Chapter 341: Demon Hunter and Female Onmyoji
The charred and greasy chicken skin, the juicy chicken meat, the smooth and tender lantern meat, and the complex spices, placed on a clean plate, are like works of art, glowing under the illumination of the charcoal fire.

"I'm eating!" Asha clasped her hands together, grateful for the opportunity to enjoy such delicious food. Then, she displayed her amazing skills and stuffed the entire skewer into her mouth. She slurped it up, leaving only the greasy skewer on the empty plate.

With her hands covering her cheeks and her beautiful eyes narrowed, Asha chewed happily, feeling the ever-changing deliciousness of the boiling fat, the fragrant gravy and a variety of spices gradually mixing together.

Long couldn't resist the temptation and imitated Asha, stuffing the whole skewer into his mouth, showing off his equally impressive oral and tongue skills. He must have practiced a lot of techniques such as blowing needles with the bamboo flute, tying knots with his tongue, and hiding hidden weapons in his mouth.

After enjoying the grilled skewers, they had the red bean soup and three-color meatballs, which are the most irresistible for women. The sweet taste made the two of them unable to stop, comparable to modern milk tea with cream cakes.

Finally, they ended with a bowl of chewy ramen with a clear soup base and a rich flavor. They couldn't eat any more and returned to the dormitory with full bellies, feeling satisfied.

Because they ate too much, the two had to do some gentle exercises to help digestion before they fell asleep.

At night, although some shops are not closed, the accommodation area is patrolled by the Moroboshi family's sword teams and ninjas, allowing people living here to rest in peace. After all, the population here is very complicated, and if people with grudges against each other meet here, there might be deaths.

However, no matter what the Moroboshi family does outside, they must behave themselves in the camp, otherwise whoever dares to cause trouble will die.

The Moroboshi family provides jobs and generous treatment, not for them to cause trouble.

Although there were people from the Moroboshi family patrolling outside, Asha and Oboro did not enter the deepest sleep. The two people who had undergone rigorous training seemed to be asleep, but in fact they remained alert. They would wake up at the slightest movement and quickly enter combat status. This is also the basic skill of being an elite ninja. Those who cannot do this are cannon fodder even if they are ninjas.

The next morning, after washing up carefully and making sure there was no lingering smell from last night, the two went to take on the mission.

When we arrived, there were already quite a few people, but they were not crowded together because the quest board was hanging on the outer wall. The place was spacious and there was no need to squeeze. Moreover, not everyone could take on many quests because the Adventurer's Guild divided the quests into three levels.

One is to run errands and deliver letters to get information. It is not dangerous, but it is time-consuming and laborious, so anyone can take it, but generally people with some ability will not waste time on such tasks.

The second is to arrest bandits. In addition to certain requirements for skills, you also need to have sufficient experience. Otherwise, if you let the person escape, your evaluation will be lowered, so usually two or three people will work together.

The third is special tasks, which require corresponding professional capabilities, such as eliminating evil spirits, collecting special intelligence, finding out where there are monsters and demons, etc.

Seeing the third type of mission, their eyes lit up, but as third-level ninjas, they were not qualified to take this type of mission unless they cooperated with others, so they turned their attention to the people around them, looking for suitable partners.

Izumi is a rare female Onmyoji. She has not found a suitable bodyguard for this trial. Because of her gender and the customs of Japan, finding a male bodyguard is a risky thing in itself. Although the risk is not as high as that of Asan, she does not intend to take the risk. Therefore, although she has taken a fancy to a mission, she is not completely sure. At this time, Long has already set his eyes on the other party.

"Would you like to work together?" Oboro said openly. As they were both women, Izumi's eyes lit up, but she was still a little hesitant, after all, she was a stranger and didn't know the details.

"We are both elite ninjas. Gathering information, setting traps, and covering retreats are all our specialties. In addition, we are demon hunting ninjas. If you have heard of us, you will understand how much advantage there is in our cooperation." Oboro could tell at a glance that Izumi was moved, so he gave her another push with his words.

Izumi was really moved, because she had indeed heard of the Demon Hunter Ninjas and knew that these ninjas were more dedicated to destroying demons than the Onmyojis, and they also had a good reputation, so she nodded and agreed.

As an Onmyoji, Izumi is not level three, but level two, which makes her eligible to take on special missions.

In fact, the Adventurer's Guild usually recommends level one to take special missions, not because they are afraid that those with low levels will die in the mission, but because they are afraid of alerting the enemy, which will then be very troublesome to deal with.

However, two third-level ninjas and a second-level Onmyoji have a chance to complete the task as long as they are not too careless, so they are allowed to take on the Fox Dancer's task.

The Fox Dancer is a witch wearing a fox mask, but her true identity, gender, occupation and race are all unknown. Because there has been no contact with her so far, it is unclear whether she is a human, a demon or a half-demon, male, female or neither male nor female.

The reason for the wanted order is that the fox dancers would hold sacrifices in a nearby village under the pretext of praying for blessings, and would dress up the most beautiful girls in the village as sacrifices. However, after the sacrifice, the girls would disappear.

The ignorant villagers thought that the gods had accepted the sacrifice, and were extremely happy. They showed even more respect to the fox dancers, but at the same time, they did not want other villages to benefit from it, so they kept it a secret.

This resulted in the situation that by the time the patrolling warriors of the Moroboshi family discovered something was wrong, more than thirty girls had already gone missing. This was just a rough statistical data, and the actual number of missing people was definitely higher because there were too many people who wanted to conceal the truth.

However, this time they were not trying to prevent others from getting the benefits, but they were afraid of being blamed for it, because they were all the daimyo's property, and the beautiful girls were even more precious properties. In the end, they lost both the benefits and the people. How could they not feel guilty and want to hide it?

This is also the reason why the Moroboshi family set up this special department, because it would take too much manpower and resources to deal with these unstable factors that come and go without a trace, have no clear purpose, and whose intentions are unknown.

While in the city, the other party might still be concerned about the strength of the Moroboshi family and dare not act recklessly, but once they leave the city, they will be completely let loose, and the Moroboshi family can do nothing about it.

The imperial power does not extend to the countryside, and this is not just talk. Except for the modern times, any dynasty would at most enforce the law at the county level, and the village elders, landlords, and gentry would handle everything in the countryside. Even if it was a bad habit, such as immersing pigs in cages, drowning baby girls, and eating the whole family, etc., it was illegal according to the law, but the people would not report it and the officials would not investigate it. Even if they knew about it, they would just turn a blind eye. As long as there were no victims, the world would be at peace.

Even if Yan Xu was cheating, it would be impossible for him to deploy samurai, ninjas, and onmyojis to all villages. Therefore, there was basically no other way to arrest these people except posting wanted notices. Even sending out the army would not work, as it would be costly and easy for the other party to detect it in advance.

As for those ronin, samurai, ninja, onmyoji, etc., their own living circles are intertwined with those unstable factors. In order to deal with them more advantageously and professionally, the Moroboshi family pays far less money and materials than sending troops. At the same time, they can also select elites from them to increase the foundation of the Moroboshi family, killing two birds with one stone.

(End of this chapter)