Chapter III: Response

Underworld, White Jade Tower.

Yuyuko is still in a coma at the moment, and the demon dream who is guarding the side has a guilty expression on her face.

"It's all my fault," Youmu said with great reproach, "If I had been able to arrive earlier, Yuyuko-sama wouldn't have ......"

"As long as you are wearing a small body, even if you are a hundred steps ahead, it will be for nothing." The merciless poisonous tongue naturally comes from Kaguya, who is in a bad mood.

The prisoner should be praised for being too alert or extremely cunning, and he went around committing crimes without leaving the slightest clue.

"Where was Yuyuko attacked?" Despite the death of her most cherished friend, Yakumo still maintains an unusual calmness, which surprises Kaguya slightly.

"In the atrium." Youmu replied without thinking.

"Check it out." Reimu rushed to the atrium first, and everyone followed, leaving Youmu alone in the room to take care of the unconscious Yuyuko.

There is no other decoration in the atrium of the White Jade Tower, and a single westward demon is enough to fill this place.

There was not the slightest trace of the battle on the flat ground, and the spiritual power fluctuations in the air were even more normal, just when everyone was distressed that the prisoner was not leaking, Yakumo Zi suddenly said abruptly.

"Today's spring, I'm afraid the White Jade Building will be a lot more deserted."

"Huh?"

This thoughtless sentence made Reimu raise an eyebrow: "What are you talking about?" ”

"No, I just think that without the Westbound Demon, I'm afraid the monsters won't go to the underworld to enjoy the cherry blossoms." Yakumo Zi looked at the huge westward demon above his head and said lightly.

Yes, the Westward Demon is dead, and all that remains here is a shell waiting to wither completely.

This is not news, as early as the day after the end of the Lunar War, Yakumo Murasaki received news from Yuyuko that the Westward Demon had died without warning that night.

Yakumo Zi, who knew the inside story, was naturally not surprised, but her heart was a little more gloomy.

From then on, she no longer had to worry that Yuyuko would suddenly disappear one day, but, as a price-

Yuko left her completely.

The Westward Demon is the embodiment of the ontology of the Great Sin Instrument, and it was Yuko who sealed it with his own body, and when the Westward Demon withered, it also represented the end of Yuko's life.

However, this is also to be expected, most of the existence related to the weapon of great sin has been turned into history by Takeya, Yuko...... Also among them.

"Hey, Purple, I said, hey!" Reimu's rude call brought Purple back to reality from sadness.

Reimu's temper couldn't make her think anything else, so she just casually asked, "What's wrong, did you find anything?" ”

"No," Reimu looked at Yakumo Purple very unhappily and said, "It's just that you guy, that undead spirit was attacked, why don't you seem to be in a hurry at all." ”

"Why, we are very angry that Yuyuko was attacked, but we have a better way than you to look for clues here without a clue."

"What's the solution?" Reimu and Kaguya asked in unison.

"Wait for the rabbit."

Yakumo Zi picked up the folding fan in his hand and swiped it gently, several gaps spread out around him, and the scenes reflected on the other side were all residents of Gensokyo, at first glance, they had nothing to do with each other, but they had one thing in common, that is, they all had a lot of connection with Wu Ya.

Reimu's eyes lit up, and she seemed to understand Yakumo's intentions.

"Since we haven't found any clues from the people who have already been attacked, let's go and guard the next target of the prisoner," Yakumo narrowed his eyes and said confidently, "If our guess is correct, the next target must be among these people." ”

"Let's do it."

There is absolutely no ambiguity in saying that it will be done, and Reimu decided on a general plan of action in a few clicks: "Purple, you are responsible for finding the traces of the prisoner, and once she appears, we will go through the gap and catch him directly!" ”

"No, it's too dangerous," Yakumo shook her head and denied Reimu's plan, "Even Yuyuko was taken down by a surprise attack, maybe it will be too late for us to find out about him." ”

"Then inform them in advance so that they can be prepared?"

"No, it's easy to startle snakes, after all, anyone but us can be criminals, especially them, and the suspicion is even greater."

"So what do you say?" This doesn't work, that doesn't work, Reimu simply shook his hand and was still the same, and handed over this kind of brain-using trouble to Yakumo Zi to consider.

"Split up."

After thinking for a while, Yakumo Zi said his thoughts: "The three of you go to protect them separately, and we will be ready to support them at any time with the gap, so that we will not startle the grass and snakes, and avoid the possibility of being taken down by one blow." ”

"Leave it to me, Da☆Za!"

"Well, let's do it."

Neither Reimu nor Marisa objected to this, and only Kaguya was silent for a long time before she slowly replied, "It's okay, but how do you distribute the manpower?" ”

"Since it's going to be a secret, let's try to assign it according to familiarity," Yakumo Zi glanced around at everyone and said, "Marisa, you go to the Red Devil Pavilion, Reimu you go to the Old Hell, and as for Kaguya, go to the human realm." ”

The other two responded directly, and Kaguya glanced at Yakumo Zi and said, "Have you forgotten that turkey has been taken down, and what are you going to do in the human world?" ”

"There's another person there."

Yakumo Zi pointed to the gap, and the object reflected in the picture of the human world was not Mei Hong, who was still in a coma, but Ah Qiu.

"She?" Kaguya was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that this person would have anything to do with Wu Ye.

Not only her, but even Reimu didn't understand that although the memories that had been deprived had been restored, what had been lost was still completely lost.

Reimu only gets the complete power of Hakurei, which originated from the Kami Dynasty and passed down from the first generation of shrine maidens in the Heian period, and that's it.

Kaguya is even more so, as the one who is "Kaguya", she has already been wiped out by Wu Ye and Mei Hong, as Chang'e's spare body, it is already a miracle that Yonglin has been able to live until now, not to mention others.

Looking at the dazed crowd, a faint sadness inevitably rose in Yakumo's heart.

Although as a youkai, I have long been accustomed to life and death, but like this, everyone in front of me is connected by a deep bond, but for various reasons, it seems that they are separated by a wall.

Yuko, Lingmeng -

Although they all came back to themselves in another way, what about this loneliness.

Looking at the clouds in the underworld sky that will never disperse, that is the true portrayal of Yakumo Zi's heart at the moment, the former friends have forgotten those past or reincarnated or become undead, only they remember the bits and pieces, and live forever like now.

Suddenly, Yakumo Zi suddenly felt that it would be good if he had died in that battle at the beginning, in that case, at least he wouldn't feel out of place in this new world like he did now......

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