Chapter 5: The Retreating Shrine Maiden

"Haha, give up Yuko, if you want to defeat me, it's a hundred years early."

The red and white shrine maiden crossed her hands on her waist and laughed triumphantly.

"Woo-Soul dream, don't be arrogant! If you have the ability to take my sword, let's talk about it! ”

The embarrassed eldest lady took advantage of the shrine maiden's inattention, and secretly pulled out the sword forged by the youkai.

"Huh? Feed?! It's a foul to use that! ”

"Less nonsense! Pick up! ”

"Stupid, stupid - stop!"

"Drink ——!!"

The shrine maiden hurriedly rolled to the ground, dodging the overly dazzling sword, and in the next second, half of the vermilion torii was left.

"Bastard!! The shrine of the old lady!! ”

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Clang!!

Lou Guanjian was knocked away from afar, and Yuyuko's entire arm was numb by the huge force, but she herself didn't seem to care, and her distant eyes looked at Reimu in front of her in a daze, as if she saw something else through her.

Yuyuko, who was successfully attacked by the shrine maiden, was not angry, but rather her mind had long been confused by the fleeting memory.

So in the end, whose memory? It's mine?

Spiritual Dream ...... Who is it?

Immersed in unspeakable distress, a dazzling light pulled Yuyuko's thoughts back to reality, only to see that the half-human-sized yin-yang jade had already arrived.

"Bad ......."

Yuyuko subconsciously retreated, but her feet suddenly stepped into the air, and her body fell directly into a soft embrace, she was stunned at first, and then smiled slightly: "You come, Purple." ”

"What a shame to be bullied by Reimu, Yuyuko." With a faint smile, Zi also casually cut open the crack in the gap, sucking Reimeng's yin-yang jade into it, and even the domineering wind pressure was swallowed up together.

"Woo, it's miserable for people to be bullied, Zi, you have to help others get justice." Putting aside the doubts of memory for the time being, Yuyuko showed a grievanceed expression that wanted to cry, and she vigorously coquettished towards Zi.

"Mm-hmm, don't worry about it."

Zi hugged Yuyuko, softly comforted the friend in her arms, and then as soon as she looked up, she changed to an expression of asking about the guilt, and said to Reimu with a smile: "Isn't it a bit ridiculous that the witch of Hakurei Shrine would believe in the divination of the roadside stall, little Reimu." ”

"Don't call me Reimu!"

Reflexively scolded, Lingmeng looked a little unnatural and said, "Hey, you voyeur, don't you rest at night?" ”

Reimu thought that Yakumo Zi was idle and had nothing to do, and she only found out about her going to find Yi Zhi for divination after watching her sleep at night, but in fact, her actions had aroused the suspicion of the other party long before that.

With a dutiful Shikijin like Blue, Reimu's every move has long been targeted.

Although Yakumo Zi's question has the meaning of fighting for Yuyuko, it is more about asking Reimu, as the consciousness of the Hakurei witch.

Although the Hirori Shrine Maiden is already the same as her, a youkai idler, basically eating and waiting for death every day, but for the entire Gensokyo, they still have a line that cannot be crossed after all.

The duty of the shrine maiden is to retire the youkai and solve the mutation, and within this range, whatever you do is reasonable, on the contrary, as long as you exceed this limit, even one more step is wrong.

Obviously, Reimu's approach has already crossed the line.

"It's late at night, it's time for the good boy to rest, Reimu, why don't you go back to the shrine quickly?" Yakumo Murasaki gave an ultimatum to Reimu.

"Regret~ I've never been a good boy, Purple."

Revealing a mouthful of white teeth, Reimu threw out a series of sealing talismans directly after leaving this sentence, and the talisman turned into a needle-shaped barrage, falling like raindrops.

The sealing talisman is different from the yin and yang jade composed of pure spiritual power, that is to be drawn by oneself, not to mention the energy, the cost of the rune paper alone is expensive, this time the reimu seems to be real.

