"It's a pity."

Claude, who returned to reality, couldn't help but sigh.

Memory retrieval can perfectly present the caster's memories in the form of illusions, which can be said to be a rather terrifying secret art, but it is ...... The more advanced the secret technique, the more complex its composition is, and the interior may be indestructible, but once a force is exerted on the outside world, it does not need to be too large, only a little light, and such a secret technique can be completely cracked.

This is exactly the case now.

After glancing at Reimu, who was still a little confused, Claude turned to look at the door of the room, where a green-haired girl was standing in a daze.

The girl wears a shrine maiden costume that is very similar to Reimu, the same luck, the same miniskirt, but Reimu's shrine maiden costume is red and white, and the witch costume worn by the girl is composed of two colors, blue and white.

…… Well, of course, there is a very big difference between the girl and Reimu, that is, although Reimu is not an airport, it is definitely not plump, and the girl, the pair of twin peaks that are hidden under the shrine maiden's suit are also very obvious, almost instantaneously, and the attention of everyone is diverted.

“…… Lost. ”

"Damn, I've been drinking papaya milk since today."

"Ahaha, although big is not necessarily good, but this perfect arc still makes people can't help but shoot."

"Guan Xiwen, put down your camera!"

……

After a burst of chickens and dogs, everyone finally fell silent again.

"Hmph, why are you so interested in coming to me today, Sanae?"

As a peer. Reimu's tone was extremely stiff. And Marisa sitting next to her. The tone wasn't as obvious as hers, but it wasn't very friendly.

"Or is the Moriya Shrine finally ready to make a move on the Hakurei Shrine?"

“…… I'm not here for you today. ”

In the face of Reimu and Marisa's questioning, the girl named Sanae seems to be easy-going, although her tone is not much better.

What to say...... Is it true that peers are enemies?

Claude and Lindy glanced at each other, the two were not very strangers to the girl in front of them, after all, who heard a name dozens of times a day. will remember each other.

-- Dongfeng Valley early seedlings.

Similar to Reimu's identity, she is a shrine maiden at Shouya Shrine. It's just that, unlike Reimu, which has no object to serve, the Cunzài, named 'Sanae of the East Wind Valley', needs to serve two gods...... Of course, this is just a job description. Judging from what Yakumo Murasaki heard, the two gods at Moriya Shrine regarded Sanae as their daughter.

Compared to the other party, Reimu, who has only been taken care of by the previous Hakurei shrine maiden since he was a child, is no wonder he has such a strong fighting spirit for Sanae.

As for Marisa. The reason why she hates Sanae is simpler, but it's just that Reimu hates the other party.

…… It should be said. Is Marisa worthy of being the woman who wants to open the Crystal Palace?

"You're Mr. Claude, aren't you?"

After finishing her confrontation with Reimu and Marisa, Sanae turned to face Claude. I saw her suddenly kneel on the ground, fold her hands in front of her, and then bow gently.

"I'm a shrine maiden at Moriya Shrine, Sanae Togashiya. I have heard your name for a long time, and I can see it today, which is really a blessing for three lives. ”

With that, Sanae raised her head. She looked at Claude with inexplicable respect in her eyes, if it weren't for Lindy sitting next to Claude like a demonstration, she might have screamed and pounced on her like those star chasers.

But even so, after being picked up by Claude, she naturally did the other side of Claude.

"Ahhh

From the moment she took her seat, Sanae's eyes never left Claude, and she kept muttering something to herself, but her voice was extremely loud.

"The first emperor of the Kadir Empire who has been ruined by the outside world, that is a mythical existence that even the gods have defeated!"

"What?!"

"That's amazing!"

As Sanae narrated, the eyes of everyone looking at Claude couldn't help but change. Reimu, Marisa, and Fumiwen knew that Claude was strong, but they never thought that Claude's strength had reached the point of killing gods.

Gods, even in Gensokyo, are only the names that the two who dare to use at Shouya Shrine.

Others, even those who created a paradise like Yakumo Murasaki, were only given the title of 'manager'.

"That's just a false god."

Claude shook his head, deciding to explain a little.

"To put it more simply, it's actually an ordinary immortal."

"But even if it's that kind of existence, it's not something that ordinary immortals can defeat, after all, the power of faith ...... Yes! ”

Sanae seemed to have accidentally said something, and suddenly covered her small mouth with her hand. She looked at the crowd and saw that no one was going to ask more, and she was quietly relieved.

But then ......

"The power of faith, it's indeed a troublesome ability, but if your own strength is not good, even if you give a strong weapon, the result will not change."

Claude, who has endless experience, how could he not know the power of faith, but as he said, the huge gap in strength cannot be smoothed out by the power of faith alone.

In fact, the 'god' at that time, while using the power of faith, also opened the power of the world itself, with the help of those two forces, Claude was indeed beaten by a beating, but after he reacted, the outcome was decided.

