Gensokyo's Dimensional Black Shop

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"Yes, you mean Teacher Huiyin?" Hassan nodded in response, then pulled out a piece of paper from somewhere: "Manager Bai told me that Ms. Yonglin, you are a doctor... Recently, it seems there's been some kind of infectious disease outbreak in Human Village. These are some symptoms I recorded for a few children. I don't know if they'll be helpful..."

"It's just a common flu, I'll be fine in a few minutes." After taking the paper with the children's symptoms written down, Yagokoro Eirin led the two to sit down in the living room, then turned and went into the laboratory.

Fujiwara no Mokou had told Byakuya more than once that Yagokoro Eirin's medical skills were as superb as her medical ethics. Byakuya expressed reservations about the second half of the statement, but the first half seemed to be true.

She said it would only take a few minutes, and she really did prepare the medicine in just a few minutes, then handed it along with the instructions and dosage to the elderly Mr. Hassan, who seemed rather flustered.

After getting what he wanted, the old man decisively rejected Byakuya and Yagokoro Eirin's polite refusals, and hurriedly ran away from Eientei with the medicine in his pocket.

Speechless, Bai Ye watched the old man's imposing figure disappear into the depths of the bamboo forest. He sighed and looked at Yagokoro Eirin's profile with a conflicted expression: "...I'm sorry, it seems I've caused you trouble."

“It’s alright, it wasn’t a big deal anyway.” Yagokoro Eirin shook her head, indicating that Byakuya didn’t need to worry about such a small matter. Then she stared at him with a seemingly meaningful look: “You didn’t come here today for this, did you?”

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"No, that's not it. Actually, the main purpose of today was to bring your two apprentices over to you, the two older sisters of Kaguya that you mentioned before. But as soon as we got to the edge of the bamboo forest, they said they sensed your presence, and before I could stop them, they ran in. Now, if I'm not mistaken, they're probably lost..."

Yayi Yonglin: "..."

Just as the two were silently staring at each other, Inaba Tei's voice suddenly came from the bamboo forest: "Eirin, Eirin, this is hilarious! I was patrolling the bamboo forest with the Inabas when I found two very interesting guys. The worst part is that they claimed to be your disciples. I lured them into the trap I left last time and then tied them up and brought them back."

Um……?

Seeing the Mianyue sisters tied up like caterpillars and brought back by a group of monster rabbits, Bai Ye laughed rather unkindly.

Chapter 176 Kaguya x Emperor's Alliance

Seeing Eirin Yagokoro step forward with a dark expression to untie the two sisters, while Byakuya covered her mouth to suppress a laugh, the not-so-stupid Inaba Tei felt that she seemed to have discovered something she didn't want to admit...

"Human, do those two women know Eirin?" Inaba Tei asked in a low voice, tugging at Byakuya's sleeve.

“Before Eirin came down, she had taken in three disciples. One of them was Kaguya, and the other two… you know what I mean?” Bai Ye suppressed a laugh and explained the relationship between Yagokoro Eirin and the Watatsuki sisters to her: “By the way, it seems that a thousand years ago, Eirin had a falling out with the higher-ups because of Kaguya, right? These two sisters have been searching for her for a whole thousand years.”

The more Byakuya spoke, the uglier Inaba Tei's expression became. By the time she had a fairly good grasp of the relationship between the two sisters, she was already looking pale and sickly…

I'm going to die, right? I'm definitely going to die, right?

Given Yonglin's personality, she might not even know when she'll be turned into a spiced rabbit head!

"By the way, since even a mere trap that can only annoy ordinary people and some Inabas were able to take down 03 and the other two, their strength must not be that great. I just need to be careful..."

"There's something I forgot to mention. Because their power is too dangerous for Gensokyo, I made an agreement with them before bringing them in. The agreement stipulates that they need to restrain their strength in Gensokyo, otherwise I will send them out of Gensokyo. Don't think that Eirin will raise two useless people just because of our recent victory... In the outside world, they are a troublesome existence even the Sage of Youkai finds troublesome."

With a gleeful grin, he shattered the little rabbit's last glimmer of hope, and with a satisfied expression, Byakuya followed Yagokoro Eirin and the Watatsuki sisters, leaving Inaba Tei, whose entire body had turned gray.

"Devil...you really are a devil...why would Her Highness the Princess fall for you..."

Unfortunately, by the time she finished speaking, Byakuya had already walked quite a distance away; otherwise, the reason why the Eien-tei family was so friendly to him would have been clear.

