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"Who knows what kind of weird people that old hag Yukari Yakumo brought in from outside? This shrine maiden came up without saying a word and just told me to shut down the Hakurei Shrine... It's impossible, right?" Reimu Hakurei frantically rubbed her hair, pointing to the white ground where a shrine had once stood but was now completely gone: "And then she just took action."
"Uh……"
"Let's not talk about these unhappy things. What brings you here today?"
"Isn't this something that flies overhead when you look up while sunbathing in the human world?" Bai Ye pointed at Shark Chili, who was wielding a 27-meter-long scythe and chopping wood. "Do you need my help?"
"No need, I've already made myself clear to that shrine maiden." Reimu Hakurei sat down on a nearby rock, clearly annoyed. "If the Hakurei Shrine isn't repaired by nightfall, I'm going to tear it down too. Does she really think I'm afraid just because it's located on a mountain of youkai?"
Do you really think her title as the "city management officer of the amusement park" is just something she made up?
"Then I can only wish her good luck." Shaking his head, Bai Ye offered a blessing to Sanae in the Shark Chili.
When he went to Moriya Shrine today, he also noticed the condition of the two goddesses, Kanako and Suwako. Although they were not as weak as they were in the outside world after receiving the faith provided by the Youkai Mountain, it would be wishful thinking to think that they could contend with Reimu Hakurei in their current state.
"It's 3.1 now. Judging from your schedule... you probably haven't had lunch yet, right?" After rummaging through the space for a while, Bai Ye took out a few cards, broke them into pieces, and laid out a table of food: "Why don't we eat something together? Let's treat it as a picnic."
"...Thank you then."
Although she felt a little embarrassed to accept food from Bai Ye, a man she had only met a few times, the fact was that if she missed this meal, she probably wouldn't be able to eat again until the shrine was repaired... Wait, it seems that the shrine's food reserves were blown away somewhere by that stupid shrine maiden!
Reimu Hakurei picked up a small cake from the table and took a big bite, as if she were holding Sanae in her hand.
Chapter 194 So what god does the Hakurei Shrine actually enshrine?
Eating and drinking with a girl who was absolutely gorgeous and had a great figure... well, her figure was alright, while watching others cut down trees, carve them into planks, and then build shrines with nails and hammers, Byakuya always felt like he was a heartless landlord exploiting the working class.
However, it must be admitted that the food on this table, which seemed to have come from some unknown world, tasted quite good. For example, this sweet but not cloying little cake, paired with milk tea from the same world, gave Bai Ye a feeling of…
Hmm, where's my cake?
Looking away from the shark chili pepper and glancing down at the table, Bai Ye noticed that Reimu was fiercely guarding a large slice of pizza, taking small bites while glancing left and right, as if worried that someone would steal her food. The table, which had been piled high with food just a moment ago, was now filled with empty plates bearing teeth marks...!
This way of eating, which involves grabbing anything and putting it in your mouth regardless of whether it's meat or vegetables, reminded Bai Ye of a certain ghost.
As for why she, who should be in the underworld 21, was able to reach here... it seems that the destruction of the Hakurei Shrine has finally caught the attention of a certain seventeen-year-old girl?
Another table of delicious food was laid out, and then a small hand reached out from the gap and grabbed a plate from an angle it thought it wouldn't be noticed. A few seconds later, Bai Ye suddenly pursed his lips, let go of her hand and put a stack of sealed cards in her hand.
You actually let your girlfriend do it herself instead of you stealing her food? Seriously, is that contract that you care about so much?
brush--
Inside the gap, Yukari Yakumo opened her fan and fanned herself.
How could she not care? Yakumo has been a free spirit all over the world, both domestically and internationally, and on Earth and the Moon. In all these years, apart from the time she was stabbed in the back by Yagokoro Eirin on the Moon, when has she ever suffered such a great loss?
Moreover, the previous incident on the moon was only a matter of saving face, but this time the loss is a real one!
"Azi, would you like to have something to eat?"
Before she could respond, a piece of pastry was already stuffed into her mouth.
Yakumo Yukari: “…”
Chew chew chew～
On the other side, after discovering that the food on the table no longer disappeared after being caught by Byakuya once, Reimu Hakurei gave Byakuya a strange look.
When did that ghost, whose only pursuit in life seemed to be eating, become so principled?
Even if that ghost still had some principles, Old Lady Zi shouldn't have let go so decisively. Speaking of which, the atmosphere between the two of them and this guy named Bai Ye is really strange.
Sullenly stuffing a piece of pastry into her mouth, Reimu Hakurei suddenly felt like she was superfluous.
After eating her fill, Reimu Hakurei, who suddenly felt a bit irritable for some reason, beckoned to Sanae, whether out of a sudden pang of conscience or something else, and told her to stop and come eat something first. Then she started rebuilding the shrine herself.
It's also possible that they were worried she would turn the Hakurei Shrine into a glass shrine, so they subtly asked her to stop.
Watching Reimu calmly carry a piece of wood several times her size to begin construction, Sanae, who was eating, pouted and looked at Byakuya as if to say, "You tricked me."
