Chapter 14: Nightmares
"King, do you smoke?"
"No need to ......"
"King, do you want me to fan you?"
"No need to ......!"
"King, do you want me to buy you some wine?"
"No, you don't! Don't call me a king, call me a queen, ahem, shut up! β
Rao Yixiang's calmness can't stand Wu Ye's diligence, it's not that this guy's actions make her unhappy, it's just that the contrast between the front and back is too great, and it's really difficult to adapt.
At this time, Takeya and Yuxiang had already left the Sun Flower Field and came to the way of rethinking in front of the Missing Tomb.
The fragrance of holding a parasol in one hand looked elegant and abnormal, not tired or embarrassed by the previous two wars, no, it was not a big war at all, it was just a one-sided torture.
Just a moment ago, Wenwen, who had just brought "reinforcements", left with "reinforcements", not for anything else, but the strength of Fengjian Yuxiang was unattainable.
Sanae is really not weak, but Yuxiang is too strong, and the similar feeling Wu has only felt in the other two people, one is Yayun Zi, and the other is Yayi Yonglin.
But although Yakumo Purple is powerful, she remains mysterious all the time, and even Wu Ye has never seen her serious, and it is often pretending to be tender and cute, cough cough cough!
As for Yayi Yonglin, although it is also overwhelmingly powerful, she has a somewhat similar fighting style to Reimu, although she will show her strong side, but she will not simply crush it with overwhelming power, she prefers to take it step by step.
And Kazami Yuka is completely different from the two of them, she doesn't have the slightest idea of keeping her hands or preserving her strength, and she comes up to crush the other party with extremely domineering power, and Sanae is defeated in this way.
When Yuka released the magic cannon, it startled Takeya, which was a very similar scene to Yayi Yonglin's "Heaven and Earth in the Pot".
It's just that whether it is from the perspective of density or the launch of ghost animals, Yuxiang is too brutal, if it weren't for Wenwen finally taking a hand, maybe Wu can also meet again in Santuhe and Sanae for a while.
Although Wenwen didn't shoot much before, and was scared away by Youxiang twice, her speed really surprised Wu Ye, and even Youxiang praised her in disguise afterwards-
"When it comes to escape speed, she's definitely the number one in Gensokyo."
In short, after dealing with Sanae, who accidentally came to seek revenge, Takeya and Yuka moved towards the Santu River together, but because of Takeya's relationship on the way, they stopped halfway again.
"Surprisingly good at talking......"
Glancing vaguely at the faint scent of wildflowers quietly crouching on the side of the road behind him, Takeya muttered to himself.
Earlier, he learned the route from the Sun Flower Field to the Santu River from Wenwen, and Wu Ye was curious, so he asked Yuka to stop on the way to think again.
"Nothing, here."
Wu also looked at the endless plain and this bare road with some disappointment:
"It has such a special name, but it turns out to be an ordinary road......
"Ordinary? This is the most special path for human beings, isn't it? β
"Huh?"
Wu Ye, who didn't expect Yuxiang to talk to him, was a little stunned, but the other party didn't care, and slowly explained to him:
"This is the thinnest place in Gensokyo's enchantment, and the unrelated mound in front, do you know?"
"Ah, well, I've heard of it, it's said to be a suicide grove......"
"That's right."
Yuxiang, who was squatting on the ground, gently stroked the wildflowers on the side of the road, and continued without raising her head:
"It's a cemetery for the unwanted, and there are often undestined people from the outside world who mistakenly enter here because of suicide, and look ahead, do you see that sea of red flowers?"
"That's ......"
Looking up, Wu Ye was surprised to find that the flowers blooming in that sea of flowers were actually the species he was familiar with:
"The other side of the flower?"
"That's right, that's the real flower of the other side, the guiding light of the dead, the deadly poison of the living."
While gently pulling out the nearby weeds for the wildflowers, Yuuka continued:
"When human beings who want to commit suicide pass by there, they will have strange hallucinations and unhappiness due to inhaling flower poison, so that they will have the courage to live again, and then they will turn back because they want to live again, so the road before the tomb is called 'the way of rethinking'."