……

Most of the traps that Inaba Tei set up in the bamboo forest were either meant to trap people or were simply designed to annoy those who fell into them. They didn't actually have much killing power. This is probably why Watatsuki and her sister were able to hold back their true strength and allow themselves to be captured by Inaba Tei.

Of course, although they weren't injured, the two sisters' current situation can only be described as disheveled.

Turning back to glare at Inaba Tei, who was trying to get away with being cute and then slip away, Yagokoro Eirin took the Watatsuki sisters to a guest room, saying she was going to help them clean themselves up... Looking at the Watatsuki sisters with their heads down and a smug look on their faces, Byakuya suddenly felt that Inaba Tei had it pretty tough too.

It's like she was sold out by those two sisters and even had to pay them out of pocket!

"Emperor, why is it so noisy today? Where are Eirin and Reisen?" Yagokoro Eirin dragged the Watatsuki sisters to take a bath in a place several walls away. Byakuya didn't have any of the fantasies that teenagers often have. He was looking around in the living room... and felt that there was a very familiar smell here.

Suddenly, Kaguya, still in her pajamas and rubbing her eyes as she walked in, walked in through the front door and paused when she saw the two figures sitting in the living room.

The next moment, she was dressed in a magnificent kimono and sat gracefully opposite Byakuya, just like a Yamato Nadeshiko.

Bai Ye subconsciously sniffed... Did she take a shower while changing clothes?

Having a time-related talent means you can be capricious.

Normally, Inaba Tei might have made a joke upon seeing Kaguya like this, but this time she merely glanced at her, then pointed her thumb towards the guest room: "I don't know where two more Eirin disciples have come from, and the three of them are catching up over there."

"Two?" Kaguya's smile froze.

Eirin's two disciples... the only ones who could be addressed like that are her two annoying older sisters, right?

"What exactly happened?" Upon hearing the sound of water coming from the guest room, Kaguya's eyebrows twitched, and she looked at Inaba Tei seriously: "If I remember correctly, the two of them should have always been in the Lunar Capital. Moreover, given the grudge they formed a thousand years ago, how could the Sage of Youkai allow them to appear in Gensokyo?"

And it's a one-step journey directly to Eientei!

"You'll have to ask Mr. Byakuya about that. It seems he's the one who brought these two in." Inaba Tei looked at Byakuya with regret.

Since you've already brought them in, and even brought them to the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, why don't you just take them both to the entrance of Eientei instead of leaving them halfway through in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost? Isn't that just setting yourself up for failure?

"Uh..." Under the gaze of the two beautiful girls, Bai Ye's lips twitched. He cleared his throat and then recounted everything that had happened since he met the Watatsuki sisters—of course, he omitted his shady relationship with Yakumo Yukari.

So it is~ and so it is~

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"So you mean that if they want to stay by Master's side, the two of them can only exert the same strength as fairies at most?" After listening to Bai Ye's explanation, Kaguya, who had been unhappy because of the arrival of the Watatsuki sisters, gave Bai Ye a completely different feeling.

Right now, her eyes are gleaming with the urge to do something big.

"Don't blame me for not warning you then. Although that's what I mean, judging from the fact that Inaba Tei was able to capture them, their strength has been greatly reduced. But if they really go too far, they can recover their true strength at any time if they start to destroy and wreak havoc."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. You don't know how much Eirin means to my two older sisters, that's why you said such a thing." Kaguya's eyes darted around, and her gaze quickly locked onto Emperor Inaba.

Given Toyohime's cunning and ruthless nature, whether intentional or unintentional, it's undeniable that she suffered such a crushing defeat at the hands of the Emperor, so revenge is inevitable later on.

This is just handing over a natural ally... Anyway, the Watsuki sisters might not be a match for the Emperor right now.

Watching Kaguya and Tei whispering to each other, Byakuya thought that Eientei would be quite lively for a while...

Chapter 177 The Mutual Harm Between Sisters

Before long, Yagokoro Eirin led the Watatsuki sisters back here, who had already taken a bath and regained the otherworldly demeanor they had when they came down from the moon and blocked Yakumo Yukari and Byakuya—although this demeanor only lasted for less than five seconds.

"Penglai, Shan, Hui, Ye!"

Seeing the figure sitting next to the embarrassed Emperor Inaba with a faint smile, Watatsuki Yorihime's face darkened, and she called out the name that the two sisters had uttered countless times in the dead of night over the past thousand years.

