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"Looks like Reimu Hakurei has been waiting for you."

This time, Kazami Yuuka didn't keep Momo waiting; instead, she immediately said something that made Momo even more excited.

"You know me?"

Mo Mo looked surprised. Could it be that Reimu Hakurei was not only waiting patiently for Mo Mo, but had also told Yuuka Kazami about her and Mo Mo? Could it be that Reimu Hakurei and Yuuka Kazami actually had a good relationship?

And then, Mo Mo knew the answer.

"It's not just me who knows, but the entire Gensokyo, unless you're blind, deaf, or someone who's gone to sleep somewhere and never wakes up again, everyone knows you exist, and that Reimu Hakurei has a husband, and that she's waiting for him to come and get her."

Mo Mo's breath hitched. Looking at the slight smile on Kazami Yuuka's lips, he realized that Kazami Yuuka had no reason to lie. In fact, if even Kazami Yuuka knew about this, it meant that almost everyone in Gensokyo knew as well.

After all, Yuuka Kazami lives in seclusion in her own garden, has few acquaintances, and doesn't usually interact with other people or yokai. Her only neighbor is a poisonous loli who can't even speak clearly.

With Yuuka Kazami's explanation, Momo finally understood why he was so well-known throughout Gensokyo. Without a doubt, it was all the work of Reimu Hakurei.

After Reimu Hakurei parted ways with Momo and returned to Gensokyo to take her week off, two crucial events occurred.

The first thing she did was resign from her position as the Hakurei Shrine Maiden and decide to become an ordinary girl.

This is a huge deal for Gensokyo, after all, Reimu Hakurei is the city's law enforcement officer. Although law enforcement officers are usually disliked and unpopular, without their management, Gensokyo would inevitably descend into chaos.

After all, Gensokyo is inhabited by demons and monsters, and few of them are kind-hearted. In particular, there are many who are not afraid of making things worse and are always stirring up trouble and adding fuel to the fire. All of this means that Gensokyo cannot do without city management.

When all the residents of Gensokyo learned about this, very few of them took it seriously at first, especially since the news first spread to every corner of Gensokyo through the Ayabu Daily.

The Hakurei Witch is far too important to the entire Gensokyo; it's not something Reimu Hakurei can simply dismiss on her own. Everyone believes that Yukari Yakumo would also absolutely refuse, after all, where would Yukari Yakumo find a girl with naturally strong spiritual power and then raise her from a young age to become an outstanding city management captain?

However, to everyone's astonishment, Yukari Yakumo agreed to Reimu Hakurei's request and began searching for a new Hakurei Priestess. During this period, Reimu Hakurei continued to act as the priestess.

The second thing left everyone speechless. Reimu Hakurei announced to many of her close friends that she had changed her name.

She would no longer bear the surname Hakurei, but instead Mo, and change her name to Mo Lingmeng. She also announced that she had a fiancé, and that resigning from her duties as the Hakurei witch was in preparation for her marriage. She would start afresh, learning how to be a perfect bride, embarking on a journey of self-cultivation.

Such remarks were absolutely explosive news. For months, the headlines of the Wenwen Daily were all about this news and its derivative versions. The imaginative Aya Shameimaru wrote dozens of different scenarios for the changes that happened to Reimu Hakurei, and also gave Momo dozens of different identities.

From ordinary people who accidentally wander into Gensokyo to Reimu Hakurei who has developed a mental illness, there is everything from her imagined perfect prince charming to the likes of hers.

After all, no one except Reimu Hakurei knew of Momo's existence; in fact, they believed Reimu Hakurei had never left the Hakurei Shrine. How could everyone not be surprised when, after such a great battle, she suddenly announced she had a husband and was changing her name?

According to the rabbits at Eientei, veteran medical expert Eirin Yagokoro once stated that Reimu Hakurei might have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing a major battle. It's also possible that the mutation of her abilities and injuries sustained in battle have completely damaged her brain. She advised everyone to stay away from the dangerous Reimu Hakurei.

Hearing this, Mo Mo frowned and said, "A great battle, an ability mutation?"

These two words don't fit into Gensokyo at all, but Momo didn't find their appearance particularly abrupt. After all, when she parted ways with Reimu Hakurei, Momo had made many guesses.

Why did Reimu Hakurei make a deal with God?

What was that eerie and ferocious appearance of Reimu Hakurei at that time?

What did Reimu Hakurei encounter in Gensokyo before she came to Momo's side?

All of this led to Momo's meeting with Reimu Hakurei, a meeting caused by Reimu's experiences in Gensokyo. At that time, Momo already realized that something was wrong in Gensokyo.

However, Mo Mo, who was unaware of the current state of the anime and manga world at that time, certainly couldn't have imagined the true situation in Gensokyo.

"You do not know?"

Kazami Yuuka seemed surprised and said, "Although I am also curious about your past with Hakurei Reimu, since Hakurei Reimu has never left Gensokyo, the fact that you have appeared proves that she is not lying or going crazy."

