Seeing that Hodoka Moyo treated him and Xu Hao with completely different attitudes, and even called Xu Hao "Master," Tokugawa Ryōji's face instantly turned cold. He demanded sharply, "Hodoka Moyo, what do you an by this? I made my feelings for you clear a long ti ago, don't tell you didn't know?"
"Of course I knew, but I also clearly rejected you a long ti ago, don't tell you didn't know?" Hodoka Moyo shot back.
"Hmph! You're the woman I, Tokugawa Ryōji, have set my sights on. You think you can still escape from the palm of my hand?" Tokugawa Ryōji said coldly.
"Tokugawa Ryōji, sorry, but I'm now Master Xu's maid. Where I belong can only be decided by Master Xu." Hodoka Moyo walked to Xu Hao's side and looked at Tokugawa Ryōji indifferently as she spoke.
Tokugawa Ryōji was stunned for a mont, then quickly reacted, speaking in disbelief, "You… you beca Xu Hao's maid? You'd rather not be my official wife and instead go be his maid? Is there sothing wrong with your head?"
He had never imagined that the Hodoka Moyo he longed for day and night would actually beco Xu Hao's maid.
This huge dramatic reversal almost left him unable to react.
Hodoka Moyo said blandly, "This is my choice. Master Xu can cure my illness, so I chose to follow him. Is there a problem with that?"
"You're saying he can cure your illness?"
Tokugawa Ryōji glanced at Xu Hao and imdiately burst out laughing. "Hahahahaha! That's probably the funniest joke I've heard all year. That's not even an illness, why would you treat it?"
A gleam of light suddenly flashed through Xu Hao's eyes. This Tokugawa Ryōji had probably let sothing slip; he clearly knew sothing.
Hodoka Moyo asked at once, "I know my own physical condition. It's definitely an illness."
"Hahaha, that's not an illness at all, it's just that…" Tokugawa Ryōji suddenly realized there were other people here. Getting carried away, he imdiately shut his mouth.
But Xu Hao stared at him coldly and said, "Tell everything you know, and I'll spare your life."
"You… Xu Hao, I really don't know anything!" Tokugawa Ryōji said, instantly both furious and panicked. His body kept retreating as he tried to get out of Xu Hao's attack range.
But Xu Hao raised his hand, grabbed him like an eagle snatching a chick, then slamd him heavily onto the ground, and questioned coldly, "Tell , what exactly do you know."
"I… I… Master Xu, Old Master Xu, I really can't talk nonsense. Otherwise, my Tokugawa Family will be dragged down with !" Tokugawa Ryōji said in utter panic.
"You can choose not to talk. In that case I'll just kill you now, then go to your Tokugawa Family and interrogate them. I don't believe everyone in the Tokugawa Family has a spine of steel." Xu Hao said coolly.
Seeing Xu Hao actually threaten him like this, Tokugawa Ryōji's heart was a tangled ss of emotions. He hadn't expected himself to let slip sothing so important.
But at this point the mistake was already made. To stay alive, he could only say, "Master Xu, I really don't know much about this matter…"
"Then spit out everything you do know!" Xu Hao barked coldly. Tokugawa Ryōji's body trembled in fright, and he actually wet himself.
That rank stench instantly spread through the air.
Everyone hurriedly covered their noses and backed away. Xu Hao imdiately waved his hand, sweeping away all the sll, and said speechlessly, "The dignified young master of the Tokugawa Family actually pissed himself in public. If this gets out, it's going to be quite the headline, isn't it?"
Tokugawa Ryōji's face flushed scarlet at once. He hurriedly said in a low voice, "Please, Master Xu, keep this a secret for . If this gets out, I'll have no face left to live."
"Of course I can, but you'll need to tell everything you know. Only then will I be willing to keep your secret for you." Xu Hao sat down in a chair at his leisure and spoke calmly.
"Fine, I'll tell you everything I know."
Tokugawa Ryōji seed to steel himself with trendous resolve and said, "There's nothing wrong with Hodoka Moyo's body, but as for what it actually is, I can't say. I really am interested in her, but I don't dare consummate things with her. She's soone chosen by Yamata no Orochi and must be sent to the Yamata Shrine."
"What does that Yamata no Orochi bastard want with her?" Xu Hao slled a whiff of conspiracy. Yamata no Orochi was no benevolent being.
Yamata no Orochi was a Serpent, but just to create that avatar from earlier, it slaughtered a full hundred of its own kind. That level of cruelty alone was enough to make one break out in a cold sweat.
And now Tokugawa Ryōji was saying that this Serpent had taken a liking to a human girl—there had to be so plot behind this!
Xu Hao did not believe that Yamata no Orochi would fall for a human girl; there had to be so other reason.
Tokugawa Ryōji quickly said, "That I really don't know. I'm just following orders. These things are beyond the scope of what I'm allowed to think about."
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