Songjiang Mansion of the Ming Empire, Shanghai

Shanghai, Shanghai, the largest window to the outside world of the Ming Empire, its beachhead was constantly filled with passenger and cargo ships entering and leaving the port, and every day it was carrying the flow of goods and people that was not lost to the European ports. www.biquge.info About 300 years ago, when the Ming Empire was crumbling like a candle in the wind, as the starting point of the Ming Dynasty's trade with the Far East, it and Wuyangyi generally maintained a sickly prosperity above the horizontal line. Since then, Shanghai has been like a melting pot, smelting scum from all over the world, some of whom have become famous like Zheng Yiguan, but many more have disappeared from the city. Today, 300 years later, Shanghai is still like a bottomless pit of adventurers who want to pan for gold in this vast empire.

However, they prefer to call this most dazzling pearl of the Far East the "modern capital" rather than the name Shanghai.

All in all - welcome to the Magic City!

Near the Bund, Shanghai's busiest neighborhood, there is an ordinary three-story stone western-style building, with Romanesque arcades and stone columns, and gray-yellow facades, which look no different from the buildings of the same shape as the exchanges, banks and stores next to them.

"(Mandarin) President Sour Soup Fish!

With the sound of the wooden door being pushed open, a panting man appeared in the large office on the top floor of the building.

"Didn't you say it, don't call me president or anything, I just did a little thing. ”

The man who was called the chairman sat behind the mahogany desk, and the sunlight shining through the gauze curtains behind him made it difficult to see his face, and his voice was ordinary, sounding like an ordinary middle-aged man.

"But President, you've saved the guild many times..."

"Catbeard", the young vice president of the Mage Guild, looked wistfully at the man in front of him who had been the guild leader since the time of the Emperor of the Apocalypse—his legendary story could be written into a novel of 10 million words. Whether it is Jin Zhengguozuo after a thousand miles of single-handedly attack, or the magic of cracking the realm of Gensokyo in that Ming-Jidong battle, these membrane mages who know the inside story are sincerely admired.

"Young man, you don't want to see the wind and rain, you have to judge yourself when you hear these news, you understand what this means, right?"

"But Master Sour..."

Catbeard tried to choose a title that the president with an unusual temper preferred.

"You, you still need to learn one..."The ageless mage sighed and said helplessly, "I originally wanted to tell you a little bit of life experience, but I can't listen to you when you look like this." Say, what's the matter with running in in such a panic?"

"Containment of Requiem has failed. ”

Catbeard calmed down for a moment and said that he had just received the news.

"Is it the madmen of Gensokyo again? Really, every time there is a little bit of 'black box' news, these madmen with the name of the old run faster than anyone else. ”

The sour soup fish shook his head, and then asked, "What about the people we sent?"

"'White Wolf' was attacked by the people of the Special High School and Gensokyo before, and now 'Iron Fist' has successfully rescued him, and it is expected to return to Shanghai tomorrow. But about Requiem... Due to our early awakening, the people sent by Gensokyo were unable to catch the trace of the Requiem, and it seems that they escaped after injuring several researchers... Do you need to start a covert search in the Far East? Now, the wind is very tight in Gensokyo, but the attitude of the special high class seems to be a little ambiguous..."

Catbeard continued to report.

"Nothing like that!"

"So what does the president mean is to wait and see, and when should we act?"

Just when the cat's beard was puzzled, a cloud suddenly obscured the midday sun, and the slightly weakened sunlight made him suddenly see a meaningful smile on the face of the sour soup fish.

"At that point, we'll take a stand. ”

The elder of the Mage Guild pushed his black-rimmed glasses and said with an ambiguous smile.

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Within the Sakura Mansion Great Barrier

Sunlight is also impenetrable.

A girl dressed in a shrine maiden costume stood beside an ancient tree in the forest, staring at the sky overhead that was obscured by layers of green leaves. Without the rustle of leaves blown by the wind, without the shrill chirping of cicadas, this lush forest turned out to be completely silent.

So, in the mottled shadows of the trees, through the mask on her face, what did the girl see?

The girl with smooth black hair stroked the rough bark of an ancient tree beside her and slowly lowered her head.

Bang -

She suddenly clenched her fists and slammed her fist into the trunk.

Sassy -

The whole forest began to shake at the same time. The same frequency, the same amplitude - the whole forest began to tremble in sync under the punch.

"A fake, after all, is just a fake. ”

The girl lifted her mask, revealing a delicate and gentle face.

"(Sakurafu) Miss Rain Tide!

A voice suddenly rang out. With this voice, a door of light suddenly opened next to the black-haired girl, and a girl who was also black-haired passed through the door of light into this world.

"Wow, did the eldest lady succeed? Then we need to inform the others quickly!"

The girl looked at the scene of a primeval forest around her, as if she was frightened.

"No... It's still far from it. The girl shook her head, took out a piece of red and white rune paper and pasted it on a tree beside her, "It's just a fake, a projection." ”

Some of the reckless maids watched as the same rune paper appeared in an instant on all the trunks of the trees in the sea of trees.

"W-This?"

"All the trees are just projections of the tree I just brought in. Mu Zhizi Yuchao calmly withdrew his hand, "Xiao Yue'er, you see, once I stop the supply of spiritual power-"

Brush pulling――

The entire forest disappeared in an instant, leaving only the "mother" next to the rain tide. The world had become chaotic again, except for the ten-meter radius around the rain tide. Everything around seems to exist in a thick fog, and sometimes ruined buildings like torii gates, bell towers, and villages emerge from the fog and disappear in an instant, making it impossible to wonder if it is just an illusion brought by the eyes.

This is exactly the original scenery that the two girls are used to seeing.

"But at least there's one more of this than before, and Miss is really amazing. The black-haired maid Saotome patted the big tree and said with a smile.

"That's also thanks to the previous generation of shrine maidens, who found a way to use the 'black box' to repair Gensokyo, otherwise I don't know when and what month I can see the hope of rebuilding this world. ”

"Yes, thanks to the ancestral shrine maiden, that 'grandfather' was able to reopen this space in the 'ruins' of the Great Enchantment so quickly, and she was able to retrieve the inheritance of that 'Dongfeng Valley Sanae', so that her spiritual power could reappear in the world. Yuezi continued.

"Let's not talk about it so much, let's go out and see the search situation of the 'Requiem' first, with the spiritual power in that 'black box', maybe we can open more areas in the 'Ruins'. ”

Yuchao pulled off his mask, took out something like a talisman paper, and shook it between his fingers, opening a door of light just like when the moon came in before.

"Put on your mask and go out. ”

She commanded the confinement child.

"But... When I put this on. Saotome Tsukiko took out a mask of a slightly sickly-looking girl with a bitter face, "I feel that my personality is getting more and more towards that... Pache Noregi leaned closer. ”

“... This is also one of the costs..."

Rain Tide muttered in a low voice.

"Miss, what did you just say?"

"Nothing, let's go. ”

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