The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Shenqi shook her head slightly and looked at Yagokoro Eirin beside her.

"Yonglin, do you have any spare rooms? I might need to stay here for a while..."

"If not, we can just build another house."

Seemingly harboring some resentment, Yagokoro Eirin pointed towards Shibai's direction, then turned and walked towards her house.

"If you want to build a house, go find my teacher... I'm going to finish my homework now."

"...Teacher, I'm going to finish my homework too."

Reminded by Eirin Yagokoro, after a brief silence, the succubus turned around and walked towards the house she shared with her sister.

"……Operation?"

It was quite amazing that she could read the resentment contained in the two people's words, and Shen Qi couldn't help but look quite puzzled.

"It's just some simple exercises I assigned them... Here, do you want an axe or a draft? Do you need a toolbox first?"

Holding an iron axe in one hand and a stone pickaxe in the other, Shi Bai asked Shen Qi a question.

"……Uh?"

After being instructed by a future Yama King and becoming proficient in using magical tools like pickaxes and axes, it took Shenqi about an hour to successfully build two square... matchbox-shaped rooms.

"Ah, it feels like I'm seeing those new Minecraft players building their first house again..."

Looking at the two neatly arranged matchboxes in front of him, Shi Bai was filled with emotion, but Shen Qi was very excited. She ran to the succubus's door with a joyful expression and started knocking and calling out.

"Succubus, come out and see! I've successfully built a house that won't collapse even if we sleep inside it!! From now on, we won't have to worry about the house collapsing when we camp in the wild!!"

The succubus, diligently doing her homework at her desk: "..."

However, just as Shi Bai was lamenting that he hadn't seen such a matchbox in a long time, the Detective Xi Shen, who had been sitting far away to the side, suddenly walked over.

After staring at her own tiny "matchbox" room for a while, she silently turned to look at Shi Bai and stretched out her hand to him from afar.

Even so, she still didn't intend to speak, but just looked at him with a strange gaze.

"...Do you want to build a new one yourself?"

After a brief moment of contemplation, and after roughly estimating the distance between the two, Shi Bai casually tossed a pickaxe over from a distance.

"Here, take this. This tool is very easy to use. You should have seen it earlier... uh..."

"Clap."

The female detective, who was successfully hit on the head by the pickaxe he threw, fell to the ground.

Shi Bai: "..."

So why were you standing so far away? You made it so I couldn't even use my strength properly...

P.S.: Tickets

Chapter Forty-Six: The Curse of Ability

Because he had knocked down the goddess with his pickaxe, Shi Bai could vaguely feel the resentful gaze of a certain goddess throughout the rest of the afternoon.

...He pretended not to feel it.

After all, it's not my fault. Why did you stand so far away when you asked me for something? Although I used a little too much force in my hand, I was just afraid of leaving it behind and making you feel awkward picking it up... See how considerate I am!

Seeing the scout ask him for a pickaxe without hesitation, Shi Bai initially thought he was about to witness some great advancement in the construction industry. However, after the scout finished building her house, looking at the "upgraded matchbox" in front of him—which was only an extra window compared to the previous "matchbox"—Shi Bai fell into silence.

Judging from their appearance, neither of them seems to have any talent for architecture?

After looking at the two "matchboxes" in front of him several times, which were completely out of place with the surrounding architectural style, Shi Bai finally couldn't help but put down the medical book he was writing and personally stepped in.

Perhaps because Yagokoro Eirin has begun to gradually transform into a qualified and mature healer, his [Qingnang] talent inherited from the Eastern God Clan is almost unlocked, so he can now feel some sporadic bonuses from his talent.

According to Shi Bai's own estimation, once this talent is fully unlocked, the speed at which he writes medical books will greatly increase. Medical books that were originally expected to take at least several years to complete may be completed in just a few months.

