Gensokyo's Dimensional Black Shop

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Bai Ye nodded.

Marquis Voban smiled with satisfaction and continued, "Actually, when I first became a Godslayer, I also had a period of extravagance and debauchery. Moreover, technology wasn't as advanced back then as it is now, and magicians could do far more than that. However, living a life where everything is done for you might seem novel for a day or two; after a month or two, it might just feel monotonous and boring. But if you were to extend that time to a year, two years, or even ten or twenty years... can you imagine such a life?"

"..." Imagining what it would be like to live under such treatment for decades, Bai Ye couldn't help but shudder.

"See? You wouldn't even dare to imagine it." The old man shrugged. "So, for me these past few years, only in battles with gods have I been able to experience what it felt like when I was just a wanderer, attacking nobles... Or perhaps it's the battle with the Martial Arts King. Until recently, I went to see you and learned a great deal..."

At this point, the Marquis's emerald eyes shone with an extremely intense light: "Countless worlds, which means that there may be countless beings in 2.6 that are more powerful than Godslayers and Disobedient Gods. If the targets of our battles were them, maybe the blood that has been dormant in my veins could boil again... You know what I mean?"

"After all that... you just want to go to other worlds, right?"

"Mmm." The old man nodded, looking at Bai Ye expectantly.

"If you have this idea, you might as well just say it. How am I supposed to know what you're thinking if you don't even say anything?" Bai Ye sighed helplessly.

He'd thought the old man had something extremely important to tell him in person, but it turned out to be just this: "Want to travel to other worlds? As long as you pay the Source Points needed for a round trip between the two worlds, do you think I'd stop you?"

Chapter 159 A good fox is one that gives out benefits.

Although Bai Ye had promised the old man he would send him to a suitable world, he didn't act immediately. After all, the strength of the target world was also a problem. If it was too strong, the old man could easily be killed; if it was too weak, it would be better to stay in his original world.

Back at the Dimensional Shop, Bai Ye casually jotted down the incident in his notebook, then glanced curiously at the door.

"Don't you guys think the moon looks a little different tonight?"

The twin sisters exchanged a glance and shook their heads simultaneously: "To be honest, we've only seen the moon once or twice here. We've been staying in the shop the whole time, so we can't feel any difference."

"Um...that's right."

Nodding, Bai Ye went out onto the street and continued to look up at the moon, which made him feel that something was wrong.

"Manager, it seems you've also noticed something's wrong with the moon?" An aged voice sounded behind Bai Ye. Bai Ye turned around and saw it was none other than Hassan, the newly popular teacher at the Terakoya.

"Something is a bit off, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

“It’s a fake. Even if you’re not monsters, it’s normal to feel something’s wrong with it.” Kazami Yuuka’s figure appeared on the other side.

"A fake?" Hassan said, "Looking at it this way, the guy who made the fake moon knows a lot about the moon. I almost didn't even notice. I really don't know who would make these things."

white night:"……"

Grandpa, you almost didn't notice, but I didn't notice at all. Luckily, a man's sixth sense still works, otherwise I would be asleep by now.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a yawn.

"You guys can continue. Whether the moon is real or fake doesn't affect me anyway." Kazami Yuuka shook her head, turned around and went back to the sunflower shop, closing the door. "As long as no one makes any more fake suns during the day, it's fine."

"Then I'll go to sleep first. Only by getting enough sleep at night can I be in better condition to get along with the children during the day."

"..."

Although I really wanted to complain that someone like you who even sleeps with a mask on at night, as long as you don't fall asleep in class, what difference does it make whether you're in a good state or not? But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that whether there are more or less moons doesn't really matter to me. So after Grandpa Hassan and Yuuka Kazami left, Byakuya turned around and went back to the Dimensional Shop, closed the door and had a nice nap.

It's always most comfortable to sleep at home.

……

A few days later, Yakumo Yukari left the world of Inuyasha within the time limit set by Byakuya, returning with Jeanne Alter carrying a large fox. Judging from the satisfied expression on Yakumo Yukari's face, her gains this time had clearly exceeded her expectations.

After Yakumo Yukari left, Byakuya approached Jeanne Alter and poked the large fox she was holding.

"Where did you get this?"

