"Wu Ye, stupid, just pretend that you don't know anything and stay here forever."

Yuko half-hung her head, unable to see the joy and sorrow on her face, and her mouth was full of insincere anger, and she deliberately avoided Takeya's gaze.

"Yuko, are you still alive?"

“......”

As soon as he said this, he wanted to slap himself, he didn't seem to have asked such a stupid question for a long time, and the atmosphere became awkward for a while.

Yuko looked up in relief, just like when they first met, she showed the same innocent smile as a child who had just made friends.

"Let me introduce you first, where is this place—you should have guessed it, right?"

"Is it the interior of the Westward Demon?" Wu also thought about it, and there seemed to be only one possibility.

"Correct."

Yuko nodded and said softly, "At first, I just wanted to seal the evil thoughts in the Westbound Demon, but the result was ...... Even I don't know why I'm here. ”

Evil thoughts in the Westward Demon? Could it be the will of the gods?

According to a series of changes that occurred after Yuko merged into the Westward Demon, it is not difficult for Wu to guess the possibility of Shenqi's existence here, the god of the Demon Realm who does not exist in the Demon Realm, his true body is actually hidden in the Westward Demon, which he can't predict anyway.

However, there is no longer the breath of Shenqi here, and the aura full of malice like a rotten apple is like an undispersed ghost, which must be felt as long as there is martial arts.

But the fire of greed in his body did not react in the slightest, that is, Shenqi had disappeared, or was it completely sealed?

Yuko, you've really done something big quietly.

Wu Ye was silent for a while before asking, "Why?" ”

"Huh?" Yuko tilted her head in confusion.

"I want to ask why I did this, why I didn't choose to talk to us about it at this level."

This is the point that Wu Ye is most puzzled about, obviously as long as he and Yakumo Zi discuss it a little, there must be a way to get the best of both worlds, even if it is a miracle of extravagance, as long as Yuko speaks, he will definitely be obsessed with chasing the possibility of heavenly numbers.

"I won't do that kind of willful thing."

Yuko raised a smile and said lightly: "This is my fate, my destiny, my mission, the reason why I met you and the meaning of your meeting - so, I ...... This has to be done. ”

“...... I don't understand. Takeya bowed his head in pain.

"Speaking of—"

Looking back, the campus, the playground, and the scene of the rising and setting sun, Yuko couldn't help but show a satisfied look: "Here, it's not actually the world I created, it's better to say, the Westward Demon didn't give me that ability at all." ”

She was immersed in her own fantasy and muttered: "This is the world that naturally exists in the Westward Demon, I don't know who created it, I don't know who left it, it's just that it has always existed here, it's so strange, Wu Ye, you say, the world we see in our eyes, and the appearance of its own existence, will it be fundamentally different?" ”

After a pause, Yuko moved on to something else: "Actually, I've thought about it, just don't care about anything, just treat this place as a dream that will never wake up, you don't have to pay attention to the cruel reality, it's still a good suggestion to think about it, right?" ”

"I've already refused......"

Interrupting Yuko's words, Takeya's gloomy face has long lost its former color: "I don't have the right to that kind of happiness, and I still have sins that I have to pay for." ”

"Takeya, you don't need such a ......" Yuko showed a sad look, Takeya's paranoid appearance really made her feel distressed.

"Purple said that I am the guy who should not appear in this era, the last thing that should appear in your life, I think she is right."

Wu Ye's cold eyes did not show a trace of warmth, and his tone was as cold as telling someone else's story: "As the dragon god, I took away her most important thing, so it is helpless to be hated by her." ”

"Takeya, do you want to die?" Yuko couldn't bear to look at the resolute boy.

"I gave up that weak choice a long time ago," Takeya raised his head, the most important thing in that smile had long since disappeared: "Purple wants to kill the dragon god, and so do I, and I can't forgive the dragon god who took away the most important thing of purple that I cherish." ”

“......”

Yuko knew that she couldn't stop Takeya's madness, and she couldn't help but hang her head in disappointment, and everything was still the same as before.

Takeya has distorted the concept of cognition, and he still insists that he and Ryujin are two completely different beings, and tries to kill the wrong "self" to achieve his goals, which will only drive him crazy in the end.

"I ...... Not lying. ”

Takeshi also said, or rather begging, this is something he has always believed in, and it is also something that must not be shaken, and this is the only belief that he can force himself to continue.

"I'm not wrong, I haven't deceived anyone, Yuko, you and Purple and the world I expected - Gensokyo, I will never let it continue to go down the wrong dead end."

Wu Ye's eyes were bright and terrifying: "I will definitely fulfill our agreement, I will prove that it is Zi who is wrong, I am not here to destroy your future, I am here to save everything, yes, it must be so...... It has to be this way. ”

"Takeya ......"

