Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

"So you're not human either! You should have said so earlier, hahaha, you made me misunderstand. If you had told me you weren't human sooner, we could have had a proper conversation."

Aya Shameimaru grinned, trying to hide her embarrassment.

As a yokai with ideals and goals who pursues journalism as his lifelong career, Aya Shameimaru simply cannot allow herself to make such a mistake.

Considering that he had just given Momo human coins and offered to help this seemingly powerful alien, Momo must have thought his actions were utterly foolish.

The reason Mo Mo wasn't provoked is probably because Mo Mo has a good temper!

Aya Shameimaru felt a pang of frustration, not because she had embarrassed Mo Mo in front of everyone. As a yokai, Aya Shameimaru naturally didn't value face as much as humans do.

What she was worried about was her own journalism career.

Since Mo Mo isn't human, but rather an anomaly, then getting big news out of Mo Mo is going to be even more troublesome...

What exactly could have moved Mo Mo?

Aya Shameimaru glanced furtively at Mo Mo, only to find him staring at her intently with the same look he'd been giving her before. Aya's lips curled into a sneer, and she was about to question Mo Mo about this. But at that moment, her heart skipped a beat…

We're all outcasts, so why is he looking at me so greedily...?

An unnatural blush crept onto Aya Shameimaru's face.

123 Hey, don't come any closer!

(The image was down yesterday, and I discovered it too late. If any readers missed it, please check here.)

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If Momo were an ordinary human being, Aya Shameimaru's normal and friendly interaction with Momo was purely due to her own professional ethics.

As a journalist, if a reporter cannot even maintain the most basic courtesy to their interviewees or the informants who provide them with leads, then in Aya Shameimaru's view, such a reporter is absolutely unqualified.

At the very least, you should maintain a facade of politeness!

As for how to write the story after returning to Youkai Mountain... cough cough, how to choose a more popular angle to report the big news truthfully and in detail, that's another matter for Aya Shameimaru to consider.

Therefore, if Mo Mo, who was just an ordinary human, went too far and showed behavior that damaged Aya Shameimaru's dignity, Aya Shameimaru would then retaliate by displaying his own imposing presence.

After all, before being a reporter, Aya Shameimaru was first and foremost a yokai, and she had to preserve the fear that a yokai should instill in humans.

But things are different now. Aya Shameimaru never imagined that even his discerning eyes could be wrong.

Momo is not human, but an anomaly of unknown origin. Although he possesses human-like qualities, from the perspective of an anomaly, Momo is now already a kindred spirit of Aya Shameimaru.

Although they are only of the same kind, and not even of the same species as the Tengu, this change in their relationship has already caused some things to change.

Mo Mo's admiring gaze was no longer the tactless opportunism of a human, but rather the scorching gaze of a fellow human, or even a being of equal standing. Even Aya Shameimaru felt a slight unease at such a direct look, as no one had ever looked at her like that before.

It's important to understand that the Karasu Tengu is different from other yokai, such as the rare Yakumo Yukari, which is unique to only one person in the entire world. Instead, it is an organized and socialized yokai.

This means that tengu are similar to humans in many ways. For example, fundamentally, they also reproduce through mating with females. The only difference between them and humans is that tengu are oviparous (egg-laying).

Of course, another significant difference between them and humans is that the tengu reproduce very slowly. After all, as yokai, they have long lifespans and naturally don't have the same strong urge to reproduce as humans.

The most typical example is Aya Shameimaru.

Although she is over a thousand years old, she is still a beautiful, pure, and innocent young girl. Not to mention procreation, she has never even held hands with a tengu that she finds attractive.

However, since tengu are social creatures, Aya Shameimaru could vaguely understand Momo's meaning at this moment. Having never seen anything like this before, and encountering such a direct and unconventional person as Momo, it was understandable that Aya Shameimaru felt awkward for a moment.

Shameimaru Aya is undeniably powerful; there are very few other beings in Gensokyo capable of fighting her. However, at this moment, she seemed afraid of Momo, slowly retreating step by step, as if she intended to flee from him.

As for the reason... Aya Shameimaru didn't know why either, she just felt panicked. She felt that if she continued to get entangled with Mo Mo, she was afraid that her purity, which she had maintained for thousands of years, would be lost.

"What, did my power scare you? As far as I know, Wenwen, you're not such a weak monster. And as a reporter, how could you back down in the face of me, the whistleblower?"

