Catherine Pagos awoke from a swaying dream.

The first thing she did was to try to stretch her aching muscles, and then she realized that her body was being dragged by Nalan Twilight's hands, lying in the position of a sleeping beauty. In a panic, she pushed and kicked to break free from Nalan Twilight's embrace and stood back on the ground.

"I'm relieved to see you so energetic. Nalan looked at her and said with a smile.

Catherine immediately realized her gaffe, she first glanced at Nalan Twilight's smiling face, then lowered her head, and without saying a word, as if nothing had happened, straightened up the messy hair and wrinkled clothes. It seems that she is obviously not the kind of adolescent girl who starts to twist and pinch as soon as her face is red. She's beautiful, but not "cute".

However, what should I say, her gaze that wandered around, and from time to time drifted twice to Nalan Twilight's body, those few strands of hair that were not easy to handle ten times, stiff techniques, although still maintaining an elegant posture in general, were ...... Maybe she herself was sluggish, and she didn't realize that Nalan Yu on the side could see it clearly. In his opinion, the loveliest thing about this child is that she is not "cute".

Of course, he is not qualified to call her a "child", and he can't call her sister and mother. With an age difference of more than 10,000 years, instead of trying to figure out the generational relationship, he would rather treat her as a girl, just like her appearance.

"Don't say it, you, it's time to wake up. ”

In order not to embarrass Catherine any further, Nalan took his eyes off her and changed the subject.

"A few minutes ago, the whole Gensokyo exploded, the sky split in half, and walking was like jumping on a rock to cross a river. Then, the bamboo forest behind you began to catch fire, and the fire seemed to push your back and urge you to run forward. Maybe you're a step too slow, and in the blink of an eye, you're overwhelmed by the fire. ”

As he spoke, he looked up at the intact red moon and the green smoke slowly rising to the moon.

"Well, I guess, it's over. ”

"It's over" is a rather neutral word, and the apocalyptic scene just now makes Nalan Xuan dare not make a judgment. Who won, who lost, everything is uncertain. The only thing he was sure of was that the battle he had left behind was indeed over. As for who the winner is, it doesn't matter to him.

Even if it was Ibuki Suika who won, and Ibaraki Kafan and Yakumo Murasaki were killed, he wouldn't have looked back. The purpose of his team here is not to fight that ghost to the death, to win or lose with her, his real goal is to be further ahead. Before arriving at the final battlefield, he will not stop, hindering his things, in order to save time and effort, he can skip one and skip the other, the consequences, the cost, for the time being, do not have to think about it.

"Where?"

Catherine finally straightened her hair and smoothed out the wrinkles on her clothes, then raised her head, looked at Nalan Twilight's face, and asked softly.

"Heh......"

When Nalan heard her question, he crossed his waist, grinned, showed two pairs of white canine teeth, laughed, and said:

"You can find the answer to this question by turning around. ”

When Catherine heard this, she turned to see that behind her, in other words, directly in front of the whole procession, she saw a row of white walls and an open door. Inside that gate is a quaint courtyard, with small bridges and flowing water, rockeries and green bamboos, and it is arranged quite beautifully. And behind those scenes, she vaguely caught a glimpse of a mansion made of pure wood.

"The end of our trip, Forever Pavilion. ”

Nalan Twilight took a few steps forward, stood at the front of the line, turned to the people who had come with him, and said:

"The guy who caused this mutation is hiding in this house. Her magical power, the way it looks marked on the map, I think you have all seen it, its strength does not need me to say more, it is so strong that it is bubbling, maybe you have never seen such a strong creature in your life. ”

"When we get here, every step we take, there are unknown dangers waiting for us. Our enemies will surely use all their skills to try to bury us here. I don't dare to say anything like 'everyone comes back alive together', and to be honest, I don't have a score in my own heart. There is a chance that any of us, or rather, all of us, will not survive tonight, and that possibility has never been smaller. More importantly, this battle can only be won, not lost. If we lose, there will be no more Gensokies in this world. Therefore, as long as you can win, no matter how big the price is, it is worth it, even if it is all wiped out here, it is worth it. ”

"First of all, if anyone is afraid of death, they can quietly leave the team, turn around and walk away. I will not blame those who have flinched, and no one will blame them, but if you want to regret it, then take advantage of the present time, while you still have this opportunity. Because one step further, life and death are not up to you. ”

With that, Nalan closed his mouth and said no more. He looked at the people in front of him, who had accompanied him all the way to the gates of hell. There was only a firm will in their eyes, and from them, he could not see the shadow of fear, not the slightest thing.

Until the end, there was no one who took a step back.

"Very well," he said, grinning, "since we are not afraid of death, then we will go to hell together!"

After saying this, he turned around and raised his feet to take a big step, the first one, into the gate of the Eternal Pavilion.

"Come on!" he yelled, "just for Gensokyo's tomorrow!"

Usually at this time, it has to be a large group of heavily armed knights, holding golden swords and shields, with their backs to the rising sun, shouting and rushing down the hillside, this kind of bloody scene that makes people cry. That's right, I'm referring to the section at the end of "The Lord of the Rings 2: Two Towers", when Rohan's hussars descend from the sky to resolve the siege of Helmet Valley...... The novel from sixty years ago, the movie from twenty years ago, shouldn't it be considered a spoiler, right?

However, this did not happen, and the moment Nalan took that step, his vision was swallowed up by darkness.

It's not that he suddenly lost consciousness, lost his vision, or even was suddenly killed or something, but simply, the environment in front of him suddenly darkened. Then he realized that he was no longer outside. The landscape courtyard, the gate of the Eternal Pavilion, the burning bamboo forest and the red moon are all iconic scenes that he can't see. In its place, there was a small, lightless Japanese-style room.

At this point, he had been taken to a place that was not expected at all.

He looked back and noticed that the line behind him had suddenly become much smaller. No, it can't be said that it is "much smaller", the reality is that there is no "team" anymore. The only ones who were still behind him were Catherine Pagos and Yanhua of Fire. And their reaction, like all those who suddenly encountered this incident, was completely confused.

"Our ranks are divided. ”

Even in this chaotic situation, Nalan Twilight, whose mind remained clear, said to the two of them.

"Divided by an enemy, somehow, it should have been a teleportation spell. Obviously, they'd rather break us up and break us down one by one than a whole team. ”

"We're in good luck," he said, taking a look at the traditional Japanese décor and furniture around him, which are familiar in style, material, and all aspects, "I didn't get thrown out of the Forever Pavilion, which saved a lot of trouble." Of course, it is also possible that the other party did it on purpose, that is, to break up the team and throw it all over the Forever Pavilion, so that we can catch the blind everywhere through a few walls, and we can't see each other close at hand. Given the personality of that 'big guy', this is more likely. ”

"Next, if we can get back a teammate, even one, it would be fine. If we can't find any of them, it means that we can only rely on our strength to get to the end, which is not good news, but there is no other way. ”

When he said this, he thought in his heart, with a little remorse:

"If I had put blood drops on them in advance and marked them, I wouldn't have done this. Or think one step less, my fault. ”

But at this point, he didn't regret taking the medicine, so he could only take one step at a time. Nalan Yu clapped his hands twice, and with that loud applause, he woke up the two who hadn't reacted yet.

"Hey, hey, wake up!" he yelled at the two, "I told you that the enemy would do everything they could, and now their first move has been made." ”

"It's time to get up and take it!"