(a)

"Ahh

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"It's autumn, and it's raining!"

She rubbed her sore nose on a broomstick, complaining about the damn weather.

An autumn rain and a cold.

Last night, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and it rained heavily. Reimu, who was covered with a small thin quilt and fell asleep, was not prepared for the sudden drop in temperature, caught a cold, and woke up early in the morning with snot and was blind, so he was not embarrassed.

Reimu hates rain, no matter what season it is, she doesn't like it.

In the spring it rains and the walls grow hairy, in the summer it rains and floods, in the autumn it rains and the leaves fall and it is difficult to sweep the leaves, and in the winter it rains and the ground is full of frost.

As long as it rains, what awaits her is heavy housework. For example, now, the fallen leaves in this yard, soaked in the rain, become kraft candy sticking to the ground, it is not easy to sweep, it is not easy to light, it will rot into mud if it is left alone, and it can only be scraped clean with a broom over and over again, which is disgusting to death.

If there's anything in the world that bothers her more than these slimy leaves, it's probably the slacker who eats and drinks in the shrine.

"Reimu, I'm hungry, do I have something to eat?"

Her hair is small, her friends, her best friends, her enemies, and her creditors in her previous life, Marisa Misty Rain, lying in the warm quilt furnace, roaring out at the top of her throat.

Marisa, as usual, ran to the Hakurei Shrine early in the morning, and after coming, the whole person went to the kotatsu, opened his mouth to ask for food, and closed his mouth to eat, just like someone's uncle.

"No, get out!"

Reimu took a deep breath and roared back.

"Eh, isn't there still a bit of a fairy shell here?"

Marisa dragged the kotatsu and crawled like a snail to the cabinet, rummaging through it until she finally found the hidden treasure.

"That's what I'll keep for later, don't touch it, otherwise I won't spare you!"

"I'll just take a few bites, not more. ”

"Marisa!"

"Oh, I know! a broken fairy shell, how much is it......"

Marisa muttered as she put the half-bitten senbei back into the box, her face dismissive.

This guy.,There's nothing to do on weekdays.,Rush to the shrine at every turn.,Can't drive away.,Can't afford to serve.,Reimu feels that most of her money is owed to her in her previous life.,This life has come to pay off the debt.。

If you think about it, doesn't the name "Marisa Kiriyu" also have the word "rain" in it? No wonder this guy is so annoying.

After a while, Reimu finally cleaned the yard and returned to the shrine to make a pot of tea and prepare for her small snack.

Unfortunately, when she reached into the drawer expectantly, she found that the box of snacks was empty—yes, not even the scum left for her.

"Ma-Ri-Sha-!" Reimu was furious, turned around, and roared at Marisa lying on the ground.

"Oh, don't be so loud, it's not that you can't hear it. Marisa covered her ears with her hands, looking like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

"Give my senbei back!"

Reimu grabbed Marisa by the collar and pulled her out of the kotatsu, screaming at her face.

"But I've already eaten it, do I want to spit it out for you again?" Marisa wiped off the spit that had been sprayed on her face, and snorted with a flamboyant snort, showing no sincerity.

"I don't care, you have to give me back the senbei anyway!"

"Okay, I'll spit on you, you wait. ”

Marisa said, pretending to vomit, "uh-uh-oh" and kneeling there retching for a long time, but not a single foam came out.

Of course, if she dared to vomit on the floor of the shrine, Reimu would have to cripple her.

"Oops, I'm sorry, I've digested it, it's no longer in a rut, hehe......" Marisa grabbed the hair on the back of her head, smiling and unrepentant.

"Humph!"

Reimu snorted coldly and ignored Marisa. She sat cross-legged in front of the kotatsu and drank her own stuffy tea.

"Pour me a drink...... too"

"Get out!"

(b)

Motoi-chan got up early in the morning.

She stood at the door of Suzuna-an, stepping on the damp bluestone steps, and looked around, but there was no human figure.

The red lantern in front of the tavern had not yet been extinguished, but the sunlight was already shining on the roof. The people in the house are still in their beds, and the yokai in the liquor store have just fallen asleep. In this quaint street, all that remains is the crisp sound of dew falling and the laughter of birds and flocks.

At this time, here, this wind, this light, let her enjoy it alone.

"Shhh...... Ha ......"

Suzu greedily took a breath of the after-rain air, letting the gift of nature fill her lungs and dispel all impurities in her body.

She loves rain, especially autumn rain. She loves to listen to the rain, watch the rain, write about the rain, read the rain, and love the town that is rejuvenated after the rain.

A new day, a new wind, a new water, a new street, a new life for her.

"Suzu!"

The call of an old friend came to her ears, and Xiao Ling turned her head and saw that it was none other than Barnyard Aqiu, who came to her to borrow books yesterday.

"Ah Qiu, why did you get up so early?"

"Hey, it's not so much getting up early, it's not so much sleeping all night. ”

Ah Qiu said, and yawned. She had thick dark circles under her eyes, and it looked like she was driving a night train.

"Hehe, if you don't pay attention to sleep, you'll become an old woman!"