"It's a rather interesting little fellow. I thought it was quite cute, so I brought it home." As she spoke, Black Jeanne lifted the large, fluffy tail behind the fox's rear end. "Look, it has eight tails!"

"I really don't want to discourage you, but the Yakumo Yukari family's tail has nine tails... I think it's been like that for a thousand years."

Jeanne Alter: "..."

No wonder she always felt that Yukari Yakumo's expression became strange after seeing her holding the fox, as if she really wanted to laugh but just couldn't. So that's why!

"Master, it's yours now." Jeanne Alter angrily shoved the fox into Byakuya's hands, then returned to her seat, picked up her computer, and started playing. It seemed she wanted to vent her anger at being subtly mocked by Yukari Yakumo by playing on the monsters in the dungeon.

Scratching the big fox's belly, Bai Ye casually handed it to Saloras.

Anyway, the dimensional shop is so big, he can just treat it like raising a pet. Besides, Bai is already wealthy and powerful, so he won't be short of food. But speaking of which, an eight-tailed fox… if it grows one more tail, it'll be nine tails, right?

Hmm~ You can ask Yakumo Ran how she went from being an Eight-Tails to a Nine-Tails when you have time.

……

It seemed that even the heavens sensed Bai Ye's thoughts, because not long after, Yakumo Ran came to his door. Seeing the nine tails behind her, a hint of humanity flashed in the eyes of the large fox being teased by the twin sisters.

"Blue, didn't Yakumo Yukari just leave? What brings you here again?"

"Lady Zi said that she needs to stabilize the great barrier recently, but the fake moon has become increasingly serious in the past few days. Because they cannot absorb enough moonlight, many demons have developed mania or other problems. So before she left, she instructed me to ask the shopkeeper to help out."

"A fake moon?" Bai Ye thought of what he had seen that night. "What does this have to do with me?"

"Based on my observation, the one who created the fake moon should be the Moon Sage from Eientei. Lady Murasaki said that if you were to step in, that princess would definitely agree to stop this incident."

"...Why do you make it sound like I'm really close to Eientei?" Bai Ye muttered to himself, shaking his head. He wanted to refuse right then and there.

"By the way, Lady Zi said this is the reward for resolving this incident." Having probably already guessed that Bai Ye wouldn't agree, Yakumo Ran rummaged around on her person for a while, then took out a card and placed it on the table.

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow and righteously put away the savings card with a balance of 30 million: "She's being too polite. As a member of Gensokyo, I've actually been feeling very bad these past few days seeing all sorts of strange things happening to the youkai because of the moon's anomaly. I'll take care of this."

Yakumo Lan: “…”

Since that's the case, then give me back that card!

No wonder the store manager was able to gain Lord Zi's approval so easily. It turns out you two are birds of a feather when it comes to losing your morals!

After Yakumo Yukari left, the fox that Jeanne Alter had brought back from somewhere suddenly jumped out of the twin sisters' arms and landed on the table.

"Was that... Nine-Tails?"

"Huh, you can talk?"

"..."

Under Bai Ye's inexplicable gaze, the eight-tailed fox twisted its neck and transformed in front of him from a fox into a beautiful woman with eight tails, flowing long hair, and a curvaceous figure.

Don't ask Bai Ye how he knows so much. Right now, the distance between him and this fox is less than a meter, and the fox is... naked!

Chapter 160 Pitiful vs. Cold and Indifferent

"Now, there should be no doubt that I can speak, right?" Hagoromo Gitsune stretched as she sat at the counter.

Jeanne Alter, who inadvertently looked up and saw this scene, was completely stunned.

Holy crap, what the hell is this? It's been by my side for over ten days, always looking like a fox, but as soon as it sees Bai Ye, it turns into this, and it's not even wearing clothes... Is this dead fox going into heat?

"I'll give you three seconds to turn back to your original form. How about braised fox meat for dinner tonight?" Upon closer inspection, Bai Ye's face fell, realizing that the three most crucial points were completely hidden by his hair. Even his act of giving out perks is unpleasant. No wonder you only have eight tails! Do you know that the Yakumo family member is completely open and honest when doing this kind of thing?!

"Achoo!" Yakumo Ran, who had returned to the House of the Lost and was reporting to Yakumo Yukari, suddenly sneezed.

