It was the middle of October, and in late autumn, the grass and trees in Gensokyo were withering, and the leaves were withering everywhere. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In front of Hakurei Shrine, a young girl is cleaning the garden. The girl was dressed in a red and white armpit witch dress, with long black shawl hair and a large bow tied with a red and white ribbon at the back of her head.

She is the thirteenth generation shrine maiden of this shrine, Hakurei Reimu.

"Whew!" Reimu swept the fallen leaves into a pile and let out a long breath.

She straightened her stiff waist, looked at the clean and tidy courtyard, and nodded in satisfaction.

Eight months have passed since the departure of the shrine maiden. Reimu has gradually changed from a toddler to a hakurei shrine maiden in her own right. Now she can not only retreat from the monsters, but even solve the mutation alone.

If the ancestors were still alive, I would be very happy about this.

"Where are you now, and what are you doing?" said the shrine maiden, looking at the blue sky.

"Oops, as soon as you are free, you start to think cranky. The young shrine maiden thought and shook her head vigorously.

As long as you can live under the same sky as that person, it is enough. Now that she has returned to the ordinary, she should no longer disturb her life selfishly.

Reimu could only convince herself like this, and only by thinking about it would she feel a little relieved.

"Hum—"

At this moment, there was a dull noise in the air, like the whistle of a steamer.

Sensing the anomalous Reimu, he quickly put away his thoughts and turned to face the source of the sound, the torii gate of the shrine.

The noise lasted only a few seconds, and then the odd began to manifest. The vermilion torii gate emits a stronger and stronger light, and gradually becomes dazzling. Countless red threads crawled out of the glare and lengthened for a short time before being fixed in the air.

"What is this?" said Reimu, looking at the red threads.

The red threads seemed to have life, but they were only a part of some living being, they floated in mid-air, but they were tight, as if connecting two invisible behemoths.

Reimu had never seen anything like it, nor had she read about the legends about them in any books. Still, she wasn't alarmed. The red and white shrine maiden skillfully took out a few pieces of rune paper from her sleeve, clamped them between her fingers, and put them in a posture, as if facing a great enemy.

Next, whatever emerges from the torii will be attacked like a storm. The thirteenth generation of the Hakurei shrine maiden inherited the style of the ancestors who cut first and then played, and if they can solve it by force, they will never make any sense.

Suddenly, the red thread was pulled back by some force, and with it, it was distorted, the space distorted, and all the nearby scenery was distorted around the torii.

In the midst of the distorted landscape, something else became clear. It was a misty forest, the ruins of a shrine, and a figure walking "this way".

Even Reimu, who had never encountered such a situation, could tell that the Hakurei Barrier, which separated Gensokyo from the real world, was now opened by some unknown force.

The problem is that as a Hakurei shrine maiden, she is completely unaware of the damage to the barrier, in other words, the Great Barrier has been opened with a "door" that can be closed without being destroyed.

In her impression, there was only one person who could do this kind of thing, but that person didn't use this method.

The distorted vision didn't last long. As soon as the figure stepped into the Great Enchantment, he used his fingertips to cut the red thread that emerged from himself. The severed red thread broke into several pieces in the air, dissipated into points of light, and all anomalies disappeared with it.

The torii gate no longer glows, the space no longer distorts, and the outside world is no longer visible. The surrounding scenery changed back to its original state almost instantly, as if nothing had happened.

If it weren't for the boy who had crossed the barrier, Reimu would have even suspected that he was hallucinating.

It was a beautiful young man, baby-faced, curly hair, and dressed in an outside-style black casual suit. If you put him in a human village, he will definitely become a topic, and he may even become an idol for women.

However, that kind of thing has nothing to do with Hakurei Reimu, there is only one thing she has to do.

"Monster retreat!"

Reimu let out a loud shout and flew into the air with a slight leap, spilling dozens of red runes at the comer with a wave of his hands.

It is an eternal truth that strikes first.

"What's the situation?"

Before the boy could figure out the situation, he was caught off guard. He quickly crossed his hands, blocked the first few runes, and then dodged the rest of the attack with a nice backflip.

"Pain, pain, what is this?" said the young man, rubbing his arm, and muttering to himself.

Even though he reacted quickly, he could only rely on his body to resist the fastest runes. The energy-infused rune paper burst on his arm, injecting pure spiritual power into his body.

"This is a spirit rune, which specializes in retiring monsters. Reimu looked down at the boy and said coldly, "Next is this!"

"Wait!"

The boy tried to tell her to stop, but to no avail. The cold-faced witch didn't even listen to a word, so she flicked her sleeves twice, and then threw out dozens of blue rune papers.

Those blue runes are different from the red runes just now, they are not flying in a straight line, but tracking. When the boy runs to the left, they fly to the left, and when the boy runs to the right, they also turn.

"Ugh!"

Despite deceiving most of the blue charms with his nimble side-to-side twists, the boy was hit a few times and staggered back a few steps.

"This is a tracking rune, specially made for fast guys. Reimu said this, and wanted to do it again.

"Hey, hey, hey!" shouted the young man, not willing to be beaten unilaterally, "don't get carried away, little girl!"

As soon as the words fell, he disappeared from Reimu's eyes, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of her eyes, and Reimu didn't even blink her eyes.

"So fast!"

She'd seen it fast, but she'd never seen it that fast. This kind of ultra-high speed, which cannot be captured with the naked eye, is probably only attainable by the best of the tengu.

"Drink!"

The fist struck with an afterimage and a strong wind, and Reimu didn't have time to think about it, so he set up the imperial coin to block the oncoming blow. The force of the impact made her hands almost numb, forcing her to retreat again and again.

Although this coin looks like a wooden stick with strips of cloth tied to it, it is not an ordinary wooden stick, but is made of special wood that can hold spiritual power. Therefore, it is not the Imperial Coin itself that resists the attack, but the spiritual power of the shrine maiden.

With a single blow, the shrine maiden was suppressed, but the boy fell back to the ground and did not choose to continue the pursuit.

"You guy, you don't seem to be able to fly!" Reimu's tone was still so cold, but he felt a little lucky in his heart.

If the opponent could fly, she would definitely launch a barrage of attacks that would put her in a bitter fight, instead of jumping up and hitting the ground with a punch like this.

"So what?" disagreed, "I'll just hit you." ”

This is not bragging, the power of the punch just now is definitely not something that Reimu's body can bear.

What's more, the boy must have a more dangerous power, the power that can distort space and connect Gensokyo with the present world.

"I'm sure," Reimu said, not to be outdone, "and you won't even be able to touch me next." ”

As a human, most of the time she only needs to be hit by a youkai, which is already very dangerous. And her survival to this day means that the youkai who fought her can't even touch her.

Combat skills beyond common sense are the foundation of the Hakurei shrine maiden's life.

"Stop, little girl!" the boy looked up at Reimu and smiled calmly, "Your life is already very short, there is no need to rush to death." ”

"Really?" Reimu said, holding the imperial coin in one hand and the rune paper in the other, "We'll see!"

Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence, black and red belong to two worlds, there is no need to continue to communicate, and battle is their language.

Now that the brief temptation is over, the real battle begins.