Let's talk about this woman named Yakumo Murasaki.

There is a group of big people called "sages" in Gensokyo, and the candidates come from the best of all ethnic groups and classes in the township. Whether it is a big monster, a small monster, or a human being, whether it is a rich man or a poor peasant, or even a beggar, as long as he can represent the group he belongs to and can convince the public, he will be elected as a virtuous.

Every once in a while, these sages would get together for a meeting to discuss matters in Gensokyo and reconcile the interests of all parties. Gensokyo relied on this primitive representative system, free and methodical, all the way to the present day. This system has been in operation for more than a thousand years, during which there have been many small problems, but there have been no real big problems.

As for the presiding officer of the meeting of the sages, the leader of all the sages, of course, is Yakumo Murasaki.

So how did Yakumo get to this point and sit in this position?

Uninformed offspring may think that it is all about strategy and political skill, but this is not the case. Purple's elegant and generous noble image displayed in front of outsiders blinded many people's eyes and made them think that she was a reasonable and gentle person. In fact, she is like a rose, with beautiful petals that attract all eyes and make people unconsciously ignore the thorns that prick their hands.

She has been able to get to this day only by force, and a little bit of trickery, of course, mainly by force.

In the beginning, back before the concept of "Gensokyo", humans and youkai, humans and humans, youkai and youkai, the various forces living in this land were in a mess, and no one was convinced, and no one wanted to talk nonsense with anyone. At that time, there was no negotiating table at all, and there was no possibility of sitting down and saying a few words in a good voice.

It was Yakumo Murasaki, who used her fists and the power outside of her fists to beat the leaders of the major forces one by one, forcing them to sit down at the negotiating table with bruises and swollen faces, and to do things according to the rules she had set - that was the prototype of the Gensokyo Sage Conference. Seriously, that scene was kind of funny. The old enemy who never died in the past is now defeated by the same person, forced to sit at the same table and shake hands and make peace, blowing his beard and glaring at his eyes, and he can't move his hand when he is angry. Yakumo Murasaki, who was sitting on the first seat, was like an aunt who watched the children in the nursery, and with just one look, she clearly told them, "If any of you dare to move, just wait to be whipped!"

Starting from the protracted war of conquest and submission of the leaders of the major factions, Yakumo Murasaki shaped this Gensokyo step by step, according to the shape of her ideal peach blossom source. Her philosophy is actually very simple, just two words, "peace" and "coexistence". Ironically, the first thing she did in order for the hateful people to "live together peacefully" was to drain their blood and let them "die if they are not at peace."

From today's point of view, that war was the battle of Yakumo's name and body. It was by virtue of that battle that she stepped onto the stage of history and became a big demon that was enough to make children dare not cry at night. Since then, until now, she has always stood at the top of the demons in Gensokyo, and she has not tasted defeat for a thousand years. No, let alone losing the battle, in the past thousand years, no one has seen her wounded and bleeding, as if her skin was all reinforced concrete. Perhaps the biggest challenge she has ever encountered is Nalan Yu's weight loss training. Of course, no one knew about this, and the only one who knew about it was also erased by her memory in a "painless and minimally invasive" way.

The secret of Yakumo Zi's defeat of the leaders of various clans and her long-term undefeated reputation is really the same as her usual style.

That's the surprise.

The reason for her repeated victories, first of all, is not that she is "strong". Compared to brute force, she can't compare to the drunken boy, compared to demon power, she can't compare to the master of the Dream Pavilion, and even more proud of her knowledge and experience, there is also a great god in the demon world who can press her to the ground. Mind you, this is not to say that she is weak, she is not weak at all, but she is not strong enough to crush the group of people below who disobey her. Meaning, her strength has not reached the level of overwhelming and absolutely invincible.

She may not be the strongest person in Gensokyo, but she's definitely the one who is best at fighting, the best at winning.

The secret of winning the battle, in Yakumo's view, is nothing more than three main points.

The first, "pick the weakest opponent".

The second is to "pick the opponent when he is weakest".

The third is to "find the opponent's weakness and fight to the death".

The drunken boy is too lazy to do the three, the master of the Dream Pavilion can do the third, but she picks strong opponents, if the demon god is determined to fight, he can do the first two, but she doesn't like to attack the opponent's weaknesses. In the end, the only one who can carry out these three points to the end is Yakumo Murasaki.

So the overlord of Gensokyo is Yakumo Murasaki, not anyone else.

All of the above is just to explain to the spectators why Yakumo won and Ibuki Sanka lost. If this battle had to be told step by step, it would be quite boring.

