On the first weekend of February, Mo Ming was halfway up in the kotatsu playing game consoles.

This thing was borrowed by him from the Red Devil Pavilion a while ago.,Seeing that Reimu is having fun.、These two days are just in time for the rare working day of the little witch.,Reimu took out an old wooden bow from the warehouse and went out.,Take the opportunity to borrow it and try it yourself.。

From a very early time in the world, there have been a variety of attention and avoidance for exorcism and prayer, and its content is very different from the outside world that Mo Ming understands, but it also needs to be presided over by an onmyoji or a witch.

Since Alice's "Feather of the Four Seasons", the inheritance of the demon slayer has gradually been severed, and it is not clear whether there is still someone who has mastered the art of yin and yang, and even if there is, no one will come out to admit it. The previous Hakurei shrine maiden had a tense relationship with the human world, guarding the human race but not being treated, and it seems that the village was self-aware because of this, and did not bother the shrine maiden who would only wait for the mask and never show her face.

Similar customs have been delayed for decades, until the last two years have appeared as a Hakurei shrine maiden named Reimu, and while it is unclear how the girl is by nature or if she is as uncrowded as her ancestors, it is clear that she has a more accessible object standing next to her.

In the human world, the clan representatives Wuyu and Hui came to Mo Ming to discuss, Mo Ming disappetically refuted feudal superstitions, and the other party gave a generous reward, so the two bargained for a long stick of incense on the details of the remuneration.

In the world of the filthy adults, there are only eternal interests, and the young Hakurei shrine maiden reluctantly picks up the wooden bow used by her ancestors, and sets off on her back with a cluster of wooden arrows prepared by the village, which seems to be called the Arrow of Destruction.

There are many kinds of exorcism rituals in the world, and almost all of them have different aspects in Gensokyo. It is said that the annual exorcism is required at a total of nine locations covering the entire village, and one of the most formal practices is for the shrine maidens carrying the Demon Breaker Bow to shoot a demon breaker arrow in each of the nine directions and leave it in place for a day.

However, although Reimu itself is strong, the practice of yin and yang art is really ridiculous, although the nine-character mantra of the soldier fighter can also be delineated, but it is very difficult for her to specifically judge what array eye and direction, the patriarch of the Wuyu family entrusted Teacher Huiyin to accompany him, and Bai Ze, who is proficient in history, can remember the direction chosen by the first generation of witches - the long-lost sacrifice is reopened, which is also a rare grand occasion in the world.

Mo Ming didn't appear, this time it was different from when he was running around the New Year's Eve Festival a while ago, it was a rare opportunity for Xiao Lingmeng herself to become famous, she could do well alone, and her appearance would only divert the attention of the villagers - after all, compared to a girl who was not yet familiar, the villagers were more enthusiastic about Boss Mo, who was good at dancing with long sleeves, which was not good.

Speaking of which, last year's summer night festival didn't seem to be widely spread because the light was not very good, and it seems that Reimu's kagura dance was not widely spread, but on the contrary, the festival presided over by the girl Sanae in the east wind valley seems to be widely acclaimed, and this year's summer night festival ...... It was only early spring, and Boss Mo began to think about the summer night festival.

......

......

When I was so far away, there was a "click" sound in the game console.

"System prompt: You're done with all your might!"

He was killed by a monster for the third time and failed to hunt and returned to the village.

So skillfully opened the online assembly room mode - pity Mo Ming, who lived as an otaku in the second half of his life with great ambition, has a limited talent in video games, and has no intention of rebuilding a character, just trying to play casually with Reimeng's archive.

And the reason why this game called "Monster Hunter", which is not easy to get started, has been passed down from Pachouli, Morisa, Alice, and even word of mouth to Reimu is actually related to a strange story - it is said that there is a very mysterious player, even if there is no network coverage in Gensokyo, you can still enter the "assembly house" established by others through strange methods, this person can hardly speak in the chat bar, but has superb game skills, and several magicians who like to play games have been helped more or less.

"When you can't beat it, just build a meeting house" - according to Reimu.

After waiting for a long time, Mo Ming got up and went to the kitchen to pour out the old tea leaves, added a pot of new tea and returned to the quilt, and someone happened to appear.

"System Prompt: Destroy you on behalf of the moon to join the assembly house"

Mo Ming opened the chat bar and selected a conversation that had been edited from the quick chat to send——

"Please help me complete a hunt!"

The speaker ID is displayed on the screen as "Reimu", which is the name of the character that Reimu has saved.

There is no reply to any message in the chat bar, and according to the usual practice, at this time, just start the task, and the other party will join the party without saying a word.

And so it is.

"System Prompt: Reimu has opened the "Lower! Female Fire Dragon Hunting" quest. 』

Entering the map, Mo Ming was very self-aware and stood at the spawn point and opened the chat bar - it is said that masters have their own hunting rhythms, and if they rush into the range of the monster's field of vision, they will attract hatred and hinder others, so they calmly start paddling.

This kind of handheld game console obviously does not facilitate the dialogue between players, the usual chat messages will be edited in advance with shortcut buttons for quick communication during hunting, and the real typing communication requires a lot of trouble touching the screen on the palm-sized screen block - fortunately, Mo Ming is fine anyway, so he began to poke the screen slowly.

