Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Youmu, what are your thoughts?"

Youmu Konpaku: "In a vast cemetery filled with fluttering cherry blossoms, two characters wield the powers of life and death respectively. The living can harm the dead and heal the wounded. The dead can kill the living and make the dead more active. They must cooperate to defeat the attacking enemies and deal with the attacks of the dead and the living."

Life and death are the themes of the Soul House, when Kurokawa Kazuya asks about the BOSS.

She thought of both of them almost immediately.

Because of her family's academic background, she can even make quite a few connections related to this topic.

Hearing about Youmu's words, Yukari Yakumo, who was standing nearby, also had her thoughts sparked.

She didn't have the idea of ​​rashly revealing her identity information.

In fact, she had come up with all sorts of ideas about how to get the monsters to cooperate.

Yukari Yakumo: "How's the forging power? One's heating, the other's hammering."

She recalled the various thoughts she had had while observing human beings.

Yukari Yakumo: "During the so-called challenge, they can try to work together to create various tools by using hammers and heating to find a way to escape from the materials on the map."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Oh, that sounds really good."

He began to encourage the blonde girl who was joining for the first time.

After receiving affirmation from Kurokawa Kazuya, Yakumo Yukari gradually relaxed and continued speaking, following her train of thought.

Yukari Yakumo: "Similarly, the power of construction can also be used, one to glue and the other to move. This method can be used to build high platforms and reach areas that are difficult to climb."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Not bad, not bad."

He nodded in agreement, and Youmu Konpaku beside him also nodded in agreement with these points.

After recounting everything, Yukari Yakumo looked at the two people in front of her.

At this moment, even though he knew that Kurokawa Kazuya and Youmu Konpaku were playing along with him, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of joy.

This even made Yukari Yakumo reflect on her inner changes for a fleeting moment, and then she quickly felt helpless because of these changes.

The youkai of the boundary didn't care about most things in the past because he never doubted himself.

But now, she is facing something completely unfamiliar and something she lacks confidence in.

Even though she knew Kurokawa Kazuya was playing the straight man, she still developed a slight dependence on his words because of her own lack of confidence.

Youmu Konpaku: "Speaking of which, if we follow Miss Meryl's design, then the abilities of the youkai obtained in the game are basically geared towards various applications in human society."

She pondered for a moment: "A laboratory that has captured a lot of monsters, and the monsters' abilities combined happen to be skills that can be used in human society. So, it seems that the boss of this game must be an evil human Onmyoji?"

Youmu Konpaku: "So the plot became that an evil Onmyoji captured a group of yokai, and then the yokai..."

Yukari Yakumo: "Stop!!"

At this moment, the youkai of the boundary interrupted Youmu, saying, "This kind of plot won't work."

After speaking, she turned and stared at Kurokawa Kazuya.

The yokai from the boundary want to cultivate cooperation among yokai, and according to Kurokawa Kazuya's plan, these yokai will eventually integrate into the city.

How could they release such a plot at this time, which would only intensify the monsters' hostility towards humans?

However, she doesn't intend to reveal her purpose to more people for the time being.

At this point, Kurokawa and Yami need to explain Youmu Konpaku.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

What is this? Is this some kind of alternate-world version of political correctness?

Sensing the questioning gazes of the surrounding spirits and youmu, Kurokawa Kazuya composed himself: "From now on, my city will hire weak youmu to work for me."

Youmu Konpaku: "...!"

The meticulous samurai was surprised for a moment, but quickly returned to silence.

A qualified samurai will not doubt his lord's decision.

Yukari Yakumo: "What are your thoughts on the plot, Master?"

Golden eyes stared at Kurokawa and Mi, her beautiful face tense. At this moment, the Boundary Demon seemed to be getting a little anxious.

After Kurokawa Kazuya lowered his head and thought for a moment:

"Actually, Youmu's storyline isn't bad. Youkai have always been hostile to humans, especially weak ones. I remember you told me, Meryl, that in their eyes, humans are basically villains who want to enslave them."

Yukari Yakumo: "It is indeed not uncommon for Onmyoji to enslave yokai and turn them into shikigami, which is why this plot cannot be shown."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "No, it's precisely because this is a common occurrence that this plot point has to be included. Denying a universally acknowledged fact in the plot would only reduce the game's immersion. After all, this has always been happening, and it can't be faked."

At this point, he put on a serious expression and said to Yukari Yakumo, "If you want to emphasize unity, you can add modified humans to the game. Direct the core of the story towards the weak uniting and cooperating to defeat the strong, rather than simply a competition between humans and yokai."

"What people fear is the bullying of the weak by the strong, not the so-called difference between humans and demons."

Frankly speaking, from Kurokawa Kazuya's perspective, let's not even mention those people in Heian-kyo who are gradually training as demons.

That is none other than Youmu Konpaku, who is right before our eyes now.

The other party's half-soul, half-human identity could actually be considered a kind of monster.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Is Merry interested in this? If so, you can try going back and writing an outline."

He put forward his own ideas.

It is a major taboo in the industry for laymen to instruct professionals.

Regarding matters concerning yokai, Kurokawa Kazuya felt that Meryl definitely knew more about them than he did, and if she were to write it, the quality would be much better due to the various details of her personal experiences.

Yukari Yakumo: "Okay."

The blonde girl nodded, pondering Kurokawa Kazuya's words.