Xiao Ling teased with what Ah Qiu said to her, and Ah Qiu's cheeks were slightly red with shame.

"Actually, I only slept in the middle of the night last night, and I woke up when it rained. Jokes aside, Xiao Ling didn't really want to make fun of her friends, so she changed the subject, "But when I came together this morning, I was in good spirits." ”

"It's good to be in good spirits," Ah Qiu sighed, "I haven't closed my eyes all night anyway, and now I only have half a life left." ”

"So, have you read all the books you borrowed from me?"

"I haven't read it all, but the translation of the experiment log, I've read it several times. ”

"What's the experience?"

"If you have any experience, there is a little ......"

"Come on," Xiao Ling opened the curtain behind her, "let's go inside and talk about it." ”

Entering the Suzuna Temple, Xiao Suzu quickly served two cups of tea, sat in front of a small coffee table with Ah Qiu, and listened carefully to her feelings and gains after reading.

"I'm reading this journal with three questions. Aqiu placed the manuscript on the coffee table, pointed to it, and said, "First, what is the motive for the experiment, second, who is the mastermind of the experiment, and third, what is the result of the experiment." ”

"I hope to find some clues from this book that will help me deduce the answers to these three questions. ”

"So, after a night of hard work, have you found the answer?" asked Suzu.

"Part," Aqiu said, taking a sip from his teacup, "I've only found a fraction of the answer." ”

"First of all, the answer to the first question, ...... here," she said, flipping through the notebook, pointing to a circled text on one of the pages, "This statement indicates that just when their experiment was at a loss, a mysterious volunteer appeared, not only bringing much-needed material, but also volunteering to be a sample of the experiment. ”

"Based on the vampire legends in the outside world, as well as the few words in this book, we can basically judge that this experiment is absolutely taboo and illegal in the blood society. So this handful of vampires is a bunch of mad scientists in exile. ”

"They carried out this dangerous experiment involving ancient demons, maybe out of curiosity, maybe they had some other ambitions, it didn't matter, the important thing was that they couldn't complete this experiment on their own. ”

"And then a mysterious helper appeared and put together the last piece of the puzzle, right?" Intervenant interjected.

"That's right. Aqiu nodded, "That helper calls himself 'Tilt', and his presence makes up for what is missing from this experiment. At this point, we can probably determine that the mastermind of this incident is this 'Tilt'. He wanted to use those scientists to achieve his ...... Some kind of purpose. ”

"What kind of purpose is that?"

"It's hard to say. It only says that he 'seems to have come from the east,' 'lived at least eight hundred years,' is 'polite,' and 'unfathomable,' but says nothing about his character or background. ”

"It's because it's full of mystery that he is described as 'unfathomable'!"

"As for the results of the experiment, it is not written in this journal, but I think ...... If it did, how could the contents of this journal be suddenly interrupted?"

"Ahh

"yes. ”

"It's T-I-L-T, right?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Hehe...... Xiao Ling covered her mouth lightly and laughed twice, "Tell you, I know the results of this experiment...... I just came up with it!"

"Huh?" Ah Qiu tilted his head, not knowing why, "What do you mean by that?"

"Ah Qiu, your thinking is still too confined to Gensokyo! Even if you know a lot, your vision is not broad enough!"

"It's a play on words, if you know English, you'll know," Suzu said with a smug face, and began to show off her language talent, "The four letters of 'tilt' are all contained in the word 'twilight'. ”

"After 'twilight' removes 'tilt', the remaining four letters are w, i, g, h, and w is m when the w is reversed, and n is n when the head of h is cut off, so these four letters become m, i, g, n. ”

"Hmm...... And then?" Ah Qiu sat next to him, stunned for a moment, although he couldn't fully understand what she meant, he also knew a rough idea.

"Then, the four letters m, i, g, and n, can form a word, 'ming'. ”

“‘ming’...... Does it mean anything?"

"If you know Chinese, you will know that there is a character called '暝', pronounced 'ming'. And the word, it means, dusk. ”

"Translated into English, it's twilight!" Suzu slapped the table excitedly and read out his reasoning aloud.

"So, tilt...... Twilight, even if the word is introduced, what's the use?"

Regarding English or Chinese, Ah Qiu doesn't know much, at least certainly not as much as Xiaoling, so it is difficult for her to look at this puzzle from Xiaoling's perspective. You know, Suzu is a person who can use any language as if it were her native language.

"Smack!"

Suzu pulled out an old newspaper from under the coffee table and pressed it on the table with a "snap", almost knocking over the teacup in front of her.

Wenwen News...... The third ...... of the month," Aqiu picked up the paper, and the front page came into view, "Vampires who can move in the sun...... Nalan ...... Twilight ......"

"Really, Ah Qiu, as a recorder of history, how can you not pay attention to the news?" Xiao Ling hugged his arms and said, "History is originally made up of outdated news!"

"Xiao Ling," Ah Qiu put down the newspaper, stood up, and said, "I have to go to the Red Devil Pavilion, now, immediately!"

"Huh, aren't you?"