Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

Yukari Yakumo said that Yuyuko deliberately pushed herself out to interact with others, precisely for this reason.

The young lady, who is nearing her end, wants Yakumo Yukari to still have someone to talk to like her after her death, instead of turning back into the murderous, high-level demon she first met.

Yukari Yakumo: "This is Yuyuko's own choice and the fate of the Saigyu family. Death is the responsibility of the underworld. Those who try to escape their destined death will be hunted down by the Grim Reaper."

The demon at the level of shaking his head did not say much on this matter.

The conversation seemed to revolve around the middle finger, and the two continued to wander around the festival, each lost in their own thoughts.

Until we arrived at the center, near the stage.

Seeing that one person had stopped and withdrawn their foot, Banai turned around and walked towards another place.

The direction in which he stopped was clearly the venue where the band had just finished their performance.

Yakumo Yukari: “…”

Yukari Yakumo: "Kurokawa and the others have been gone from the concert venue for a while now. The results must be quite important to you, right? Is it okay if you don't go to see them?"

This wasn't the first time the youkai from the boundary had spent time alone and chatting with Hanami.

During her conversation with Anna Hanami, the other woman frequently brought up the topic of the band girl.

This seems to involve something related to Anna Hanami.

According to Yukari Yakumo's understanding, Anna Hanami will leave this town permanently in the future in a way that is not death.

The experiment involving those playing music concerns whether the girls can return to the town in a similar way after they leave, like a clone.

This guy mentioned it many times back then, and seemed to care a lot about it.

Now that the time has actually come, they're hiding.

Anna Hanami: "This matter isn't that important, is it?"

Under the gaze of the blonde girl beside her, she unconsciously turned her head away.

Yukari Yakumo: "Isn't it important? So, do you want the related experiments to succeed or fail?"

Yanai sees Ancai: "..."

Anna Hanami: "Merry, I heard the game experience center is quite lively. Let's go there and have a look."

She chose to dress up as an ostrich here.

Yukari Yakumo: "Your affairs are none of my business. Whether you answer or not makes no difference to me. There's no need to play dumb."

A cold, girlish voice came from behind Yanami.

The girl, who was pretending to be naive, could only turn away helplessly when faced with Yukari Yakumo's direct exposure of her thoughts.

Anna Hanami: "So there's a reason why you only have Yuyuko as a friend, right, Meryl? In times like these, just follow what I'm saying, that's the standard way."

The girl started complaining.

Yukari Yakumo, however, felt no remorse whatsoever for this.

Yukari Yakumo: "Is there anything wrong with the idea of ​​'handling one's own affairs'?"

The blonde girl spoke to Anna Hanami with a cold, indifferent expression.

Although Yuyuko was thinking of helping her find a human she could communicate with.

But once you miss a certain point in time, the feeling you have when you meet the same person again will be different.

When Yukari Yakumo met Yuyuko, she was severely injured and being hunted down, ready to die. It was in that kind of crisis that she got along with her.

Anna Hanami: "No."

The blue-haired girl waved her hand.

However, because of Yukari Yakumo's indifference, she actually relaxed at this moment.

What you fear most when you care about something is that the listener also cares about it.

If the other party doesn't care at all, you will gradually calm down.

This is probably why many people are more relaxed when facing online friends than when they have friends in real life.

Anna Hanami: "Actually, I'm just a little afraid of knowing the truth. I'm even a little afraid to ask now, if I can't come back..."

Why don't we just stay here?

People who are good at socializing are, in other words, also people who are good at being influenced by their environment.

Because they are easily influenced by their environment, they can easily integrate into various groups and share similar hobbies with others.

At this moment, Anzu Hanami couldn't even distinguish whether her current thoughts were genuine or simply because she didn't want to move to a new environment after staying here for so long.

She didn't finish her sentence, but instead glanced at the blonde girl beside her out of the corner of her eye:

“Merry, aren’t you the same? You remained silent about Yuyuko’s impending death, but Yuyuko told me that you actually wanted to start anew with her as a ghost after you died, didn’t you?”

Anna Hanami: "But you haven't even tested the probability of this."

In the extraordinary world, death is never the end.

The Saigyouji family, who study death, believe that there is a high probability that Saigyouji Yuyuko was reincarnated as a ghost after her physical death.

But this is not something that can be 100% guaranteed to succeed.

Ghosts with the ability to act independently can also be considered a type of monster. However, ghosts born from human souls are born with intelligence equivalent to that of humans.

The birth of demons is a product of the convergence of faith, and also a miracle of nature.

To this day, no one has been able to truly understand the underlying principles and key points. After all, people haven't even figured out the essence of faith; at most, they've only summarized some patterns.

Man proposes, God disposes; even if all conditions are met, whether or not success will be achieved still depends on fate.