"Mr. Byakuya, do you know how powerful the shrine maidens of the Hakurei Shrine are?"
“Reimu…” Byakuya stroked his chin: “As a shrine maiden of Paradise, she should be one of the most powerful fighters in Gensokyo, right? Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
"Woo~"
……
Although Reimu made it clear from the beginning that she didn't need Byakuya's help and that Sanae would do everything herself, now that she's already doing it herself, Byakuya, with his maxed-out emotional intelligence, wouldn't take her empty words about just watching from the sidelines seriously.
With the addition of him and Reimu, two new forces, the two of them worked together in one mecha and finally managed to build the outer shell of the Hakurei Shrine before dark. Then Byakuya took out some daily necessities and filled all the rooms of the shrine with them, regardless of whether they would be useful in the short term. The reconstruction work was then considered complete.
If Bai Ye hadn't known that the shrine had indeed been destroyed once before, he probably wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between before and after.
Oh, there's one last step.
Watching Reimu carefully place a brand-new donation box at the shrine entrance, Byakuya looked around and finally realized why he felt awkward entering the Moriya Shrine, despite being used to the layout of the Hakurei Shrine…
"Reimu, can I ask you a question?"
"What's the problem?" Reimu asked without turning her head as she wiped the money box.
"I've always been curious, since the name is a shrine... who is the deity enshrined in the Hakurei Shrine?"
"Gods..." Reimu Hakurei looked confused. "Is this kind of thing important? As long as it's not some kind of god of poverty, it should be fine, right?"
"..." x3
She doesn't even know which deity her family worships, so how does this kind of shrine maiden possess such immense power?!
—This is the heartfelt cry of the wind priest of Moriya Shrine.
"That's right, I'm the one who's overthinking it by asking you that kind of question." Bai Ye raised his hand to cover his face.
Without the slightest embarrassment, Reimu Hakurei tilted her head and glanced at Byakuya and Sanae. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she picked up the money box and brought it close to the two of them: "I almost forgot, would you two like to consider this..."
Bai Ye casually stuffed a piece of gold into it.
Encouraged by Byakuya's heroic spirit, Reimu looked at Sanae expectantly.
"Are you sure it's okay to ask a shrine maiden from another shrine for an offering?" After realizing the purpose of the shrine maiden who was approaching her with the offering box, Sanae almost couldn't catch her breath.
Holy crap, I admit I helped you build the shrine since I was the one who ruined it, but you're asking me for offerings... When I get back, Lady Kanako and Lady Suwako will definitely kill me!
"I think it's fine." Reimu said calmly... her calm demeanor implying that if you dared not give her money, she would beat you up.
"..."
After stuffing her pocket money inside, Sanae finally realized that the Hakurei Shrine was a completely toxic place. She made the best decision of the day, grabbing Byakuya's arm as he left and leaving with him from this place that had almost destroyed her worldview.
"Mr. Byakuya, is everything in Gensokyo like this?" Before parting, the shrine maiden looked at Byakuya with teary eyes.
"Hmm... you'll get used to it." Bai Ye coughed twice, unable to think of any strong rebuttal, and could only offer this words of comfort.
Chapter 195 Kappa (The Sucker)
A few days later, the Dimensional Shop also welcomed a special guest.
The reason she is considered special is that, apart from Mokou, Yakumo Yukari, and Kazami Yuuka, who have become quite familiar with Byakuya through various coincidences, she is the first one from Gensokyo.
Kawashiro Nitori claims to be a kappa from the Youkai Mountain, the family that shared 80% of the Youkai Mountain territory with the tengu clan. As for his purpose in coming here...
"Please make sure you give me one of those mechas that you gave to Sanae too!"
Looking at the blue-haired girl who was clinging to his thigh and wouldn't let go, Bai Ye stiffly tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"Let go...you bastard, let go of me!"
"No, unless you grant my request..."
"I agreed."
"I knew you wouldn't agree. After all, the technology inside that mecha is obviously extraordinary. The person who could create such a masterpiece must be a great scientist. But I will definitely use my sincerity to move you... Eh?"
"So now you can let go of me, right?" Looking at the Black Jeanne who was about to explode and the black butterflies that had somehow appeared in the store, Byakuya silently gave the middle finger to the gap in the doorway, and then pushed Kawashiro Nitori's forehead to keep her away from him.
Although he knew that a mecha that could be rated "perfect" in the dimensional store's evaluation system must be extraordinary, every time he thought of Grey Wolf's tools, which at most had the technical content of a welding torch, he felt his admiration instantly vanish.
As for the "great scientist" mentioned by Kawashiro Nitori, there's really nothing wrong with that.
After the green-haired kappa calmed down a bit, Bai Ye took out three cards and placed them in a row on the counter: "Tell me, which one do you want?"
"There's more than one?" Kawashiro Nitori looked at the illustration on the card with surprise.