"The cherry blossoms are about to bloom, do you plan to go to see them when you want to?"

As soon as the sentence was over, the hunt was over, and while sighing "worthy of being a master", Mo Ming flipped through the settlement materials, but didn't come up with what he wanted, so he reopened another game.

For this mysterious master player who barely communicates, Mo Ming has his own speculation about his identity, this sentence is just a universal temptation, there are only a handful of places where you can enjoy cherry blossoms in Gensokyo, and the identity of the flower admirer who can come freely is also particular, and some information can be roughly inferred according to the other party's answer.

It's a pity that the other party didn't pay attention to his own meaning.

In the second set, Mo Ming is editing, "I seem to have seen you and Miss Witch playing games at a banquet, I don't know if it's ......"

The text hasn't finished yet, and it has already prompted that the hunt is completed and forced to return, and the text that has been edited for a long time has not been sent or saved, so in vain, Mo Ming almost dropped the game console.

I looked at the settlement materials, and I still didn't get what I wanted.

Returning to the assembly hall, this time Mo Ming learned to be obedient, and first finished a sentence, "Strange, why has the "Female Fire Dragon's Reverse Scale" not been produced after hunting many times, and the drop rate of rare materials is so low?, and then started the task.

Open the task, this time Mo Ming didn't even bother to type, waited for about a minute, prompted the hunt to be completed, and at the same time a line of words floated out of the chat bar, "The material of the upper level will only be dropped by the upper task." 』

It seems that the other party is typing so fast, and he should not be the first rookie player to have this situation - so much so that this "rookie friend" has added this phrase to the quick chat bar.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Mo Ming did not type anymore but took the corresponding high-ranking female fire dragon hunting, it seems that this should be the task that Reimeng had unlocked before - and then immediately entered the map.

The difficulty of the upper position has really increased, and Mo Ming finally won herself time to be able to enter the dialogue:

"It's called hunting, it's a bit too fake, and you have to stand in place for so long to drink the healing pill and still have to take that pose-"

At the end of the hunt, check the settlement bar - "Female Fire Dragon's Reverse Scale", good!

Return to the assembly hall.

"It's not restoring the hunting experience, it's a bit suspicious of forcibly increasing the difficulty-" After finishing the second half of what he was about to say, Mo Ming checked the materials needed to forge weapons and took on the same task again.

"I also need a female fire dragon's ruby. Enter the map.

This time, in a rare case, she didn't immediately go to the hunting map, but also stood at the spawn point and finished typing the sentence - "The dragon will only come out of the treasure if it breaks its head".

After such a while, Mo Ming finally saw the character of this mysterious man clearly - holding a bow, wearing a witch costume, and a long black straight hairstyle......

It wasn't until I read this sentence that I was stunned, and I seemed to think of some not very good memories, and I was stunned for a while before I remembered to type: "So this game is quite real......" The word was not finished, and it was forced to return, which was good, and it was in vain.

Settlement material "Ruby of the Female Fire Dragon"!It seems that this thing should not be a rare material, but I didn't get it before, but I just chose the wrong task.

"It's out!

"Hmph. 』

Hmph what does it mean? In an unexpected response, Mo Ming was about to type, leaving a sentence in the chat bar, "Be careful recently", and the system prompt immediately afterwards - "Destroy you on behalf of the moon" has left the assembly hall.

It happened that the game console prompted that the battery was low, Mo Ming turned off the game console easily, and then remembered that he forgot to save it.

"Ha," Mo Ming thought about it and couldn't help laughing, "Interesting." ”

"Mr. Mo Ming is so interested. ”

After about ten seconds, a gap appeared in the void in front of him, and Yakumo Lan, the style god of the monster sage, walked out of it.

Appearing after giving the other party enough time to prepare, this is Yakumo's own way of appearing, in order to reduce the insecurity that his appearance brings to others. Of course, this is only her own etiquette, and her master has never been so careful.

"Miss Lan, long time no see. ”

"It hasn't been long, has it?" Yakumo Lan replied with a smile.

In fact, just a week ago, there was a contact after the end of the "Ancient Ming Dijue" incident in the first month.

"Polite words, just listen to it, don't take it seriously. ”

The hostess sat down, took out a set of tea sets, and added tea that was no longer warm.

"What's the matter?"

"I happened to find that Miss Reimu was using the Demon Breaker Bow to exorcise evil spirits in the world, and suddenly remembered why Mr. Mo Ming didn't come? ”

"It's rare for Reimu to show some majesty, so I won't go over to join in the fun and share the popularity. "Visiting casually, if you don't have anything to do, it's probably because there is something inconvenient for Reimu to discuss when she is present.

Mo Ming didn't say anything, just smiled and picked up the teacup and waited for the next step.

"Mr. Mo Ming, I don't seem to have been blaspheming myself lately. ”

The word was a bit obscure, and Mo Ming pretended to drink tea and think about it—and then had a flash of inspiration and almost choked herself to death with a sip of tea.

