Infinite Chimera Creation

Naturally, Yukari Yakumo was unhappy about this.

So, Yukari Yakumo stopped smiling, released a wisp of her aura that pressed down on the three people who wanted to speak, forcibly silencing them all. Then, with a serious expression, she said to Yuan Yuan...

“These three people are ours to bring, so of course we’ll take care of them. You don’t need to worry about it, sir.”

Upon hearing Yakumo Yukari's reply, Yuan Yuan's expression quickly darkened. He didn't bother with subtle wording like Yukari, and simply said in a cold voice,

"I always do things based on my mood. Since you're going to make me feel bad, then I'm sorry, I can only announce that your request is completely terminated. If you want to stimulate the life in Gensokyo to grow, we'll talk about it again when I'm in a better mood."

Yukari Yakumo was truly shocked. She never imagined that Yuan Yuan would say something that was almost like tearing off a mask. Could it be that these three people were really that important to him?

Yukari Yakumo would never understand why Yuan Yuan was so emotional, because she didn't know what Yuan Yuan had seen.

Upon first seeing these three people, three distinct magical runes appeared in Yuan Yuan's world consciousness vision, runes he had never seen before and which were extremely active.

The moment Yuan Yuan saw these runes, he realized that compared to the overly stable [Protagonist] rune he currently possessed, these three active runes would undoubtedly be much easier to study. If he could use these three highly active runes for research, his research speed on runes could be increased by at least seventy-four times.

Although Yuan Yuan's research on magic runes had always been lukewarm, as if he didn't value it much, it was only because he knew that even if he was impatient, he wouldn't be able to speed up the research, so he forced himself to stay calm.

In fact, after abandoning the Magic Furnace that took five hundred years to create, Yuan Yuan's research focus has shifted entirely to magic runes, and he has even placed his hopes for further advancement on magic runes.

Now that an opportunity to accelerate the research on magic runes has presented itself to Yuan Yuan, his emotions have naturally become boiling.

However, when Yuan Yuan was at his most emotional, Yakumo Yukari poured cold water on him, telling him, "I'm not going to give you these three magic runes. I'm going to slow down your research progress. I'm going to prevent you from making a breakthrough for a long time." Of course, he immediately threw out a bunch of threats, telling Yakumo Yukari, "I value this very much. Don't joke with me about it."

If Yukari Yakumo were truly only seventeen years old, she might be like those old family elders or clan leaders in traditional fantasy novels who have lived to a ripe old age but have wasted their lives. For the sake of saving face, she might forget her own interests and the interests of those behind her, shouting, "How dare you threaten me! I, Yukari, hate being threatened the most!" and then launch a full-scale attack on Yuan Yuan, completely severing ties with him.

Subsequently, because she could not find a second person besides Yuan Yuan who had in-depth research on life, Gensokyo was ultimately unable to continue to grow into a complete world and completely collapsed many years later. The residents of Gensokyo once again lived a life of homelessness, wandering around in the void.

Fortunately, although Yukari Yakumo is only seventeen years old, she is also seventeen years and millions of months old. So at this moment, she decisively activated her shameless nature, tilted her head, and showed a cute smile.

"Brother, can we interpret what you're saying the other way around? — If we hand these three people over to you, we can get what we want much faster."

Seeing that Yakumo Yukari seemed to be relenting, Yuan Yuan stopped keeping a cold face and forced a somewhat stiff smile, saying...

"Of course, if you hand them over to me, I will be in a good mood. When I'm in a good mood, the experiment will definitely be faster, and what you want will naturally appear in front of you sooner."

"Since you've said so, we'll hand these people over to you."

With a slight smile, Yukari Yakumo withdrew her aura from the three of them. Instantly, the three collapsed to the ground like broken building blocks, their faces pale, cold sweat pouring down their faces, and they were breathing heavily.

Glancing at the group of people sprawled on the ground, Yuan Yuan realized that these three were actually acquaintances of his. His eyes flickered slightly, but he acted as if he hadn't noticed anything, and said to Yakumo Yukari with an unchanged expression,

"Speaking of which, it seems like winter is only seven months away. You should go back and prepare for hibernation, so I won't waste your time."