Let's turn our attention back to the Dimensional Shop.

Realizing that Byakuya wasn't joking, Hagoromo-Gitsune clicked her tongue and then transformed back into the adorable fox. However, after witnessing her human form, Byakuya wouldn't casually reach out and tickle her belly anymore... He'd have to think it over carefully before doing so (laughs).

"Hey, you still haven't answered my question. I counted them carefully just now, and I'm sure she has nine tails. Even among great demons, a fox spirit that can reach this level would be considered a strong one. Why does she seem to be taking orders from other guys?"

"Remember that blonde female youkai who just came out of here? Lan is her shikigami, but personally, I think... perhaps describing their relationship as family would be more accurate now?" Having expressed his opinion, Bai Ye casually picked up a cat toy and poked the fox's head: "Now I'm more curious about your purpose in following Xiao Zhen."

"I..." The fox turned and glanced at Jeanne Alter, then lowered her head and remained silent.

white night:"……"

He roughly understood what was going on.

……

Eientei, a building hidden deep in the Bamboo Forest of Lost Souls, is home to a reclusive princess from the moon, a eccentric sage doctor, a timid rabbit, and a loli rabbit said to be from the Age of Gods.

Everyone who entered this place, including Bai Ye, was deeply impressed by it. It was only after taking over the Dimensional Shop and seeing so many strange and wonderful things that he was left with such a strong impression. Otherwise, the heart beating in his hand and the owner of that heart looking at him with a regretful expression would have been the main characters in his nightmares for the next six months.

Although he eventually realized that this was just a small daily routine between Kaguya and Mokou, Byakuya still consciously added this place to his blacklist—didn't you notice that Mokou rarely came to the Dimensional Shop after that?

However, since this was a commission he had received, he naturally had to complete it. Thirty million was a considerable sum for Bai Ye at the moment.

With a slight hesitation, Bai Ye arrived outside the Lost Bamboo Forest.

As before, lacking a guide who knew the route, Byakuya naturally got lost shortly after entering the Lost Bamboo Forest. According to Mokou, this was a spell set up by the nurse named Yagokoro Eirin, seemingly to prevent her and the princess's enemies from tracking them down.

Faced with this kind of non-aggressive spell that simply leads you down the wrong path, even Bai Ye, a god-slayer who is theoretically capable of ignoring everything below all powers, can only obediently wander around aimlessly if he doesn't intend to flatten this place.

Not long after, the legal loli named Inaba Tei appeared in front of Byakuya.

"Please return. Her Highness the Princess and Eirin have given orders that Eientei will refuse all visitors for the foreseeable future." Upon seeing Byakuya's face, Inaba Tei pouted.

Although she genuinely wanted to follow Eirin's orders and drive out everyone who entered the Lost Bamboo Forest during this time, the vast difference in their fighting strength clearly ruled out that possibility. Unless she wanted to see the entire Lost Bamboo Forest spiraling upwards, Inaba Tei wouldn't want a direct confrontation with Byakuya, and she believed Eirin felt the same way.

"What if I want to go to Eientei right now?" Byakuya threw Inaba Tei a nasty look that was full of provocation.

A symbol like this appeared on Inaba Tei's forehead:

“If you insist on doing this, then don’t blame me for being impolite.” Taking a deep breath, Inaba Tei suddenly raised his hand and clenched his fist in front of him: “Please, please don’t go in, okay? If you can’t even do something as simple as guarding the door, Eirin will definitely drag me to the basement and then take out that thick, black thing from her collection and force it into my mouth…”

Bai Ye, who was already prepared to deal with the attack, smirked.

"If your goal is to distract me before the battle begins, then I must admit, your plan is perfect."

"It really wasn't a scheme. Eirin said that if I let an outsider in from here, she would randomly pick a bottle of medicine from those that were concocted by chance and force it down my throat. Last time, Reisen was punished for disobeying, and the final result almost scared me to death!"

"...Wait, are you sure it's Reisen who's being disobedient?" Recalling the image of the other bunny-eared girl in Eientei, Byakuya felt that replacing "disobedient" with "too obedient" might be more fitting.

"Urusai ugusai, I said it's her, so it's her!" Sensing the distrust in Byakuya's gaze, Inaba Tei exclaimed and then exploded.