How can there be such a conversation? When the situation is beyond comprehension, the brain will subconsciously start to work at a high speed, and there seem to be several ways to deal with it in front of him......

Integrity mode: angrily slap the table, angrily accusing the other party of not respecting their personal privacy;

Virgin mode: shy, stammering, vague and talking about him;

Lewd mode: Hehe smiled and asked if there was an implication in bringing up the topic;

Candid mode: shrug your shoulders and spread your hands, saying that this kind of thing is inevitable for single men;

Round Field Mode...... Why do you have to think about how to round the field yourself? This kind of thing is absolutely strange!

Without waiting for Mo Ming to choose, Ya Yunlan smiled first: "Just kidding, the concubine doesn't have time to monitor these." ”

Mo Ming put down the teacup, dipped the coughed tea with his sleeve, and suddenly noticed that Yayun Lan was sitting by the kotatsu and did not get into the kotatsu...... But the other party is a monster, and the topic has developed in such a weird direction, so there is no need to be so polite, but it is the first time to pay attention to the tail of this monster, it looks fluffy and should be very warm...... But that's not the point!

Mo Ming added another cup of tea to herself, and said lightly: "If Miss Lan, you just planned to tell a joke, it obviously didn't play its due role. ”

"No, although the topic is a bit abrupt, it's not good for your body to endure it so strongly. ”

Mo Ming took a hissed breath, then immediately calmed down, and asked with a normal face: "I'm a person who likes blind associations, so if you have anything to say, please say it directly, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings." ”

"That is, if you don't dislike it, a concubine can solve your physical problems. ”

Wisely paused for a second before drinking tea again, Wen Yan Mo Ming simply put down the teacup and thought for a few seconds with his hand on his forehead-

"I don't have a clue, I feel like ...... It shouldn't be ...... anyway Why......

As he said that, he got out of the kotatsu and squatted down behind Yakumo Lan, who was sitting.

The nine-tailed demon fox, who looked calm, also seemed to be a little flustered, and he didn't turn his neck to look at Mo Ming.

Mo Ming squatted beside his tail and watched for a long time, and finally made up his mind to stretch out his hand and pinch it—Yayun Lan was a spirit, and he seemed to be startled.

"Looks ...... Doesn't it look like Eryan is pretending?" Mo Ming muttered to himself and thought, and walked back to the opposite position and sat back in the kotatsu.

Although it is not clear why the gentleman mentioned the man's name, the concubine and her are very close to each other. ”

"Just because you have a bad relationship doesn't mean that the other person won't pretend to be you to play pranks...... But since I came out of the gap, I guess Yakumo Murasaki won't be idle enough for the enemies of the United God to play tricks on me. ”

"That's right, you're mistaken. ”

"Actually, I just wanted to pinch your tail. ”

The air suddenly stagnates.

Mo Ming coughed and said, "Since it's not a prank, then according to my personal understanding of Miss Yakumo Lan, the only possible scenario is - what is about to happen for which I myself have to "die with my life"?"

"Mr. Mo Ming, do you believe in fatalism?"

"Not at all," Mo Ming shook her head, "With all due respect, even the highest creation god is not omniscient and omnipotent, so you shouldn't say any jokes like I'm in calamity, right?"

"In the long run, it is true that there is no destiny, but with enough information, it is possible to predict the general direction of small events in the short term. ”

Mo Ming thought for a while: "Could it be that I have a bloody disaster or something?" Don't worry, it will come true later, I will accidentally cut my finger when cutting vegetables, it is rare for Miss Lan to visit, so I will make dumplings tonight, right?"

"Not such a simple sign - you will die at the hands of the gods. ”

"Dead...... Is it meant to be killed? or how to die?"

Yakumo Lan shook her head.

"Tsk...... Speaking of gods, it's not that I'm not without self-knowledge," Mo Ming thought for a moment, "You mean you don't want me to involve Reimeng?"

"Yes, unlike the individual weak gods in Gensokyo, who have lost their faith, the true creation gods possess infinite power, and it is only a matter of moments to destroy this peach source - if the Hakurei shrine maiden is allowed to conflict with such a god, it will almost certainly end up like this. ”

"But have you ever thought about the question, if I was killed by the gods, do you think Reimu would give up?"

"So, will disguise your death as something else-"

"Is the point wrong?!Try to avoid letting me die before then!"

"This concubine is already thinking about this......"

"The best way to deal with the prophecy is to make it come true in a controllable way," It is a matter of life and death, Mo Ming doesn't plan to listen to others analyze it from the beginning in an orderly manner, "It should be possible to find a more familiar god and Jian Shan Hina to kill me in a controlled way, and rescue me immediately after reaching the so-called death verdict...... In any case, I have to thank you for coming to remind me, as long as I let me know in advance, there is a high probability that I can avoid the worst-case scenario. ”

"Mr. Mo Ming, the situation is not as rosy as you think," Yakumo Lan sighed, "It seems that it is long overdue to make it clear - the creation god of Gensokyo is about to descend into the world." ”

“...... Oh. ”

"Oh?"

"What should come will always come. Mo Ming sighed.

"Perhaps...... I should consider going to the Forever Pavilion for half a month. ”