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Black Jeanne, who was "focused" on watching the TV program, suddenly laughed out of nowhere.
"Alright, let's get down to business." Despite being glared at by Bai Ye with deadpan eyes, Yakumo Yukari could still feel a tiny bit of pressure: "Through the previous vampire incident, the behavior of those lesser demons has made us realize something..."
Stretching out, Yukari Yakumo sat down opposite Byakuya. "Over the years, thanks to the combined efforts of me, Ran, and all the Hakurei Shrine Maidens, Gensokyo has indeed become more and more peaceful. However, too much peace isn't a good thing. Because there hasn't been a proper battle for so long, those little youkai don't even have the will to fight back when faced with a mere little bat. They surrendered without hesitation!"
Speaking of those good-for-nothings, Yukari Yakumo's face showed undisguised disgust.
"So what do you plan to do?" As a good listener, Byakuya asked after Yakumo Yukari finished speaking.
"We plan to introduce some interesting things into Gensokyo, something that won't bore the otherworldly creatures in its long peace, nor will it cause any damage to the Great Barrier." Clearly, the youkai sage was quite pleased with Byakuya's support. After clapping her hands lightly, she explained her idea.
"As the maintainer of the great barrier, if you make any decisions, it seems you don't need to tell me, right?" Bai Ye asked the most crucial question.
"How can you say that, bro? As a member of Gensokyo, when we make decisions that affect the entire Gensokyo, we definitely have to consider your thoughts, right?"
"So, who did you visit before coming here?"
"Isn't it enough that we came to see you first, Brother? Isn't that enough to prove your status in our hearts?" Yakumo Yukari opened her fan, covering most of her face, revealing only her beautiful eyes as she stared at Byakuya.
"Hmmm... I have a feeling you're up to something?"
"Ahem, well, we found some clues in the goods you're selling." Seeing that Bai Ye hadn't fallen for her trick, Yakumo Yukari shook her head in disappointment, reached into the gap, took out a card, and placed it on the counter in front of her: "I remember you said something like, sir, that you can seal anything in this kind of card, right?"
Bai Ye glanced down...
"Western-style dinner knife"?
When have you ever bought something like this from me?
"Oh dear, worrying about such details will only make you a 9, anyway, this thing is right here with us now." Yukari Yakumo waved her hand. "Hey buddy, answer my question first."
"Theoretically speaking... anything can be sealed inside."
"What about the attack?"
"You mean this kind?" Byakuya took out a basic magic cannon produced by Kazami Yuuka.
“Yes, that’s it.” Yukari Yakumo’s expression was somewhat excited as she tapped her palm with her lace fan. “This kind of card is…”
"Wake up, this is my unique ability, just like you as a demon, a demon of a certain race."
"Nonsense, of course we know that. But don't forget, this is Gensokyo, a place where all things uncommon gather. If we could simply copy your method and seal the attack inside exactly, we wouldn't dare use it as a solution to our current problem... What we're thinking about is whether we can create something that allows everyone to unleash attacks of roughly the same power, without causing the user to lose their individuality..."
"Your idea... should be feasible."
Based on the scene described by Yukari Yakumo, Byakuya nodded.
"Hehe, then I'll leave the rest to the store manager?"
"...What troubles me for?" Looking at Yukari Yakumo smiling at him, Byakuya suddenly felt that she was like a super-sized nuisance.
"Of course, I'd like to trouble you to help me invent the kind of thing we're talking about. Although it's a completely different thing in essence, with someone as experienced as you helping, it should be much easier to actually get started, right?" Yakumo Yukari grabbed Byakuya's sleeve with a grin.
white night:"……"
As expected, nothing good came of it. So all that you said before was just a setup for this last sentence, right?
"Let me tell you, you want me to put aside my business at the shop to help you deal with that damn mess? Forget about a door, there's not even a window. With millions of dollars at stake, how could I possibly have the time to waste on you?" After failing to free his clothes, Bai Ye hardened his heart and swiftly chopped off the sleeve of 3.0 that Yakumo Yukari was holding with a single chop.
"You really won't agree?"
"no way!"