In the face of the menacing attack, Purple and Yuyuko launched a counterattack from left and right, Purple opened the gap as a barrier, and Yuyuko summoned the Anti-Soul Butterfly to knock down the sealing talisman one by one.

The collision between the two sides lifted the floor of the atrium, and a large amount of smoke and dust obscured Reimu's figure.

As soon as the folding fan in Yakumo's hand fell, the power of the realm imprisoned the entire atrium in an instant, and in the gaps and cracks that opened in all directions, the flickering demonic power gathered into an attack that was ready to attack.

Yuyuko stood beside Purple, half of the folding fan covered her face, the raised sleeves brought a brilliant cherry blossom brilliance, and the flying petals were swirling to control the smoke and dust in the atrium like a huge palm, and she clenched it violently, and in the next second, countless beams of light shot out from the gap between the purple, and a huge roar resounded in the sky above the underworld.

But when the light faded, there was no trace of Reimu in the atrium, and Zi looked at the sky in the distance, her eyes narrowed slightly: "Did you escape?" It's fast. ”

Just as Yakumo Zi thought, Reimu had already escaped at this time, and she had no intention of fighting the two of them since she threw out the sealing talisman.

Although Reimu is a little impetuous, this does not mean that she will only go straight on a rampage, and in the face of such a powerful combination as Purple and Yuyuko, there is definitely no future in a head-to-head confrontation.

Although as a Hakurei shrine maiden, she is confident that her strength is in the eyes of Gensokyo, but Yakumo Murasaki, as the founder of Gensokyo, knows even more about Hakurei shrine maiden than herself.

Even if you can overpower the opponent in pure strength, but when it comes to the odds...... Reimu is really not sure.

In fact, at this time, as long as Reimu and Zi bow their heads and admit their mistakes, everything can be calm, but she is unwilling, so she escapes, but unfortunately in the face of such a cheating ability, it won't take long for her to be caught up.

Since there is no escape, there is no chance of winning alone, and the only way to solve the problem is to find a helper.

Yakumo Zi's intervention let Reimu know that the other party would not turn a blind eye to what he did, that is, even if he made a truce with Yuyuko at this time, that undead spirit might not cooperate with him anymore.

So since the underworld is not easy to start, retreat to the second, Reimu can only go to the other side to try his luck, that Hades may know something, and besides, the other side is not the underworld, and it is inconvenient for Yakumo Zi to do it there.

Reimu who had made up his mind flew straight towards the other side, and on the other side, Lan, who was in charge of monitoring at the Lost House, quickly discovered Reimu's movements and went to the White Jade Tower to report to Yakumo Murasaki.

"The other side...... It's really a child taught by Xiao Jing, and there are really a lot of bad ideas, heh. Yakumo's eyes sank, and he whispered to himself, "So, what should I do?" ”

"Are you going to stop her?" Lan asked, "With our speed, we can stop Reimu before she enters the other side." ”

"Ah, that's not necessary," Yakumo Zi shook his head and said thoughtfully, "Reimu is so desperate to investigate the so-called 'mutation', we are really curious, could it be that there is really something wrong...... Blue, get ready, and when the reimu arrives, we'll go too. ”

"The other side?" Lan frowned slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "That Hades has never liked the living to enter the realm of the dead, and we are afraid that we really had to rely on Reimeng's calculations in the past." ”

"It doesn't matter, no matter how troublesome Hades is, there is only one person." If there was really any accident, with Yakumo Blue by his side, Yakumo was confident that he could hold Reimu before Hades could free his hand.

Lan lowered her head silently, since Yakumo Zi, as the master, had decided so much, she naturally would not have any objections, then, there was only one question left.

"What should the soothsayer do?"

"Take it with you." For the guy who doesn't give people a good impression at first glance, although he is a native of the people no matter how you investigate, Yakumo always has an uncomfortable feeling, and after thinking about it, she still decides that she can't let him go.

Although I don't know what his intentions are to incite Reimu, whether it's a conspiracy or a coincidence, it can always save a little thought by bringing him along.