Kenya had been imagining his first meeting with the village chief.

But either way, it will definitely not be what it looks like in front of you.

The barnyard family has a vacant room, which is the size of the main hall of the temple.

Now the beams and walls of this room are all lined with talisman paper used to ward off evil spirits.

The word Boli is written on the rune paper.

In the center is the coffin of the village chief.

Kenya held back his emotions and looked towards the coffin.

I heard Huiyin say early on that the village chief in the people is a respected old man.

He is already seventy or eighty years old, which is said to be a relatively long life in the outside world.

Because he was born at a young age in Gensokyo, where shemales are mixed, he has never led the villagers to be hostile to any monsters since he became the village chief.

Under his efforts and the current Hirori Shrine Maiden's spell card rules. Humans and youkai can officially establish trade.

Such a great figure is an object worthy of Kenya's respect.

However, such a village chief is already dead.

And it was not a normal death.

He also had a hole in his chest......

This hole once appeared at the Spring Festival, on the chest of Daddy Fujiwara.

He clenched his fists and looked at the barnyard to confirm something.

However, Ah Qiu already understood his thoughts, shook his head, and pulled a piece of paper from his cuff.

The name of the village chief was written on the paper, and it was also spent with a cross.

There is no doubt that it is the style of Yakshamaru.

Barnyard Aqiu said as he looked at the angry Kenya.

"The village chief died last night, and by the time we found out, it was already this morning. For security reasons, the news of his death has not been made public...... I'll take responsibility for that after that. 」

"It's Yashamaru who is wrong, I need all of his information when I came here, the more detailed the better. 」

Kenya shook his head, but in his anger he didn't forget the purpose of his trip.

He took out another envelope from his bosom, and in the surprised gaze of Aqiu in the barnyard field, he took out the letter paper.

「…… It turned out to be Huiyin...... How could it be ......?"

"This letter was forwarded to me from the Monster Mountain, and while it was handed over to the Monster Mountain, it also sent the broken knife of the White Wolf Tengu Inu. 」

"It's been a long time since I've seen such an arrogant youkai. 」

Yakumo Lan took the two pieces of letter paper from Kenya's hand, looked at the red cross and handwriting on them, and said.

"Judging by the handwriting on this letterhead, the two letters were written by the same person. For the time being, it can be assumed that the same person did it. 」

"That's what I can't understand. 」

Looking at Yakumo Blue and Kenya in thought, Barnyard Aqiu expressed his doubts.

"I originally thought this was a monster's revenge on people, but how could it involve youkai mountain? Inugo has rarely come down the mountain in the past hundred years, so it's impossible to make a feud with him. 」

When Kenya heard this, he sensitively discovered something.

"In other words, Yakshamaru is not a youkai from Yokai Mountain, and he has a feud with Renri?

"That's all I know, and it's more about the copy, after all, he died once. No one would have thought that he would return for revenge. 」

Facing Yakumo Blue, Barnyard Aqiu still said in that respectful and low tone of statement.

"More than 10 years ago, there were dozens of skirmishes between humans and youkai, and Vice-Captain Fujiwara, Huiyin-sensei, and Her Excellency Meihong were also the backbone of the people at that time, and the most important battle at that time took place in Huaishu Street, according to Mr. Kenya. Daddy Fujiwara and Inu-taka were both attacked on Locust Street, and I thought it was a demonstration by him. 」

"However, at this moment, he killed the village chief and then predicted the attack on Huiyin, which was a declaration of war. 」

Speaking of this, Barnyard Aqiu was puzzled.

"At the same time, it angers Youkai Mountain and violates the rules of the people. That is, to face the simultaneous attack of Tengu and Hakurei Shrine Maiden, how could Yashamaru, who was just a half-demon, have so much courage. 」

"So you mean, maybe there's something behind him, or maybe he's not just a ...... Half-demon?"

"It's a well-known fact that the Warning Barrier in humans can detect all the ghosts beneath the Great Youkai. However, there was no response to the three attacks in a row. 」

"And as far as I know, none of the Great Youkai have any reason to break the current peace. 」

Barnyard Aqiu paused for a moment, and then confidently stated his speculation.

"So I think, he, Yashamaru. 」

"It's a big monster!"

……

……

But after all, it's just speculation.

