Chapter 37: The End of the Journey
"Chenghui, one hundred wen."
In the bright smile of the shopkeeper, who was far beyond professionalism, Reimu walked out of the tea shop with a scolding, and turned his head to see Takeya's tasteless smile.
"Bastard, the old lady was cheated and you still laughed so happily!"
"No, I think it's thanks to the care of the Shrine Maiden that his business is making his business rich." Wu wasn't mocking this, Reimu was like a sign of a wronged boss on the door of her head, and a shopkeeper had arrested her to death.
The key is that although Reimu's intuition is unavoidable in wartime, it is always half a beat slow at this time, and after the money and goods are cleared, she has to jump at Wu Ye like this.
"Humph! Go back! ”
Reimu, who was in an unhappy mood, threw the package in Takeya's hands, and walked back angrily, but felt a meaningful gaze fall on her.
He turned his head sharply and found that in the shop full of sunflowers, the green-haired flower demon was looking at him with a smile.
"Look at what, look!" Reimu slammed back angrily, seeing that the corners of Wu Ye's eyes twitched slightly, after all, this tyrant is notoriously difficult to mess with.
Unexpectedly, Kazami Yuuka, who was targeted by Reimu's nameless fire, didn't make any moves, but this malice scared another customer in the store.
The white-haired girl who is dressed in a simple but very delicate costume looks very eye-catching in this person, and in Takeya's memory, there seems to be no one else except for the head of the barnyard family who will dress so formally.
But when he saw the girl's face clearly, his mouth never closed again.
When the resentment and tyranny were washed away from the girl's body, all that was left was the innate aristocratic temperament and the quiet nature that had accumulated for thousands of years.
"Is it sister, sister red?" Wu Ye's tone seemed a little bottomless.
"Gui'an, Wu Yejun, Miss Reimu." The girl who bent her eyebrows shattered Takeya's three views with the gentleness she had never had before, and the elegant but polite salutation seemed to leave a faint sense of distance between the two.
"It's you, it's not boring to wear so much on a hot day." Reimu was always very impatient with the so-called "female power", especially after seeing Takeya's expression, her broken thoughts were even more full of some kind of unspeakable resentment.
In the face of Reimu's vicious words, Mei Hong just smiled noncommittally, and she said softly: "It was Huiyin who wanted to rectify the temple house, so she entrusted me to find some props that could be used to decorate." ”
If history has not entered the corridor of tragedy, then presumably Meihong's flower arrangement should be very good, and she has become a Penglai person but has become this strange but enviable look, is this also the choice of the world?
"Two ...... Is this ready to go back? Mei Hong saw the big bag in Wu Ye's hand, and said with some regret, maybe she also wanted to invite the two of them to choose some decorations to send to Huiyin.
Looking at such a girl, Wu Ye always had an indescribable sense of disobedience in his heart.
He hesitated for a moment and asked abruptly, "Sister Hong, ...... you Remember Kaguya? ”
"Huh?" The surprise that didn't seem to be fake flashed on her face, and her sister frowned slightly, and said in distress: "Kaguya...... Which one is it? Sorry, I don't seem to have any impression of the name......"
“......”
His eyes widened slightly, and Wu Ye was silent for a long time before he said apologetically: "Ah, it seems that I accidentally confused someone's name, haha." ”
Then, Wu Ye took two steps forward and handed over all the things in his hand to Reimu, who was already impatient, and showed a hearty smile to her: "Reimu, I suddenly want to take a good look at this Gensokyo, so I ask you to bring these things back." ”
"What?"
This is probably the worst reason Reimu has ever heard from Takeya's mouth, no matter which way it can only be seen that he wants to slip away.
It's a pity that before the reimu attacked, Wu Ye had already disappeared from her sight with a brisk walk, leaving only her chest rising and falling for a while, and she was stunned that there was nowhere to breathe.
Fleeing from Reimu's clutches far away, Takeshi smiled as he felt that his plan had succeeded.
He didn't understand why he was like this, he knew that he didn't belong to this world at all, he didn't belong to this Gensokyo, he was just a stranger full of malice to them.
But, on the other hand, he can't help but completely substitute himself into the "Takeya" of this world, whether it is talking to Reimu or interacting with other people, it is all an act from his own heart.
And now, he desperately wanted to know how different this place, and his world, were.
Following the route of memory, Takeya came to the place where the bamboo forest was once lost, which should have been shrouded in grotesqueness and mystery, has now become a lush green area full of life, without the breath of monsters, leaving only a fairytale-like peace.
Walking along the carefully paved stone road, Takeya came to an old mansion with the word Fujiwara written on the door number in square words.