"This is a bit difficult. We spent a lot of money to get this from Yuuka-chan..." Yakumo Yukari looked at the memory card in her hand with a regretful expression. The eight-figure balance on it made Byakuya's eyebrows twitch.
"five million?"
"Hehe." Manager Bai remained unmoved.
"Ten million?"
"..." Bai Ye admitted that he was somewhat tempted.
"That's settled then, fifty million. If that doesn't work, we'll have to figure it out ourselves."
"make a deal!"
Integrity?
That useless stuff is nowhere near as practical as Origin Coin!
……
Chapter 101 Failure is the Mother of Success (approximately)
With Yukari Yakumo spending money recklessly, Byakuya, a staunch believer in the supremacy of money, finally abandoned her pride and sank into the abyss of depravity...
just kidding.
Thinking about it carefully, as long as the price is right, even Bai Ye would agree to plant flowers in a sunflower field, so cooperating in making a card game doesn't seem like a big deal.
After paying the transaction, Yakumo Yukari tossed a large fox to Byakuya, then leaned back and lay down in the gap. If she wasn't mistaken, she could hear a woman's laughter that clearly didn't belong to Yakumo Yukari...
Does that sound familiar?
Shaking his head to clear his mind of those fleeting thoughts, Bai Ye looked at the big fox staring at him with a bewildered expression, Yakumo Yukari's shikigami, Yakumo Ran.
"Now that I've brought you here, shouldn't Yakumo Yukari have already told you what to do next?"
"Huh?" Yakumo Ran tilted her head: "But Lady Yukari didn't say anything."
"...It really does seem like something she would do."
It's truly remarkable that Gensokyo has managed to survive this long under such management!
After telling Yakumo Ran about Yakumo Yukari's ideas, the big fox lowered her head and thought for a while before suddenly looking at Byakuya: "So it's like the cards you have, Mr. Model Shopkeeper, that can be made into cards that can present your special moves in another way?"
"That's about it." Byakuya was quite satisfied with Yakumo Ran's "comprehension".
This is the kind of mind a wise person who has lived a three-digit lifespan should have. It seems more appropriate for her to learn from Yuuka Kazami and just get through whatever she encounters, like that idle person.
"By the way, although I was dragged here by Yukari Yakumo as a recruit, I don't actually know much about these mystical things. The ability to freely transform any object into a card is more like an instinct, you..."
"Ah... Don't worry, shopkeeper. After becoming Lady Purple's shikigami, although I spend most of my time dealing with housework, I have still taught myself some very useful knowledge in my spare time."
"That's wonderful." Bai Ye patted the big fox on the shoulder with satisfaction.
……
Although it may not actually be of much help, at least it's worth receiving 50 million, so it's important to maintain appearances.
So what Yakumo Yukari, who occasionally took a break to secretly observe the situation here, saw was Byakuya engrossed in researching new cards with her shikigami.
Moreover, thanks to the omnipotent Origin Coin, even Yakumo Ran, his actual work partner, didn't realize that Byakuya was actually a much more terrifying existence than someone who was only half-knowledgeable... His bucket was completely empty.
After spending almost half a month on this, the first version of the spell card was finally completed.
This thing, which Byakuya and Yakumo Ran named a spell card, perfectly inherited the appearance of its ancestor, the card in Byakuya's Dimensional Shop version—a perfect replica of the size and shape of a playing card.
It's just the right size, not too big or too small, perfect for holding in your hand.
Of course, it wouldn't actually have any patterns like the Ace of Hearts, the 2 of Diamonds, or the 3 of Clubs drawn on it; the whole card is just a blank canvas.
Looking at the card in his hand, which had taken him and the fox a full half month to create, the first thing Bai Ye did was to use the ability of the Dimensional Shop to register it and then replicate a stack of them.
Name: Blank Spell Card
Type: Card
"Attribute: None"
Quality: Excellent
"Note: Want to play cards? I can conjure up eight pairs of royal flush with one king."
"Alright, the save is complete. Don't worry about having to start all over again after destroying the card. Now let's test its effect... You or me?"
"Manager, you can have it." Yakumo Ran shook her head, refusing to let Byakuya hand over the spell card.
