Chapter 43: Full Strength Under the Rules

"Even if you say so, let me go to Marisa like that...... Where is it so easy? ”

Wu Ye, who was hanging in the air with the yin-yang jade in his arms, couldn't help sighing, except for the magma river in front of him, it was a huge rock as red as a canyon.

So don't say anything about the old capital, he can't even see a house.

"How do you find someone in such a situation?"

Once again, he questioned Reimu's thoughts, and Wu Ye looked up at the Yin-Yang Jade he was holding in his hand again, and its constant flashing appearance always gave him a feeling that he was going to run out of power.

Shouldn't you suddenly lose your spiritual power and throw me down?

Swallowing the river of magma under his feet, Wu Ye hurriedly looked away so as not to scare himself to death.

"Anyway, let's try it first...... Well? ”

Wu Ye, who finally calmed down and prepared to officially start looking for someone, suddenly found some abnormalities, no, it seems a little inaccurate to say that it is abnormal, because-

"Is that glowing thing flying towards me.......?"

Looking uncertainly at the glittering golden light in the sky, Takeya stopped in confusion and began to try to look at the strange light from afar.

"Well, this seems to be a little bad......"

Although Wu couldn't be sure what that golden light was, what he could be sure of was that the light seemed to be getting more and more dazzling, and ...... It's rushing in its own direction impartially!

"Isn't it?! Barrage? Shock wave? Or the V8 anti-aircraft missile? Wait, the technology of the old hell hasn't reached this level yet, no, is it time to talk about this?! ”

In a panic, Wu Ye hurriedly took out Ganganir, and then decisively threw it in the direction of the Earth Spirit Temple.

A cloud-piercing arrow! Reimu you definitely want to see!

......

"What did you say?!"

Reimu's eyes looked like they were going to eat people for a while, and although it seemed a bit inappropriate to use such a metaphor to describe a human being, this was the case.

"I think we still figured it out in language, don't you understand what I mean?"

Gu Ming Dijue didn't mind Reimeng's fire-breathing eyes at all, and said lightly:

"Your plan will not succeed, and your rescue will not arrive, or in other words, the human who helped you to ask for help may not even be able to get out of the scope of the Earth Spirit Temple."

"You ....... guy"

"I don't mean to boast, but with that level of human beings, the chances of being able to escape under my pet's hands are still very low, or rather, basically zero."

After saying such a long paragraph in a row, Gu Ming Dijue paused for a moment before continuing:

"Give up, shrine maiden."

"What did you say?"

"I have no intention of fighting, you are a man of the earth, I am a monster of the earth, as long as you can retreat like this, our well water will not interfere with the river water."

"Impossible."

If you don't want to dream, you just flatly refuse:

"I'm a shrine maiden, as long as it happens in Gensokyo, I'll solve it."

"That means there is no possibility of negotiation?"

Gu Mingdi closed his eyes as if sighing.

"Unless you're willing to get out of the way for me."

Lingmeng said in a deep voice, this is her bottom line, since she has seen it, then the mutation must be solved, and she can not retreat from the guy who stands in the way, as long as the other party guarantees not to get in the way.

"It seems that both of us have reasons not to back down."

Although Gu Ming Jijue still had his eyes closed, the third eye floating in his chest was blinking, apparently having read Reimeng's thoughts.

"In that case, then we ...... Well? ”

After a pause in the rhythm of speaking, Gu Ming opened his eyes slightly, only to see a red light flashing in the sky that was more dazzling than the sky and the earth, and it pierced the sky and flew above their heads.

"That's ......"

Through the big hole in the wall, Reimu squinted his eyes, and his heart suddenly felt half cold:

"Gungnir......!"

It was Remilia's weapon, but now it was being used as a signal flare by Takeya, and she remembered that Takeshi had said that it was a signal for help, that is......

"It seems that Akon is even more efficient than I thought."

Even though she couldn't tell from her expression whether Gu Ming was laughing or not, her tone quietly revealed a relaxed taste.

"Your friend has failed, shrine maiden."

“...... Shh ”

"Oh?"

Unexpectedly, upon learning the news of Takeya's defeat, Reimu did not get angry as he did just now, but fell into an eerie silence.

"Calmed down?"

Gu Mingdijue, who was constantly activating her mind-reading ability, read Reimu's current heart, and she frowned slightly, the other party didn't seem to care too much about her friend's failure.

But why was he in such a hurry just now?

"That guy Takeya, you're really going to cause me trouble."

Looking at the blood-colored spear that disappeared on the other side of the sky, Reimu sighed softly:

"Is there no way?"

"You've finally decided to give up?"

Manipulating the ability to read minds, Gu Ming felt a slight frown:

"No...... No, you're going to ......! ”

"Because there is no way, I can only use the trump card."

As he spoke, Reimu's expression seemed extremely calm, neither remorse for the failure of the plan, nor the embarrassment of being cornered, and even the worries of his friends just now disappeared.

There is only one emotion left that is not so much a necessity as a matter of course.

"Hey, youkai, you should know the rules of spell cards, right?"

“...... Are there rules of the game on the ground? ”

"Sure enough, the mind-reading ability is easy to use, and you already know it without me saying it."

Reimu smiled with a sigh:

"Then you should also know that in the spell card rules, there is a trump card in each person's limited spell card, which is the Last Spell Card, and if you use this and haven't defeated the opponent, then you will be considered a failure."

"So, are you going to use the trump card?"

"Well, because other spell cards won't work for you at all."

Reimu's tone was flat, as if he had read out today's dinner:

"To be honest, it's the first time I've used this move in actual combat, and even if I can't do it with the limit of the spell card rules, I don't know how powerful it is, so ......"

"Tell me to be careful, won't you?"

Gu Mingdijue's expression was solemn, this was not at all like the words he wanted to say to the enemy, and there were only two possibilities for such a "kind" reminder.

If it is deliberate, then the other party's purpose is to mock, but if it is sincere......

Gu Ming Dijue's pupils contracted suddenly, and she immediately raised her hand to summon the crow hovering outside the Earth Spirit Temple, this is a kind of monster that has lived in hell a long time ago-Hell Crow.

They live in the scorching hell beneath the Earth Spirit Temple, and they are now at the behest of the Earth Spirit Temple's owner, Gu Ming Jijue, who is also her pet.

Gu Ming Dijue commanded at the Hell Raven:

"Find Akong right now, bring her here, and bring her with that human."

The Hell Raven nodded wordlessly, then let out a cry and flapped its wings and flew out of the Earth Spirit Temple.

"Did you move the rescuers? It seems to be the other way around. ”

Reimu glanced at the flying Hell Crow, but didn't stop it:

"But it doesn't matter how many people come, because if this trick can't take you, then it will be considered my defeat."

"Is that mercy?"

"No, it's a rule, since it's something you set yourself, you always have to follow it, so ...... Be careful. ”

Reimu's hands drooped, floating silently in mid-air, and the Imperial Coin Spirit Runes gradually lost their light, sinking into darkness like the afterglow of the setting sun, leaving only the faint glimmer of light in her eyes that did not dissipate.

In the deliberately created atmosphere of dead silence, I only heard Reimu whisper slowly like a dream:

"Born to Dream"