Yakumo Yukari: “…”

Suddenly, she felt that the blue-haired girl next to her was getting in her way. What was going on?

It is obvious that the demons of the realm are disgusted by the fact that their weaknesses have been exposed.

She looked at Hanami in front of her and pondered how to strike back at her.

Thinking of Jie Banai's shortcomings, one can't help but think of one's nominal master, Kurokawa Kazuya.

Then, the youkai in the boundary looked at the girl beside her, and she suddenly realized a blind spot.

It seems that all the people who have had relationships with Kurokawa Kazuya are about to leave.

Princess Kaguya Houraisan, who resides on the moon, will return to the moon once the time limit is reached.

Saigyouji Yuyuko will die and forget everything in three years.

Although I don't know where Hanami Anana is going, judging from her behavior, it's likely that she won't be coming back.

After thinking about it this way, I realized that in this huge "city of technology", it seems that she is the only one who might actually stay with him forever.

She suddenly felt sorry for Kurokawa.

That person must have put in a lot of effort for everything around them, but in the end, everything around them will leave when the time comes.

The intense, almost fateful feeling almost instantly triggered a physiological rejection in Yukari Yakumo.

After all, she had always wanted to unite with the monsters to resist the prevailing trend of the world.

Before meeting Kurokawa Kazuya, her resistance was not entirely without progress, but rather stagnant.

Individual strength is indeed constantly increasing, but their own goals are not progressing at all.

Yukari Yakumo: "You just brought up me and Kurokawa on purpose. Could it be that you think that you, Yuyuko, and that Princess Kaguya are all destined to leave, so you want to drag me up with you?"

With a cold expression, Boundary Demon spoke to Anana Hachimi.

The blue-haired girl turned her head again, seemingly trying to change the subject.

At this point, Yukari Yakumo did not even have time to offer a critical comment on her actions.

"Ha~ Hahaha~ Hahahaha~ I can't take it anymore, I really can't, it's really true, you actually wanted to squeeze in. Pfft~ Hahahahahaha~"

Exaggerated laughter came from the distance as the two were walking.

Immediately following was a violent explosion.

Anzu Hanami could clearly sense that one of the computers she had conjured in her imagination exploded at that moment, turning into specks of light and disappearing without a trace.

Hanami Anna & Yakumo Yukari: "..."

The two looked at each other, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

If asked why, the source of that arrogant laughter was someone they knew.

—Kaguya Houraisan

Even when the Moon Princess laughs loudly or does something rude, she still exudes a wonderfully elegant aura, and her clear, melodious voice is captivating.

Like the ever-changing moon, regardless of its phases, it possesses an unchanging and captivating beauty—that is the beauty of the moon.

but now--

Kaguya Houraisan's laughter carried an obvious sense of madness and repression that was completely out of character for her.

That didn't resemble the usual waxing and waning of the moon.

It was more like a beautiful moon, suddenly stained with blood, taking on a completely different aura from its normal state.

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Chapter 82 The Visitor from the Moon

Go back a few minutes.

After testing their status online with the four members of the band and discussing their next steps.

Kurokawa Kazuya then continued to stroll through the festival with the princess.

The two wandered around for a while, and after greeting Youmu and Yuyuko, who were looking for something to eat in the food area, they eventually returned to the game area.

According to the princess, she wanted to spend money on two more rounds.

When Kaguya returned to play the game for the second time, Kurokawa Kazuya vaguely sensed that the princess was acting unusually strangely today.

Although it's described as a gacha game analogy.

However, by immersing oneself in the game, one can attract more spiritual energy from the surroundings and transform the items around one's body into magical artifacts. This process is not simply about drawing cards.

That requires players to actually spend several hours playing the game.

Kaguya Houraisan, as the writer of the story and one of the initial participants in the production of the game "Tales of Kaguya," had already played it countless times.

The fact that no magical artifacts have yet materialized around her shows that she is not actually addicted to the game.

The princess in the moon pursues pleasure.

The princess in the moon acts only for fun.

When she was with Kurokawa Kazuya, what she did most was to drag him along to find all sorts of fun things to do.

Similar to Anja Hachimi sharing her own food.

Kaguya Houraisan's act of having fun with others is itself a way of expressing her own preferences.

For her, whose lifespan is already eternal, enjoyment is something she can hardly give up.

but now--

The girl was playing the game over and over again in a monotonous way.

Even the best games get boring after playing them hundreds or thousands of times.

Right now, she seems to be searching for something rather than playing video games.

"You're not speaking clearly, and you keep doing strange things. Kaguya, your character is starting to fall apart."

Sitting to the side, Kurokawa Kazuya, whose controller had been shoved into his hand by the princess once again, complained to the other person about the magic weapon.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and fight with me."