The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

"Are you... that fortune teller, Murasaki-ma, whom my elder brother mentioned as someone who swindles and deceives people in Fujiwara-kyo, and whom we need to be wary of?"

After a slight pause, Kaguya Houraisan quickly recognized the other person by their distinctive attire and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Yukari Yakumo: "..."

"...I have come specifically to visit your elder brother. Is he home?"

"No, he left yesterday. May I ask what brings you here?"

Shaking her head, Kaguya Houraisan walked over to the table and sat down without any hesitation.

"If you need to speak with my elder brother about anything, please feel free to tell me, and I will pass it on to him later."

"There is indeed a small matter, but since he is not here, I will come another day."

With a slight smile, Yakumo Yukari's gaze swept over the girl in front of her almost imperceptibly.

She was naturally extremely curious about the legendary beauty Kaguya-hime standing before her, and indeed, the woman's beauty lived up to the name. However, what she wanted to know was not just that.

However, with that guy around normally, she had no way to investigate. Now that he had left on business, she naturally wanted to seize this rare opportunity.

She kept saying she should try to understand humanity herself, but when she tried, she found it was completely useless. Instead, it made her witness the ugliness of human nature even more.

The girl named Fujiwara no Mokou was indeed human, but the Kaguya-hime in front of her was not necessarily so. She was definitely not human, but she didn't seem like a yokai either, since she didn't possess any yokai power. Instead, she vaguely possessed some divine qualities... but she wasn't a god herself, which gave her a rather strange feeling.

"Are you alright? If you are, please leave."

Pointing to the door, Kaguya Houraisan looked noncommittal.

"Also, remember to knock before entering next time. It's basic courtesy... I'm sorry, I seem to have forgotten that my elder brother mentioned that Your Excellency never uses the door."

"........."

(...So just how much bad stuff did that guy say about me behind my back!? Are you kidding me? How could I not leave... Hmm, it seems I've never actually left... Looks like the assessment was pretty accurate...)

"Guests are always welcome; there's no reason to turn them away."

She picked up the teacup in front of her, took a sip of tea, and smiled nonchalantly.

"However, it is indeed a bit impolite of me to come uninvited... How about this, since it's still early, I'll give you a free fortune telling? I can tell you whatever you want to know."

"Can it really calculate everything?"

Upon hearing these words, Kaguya Houraisan became intrigued.

"Yes."

Yukari Yakumo smiled confidently.

"Hmm... Among integers greater than 1000, find all numbers whose quotient and remainder are equal when divided by 34. What is the sum of these numbers?"

After thinking for a moment, Kaguya Houraisan earnestly presented the other party with the... highly difficult math problem that her older brother had given her a few days ago.

"...Let's count other things, I'm not good at this."

Yukari Yakumo's smile visibly froze for a moment.

"As long as it's not related to this kind of number..."

"You just said you could calculate everything."

Kaguya Houraisan curled her lip, her face full of disdain.

"........."

Yukari Yakumo remained silent in response.

"Then let's not do math problems... Let me think... I've got it."

Holding up two fingers in front of her, the NEET princess wore a serious expression.

"There are two people, Xiaoming and Xiaohong. Xiaoming only tells lies, never the truth; Xiaohong only tells the truth, never lies. However, when answering questions, they only nod or shake their heads, without speaking. One day, a person faces two roads: A and B. One road leads to the capital, and the other leads to a small village. Xiaoming and Xiaohong are standing in front of him, but he doesn't know whether this person is Xiaoming or Xiaohong, nor does he know whether a nod means 'yes' or 'no.' Now, he must ask a question to determine which road leads to the capital. How should he ask this question?"

Yukari Yakumo: "..."

...She suspected that the guy in front of her was deliberately there to cause trouble.

"One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." After living with that guy for so long, has he really become just as annoying as him?

After a long silence, facing the expectant gaze of the girl in front of her, Yakumo Yukari stiffly turned her head away.

"……I have no idea."

"Tch... You don't know this? You don't know that? How did you even earn the title of a fortune teller?"

With a wave of her hand, the NEET girl looked sullen.

"I thought I had found a shortcut to finish my homework..."

"...Let's talk about something else. Aren't you curious about what kind of person your elder brother really is?"

Seeing that the conversation was heading in a strange direction that she could not have predicted, Yukari Yakumo had no choice but to take the initiative.

"You know this?"

“I can know.”

Faced with the girl's gaze, which was now clearly filled with suspicion, Yakumo Yukari nodded expressionlessly.

"Your questions about your elder brother can all be answered by me. But now it's my turn to ask you... What kind of person do you think he really is?"

"Well... how should I put it? In short, it gives people a rather peculiar feeling."

Lying on the table, Kaguya Houraisan pressed her forehead with a slightly troubled expression.

"I always feel that my elder brother is living behind a mask, always trying his best to hide something. Although he always has a smile on his face, I don't know why, but I always feel that he must be living a very tiring life. Can't he live a little easier? Really..."

"I smile because I can't cry; I live because I can't die; I wear a fake mask because I don't want to truly see myself."

Yukari Yakumo interrupted Kaguya Houraisan with a calm expression.

"I can help you find out his true nature... What does he usually call himself?"

"Uh...human?"

"So the real self he doesn't want to see clearly is essentially a demon."

A rather peculiar smile appeared on Yakumo Yukari's face as she began to gradually guide the other party into the trap she had laid.

"So, regarding..."

"The more cowardly you are, the more you will bully those who are weaker than yourself. It seems I overestimated you."