Name: First Generation Wolf Brand Robot (Shark Chili)
……
Name: Generation I Wolf Brand Robot (Cockroach Bully)
……
Name: First Generation Wolf Brand Robot (Scorpion Lai Lai)
……
The first one, Shark Chili, was probably a name that came to Grey Wolf's mind when he was recalling being chased by man-eating mermaids. When the next two mechs were delivered, his naming ability dropped sharply, so White Night simply gave it a codename from the same series as Shark Chili... Anyway, no one in either Gensokyo or Green Green Grassland has ever seen "Mech Warriors".
The fact that the remaining two mechs were named after criminal gangs is thanks to Bai Ye's remaining integrity; otherwise, Shark Chili's teammates would be either Golden Beetle Jiro or Spider Detective...
It doesn't seem to feel very out of place?
After all, they're all animal-type...
"So which one do you want, or are you planning to buy all three?"
"Anything... is that okay?" Kawashiro Nitori's gaze was like that of a middle school student with pocket money who, on his way home from school, is mysteriously pulled into an alley by an old man with white hair and beard, who takes out a stack of DVDs with titles like "Shocking! White-clad woman toyed with five men for their entire lives!" or "Seven brats broke into their neighbor's house, killed the male homeowner, and then did this to the female homeowner," and asks if he wants to buy them.
Of course, the expression after opening the package at home should be different. After all, unlike those purely scam discs/links, White Night at least has a minimum level of integrity.
"Judging from your behavior, I can tell you have good taste. As the saying goes, heroes appreciate heroes, and I'm happy to see these mechs find a suitable home. Originally, I planned to sell each of these mechs for one million, but since it's for you, I'll give you a 20% discount, making it 800,000 per mech."
Kawashiro Nitori blinked: "I have no money."
"...Guest, didn't you read the instruction manual I gave you just now?"
"Uh." The kappa girl was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out the instruction manual from her backpack. After carefully reading it, her eyes suddenly turned dangerous.
It seems that even if I switch to that strange currency called Origin Coin, I still won't be able to afford it all. Looks like I'll have to resort to robbery...
"Uncle Bai, Sister Youxiang asked me to come here to pick up two pots of sunflowers DA☆ZA~" A cheerful voice came from the doorway, interrupting the kappa girl's dangerous thoughts.
"The flowers are right at the door, just take them yourself." After deducting two hundred Source Coins from the card Marisa took out—a sum that was almost negligible to him at the moment—Bai Ye looked up and saw a familiar figure in the flower shop across the street. Curious, he called out to Marisa, who hadn't yet left the shop, "By the way, isn't she right across the street? Why did she make you run errands?"
"Anyway, it's so close, so let's just treat it as exercise. After all, Yuuka-nee said that the most basic quality of a magician is an indestructible body, DA☆ZA~" Marisa turned around energetically and gave Byakuya a thumbs up: "As for why I didn't do it myself, Yuuka-nee said that if she spends too much time with a weirdo like you, she will become weird herself."
white night:"……"
If there weren't other customers in the shop right now, and if I hadn't been cultivating my character lately, believe me, I could teach you in a heartbeat why you could smile so brightly before you transformed into human form, you mere flower fairy.
Shaking his head regretfully, Bai Ye looked at the kappa girl who had been standing in front of the counter for a while: "Have you thought it through? Do you want to choose one to take home and look at first, or do you want to take all three of them?"
"..." Damn it, even the tyrant Hanada, who dared to fight his way up the Monster Mountain all by himself and with the ridiculous reason of "I heard there are opponents here who can make me take this seriously" and still managed to escape unscathed, had to pay up. If I had made a move, I would definitely have been turned into a specimen and hung at the store entrance to dry.
Reaching into the canvas backpack behind her, Green Dam Girl pulled out a flashlight-like object with a sorrowful expression and placed it on the table: "Take a look and see how much this is worth?"
Chapter 196 Bald Man with a Furious Pervert and the Loli Who Wants Zero Fighter
A flashlight...?
Bai Ye took a picture of the flashlight, which wasn't very good-looking, and the result was somewhat unexpected.
Name: Lightsaber
Type: Weapon (probably?)
Attribute: Light
Quality: Excellent
"Note: This is a magical gadget that automatically converts energy into a high-temperature, high-destructive beam whenever energy is injected, with a conversion rate of almost 100%... What, what if the user is an ordinary person? Wouldn't it be better for an ordinary person to just grab a gun or even fire an Italian cannon? Why torture yourself!"
"The product is alright, but its positioning is a bit of a waste, isn't it?" After trying to inject some energy into it and personally experiencing the so-called lightsaber, Bai Ye put it back on the table and gave a relatively fair evaluation: "Those who can withstand the consumption of this thing mostly already have a systematic set of moves, while those who still need to rely on lightsabers for output... being able to last for three minutes is already an exceptional performance, right?"
"..." Is your gaze that sharp?
"so……"
"So I've added these, what do you think, boss?" Before Bai Ye could explain, He Cheng Hequ took out a bunch of things like cameras, telephones, and computers from the backpack and put them all on the table.
After taking stock of all the miscellaneous items, Byakuya reaffirmed his conclusion that Gensokyo was full of wealthy people.