Junka Hoshino met Fox's Assistance the year she graduated from middle school.

"Young Miss, are you willing to be the God's Inquisitor?"

The fox-like Spirit-branded Retainer nestled in her arms and stared at her with his big round eyes. It was easy to soften a person's heart.

Junka didn't buy it.

She asked coldly, "What's a God's Inquisitor?"

"A God's Inquisitor, as the name suggests, judges God, listens to God's prophecies, distinguishes between God's true and false, and listens to God's revelations."

"When the descending God goes berserk, the Divine Inquisitor has to play the role of persuading the God to calm him down," Fox said.

"That's too troublesome. I refuse." Junka loosened her hands and tried to put Fox's Assistance back on the ground.

Fox's Assistance desperately grabbed her clothes and accidentally saw her arms that were hidden by her long sleeves.

There were so many bruises.

Fox's Assistance thought about this girl's family situation.

Junka Hoshino's parents died early, and she was raised by her grandfather and grandmother.

When she was in middle school, her grandfather suddenly died at home. Not long after, her grandmother, who was overly grieving, passed away with him, leaving her with only a 60-square-meter house.

Because she wasn't an adult yet, Junka Hoshino was adopted by her mother's relatives.

However, the couple who adopted her didn't like this cold and gloomy child. They were even a bit scared when they saw her.

Their only son was also very resistant to her. He often bumped into her body on purpose, pinched her, or hit her when his parents weren't paying attention.

He thought that his parents didn't know about his behavior, but in fact, they saw everything he did.

Although the couple felt a bit guilty at first, when they found that Junka Hoshino didn't seem to care about what happened to her, they were shocked, frightened, and had other inexplicable thoughts, so they tacitly approved of their son's behavior.

Although Fox's Assistance didn't understand why the girl didn't resist such violence, it didn't stop him from using this point to persuade the girl.

"A God's Inquisitor in the 23rd century is no longer like this.

With insurance, housing, and food, the inquisitors had a high income every month.

If you perform well, the Government of the Hour will give you special rewards. "

Fox's Assistance chattered on.

"You will have companions that belong to you. As long as you don't let them down, they will treat you very well.

You don't have to deal with the world of ordinary people anymore. "

Junka Hoshino froze.

Her eyes met with Fox's Assistance's.

"Really?"

Hey, there's a chance.

Fox's Assistance held back his excitement. "Really."

Junka Hoshino stopped trying to shake off Fox's Assistance and hugged it back into her arms. "Okay, I agree. Let's sign the contract now."

Fox's Assistance wanted to applaud himself.

"I need to go to the government to sign the contract, and then I can take Little Miss to your This Pill," it said briskly. "Do you have anything else to prepare?

If not, we can go now. "

Junka Hoshino nodded indifferently.

Strange.

Fox's Assistance thought: Why does this human girl with strong spiritual power seem to have lost half of her soul? I can't feel any emotional fluctuations.

But it had nothing to do with him.

Fox's Assistance opened the space-time tunnel.

"You may not be used to it for the first time, but don't worry, it's absolutely safe."

"Is it?"

"Yes, so far, the probability of an accident is only 0.1%," Fox's Assistance said confidently.

… Unfortunately, probably because he didn't pray to Inari in the morning, this 0.1% probability happened today.

Just as they were about to reach the Capital of Time, a space-time storm swept over.

Fox's Assistance watched as the inquisitor, whom he had painstakingly dug out, used all her strength to throw him out of the space-time tunnel, while she herself was involved in a strong space-time storm. Fox's Assistance trembled and his eyes were filled with tears.

He scrambled to find his boss and sobbed: "… B-B-Boss, there's an accident, a new inquisitor was swept away by the space-time storm."

His boss hurriedly reported to his superiors.

Two hours later, the Government of the Hour began the search and rescue work.

And Junka Hoshino didn't know any of this.

The space-time storm had brought her into a completely unfamiliar space-time.

In front of her, the forest was lush.

Junka Hoshino, who was covered in bruises, seemed to feel no pain as she walked in the forest expressionlessly.

She didn't know why she came here, nor did she know where her home was. She just followed her faintly discernible feeling and walked into the depths of the forest.

Since she was young, she had no emotions.

Greed, anger, joy, sadness, joy, resentment, and jealousy.

Psychological emotions, physical pain, she didn't have any of these.

When she was young, her parents took her everywhere to see doctors, shrines, and temples, but they couldn't get an answer.

After her parents passed away, everyone thought she was too traumatized and closed her heart. No one else was like her parents, persistently trying to find the reason why their daughter 'lost her emotions'.

"She can't feel joy, she can't feel pain.

No matter how well we treat her, she still doesn't care, the way she looks at us is like we're strangers. "

Her grandfather told her grandmother: "This child is too terrifying … she must have been tainted by 'filth', we should send her to the shrine."