In addition, the afternoon sun was undoubtedly very nice, and in the spirit of having nothing better to do, he specially moved his desk out to write medical books while basking in the sun... Let me state in advance that this was absolutely not to avoid any possible lecturing from some Yama, the King of Hell.

"How about it? A two-story villa with a balcony, this is much better than your previous 'matchbox' house, isn't it?"

After spending less than ten minutes redesigning and upgrading the two "matchboxes," Shi Bai stood on the roof with a pickaxe in his hand, a smug look on his face.

As a veteran Minecraft player, he was naturally adept at building houses. If it weren't for the time and effort involved, he could easily use these tools to replicate a real Eientei in this bamboo forest.

“My old house was beautiful too. It was the first house I ever built that wouldn’t collapse…”

Seeing the smug look on someone's face, Shenqi muttered something under her breath, clearly dissatisfied.

Compared to her, Hishigami Tanjo, who is also bad at architecture, takes a more direct approach.

Although she hasn't said a word since arriving at the bamboo forest, she has already entered her two-story villa before Shen Qi, and seems to really like the house.

"Alright, Succubus, go to the warehouse and bring over a few boxes labeled 'Household Items'."

After calling out to the succubus, Shi Bai used one hand to support his body and jumped down from the roof with unusual grace... then almost landed face down.

"Strange, how did I suddenly lose my balance in the air?"

Fortunately, he managed to stand up straight. Looking down at his hands, Shi Bai was completely bewildered.

If it were when he first transmigrated to this world, the height of two floors would indeed be a big problem for him, but he is not the same person he was back then.

With his luck, the possibility of something going wrong at this level is almost nonexistent... Hmm?

As if sensing something, Shi Bai turned his head with some curiosity, and then met the slightly astonished gaze of the female detective inside the house.

This was the second time he had seen any emotion in the other person's eyes other than a stagnant calm.

Oh, the first time I saw it was when he threw the manuscript at the opponent and knocked him down.

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"...Does simply having that thought in one's mind mean the activation of the ability?"

Leaning back in the rattan chair, basking in the sun, Shi Bai looked thoughtful.

Thoughts like these are actually very difficult to control. I believe that everyone has those fleeting dark thoughts at times, but these dark thoughts don't really affect anything under the influence of reason and willpower.

However, if this were to apply to the character of Shikigami Tanjo, the situation would inevitably become quite dire. If even fleeting thoughts could unintentionally activate her abilities…

"So, when I threw the pickaxe from a distance, a normal person would usually have thought, 'Won't it hit me?' If she also had that thought... does that mean she jinxed herself?"

Thinking of this, Shi Bai's expression became somewhat strange.

With such an uncontrollable ability that even she herself can be affected by, it's no wonder she's called a cursed god.

After all, only abilities that can be controlled and used autonomously can be called abilities. Abilities like the one that the Seraphim can't control at all can only be called curses.

After all, if you get close to her, you're bound to get hurt by her poisonous milk... Is that why she always maintains that cold and aloof attitude?

With his arms crossed, Shi Bai looked thoughtful.

However, judging from what just happened... it seems that my talent [True Luck] can resist this kind of jinx to some extent?

Thinking of this, Shi Bai turned his head and glanced in that direction.

Shenqi and the others couldn't possibly bring their own furniture, but luckily he didn't have much, though he had a lot of miscellaneous items.

So at this moment, Shinki was helping Yagokoro Eirin, who had finished her homework, to choose furniture, while Heisei Detective was alone, carrying a box, and hiding in her two-story villa.

"Hmm, let's find some time to talk to her. At the very least, we need to control her to the point where she can only activate her ability by speaking..."

Shi Bai reached out and pressed his forehead before lying back down on the rattan chair.

Just then, a succubus walked out from the edge of the bamboo forest carrying an unidentified creature. When she saw him, the succubus happily showed him the unidentified creature in her hand.

"Teacher, I caught a scorpion. Let's eat that tonight. I'll cook it..."