Hearing Yuan Yuan practically telling her to leave, Yakumo Yukari gritted her teeth inwardly. Of course, she didn't want to leave like this; after all, she was incredibly curious, and she wouldn't even feel like sleeping in until she figured out what it was that Yuan Yuan valued so much.

Determined to stay with Yuan Yuan and uncover his secrets, Yakumo Yukari maintained her smile and began to blatantly lie.

"Ah, I suddenly remembered, I suddenly forgot the way home and I can't find my way home, boohoo, I'm so pitiful. Brother, we're such good friends, you'll definitely take me in and let me wait here for Lan to come pick me up, right?"

As she spoke, Yakumo Yukari took out a set of bedding from the gap, casually spread it on the ground, and crawled inside, leaving only her head sticking out. She stared at Yuan Yuan expectantly, as if to say, "I'm going to sleep here."

Seeing Yakumo Yukari's performance, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. If he had to say what kind of person he was least good at dealing with, it would definitely be someone like Yakumo Yukari, who was not only incredibly powerful but also shameless and morally bankrupt.

Even if you try to shoo her away with a cold face, she can leisurely drink her tea and listen to you as if it were music. You can't even use force to drive her away, leaving you feeling utterly helpless.

With one hand rubbing his temple and the other pointing to the corner beside him, Yuan Yuan said coldly,

"If you want to sleep, go to the side and don't lie in the middle of the aisle, you're in the way."

P.S., did I really have too much integrity? I almost had my brain fried trying to make Zi Ma's writing even more shameless.

Chapter 117 It's Always Voldemort Who Gets Wounded

Yuan Yuan wanted to get rid of Yakumo Yukari not because he didn't want his secrets to be exposed, but simply because he didn't want anyone getting in the way while he was doing experiments. Since Yakumo Yukari insisted on staying, Yuan Yuan was too lazy to waste time getting rid of her.

In any case, even if Yuan Yuan studied the magic runes in front of Yakumo Yukari, she would never understand what he was doing. This is because a key characteristic of magic runes is that they can only be observed through the vision of world consciousness. No matter how powerful someone is, if they cannot imitate the vision of world consciousness, they will not be able to see the magic runes.

This has already been proven with Lolo. Since Lolo couldn't see the magic runes, it's natural that Yakumo Yukari, whose strength is similar to hers, couldn't see them either.

In fact, Yakumo Yukari... really couldn't see the magic runes.

Lying in the corner, Yukari Yakumo held a bag of senbei (rice crackers) that she had somehow managed to get from the gap. She ate them half-heartedly, her expression gloomy as she watched Yuan Yuan's hands and the dozen or so newly installed tentacles on his back, all of which were full of tools. Yuan Yuan was seriously processing something in an empty space, and Yukari felt a sense of being tricked.

Not far from Yukari Yakumo, Voldemort and his two companions were also lying on the ground. However, unlike Yukari Yakumo's leisurely demeanor, these three looked like they were about to die.

Just now, they had barely recovered from the oppressive aura of Yakumo Yukari, and were shakily getting up like children with polio. But before they could even stand up properly, Yuan Yuan's spiritual power descended upon them, instantly pressing them back to the ground.

Before they could even react to what was happening, Yuan Yuan's immense and terrifying spiritual power scanned their bodies and souls several times, placing a tremendous burden on them.

In fact, if it weren't for Yuan Yuan's excellent control, they would probably have already perished with shattered souls. Even if they wanted to resist Yuan Yuan, compared to his powerful soul that had grown by devouring an entire world, they were far inferior in both soul strength and spiritual power, and had no ability to resist at all.

Using his spiritual power, Yuan Yuan completely scanned the physical and soul information of the three people. After making a comparison, he began to try to artificially simulate the life and soul information of the three people and apply this information to the [Protagonist] rune in his hand, trying to make it active as well.