The Eternal Pavilion, which was supposed to be Kaguya's residence, was covered by a mansion that was not unfamiliar, and subconsciously looked up at the blue sky, Takeya's gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the long distance, see the back of the moon that had not yet risen, and see Her Royal Highness the princess of the moon capital who had been welcomed back.
Without saying a word, he left the place where he didn't belong and listened to the elves play, and Takeya crossed the Sunflower Field, crossed the Forest of Magic, and ascended the famous Youkai Mountain.
He saw the yokai and the gods living in peace, and the sun goddess, who had been fighting for profit, was sitting with the leader of the tengu drinking without a fight.
He saw from afar the shrine maiden hurrying back and forth on the banquet, and noticed himself, and she even invited him from afar.
Laughing and dodging the incense that came up to persuade them to drink, Wu also crossed the middle way, strolling on the bank of the Santu River, the back and forth of death did not wonder why a living person appeared here, after all, the work had overwhelmed them.
There was only one guy who could float leisurely down the river, and Takeshi happily called Komachi, who was usually lazy, and got on her boat and came to the other side.
Without the great battle of a thousand years ago, Hell and the other side were still combined, and after thanking Komachi, Takeya quietly hid his breath and came to the outside of the Hall of Right and Wrong.
Shikihime sat in the hall as always, meticulously completing her work, not haunted by the curse called fate, she was spotless, and she was so holy.
Leaving quietly, Takeya Fog Lake walked by, bypassing the strongest ice spirit in Gensokyo, and inadvertently revealed Misuzu's laziness to Sakiya who was patrolling in front of the Red Devil Pavilion, and by the way, he loudly stopped the black and white who was routinely preparing to slip away, causing another commotion in the Red Devil Pavilion.
On the edge of the geyser, she found a fantasy wind cave with a greatly changed appearance, and through the long cave, the underground realm that had already become a ghost paradise came into view, and occasionally saw the hell crow flying overhead, and today she was also a carefree day.
Deliberately avoiding the territory of the Satoru clan, Takeya finally came to the last stop of his one-day trip to Gensokyo.
Passing through the Netherworld at the end of the sky, and following the long stone staircase, Takeya came to the sunny underworld.
Looking at the false clear sky overhead, this may be Yakumo Zi's handiwork, thinking so, he declined the kindness of Youmeng to lead the way for him, and walked into the White Jade Tower alone.
The huge westward demon was still located in the atrium of the White Jade Tower, but the malicious entanglement of the aura no longer existed, and in a trance, the sound of soft footsteps rippled behind him.
Wu also understood, and he didn't even need to go through any words to know that it was not the undead Yuyuko who was born because of Yuko's thoughts, but the real Yuko, who died as a person and then became the Yuko of the undead.
The underworld is not exempt from the constraints of the four seasons just because it is independent of Gensokyo, and in summer, Bai Yulou can even feel the breeze raised by the heat wave.
Therefore, some of the westward demons in this season only have bare and huge bodies, but they can't bloom gorgeous flowers.
However, Takeya raised his hand to catch a falling cherry blossom.
It was so lonely, so sad, so desperate, and even at this point, she still tried to reverse the almost doomed end.
Takeya held the cherry blossom in his palm, closed his eyes, as if praying, he pressed his head against the cold body of the Xixing demon, and the smile along the way finally slowly faded from his face.
Before he knew it, there were already more guys behind him, Reimu with a complicated expression, Yuko with a hesitant face, and-
Yakumo Purple.
A folding fan in one hand half-covered his face, revealing only his eyes full of vigilance.
"Now, how about the joke almost end here?"
Yakumo Zi stood in front of Reimu and Yuko, half of her body gradually disappeared into the gap, and she said in an unquestionable tone, "You, it's not Wuya, right?" ”
"I had no intention of hiding, but I didn't expect to be discovered so soon." Wu Ye slowly opened his eyes, and gently rested his hand on the torso of the Westward Demon.
"Let's admit that although there are almost no flaws in your breath, there is a fatal flaw in your disguise," as if proud, as if mocking, Yakumo Zi said to Takeya: "Our Takeshi is also a clean-loving child, how can it be like you who is covered in the smell of blood." ”
“...... Is it? ”
Silent.
"Is that so......?"
A contemptuous and strange laugh came from Takeya's mouth, and he could no longer suppress the devil who had matured inside.
"Boom, Boom, Boom, ————Boom, Boom, T
In the horrified gaze of the three of them, the westward demon who should have fallen into eternal sleep actually slowly came to life, and under the rendering of the very saki, it was like a dancing girl who broke free from the cage, wantonly showing off its strength, and on this stage called the underworld, it began its performance that had been separated for thousands of years.
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