In the far east of Gensokyo, there is a shrine, which is the only shrine in Gensokyo, and it is called Hakurei Shrine.

Since it's a shrine, there must be a shrine maiden, and Hakurei Reimu is the Hakurei shrine maiden of this generation.

The job of the Hirori Shrine Maiden is known to be in charge of solving the various changes that happened in Gensokyo, but I don't know if it's because the previous generation of witches is still there, or if the youkai like the relationship of a peaceful life.

In short, since Reimu succeeded as a shrine maiden, there have been no major changes in Gensokyo, so Reimu's daily work has become a leisurely life in the shrine.

She had expected such an easy life to last forever, until this day......

The sky in Gensokyo is covered in a suspicious red mist, which is obviously a sign of mutation, and as a shrine maiden of Hakurei, Reimu should naturally find the root cause of the mutation and solve it, after all, this is the job of the shrine maiden.

But she hesitated.

Although she knew her duty as a shrine maiden from the moment she was taught to be the next shrine maiden when she was a child, Reimu was still hesitant to this day.

Or rather, she was wondering.

Reimu is different from the previous shrine maidens, who looked for the mutation every day, while she passively waited for the mutation to come.

It doesn't seem right to say that, although Reimu fulfills the duties of a shrine maiden, but it is limited to wearing the clothes of a Hakurei shrine and staying in an empty shrine.

She hadn't solved a single mutation since she became a shrine maiden, so she really couldn't think about anything more.

Reimu doesn't understand the work of the Hirori Shrine Maiden, or the meaning of the existence of the Hirori Shrine Maiden.

Solve the anomaly? Isn't it just the same as finding a powerful youkai to do this kind of thing?

Or maybe it's because she's human? But everyone knows that there are far more yokai than humans at Hakurei Shrine.

Don't understand.

What if the mutation is solved?

What's the point of doing this kind of thing?

Originally, according to Reimong's leisurely character, she would never think about such a troublesome problem, but today's sudden change made her move all these things that she had been troubled with all at once.

Changing into a red and white shrine maiden costume, Reimu came to the shrine's garden, looking at the red mist that was still drifting towards here in the distance, and subconsciously picked up the broom at hand.

“......”

Looking down at the broom in her hand, Reimu was stunned for a moment, and she couldn't help but be shaken by her own movements.

Suddenly, a sudden gust of wind swept up the fallen leaves on the ground, blowing away Reimu's bangs, and a large umbrella suddenly appeared in front of her when she came back to her senses.

His dull gaze gradually became clear, and Reimu looked at the owner of the umbrella in surprise.

"Purple?"

"Reimu, the mutation has happened, why don't you solve it?"

Her long golden hair fluttered in the wind, and her gaze, which seemed to cover both cunning and wisdom, fell casually on the shrine maiden's body.

The clothes on his body seem to be Western dresses, and they are like Eastern robes, and the corners of his mouth are gently hooked like a smile rather than a smile.

Holding the umbrella and frowning sideways, the temperament of the gestures is like a mature and gorgeous ancient beauty, and like a young and pure girl next door.

She was standing there, but she was like an elusive phantom.

Her name is Yakumo Murasaki, and she's a youkai.

"If this continues, these red mist will drift through the Hakurei Shrine and reach the human village, Reimu, aren't you going to set off?"

"You're so long-winded, Purple."

Reimu, frowning, didn't hide her impatience.

"Of course I know that."

"Why do you know why you're still in the shrine?"

Zi's tone was calm and slow, and she didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, but she seemed to be urging the other party.

Her gaze slowly bypassed Reimu's impatient expression and landed on her hand.

After being stunned, the smile deepened.

"I see, Reimu, you're working hard."

“...... It's noisy, it's noisy! ”

Reimu's cheeks flushed, and she threatened to use the broom in her hand to chase people away, but the other party laughed and dodged her.

"Cut, annoying BBA."

Whispering a complaint that no one could hear, Reimu raised his eyebrows and shouted towards the shrine instead:

"Hey, Takeya, hurry up and come out and find a way to deal with this annoying monster!"

Reimu, who knew that she couldn't do anything with the monster in front of her, gave this task to Takeya as a matter of course, although she also knew that the other party would definitely have nothing to do, but in this way, she was relaxed.

Anyway, it's a trouble that can't be solved, and it would be nice to change someone to have a headache.

has always adhered to the principle that friends of the dead are not dead and poor, and Reimu has no guilt for giving Wu Ye a big trouble, but after a while, there is still no response in the shrine.

"Hey, Takeya! Did you hear that——! ”

"Hehehe."

There was an incomprehensible laugh from her mouth, the umbrella had disappeared into her hand at some point, and Purple took out a folding fan to cover half of her face and only left two eyes, making it a little difficult to guess her thoughts.

"No need to shout, Wu Ye is no longer in the shrine."

"Huh? No, what does that mean? ”

"If you don't go, you don't know, what's the point."

Zi smiled eatingly, as if she had thought of something interesting, her eyes wandered, and she said indifferently:

"Perhaps, Wu is also going to solve the mutation."

“...... What? ”

Looking at Zi dumbfounded, Reimu asked with a look of disbelief:

"That guy is going to solve the mutation? How to fix it? Is it preachy? ”

"Who knows."

Without explaining the secret, Zi turned around and looked into the distance.

"This red mist is really annoying, probably not only Wu Ye, but other guys will also come out to find the root cause of this mutation, right?"

Hearing Purple's voiceover, Reimu said in a deep voice:

“...... Isn't that great? Wouldn't that make my job a lot easier? ”

"Hehe, yes, the leisurely life is really good, we like it too, but-"

As soon as the conversation changed, it was as if he was infected by the red mist on the horizon, and Zi's tone was no longer so relaxed.

"Don't mention it to others for the time being, Wu Ye's words are not good, frontal combat is not his strong point."

“......”

"So, don't you go?"

“...... Where to go? ”

"Do you still need to ask, of course it's to rescue Wu Ye."

It seems to be joking, but it seems to have a bit of sincerity, and Purple's gaze is as unpredictable as herself.

"Personally, we still hope that Wu Ye can say it safely."

"Then wouldn't it be better if you just went and brought him back?"

Reimu turned her head disdainfully, she knew that this youkai in front of her, even if she was a Hakurei witch, she didn't dare to say that she could easily deal with it.

"Of course not, we're monsters."

As the purple words fell, the space in front of her seemed to be torn, revealing a deep black mouth, and the red bows at both ends of the space seemed to be tied to each other and the countless eye pupils that were incomparable to each other undoubtedly added a mysterious color to the monster in front of her.

Stepping into it, Zi was not only the figure, but even the temperament on his body became illusory.

No matter how many times I've seen it, such a weird feeling will still fill Reimu's whole body, and before the other party's body is completely immersed in that deep space, Reimu heard something like this-

"It's the nature of youkai to cause mutations, but it's the job of the shrine maiden to solve them."