Gensokyo's Dimensional Black Shop

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Holding Gungnir in his hand, Bai Ye was in a slight dilemma.

Tony, however, didn't think much of it. Having taken five shots and only slightly staggered, he grinned and said, "Finally giving up that gun and taking out your real weapon?"

"Weapons... well, I guess."

Bai Ye was taken aback; Tony's question had truly stumped him.

Thinking about it carefully, although he had gained some experience in using Gungnir in several battles, it was ultimately just a one-time projection, and the real Gungnir was not in his hands—although in actual use, there was not much difference between the two.

After I get back this time, should I consider getting myself a weapon that's truly my own?

"Hey, that's going too far. You're even distracted while fighting me." Noticing that Bai Ye's gaze was somewhat unfocused, Tony complained.

"Sorry, sorry." Bai Ye smiled insincerely, brandishing Gungnir in a flourish. "Warm-up complete, let's begin!"

"Whoa, let's fight!" Tony roared excitedly. "I swear here and now, I will not allow anything I cannot sever to exist!"

As he chanted the incantation, terrifying magical power gathered in Tony's hand, causing his right arm to gleam silver.

Power: The Torn Silver Hand!

This is Tony's strongest power, a power he usurped from the Celtic god "Nua'ada," a terrifying yet unassuming power. When he activates this power, his flesh and blood hands transform into silver metallic hands, and the immense power contained within these hands allows Tony to wield a demonic sword capable of cutting through anything.

A silver light emanated from Tony's right hand and transferred to the longsword in his hand. Then, he swung the sword fiercely, and a bright silver blade streaked across the night sky, slashing towards Bai Ye.

"Your Majesty, this sword will cleave and slice through everything on earth!"

when--

As a divine artifact, Gungnir did not disappoint Bai Ye at the crucial moment. Even though Tony had activated his power that was said to be able to cut through everything, Gungnir remained sturdy. Bai Ye, on the other hand, almost lost his grip on it due to the tremor caused by the slash.

Bai Ye shook his slightly numb wrist and breathed out a sigh of relief.

"It's only polite to reciprocate. Since that's the case, why don't you try taking a shot from me!"

"I hereby swear that this gun will strike the heart of the man before me!"

Whoosh!

Gungnir, which is a throwing weapon by nature, finally fulfilled its original purpose for the first time after being used as a club by White Night for a while.

With a "thud," even with the steel-protected defense, Gungnir still pierced through Tony's chest. However, thanks to the outer layer of steel, it didn't directly hit Tony's heart, but instead left a terrifying penetrating wound on his body by a hair's breadth.

"Is this your power?" While circulating his magical power to repair the wound on his chest, Tony looked in amazement at the Gungnir that had re-formed in Bai Ye's hand: "It has a very powerful penetrating force. I almost thought I was going to die here just now."

Clearly, the Gungnir that Bai Ye recreated at the cost of 10,000 Origin Coins was so perfectly timed that Tony already mistook it for a weapon that would automatically return to its master after an attack.

Not only Tony, but also Lu Yinghua and Andrei, who were standing nearby, as well as Paul and others who were attracted by the fight between the two, probably thought so.

Paul hurriedly arrived at Lu Yinghua and Andrei's side, sweating profusely as he looked at the two who were confronting each other in the arena. In particular, he noticed the large hole in Tony's chest, which, although repaired with magic, was clearly just roughly plugged to prevent blood from flowing out, and the internal organs could even be seen inside.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Andrei, what's going on?"

Lu Yinghua glared at Paul unhappily: "I want to ask you the same thing. First, during the day, you used a seemingly inexplicable excuse to keep the White Night King here. Then, just a few hours later, the Sword King cleaved the Nine O'Clock, the king's residence, in two with a single sword strike. Even if the White Night King has the least seniority among the Seven Kings, he's not someone you can just play around with, is he?"

"No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" Paul hurriedly covered his mouth.

Holy crap, after your analysis, if he weren't Paul himself, he'd probably think that the Copper Black Cross plotted against the White Night King under the Sword King's orders. But as Paul himself, he really didn't do such a thing.

He left the White Night King behind simply to observe the White Night King's character and decide whether or not to pledge his loyalty to him.

"Disciple of the Martial Arts King, I think you've misunderstood Mr. Paul." Seeing Lu Yinghua's aggressive stance, Andrei stepped in with a wry smile to smooth things over: "Paul did call us earlier to tell us about his plan to hand over the Gorgon Stone to the White Night King, but there was absolutely no scheme against the new king. That idiot suddenly dragged me onto the plane while he was taking a shower, saying that his sword sensed a worthy opponent... Heaven knows why that sword that cost me 30 euros could sense the presence of an opponent thousands of miles away!"

"..." x2

"Hmm...it really does seem like something that His Majesty would do." After a moment of silence, Lu Yinghua rolled his eyes.

