The heavy enchanted forest receded beyond the horizon. Youning walked on the ancient beast path leading to the shrine, his eyes looking up in a trance. I don't know what I'm thinking, but I even slowed down my pace, looking leisurely.

Then he laughed slightly, snapped, and high-fived him with a fist, as if he had made up his mind.

"Yakumo Murasaki."

He said.

He waited.

Then without waiting for anything, Youning shook his head, raised his legs, and suddenly turned his head suddenly.

The unfounded crack hung behind Youning, and the girl crouched on the edge with a smile, her elbow supporting the lower string, the back of her hand supporting her chin, and the swinging folding fan covering her cheeks and neckline.

Some are naughty.

She is Yakumo Murasaki.

She is Yakumo Murasaki.

"Oh, did you know that there is a thing called the jade box that I regret opening?"

Yuning looked at Yakumo Purple unmoved, and then suddenly let out a "hum" laugh from his nostrils.

"I'm going to the shrine. Honorable Lord Yakumo-sama. ”

"You know me."

Affirmative tone. Youning still smiled and nodded.

"Uh-huh, yes."

"You're scared of me."

Youning thought for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I'm scared, but I'm not afraid of you." ”

Youning smacked his lips as he spoke, turned his head to look in the direction of Dongshan, at this time, a behemoth wrapped in the wind fell from the sky and smashed in front of him, Youning was shocked and took a step back.

Youning saw clearly that it was half a stone tablet. The stele was sunken in the snow, and I don't know if it was embedded in the ground. He turned around.

"What's wrong?"

"Why?"

Youning is asking, while Yakumo Purple is asking and answering. She's asking why you're not afraid of me, and then telling Youning that you should be afraid of me.

This seems very boring, Yakumo Murasaki is not such a youkai. So Youning smiled brightly, and the corners of her lips hooked up a very soft and clear arc.

"I like you."

Youning said it plainly, lightly but steadily. Youning's appearance is as if she is in high spirits, but this is not unusual.

Extremely unusual.

"Why, can't you?"

"Ahh I want to think about it...... Is this the first time? Oh, you're so bold. ”

Yakumo squinted her eyes as if she was very happy, folding a fan to half-cover her face, and she couldn't see what kind of smile was on her face.

"No, it's not."

This is certainly not a confession. However, it's not thin or light. It's just an elaboration.

Of course, it can't be considered an answer.

"Have you seen me?"

Yakumo asked.

Youning said he knew her, but she asked anyway. That means she's getting a little serious.

"Nope."

Youning shook his head.

"But ......"

He paused deliberately, then continued, "I've seen Gensokyo. ”

Yuning raised his head and looked into Yakumo's eyes. There was a hint of cunning in his smile.

Yakumo put down the fan and waved it casually. She was laughing, too, her smile was a little serious, a little curious. Also, a little apathy.

"Well, you know the rules of Gensokyo."

Shout!

Youning didn't move. His robe was swept up by the strong wind, and there was a loud noise. There was a clicking sound behind him, and splinters fell from the stele.

There's a streamer brushed over, what is it, I don't know.

Youning stared at another gap beside Yakumo Zi, no, now it's two, four, eight, sixteen. I had a clear premonition that the indescribable shots were just like the one just now, and there were a few of them in each gap.

That's the power of youkai. How to deal with it.

At this time, Youning raised his hand.

He smiled peacefully and said, "Wait a minute. ”

Then he slowly took out a few blank cards from his bosom, as well as a pen.

Youning said, "Let me write something silently." ”

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This is Gensokyo.

Gensokyo is the land of fantasy, and it still retains the fear and belief of ancient times. Of course, it is also the home of gods and monsters.

Once the gods enjoyed the faith of humans and the yokai enjoyed the fear of humans, the gods protected humans and the yokai threatened humans intentionally or unintentionally. If fantasy is compared to food, the gods are like vegetarians, and the yokai are like omnivorous beasts.

However, the stance of the gods and youkai is subtly different from before.

Because now they are weak - of course they are still strong, they are getting stronger, but now they have to rely on humans - since Gensokyo, since the establishment of this great barrier. For the youkai of Gensokyo, there are only so many humans left in the Great Enchantment. Yokai no longer attack humans on a large scale at will.

Yokai were originally born with the purpose of attacking humans as their original purpose of existence. But now, there is an invincible human being.

That's the Hirori Shrine Maiden.

For a hundred years, no matter what kind of youkai they were, they couldn't defeat the shrine maiden. The threat of monsters to human beings ranges from whether they are willing or not, to whether they dare or not, and finally even to the question of whether they can or not. The meaning of the existence of yokai is as if it has been obliterated. At this time, the thirteenth generation of shrine maidens wrote an epoch-making rule.

Since then, fragile humans have had the possibility to fight the yokai, and the youkai have a chance to defeat the absent-minded shrine maiden. What's more, the battles in Gensokyo are no longer a stakes with your life. The shrine maiden no longer has to work hard to convince the other party, and the monster attack on the human race will not be a catastrophe. The reason for winning and losing has changed from life and death to competition.

-- Youning stopped the last stroke in his hand. He raised his head, showed the cards to Yakumo Zi, slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and said, "This is a spell card." ”

That's certainly not a spell card.

Weak monsters or powerful humans can spend a long time and a lot of effort to make a spell card, with which it is enough to challenge the lazy strong, and even have a chance to win. Of course, such a magical spell card is not such a simple thing as black and white.

But Youning said that this is a spell card, and this is a spell card.

Since this is a spell card, Yakumo Purple must also be opposed to a spell card.

Youning wrote on four pieces of paper, and Yakumo Zi could only use four spell cards.

Because Yakumo Murasaki is a challenger.

This is the rule of Gensokyo, this is the rule of spells.

This is the rule that all youkai and humans must abide by, written by a shrine maiden named Hakurei Reimu.

"Interesting."

Yakumo laughed.

She smiled like a cat that had just caught a mouse in her middle of boredom.

- This person said that he liked her, but he never had a relationship with her.

This person hasn't seen her, but he's seen Gensokyo.

He knows Hakurei, he knows Morikin, he knows Yakumo, he can understand Gensokyo, and he can understand the Great Enchantment. This man named Youning has the ability to even use spell cards.

But so what?

She is Yakumo Murasaki.

No one knows what Yakumo is thinking, no one knows what Yakumo is for. No one knows or understands Yakumo Murasaki, and Yakumo Murasaki doesn't need it.

Yakumo Purple is Yakumo Purple.

Now, Yakumo Zi looked down at Yuu Ning and said a word.

"You're not human." -

- Theplaceofhopeandsilence