"also."
Holding the talisman in his hand, Bai Ye closed his eyes and, following the rules they had set up when creating it, recalled his ultimate move in his mind.
As Bai Ye's immortal energy was gradually depleted, a great sun appeared on the card. Then, under Yakumo Ran's horrified gaze, the sun's light grew increasingly intense, until finally—
boom!
"Luckily, I shielded everything around me before I started the experiment." This was Bai Ye's first thought when the spell card exploded in his hand.
"..." x2
The first experiment ended in failure.
With a wave of his hand, Bai Ye turned the stack of blank talisman cards on the table into ashes.
……
A few days later, the second-generation spell cards, which improved the stability during energy infusion based on the first-generation spell cards, were freshly produced.
This time, Byakuya and Yakumo Ran put a lot of effort into the energy injection part of the structure, so Byakuya's process of injecting immortal essence into the second-generation spell card went relatively smoothly.
Looking at the figure in the center of the card, holding the sun and whose face was obscured, Yakumo Ran's gaze towards Byakuya subtly took on a strange quality.
After the spell card was completed, following the activation method designed in the spell card, Bai Ye held the spell card in his hand and gave a soft shout.
"The Eternal Sun God".
"..."
"The Eternal Sun God!"
"..."
"The Eternal Sun God?!"
Only after injecting three times the energy required to normally activate this power was the spell card officially activated. A small sun slammed into the wall that had been used as a target, and then everyone in the shop felt an extremely high heat energy accompanied by a strong shockwave rushing towards them.
After the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, Bai Ye clicked his tongue, said nothing, and directly turned the replicated second-generation spell card into ashes.
"Lan, since the original method isn't working, how about we try a different approach?"
"Let's try a different approach... How?"
“For example, like this… like this… and then like this.” Picking up the sketch paper and pen on the table, Byakuya sketched two lines on the paper, making the spell card appear in front of Yakumo Ran in an almost completely new way.
"Hmm..." Yakumo Ran fell into thought, her brain working at full speed, comparable to a supercomputer...
You know what, at least in theory, this new type of spell card works.
Chapter 102 The Red and White Priestess Who Still Has Her Manhood
It took another two weeks to change our approach.
Looking at the newly made third-generation spell card in their hands, Byakuya and Yakumo Ran exchanged a glance and breathed a sigh of relief—they had finally made this thing.
However, it's not time to relax yet.
Just like the previous two times, Bai Ye held the spell card, recorded the information of his power "Eternal Sun God" into it, and then activated the spell card in front of the wall.
This time, the spell cards finally achieved the effect that Byakuya, Yakumo Ran, and Yakumo Yukari had envisioned—
It consumes relatively little energy and unleashes a ranged attack that, while not particularly powerful, is undeniably spectacular.
After Byakuya's spell card was successful, Yakumo Ran also picked up a blank spell card from the table and successfully released an attack that was weaker than Byakuya's single attack, but once activated, it formed a dense barrage of bullets.
"Success?"
"Yes, yes, it worked!" Yakumo Ran nodded excitedly, echoing Byakuya's words.
After more than a month, she finally managed to get this job sorted out. Since Lady Zi moved to the White Jade Pavilion, she hadn't even been back to the Lost Home for over ten days; she really missed Orange's fragrant, soft body!
white night:"……"
Is there no one normal in the Yakumo family, or do people become normal after entering that place, no matter how normal they are?
"Before you continue with your wildest fantasies about things you don't even know the details of, could you please contact Yakumo Yukari first? I need to hand in the form." Bai Ye gently poked Yakumo Ran's shoulder.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I was being rude." Yakumo Ran was mortified and apologized repeatedly.
A few seconds later, she opened her eyes and looked at Bai Ye strangely.
"Lady Murasaki said she trusts your character, Shopkeeper. Since she says it's already finished, there shouldn't be any problems. However, she's currently busy with another matter and would like you to send the spell card samples to the Hakurei Shrine first." Seeing that Byakuya seemed about to say something, Yakumo Ran added, "The reward is five million. Just deliver the items and then inform the current Hakurei Shrine Maiden about the spell card rules."
"..."