She thought the other person's description was quite good. What people are afraid of is the bullying of the weak by the strong. As long as the direction is changed to this, there will be so much to write about.

The Demon of the Realm, with her thousand years of experience, was no pushover; she had witnessed far too many similar scenes.

Various images were already racing through the girl's mind.

That very evening, Kurokawa Kazuya received the script from Meryl.

In this brand new script—

In this storyline, the main villain who orchestrates everything is none other than the infamous being of the demon world, Yakumo Yukari.

Chapter 77 Yakumo Yukari's Invitation Fails

The sages of the realm are stealing human technology by cooperating with humans.

It's perfectly reasonable, even too reasonable.

After all, this aligns with its usual display of wisdom, which is quite different from that of a demon.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with the fact that the Boundary Demon captures weaker demons to experiment on.

The way powerful monsters treat weak monsters is never worse than how humans treat monsters.

In short, in the story ending designed by Yukari Yakumo.

The weak monsters and weak humans, working together, rely on the special inheritance they obtained from the Boundary Demons to unite everyone's power into one person.

He briefly repelled the boundary demon named Yakumo Yukari and established his own city in the east, which would be the final refuge for all the weak.

As long as the rules are followed, everyone can create value there; the weak are not meaningless.

Just like in a game, they cooperate to accomplish miracles and overcome levels.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

That noon, looking at the script written by Meryl, he suddenly had a grudge he couldn't help but vent.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Something about the storyline of this game feels off."

Meryl: "I think it's pretty good. Besides, isn't this supposed to be the kind of epic feel you were talking about?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Emmm... if we're just talking about ease of understanding, it's alright. The hero gathers his companions and ultimately unites to defeat the demon king, it sounds plausible. If the art style were a bit more cartoonish, it could also be considered a family-friendly game?"

In terms of multiplayer cooperative games, the best that Kazuya Kurokawa remembers is probably Nintendo's series of games, as well as the famous "Two-Person Team" from his previous life.

The former's plot is basically the most standard prince saving princess, while the latter's plot, although quite funny upon closer inspection, still has a childlike quality at first glance.

Multiplayer games place more emphasis on communication between players. Because players need to communicate, they naturally won't create storylines that are too deep or too difficult to understand.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Analyzing it this way, it suddenly seems like your script is actually quite suitable, Meryl?"

He made this comment.

I wonder if my next game will be like Nintendo's Mario saves the princess, where the boss always escapes halfway through the fight.

He shook his head, banishing the strange thought from his mind.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "The next step is to finish designing each character. Merry, you must have seen quite a few monsters, right? Should we try to make them into chibi versions and bring them into the game?"

Yukari Yakumo: "This was originally my idea. I will try my best to recreate the skill effects of real youkai in the game."

She nodded, still holding the book, but the blonde girl's usually indifferent face now showed a hint of eagerness.

Since completing the basic framework yesterday, Yukari Yakumo has been experiencing a strange sense of excitement.

The gameplay itself is enough to attract monsters, isn't it?

Monsters where the strong prey on the weak, monsters where the strong are respected.

If you were still in a weak stage, wouldn't you want to try what it would feel like to have the abilities of those legendary great monsters?

Putting herself in his shoes, Yukari Yakumo felt she definitely wouldn't be able to resist.

She even planned to disassemble her abilities and transfer them to the final boss and players.

She will then promote the game to the outside world, claiming that players can experience the power of Boundary Demons, and she can even promote it using her own identity as a Boundary Demon, Yakumo Yukari.

After that, how could you not attract monsters to come and play?

Once someone comes to play, the storyline in the game will be enough to shock those monsters.

As someone who has never experienced the bombardment of the information age, Yukari Yakumo vividly remembers her first experience playing "Tales of Kaguya".

The game's storyline, combined with the music and performance, left an indelible impression on her.

She will firmly imprint scenes and images of monsters uniting, monsters using their abilities to complete human tasks, and weak monsters forming alliances to defeat stronger ones into the hearts of those players.

In addition, she remembered that Kurokawa Kazuya had said that his investment in this game was ten times that of "Tales of Kaguya".

Yukari Yakumo: "Master."

Long, slightly wavy golden hair, a white beret, and a cool face that blends Eastern and Western girlish styles, carrying a subtle drive.

Because she was in a lively mood, and seemed to have completely taken on the role of Merry, Yukari Yakumo called out "Master" quite naturally.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Hmm."

He nodded calmly, clearly quite pleased with the young woman beside him.

Yukari Yakumo: "When will we actually start construction?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Uh..."

He turned to look at the blonde girl beside him who seemed about to burst into flames.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Preparations are still underway. If you'd like, you can start designing now, Meryl. However, I still suggest you take a stroll around the 'City of Technology' later."

Yukari Yakumo: "Is it really necessary?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Yes, we need to. After all, the main setting for our upcoming game levels is actually this city. According to the game's lore, those who escape will rebuild the city on the site of the former laboratory. Also..."

Yukari Yakumo: "Mm."

The blonde girl nodded.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "The city's first festival is about to begin. Melly, aren't you going to take a stroll around the city with Yuyuko?"

He looked at the blonde girl in front of him with a serious expression.

Yakumo Yukari: “…”

His serious and excited expression paused slightly at that moment.

The youkai in the realm looked intently at Kurokawa and Miya in front of them.