To Yuan Yuan's dismay, even with all his tentacles deployed and every possible method tried, he was still unable to activate the [protagonist]'s runes.

Yuan Yuan frowned slightly, and the tentacles behind him quickly extended, reaching out to the three people lying on the ground. As if selecting items, he turned their bodies over and examined them carefully, not caring at all that one of them was his former principal, another was his former collaborator, and the third was his only experimental assistant from hundreds of years ago.

Is it because they were taken away from their own world, and without its protection, their magical runes became more active?

[But that's impossible. I also took Enoshima Junko away from her original world, but I haven't seen her Calamity runes become active.]

[Could it be because of the Chains of Sin? Because of the Chains of Sin she wears, Junko Enoshima has become a resident of this hellish world? Has the activity of her magical runes been suppressed by hell?]

[No, that doesn't make sense either. Rumia doesn't have the Chains of Sin on her, but when she came to Hell, I didn't see her dark runes activate.]

[Damn it, these people definitely have some kind of trait I don't know about, and it's this trait that caused the magic runes to become active.]

Frowning, Yuan Yuan tried scanning the three people several more times using various types of energy. After confirming that he hadn't missed anything, he asked Yakumo Yukari, who was standing to the side,

"Yukari Yakumo, when you went to find these guys, did they show anything unusual?"

"If we answer your question, will you feel better?"

Yakumo Yukari did not answer Yuan Yuan's question, but instead asked him with a smile.

"If your answer helps me discover something, my mood will definitely improve, and your request will be processed more quickly."

Yuan Yuan was not surprised by Yakumo Yukari's attitude and replied calmly.

Hearing Yuan Yuan's answer, Yakumo Yukari's eyes lit up slightly. Even if she couldn't uncover Yuan Yuan's secret, as long as she could get him to speed up the experiment, all the effort she had put into finding him would have been worthwhile.

Sitting up, Yukari Yakumo adopted a serious expression, cleared her throat twice, and then recounted everything she knew about Voldemort and his group.

After listening to Yakumo Yukari's words, Yuan Yuan's furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and he roughly grasped the key point of the problem.

[From this perspective, the reason why the magical runes are active is very likely because the world is rejecting them?]

[Because of me, these three people were rejected by the world, and consequently, the magical runes within them were also rejected because of me. It's as if the world actively severed its connection with these runes, which is why they're so active?]

[If that's the case, then if Gensokyo didn't exist, Rumia's magic runes would definitely be active too, since she was rejected by the world back then.]

Having roughly figured out a way to activate the magic runes, Yuan Yuan began to consider how to obtain them.

At that time, Momiji's [Protagonist] rune suddenly appeared on Yuan Yuan's body without any warning. He didn't know the principle behind it. Although he could make some guesses and tried some things with Enoshima Junko and Rumia, these attempts all ended in failure.

Now that three active runes that looked easily affected by external forces had finally appeared, Yuan Yuan naturally wanted to try again.

"First of all, Momiji is the leader and is dedicated to saving her people. This is a singularity that we can try."

As he spoke, Yuan Yuan placed his tentacles on Voldemort's head, and then a massive surge of spiritual power erupted, completely engulfing Voldemort's soul and easily altering his memories.

Thus, in Voldemort's memory, he became a prince of a fallen kingdom, whose greatest pursuit in life was to save his people.

After observing for a moment and finding that Voldemort's rune, which signified "reincarnation," remained unresponsive, Yuan Yuan shook his head and erased Voldemort's false memories.

"Secondly, Hongye greatly admires me; it can be said that she has already completely submitted to me."

As he spoke, Yuan Yuan altered Voldemort's memories once again, and the poor Dark Lord became a fanatical follower of Yuan Yuan, worshipping him madly and wanting to give him everything.

This time, a change occurred. Under Yuan Yuan's gaze, the runes in Voldemort's body trembled, then slowly floated out and merged into his body.

Chapter 118 A Sudden Turn of Death

"So loyalty and submission are indeed very important conditions? I really don't understand why something like magic runes, which are born from the world, can be affected by the emotions of the bearer."