Before she could finish her sentence, an extremely calm voice rang out.

As this sound rang out, it was as if something hidden in the air had been silently broken, and Kaguya Houraisan instantly returned to normal.

After looking around somewhat blankly, her eyes lit up when she saw the figure sitting next to her. Without thinking, she rushed over, her words filled with surprise and delight.

"Yonglin, what brings you here?"

"I came down early because I was worried about Her Highness the Princess."

Turning her head and smiling at Kaguya Houraisan, Eirin Yagokoro then looked at Yukari Yakumo, who had a look of surprise and uncertainty on her face.

"After my teacher recommended you to me, I still had some expectations for you. But judging from what just happened, my teacher completely misjudged you. The so-called existence with the potential of a sage among demons is nothing more than a coward who preys on the weak."

Eirin Yagokoro's tone was extremely calm, even frighteningly calm.

"You dare call yourself a sage of monsters? You're nothing but a coward."

"The law of the jungle prevails, and strength determines everything. Faced with overwhelming power, the weak can only submit to the strong. Isn't this common sense that's easy to understand?"

With a soft chuckle, a shadow crossed Yakumo Yukari's eyes as she looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared before her.

"A god on par with Matara Okina? The rules of the god world and the rules of the yokai world seem to be the same, so what right do you have to criticize me?"

“Accusation? That’s not an accusation.”

Yagokoro Eirin glanced at her and spoke calmly.

"I'm just stating a fact."

P.S.: Good morning! ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

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Let me briefly explain something. I think everyone has probably heard about this from QQ groups or other channels.

—Regarding the questionable practices surrounding Yuewen's contract.

The following is forwarded to the group; it concerns a new contract from Yuewen.

The days after signing the new contract:

First, income

The income of lower and middle-level authors is not guaranteed, subscription fees are cut off, IP development is limited to upper-level authors, and their income situation is completely unknown.

Copyright was revoked, and the author no longer had autonomy over their novel. Take *Journey to the West* as an example: Wu Cheng'en wrote the book, but Qidian (a Chinese online literature platform) was dissatisfied with the Women's Kingdom plot. So, they personally forced Wu Cheng'en to revise the Women's Kingdom plot, even getting other authors to help him, resulting in a scene where Tang Sanzang (the monk in *Journey to the West*) falls in love. (They didn't receive any payment for this process.)

After Journey to the West was transformed into a game IP, it was heavily criticized for its romantic subplot involving Tang Sanzang. Qidian sued Wu Cheng'en, demanding that he compensate for the game's operational losses, totaling ten million yuan, in accordance with the contract.

After a year and a half of hard work, Wu Cheng'en poured his heart and soul into writing one of the Four Great Classical Novels, only to end up losing ten million.

What? You think it's absurd? It is fucking absurd, because that's the truth.

Second, copyright

Wu Cheng'en, the author of Journey to the West, died of anger. His descendants were heartbroken and went to court to seek justice and reclaim the copyright of Journey to the West.

The author was very generous, stating that if Wu Cheng'en died fifty years later, the copyright would be his. (Surpassing the previous generation directly with the next.)

Upon hearing this, Wu Cheng'en's descendants were deeply distressed. Due to the huge compensation owed, they were unable to bury their teacher, Wu Cheng'en. Just as everyone was in distress, one of the sons thought for a moment and suggested selling several of Wu Cheng'en's papers. After all, these papers had no contracts, and selling them would be a good way to pay for their father's burial.

However, you're fucking wrong. The contract says "written creation" not "literary creation." In short, once you sign this unfair contract, even if you write a diary, the copyright of that diary belongs to Qidian. (Students are even more unlucky; the contract you casually signed with Qidian becomes a guarantee that you won't graduate from university, and the copyright of your graduation thesis belongs to Qidian.)

Nonsense? No, it's not over yet.

After signing the contract, your QQ number, Weibo account, and Zhihu account will no longer belong to you. Tencent will take over all your personal accounts and use them for operational purposes.

Is this nonsense over?

That's the end of the fuck.

The contract signed between the author and the platform stipulates that the author is a ghostwriter/ghostwriter hired by the platform, while the platform is the actual author.

However! The author does not enjoy the "Labor Law of the People's Republic of China," and is ineligible for holidays, social insurance and housing fund, and medical insurance.

Feeling angry? No, no, no, let me continue.

The author changed the platform's revenue to advertising revenue, and the net profit (operating revenue - operating costs = net profit) can theoretically be negative.

Furthermore, you have no right to view the financial statements and ledgers. Even if they falsify revenue figures, there's nothing you can do. They might then fabricate a history of consecutive years of losses, forcing you to pay others to write books about it.

Not enough, let's continue.

Qidian has the right to intervene in everything related to the work, including modifying the outline and important plot points.

P.S.: In other words, from now on the author is no longer the author, but a hired ghostwriter.

These are what are called capitalists.

—The saying "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold" is probably the best way to put it.

If you want to know more details, you can search on Baidu Tieba or QQ groups and you'll find plenty of information.

Although I've only been writing books for a year or two, I still want to make my voice heard.

To stand by and watch the show? After all, this is Yuewen's business, but I really can't do that.

Sorry everyone, today's update has been moved to midnight on May 6th.

Nine lives.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Yukari Yakumo and Eirin Yagokoro

Bamboo Grove Cottage.

"fact?"

Looking at Eirin Yagokoro in front of her, Yukari Yakumo narrowed her eyes slightly.