After hearing what Bai Zangzhu said, Chiba Yui once again cast her gaze over and carefully examined the mansion in front of her.
However, this time, she saw neither the strong black air nor any signs of supernatural activity.
No matter how you look at it, it is just an ordinary residence.
Moreover, it is hard to imagine what kind of strong man would have such a strange habit and live in such a shabby place...
After confirming it several times, Chiba Yui lowered her head in confusion and asked.
"Xiaobai, could it be that you are too worried?"
In response, Bai Zangzhu shook his head and said with conviction.
"It's not wrong. Although the smell is very weak, it is indeed the smell of a strong person."
"It's possible that the previous owner of this house was a very strong human being, but she seems to be no longer here."
"Is that so? No wonder the other party is so generous." Chiba Yui suddenly said.
After all, in her impression, these powerful extraordinary beings are not short of money.
Leaving aside the eldest lady from a prominent family like Jingu Shina, even Kosagawa Maho mentioned to her during the chat that her salary alone exceeded three million yen a month, and there was even more at the end of the year.
Year-end bonus.
Looking at it this way, it seems reasonable that this time the employer is willing to spend 5 million yen to hire someone to clean the house.
She said thoughtfully.
"In short, since the other party is willing to hire us, we must work hard."
"Well, let's first count how many rooms there are in total that need to be cleaned. Xiaobai is responsible for the first floor and I am responsible for the second floor."
"Miss Yuno, I'll leave the third floor to you."
"Yes, I understand." Yuno Himejima nodded.
"Leave it to us, Sister Chiba!"
...
Abandoned mansion.
Second floor.
"Cough, cough..."
Waving away the dust that fell when she opened the door, Yui Chiba groped for the window with squinted eyes, and pushed the window open with great effort.
With the influx of fresh air, the smell in the house finally became less pungent, and the air began to flow again.
"call......"
After finally regaining the right to breathe freely, Chiba Yui let out a sigh of relief, and then looked at the bed in the room that was already covered with a thick layer of dust.
From the looks of it, the second floor should be the living room.
However, so much dust has accumulated. How long has it been since the owner of this house came back?
And for what reason did you suddenly think of asking someone to come over and clean this place?
Suddenly, Chiba Yui's eyes were attracted by an inconspicuous mark somewhere on the floor.
After realizing what it was, her pupils couldn't help but dilate slightly.
Such traces...
That’s right, it’s a footprint!
They formed a string one after another, extending towards the outside of the room like crawling vipers.
Seeing this, Chiba Yui couldn't help but squat down and observe carefully.
A footprint of this size is much larger than mine or Himejima-san's.
And the most important thing is that this trace is still very clear, obviously it was left not long ago.
With that said, there are others who have been here...
"It seems that someone else has been here." Someone whispered behind her.
"Well, yeah-"
Chiba Yui subconsciously agreed.
Suddenly, her whole body froze, and a look of disbelief flashed in her eyes.
Because the voice that came from behind her just now belonged to neither Himejima Yuno nor Hakuzo Lord!
In an instant, an inexplicable sense of crisis arose from Chiba Yui's heart, poking her back like a needle, reminding her of the approaching danger.
Almost instinctively, Chiba Yui suddenly turned around.
The next moment, her face violently collided with some unknown giant thing.
However, the feeling fed back from my cheek was not the pain I imagined.
Rather, it was a soft and tolerant force that was exaggerated enough for her to bury her entire face in it.
For a moment, Chiba Yui was stunned.
This kind of feeling has never been experienced before in her more than ten years of life experience.
What is this strange feeling...
Looking at Chiba Yui who was in a sluggish state, the other party was slightly startled, and then asked with concern.
"Chiba-san, are you okay? Did you get scared?"
Hearing the other party's inquiry, Chiba Yui raised her head dullly and looked at the delicate face full of concern.
Suddenly, her eyes widened slightly, and she gradually understood everything.
It turns out that this is what happened...
It turns out to be facial cleanser.
"Eaaah!"
