Chapter Twenty-Three: Marisa Strikes in the Air

"Reimu! It's a mutation, a mutation!"

Become your uncle!

---Looking at Marisa, who was gloating and smiling at herself, Reimu's only instinctive reaction was to cover her face and say this to her.

Although it seems that as a beautiful girl, she shouldn't be so open-mouthed, but Reimu herself has no awareness of this. Or rather, as long as the object of her speech is Marisa, she is absolutely merciless.

In fact, Reimu herself is a person who rarely gets angry, and the reason why this change is there today is entirely because Marisa said the last thing she wanted to hear.

"You should get up and deal with the mutation now, or the name of the Witch will weep."

Completely unoblivious to Reimu's unpleasant response, Marisa continued to incite the girl.

"You go away!"

It's a pity that the shrine maiden waved her away without giving face.

It should be the duty of the Hakurei shrine maiden to solve anomalies beyond common sense and restore Gensokyo to its original state.

Haven't mentioned the past generations of shrine maiden for the time being, at least this generation of Hakurei Reimu is a lazy guy.

Because it is a very important thing, I will only say it once here. If you are divided by strength, it will be difficult to find the strongest among the many witches of the past generations, but when it comes to laziness and no sense of crisis, then no one has a good Hirori Reimu.

"Alas, wilt thou evade thy duty?"

"It's just a normal weather problem! Don't worry about me at all! -- And I swear that from now on, no one will want to separate me from the kotatsu!"

If the first two sentences still have a sense of justification and arguing, then the last sentence completely exposes Miss Reimu's heart.

In order to make the shrine maiden feel better in winter, the Valkyrie who was given to her by the furnace may not have expected the occurrence of the vision.

She was greedily intoxicated by the warm feeling brought by the kotatsu and was reluctant to come out.

However, such an irresponsible attitude is not allowed. At least Marisa definitely doesn't allow it.

"What a stupid thing to say! It's spring! It's not the junction of late winter and early spring, it's really spring, and it stands to reason that flowers should have bloomed a long time ago! And this snow has been falling for more than a week, no matter how you think about it, it can't be a normal weather problem, but it should definitely be a change!"

Marisa's voice at this time was more impassioned than Reimu's righteous speech, and in the face of the self-deceiving witch, she was even more obligated to say a series of logical and clear words, and in the face of such a girl, Reimu's response was......

"Become your uncle!"

The simple four words could not have clearly expressed Reimu's mood. It's also the power of language.

It's just that compared to Reimu, who expresses his mood in four words, Marisa's heart at the moment can't be explained even in a thousand words. And she herself felt that there was no need to figure it out, because as long as she saw the appearance of the witch with a languid face and slumped in the kotatsu, she already knew what she should be doing now.

"Damn, get me out of the kotatsu quickly!"

With a not-so-in-the-art roar, Marisa lunged at the fallen Reimu.

The girl's body soared into the air in an instant, and in an instant she succumbed to the laws of physics and began to fall.

To be honest, this action is not very pretty. After all, Marisa was a magician who had never practiced martial arts, and this flutter was just an instinctive action she made with the physical strength of a maiden—however, with the hands and feet of a human whose coordination was far from being comparable to that of an animal, it was difficult to make any too dashing movements in the air.

But...... The so-called unsightly is just a feeling when taking off, but after falling, the beautiful girl with blonde hair and black hair rolls together, and the scene of her hair intertwined is still very pleasing to the eye.

At least for the vast majority of men, as soon as they entered the shrine room, they saw the intensity of this scene, and they would definitely dare to assert it.

"Hurry up and follow me to solve the mutation! Reimu!"

Grabbing Reimu's collar and shouting as she sat on top of the girl almost as a person, Marisa couldn't spot a man who walked in quietly. And in the same way, Reimu, who was ridden by Marisa and had his vision completely blocked, was naturally unable to find out.

-- However, a certain man can see everything clearly because of his excellent perspective.

This time, Reimu didn't directly refuse. It should be said that the first thing she said was a completely irrelevant question.

「…… If I had just died, you would have been the murderer...... Marisa."

There was a strange silence for a few seconds before Reimu stumbled to say this. Her gloomy face would not be doubted even if she was punched in the stomach.

In fact, what she had just suffered was an atrocity far beyond that.

The girl's weight, which soared into the air for nearly a meter and accelerated under the gravity of the earth, pressed directly on her chest and abdomen...... For ordinary people, this was enough to cause a heavy blow to the displacement of internal organs, and Hakuri Reimu only complained with a gloomy face. This already shows how strong she is that does not match her slender appearance.

However, it is possible that the internal drive that made her so strong stemmed from her dissatisfaction with Marisa's atrocities.

"Ugh...... How can I be so heavy!"

Hearing Reimu's unexpected speech, Marisa was stunned for a moment, and then her face immediately turned red when she reacted.

The retort didn't look like the cheerful Marisa, but anyone who knew her well would notice that her tone had weakened significantly.

It seems that she also understands that even if her physique is still light compared to other girls, but even so, the same weight is suddenly pressed on one person...... Especially for a girl, that's a very dangerous thing.

「…… All in all, come with me to solve the mutation!"

However, since the shrine maiden in front of her can still speak, it proves that she has nothing to do. In this way, the girl who was relieved again launched an attack on the topic just now.

Of course, the idea that it's okay to be able to talk is very problematic, but it's also because Reimu's overly powerful power gave her a wrong understanding.

"Don't."

However, the Reimu waiting for the dead fish's eyes seemed to have established an inviolable absolute realm in his heart. Blocked Marisa's attacks again and again.

"What rotten eyes...... Wrong! Is this what you should say? Reimu!"

Marveling at the shrine maiden's lifeless eyes, Marisa quickly confronted Reimu with some disappointment.

「…… Even if you persecute me violently, I will never give in."

"You're hopeless! Bastard!"

The shrine maiden, who seems to be adhering to some great principle, and the magic that rides on her and laments her laziness make a wonderful interweaving.

But......

"--Hahahaha."

And the man who laughs when he sees the wonderful interaction between the two can also be regarded as a scene that does not contradict this picture.