Rakshasa Street Episode 15 Recap
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Hattori interrogated Bai Jingxuan, accusing him of choosing a path to ruin despite his years of feigned compliance. Bai Jingxuan stated that he chose Cao Yanbing because he was the only person in five years brave enough to enter Mingjing village, and his fearlessness was the only hope for dispelling the darkness that engulfed the street.
Hattori scoffed, revealing that Lord Ziwei herself wished to meet Bai Jingxuan, but warned that Bai Jingxuan might not escape his current predicament, as Cao Yanbing, his supposed savior, was already heading into a death trap prepared for him. At that moment, Cao Yanbing burst through the door, ridiculing Hattori, a ninja, for failing to detect his approach. Hattori, caught off guard, swiftly injected Bai Jingxuan with a substance that drastically altered his demeanor, causing him to attack Cao Yanbing.
Meanwhile, Xia Ling searched for Cao Yanbing on the street and encountered Nanyufu and Northern Division. Nanyufu commended Xia Ling's courage for acting as a hostage to calm the villagers. Suddenly, a loud sound drew their attention, leading them to find an unconscious Bai Jingxuan. Xia Ling immediately blamed Cao Yanbing for the violence, a misconception shared by Nanyufu and Northern Division. Nanyufu ordered his soldiers to take Bai Jingxuan to the barracks for medical attention.
However, Bai Jingxuan soon appeared at Lord Ziwei's residence, indicating he was not treated at the barracks as intended. Cao Yanbing pursued Hattori, who, despite his agility, was eventually overpowered. Cao Yanbing pressed him for the whereabouts of the linghuai branch, but Hattori, declaring himself a ninja, insisted his greatest strength was endurance.
Cao Yanbing challenged Hattori's self-proclaimed benevolent nature (playing on the similar pronunciation for "benevolent person" and "ninja"), accusing him of being full of lies, but Hattori maintained his silence. Back in Mingjing village, Xia Ling shared with Northern Division the truth that the linghuai branch had been destroyed. Northern Division, however, played a recording and expressed profound mistrust for Cao Yanbing, highlighting his ancestry from Cao Cao, a figure known for treachery.
He questioned the accuracy of Xia Ling's memories, suggesting Cao Yanbing might have altered them since she was always by his side. Northern Division urged Xia Ling, a Messenger who had not been recruited as a Zhenhun General, to return to the human world and live her former life, rather than embarking on a dangerous path with a wanted man like Cao Yanbing.
Xia Ling, while privately musing about Northern Division's old-fashioned advice, acknowledged she did need to return for her graduation defense. Just then, villagers reported that Shuier had fainted again. Northern Division rushed to Shuier's side, and Nanyufu stated that only the "no fruit" could cure her worsening condition, emphasizing she needed to hold on until it appeared that night. Bai Jingxuan was now being held by Lord Ziwei.
Ziwei revealed that Bai Jingxuan had collaborated with the Kingdom Organization to develop a method for humans to survive in the Spiritual Domain. She demanded to know the location of other Mingjing village survivors, describing them as "rats" hiding in the dirtiest corners of Zhenhun Street, awaiting a chance for redemption. Bai Jingxuan defiantly refused, asserting that the villagers were innocent and that Ziwei and her organization were the true demons.
Ziwei retorted, accusing Bai Jingxuan of complicity in their research, and then injected him with the drug, demonstrating its effects by repeatedly stabbing him. His wounds healed almost immediately, but at the visible cost of his vitality, with blood flowing as if it were mere sweat. At that moment, Cao Yanbing, still holding Hattori captive, dramatically breached Ziwei's chambers. He confronted Ziwei, having deduced that the Lingjia army was in league with the Kingdom Organization.
He proposed a trade: Hattori for Bai Jingxuan. Ziwei showed contempt for Hattori's life, stating that death was merely something a ninja should endure. She then plunged a blade into Bai Jingxuan, inflicting a critical wound, and ordered her soldiers to apprehend Cao Yanbing. Cao Yanbing, declaring that while he refrained from striking women, he would not hesitate to kill someone like her, summoned his guardian spirit Xu Chu, who swiftly incapacitated the attacking soldiers.
Xia Ling was preparing to return to the human world for her graduation defense. Nanyufu engaged her in a conversation, sharing his own experience as a Messenger whose duties prevented him from returning to the human world, leading his identity there to fade. He expressed keen interest in her guardian spirit, which he had never seen. Xia Ling explained that her guardian spirit, Li Xuanyuan, was bound by a "lock chain," limiting his appearances and duration.
Nanyufu then attempted to use his own magic to sense her guardian spirit without her explicit summons. However, Li Xuanyuan intervened, countering Nanyufu's magical probe. Their interaction was cut short when a villager urgently reported Shuier's rapidly deteriorating condition, prompting Nanyufu to depart immediately. Cao Yanbing helped the severely wounded Bai Jingxuan escape. Bai Jingxuan, now appearing significantly aged, revealed that his rapid self-healing came at the cost of his lifespan and that his time was almost up.
He insisted on taking Cao Yanbing to a specific location. Back at Ziwei's residence, the room was in ruins after Cao Yanbing's intrusion. Taiwei questioned Ziwei about the events, to which she explained that Bai Jingxuan had placed all his hopes on Cao Yanbing. Anticipating Cao Yanbing's return to find Bai Jingxuan, she had Hattori impersonate the shopkeeper to lure him into a trap.
However, Cao Yanbing saw through the deception, located Bai Jingxuan, and even managed to plant a tracker on him, leading him directly to their hidden location. Taiwei acknowledged Cao Yanbing's shrewdness, a trait he attributed to his ancestor Wei Wu, but dismissed him as a serious threat, assuring Ziwei that with the "no fruit" appearing that night, Cao Yanbing would be unable to cause significant trouble.
Ziwei voiced her annoyance about the Mingjing villagers, whom she called "implements," and a particular legend, but Taiwei brushed off her concerns, reiterating that Cao Yanbing was a descendant of Wei Wu, not the fabled Wu'an army. Bai Jingxuan led Cao Yanbing to a secluded cave, informing him that it was the very place where Xia Ling's poison had been cured. He then whistled, and a group of supernatural beings emerged from the cave, piquing Cao Yanbing's curiosity about their true identity.
