(a)

Even if a catastrophe comes, you have to have fun first, and the monster's temperament is probably like this.

However, it is precisely because it is a monster that it is so short-sighted, blinded by a momentary impulse, and unable to see through the simplest truth:

The only one who can get joy out of the game is the winner.

"This ...... This guy ......."

"It's so strong!

"Jane...... It's so strong in another dimension!"

"Is this the limit of youkai......

In the courtyard of Hakurei Shrine, the little monsters used an old blanket that was turned out of the shrine's warehouse to set up a stall on the spot and gather to fight cards. Surrounded by a large pile of cards, the duelists were divided into two factions.

One faction is Barnyard Aqiu alone, and the other faction is everyone except her.

So far, Aqiu's record is 128 wins and 0 defeats. It means that she crumpled everyone except her into a ball and hung it on the beam of the house and smoked it several times unilaterally, during which she never even fought back.

"You're still too tender!"

Ah Qiu straightened his waist and sat upright, smiling all over his face. After saying this, she opened the folding fan in her hand with a "swish" and fanned the breeze leisurely.

This is the calmness of the victor.

"No...... It's worthy of being the 'Queen of Duels', Muto Yu Q!

The head of the challenger, Moto Xiaoling, knelt in front of Ah Qiu, and during the conversation, there was obvious unwillingness and helplessness on his face, as well as a little bit of convincing. Behind her, a group of small monsters who had been beaten down knelt down in front of the "Queen" in an "OTZ" position, unable to even lift their heads.

"Huh, 'Duel Queen'?"

At this time, a low laugh reached the ears of the two. The two of them turned their heads together and saw a handsome big white cat, walking slowly, elegantly and even with these rhythmic cat steps.

"Excuse me, my name is Sir Chakoros, and I'm a white cat with a little luck. ”

As he spoke, he sat down on Suzu Motoi's lap as a matter of course.

"Why don't you come with me," Sir Chakoros looked up, and with his pair of heterochromatic pupils, he looked straight at Aqiu, "'Her Royal Highness'?"

Almost at the same time, the faces of the two, no, one man and one cat bloomed with the same smile. Motoi Kosuzu knows that this is the so-called, "the joy of meeting opponents in chess".

(b)

Under the torii gate of Hakurei Shrine, there are a few little demons who have not gone to Aqiu to ask for their own hardships, and they are blowing the evening breeze on the mountain, looking at the scenery, and chatting without a word.

For a moment, a fire lit up in the sky above the people in the distance, and the little demons were in an uproar, just like watching a football match and witnessing a goal.

"Let's fight, let's fight!"

"Oh, it's amazing to be able to see it from so far away—"

"That's Mei Hong's trick, right, what Tianxiang is coming?"

They were talking about it, but Qiluno, who was standing at the very edge, frowned at this time and gently "cut".

"What's wrong, Xiaoqi?" asked her with concern from the goblin beside her.

"It's very unpleasant!" said Kiruno, "They are turning the world upside down outside, but they leave the strongest of Gensokyo here, and say 'this is good for you'...... Are you looking for trouble with us?"

"No, Xiaoqi!"

Hearing this, the big goblin explained with a wry smile:

"Cause...... Because you see, this time the enemy is so strong, isn't it very dangerous to fight......"

"Then you have to bring us even more!" Qi Luno raised his voice and interrupted the big goblin's words, "I don't have the strongest combat power at hand to fight a tough battle, but I want to bring a bunch of cats and dogs to fight, I really don't understand what that stinky vampire thinks, is he stupid?"

"This ......"

The big goblin's smile froze, becoming more and more melancholy. She is well aware of Chiluno's stubbornness, but as a friend, she feels obligated to prevent Chiluno from putting herself in danger.

"Why don't you have a game of Kun 〇 cards?" the big goblin tentatively suggested that "it's a new game, it's a new game from the outside world, and it's completely different from the king of You." ”

"Hey......"

When she got here, she saw that Qi Luno sighed helplessly, put on a face full of sympathy, and reached out and gently touched her head. Then, Cirno said something earnest, enough to make her unforgettable:

"Sauce, we're no longer the little girl who's content with card games. ”

"We're going to fight!"

Kiruno's cold little hand left the elf's head and returned to her own chest, then formed a small fist.

"We can't sit here and watch those idiots get in the limelight, we're going to go to war too!"

Kirunor stared at the flaming firebird in the distance, the light of the fire flickering in her eyes. She turned her head, faced the big goblin, and said:

"We're going to trick Yakumo Blue next and slip out of this enchantment, so for that, Da-chan, you have to help us!"

(c)

The four of them had dispersed and gone their separate ways to look for the vanished villagers. On this silent street, only Mei Hong and Kaguya remained.

"How long do you want to sleep, Kaguya?"

Mei Hong walked to the side and found a step, bent down and sat down, put her arms on her legs, looked up at Penglai Mountain Huiye, who was beaten into the ground by her, and shouted:

"I don't have time to spend the night with you! You can either kneel on the ground and admit defeat and beg me to let you go, or get up and keep fighting, don't fucking play dead there!"

"I ......"

"Loading ......"

"Ni ......"

"Ma ......"

"Quack, quack!"

The bones on Kaguya's body, which had been broken by Mei Hong, began to heal themselves in a crisp sound, and her body continued to twist in a strange posture, lying on the ground and convulsing like a lightning strike. Her head shook from side to side twice, and then she came out of the pit. Then, with only her feet and legs as support, she came up with the usual "flat rise" of a vampire who had been knocked down by a bullet, and stood up straight like that, leaving a crack in the stone pavement behind her, as well as a human-shaped groove.

Seeing this, Mei Hong smiled:

"You still have a little backbone!"

Kaguya was hammered like this, and the luxurious clothes stuck to the dust, and became no longer shiny. Her hairstyle was also a little messy, and the strands of hair floated to her face and hung on her mouth, and her pair of dark, bottomless eyes added a lot of resentment.

"Huh...... Hehe...... Hehehehe!"

She craned her neck and smiled so deeply that she looked like some kind of ghost had just been released from a grave.

"Annoying, bastard......"

"The Jade of the Dragon's Neck. ”

There was a "bang", like a cannonball. Mei Hong frowned, and just as she was about to get up, she was pushed out by a light bullet the size of a large fitness ball, spraying blood and flying far away, and finally broke through a stone wall and was buried by the falling gray bricks.

Kaguya straightened her right arm, made a "pistol" gesture, and pointed her index finger in the direction where Mei Hong was—it was with this finger that she fired the huge "projectile".

“Piu！”

She pursed her lips, imitated a gunshot, pressed the air trigger with the index finger of her right hand, and raised her arm up again, which was considered "recoil".

"I'll tell you a little secret, Fujiwara Meihong. She said, "I know you hate me, that's why you went to steal Penglai's medicine to get revenge on me." ”

"But, yes, I...... Long before your father proposed to me, long before you were just an ignorant little brunette girl, I just looked at you and ......"

"I hate you so much!"

"What a coincidence......"

Where Mei Hong landed, the flames burned out of thin air, baking the gray brick wall to pitch black. With a "crackling" sound of broken bricks rolling down, Fujiwara Meihong, who was covered in flames, climbed out of the collapsed brick pile and stood up. Her eyes were full of anger and hatred, no different from that of Princess Kaguya.

"I'm the same, from the first time I saw you, I hated you to the core!"

"I sneer," Kaguya sneered, covering his mouth with his slightly dirty sleeves, "I guess I hate you first." ”

"Do you even have to compete with me for the speed at which you can go to the bathroom, Princess Kaguya?"

"One another, daughter of Fujiwara!"