Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

"Although this is my first time in Gensokyo, I've heard a lot about some of the youkai here. Don't worry, the guide I've chosen will definitely not refuse me!"

After saying that, Momo threw a ball of white light into the distance. The light transformed into a giant banner that soared into the sky, towering far above the surrounding trees. At the top of the banner, a flag with several characters written on it fluttered in the wind.

"There's big news here!"

Cheng stared in disbelief at everything, blinked, tilted her head, and finally could only admit that she couldn't keep up with Mo Mo's train of thought again.

Just as Cheng was about to ask Mo Mo what he was planning to do, a gust of wind howled from the direction of the high altitude of Monster Mountain, and at the same time, a clear female voice appeared.

"Where? Where's the big news? I want to see the big news!"

As the wind subsided, the sound drew closer, finally bursting through the trees and shattering countless leaves—it was a peculiar young girl.

She had short black hair and wore a peculiar red hexagonal hat. She wore a white shirt and a black skirt, and the most striking feature was a pair of black wings on her back, symbolizing her identity.

Tengu (crow tengu).

The Leica M3 camera that this tengu is holding indicates that she is a special one among the tengu, demonstrating her unique status in Gensokyo.

This tengu crow is Aya Shameimaru.

Aya Shameimaru's power is immense. Her age of over a thousand years determines that, even if she is not yet a great demon, she is definitely at the top level.

However, this monster was known to Mo Mo and to all beings in the fantasy world, not because of her power, but because of the camera in her hand, her self-proclaimed status as a reporter, and the Wenwen News she founded.

Yes, what this youkai likes to do most is to collect rumors in Gensokyo, then take pictures of what it thinks are interesting moments, and finally combine these things together and write them in its own news articles.

As a professional stalker and voyeur in Gensokyo, she was even more feared than Yukari Yakumo. After all, Yukari Yakumo only spied on others, while Aya Shameimaru not only watched herself but also filmed it for everyone to see.

However, although everyone was wary of Aya Shameimaru, Gensokyo was just too boring. The news about Aya became the topic of conversation for everyone to pass the time. They talked about other people's embarrassing situations and collected other people's embarrassing history amidst laughter.

This is a classic case of mutual harm!

This allowed Aya Shameimaru to find her sense of self-worth and the value she sought as a journalist. Thus, Aya Shameimaru embarked on an irreversible journey to become a journalist—and a journalist who ran fast, faster than anyone else.

This is why Momo could easily summon Aya Shameimaru, and also why Momo wanted to find Aya Shameimaru.

If we're talking about who knows the most things in Gensokyo and is the most suitable to be a guide, can anyone compare to Aya Shameimaru?

Actually, there is one; the person's name is Yakumo Yukari.

Yukari Yakumo knows all the secrets of Gensokyo; she even has a "Gap Express" there. Unfortunately, Momo wouldn't ride in Yukari's car a second time. Otherwise, Yukari would definitely find a way to throw Momo out of Gensokyo.

"So it's you two. Where's the big news you were talking about? Ah, you're the one called Orange... So you two are the big news?"

After saying that, Aya Shameimaru's eyes lit up, and she picked up her camera and started snapping pictures of Momo and Cheng holding hands, muttering something under her breath.

"Yes, yes, the title should be 'The Love Story of a Lolicon Maniac and the Yakumo Clan's Shikigami Cat Demon,' that would definitely be the front page headline!"

119 Try to bribe me with money.

As soon as Aya Shameimaru uttered her words, Orange didn't understand what they meant, but a few seconds later she realized what she meant and immediately let out a scream.

"Meow! You peeping tom, it's not what you're saying!"

Orange's already rosy cheeks turned even redder, and she immediately let go of Mo Mo's hand and pounced on Shameimaru Aya.

"He's my friend, a friend! Don't talk nonsense, I won't allow you to put his photo in the newspaper!"

Orange clearly knows what the Wenwen Daily is; it seems she's learned quite a bit about it at Yakumo-ku. Perhaps Yakumo Ran will even use the Wenwen Daily to teach Orange to read.

In this way, Orange was quite aware of the consequences of being featured in the Aya Shameimaru Daily.

Before long, Orange's name will resound throughout Gensokyo. As a young cat spirit, she's already starting to find herself a man... If word gets out, she'll be a huge disgrace to the Yakumo family.

In that case, the name Yakumo will be forever out of her reach, right?

Orange was using all her strength at this moment, her high speed and agility enough to catch an ordinary person completely off guard. However, such speed was meaningless in front of Aya Shameimaru, who was known as the fastest in Gensokyo.

