"Miss Tamamo no Mae... do you, do you mean you want to enter that new world and hope for me to open the door?"

Hiri calmed down and asked thoughtfully.

"Of course, that's exactly what I mean..." The fox elf girl nodded repeatedly, and the look in her eyes as she observed the white-haired girl became a bit strange. "Speaking of which, your situation is indeed quite interesting. It feels just like an ordinary person, so how could you possess such miraculous power?"

Strictly speaking, Hiri wasn't a true demon hunter and hadn't undergone the Green Grass Trial, but the magic in her bloodline made her physical abilities close to those of a demon hunter.

But in Miss Tamamo no Mae's view, this was the level of an ordinary person, completely unremarkable...

It's like a high-level player using a level 100 account who wouldn't think there's an essential difference between a level 1 newbie and a level 2 newbie.

"I'm a special case, and Miss Tamamo no Mae, didn't you know long ago, about the Ancient Blood..." Hiri mumbled quietly.

"That's why I find it strange. Although this bloodline indeed has great potential, there shouldn't be such manifestations even if fully developed, right?" Miss Tamamo no Mae pouted, "But oh well, the world is vast and full of wonders. Maybe your world isn't that simple either."

The demon hunter girl blinked but didn't say anything. She also didn't have a comprehensive understanding of her world yet.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and open the teleportation gate for me while Master is still on Jupiter's Moon Europa..." The fox elf girl urged, wanting Hiri to open the door for her as soon as possible. After all, she had painstakingly caught such a great opportunity to monopolize someone dear and couldn't afford to miss it.

Master's true self was still in the real world, but part of his thoughts and senses had extended and projected into another dimension.

Thinking from this perspective, as long as she seized this opportunity, wouldn't she be able to be alone with Master in another world line? Moreover, due to the different flow of time, time over there was much faster than here, which gave her a significant advantage.

Miss Tamamo no Mae wants to level up! Go full throttle! Overtake in the curve!

That's right! Miss Tamamo no Mae, great success!!

Unable to resist the fox elf girl, Hiri hesitated but ultimately opened the entrance to the previous world. Of course, she didn't think it was some kind of entrance to a dungeon, nor did she think it was some unimaginable rule power that made some function modules attach to her, allowing her ability to "break through" this possibility.

"Hehe, thank you..."

Looking at the swirling light vortex before her, Miss Tamamo no Mae confirmed it and nodded with satisfaction. Then she extended her hand gently, her slender jade finger pointing, and a ball of light shot out from her swaying tail. It moved extremely fast and instantly vanished into the teleportation gate.

"It's done. Now close the door... remember not to tell others later."

Satisfied, Miss Tamamo no Mae nodded and looked at Hiri, saying so.

"...You're not going over?" The demon hunter girl opened her mouth, but after a moment of thought, she reacted instantly, "Wait, you can also use the Clone Technique?"

Earlier, she'd also opened the teleportation gate and let Gu Mo go explore the new world. But Gu Mo had gone, and yet he was still in the real world, this was the Outer Incarnation, being able to divide different incarnations to act, performing different tasks in various locations.

She felt a bit envious. If she could also grasp such amazing magic, she could continually explore those new worlds and search for a way home.

Unlike now, where despite not being restricted, she had many concerns and couldn't recklessly explore new worlds.

"Clone... what's the big deal about this, I was originally split into eight tails." Miss Tamamo no Mae said proudly, "Despite being somewhat complete, thanks to Master's blessing, I've now re-integrated, but anyway, I usually don't exceed the power of three tails, now it happens just to be doing other jobs..."

"Um, you wouldn't think I'd just go over, would you? That's not possible. If I just went, I couldn't hide it from them..."

The demon hunter girl smiled wryly, looking at the haughty fox spirit Miss with hands on her hips, she couldn't help but complain inwardly—

It's probably not just because you can't hide it, but also because you have no intention of letting either side go, right? After all, while going off to "steal a home", you also prevent others from "stealing" yours; this fox isn't planning to leave a gap in the world here or else it would just be a one-sided trade-off tactic.

What a scary woman, who has no plans to leave a way out for others.

Though the wish of "wanting to monopolize one's beloved" and "not wanting to lose in romantic feelings to other women" is somewhat adorable, but with the hidden Yandere elements, it's uncertain... remembering the time when this fox, with such a happy expression, held her face and gushed over those Yandere statements, Hiri mused with scattered thoughts.

She didn't say anything, merely silently obeyed the fox elf's instructions, waving to turn off the open teleportation gate.