After all, this is nothing more than a repetition of another battle from a thousand years ago. It's still these two people, and it's still like this.

Probably Cui Xiang has just had a fierce battle with her old enemy, and she is exhausted. Yakumo Zi seized this opportunity to suddenly appear, and poked at Cuixiang's wound, leaving no chance for Cuixiang. This script is not the first time it has been staged, and it will not be the last. How many times these two fight, how many times such a plot will be repeated.

Suika wants to fight with the strong, the stronger the better, Yakumo Purple wants to win, and for this reason, the former only looks at the process, and the latter only looks at the result. Therefore, Suika does not have to win, as long as she can fight to the exhaustion, she is satisfied, and Yakumo Purple does not have to win the brilliance, as long as she can win.

The purposes of these two people are not actually in conflict! Since there is no conflict, everything will be easy to do.

Just take what you need.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang, and it was the sound of Ibuki Azuka raising her hands above her head and throwing it away, causing it to explode.

Yakumo Zi calculated a little, and the time it took for Cuixiang to break free from her preemptive first move was three seconds slower than that of Cuixiang a thousand years ago. There are three possibilities: first, her ability to seize opportunities has improved, second, Suika has weakened, and third, because she lost a boulder on Suika after a thousand years, and today it is an abandoned train, and there is a difference in power between the two.

Regardless of the specific reason, it only leads to one result, and that is that today's Yakumo Murasaki has a greater advantage than the Yakumo Purple that fought against Suika a thousand years ago.

"You ...... guy"

Suika's voice was like that of an angry lion, with a low purr between the words. The firelight shone on her face, her brow furrowed, her eyes fierce, and her mood was clear at a glance.

"Do you want to get the Chinese fan involved?"

Looking at the Ibaraki fan lying at her feet, and looking at her shoulders that had been shaved open from the impact, the reason for her anger was obvious.

I can hurt me, but don't hurt my friends - Ibuki Suyaka is such a person. For her, walking the rivers and lakes is just a matter of benevolence and righteousness.

Of course Yakumo Zi understands her, and it is precisely because she understands her that she deliberately threw such a big train at her, or rather, at Hua Fan's face. It doesn't matter if you can hit Cuixiang or not, in order to prevent the Hua fan who fell to the ground from being injured, Cuixiang will take the initiative to take this trick. Look, isn't she next?

As for what to do if you smash the fan...... As long as they can win, who cares?

What's more, Purple has never liked the Ibaraki fan.

"Yes, so what?"

Yakumo Zi floated in the air, looking down at the two ghosts who were also enemies and friends with cold eyes, and said this lightly.

Then, without waiting for Cuixiang to react further, Purple snapped her fingers lightly.

As mentioned earlier, a thousand years ago, she lost a boulder, and today she is an abandoned train. If the train just slammed into the ground and smashed a hole, it would just be a big iron lump, and the effect might not be as good as a big stone, and Yakumo Purple has never been a person who does useless work. She must have her reasons for turning the boulder into a train.

The reason for this is now known.

Tongues of fire burst out of the windows of the carriages that had fallen horizontally in the lost bamboo forest, like a beast out of its cage. If it is not enough to completely destroy this bamboo forest by simply dropping such a long derailed train, then stuff those empty carriages with fuel, not to mention the bamboo forest, everything that can be blown up, it must be blown up!

The roar of the explosion sounded like a sharp tinnitus, but no, it was actually Suika so close to the center of the shock wave that it had been blasted through her eardrums, so she could only hear the ringing in her head. The flames that soared into the sky looked like a phoenix with wings outstretched, and Cuixiang had no time to admire. In the end, she only had time to use her body to protect the Ibaraki Hua fan.

Yakumo Murasaki's Three Winning Rules.

First, pick the weakest opponent.

Second, pick the weakest opponent to attack.

Third, find the weakness and fight to the death.

The weakness of Cuixiang is the Hua fan.

The fire was dazzling, Yakumo purple was facing the heat, and the sleeves and skirts were fluttering, like a butterfly. A light smile naturally appeared on her lips.

She didn't want to really kill Hua Fan, after all, she had no enmity with Hua Fan. She just felt that as long as she kept focusing her firepower on Hua Fan, the person who died first would definitely not be Hua Fan, but Cuixiang.

As it turned out, she was right.

The proof is that in order to protect the incapacitated fan, Suika did not escape from the explosion - and she could have done it.

A crack opened, bringing Yakumo purple inside. She decided to wait a few seconds in the dark and warm subspace, and then come back to see what the effect was.