They needed a specific spell to return, and they didn't have one.
Yurihana Hyakuryo explained.
"I see."
Lu Ping'an nodded, without any anxiety or dissatisfaction—he was already alone there, so where he lived didn't matter, did it? Moreover, having arrived in an anime world, Lu Ping'an was actually quite excited. He immediately introduced himself in broken Japanese: "My name is Lu Ping'an, and I'm from Huaxia."
"Huaxia?"
Listening to his broken Japanese, Yurihana Hyakuryo was momentarily stunned.
Their world also had Huaxia, located to the west of Neon.
Could it be that someone from another country had been summoned?
Thinking this, Yurihana Hyakuryo couldn't help but ask,
"Lu Jun, where in Huaxia is your home?"
It was enviable to say, the entire land area of Neon was not even as large as one of their provinces.
And Huaxia had eight such provinces, with the largest one being several times the size of Neon.
"I'm from the Jiangnan area."
Lu Ping'an paused, then added, "But it shouldn't be the same world as yours. We don't have this kind of creature there."
He pointed at Jashin-chan.
"Baka—!"
Jashin-chan, being watched by the two, gritted her teeth and slammed the tatami, glaring at Lu Ping'an with a face full of indignation: "I've already been cut down, and you're still chatting and laughing with the enemy... Rather than letting you defect, I'd rather deal with you myself!"
"Stare—!"
Before she could make a move, Yurihana Hyakuryo's death glare arrived first.
"Jashin-chan, there's a limit to your mischief, do you understand?"
Hearing that emotionless voice, memories of various past self-destructive acts being punished flooded Jashin-chan's mind. She couldn't help but shiver and said tremblingly,
"I-I understand!"
She decided to deal with Lu Ping'an when Baihe Ling wasn't around.
This scoundrel dared to defect, she would definitely make him pay a bloody price!
"You'd better truly understand." Yurihana Hyakuryo gazed down at Jashin-chan, her voice eerie: "If you dare to feign compliance, I'll let you taste the Manchu Ten Great Tortures I just learned... Heh heh~, even I find it terrifying~."
Yurihana Hyakuryo's lips curved upwards, revealing a morbid smile.
'What the hell are you learning all day long!'
Jashin-chan looked shocked, then extremely scared—she didn't understand the two words 'Manchu,' but she understood 'Ten Great Tortures'! It sounded terrifying...
"I understand! I'll get along well with him!"
Jashin-chan, whose tail was no longer bleeding, knelt on the tatami, sitting upright with a docile expression.
This was a lie!
Yurihana Hyakuryo watched her and snorted lightly, then began to direct her:
"Clean up the room for me... Also, is dinner ready?"
"Yes, it's ready. I'll go get it right away."
Jashin-chan first moved the low table nearby, then went to the kitchen to get dinner.
Because she had failed too many times, she was already used to it and didn't think she would definitely succeed this time, so she prepared dinner in advance—if she didn't prepare it, Yurihana Hyakuryo would be even angrier, and she would be even worse off.
This was wisdom unique to Jashin-chan!
"After summoning Jashin-chan, I realized that there really are demons in this world." Yurihana Hyakuryo looked at Lu Ping'an and said, "Let's talk while we eat."
"Okay."
Lu Ping'an nodded gently.
"Eh? I didn't prepare dinner for that traitor!"
Probably hearing their conversation, Jashin-chan, holding a bowl of rice, poked her head out from the kitchen.
Yurihana Hyakuryo looked at her and said understatedly,
"So give him your share. You're not allowed to eat tonight. Reflect properly."
"Na-Nani!?"
Jashin-chan's eyes widened at the words, her face full of disbelief: "Dinner was made by me, why can't I eat it! I protest!"
"Protest denied."
Yurihana Hyakuryo walked towards the kitchen, carrying a large cleaver, and snorted lightly: "This is the price for doing something wrong!"
Jashin-chan, who was about to say something else, instantly jolted when she saw Yurihana Hyakuryo coming with the knife. Her eyes instantly became clear, like a harmless little girl.
As soon as Yurihana Hyakuryo passed by, she immediately glared fiercely at Lu Ping'an.
'Damn it! You traitor, just you wait!'
Feeling someone's gaze, Jashin-chan quickly argued loudly,
"I'm not! I didn't! He's lying!"
"How shameless! To slander me, the beloved Jashin-chan whom everyone loves and flowers adore, doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Jashin-chan pointed at Lu Ping'an with a rice scoop, looking heartbroken, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"You're the one who's more shameless for saying such things and then turning the tables!"
Lu Ping'an retorted in broken Japanese.
Indeed, there was a reason every time Jashin-chan got punished.
In the short few minutes since he transmigrated, he already wanted to deal with her.
Unfortunately, it seemed he couldn't beat her?
Even though she was always getting punished and looking miserable, it was a different story when facing ordinary people.
At least Lu Ping'an couldn't jump two or three meters high at once.
"This is indeed something Jashin-chan would do." Yurihana Hyakuryo's gaze turned cold as she looked at a certain snake, who immediately tensed up and pretended not to hear, going to serve the rice.
"Today I made beef stew with potatoes, which Baihe Ling likes to eat."
She tried to change the subject.
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