"Alright, so she's being disobedient." Nodding, Bai Ye chose to outwardly agree with the seemingly cunning little girl's statement, then continued, "Can you take me in now?"

"You really can't let me off this time?" Inaba Tei once again adopted that pitiful posture.

Bai Ye shook his head, his face as cold as an assassin completing a mission.

"Fine, whatever you say goes because you have the biggest fist." Dejected, Inaba Tei waved her hand, signaling the rabbit demons surrounding her to make way so she could lead the way for Byakuya.

"Let's get this straight first, I can only take you to the next gatekeeper that Yonglin has arranged. Whether you can get past her is up to you."

Chapter 161 Reisen, your thick eyebrows and big eyes are quite something...

To Bai Ye's surprise, the second gatekeeper mentioned by Inaba Tei was actually Reisen, the same one who Bai Ye had previously described as too honest and thus had been given medicine by Yagokoro Eirin.

Is it certain that this rabbit can truly stop the intruders, and that its reliability is even higher than that of Inaba Tei?

After watching Reisen look at him with a conflicted expression after Inaba Tei left, Byakuya began to have some doubts about Eirin Yagokoro's supposedly even smarter brain than Ran Yakumo.

"Um... is Mr. Baiye the intruder this time?"

Bai Ye nodded silently. Please, at least show the toughness a gatekeeper boss should have when facing enemies! Did Yagokoro Eirin really put you in this level to make intruders feel guilty and give up their invasion?

"Then I'm sorry." Seeing that Byakuya had admitted to being an intruder, Reisen didn't lose her integrity like Inaba Tei and surrender directly just because Byakuya and Yagokoro Eirin had a good relationship. Instead, she took out a few spell cards... Wait, has that little rabbit lost all her integrity to the point that she's too lazy to even take out spell cards?

Only then did Byakuya realize that Inaba Tei was even lazier than he had imagined, and his eyebrows twitched.

"Phantom Wave: Red-Eyed Hypnosis!"

According to the spell card rules, they exchanged the names of the spell cards they were going to use. A few seconds later, when Reisen opened her eyes again, Byakuya couldn't remember that he had maliciously labeled her "uke" not long ago.

Now, the bunny-eared girl with crimson eyes makes Bai Ye feel that every move she makes is embodying the word "madness," which is the opposite of her previous timid behavior.

The spell card in her hand lit up with a light, and a dense barrage of red and blue bullets shot towards Bai Ye. Moreover, as they flew towards him, they seemed to... split into two?

Taking a deep breath, just as the barrage of comments was about to hit Bai Ye, he exhaled, instantly creating a storm. Although Reisen wasn't blown away despite his deliberate control over the storm's power, her spell card was essentially useless.

"To achieve this level with just a casual breath, that's truly an unreasonable level of power." Inaba Tei, who had been pretending to have left but was actually still observing from the shadows, couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly upon seeing this scene.

Sure enough, although it was a bit unethical in practice, her choice was the most correct. Only a fool would fight against such a monster! Just like that tyrant in the flower field, could her strength really be limited by a mere spell card system?

According to the information she has gathered these past few days, the number of monsters who thought they could suppress this tyrant because of the introduction of the spell card system, but who were all buried underground and turned into fertilizer by her, is about to break the four-figure mark. And this is only because that tyrant has been frequently absent for some reason recently, otherwise... tsk tsk.

Although Reisen had taken a rare stance, she seemed to have no chance of winning against Byakuya, whose strength, according to Eirin, was no less than that of the tyrant Hanada.

While Inaba Tei was lighting candles for Reisen, Reisen also sensed the difference in strength between herself and Byakuya.

Master, take a look for yourself. In this situation, you have absolutely no chance of winning. You want me to keep him out? Aren't you making things difficult for me, Reisen?

"Want to continue?" Seeing her grit her teeth and take out another talisman card, Bai Ye let out a soft "hmm".

"Although I know the chances of winning are slim, I retreated once a long time ago, and even fled to the ground because of it. This time... at least before I am defeated, I will not allow any intruders to enter here!" Reisen shouted out her thoughts and called out the name of the second spell card.

"Mad Vision - Mad Vision Tuning!"