As the [Reincarnation] runes merged into his body, Yuan Yuan not only didn't feel happy, but instead frowned slightly.

"Furthermore, if my deduction is correct, magic runes should not only appear on living beings, but also on certain special items. Does that mean if I want to get the magic runes on those things, I have to specially cultivate a spirit for it and then make it submit?"

While making various guesses in his mind, Yuan Yuan kept touching the fake loyalty he had just added to Voldemort.

Regaining his composure from his fanatical loyalty and worship, Voldemort's face turned incredibly ugly as he realized his memories had been manipulated. It seemed that if he weren't completely powerless and unable to move, he would have charged at Yuan Yuan regardless of the difference in strength.

Dumbledore and Blanche, who had witnessed Voldemort's transformation throughout, were also not in good spirits. They knew very well that Voldemort's authority lay in "Reincarnation," requiring him to frequently enter and leave the Underworld and deal with the souls of the dead. These souls were far more resilient than their own. If even Voldemort couldn't resist Yuan Yuan's manipulation of memories, then they were even less likely to be able to resist.

If someone's memories and emotions become someone else's toys, manipulated at will, their mood will certainly not be good.

Ignoring Voldemort's fiery gaze, Yuan Yuan raised his right hand, gently clenched it, and the [Reincarnation] rune appeared in his hand.

"Very good. It seems that as long as the rune changes its master, even if the original master is no longer loyal to me, the rune will not return to him. That's good news."

Muttering something under his breath, Yuan Yuan walked a few steps to Voldemort, slowly squatted down under the other's hostile gaze, looked him intently into his eyes, and then said,

"Lord Voldemort, it's been a long time,"

After hundreds of years, Yuan Yuan still addressed Voldemort in the same way, but the word "sir" he used, combined with the scene before him, carried a strange sense of sarcasm, even though he didn't mean it that way.

"Yes, I've wanted to say this for a long time. I'm sorry, Lord Voldemort."

Voldemort was stunned, not expecting Yuan Yuan to apologize. But immediately, his expression twisted again. Putting aside the lasting and severe damage that Yuan Yuan's impulsive creation of a thousand-year-old harem had caused him, the mere act of toying with his memories by Yuan Yuan was enough to make him consider Yuan Yuan an irreconcilable enemy. How could he possibly forgive Yuan Yuan for a mere apology?

"I'm sure you don't understand why I'm apologizing to you, but that's okay, you don't need to understand, it's not important."

Yuan Yuan didn't explain to Voldemort how he had stolen his ancestor's bloodline, and immediately switched to the next topic.

"And now, I want to say to you, I'm sorry."

The repeated apologies sent a bad feeling through Voldemort, who turned his pleading gaze toward Yukari Yakumo, the one who had brought him there.

However, Yukari Yakumo squatted behind Yuan Yuan, wearing a deliberately silly and cute expression, looking around curiously, showing no intention of saving him at all.

Then, Yuan Yuan's hand slowly descended towards Voldemort's head.

Although he didn't sense any danger from Yuan Yuan's hand, Voldemort didn't believe that Yuan Yuan's apology was just to pat his head. Therefore, without hesitation, Voldemort decisively transformed back into his original form and prepared to flee.

Voldemort's true form is the World Serpent, a terrifyingly large serpent. Not to mention the laboratory Yuan Yuan built in the sky after leaving Tokyo, even the entire Earth could be crushed beneath his body.

What terrified Voldemort was that even though he had reverted to his original form and was certain that his size was still correct, the size of the objects before him remained unchanged. The cold experimental table was still as high as ever, the table beside it was still as large as ever, and Yuan Yuan's outstretched hand was still as steady as ever.

Voldemort remained lying in the laboratory, which was far too small for his physical form, and did not feel crowded at all.

Seeing this, Yukari Yakumo couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in her eyes. Yuan Yuan's move seemed extremely ordinary and lacked any imposing presence. If one didn't know the size of Voldemort's true form, they wouldn't even know what he had done.