Her grandmother hesitated: "But she's Shennai's only child."

Her grandfather emphasized: "She'll spread misfortune."

Junka Hoshino silently ran back to her room and locked the door.

"It's fine if I leave" she muttered to herself.

The next day, her grandfather suddenly died at home.

After that day, her grandmother's gaze towards her was filled with deep sorrow.

She didn't seem to believe that her grandfather's death was related to her, because in the middle of the night when no one was around, she would always tell Junka: "Child, I'm sorry, you have to take care of yourself from now on."

Her grandmother's body grew weaker and weaker. One afternoon, she called Junka Hoshino to her bedside and told her: "Your mother's name is Shennai.

Shennai means to mark the location of the gods. "

"It might be hard in the future.

I'm sorry, Junka, but grandmother can't accompany you anymore. "

Staring at her granddaughter's eyes that were as empty as the clouds above the sea, her grandmother couldn't help but shed tears.

The next day, Junka Hoshino helped her grandmother get up as usual, only to discover that her grandmother had quietly passed away.

The flowers that she had picked and placed in front of her grandmother had all withered away.

It was: My life is like a dream of morning dew, and my death is like an ethereal wind.

Just like that, after walking for an unknown amount of time, Junka Hoshino encountered two groups of people.

The reason why it was called two groups of people was because the 'people' on both sides were dressed in completely different clothes, and there was even a hint of confrontation.

Junka's appearance attracted the attention of all the 'people'.

"Oh, look who I found."

A masked warrior in black armor raised the sword in his hand and pointed the tip of the sword at her. "How could there be an ordinary person in such a strange place?"

"A human with very strong spiritual power."

The short man beside the masked warrior seemed to be very respectful to him. "Once we find out her identity, we can use her."

"Indeed."

The warrior's tone revealed joy. "With such strong spiritual power, if we modify her body, she will definitely be of great use."

And opposite him was a group of alien troops.

They were silent, their eyes fixed on Junka Hoshino, as if confirming something.

"Outsider." The leader of the alien troops suddenly spoke.

His voice was very hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

"It's an outsider."

He raised his sword.

As if it was a signal, the people behind him all raised their weapons at her.

Countless people's low voices seemed to come from underground, rumbling into Junka Hoshino's ears:

"Both sides must eliminate the foreign objects of history."

… … Danger!

For the first time in history, Junka's mind frantically rang out a warning signal.

Run, run, if you don't run, you will die!

She made a prompt decision, following a strange guidance, found a direction, and rushed out.

Strangely, the two groups of people just quietly watched her run away, not immediately making a move.

"Catching her is just a matter of minutes."

The masked warrior returned his attention to the alien troops opposite him, waving the sword in his hand, and sneered. "Inspector, existences like you who are not human should be completely eliminated."

The alien troops that he called "Inspector" didn't seem to notice the killing intent facing them, but quietly watched the girl's running back disappear from their sight.

Then, they pointed their swords at the masked warrior army, and the rumbling voice sounded again. "— — Foreign objects of history must all be eliminated."

The battle was about to start!

Run, don't stop, if you are caught, you will die.

Run to a place they can't enter.

Run to a place they can't find.

She couldn't tell if it was her own voice or the sound of the outside world, Junka Hoshino desperately ran into the depths of the forest.

The deeper she went, the thicker the fog.

She didn't have time to think about whether what awaited her was danger, she could only run with all her might, hoping to fight for a chance of survival.

There was a loud noise behind her, and noisy footsteps were getting closer and closer to Junka.

A voice that was neither fast nor slow came from afar.

"Stop running, outsider."

"You can't run anymore, didn't you notice that your speed is getting slower and slower?"

"Stop."

… … Indeed, she could feel that her body was reaching its limit.

But because she still wanted to live, she couldn't give up.

A feeling that she had never felt before appeared in her heart, urging her to quicken her pace.

"Sir, that girl is still running, I feel that she doesn't intend to stop."

The masked warrior sneered and pulled out the sword at his waist.

"Clang!"

The swift sword light pierced through the layers of fog, all the way to where the girl was!

At this critical moment, Junka Hoshino tripped on a tree branch and fell into the dense grass.

Ah … … hm?

The general, who had always been insufferably arrogant and thought that victory was within his grasp, hesitated for a moment.

"Sir, what's the matter?" the servant carefully asked.

The masked warrior raised his hand and ordered the people behind him to stop, then nonchalantly put his sword away.

— — his attack missed.

There must be something incredible in this forest.

"As expected of the 'Guardian Forest'" he coldly sneered: "Even in such dire straits, you still retain your strength?"

He turned his horse around and ordered: "Don't chase, return."