’t want to be trapped again. She didn’t do anything 

besides

using that

 illusion

, so

 we shouldn’t 

attack recklessly

. It’

ll be safer if we hold back for now.”

I nodded. 

I felt really

 tired

, so

 I decided to 

head

 back to my room to rest. 

Suddenly

, I got a call from Yin Xinyue. “Brother Zhang, did you 

catch

 that little fox?” 

“No, I didn’t.” I felt strange, though. Yin Xinyue hadn’t seen the girl, 

so how did

 she know it was a little female fox? 

Something was

 wrong

!

Yin Xinyue sounded 

anxious

. “Go after her. She stole our passports!” 

“Did she steal anything else?” I asked. 

“No, but the four passports 

are

 gone. She didn’t steal money. Hurry, 

we’ll be in big

 trouble if we 

lose

our

 passports!” 

I sneered. “Little fox, you want to fool me again? You’re not Yin Xinyue!” 

After keeping

 silent for around ten seconds

,

 Yin Xinyue

 said,

 “Brother Zhang, did you hit your head somewhere?” 

“You 

damn

 fox, did you steal my wife’s phone? 

Did you fake

 her voice to fool me again? 

Did you really

 think that I would buy it?” 

She

 hung up a

fter I scolded her

. I felt proud of my quick wits.  

Soon, Yin Xinyue came out of the other elevator booth. She looked 

very

 angry. “

In more than twenty years, it’s 

the first time 

someone

thought 

that I

 wasn’t

 a human. And, 

y

ou

 were the one who did that to me! I feel hurt. Anyway

, l

ook

 here.

” 

She shoved her phone to my face. It was a photo she had just taken.

Someone had used 

a

 brush to write a line on the wall. It read

, ‘

Little fox immortal Jade Tail visited here!

’

She swiped to the second photo, which was our luggage. Except for our passports, it seemed nothing else was missing. 

“Now, do you buy it?” Yin Xinyue fumed. 

I was so stunned that I couldn’t make a sound

. 

I wished that the ground underneath would open up and swallow me whole.

 I tried to show off but ended up failing hard.

I 

looked

at

 Chuyi through the corner of my eye. The man looked as though he was smiling. “Hey, are you laughing at me?” 

“No, I’m not

.

” He pulled his cold face back again

 and wiped 

all the evidence. 

“Why are you still standing there? Without passports, we can’t 

go

 home. I don’t want to be an illegal 

immigrant

 here!” Yin Xinyue sounded mad. 

Anyway, i

t 

wasn’t

 as serious as she said. We could always go to the Embassy to 

get

 another passport. However, we 

would have

 to show 

evidence

 and the procedure was extremely complicated. 

It was possible we had 

to stay in Japan for a month. 

Chuyi said, “Let’s go before she goes too far

.

”

I answered helplessl

y,

 “Yeah.” 

After we 

left

 the hotel, Chuyi began to sniff along the street. I asked

, 

“How 

can

 you smell the monster aura? I can see ghosts, but I can’t sense monsters.” 

He gave me a faint answer

.

 “You haven’t fully awakened.” 

I didn’t know how long we had walked 

when

 we saw the little girl sitting on a street light. She was combing her tail. 

It

 seemed she was waiting for us. 

I tried to call her

. 

“Miss Jade Tail, we don’t have 

a

 grudge. Please give back our passports.” 

“No.” 

“What do you want

, 

after all? 

Will

 you be

 gentle

 enough to tell me?” I said begrudgingly. 

“I want you to stay here 

and

 play with me!” Then, she took out a passport from her pocket

 and tore 

it. I almost cried. 

Fortunately, s

he 

only tore 

the protecti

ve

 cover of the passport. Then, she fanned the four passports in her hand as if they were poker cards

, sniggering.

 “Come catch me. If you can catch me, I’ll give them back to you.” 

She gently bounced from 

one

 lamp post to another 

while

 giggl

ing

. We had to run after her on the street. I was irritated. 

We

 were always being

 chased by 

zombies

 and evil ghosts

, and when we finally wen

t on a nice trip to Japan to rest, 

this

 little fox was teasing us. I pledged to myself that I would make her into a nice fur! 

We ran

the entire way and 

gradually left the city. Kyoto

 wasn’t that big in the end

. 

The road led us to a mountain flank with dense

 and 

big trees. I had to stop and gasp for my breath. Jade Tail jumped onto a red, archway-like thing that looked like the 

Chinese character ‘

開

’

. I remembered it

 was

 called 

t

orii, which 

was usually the entrance to

 Japanese Shinto shrines. 

Jade Tail jumped above a series of torii and disappeared into the woods. 

Inadvertently, we were brought to 

a

 shrine. 

A high and ancient structure stood in the night. 

Perhaps because it was leaning against the great mountain

, it looked especially

 imposing. 

If I 

was correct, 

this should be 

a

 famous shrine in Kyoto

. It was t

he Inari Shrine! 

As

 we were about to enter, a bamboo stick was suddenly placed at my throat. A young girl around twenty years old with a 

ponytail

stood before me

. She was of medium height

, and her 

attire looked like a Chinese Han suit. She wore 

it 

with a loose, white coat accompanied by a crimson skirt. 

It

 was

 the typical attire of 

a

 Japanese

shrine maiden. 

T

he bamboo stick was actually a broomstick. The girl looked at us with bright eyes. She looked hostile!