Before the succubus could finish her sentence, Shi Bai interrupted her with a look of utter shock.

"Eating wild animals is strictly prohibited!!!"

Succubus: "???"

P.S.: I'll still owe updates starting the day after tomorrow. I owe a total of five chapters for the previous bounty.

Tickets.

Chapter 47 Daily Life in the Bamboo Forest

"Look at this, does it look like something you can eat?"

Pointing to the creature, which was still alive and held in the succubus's hand, and which looked exactly like a bat in both appearance and form, but was two or three times larger than a bat and was called "Wu" by the succubus, Shi Bai looked heartbroken.

"Did you know that bats are full of many extremely dangerous viruses? Eating them could cause illness and harm everyone."

"Uh, but teacher..."

Holding the "wild game" in her hand, the succubus looked embarrassed.

"It tastes really good, my sister and I used to..."

"Eating wild animals is forbidden! I have everything you want to eat, why do you have to target these kinds of creatures?"

Shi Bai pulled out a box labeled "Ingredients" from somewhere and placed it in front of the succubus, his face serious.

"I'm telling you, wild game is extremely harmful. I've been poisoned to death several times before because I ate wild game that Xiaoye and the others caught... especially bats, you understand!?"

"Oh……"

After thinking for a long time without figuring out the logic behind it, the succubus, looking bewildered, picked up the box and walked towards the kitchen.

“…Eirin?”

Shinki nudged Yagokoro Eirin beside her with her elbow and quietly asked her a question.

"What is your teacher doing...?"

After turning her head to look at Shi Bai, Yagokoro Eirin thought for a moment and then answered.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it. Because sometimes..."

After a slight pause, Yagokoro Eirin added a sentence in her mind.

My teacher is out of her mind.

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Although she sensed that the number of people in her bamboo forest seemed to be increasing, Yagokoro Eirin didn't think much of it.

To paraphrase a quote from my own teacher, some things, once you get used to them, you get used to them, and they become second nature.

—Yagokoro Eirin thought this statement was very true.

She was originally used to the quiet of being alone, which is why she chose to live in seclusion in this bamboo forest. Although she occasionally interacted with the outside world during her seclusion, she only made a handful of friends over such a long period of time, including Shen Qi.

Shenqi knew her personality, so when she saw the bamboo forest suddenly become so lively, she was initially quite surprised, even suspecting that someone had impersonated her...

Although Yagokoro Eirin was initially not used to this kind of life, she has now basically gotten used to it.

"Hmm...it seems that what the teacher said is true. I need to find a dedicated drug testing subject..."

Seeing "Wu" in front of her, who had forgotten that she was actually a flying creature after eating the medicine she had just concocted, and instead desperately tried to swim into the water, only to drown as expected, Yagokoro Eirin couldn't help but feel a little troubled.

Since she came into contact with pharmacology, she has developed a great interest in drug production, but unfortunately, the drugs she makes always have one problem or another.

During the time she was obsessed with drug production, she captured almost all the bamboo rat-like animals in the bamboo forest and used them as experimental subjects.

Even so, due to the large number of unexplained deaths of the bamboo rat test subjects, there were still far from enough people to test her experimental drugs.

Even after taking this tenacious "Wu" from the succubus, it only survived three rounds of testing before voluntarily jumping into the water and drowning... Could it be that the last drug I concocted temporarily gave the creature the characteristics of a fish?

...Yagokoro Eirin guessed so.

"What a pity. Hopefully, we'll be able to find suitable test subjects in the future..."

Looking at "Wu" drowning in the water, Yagokoro Eirin shook her head with great regret.

Although there were three more people in the bamboo forest, daily life there remained largely unchanged.

Her teacher had originally planned a spring outing soon, but it was naturally postponed due to the arrival of Shinki and the others. Although there weren't any major changes, Yagokoro Eirin still noticed some subtle shifts.

For example, she noticed that her teacher's chess skills had improved rapidly during this period.