Chapter 36: The Monster in the Wind Cave
"Anyway, Reimu."
"What?"
"I've heard Wenwen say that there aren't a bunch of kappa with explosive technology on the side of the Monster Mountain?"
Throwing off the few spirit runes in his hand and walking against the wall for a while, Wu Ye asked:
"Haven't they thought about using their technology for the benefit of everyone? For example, install an electric light in this dark wind cave or something. ”
"It's impossible."
Reimu, who was also plagued by lighting problems, wanted to agree with Takeya's statement, but unfortunately, the actual situation did not allow it.
"Now that you know that this is a wind cave that leads to the underground, do you think anyone else would want to come here? Not to mention the electric light, I'm afraid that as soon as they hear the name of the fantasy wind cave, they will immediately turn around and leave. ”
"Huh? Why? ”
"Why...... Wu Ye, did you deliberately or really don't know? ”
Reimu asked without looking back as she continued walking:
"I ask you, what lives underground?"
"Underground? That's not what you call a ghost. ”
"You know it's a ghost, so let me ask you, is there anyone in Gensokkyo who likes something like this?"
"Uh...... Not really. ”
Being mentioned by Reimu like this, Wu Ye finally understood what she meant, the people living underground are all resentful spirits, even if there are other existences besides them, then I am afraid that they are also the objects of disgust by the creatures on the ground.
Since they all hate each other from the bottom of their hearts, who else would want to deal with them? It's no wonder why the Wind Cave is in such a conspicuous place, but it looks dilapidated.
Because everyone knows that the Wind Cave can lead to the underground, everyone chooses to ignore it.
"I see."
Takeya shrugged and said he wouldn't ask about such a stupid thing again.
"But then again, this cave is really long, we've been walking for almost twenty minutes, right? It's not over yet. ”
"What's so strange about that?"
Reimu shook his hand and pasted a few talismans on the walls of the cave for lighting:
"I'm telling you, this is still a distance that has been shortened, otherwise if we want to go from the ground to the ground, at our speed, we won't be able to reach it in ten and a half months."
"Shortened? What does that mean? ”
"It's literally the road from the ground to the ground is shortened."
"Is this made of purple?"
Wu Ye asked in surprise, the only thing he could think of that could make a fuss about the concept of distance was the realm monster Yakumo Purple, with her strength, she could manipulate the realm of far and near, and it could be completed in an instant.
"I'm glad you finally understood what a bad guy that realm youkai is, but unfortunately, the distance here is not her hand."
Reimu shook her head in disappointment, and then said:
"It's the grim reapers, who cut the distance, the grim reapers."
"Death?"
That's a surprising answer.
"That's them, the old hell is the original hell, and those Grim Reaper thought that the journey to transport sinners underground was too long, so they gathered together and shortened the distance to the underground with their powers."
Reimu turned around and asked:
"I remember last time Wu Ya, you went to the Santu River and met the Grim Reaper, right?"
"If that guy in Komachi who doesn't do his job is also a grim reaper...... I think so. ”
"Then you should know that those Grim Reapers' abilities have the ability to manipulate distance, right? That's what they used when they sent the undead on the Santu River. ”
Saying that, Reimu shrugged his shoulders and smiled:
"It's just that those Grim Reapers' manipulation of the distance of the underground passage is too much, so that this distorted distance can no longer be repaired, and no one thought that hell would actually collapse."
"How do you feel like you're happy?"
"No, how could it be, it's just that I can imagine the helpless expressions of those guys in the god of death, Hades, as a living person, it will definitely be very cool, right?"
“...... Reimu, if you die in the future, you will definitely be sentenced to hell. ”
"Well, then you will definitely accompany me then."
"I won't! I'm a good young man, you can go to hell alone! ”
"Hahaha."
Talking unscrupulously about people's fearful thoughts, Reimu smiled happily at this, perhaps because they were closer to death than everyone else, and knew more about death, so they had such thoughts.
After all, they are all humans, and even if they have the power to rival the monsters, they still can't escape the shackles of lifespan.
Compared to some youkai who can't see the day of death and are always afraid of death, maybe it's not bad to be a human like them, who only live for decades and are short-lived for youkai, right?
"You're not afraid to choke on such a happy smile."
"Haha, Wu Ye, are you jealous?"
"You ......"
"Okay, okay, no kidding, someone's coming."
Quietly putting away the smile on his face, Reimu stepped out in front of Wu Ye in one step, threw out four spirit runes to expand the scope of the lighting, and stared at the dark abyss in front of him with a pair of eyes, and said coldly:
"The guy hiding there, come out for me!"
"Woo......"
Unexpectedly, the ground that emanates from the depths of darkness is not a roar of claiming territory, nor a fear of retreat, but a pain of similar struggles.
Reimu lowered his body slightly, adjusted his center of gravity and guarded, Takeya was also going to summon Gangnir to sweep Reimu, but thinking of Remilia's angry little face, he hesitated, but still took his hand back.
After a while, from the dark cavern, a slender body slowly walked out against the cold wall.
"Please, please wait a minute......"
The visitor was dressed in a dark bell-shaped dress, with brown eyes and yellow hair, and a round bun tied with a ribbon on her head, at first glance she was a rare beautiful girl of the small family jasper, but the many damages on her clothes and the weakness on her face made people have no time to appreciate this beauty.
"Please don't do it! People really don't know anything......"
Seeing Reimu's appearance, to be precise, seeing the red and white witch costume on Reimu's body, the girl's already pale little face became even more bloodless, and she prayed quietly while prostrate on the ground:
"People really don't know anything, please let me go...... Mikome-sama! ”
“......”
Reimu's expression was complicated, and the half-held imperial coin was almost hesitant, and finally put it down.
Standing in front of people as a Hakurei shrine maiden, Reimu has been in awe of humans and youkai since she was a child, but the girl's expression as if she could eat people made her very uncomfortable.
It's a good thing to be feared, but it's not very comfortable to be feared to the point where it's even feared.
"Get up."
Reimu frowned and pointed at the girl on the ground with the imperial coin:
"Tell me what's going on here?"
"Woo......"
The girl was obviously shocked by Reimu's momentum, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.
"Tsk......tsk!"
Sure enough, it just can't talk well, Lingmeng raised her eyebrows, and without saying a word, she wrapped her spiritual power around her feet, and then stepped hard towards her location, and in an instant, a terrifying crack spread out from under her feet.
"Wow-ah-"
The girl lying on her stomach shrank back a few steps in horror, and hurriedly begged for mercy:
"Don't do it, wow! People are very weak——! ”
"Alas......"
Reimu pressed her ears, which were a little painful from the noise, sighed, and then tried to put on a fierce expression, glaring at the girl and saying viciously:
"Don't grind, say it! Otherwise, the old lady will retire from you immediately! ”
"Okay, okay!"
The girl trembled in response, apparently frightened half to death by Reimu, and hesitated for a moment with tears in her eyes before whispering:
"People call the Black Valley Mountain Girl, and they are the soil spiders who live here......"