Kaguya, who abducted her master, plus Inaba Tei, who had just made them lose face in front of their master, equaled double the rage.

"Oh, aren't these my two little darlings, the ones who were first disliked by Father and then abandoned in the Moon Capital by Eirin?" Kaguya covered her mouth and chuckled. "Cute, cute, pitiful, no one loves them?"

"Damn it!" Watatsuki Yorihime instinctively reached for the katana at her waist, wanting to give Kaguya a good whack.

Eirin Yagokoro frowned slightly and grabbed Yorihime Watatsuki's hand, which was already gripping the hilt of her sword: "Yorihime."

"Master, look at the state she's in now!"

"What did I do? I didn't do anything~" Adhering to the fine tradition of infuriating people to death, Kaguya began to unleash her fury: "But you, Onee-sama, I am the master of Eientei, how can you show such disrespect to me and Eirin in front of the guests? What exactly are you here for?"

As she spoke, she even offered a perfunctory apology to Byakuya for Watatsuki Yorihime's rudeness.

Watching her series of actions that ruined her image, Bai Ye was not surprised at all; on the contrary, he felt it was only natural... After all, he had already seen the princess do even more impolite things.

"you……!"

"Hmm~?" From Watatsuki Yorihime's perspective, Kaguya's face should be saying, "With Eirin's favor, I can do whatever I want."

"Alright, alright, can't you see that she just wants to drive you away?" Seeing Yorihime's hand trembling as she reached for the Ama-no-Murakumo sword again, Watatsuki Toyohime clicked her tongue and pulled her hand to sit down next to Yagokoro Eirin.

He's usually quite shrewd, but whenever it comes to anything related to his master, Kaguya always manages to take control of the conversation within a few words. This was true a thousand years ago in the Lunar Capital, and it's still true now, a thousand years later.

But thinking about it carefully, aren't I the same?

Seeing that the two sisters had finally calmed down, Yagokoro Eirin breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Byakuya with a hint of gratitude: "I have already heard about what happened from Toyohime and Yorihime. I have to thank you for your help this time. Otherwise, given the nature of the youkai sage, I think I would only be able to see the two of them outside the Great Barrier."

"No need for that, it's just a small favor for me anyway," Bai Ye shook his head slightly.

"How about this, consider this a personal debt I owe you. If you ever need anything in the future, just let me know if I can help. Don't hesitate to ask." Yagokoro Eirin looked at Byakuya earnestly.

Inaba Tei, who was standing to the side and knew about the complicated relationship between Byakuya, the prospective son-in-law who was very likely unaware of anything himself, and Eientei, hummed in agreement... This was a request that could be made at will; in the past, only Kaguya could enjoy such "willfulness."

Are you sure it's just because of this incident?

Oh well, it's not really my problem anyway, as long as Yonglin is happy.

……

The matter of the Mianyue sisters can be considered to have come to an end here.

After the meal, Byakuya and Yagokoro Eirin bid farewell and left, while the two sisters naturally chose to stay at Eientei, trying to persuade their master to change his mind, abandon Kaguya, this hopeless scumbag, and return to the Lunar Capital with them.

What, what if we still can't persuade her to go back in the end?

Useless Moon City can be thrown away so easily.jpg

Okay, I admit the above statement might be a bit of an exaggeration. Although the Lunar Capital without Eirin Yagokoro didn't leave the sisters with any good memories, the moon rabbits they kept as pets were still quite nice. Even for their sake, the Watatsuki sisters couldn't possibly settle permanently in Gensokyo. At most, the people of Lunar Capital would just find that their Lady Toyohime and Lady Yorihime were appearing less and less frequently, and for shorter periods of time.

After leaving Eientei, Byakuya first went to check on the house that Mokou had built in the Bamboo Grove of the Lost, but found no one inside. So he turned around and flew towards the direction of the Youkai Mountain.

Previously, when Yakumo Yukari showed Yasaka Kanako and Moriya Suwako a map of the entire Gensokyo and asked them to choose a place to settle, the two of them ultimately chose Youkai Mountain, a relatively independent place in Gensokyo.

Under the rule of the Tengu and Kappa races, it would be an exaggeration to say that the monsters on the mountain and those at the foot of the mountain lead two completely different lives.

In Yukari Yakumo's words, a true "society" belonging to youkai has been formed here.