Shameimaru Aya's feet were enveloped in a gentle breeze. She didn't even bother to avoid Cheng. She floated in mid-air, moving back and forth at will, still holding a camera in her hand and snapping pictures non-stop, laughing without any restraint.

This is a rare and exciting news story! Gensokyo has been quiet for so long, everyone is so lifeless. She finally found this eye-catching news, how could she allow Orange to interrupt her research?

"Click-click-click!"

The cameras kept clicking, giving the impression that Aya Shameimaru was bursting with pent-up energy. Her journalistic spirit was blazing, and she was determined to make Orange the front-page headline.

After several attempts, Orange realized that as a minor yokai, she was no match for a top-tier character like Aya Shameimaru. She glared angrily at Aya, tears welling in her eyes.

Orange's reaction actually made Aya Shameimaru stop. She scratched her head, looked helplessly at Orange who seemed to be saying "I'll cry for you," and sighed.

Although Aya Shameimaru is dedicated to her career as a journalist, both her photography and her daily newspaper, Aya Shameimaru, are ultimately based on her own interests and do not involve any financial gain.

In fact, to run the Wenwen Daily, she had to invest her own time, energy, and even money, which was definitely not a profitable job.

Therefore, Aya Shameimaru would not recklessly gather material for the sake of publishing the Aya Shameimaru Daily, let alone harm others in the process.

This is why Aya Shameimaru, despite all the scandals she's caused, is still alive and kicking. Don't let her impressive strength and incredible speed fool you; if someone were to try and take advantage of her, given the diverse and bizarre abilities of Gensokyo, she would definitely be in deep trouble.

Aya Shameimaru takes a hobby of photography, and everyone reads Aya's Daily for fun; this has become an unspoken understanding in Gensokyo.

"Oh, okay, okay, stop looking like that. It's like I'm deliberately bullying you."

"Honestly," Aya Shameimaru complained incessantly, as if she were the victim, saying, "I finally got an interesting news story, and now you're making such a fuss, how am I supposed to use it?"

"Oh right, I can just not write your name. I'll just write that some young little monster actually fell in love with a lolicon human, is that alright?"

Hearing this, Orange secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as her name wasn't mentioned, there were plenty of little youkai in Gensokyo, and people would at most guess in secret, but they probably wouldn't guess that it was her.

As for whether Aya Shameimaru would lie, Orange didn't even consider it. A high-level yokai like Aya Shameimaru had no need to deceive Orange, because Orange had no ability to resist Aya Shameimaru.

Can I say something?

Mo Mo walked up to Cheng and gently patted her head. Cheng, startled by Mo Mo's arrival, lowered her hostile gaze and looked at him with pleading eyes.

Seeing this, Aya Shameimaru's eyes lit up even more. Although Orange vehemently denied their relationship, seeing how obedient Mo Mo, a human he had never met before, could make Orange so compliant, Aya Shameimaru's gossip fire was already burning fiercely.

Aya Shameimaru promised not to write the main character's name, and she will definitely keep her promise. However, not writing Aya's name doesn't mean she'll give up on the news. On the contrary, driven by her gossipy nature, Aya is actually using this as a strategic retreat to get to the bottom of what's going on.

Mo Mo understood the mischievous look in Aya Shameimaru's eyes, smiled slightly, and said, "Aya, compared to this little thing between me and Cheng, I think there's something more suitable for your front page. Don't you see what's changed around you?"

Aya Shameimaru blinked, somewhat surprised that Momo had taken the initiative to talk to her. In Aya's eyes, Momo, who showed no signs of power, was just an ordinary human. Yet this human not only called her by name but also acted as if they were very familiar with each other.

Who is he?

However, Aya Shameimaru was not angry about this. As for Momo calling her by her name so familiarly, she didn't mind. Instead, she directly began to observe her surroundings as Momo had instructed.

News is the most important thing; Aya Shameimaru would die without any big news to stir things up!

Then, Aya Shameimaru's eyes widened instantly as she stared in astonishment at the castle that had suddenly appeared in the distance.

How come there's a castle here?

There was absolutely no castle here before!

To create a news story, Aya Shameimaru has traversed the entire Gensokyo countless times, given her speed. Aside from places where entering would risk being killed, Aya Shameimaru claims to know every blade of grass and tree in Gensokyo intimately.