Yuuko let out a feeble sigh, she knew that there was no way to stop the boy, and that the path he had chosen had only two endings, either to get everything before all the madness was completely out of control, or to fall into the abyss with that madness.

Then what she has to do is very simple, just support him as always.

It's trust from the depths of the soul.,Even if memory and cognition are blocked.,Yuko, who has chosen to believe in Takeya since the first meeting.,I've never given up the possibility of being a teenager.。

Yes, even if half a foot has now stepped into the boundless darkness, Wu Ye is still Wu Ye.

After Yuko took a few deep breaths to calm her mind, she slowly stepped forward and took Takeya's hands: "I know I can't stop you anymore, but, na, as a friend, can you listen to my last request?" ”

"Of course, Yuko." Wu also had no reason to refuse.

"Then, Takeya, please remember whenever you want—" Yuko looked into Takeya's eyes seriously and said, "We have always been your companions, whether it is me or Murasaki, even if there will be misunderstandings due to differences for a while, but our hearts are connected. ”

“...... I know. ”

"And, absolutely, absolutely—absolutely to protect Purple, please, she's our most important friend." Yuko's repeated instructions filled Takeya's heart with bitterness, and he wasn't sure if he could still be accepted by Purple now.

But Yuko said with confidence: "Purple and Gensokyo, that is my last request, even if you encounter something terrible ahead, please never give up on them." ”

"However, Gensokyo has ......" Takeya's expression flashed with a hint of struggle.

"I'm not talking about the present, I'm talking about the future—"

Yuuko said in an aggravated tone, "Takeya, one day you will go back to your time, right?" At that time, there were different 'me', different purple, and the formed Gensokyo, that is the key, don't look at the purple now, Gensokyo means something extraordinary to her. ”

“......”

"Na, it's because of my friends, so I say with certainty that if Gensokyo is established, then Purple must cherish Gensokyo more than anyone else, so if Gensokyo is going to be destroyed one day, it must be destroyed in Purple's hands."

Yuko said gloomily, "I can see it, no...... I've seen it countless times, Gensokyo has already carried too much pain for Purple, and when the balance of happiness is completely tilted, she will definitely burn this Gensokyo that contains everyone's memories with her own hands. ”

"......" Wu also trembled, but did not say anything to refute, he had felt Zi's madness, and she might really be able to do that kind of thing.

"So, Takeya, you have to stop her."

Yuuko tightly took Takeya's hands and pleaded: "Only purple, only purple - this is my only request, I don't know what kind of difficulties you will encounter in the future, what kind of despair you will encounter, but don't worry, although we are separated in different eras, but I-we will definitely protect you." ”

"I, I promise you, Yuko, no matter what happens, I will definitely protect Purple." Takeya made a pact with difficulty.

"Thank you, Takeya."

With the last sentence of relief and thanks, there was only one person left on the empty playground again, and that was Yuko herself, and Takeshi had already left, abruptly, without a hint of warning.

In the dead world, you can't even hear the sound of the wind.

......

......

"Oh, that's a ...... Is the goodbye over? ”

“......”

Yuko put away the nostalgia on her face, slowly turned around, and the surrounding scenery dispersed like dust, leaving only the gray sky and the westward demon standing on the ground.

The immortals came, with a prosaic chisel through the wall inserted in the bun of the double ring, reached out to take a piece of falling cherry blossom and looked at it for a few minutes, and then gently blew on it, letting the petals fly farther.

"Have you said everything you need to say? According to the agreement, I will collect the payment. ”

There is a natural elegance between the gestures, and the detachment that does not eat the fireworks of the world appears in this immortal who walks between malice.

"Who the hell are you?" I have never met but know everything about myself, and Yuko can't trust this person from the bottom of her heart.

"Huh? Do you need to introduce yourself again? ”

The blue-haired fairy walked to Yuko's side with light steps, and reached out to sweep away the fallen flowers on the other's shoulders.

"Huo Qing'e - just an insignificant immortal." The immortal said.

“...... Looks like I guessed correctly. ”

Yuko's expression was extremely heavy and tired, from the timing of the appearance of this self-proclaimed immortal, as well as the unrealistic dream, and this strange world...... Sure enough, was everything the same as she guessed?

In this case, if this is really the case, it is too cruel, what are we for......

"I don't hate smart kids, but you have to be a good kid."

Huo Qing'e looked at Yuko with a smile, although the latter's eyes were dim, like a small fire candle in the cold wind, floating lonely, but very strong.

"There's really no way around it."

