The Story of the Nine-Tailed Fox

I was the daughter of a director. My father made science fiction films and was very interested in demonology. One day I came home. He was strange, scared of every rustle, but I didn't pay any attention to it. My father, Mei Xiao, that was his name, started writing a new plot for a film. It was about some foxes. Over time, he became stranger and stranger... Strange, snake-like spots began to appear on his body. Eventually, he began screaming and thrashing about. He was taken to a mental hospital. My mother had been dead since she was 9 years old, I barely remembered her. My father kept saying names: Lee Yeon, Lee Ran, Nam Jia... Something about the river of death, about a nine-tailed fox, about an imoogi... I didn't know the names, but I knew a little about Japanese demonology... An imoogi is a snake god that can possess people and take over their minds. Nine-tailed foxes are also gods... They can transform foxes into people and... Even live like people. Among them are the Kumiho and Kitsune... Kushiho can only love once, and they also cannot die at the hands of a mere mortal. But the names... I don't know... I've never heard them. I went to see my father every day, he was getting worse... Finally, after a couple of months... He passed away. I didn't know how to go on. Morning came.