As expected, the essence of god-slayers is that they are all oversized problem children who can't stand not causing trouble.

"Speaking of which, is the wound on the Sword King... really alright?" The blonde girl, who had been listening to the three for a while, suddenly pointed to Tony on the battlefield. Although the through wound that Gungnir had stabbed him had healed somewhat, it was still possible to see from behind to the front.

"Since he's still standing, he should be alright... right?"

As soon as Andrei finished speaking, Tony, who had just been full of vigor and seemed capable of fighting Bai Ye for three hundred rounds, turned pale, swayed back and forth, and then collapsed to the ground.

Across from him, Bai Ye silently abandoned the idea of ​​firing another shot.

Chapter 091 The Gorgon Stone

The battle between god-slayers has come to an end, with one of the two main characters, Tony, now fallen. This inexplicable fight can no longer continue.

Yawning, Bai Ye shook his head as he watched the bespectacled man apologizing to him while helping Tony away. He then went to Paul and asked him to arrange accommodation for the night.

After Tony's unexpected attack, Lu Yinghua had already clearly expressed his dissatisfaction. Although Bai Ye had not yet made a statement, Paul did not dare to arrange for the two to stay in other hotels. Instead, he directly asked Bai Ye to stay overnight in a guest room at the headquarters of the Copper Black Cross.

As a renowned magical society throughout Southern Europe and even the world, the headquarters of the Copper Black Cross is quite good, except that it was chosen to be located in a somewhat remote area to avoid attracting the attention of ordinary people.

The next morning, after waking up and washing up, Bai Ye went out the door.

"Hey," "Ha"...

A series of soft shouts came from beside me.

Following the direction of the sound, after passing through a not-too-long corridor, a girl in a bright red dress was gesturing softly while brandishing a rapier, seemingly practicing.

Bai Ye yawned again, and clicked his tongue lightly, showing no interest in swordsmanship.

"Oh~ my dear friend, although this little girl's swordsmanship is indeed appalling, don't you think it's quite delightful to have someone perform according to your interests so early in the morning?" A casual voice rang out behind Bai Ye.

"Sorry, I really don't think so." Bai Ye twitched the corner of his mouth. "And can't we talk properly? To be honest, it would be perfectly reasonable for me to shoot you again right now. What's with that 'best friend' thing?"

"Don't worry about such details," Tony chuckled.

Judging from his complexion, although he wasn't in good condition when the battle ended last night, he has recovered quite well overnight.

But... such an intimate term as "best friend" is just a small matter to you?

"...This is not a detail!"

"No, that's the detail."

Then the two began to argue about the issue, leaving a girl who had initially thought the two kings would offer some insightful opinions on her swordsmanship to grit her teeth in secret.

Incredible!

Pleasure is not an option!

Italian prodigy Erica chopped down a landscape tree in her backyard with a single sword stroke.

……

After breakfast, Bai Ye and Tony, led by Paul, went to a dark room.

In this dark room, four middle-aged women dressed as nuns stood in four different directions, with pale purple runes flowing from their hands, forming an oval-shaped protective shield.

"To fool me, you actually went so far as to pretend that it needed to be sealed away?"

“Ahem… Your Majesty, what I said yesterday was true.” Paul coughed twice. “Only in this way can we stop the Gorgon Stone from exchanging messages with that Unruly One. We found this method in the ancient ruins where the Gorgon Stone was discovered. It is because of these spells that the Gorgon Stone in the ruins was not taken away by that Unruly One in the past few years.”

“Actually, you don’t need to say so much.” Bai Ye smiled at Paul, and added in her mind, “Anyway, I don’t believe it.”

Emmmmm......

"Can this thing really attract the Unruly?" While Bai Ye and Paul exchanged a knowing glance, Tony, who was bored, circled the Gorgon Stone, which was sealed by a spell, and asked curiously.

Paul nodded: "Yes, before this, a magic society had already been destroyed by the Unruly, and several of our Red Copper Black Cross branches were also breached. The people inside were petrified without any power to resist. Only the Unruly have such power."

"That's it..."

"Are you interested?" Judging from Tony's current expression and recalling Tony's performance last night, Bai Ye roughly guessed what this guy was thinking.

What could be more appealing to a god-slaying battle maniac than a god delivered right to his door?

Not to mention, this guy also has a dark history of trying to take things from the old man and refusing to comply.

“Of course!” Tony’s answer was as expected, but his next words surprised Bai Ye. “But my dear friend, you can rest assured. Since John has already agreed to give it to you, I won’t compete with you for it. I only hope that when the time comes, the one who refuses will give you enough power to fight us properly…”

"you sure?"

“Of course!” Tony smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Paul, who was worried that the two kings would fight each other directly at the headquarters of the Copper Black Cross, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The two largest criminal gangs on site reached a consensus, and the people of the Copper Black Cross naturally wouldn't cause trouble at this time. So, the four middle-aged women jointly untied the spell, making it easier for Bai Ye to take away the Gorgon Stone inside.