With a slight smile, Mo Mo used a goading tactic that never fails to work regardless of race. Aya Shameimaru, who had instinctively retreated, immediately stopped in her tracks because of Mo Mo's words, took a sudden step back, and stared at Mo Mo with wide eyes.

"Of course not! I'm just... just a bit restless. Look, I'm the fastest youkai in Gensokyo. Standing still isn't my style."

As if to prove that she wasn't afraid and that her words were true, Aya Shameimaru swayed back and forth in front of Momo, her tattered clothes fluttering slightly, the fluttering hem of her skirt highlighting her youthful charm.

A thousand years of youth.

However, Aya Shameimaru stopped immediately. She realized that her pretentious behavior not only failed to enhance her aura, but also made Momo's eyes shine even brighter.

It was only then that Aya Shameimaru realized that the anomaly before her was not just an anomaly, but a very rare male anomaly in Gensokyo. The methods she usually used to joke and fool the girls of Gensokyo, not caring too much about her unkempt and carefree behavior, all had to be restrained in front of Momo.

Otherwise, if this covetous outsider sees it...

Realizing this, Aya Shameimaru immediately stopped, pressed down on the hem of her skirt, and then stared at Mo Mo with a mixture of shyness and annoyance in her eyes, saying, "Why do you have to stare at me like that? Don't tell me you're in heat!"

"What race are you anyway? Why do you go into heat every female you see? Are you in heat every single day of the year?"

"Oh right..."

Shameimaru Aya seemed to realize something, a dangerous glint appearing in her eyes. She said, "You really are in heat. You've already bewitched that little guy, Orange, haven't you? Is it because I caught you in the act that you gave up on Orange and set your sights on me?"

Shameimaru Aya spoke rapidly, saying that she truly deserved to be called a reporter who could run the Aya Daily all by herself. As both a reporter and editor, her eloquence and creative thinking were quite remarkable.

Momo believed that if Aya Shameimaru were allowed to continue with her wildly imaginative thoughts, the next issue of Aya's Daily would probably be about the poignant love story between Momo and Cheng.

Of course, it could also be a record of Momo's scumbag stories and Cheng's tragic childhood.

Fortunately, Momo had a way to stop Aya Shameimaru. With just a slight movement, whether it was raising his hand or taking a step forward, he instantly interrupted Aya Shameimaru's mutterings, startling the thousand-year-old girl, Karasu Tengu, who jumped back a step.

"Don't come any closer!"

Aya Shameimaru looked at Mo Mo with some nervousness, but what was puzzling was that, besides nervousness, she also seemed to have a hint of excitement on her face.

"You...you can forget about it! If you're going to try and blackmail me with the news, I absolutely won't agree! I'm a principled monster, I'd never sell myself out!"

Shameimaru Aya looked righteous and indignant, as if she was about to fly into the sky or fight Momo at the slightest disagreement. However, Momo knew that Shameimaru Aya, a righteous and principled yokai, was definitely a good person to negotiate with.

"Is it really not possible?"

Mo Mo offered no defense whatsoever, seemingly acquiescing to all of Aya Shameimaru's accusations. This behavior seemed to suit Aya Shameimaru's wishes even better, as her excitement grew, though she still declared righteously, "Absolutely not! Get out of here!"

Momo didn't walk away; instead, he took a step forward and said, "Aren't you going to reconsider? This is huge news, absolutely huge news! This is big news enough to cause an upheaval, big enough to influence or even completely overturn the entire Gensokyo!"

"No...no discussion!"

After a brief consideration of his own integrity and the importance of the big news, Aya Shameimaru rationally chose the former.

After all, integrity is fleeting, and big news, once missed, will always come again. Gensokyo may seem peaceful forever, but Aya Shameimaru has a long life ahead of her; she can wait.

However, Mo Mo did not give up. Instead, he moved forward step by step, forcing Aya Shameimaru to retreat step by step, until Aya Shameimaru screamed and leaned against a tree, allowing Mo Mo to get close to her body.

"I'm going to make my move, you bastard! Don't think I won't!"

Aya Shameimaru reached out and pressed her hand against Momo's chest, a gust of wind swirling around her palm. Although it was just wind, Momo had no doubt that the wind in Aya Shameimaru's hand could shatter rocks and steel.

However, unlike the cold and even fiery tone in Aya Shameimaru's voice, Aya's eyes also lit up slightly, and her excitement deepened, as if the current situation was something quite novel and interesting to her.

