"And how did you manage to get into a snare, you fool?" Kuai Liang said, squatting down next to the exhausted fox.

She growled, trying to bite him out of fear, but he only gently poked her with his finger on the top of her head.

"Don't grumble, fluffy. I want to help," he explained with a grin, deftly untangling the rigid rope.

In ninja eyes, she was just a wounded beast that needed help, and Kuai Liang did not suspect that in fact, behind the guise of a fluffy fox, Huli-jing was hiding.