Miss Tamamo no Mae nodded with satisfaction, then turned around to leave, yet paused again, furrowing her brows to look at the demon hunter girl.

"I... I won't say anything," Hiri sighed helplessly and said seriously. After all, there was really no problem with this, the person had also told her she could use her ability based on her judgment, staying here was her own choice, and she hadn't lost her freedom.

So, there really was no problem, it was only some time ago, for unknown reasons, that person told her to not attempt to open doors connecting unfamiliar worlds... but only that once, otherwise, she had no restrictions.

"Not that, try reopening the teleportation gate…" The fox elf girl frowned, sensing something, and said.

Hiri was slightly stunned, but also puzzled as she reopened the teleportation gate that had just been closed.

"..."

"..."

Brief silence fell, and the air turned mute.

"So it is indeed like this."

As if understanding something, Miss Tamamo slowly nodded, a strange puzzle lingering in her mind — indeed, it requires the temporal splicing of two universes, requiring the existence of a connecting portal, so that the continuity of time and space on both sides is intact, allowing her to sense the connection from the other side.

But why is it, Master...?

Could he possibly possess the ability to interfere with multiple timelines, and is it even stronger than my "Single Appearance"?

Various doubts passed through her mind, but Miss Fox Spirit did not dwell excessively. As long as opening the Teleportation Gate could synchronize the information over there, then there wasn't much of a problem… She simply wanted to avoid adding more competitors for herself. Even if it were her own tails, they must synchronize intelligence with her.

In the past, she wouldn't have cared about such matters, just like how the eight tails which had once split, though they are clones, in a sense are also different individuals.

Moreover, it's common in the Summoning of Heroic Spirits that intelligence returns to the heroic spirit's main form after a servant's summoning ends, allowing the main form to browse through such intelligence records like flipping through a book, knowing what kind of experiences "oneself" had in some world line.

Though she wasn't a heroic spirit, she had once imagined pretending to be summoned as a servant, surely her other tails had the same thought…

However, unexpectedly, the first time she was truly summoned as a servant, a small incident occurred… and so that's why she ended up appearing in this world.

Miss Tamamo thought it over. Initially, she intended to pretend to be summoned as a servant, opening a new life, but ended up directly recovering her Nine-tailed Spirit Base, with even the slashed-out clones being reintegrated… simply because she had been summoned by Master, using a Spirit Base that was also Master's Guardian Spirit—

This utterly unreasonable phenomenon indicates highly positioned rules of power hidden behind it.

Master inherently harbored big secrets, which she knew, so now, possessing abilities beyond "Single Appearance" would not be too difficult for Miss Tamamo to accept.

"Alright, thank you for this time, but I might still need to trouble you afterward…"

After expressing gratitude to the Demon Hunter Girl, Miss Tamamo cheerfully left the room, leaving Hiri alone sitting there.

"Finally, she's gone, such a troublesome woman…" Hiri sighed slightly, then turned her head somewhat sulkily, gazing outside through the glass.

On the desolate Moon Rock Plain, the majestic Moon Ring City stood tall.

The futuristic integrated vertical buildings form a densely packed city center, with rows of facilities and intricate districts beside the straight roads. More distant are the ecopark domes and the vast, expansive platform of the spaceport, both clearly visible.

Her gaze lifted, passing over the Moon Ring City skyline, over the crater-filled and rocky surface, looking into the airless night, the dark unknown universe seemingly an unfathomably vast abyss…

Feeling the sheer vastness of the real universe so tangibly, Hiri unconsciously started to question life itself, questioning all the things she had encountered in the past. Some things that once seemed utterly hopeless, oppressive like suffocating pressure, now suddenly appeared insignificant…

Of course, this was just an odd sensation now, it didn't mean she genuinely had the ability to handle her troubles on her own.

It's not just about finding the original world.

——And the mess in that world…

——As well as the lurking Wild Hunt Demon Spirit…

These are matters the girl needs to think through rationally, so based on her will and choices, she stayed, intending to contribute to this small team with her abilities, while also hoping for their friendship and help when needed.

Initially, her mindset was somewhat transactional, but thinking back now… she seems to quite like the current situation.

......

...

Another world.

East Sea Dao, Owari Country.

The night was right, with the moon shining its pure light.

However, within Qingzhou City, in a courtyard with exquisite scenery, two maids were anxiously asking questions into the house.

"Miss Ah Shi…"

"Miss, what's wrong?"

They had just heard a low exclamation from inside the house and immediately became worried, repeatedly calling from outside the door, anxious that something might have happened to the lady they served. Without a response from inside, they grew even more uneasy.