This place... right, it used to be the Lost's Home, which should have been a few thatched huts and a small street. The cat demons under Orange's command lived here. Apart from Orange, the other cat demons didn't have any mature intelligence. Such a group of cat demons belonged to the lowest level of youkai in Gensokyo.

Because of this, Orange and her cat demon subordinates were relegated to living in thatched huts. Although Gensokyo had become much more peaceful and tranquil, the law of the jungle still existed there, with the strong occupying good territories and resources, while the weak struggled to survive.

It's just that because of the overall peace of Gensokyo, everything becomes less obvious.

Now, a castle has appeared here, replacing the original thatched hut, and it seems the cat demons have moved in. How interesting!

This situation immediately reminded Orange of a similar incident from before. It was the time when the Scarlet Devil Mansion suddenly appeared by the Lake of Mist, which caused quite a stir in Gensokyo for a while.

Will this time, like the Scarlet Devil Mansion incident, see a serious anomaly that throws Gensokyo into chaos?

Thinking of this, Aya Shameimaru's eyes were already filled with excitement. Without Orange's permission, and without even glancing at Momo and Orange again, she rushed towards the newly appeared castle.

Compared to the melodramatic news of a possible romance between Momo and Cheng, big news like an anomaly is definitely more popular. After all, while romances between yokai and humans are rare, rumors always circulate. But a major anomaly like the one at the Scarlet Devil Mansion is something you can count on your fingers!

Aya Shameimaru vanished in the blink of an eye. Orange reached out to try and stop Aya Shameimaru from causing trouble at her new home, but before she could say anything, Aya Shameimaru had already rushed into the castle.

"Don't worry, she'll come back, and I'll take her away next. I can also guarantee that she'll witness a series of news stories. That way, our photos will no longer be on the news."

Orange nodded, letting out a sigh of relief. She trusted Momo completely; since Momo had a way to subdue Aya Shameimaru, Orange entrusted everything to him.

The two waited quietly for a few minutes when a shadow suddenly appeared in front of them—it was Aya Shameimaru, who looked puzzled and disappointed.

She glanced at Mo Mo, then at Cheng, and finally fixed her gaze on Mo Mo, the adult, saying, "Hey, you there, what's going on with this castle? I went in, and there wasn't a single master. The servants were all dull and didn't answer me, and the little cat demons were all sleeping like logs."

"You should know whose castle this is and why it's here, right?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Mo's lips curled slightly, and he said, "Want to know?"

Aya Shameimaru nodded and said, "Of course, I'm a reporter, how could I not find out about such a big news?"

"Besides, even for the sake of Gensokyo's safety, I need him to hear clearly what's happening here. You know, this kind of change is definitely an anomaly!"

"Are you aware of the anomaly?"

Momo nodded and said, "Of course I know what the anomaly is, and I even know all the changes that have happened here, including the owner of this castle and everything that has happened here."

Aya Shameimaru's eyes lit up again. She rushed to Momo's side, pushed past Cheng without a word, patted Momo's shoulder, and said, "Then what are you waiting for? Tell me now! Look, I'm a professional reporter, specializing in covering all the big and small news in Gensokyo!"

"Telling you isn't impossible..."

Mo Mo looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated, while Ayane Shameimaru nodded repeatedly, indicating that she was listening carefully to all of Mo Mo's opinions.

As a result, Momo reached out his hand towards Aya Shameimaru, pinching the tips of his thumb and forefinger together to form a ring, with the ring facing Aya Shameimaru.

Aya Shameimaru was taken aback and asked, "What does this mean?"

"What do you mean?"

Mo Mo looked extremely surprised and said, "Of course it's money! Since you want to interview me and get exclusive news from me, then I am your informant and news provider."

"Shouldn't I be charged for providing such a big news story?"

120 is ready to go at a moment's notice, let's set off now!

Mo Mo's reasoned and well-founded words made Aya Shameimaru gasp. She squinted at Mo Mo, realizing that Mo Mo was not as easy to deal with as Cheng.

Aya Shameimaru scrutinized Momo from head to toe, seemingly trying to determine Momo's identity and race. However, she couldn't detect any demonic aura on Momo.

"You...are you really a human?"

Although Momo wasn't a yokai, he gave Aya Shameimaru a very strange feeling. It seemed that this human possessed an unusual power, a power that even she felt a sense of unease about.

“It’s the real deal,” Mo Mo said, opening his arms wide. “Want to touch it?”

Aya Shameimaru had no interest in touching a human she had just met; she was simply assessing Momo's status and position before deciding on her attitude towards him.