"Okay, that's all for the family conversation, you suddenly came to visit, there should be something more important, right?"

Claude knocked on the table and looked at Sanae calmly.

He wasn't a child like Reimu or Marisa, and although the respect on Sanae's face was indeed sincere, the worry that flashed in her eyes from time to time completely exposed her thoughts.

"Is something wrong with those two of you?"

Yakumo Zi, who had been silent before, suddenly asked, and then. A gap opened in front of her. At the other end of the gap. A building with a similar structure to Hakurei Shrine quietly appeared.

"Huh? What's going on? The moment he saw that building, the calm on Yakumo's face completely disappeared, "Why is the seal of the Moriya Shrine gone?!" ”

Like the Red Devil Pavilion, Yokai Mountain, and the Underworld, the Moriya Shrine maintains normal operations every day, but around the shrine, seals are also placed for protection.

And now, the seal has suddenly disappeared!

It's no wonder that Yakumo Murasaki was so surprised.

"That's why I'm here alone." The smile disappeared from Sanae's face and was replaced by an endless Yan sù. "This morning, the seal of Moriya Shrine suddenly disappeared for some reason, and in order to prevent accidents, Suwako-sama and Kanako-sama plan to rearrange a seal, but it's just ...... When the seal is set up, the two adults will become defenseless, so ......"

"So you want me to come over and help?"

Claude took Sanae's words and said directly.

"Yes." Sanae nodded, her eyes full of pleading.

“…… What do you think, Purple? ”

Claude listened. He didn't give an answer immediately, but looked at Yakumo Purple on the side.

"I had to go. Isn't it? ”

With a "snap", the folding fan was opened, covering half of his face with a fan, revealing only a pair of eyes Yakumo Purple, although he smiled, but the cold glint in his eyes could not be hidden.

"Don't worry, with me here, there will be no problem with Hakurei Shrine, and ......"

Saying that, Yakumo Zi finally stopped hiding the murderous aura on his body.

"It's time to show your strength, isn't it?"

Yakumo Murasaki, who has never been a good man and a woman, once she gets serious, she is not something that ordinary immortals can fight against at all.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Claude nodded at Yakumo, then stood up and walked straight into the gap.

"Then, Lord Yakumo-sama, I'll also retire."

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Sanae had no interest in staying here.

"Go, go, oh yes, when you go back, I'll talk to the two of them by the way, since the other party has already fallen, next, it's our turn."

"Yes!"

……

Claude stepped out of the gap, and he appeared in front of the main entrance of Moriya Shrine.

"Yo, boy, it's been a long time."

"Hahaha, I'll just say he'll come."

"yes, I haven't seen you for nearly a hundred years, I thought you were killed by someone, but it turned out that you ran to Gensokyo?"

Claude was not surprised by the sound ringing in his ears, and before, after hearing the two names shouted by Sanae, he had guessed the identities of the two gods who lived in the Moriya Shrine.

The Yasaka Kaminako of 'Heaven', and the Suwako of 'Earth'.

Heaven and earth, dry and kun......

As opposites, they can get along so harmoniously. A hundred years ago, Claude once asked the two of them out of curiosity why, but the answer was......

"Huh? Are you envious? I have such a lovely Lori wife. ”

"Kouhu, I'm the husband, okay?!"

"Fight me for 300 rounds that night, and whoever is on top last will be the husband."

"No problem!"

……

Well, I'm sure you've guessed that this deity, which is also a woman, is actually a couple...... A couple...... Couple...... Yes......

"Huh?"

Kanako's face suddenly changed when she appeared in front of Claude, and not only her, but also Suwako's face showed a look of shock.

"You...... Breakthrough? ”

"Well, something happened after entering Gensokyo, and when I reacted, I reached the current state."

Claude casually leaned against the pillar and replied with a relaxed expression.

However, hearing his answer, Kanako and Suwako had the same expression on their faces.

"You monster!" X2

"Thanks for the compliment."

Listening to the complaints of the two, Claude was not a little shy, looked left and right, and did not see clearly between the gaps before, and only found out after being immersed in the scene, whether it was the layout or the area of the construction area. It's a lot bigger than Hakurei Shrine.

Plus that undisciplined Reimu. It's no wonder that no one wants to go to Hakurei Shrine......

Claude couldn't help but think in his heart. But there was not the slightest hint on his face. He pointed to the tengu hidden around Moriya Shrine and asked, "With their help, I shouldn't be needed, right?" ”

Who knew that after Kanako heard this, she gave him a blank look.

"If you don't come, how can those people jump out?"

Claude was indifferent, and after a long time, he put on a gossipy look again, "Speaking of which." That child named Sanae can't be the daughter of the two of you. ”

"I hope so."

"It's a pity......"