"Of course she's not crazy, she's the most normal girl. If there's anything wrong, it's my fault, I was too late."

Beneath Mo Mo's seemingly calm expression, he was already clenching his teeth. Kazami Yuuka looked at Mo Mo thoughtfully and said, "You don't need to blame yourself too much. It seems that the time you met her was after the great battle."

"Regarding that great battle... I can't really explain it to you clearly. Although I participated in the battle as a combatant, I was just constantly fighting, killing and defeating those black enemies wave after wave."

"As for who they are, how they got here, and what their purpose is, I know nothing about it, and I don't care to know. I'm afraid the only one who truly knows all of this is Yakumo Yukari, right?"

Once Kazami Yuuka started talking, she began to chatter on and on. Of course, this could also be because the great battle she was talking about wasn't something that needed to be kept secret.

"We almost lost that battle. The enemy was strong, and they even had many powerful figures that gave me a headache. Their troops seemed endless. To this day, I still wonder if they were all immortal monsters."

Mo Mo listened quietly, then suddenly interjected, "Did Reimu have anything to do with the victory in this battle?"

"It's not that there's a connection, it's that she turned the tide of the battle."

At this point, Yuuka Kazami's voice carried a hint of respect as she said, "Since you are familiar with Gensokyo, you should understand that Reimu Hakurei's power is the strongest within the system. Without the spell card rules and Reimu's power, she would at most be just a girl with powerful spiritual energy."

"Originally... that's how I always saw her too."

“However,” Kazami Yuuka changed the subject, “at the most critical moment of that great battle, when everyone was about to give up, her power changed. Like our enemy, she vaguely turned black.”

"Just when we were wondering if she had been corrupted by the enemy's power, she displayed tremendous destructive power and forcefully drove the enemies back out of the breach in Gensokyo's barrier."

"Not only that, many powerful enemies who gave me a headache also died at her hands."

Kazami Yuuka sighed softly and said, "In that battle, everyone realized that this little human priestess was not only powerful within the system, but could also be a powerful existence outside of it. Just the courage she showed in charging alone at the enemy's strongest warrior at the last moment is worthy of my respect."

"You should have won that battle, right? But why was Reimu unhappy afterward?" Momo continued to press, and Kazami Yuuka added, "Because of fear."

"Originally, everyone thought that although Reimu Hakurei's power was strong, she would not kill or threaten the lives of everyone in Gensokyo."

"But after that battle, everyone realized that the Hakurei Shrine Maiden was not just a manager. If she wanted to, she could easily become an executioner who slaughters any being."

"Realizing this, many people began to consciously distance themselves from her. In addition, the power she finally displayed carried an aura of malevolence and destruction, somewhat similar to our enemies, which made even more people fear her."

Kazami Yuuka smiled sarcastically and said, "The weak are just weak. On one hand, they demand protection from the strong, and on the other hand, they fear and ostracize the strong."

"That time must have been the lowest point for Reimu Hakurei. After all, no matter how strong she is, she is still just a novice among humans, and she is still quite far from being able to take all of this in stride."

"However, what I didn't expect was that after a while, she neither became depressed and evil because of these exclusions and fears, nor did she learn to ignore them and become mature and profound."

"On the contrary, it was a man she had never heard of who pulled her out of all this, a man who was going to become her husband."

Kazami Yuuka looked at Mo Mo meaningfully and said, "You did very well. At least I think that compared to that expression of almost crying because she was disliked, her cheerful smile and constant anticipation of your arrival are what make people happy."

"As humans, life is short, especially for someone her age, she should be happy. The whole of Gensokyo is wrong about this, including Yukari Yakumo."

Mo Mo listened quietly, and it seemed as if all of Reimu Hakurei's past appeared before her eyes.

Watching her fight to the death, watching her suffer from injuries and be feared and ostracized after the battle, watching her hide alone in a corner, watching her muster the courage to confront Yakumo Yukari, watching her resolve to give up everything and wait for Mo Mo's arrival.

Was Reimu smiling at that moment?

What did that smile look like?

088 Another breakthrough

Seeing Mo Mo lost in thought, Kazami Yuuka made no attempt to urge her. At her stage, time had lost much of its significance.

Even if Mo Mo stood here for a whole day, she would patiently wait.

She looked down at her surroundings, at the land that had been completely reduced to ruins, and a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes.

Yuuka Kazami wasn't angry about the damage Momo had caused to her garden. In fact, Yuuka had a special mission in the afterlife, and she knew about Momo's existence from the very beginning.

However, Kazami Yuuka had previously taken Momo for granted as one of Gensokyo's enemies, believing Momo to be the vanguard of the invasion. Even though Momo is attacking her now, Kazami Yuuka is considering when to take the initiative and eliminate this enemy who has come to her doorstep.