"That's right."
Wu Ye was a little melancholy, he didn't expect that there was such a deep meaning in this sparse and ordinary path, but before he could sigh for long, Yuxiang's mocking laughter came:
"It's just that, because you can often meet wild humans from the outside here, there are a lot of monsters that will be ambushed here, and most of the humans who want to turn back have been eaten by them, and it is rare to want to live again, but they were actually eaten, which is really tragic."
β......β
Seeing that you are smiling so happily, it seems that those guys are really miserable.
The corners of Takeya's mouth twitched as he looked at the faint smile on Yuka's face, originally he always felt that this was the only tenderness left by the tyrant, but now it seemed that he was obviously thinking too much.
"Well, now that your curiosity has been satisfied, let's move on."
"Hmm."
Takeya nodded, followed Yuka's footsteps and walked in the direction of the Void Mound.
"If you pass through here, you will find the middle way in front of you, and then you will find the Santu River in the back."
"It's finally here."
Looking back at the many disasters and hardships along the way, now Wu Ye is finally about to reach his destination.
The mound is a forest that stands out from the wasteland, and its bare branches add a bit of desolation to this desert oasis.
It was still a sunny day outside, but inside the woods it was as if they were covered with a layer of gray, gloomy and cold, and the trunks of the trees were clean and gray-white, but the soil on the ground was as dark as a poisonous swamp.
The uncomfortable sense of disobedience, this is the first feeling that Wu Ye walked into here.
There was no pause in the footsteps of Yuxiang in front of him, and it seemed that he was completely unaffected, and yes, he was also a big monster anyway, so he wouldn't be deterred because of this abnormality.
Wu Ye, who realized that he was already lagging behind, hurriedly quickened his pace and prepared to keep up with Youxiang, but at this time, a familiar murmur suddenly sounded in his ears:
"Pretty cherry blossom ......"
"Who?!"
Suddenly hearing the voice of a third party in this strange place, Wu also felt that the body temperature of his body was rapidly dropping, but just when he turned his head following the sound, something strange happened.
"This, this is ......"
The bare trunks of the trees in the mound are covered with purple cherry blossoms, and the falling petals are mesmerizing.
"Pretty cherry blossom ......"
"She" is repeating the same words, and everything around her is clearly visible, except for "her", whose body seems to blur the photograph of the camera, with only a rough outline, abruptly embedded in this wonderful beauty.
Before he could speak, Wu Ye inexplicably found that his throat could no longer make a sound, and the beating of his heart was accelerating with a terrifying amplitude.
"Pretty cherry blossom ......"
"She" said the same thing, but the tone was more poignant than before.
A vague voice walked towards him, still muttering the same words in his mouth, and at that moment, Wu Ye clearly felt that his body was gradually dying, his face was moist, and he reached out to brush away the purple blood that was oozing from the corner of his eye.
His feet could no longer support him to stand, and Wu Ye, who knelt weakly on the ground, saw the owner of the voice approaching him step by step, and with each step, the figure of "her" became clearer.
"Such beautiful cherry blossoms...... Such beautiful cherry blossom ......"
The same words were repeated mechanically, but each time the poignancy in the tone grew thicker, like a dry lake, like a withered fallen leaf.
Finally, "she" walked in front of Takeya, she was so beautiful in a kimono, her excessively long bangs covered her expression, she leaned down, and gently touched Takeya's raised fingertips with her hand that had no temperature.
"Pretty cherry blossom ....."
Saying the same words, she stretched out her hand to pick up a piece of cherry blossom that was still in the air, and only after the cherry petals were completely dyed with the black of death and turned into ashes and left with the wind, she sighed with regret:
"Such beautiful cherry blossoms...... You're right? β
Blood dripped from the corners of her eyes, and she whispered out his nameβ
"Takeya?"
β......οΌβ
Panting heavily, the imminent death was dispelled by the fresh air breathed again, and the reverted Takeya only subconsciously covered his chest, "she", the cherry blossom forest, the no mound, all disappeared, and all that was in front of him was the familiar ceiling......