If Sanae could gain the approval of these two races, it would be easy for her to help the Moriya Shrine spread its faith, at least within the area of ​​the Youkai Mountain. But the real fear is that if they suddenly appear and are not only not recognized by the Tengu or Kappa, but are instead treated as intruders, then things would get really messy.

Bringing them in from the outside world was just to send them to their deaths... Although the employment relationship between him and the Moriya Shrine, which relied on Yukari Yakumo, ended after the Moriya Shrine entered Gensokyo, Byakuya's heart wasn't that cold-hearted.

"The Mountain of Yokai... this must be it?"

Comparing the symbol of Youkai Mountain on this abstractly drawn map of Gensokyo with the real thing, Byakuya thought he just wanted to smash the head of the guy who drew this map... He should have asked Yakumo Yukari for a 3D version of this map, the one she took out when she had Kanako and the others choose a location.

If it weren't for Bai's good sense of direction, he probably would have been able to find the neighboring Wuyuan Tomb by following the map!

Out of basic respect for the owner of this place, Bai Ye landed at the foot of the mountain and then walked up the mountain path.

"Halt, outsider! This is already within the territory of the Tengu clan. If you continue, we will treat you as an enemy. If you don't want to be attacked, you can still turn around and leave now!"

Chapter 178 Shh~ There's a lone paparazzi here.

Does a patrol team or something similar exist on Monster Mountain?

Seeing the white-haired girl with a "I'm super fierce, don't mess with me" look, Bai Ye stopped and tried to convey a friendly attitude: "I'm just here to meet some friends, I don't mean to intrude."

"But that doesn't change the fact that you entered the territory belonging to the Tengu without the master's permission!" The girl remained unmoved.

“I see…that makes sense…” Bai Ye nodded, then casually shrugged: “Then just consider me an intruder, -and then?”

"!"

Wow, are intruders these days really this brazen?

Just as Byakuya was about to cross the boundary line, the girl took a breath and assumed a fighting stance: "Since you put it that way, then I will stake the reputation of the Tengu Inubashiri Momiji patrolling the Youkai Mountain on my own and stop you here!"

"So...we're going to fight?" Bai Ye cracked his knuckles, then suddenly leaped a large step towards the girl, shouting something unintelligible at the same time—

"Rua!!!"

"..." Silence, a long silence.

Just as Bai Ye himself was feeling embarrassed by his abrupt actions and considering whether to use some kind of physical amnesia therapy to make the girl named Inuzoku Momiji forget what he had just done, she screamed and transformed into a crow, flying up the mountain.

hmmmmmm…

Are all monsters' reaction times this long?

Looking around, not finding a second tengu patrolling nearby, Byakuya wasn't so arrogant as to swagger in through the main road. Instead, he avoided the tengu's sentries and found the Moriya Shrine, which had been completely moved in from outside by Yakumo Yukari, behind their mountain.

Hearing footsteps, Sanae, who was sweeping fallen leaves outside the shrine, looked up. When she saw that it was Byakuya, she was so happy that she dropped the broom and then... ran into the shrine.

According to the usual procedure, shouldn't you be pleasantly surprised to see the ball bump into your arms and then give it a loving hug?

Watching the figure disappear into the doorway almost instantly, Bai Ye picked up the broom expressionlessly, then blew a breath at the ground, sending all the fallen leaves in front of the shrine flying into the nearby woods before entering the shrine with the broom.

As soon as he entered, he saw the loli goddess named Suwako stroking the head of Sanae, who looked even bigger than her, with a loving expression: "Didn't I tell you long ago? Neither the youkai sage nor Byakuya-kun are simple people. If our faith hadn't been severely lost over the years, Yakumo Yukari wouldn't have sent us in from the very beginning."

Sanae nodded, tears welling in her eyes.

white night:"……"

So, aren't your roles reversed? First of all, why are you so agitated, Sanae, when you're in danger? At least change the person you're asking for a hug to Yasaka Kanako. A teenage girl who's already developed for a while hugging a little girl for comfort just looks so incongruous.

"Don't worry about them. Besides, from another perspective, seeing this kind of scene so often is actually quite heartwarming." Yasaka Kanako shook her head, clearly feeling a bit sorry for the two of them, one big and one small. "Why don't we go outside and talk?"

"Alright." Seeing that Sanae and Suwako didn't seem like they could recover anytime soon, Byakuya shook his head and accepted Kanako's invitation. The two walked together on the path outside the shrine.

"Before being thrown into the gap by Yukari Yakumo, I glanced back. Those two girls who appeared later must have gotten into trouble at some point, right?"