This is not hard to understand. Aya Shameimaru is a reporter who works in the news. Sometimes, she can't help but stir up trouble herself in order to make Gensokyo, where there is nothing to do, in order to fulfill her mission as a reporter.

Therefore, Aya Shameimaru, who always claimed to protect her integrity, actually had her integrity gradually swallowed up by something called a journalist's sense of mission after becoming a reporter.

The contradictory state that Aya Shameimaru is currently in is the result of a clash between the remaining integrity within her and her sense of responsibility as a reporter.

As a journalist, your job is to find news, and big news. If there's news, you have to find it; if there isn't, you have to find it even more; you might even go out of your way to create news!

This is the code of conduct for Aya Shameimaru as a journalist with professional ethics, but today, her code of conduct faces a brand new challenge.

What if... it were news about myself?

"News reporter Aya Shameimaru encounters a mysterious, monstrous being in heat, whose true nature is unknown. Due to her lack of strength, she is forcibly pinned against a tree by the creature, and afterwards suffers even more..."

If such a front-page headline appeared in the Ayabu Daily, the sales of the Ayabu Daily would definitely explode instantly, and it would become a sensation throughout the entire Gensokyo, right?

After all, this kind of news is unprecedented in the history of the Wenwen Daily, and even in the history of Gensokyo. This kind of thing is absolutely sensational and eye-catching.

The only regrettable thing is that Aya Shameimaru, who had such a tragic experience, not only personally witnessed this big news, but also had to take her own picture and then have her story and photo published in the Aya News. This was truly cruel for the pure, thousand-year-old tengu girl, Aya Shameimaru.

However, cruelty doesn't matter. The most important thing is how could Aya Shameimaru not be excited by something like this?

Ah!

No, that's absolutely not allowed. How can we get excited about such thoughts?

Absolutely not!

"You, you stay away! I'm really going to hit you!"

124 I swear to the dragon.

"Make a move?"

Aya Shameimaru's warning only earned her a teasing reply from Mo Mo, who said, "Shall I pull you to your side?"

Shameimaru Aya was taken aback upon hearing this, and subconsciously looked at her hand, only to find that the hand that was originally pushing towards Mo Mo had now turned into a grip on Mo Mo's collar.

Judging from her actions, it's no longer that she's trying to drive Mo Mo away, but rather that she's trying to pull Mo Mo over.

This action instantly made Aya Shameimaru blush. Even though Mo Mo had given such a clear hint, Aya still made this gesture—what did it mean?

Did Aya Shameimaru herself crave some kind of big news happening to her?

Such a thing is obviously absolutely impossible. Even if Aya Shameimaru had such a thought, she would immediately put it out of her mind and completely forget about it.

While it's part of Aya Shameimaru's professional ethics as a journalist to create news even when there isn't any, this doesn't include making herself the center of attention.

Seeing other people's embarrassing secrets published in the newspaper is one thing, but seeing your own life published is quite another. If Aya Shameimaru were to make headlines by targeting herself today, she couldn't even imagine how she would manage to cause trouble for other girls... and interview them for the news in the future.

When that time comes, everyone will definitely point fingers at her and talk about Aya Shameimaru, right?

Aya Shameimaru wasn't ashamed of it. As an old monster who had lived for a thousand years and was a fast and ethical reporter, he had done countless shameless things before. Shame had long been a thing of the past for him.

What Aya Shameimaru was most worried about was that after this happened, it would be completely impossible for her to cause trouble discreetly anymore.

"I...I'll apologize to you!"

Seeing that Mo Mo was about to continue pressing down on her, Aya Shameimaru cried out helplessly, blushing as she pushed Mo Mo away. She then turned around and hid behind a tree, only revealing half of her face.

"I only said those things to provoke you and see if I could take advantage of the situation. But I didn't expect you to actually attack me!"

"Let's make this clear beforehand: although I look like a human and you look exactly like one, we are different races and cannot fall in love! My aesthetic sense is completely geared towards tengu, so there is no possibility between us."

"Also, if you push your luck any further, I might really take action! Although you are my interviewee and I will respect you, there are limits. Don't think I'm as easy to fool as Orange; I'm a veteran of Gensokyo."

"So, let's put the past behind us and start afresh. Let's talk about the castle first?"

Mo Mo looked at Aya Shameimaru, who was hiding behind the trees, with a half-smile. Was she looking at Mo Mo with such a wary expression, like a little white rabbit looking at a big bad wolf, as if she had put everything behind her and started anew?