"Mouthful! How can a child be born between a girl and a girl! ”

Before Kanako and Suwako finished speaking, the two of them were beaten twice with paper fans by Sanae, who had just come out of the gap.

"Please don't listen to the nonsense of the two adults in my family, I am the current head of Dongfeng Valley, and I am not the illegitimate daughter of the two of them!"

Sanae, who had a serious face, didn't notice Kanako and Suwako who were holding back a smile behind him, and Claude, he didn't debunk his friend's thoughts.

"Alright, Kanako-sama, Suwako-sama. Mr. Claude doesn't have much time, so let's finish the seal as soon as possible. ”

……

The other side. After sending Claude and Sanae to Moriya Shrine, Yakumo sat down and closed her eyes.

Bursts of terrifying momentum continued to overflow from her body, and she obviously only had the strength of the golden mid-rank, but at this moment, she burst out of the golden high-level ...... No, it's a strength that's a cut above the gold limit.

"Reimu, you take them to the basement, and the next battle is not something you can participate in."

“…… I know. ”

Reimu shook her lips. Yakumo Zi is right, only he is worthy of the primary strength of silver, and he is not even qualified to be cannon fodder in the next battle.

If I could get a little stronger......

If I could be like Mr. Claude......

The delusions in my heart turned into endless obsessions, constantly enriching the power of the Evil Spirit Dream, but this qiē, the Spirit Dream did not know.

She was just begging, begging for more power, the power to help others.

And then......

"You...... Want power? ”

The voice that sounded in the depths of his heart was like a miracle descended by a god, making Reimu who turned around couldn't help but imagine.

Ah, how nice it would be if it were true.

Obviously, Reimu had taken her previous voice as an auditory hallucination, and she didn't believe that someone could ignore the barrier of the Hakurei Shrine and directly transmit the words to her heart.

But the truth is......

"Do you want power?"

There was no pause, no more ethereal feeling, and the male voice that sounded in Reimu's ears just used a flat tone to confide in Reimu's truest demands.

"You want ...... Get the ...... to surpass anyone, travel through time and space at will, and find your family. Strength? ”

The sound sounded again, constantly replenishing Reimu's hope, as if as long as he stretched out his hand, Reimu could get it all.

"I ...... I...... Want to ......"

Reimu's whole body trembled, she didn't know if the person who made the voice was an angel or a demon, but she really wanted to be able to find her family if she could, if she could.

"I want to ......"

"Lord God, shut your mouth!" Yakumo Zi's angry voice interrupted Reimu's answer, "Reimu is my person, if you dare to mess around, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!" ”

Reimu turned her head to look at the woman who had never shouted so much in front of her, and now, she didn't care about the etiquette of a big monster, and scolded like a shrew.

The ...... that flows in my heart Is it sweet?

Reimu didn't know, she just felt that her heart was very warm and comfortable.

"Reimu, don't believe that soulless word, he didn't know how many ignorant teenagers and girls he had deceived with these words, even me...... Well, in short, you are absolutely not allowed to answer his questions, just think of him as a psychopath, no, he is a psychopath in the first place......"

Looking at Yakumo Murasaki, who couldn't even speak normal words, Reimu suddenly smiled, and she smiled very happily.

"Well, I know, the next battle, Purple, you have to come on."

After making a cheering motion, Reimu left with Lindy, Marisa and the others.

After being silent for a while, Zi nodded to the main god who had already descended here at some point, and said, "Thank you for what happened just now." ”

"You're welcome, but if I could, I'd like her to be the go-to-do."

"And then sacrifice a qiē for a dream that will never be achieved?" Yakumo sneered, her face full of mockery, "Reimu is my niece, I would never watch her jump into a fire pit." ”

"But it's you who produced the demons in her heart, aren't you?"

“……”

The main god's rhetorical question made Yakumo Zi speechless. More than ten years ago, in order to protect Gensokyo, Yakumo Purple committed a crime that could never be forgiven, she stole Reimu from her biological parents, just because of Reimu's bloodline, which is very consistent with the Gensokyo she created.

"You don't have to worry about my business!" Annoyed and angry, Yakumo Murasaki threw the teapot on the table to the main god, "I'll solve my mistakes myself, you don't have to bother." Or is our generation not enough, do you still want to affect the next generation? ”

In the end, the momentum on Yakumo's body had been raised to the peak, and if Claude was here, he would have found that Yakumo's strength was not a golden mid-level, but ...... The Void Limit that has disappeared!

"If the problem is not truly solved, no matter how many generations, I will try to continue."

The answer of the main god was as always, so calm that people couldn't believe it, but Yakumo Zi, who had been in a relationship with the other party for so long, understood the anxiety in the main god's words.

"Everything will be solved, Reiner and I are working hard, and 'he' is also constantly planning, so settle down." Yakumo sighed, and then, the girl who was rampant in the second generation reappeared in front of the main god, "'We' are not the 'us' of the past. (To be continued......)