Chapter 351

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Chapter 351: The Fox Spirit, "I Need Your Help With My Training."

Bai Wei was awakened by a phone call.

Last night, as he daydreamed about a crazy shark in a scene, he had hoped to stay in bed. However, a single sentence on the other end of the phone immediately snapped him out of it.

Jingūji woke up.

Saki woke up and hoped that he would come to see her. This was unavoidable. Bai Wei had to quickly wash up and then leave.

The location is a specialized hospital located next to the shrine. There are very few actual patients here because it specifically caters to various injuries related to the mystical side. In addition to surgical treatment, it also includes some therapists who specialize in the mystical side.

Bai Wei arrived at the entrance and from afar, he saw the ones who came to greet him – familiar faces, Igarashi Shimizu and Yoshine Ise in a wheelchair. These two sword witches were not born with witch blood, so they were hardly affected by the Red Moon’s influence.

"How are the injuries?"

"Thanks to your help, my recovery has been going well. Please don’t worry."

"Okay."

Igarashi Shimizu was taken aback and said, "Shouldn’t you be a little more polite?"

"I started off by being polite," Bai Wei replied.

Two women choked at the same time, while the strong likability rating of over seventy, approaching eighty, firmly held its ground without declining.

Hmph, interesting man. Since you’re good-looking, capable of fighting, and have saved our lives, I forgive you a billion times.

Saki Jingūji had already awoken, and she didn’t have any injuries either. She should have been able to complete the discharge procedures a while ago.

When Bai Wei asked, the other two sword witches also claimed to be unaware.

They rode the elevator up to the fifth floor. Before the elevator doors opened, they could hear a loud and chaotic noise.

"That is my daughter, why shouldn’t I be allowed to go over there?!" angrily questioned a middle-aged man with glasses.

"Miss Jingūji’s condition is still unstable, even her family members are not allowed to visit, please understand."

Blocking him were not medical personnel, but three shrine priests. Although they were dressed in spacious shrine attire, they appeared strong and skilled in martial arts.

"It’s all nonsense! I know she has already woken up, let’s go see her."

The man attempted to force his way forward, but the shrine priest raised his hand to stop him. With a surge of spiritual power, the middle-aged man staggered back a few steps.

The woman at the side also frowned and said, "We just want to see our own daughter. Is it appropriate for the shrine to obstruct us like this? Is this how the shrine treats its guests?"

"This is a hospital, please refrain from making loud noises," the shrine priest in the middle said calmly. "This place falls under the jurisdiction of the shrine, it is not your own home. What kind of guest are you, barging in without invitation? If you refuse to abide by common courtesy, don’t blame us for acting unreasonably."

"You…" The man was about to step forward, assuming a determined stance as if he was about to forcefully enter.

"Step back!" The shrine priests stood their ground, refusing to budge an inch.

Bai Wei looked at the two sword witches, as Igarashi Shimizu shook her head and said, "I never pay attention to other people’s privacy and gossip, and I don’t know anything about Saki Jingūji’s personal matters. She has always kept it hidden well. All I know is that she graduated as an apprentice shrine maiden from Inari Shrine, and was later recommended to the shrine."

Yoshine Ise pondered and thought, "She indeed never mentions her family situation, let alone her parents. Even when others ask, she simply smiles and brushes it off. And she lives alone in an apartment, right?"

Bai Wei vaguely remembers that Saki Jingūji also mentioned being kicked out by her family or, in other words, that her family didn’t want her anymore.

But now, what kind of scene is this playing out?

That’s it, just ask me a question if you see me in person.

He walked forward and the shrine maiden recognized him. She politely and respectfully said, "It’s Mr. Bai. Miss Jingūji has been waiting for you for a long time. Please come in."

Bai Wei’s eyes twitched a little. This person… Did he do it on purpose?

On the sincere face of the priest, a smile that wasn’t quite sincere appeared. It seemed that even he was feeling a bit annoyed and wanted to exert his influence over Bai Wei and these outsiders.

Sure enough, an annoying voice sounded from behind.

"Who is he? Why is he able to enter and meet my daughter? Explain yourselves clearly."

Not only was the man anxious this time, but also the woman dressed in magnificent kimono beside him spoke up, questioning.

Bai Wei was taken aback, but he quickly brushed off these voices, ignoring them as if they didn’t exist.

The priestess intercepted the suspicious couple, while the other two sword witches remained in the hallway and didn’t enter the ward.

Bai Wei pushed open the door and entered, finding Saki Jingūji seated by the window in the ward.

She was originally gazing at the scenery outside the window. Upon hearing the sound, she turned her face and smiled at the young man, showing her teeth. "You’re here?"

She spoke, tilting her body back gently, as if she was about to tilt her body out of the window and fall away.

Bai Wei took a swift step forward and pulled her down from the window. Saki Jingūji naturally found herself lying in the crook of his arm, as if she had no bones, her body seemingly weightless. He held her close at close range.

Underneath the thin and pale hospital gown lay detailed and ample, yet scientifically impossible, curves of the body.