After staring at each other for a long time, Huo Qing'e took the initiative to lose: "Whether it's you, that witch or not, it's all messed up, even if I say that you should pretend to avoid everything without knowing anything, you won't agree, right?" ”

"....." Youzi was silent, but her eyes were staring at Huo Qing'e burningly.

"Okay, give up, it's better for me to admit defeat than to be messed up by you like this."

Huo Qing'e gently brushed away Yuko's long hair with her fingers, leaned close to her ear and whispered in an ambiguous tone: "Let's gamble, anyway, you also pressed everything on this time, didn't you?" I promise, if this time Wu Yejun can pass all the trials and cross all, I will tell you the truth of everything, how about it? ”

“...... So what if Wu didn't make it to the end? ”

"In that case, I can only say that it is a pity, see you in four thousand years."

Huo Qing'e pushed two steps away, shrugged her shoulders, and said in a cold and playful tone: "But this time, I won't accompany you anymore, now that I know the hole card of the Hades, there is no need for me to stay here." ”

"Hole cards?"

"Well, it's really unimaginable, I didn't expect it to go around in such a big circle, to be honest, I want to applaud her, it's really amazing."

Huo Qing'e bent the corners of her eyes and admired from the bottom of her heart: "Originally, no matter how powerful Wu Yejun was who had collected the weapons of multiple major sins, he couldn't do such a chaotic thing as jumping time and space, because there were fundamental limitations. ”

Having said that, Huo Qing'e took out a scroll like a trick, and Yuko saw clearly that its name was written on the cover page of the scroll - "The Origin of Gensokyo".

"What Wu Yejun has done, the miracle of jumping time and space is based on the combination of the realm power he got from Yakumo Zi and the power of time from the goddess of the moon, then this is very interesting, because it is the limitation of basic power, Wu Yejun can't go to the era where he never existed, because there is no trace of his existence."

"...... traces?" Yuko was stunned for a moment, as if she understood something.

"Originally, it was impossible for Wu Yejun to leave any traces in the era of a thousand years ago, because everyone who knew his existence was alive, and this would not work."

"There must be a soul that actually existed in that era and died in that era to be able to engrave the fact that Wu Yejun existed into the memory of the world, which is the necessary condition for giving the gap and time to achieve the miracle of time and space jump."

"It's okay with you, it's okay with Yakumo Purple, and it's the same with that Penglai native Fujiwara Meihong, you are all still alive, and although the Onmyoji and the samurai Ji Shrine Maiden died in that era, they were not able to leave a decisive trace."

"Like Ah Long, the guard of the daughter of the westward journey is meaningless, and only words must be left to build a legend."

After saying it in one breath, Huo Qing'e showed a very satisfied expression, carefully looked at the scroll in her hand, and she showed the most hypocritical pity: "Do you think that the will of hell will not be able to reincarnate a person's soul completely?" ”

The corners of her mouth cracked open and she spat out a breath called sin: "Everything is to hide the traces of Wu Yejun's existence, to preserve the miracle that travels through time and space, and the only basis for the existence of this unreasonable god is to die in that era, the reincarnation of Ali in the barnyard field, the part of "The Origin of Gensokyo" written by Ali. ”

"The mission of the so-called barnyard family is to write this false book with high-sounding reasons, and the fragments of memory left by the reincarnated souls of those dead Ali are the only miracle ladder that has been built through time and space."

"So, Yuko-chan, it's absolutely impossible for you to win the bet, because as long as there is this book, as long as this cycle of evil is not broken, no matter how many times, Wu Yejun will definitely become a dragon god, and as long as he becomes a dragon god, then, he will inevitably accept that fate, be deceived by the goddess of the moon, go to the place where everything ends, and write the final ending for his story in the gods."

"Why? Why would you do this? For the first time, Yuko felt hatred for the woman in front of her: "What kind of grudge do you have with Takeya?" ”

"Grudge? No, no, no, you misunderstood, Wu Yejun and I can be said to be innocent, all the misfortunes he has encountered, all the despair, have nothing to do with me, I am completely- yes, a complete outsider. ”

Huo Qing'e waved her hand to clean herself up, and said seriously: "I just witnessed all this. ”

Yuko angrily grabbed Huo Qing'e's collar: "Don't pretend to be stupid! You know what I'm going to say! Since you know everything, why don't you say everything, as long as you want, you can definitely change all the unreasonable, right? ”

"I'm sorry, I can't." Huo Qing'e pushed Yuko away and replied indifferently.

"Why?!"

"I'm sorry and guilty for what happened to Wu Yejun, and I'm angry that I didn't do anything, but I have to do it, if I want to ask something......"

Huo Qing'e wrinkled her nose and showed a bitter smile: "Probably for my unsuccessful brother." ”