It was a dark and windy night. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. After washing up, Katori sat on the bed and stared out the window in a daze. Just as she was yawning and muttering in her heart that Xiao Bai would come back tonight, she heard a faint sound coming from the window.

She quickly lay down and closed her eyes. Her breathing was long and deep as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

In the darkness, her hearing was amplified. Katori could hear the sound of unlocked windows being carefully opened, the sound of things falling to the ground, the sound of footsteps, and the touch of a warm and dry breath.

Katori patiently waited for Xiao Bai to come close to her before she slowly reached out to touch its furry body. She said softly, "You're back."

"Wahhh!

Master Nanzhi, aren't you asleep? "

Little White, who had just relaxed, jumped in fright when it heard the sound. Its fox fur stood up in fright, and it fell off the bed in a moment of carelessness.

Katori, who did not manage to catch it in time, was speechless.

"Aren't I waiting for you to come back?

I have something to ask you. "

Katori looked at it with a serious expression. Today's incident was related to monsters. After the incident, the mirror disappeared, and Xiao Bai happened to not be around. It was too much of a coincidence. It was hard not to overthink.

Xiao Bai was silent for a moment. Suddenly, it said in an accusatory tone, "That's too much!

Master Nanzhi didn't care about how late I came back!

Xiao Bai only has value when I'm needed! "

Katori was speechless.

Katori had a headache when she saw the little fox sobbing and pretending to cry. She tried to lift Xiao Bai up and looked at it. "Don't be silly. Tell me, what do you know?"

Xiao Bai immediately stopped talking. It looked at Katori for a few seconds, then suddenly closed its eyes and muttered softly, "I don't know what Master Nanzhi is talking about."

"You took the mirror, right?

What are you planning? "

Xiao Bai was really bad at lying. As soon as Katori asked the question, it froze for a moment. "I … I can't tell Lord Nanzhi about this yet."

Katori ignored it and continued to ask, "If it's a mirror … it's Lady of the Mirror, right?"

No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't find any Spirit-branded Retainers that used mirrors. The only person she could think of was Lady Mirror. However, she wasn't sure if the spirit here was a demon or not, which was why she asked Seiji this question.

Xiao Bai immediately opened her eyes and looked at her with an expression that said, "How did you know?"

Alright, now it was confirmed.

Katori was speechless as she ruffled Xiao Bai's fur. She sighed and said, "Xiao Bai is so frank and cute."

It did not think that this was a compliment!

"You gave me the postcard of the Yukage Shrine so that I can go there, right?

Such an obvious hint … Do you want me to look for someone? "

Katori rubbed her chin and continued to speculate. "If you wanted to see me, you could've just come here. So, it's not convenient for you to walk around?

You can't be asking me to save someone who did something bad and got imprisoned, right? "

Xiao Bai felt that if it allowed Katori to continue speculating, the truth might be revealed. At that time, it wasn't sure if it could hide it, so it struggled out of Katori's arms and pretended to run outside.

How could Katori let it leave so easily?

She said softly, "If you don't give me a good explanation, I might not go, okay?"

This was a threat!

Right, right!?

Xiao Bai painfully covered its ears with its front paws. It knew that Katori didn't want to meet her former Spirit-branded Retainers, but if it told her the truth, Lord Nanzhi wouldn't go. If it wanted to hide the truth, it would have to lie. However, it didn't think that it could fool her with its current level … So why did it come here on its own?!

Did it have a death wish?!

Xiao Bai deeply felt that it was difficult to be a monster. It wanted to die on the spot. After struggling for a few seconds, it took a deep breath and decided to hide part of the truth.

"There is indeed a Spirit-branded Retainer trapped …"

"We need Lord Nanzhi's help."

…

"That's what happened."

Katori sat in Natsume's room and ate watermelon. Cat Sensei, who had been bribed by Yangtang, was humming and staring at Xiao Bai, with dessert residue hanging from the corners of her mouth.

"Ah, a Spirit-branded Retainer."

Natsume didn't expect to hear such an experience. He was thoughtful and worried at the same time. "Although she's a Spirit-branded Retainer, we haven't seen her in a long time. Is she really safe?"

He thought of the monsters who came to ask for names. Some of them were gentle and kind, but there were also some who were unfriendly. He couldn't help but worry about Katori.

Katori put down the watermelon rind. Seeing Natsume's worried expression, she couldn't help but comfort him. "Don't worry. After all, we've been together before. No matter what, she won't go too far."

Xiamu felt a headache coming on. Wouldn't that be even more worrying?

"Natsume, don't worry too much. Generally, monsters won't get close to shrines. Besides, this little girl has Reiki. Even if she meets a monster, you don't have to worry. She just needs to punch it."

Cat Sensei rubbed its round belly lazily. There was half a watermelon lying beside it, and its burp was full of the refreshing smell.

"Ah, I have Reiki?"

Katori was surprised for a moment, but on second thought, it wasn't a big deal. She calmed down and complained, "By the way, what the hell is' punch it '? Is it a friendship punch?"

"Don't worry about that."

Natsume was a little embarrassed and changed the topic. He asked, "Ito, when are you going to Kyoto?"

Katori smiled at him. "Today."

"Eh?"

Katori thought about Keigo and the others' attitudes last night. No matter how she thought about it, she felt that something was wrong. It was one thing for that idiot Ryota to say those ambiguous words, but it wasn't good for so many people to have such a reaction at the same time.

Although she didn't think they were serious, she still decided to run away for the time being!

After leaving Natsume's house, Katori made up her mind. She took out her cell phone and sent a message to Qi Mu. "Are you free right now?"

Twenty minutes later, all the members of the tennis club who were familiar with Katori received the same message.