She blinked her eyes, with a simple appearance, no rouge on her lips, no painted eyebrows, no yellowish eye shadow, no heavy makeup. Yet she exuded a kind of pure beauty.

She didn’t say anything, remaining quiet unlike the usual Saki Jingūji.

In that moment, a certain indescribable charm enveloped the scene. It was like a midsummer day, where you lay on the grass beneath a tree, opening your eyes to find a girl bending down, her head lowered, her hand gently touching her hair. She gazed directly into your eyes, the sunlight filtering through the leaves and casting a glow upon her shoulder. She was bathed in a halo of light, forever preserved in your memory as a radiant early summer, resonating with the vibrant beat of cicadas.

"Is it beautiful?" she asked softly.

In a moment of distraction, Bai Wei momentarily lost focus. He quickly let go of her hand, allowing her to fall onto the bed, and then he clapped his hands.

"The influence of the Fairy Principle…"

"Even disturbed my senses."

"You truly are amazing, what a clever fox spirit."

He instantly made a judgment. After all, an emperor is an emperor. He had encountered traps like seduction a thousand times over, and even eight hundred times over. He needed to guard not only against enemies, but also against his own allies. They would try to tempt him with various hints, using excuses like "increasing resistance to beauty". Fortunately, his willpower was strong, and he resisted all of it. The sugary bullets were shot his way, but he refused both the sugary coating and the bullets.

The fox spirit pouted with slight regret.

"Oh no, I’ve been recognized! Was my acting not good enough?"

"Where, oh where, it’s just that you’re too playful!" Bai Wei playfully pinched his nose.

"Oh, men, if I don’t tempt you, I seem to lack femininity. But if I do tempt you, then I appear frivolous. What is it that you want?"

Bai Wei male voiced his constructive opinion in a storytelling manner, "Be enticing, yet not enchanting; be alluring, yet maintain dignity."

"Sure, I can do it," said the foxy spirit, standing up. "Dare you take the challenge?"

Bai Wei crossed his arms and replied, "Did you call me here to test my mental resilience or simply to prove your own existence?"

Jingūji spoke up and asked, "So, where did Jingūji go?"

"I am Saki Jingūji."

"You’re not, you are the fox," Bai Wei corrected. "And please don’t mistake me for your husband, he’s already dead, eaten by you."

The immortal fox placed a hand upon her heart and let out a soft sigh. "Your way of speaking always reminds me of my husband," she said. "Every word hits me deeply, causing pain. If I hadn’t consumed his flesh and blood back then, I doubt I would have survived to escape that desolate desert."

At this moment, she truly was a Fairy, the embodiment of the Fairy Principle, a manifestation of past memories. Such situations were not uncommon. Heroic spirits also undergo the cycle of reincarnation, requiring a long time to accept their past memories. As a result, they may find themselves engaging in conversations or even conflicts with their own selves. It’s like you talking to yourself from ten years ago – you are both the same entity yet entirely different individuals.

But generally speaking, it is unlikely for the Heroic Spirit Principle to take over and replace the main personality. Such a situation is more akin to sleepwalking.

"Jingūji, have you not woken up yet?" Bai Wei asked.

"The influence of the dark spirit of the underworld awakened her. The intense dark spirit drew her too close to death, preventing her from awakening."

"A little more explanation."

"Um, simply put, she lost herself and mistook herself for me. Her consciousness was trapped in the memories of the past," the Celestial Fox said, crossing her arms and tiptoeing towards Bai Wei. "I have so many past memories that she can’t possibly finish reading them in a short time. And, you know, the more she reads, the easier it is for her to forget herself. If you don’t want that kind of outcome, that is."

She circled around behind him, her hand caressed the young man’s back, her nails teasing his shoulders, grazing his neck. A tingling sensation seemed to flow through the spot where she touched, as if an electric current passed through. Her voice was gentle, and every word she pronounced had a melodious and rhythmic tone, very pleasant to hear. "This is when I need your help. You will choose to help, won’t you?"

"You want me to wake her up," Bai Wei understood, "That’s entirely possible."

He calmly rolled up his sleeves, as if preparing for some sort of physical wake-up technique.

The fox cleverly smiled and jumped back, saying, "Slapping won’t work, you have to go inside and wake her up. Only you can do it, my dear sir."

Bai Wei pondered in silence.

The fairy fox giggled, "Are you afraid? Is that why you won’t look? What happens next?"

Bai Wei averted his gaze and said, "Sometimes it may not be a good thing to be entangled in past connections. It’s better to let the past stay in the past."

The shimmering light of cherry blossoms filled the air as the Blossom of Life Taker bloomed. Behind Jingūji, six fox tails emerged, swaying in the pink-hued radiance.

In an instant, the young man felt his world turned upside down. His body was pinned down on the bed, while the fairy fox held his limbs tightly. Its sharp fangs gleamed, and its gaze was wicked and piercing.

"Let it go?"

"What… could you say that again?"