Barnyard Aqiu took out a copy of the documents he had prepared, two copies in total, and handed them to Kenya and Yakumo Lan respectively.

"It can't be ruled out that he just lost his mind and attacked randomly. Think about the worst in everything. 」

"Here is all the information I was able to find in my hurry, please give it to Teacher Huiyin and Master Zi respectively. 」

"I've informed the shrine maidens of Hakurei Shrine to investigate the issue of the enchantment, and if there are no accidents, Her Royal Highness Reimu will investigate the matter. 」

"There is no way to verify the time when the village chief received the notice letter. Originally, I was going to use Huiyin's abilities to investigate the scene, and maybe find out the details of the other party. 」

"But since Huiyin is already so dangerous, I can't let her go out rashly. The temple house is located in the center of the people, and there are many people, judging from the situation of the other party's attacks. It shouldn't be shot during the day. 」

She sighed and bowed respectfully to the two of them.

"I'm going to look through the files of the village chief these days, and now what I can do is already my limit. All restrictions on the garrison have been lifted, and they will arrive as soon as there is a situation, and the garrison will be under the command of Her Excellency Meihong. 」

「…… I think Lady Purple may know something, that's why I came to you. 」

Yakumo Lan paused slightly, and made some rare decisions.

"If I learn something from Purple-sama, I'll try to tell you. 」

Barnyard Aqiu nodded to Yakumo Blue with gratitude on his face, and turned to look at Jian Ya, who had not said a word before.

Kenya felt the gaze of His Highness Barnyard Field, was slightly stunned, and then said his own arrangement.

"In the past few days, I plan to stay by Huiyin's side at all times and protect her every step of the way. 」

With that, he shook the hilt of his sword.

For him, if a person does not have the most basic respect and compassion for life, he cannot be said to be human.

And people who have no humanity are usually more terrible than anything.

Terrible than monsters, terrible than gods.

Thinking of this, Kenya's body exuded something that caused the temperature of this empty room to drop by a few degrees.

The right hand rests on the hilt of the sword, and the left hand reaches the chest.

Kenya rarely makes promises to people, rarely promises anything.

But as soon as the words come out and the promises are made, he will do it.

Whether it's a big demon, a giant mountain, a god, a tengu, or a spirit sword.

None of them can be stopped.

The reason why he drew his sword was because there were many things he cared about.

The so-called strength and weakness in this world, the so-called fame and fortune, and the so-called invincibility.

It never matters in his eyes.

The reason why he challenges himself again and again is only because there are many people he cares about and deserves his sword.

Now that the crisis has arrived, he is willing to take risks again and do his best to defend the people he loves.

With no eggs under the nest, he fought for these people.

knelt in front of the village chief's corpse like this, although he did not say a word of promise.

But this act of Jian Ya is the greatest respect.

He has already shown it with deeds.

There is a sword in the people.

Kill the Nakshatras!

……

……

After a long time, after sending away Yakumo Blue and Kenya.

Barnyard Aqiu returned to his room, waved his hand and removed the maids, and was busy with the mountain-like copywriting again.

She thought back to Kenya's previous actions, and her heart felt extremely excited and bright.

In the past Gensokyo, the strong never put the weak in their eyes, but because of the spell card rules of Hakurei Reimu, Gensokyo has changed a lot.

Some of the inhabitants of the people may praise the shrine maiden, or some mock the shrine maiden.

In fact, they don't understand at all...... For the Hakurei witch who has already dedicated her life to Gensokyo, the attitude of others and the respect of others are not what they care about at all.

Reimu only cares about the people they need to protect, and the light they hold on to in their hearts.

The reason why characters like Reimu can bloom together like mushrooms after a rain in this era. It is because of this light.

There will be many humans and youkai who will stand up together and change this Gensokyo.

On the desk, in addition to the archives that have accumulated for many years, there is another letter in one corner.

It was the third letter that Yakumo Blue had never seen before.

On it was written her name, the name of Aqiu Uta.

Looking at the third letter next to the desk, Barnyard Aqiu suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when she was the head of the village of Renlidai, she had half-jokingly told the village chief that she was willing to use her life to protect this world.

Now that she sees a bright figure like Kenya in people, she feels calm.

She buried her head in the copywriting, thinking with a smile.

Even if it's my life.