Holding the stone, which was no bigger than the palm of his hand, Bai Ye used his powers to see a black line on the stone that stretched into the distance.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the connection between this divine artifact and the one who relentlessly pursues it.

Logically, what Bai Ye should have done at this point was to take the Gorgon Stone to a sufficiently open location, wait for the god to come to him, and then kill that god. Everything would then be perfect. However, just as he was about to do so, he suddenly felt a vibration in his shirt pocket.

Bai Ye casually sealed the Gorgon Stone away and took out the card that had just vibrated to look at it.

Is this the signal I made with Jeanne Alter? Are guests arriving?

"What a coincidence?" Bai Ye murmured, then nodded. "That's right. If it were at the peak of those days, there would be more than one guest by now."

"Well, I'm sorry, I've run into some trouble. Here's my contact information. I don't think you'll need anything, but it would be nice to come over for tea sometime." Bai Ye handed a card to Tony, and before Tony could even nod, he abruptly vanished before Tony and the others from the Copper Black Cross.

In a remote town in Northern Europe, a silver-haired girl looks south with a puzzled expression.

"My snake...where did it go?"

Meow meow meow?

Chapter 092 Welcome to Gensokyo

When Bai Ye returned to the Dimensional Shop, a blue-haired loli was idly swinging her legs on a stool in front of the counter.

Coincidentally, Bai Ye knew this little girl, and had a deep impression of her—

The five-hundred-year-old vampire loli who recently moved into the Scarlet Devil Mansion is also Remilia Scarlet, the true master of Gungnir, which he is currently using quite smoothly.

Upon seeing Bai Ye appear, the little girl jumped off the chair. Then, as she looked up and met Bai Ye's gaze, she seemed to notice something amiss. So, she jumped back onto the stool to maintain her superior position and said, "Well, so this shop that doesn't sell anything is indeed run by you, you fraudster!"

fraud?

Uh, it seems that in order to steal this girl's one-time Gungnir, I concealed some of Gensokyo's true combat strength.

Judging from the tone she used when she rewarded me handsomely after conquering Gensokyo, could this girl really have taken it seriously?

"Guest, what do you mean by 'we don't sell anything'? Our shop's principle has always been that as long as you can afford the price, we'll sell you anything, and we'll buy you anything too." With a guilty conscience, Bai Ye cleverly steered clear of the swindler's claim and instead focused on the parts of Remilia's words that puzzled him.

"Hmph, then why did she say there wasn't any fresh type B blood when I asked?" Remilia had indeed fallen for the trick, angrily pointing at the innocent-looking Jeanne Alter.

"Well, our store has only recently started operating smoothly, and we're still replenishing a lot of our stock, including the type B blood you requested..."

"I won't listen! You're definitely lying to me again!"

Sakuya gently tugged at her young mistress's sleeve from behind: "Young mistress, have you forgotten why you came here today?"

"Purpose? What purpose?"

"..."

"I remember now. It was because of the false information you provided that all the vampires and monsters I brought in from the outside world were wiped out, and even I was... was..."

I feel like there's a story (or something) behind the ellipses between those two "被"s?

"Hmph, in any case, I, on behalf of the Scarlett family, will remember this grudge. You just wait, one day I will definitely get my revenge!"

After saying that, Remilia flew out of the store without looking back, leaving Bai Ye with a majestic back view.

After apologizing to Bai Ye and telling him not to take Remilia's angry words to heart, Izayoi Sakuya hurriedly chased after her young lady, leaving Bai Ye completely bewildered.

"Little Zhenzhen, what's going on?"

"What kind of weird address is that?!" Jeanne Alter looked disgusted. "Besides, I haven't left here these past few days. It seems like this little girl only stopped at the door for three days because of you, right?"

"I see..." Bai Ye touched his chin.

It seems they really came knocking because of what happened last time. Judging from what this young lady said, it seems her plan isn't going very smoothly.

"Yo yo yo~ Mr. Manager, who's been away from home for several days, finally remembers this is your home?" A gap suddenly opened in the shop doorway, and half of Yakumo Yukari emerged: "We thought you, Manager Shiro, had already packed your bags and run away because of what you did, but we didn't expect you to dare come back~"

"Nonsense! What could I possibly have done?"

"Hey, didn't another victim just come to our door? She looked like such a young girl, but someone turned around and denied everything. We all feel sorry for that little girl..."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Ye reached out and pulled Yakumo Yukari out of the gap.

"Don't you have any gentlemanly manners at all? It's one thing to touch a beauty like me inappropriately, but to use so much force? It's a wonder you're not single." Yukari Yakumo rubbed her wrist, which had just been grabbed by Byakuya, and complained...

This guy has so much strength!