Chapter 33: A Crisis Beyond the Battle
"Why?"
Alice's tone was no longer fierce, but like the cold wind of winter, there was a seemingly quiet coldness.
"Yes, why, let's think about it, there can only be one reason to do this."
As she spoke, Yakumo suddenly narrowed the distance between the two, and the tip of her nose almost touched Alice's.
"That's why we have to do it."
Playing with the cold joke of word games, Yakumo Purple slowly distanced the two, the eyes of the flashing dangerous light gradually faded away, and Alice also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"You know what? Gensokyo is facing a huge crisis right now. ”
“......”
Alice was speechless, because she couldn't keep up with the wide range of the topic, and she didn't seem to have much say in the crisis that expanded to Gensokyo.
"We're not kidding."
With an unserious expression as always, Yakumo Zi pointed to his only deep eyes and said:
"Look, we're not kidding at all~
“...... What do you mean? ”
"Hehe, of course it's literal, Gensokyo is facing a crisis, and it's a crisis that can't be ignored for both you and us."
Regardless of how the battle outside the gap turned upside down, Yakumo Zi inside the gap always maintained an indifferent attitude towards this, lowered her eyes and no longer looked at the battle situation outside, she said lightly:
"The enchantment of Gensokyo, gone berserk."
"Storm, go?"
To be honest, Alice doesn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence, it's not because her strength is not enough, even if she pulls all the strong people in Gensokyo over and asks them one by one, it is estimated that few can understand.
"To be precise, it should be the realm of Gensokyo."
This is a topic that only Yakumo Murasaki, who is a realm youkai, has the right to speak, and she glanced at Alice, who was silent, and she slowly began to explain.
"When we first established Gensokyo, we opened a total of two layers of enchantments, one is the 'Haruli Great Barrier' that distinguishes common sense from non-common sense, and the other is the 'realm of illusion and reality' that maintains the foundation of Gensokyo's existence."
The pupils reflecting the strange color gradually narrowed, and Yakumo Purple unconsciously took on the momentum of being a monster sage during the conversation.
"Isn't it strange that the Hakurei Great Barrier, which binds youkai, is becoming stronger and stronger, but the realm of illusion and reality, which is the cornerstone, has changed?"
“...... To be honest, I don't understand what you mean by mutation. ”
"Quite simply, Gensokyo was built in a paradise in the 'non-existent world' because of the realm, but now part of Gensokyo has an intersection with the outside world that shouldn't happen."
"Intersect?"
"Or projection is more appropriate, the most characteristic situation is that in a very short period of time, a part of Gensokyo will alternate with the outside world, and the outside humans who should not be able to contact everything in Gensokyo will briefly come into contact with the people and things here."
"Such an anomaly...... Will it be a hassle? ”
"If the realm of illusion and reality continues to maintain such a mutation situation, then Gensokyo will be excluded from the original 'extended' territory little by little, until it becomes one with the outside world."
"In that case......"
Alice, who gradually realized that something was serious, opened her eyes slightly.
"If that happens, I'm afraid that the Boli Great Enchantment will be overloaded and finally destroyed because it doesn't have the support of the realm, so we don't need to talk about what happened after that, right?"
"Youkai will completely lose their place and meaning of existence, and then disappear tragically."
Speaking of the future that Yakumo Zi was worried about, after a pause, Alice suddenly sneered:
"So, what does this have to do with you not saving Marisa?"
"Of course it does."
With a cold gaze, Yakumo Zi's gaze gradually moved down and fell on Takeya's body.
"Now that the mutation has happened, we have to find a way to solve it, and fortunately, we seem to have found a breakthrough."
“...... Takeya? ”
Looking at Yakumo's line of sight, Alice was a little surprised.
"Your breakthrough, is he?"
"That's right."
Yakumo's expression changed several times, and finally returned to the faint smile that was incomprehensible at the beginning.
"We see a 'possibility' in him, and that's the only 'possibility' that can get Gensokyo out of this crisis."
"Hmph, that's right."
Squinting unkindly, Alice's eyes were filled with indescribable disgust.
"Are you going to sacrifice the lives of other innocent people for the sake of an illusory 'possibility'?"
"For Gensokyo's sake, we're happy to do it."
Frankly admitting the cruel reality, Yakumo Zi did not shy away from Alice's dangerous gaze, armed with her own righteousness, she had already experienced such a thing countless times.
The corners of his mouth seemed to be filled with endless mockery, Yakumo Zi reached out and picked up Alice's chin, and said with a faint smile:
"Compared to everyone's paradise, a mere human life, do you think we care?"
“...... If it does turn out to be like that, I'll kill you. ”
The dark blue pupils emitted a light called hatred, and even though she had been deprived of the ability to fight, Alice still showed a "threat" from herself with a dangerous gaze.
"Even if I can't kill you now, I still have time, ten, twenty, hundred, a thousand years, and one day I will kill you to put an end to this hatred."
"Really?"
For Alice's deep hatred of the bone marrow, Yakumo Zi just raised his eyebrows, and then said in a flat tone:
"Then please work hard for this hatred."
Kill her? Hehe.
How long has it been since no one had uttered such a wild statement in front of her? Yakumo thought a little amusedly.
The last guy who hated her to the bone didn't know how much grass had grown on her grave, and as a monster, she was not liked, especially as a monster sage, in addition to being feared by everyone, the rest is probably all hatred, right?
So far, she is disgusted by many people, even to the point of wanting to kill, and I can't remember it.
Even if he doesn't take the initiative to play the role of a villain, in the hearts of many people, the yokai Yakumo Purple is indeed a representative of "evil" itself.
She was given the identity of "shady" by everyone for no reason, and countless hatreds were transferred to her, some of which were traceable, and some of which were unjustified.
But even so, Yakumo Purple will not have any complaints, for the friends who have worked together for the sake of the dreams that have worked together.
For the sake of this Gensokyo, which is called Paradise, she is happy to bear all the sins.