Moreover, given her personality, she certainly wouldn't give Mo Mo any chance to explain; her attack would be a deadly, all-out strike.

If that were to happen, the situation wouldn't be much different from the current one. The only difference would be who takes the initiative and where the battlefield is.

Now that Kazami Yuuka has confirmed Momo's identity and knows that Momo currently has no hostility towards Gensokyo, and can even be considered Gensokyo's reinforcement, she naturally has no intention of continuing to be hostile to Momo.

Furthermore, given Momo's relationship with Reimu Hakurei, Yuuka Kazami has already accepted Momo as one of her own in Gensokyo.

Besides that, she had a very personal reason that prompted her to treat Momo with kindness. She needed to continue observing Momo to determine if Momo had the power to help her with something.

Of course, the most fundamental reason was that Mo Mo demonstrated his strength, making the powerful Kazami Yuuka his captive and forcibly establishing the foundation of their relationship.

Kazami Yuuka stretched out her hand, her demonic power sweeping across the devastated land, sweeping out seeds from the cracks in the soil and bringing them back to her palm.

Seeing that a considerable number of the seeds were still intact, Yuuka Kazami smiled with relief. To her, the flowers were like adorable children. Although her children had perished in her battle with Momo, they had left behind a small number of seeds, allowing them to continue their lineage.

For Yuuka Kazama, these seeds are enough. Given enough free time, it's only a matter of time before the barren land is transformed back into a garden.

"Don't you have any questions?"

At this moment, Kazami Yuuka also noticed Momo's gaze. Momo had already come to his senses and was calmly watching Kazami Yuuka's actions of collecting the seeds.

"Yes, there are many, far too many, enough for us to talk by candlelight for three days and three nights."

Mo Mo smiled slightly and said, "However, rather than chatting with you, I think it's better for me to take action myself, find Gensokyo as soon as possible, enter Gensokyo, and bring Reimu back."

"So now I only have one question: where is Gensokyo? Can you tell me? You've confirmed it, right? I have no hostility towards Gensokyo. In fact, I can help Gensokyo and provide assistance to it."

Mo Mo stretched out his arms and said, "Don't underestimate me just because I'm alone. I have several worlds supporting me. It's no problem for me to support a Gensokyo."

However, this time, Momo did not get the answer he wanted from Kazami Yuuka.

"You do not know?"

Mo Mo stared at Kazami Yuuka in astonishment, never expecting such an answer. Kazami Yuuka's reply wasn't that she couldn't or didn't want to tell Mo Mo, but rather that she had absolutely no idea where Gensokyo was.

"Yes, I don't know."

Despite Mo Mo's surprise, Kazami Yuuka remained calm and said, "The reason I am in this world... the afterlife you mentioned, is because I was sent here directly by Yakumo Yukari. As for how far this place is from Gensokyo, or where Gensokyo is located, I have no clue whatsoever."

Kazami Yuuka pondered for a moment, a hint of seriousness appearing in her eyes, and said, "Actually, before this, I had a complete falling out with Yakumo Yukari. The reason... was that we had different ideas."

"What exactly happened?"

"I really don't know exactly what happened."

Kazami Yuuka gave a wry smile, seemingly mocking herself, and said, "Since you know about Gensokyo and our affairs, you should understand my personality, which means I'm destined not to have many deals with the other guys in Gensokyo."

"Even when I participated in the great battle to protect Gensokyo, it wasn't out of duty or a sense of responsibility. It was simply because they disrupted the order of Gensokyo and might even destroy my flower field."

"I am such a monster."

Kazami Yuuka changed the subject, saying, "If I'm ostracized for this reason, I naturally won't care. The reason I'm here is because I can't stand some of Yakumo Yukari's actions, some of her actions that are willing to sacrifice everything to maintain the peace and stability of Gensokyo."

Hearing this, Mo Mo's heart sank, as if sensing something had happened. Kazami Yuuka opened her mouth to continue speaking, but suddenly shook her head and said, "I won't say anything more about Yakumo Yukari, after all, things have come to this point between us."

"The reason I'm here is because I made a deal with her. She found me a quiet garden in this world, I guarded the prisoners she designated, and..."

Kazami Yuuka shut her mouth, interrupting her words, and turned to look into the distance. In the distance, Konno Yuuki flew over with the girls from Gensokyo and Nakamura Yuri, waving at Momo from the air.

"Hey, big brother, Yuki's here! Hehe, Yui showed me your dashing figure just now. When I get back, I'll share it with my sisters and let them know how amazing you are."

Mo Mo felt a chill run down her spine as she listened to Konno Muku's flattering words. At that moment, Mo Mo felt as if someone was plotting against her, but every time she turned around, she could only see the smiling Yui, and no one else.

It seems like it was just my imagination...

However, at this moment, Mo Mo's thoughts vanished instantly, because she vaguely saw Kazami Yuuka slightly raise her chin towards the group flying over, and then she glanced at Mo Mo with a meaningful look in her eyes.