The moment she understood what happened, she jumped up from the other person's chest as if she was electrocuted.
"No...this...I...right..."
She waved her arms, trying to explain clearly, but she was so anxious that she couldn't say a word. Only her flushed face could reflect her mood at the moment.
Seeing this, Jingu Shina nodded with great understanding, stepped forward and gently stroked the other person's hair, saying softly.
"It's okay, I understand. Just be fine."
Hearing this, Chiba Yui's face couldn't help but become more and more rosy, but in the end she could only lower her head in shame and let the other party touch her.
After a long while, she regained her ability to organize words and asked weakly.
"God...Senior Jingu, why do you appear here?"
"My grandpa ordered me to come here, saying that there would be something I need to do here."
Jingu Mari put her hands on her chest and explained seriously.
"In that case, Mr. Jingu Nozomi asked Jingu-senpai to help us with the general cleaning?" Chiba Yui asked doubtfully.
"Huh? Is there a general cleaning to be done here?" Jingu Shina was stunned when she heard this.
"Eh? Don't you know, Senior Jingu?"
Looking at Chiba Yui's doubtful eyes, Jingu Shina immediately explained.
"Well, actually grandpa didn't tell me what to do specifically. Instead, he told me that I would understand it once I get to the location."
"It's just that after I arrived here, not only did I not understand what to do, but I saw Chiba-san squatting on the ground alone in a daze. You didn't respond when I called your name, so I came close without permission."
At this moment, her eyes fell on the footprints that Chiba Yui had just observed.
"Chiba-san, is there something special about this footprint that makes you so fascinated by it?"
"Well, actually if you can observe carefully, you can actually get a lot of information from it."
Chiba Yui knelt down again and explained to Jingu Shina.
Grain worm
"First of all, based on the shoe size, prints and stride length left at the scene, we can infer that the other party should be a man with a height of over 1.9 meters."
"Furthermore, footprints have only appeared here and not at all on the first floor, indicating that the other party most likely did not go through the stairs, but entered the room directly through the window."
"However, before I just opened the window, the window was locked, which makes no sense at all from common sense."
"Unless..." She paused slightly and then affirmed.
"The other party is also the master of some extraordinary power just like Senior Jingu, so he can do such a thing."
"In this way, it can be explained that the other party deliberately chose to enter through the window. Although it is more laborious for ordinary people, for those extraordinary people, this method is easier."
"I see, it is indeed possible." Jingu Shina nodded, agreeing with Chiba Yui's point of view.
Chiba Yui then continued her analysis.
"Furthermore, according to the above, the other party should have been here after three o'clock this morning."
"Huh? How did you see this?" Jingu Shina was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion.
"It's the mud on the footprints." Chiba Yui explained.
"In the early hours of this morning, there was a light rain in Tokyo. I think it was because of that rain that the land near here gradually became muddy, so there was mud that was accidentally stained on the soles of shoes.
."
"Lastly, and most importantly."
While speaking, Chiba Yui pointed her finger towards two lines of footprints in opposite directions in the room.
"It can be seen that the footprints left by the other party when they came in were obviously heavier than the marks when they left."
"So I think it's possible that the other party brought some kind of heavy object with him when he came, and then placed it somewhere in the mansion, so when he left, his weight would be significantly lighter than when he came."
"If you follow these footprints, you should be able to find the thing that the other party has stored here, right?"
"So, I was thinking about this just now..."
At this point, Chiba Yui's voice suddenly stopped, and she looked at Jingu Shina with obvious astonishment in her eyes, and wondered.
"What's wrong, Jingu-senpai, is there something on my face?"
"No, it's nothing."
Jingu Shina finally came back to her senses, shook her head slightly and said.
"I just feel that Chiba-san looks a bit like Yagami-kun now."
Hearing this, Chiba Yui couldn't help but pouted.
"Ah, really, senior, please stop teasing me."
"If Lord Yegami comes, he will definitely be able to find more clues and information than me, and maybe he can even deduce the other party's bank card password."
