"You…how do you know my name?"
Kagome's face showed an expression of disbelief as she clutched the Shikon Jewel around her neck. Just then, the sound of a bowstring being drawn taut came from behind Yang Tao.
"What is your purpose in coming here?"
Yang Tao turned to look at Granny Kaede, who held a long bow drawn into a full moon, and said with a smile, "Of course, it's to subjugate demons and eliminate evil. Do you think it would be for this so-called Shikon Jewel?"
"Then how did you know my name? And why are you wearing modern clothes?"
Kagome was full of questions now. Yang Tao ignored Granny Kaede's bow and arrow, returned to the table, sat down, and said, "That's a lot of questions… Hmm, let me think."
"You can just think of me as someone who can foresee the future."
Picking up the cup on the table, Yang Tao took a small sip.
"As for the clothes, I bought them at a store."
Yang Tao lied about that. His clothes were acquired through a zero-dollar purchase in the Backrooms.
"Then…then do you have a way to send me back?"
"I do not."
Hearing his words, a look of disappointment appeared on Kagome's face. Seeing that Yang Tao did not intend to snatch the Shikon Jewel, Granny Kaede slowly lowered the long bow in her hand.
Kagome walked into the room and sat down at the table. Perhaps because Yang Tao was also a modern person, she felt in her heart that Yang Tao was more reliable than others.
"What is your name, sir?"
Ding.
Yang Tao reached out and placed a business card on the table, gently pushing it towards Kagome: "This is my business card."
Kagome: "..."
Receiving a business card in this warring states period was quite fantastical. Kagome picked up the business card from the table and asked again, "You said you can foresee the future, so please tell me what will happen to me next?"
"Four years from now, you will give birth to a daughter named Moroha…"
Three years later, Kagome would marry Inuyasha and then give birth to a lovely daughter.
"Ah?"
Kagome, still a young girl, instantly turned crimson.
"How is that possible? Even if it's four years from now, I'll only be 19. How could I have a child?"
Yang Tao smiled but said nothing.
"Then…what's the child's father's name?"
He smiled but said nothing.
Kagome: "..."
"Is there anything else you can tell me?"
"Yes, you will lose the Shikon Jewel tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, not only was Kagome surprised, but Granny Kaede, who was beside her, found it even harder to believe.
"Impossible…"
Granny Kaede stared intently at Yang Tao and said, "If I hide the Shikon Jewel beforehand, then your prophecy will naturally fall apart."
"Don't get agitated. The future isn't unchangeable. What I'm saying is what was originally supposed to happen, but once it's said, the future has already changed."
Granny Kaede looked at Yang Tao's serious demeanor and felt uncertain. This was a world with demons and special powers, and seers were quite influential.
"In that case, how was the Shikon Jewel lost?"
"It ran off on its own. This thing is alive. Although it's not truly a living being in the strict sense, it possesses its own thoughts, or rather, instincts."
When Granny Kaede heard Yang Tao say this, she immediately felt that Yang Tao was talking nonsense. Her elder sister, Kikyo, had guarded the Shikon Jewel for so many years and had never said that the item was alive.
She turned to look at Kagome and said, "Watch the Shikon Jewel carefully; this item is very important."
Kagome heard this and lowered her head to look at the glowing Shikon Jewel around her neck, then gently nodded.
"What about Inuyasha?"
"He's in the forest at the edge of the village. He said he doesn't like humans, so he doesn't want to come into the village."
Yang Tao, standing nearby, smiled and shook his head. He finished the clear water in his cup, stood up, and said, "Granny Kaede, thank you for your hospitality."
"Miss Kagome, I'm going to build a house in the forest outside the village. If you need any help, you can always come find me."
With that, Yang Tao stood up and walked out of the shrine. Kagome gazed at Yang Tao's retreating back, momentarily lost in thought, while Granny Kaede muttered, "What a strange person."
...
Leaving the village, Yang Tao looked out at the forest but did not see Inuyasha's figure.
'This guy, who knows where he ran off to…'
Walking into the forest, he found a suitable spot and took a chainsaw out of his backpack.
Buzz~
The chainsaw started, quickly cutting down some large, obstructive trees, clearing an open space in about ten minutes.
Opening his backpack and looking at the materials inside, Yang Tao pondered, 'I've always built matchbox houses. How about I build a modern-style villa today?'
No sooner said than done.
For a modern villa style, Yang Tao preferred to use quartz blocks. Fortunately, this material had no use at the current stage. The quartz screened out by the Tinkers' Construct mod was only useful when he was building.
Yang Tao built houses very quickly, especially with abundant materials and the Building Staff.
[World Exploration Value 5.251%]
Yang Tao, who was in a second-floor room contemplating how to decorate, saw the exploration value surge again and immediately knew that the protagonist, Inuyasha, had arrived.
Through the transparent Tinkers' Construct glass, Yang Tao easily saw a handsome young man squatting on a tree branch not far away.
Inuyasha had a head of soft, silvery long hair, with two shorter strands at his temples hanging down to his chest.
A pair of white dog ears protruded from his silver hair. He wore a string of purplish-red spiritual beads around his neck and was dressed in a fiery red Fire Rat Robe and fiery red belted hakama-style trousers, barefoot, squatting on the tree, curiously examining his villa.
Yang Tao smiled and waved at him.
Inuyasha paused for a moment, then leaped down from the tree and walked towards him. Standing at the villa's entrance, he looked up at Yang Tao and said, "Hey, who are you?"
"Just an ordinary person."
Saying that, he opened the door, walked onto the balcony, and leaped down to land in front of Inuyasha, sizing him up and down as he said, "My name is Yang Tao. It's a pleasure to meet you, Inuyasha."
"You know me?"
Yang Tao said with a smile, "Of course. Would you like to come in and sit down? My house is quite spacious."
Inuyasha, as a demon, might have been receiving such a warm invitation for the first time and was still a bit unaccustomed.
After a flicker of hesitation on his face, he said, "Aren't you afraid of me? I'm a demon, you know?"
"Will you eat me?"
"Well, no…"
"Then that's that. At most, you can kill me, and I'm not afraid of death, so what does it matter whether you're a demon or not?"
Inuyasha was startled by Yang Tao's words. It was his first time encountering someone like Yang Tao, unaware that it would take him a long time to understand what "not afraid of death" truly meant.
"Since you've invited me so sincerely, then I'll go and see your house."
In reality, Inuyasha was also very curious about Yang Tao's house. If he remembered correctly, there was nothing here just an hour ago.
Walking inside, Inuyasha curiously looked around the empty room. Even as a demon, he couldn't help but say, "Your house is quite clean."
"It's not decorated yet. Wait a moment."
Saying that, Yang Tao took a yellow plastic table and several office chairs from his backpack and placed them in the room.
Inuyasha frowned slightly at Yang Tao's actions and said, "Is this your ability? Are you really human?"
Yang Tao said very sincerely, "Absolutely!"
Inuyasha, who had been pinned to a tree for 50 years and had only woken up a day ago, couldn't help but exclaim internally, 'I never imagined that after 50 years, humans would change so much…'