"Indeed, I believe that if it is Lord Yagami, he might be able to do such a thing."
Jingu Marina agreed with this.
After saying this, the two couldn't help but look at each other for a few seconds.
The next moment, he couldn't hold back his laughter at the same time and let out a clear laughter like wind chimes.
While laughing, Jingu Shina also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh, great. Before, I was worried whether Chiba-san would be affected by Yagami-kun's disappearance."
"It seems that I don't need to worry about it at all."
"Well, because someone has already encouraged me." Chiba Yui clenched her fist confidently.
"After all, ordinary people like me have no right to worry about Lord Yagami."
"Then, we can only believe in him. I believe that he can overcome no matter what difficulties he faces, and then return to the office, smile and wave to us to say that I am back."
"I believe that if it is Lord Yagami, he can definitely do it."
"Besides, it's not okay to keep a child worried... Well, maybe I shouldn't call it a child. After all, it seems to be much older than me..."
Looking at Chiba Yui who was suddenly entangled, Jingu Shina raised the corner of her mouth slightly and showed a perfect smile.
"It feels like Chiba-san has really changed a lot compared to the first time we met."
"Is it because of Lord Yagami that you want to change?"
Before Chiba Yui, who was blushing and wanted to explain, could speak, she continued briskly.
"However, on this point, Chiba-san and I have the same view. After all, the difficulty of being able to stop Yagami-kun should not exist in this world at all, right?"
When she said this, her tone paused slightly, and her eyes suddenly became serious.
He bent down, stretched out his hand to Chiba Yui who was squatting on the ground, and said.
"Then let's go and see where these footprints lead."
"Go and see what it is that is worthy of the extraordinary person's troubles."
"Maybe it's the evil things that Chiba-san calls 'big cleaning' to clean out."
Following the other party's words, a rich golden light that floated like waves of wheat ears suddenly appeared in front of Chiba Yui's eyes.
Looking at Jingu Shina surrounded by the golden light, Chiba Yui was also a little surprised.
Obviously this time, the other party did not call the Inari God to rely on him, but he could still see this spectacular sight.
Sure enough, compared to the first time we met, Jingu-senpai has become much more powerful...
She held the other person's hand and stood up, nodding towards the other person.
"Then I'll trouble you, Senior Jingu."
...
Two lines of broad footprints moved forward along the corridor.
It wasn't until a certain door that the footprints suddenly disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Chiba Yui and Jingu Shina looked at each other and then nodded.
Jingu Shina stretched out her hand and turned the door handle little by little.
With a strange creaking sound, the door slowly opened and swung toward the rear.
Different from the previous room, this room had thick black curtains drawn, causing the entire room to be in darkness.
But through the light coming from the door, you can still see the strange bulge on the bed that looks like a huge insect chrysalis.
It seems to be alive, and it is still squirming at this moment.
Seeing this, Jingu Jinna's expression condensed and she whispered.
"Chiba-san, get behind me."
The next moment, a talisman filled with red edicts suddenly appeared in her white palm, and she shouted commandingly.
"The contracted fox follows my order and appears here."
The next moment, a little fox with a bright red tail like a flame happily emerged from the spell and landed in front of Jingu Shina. It stuck out its tongue "hahaha" as if waiting for an order.
Seeing this, Jingu Shina waved his hand and ordered.
"Zhongyoshi, go and open the curtains and let us see what it is."
"Woof woof woof!"
After receiving the instruction, the little fox immediately flew to the window, bit the black curtain with his teeth, and pulled back hard.
The next moment, dazzling sunlight rushed into the room, driving away the darkness.
As if it couldn't bear this sudden stimulation, the chrysalis on the bed suddenly started struggling crazily, showing a very painful appearance.
After getting used to the bright light for a while, Chiba Yui put down her hands and looked at the things on the bed.
The next second, the expression on her face suddenly froze.
Because he was completely unable to accept what he saw, his brain fell into a state of shutdown.
After a long while, she recovered from her state and stammered and asked.