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The so-called second option wasn't really an option at all, or rather, it was a declaration of war. Yakumo Yukari's changes baffled Mo Mo, and at this moment, her changes were undoubtedly far too dangerous.

The danger was so great that Mo Mo had already entertained the thought of destroying the person in front of him.

Yukari Yakumo is going crazy for what she calls protecting Gensokyo, but in Mo Mo's view, her madness will only lead Gensokyo, which is now only a last vestige of false peace, to face irresistible turmoil.

Perhaps it's time to completely give up on reasoning.

Perhaps, only after Mo Mo cripples Yakumo Yukari, who is about to fall into the abyss of madness, will everyone be able to sit down and have a calm and peaceful chat.

Mo Mo made up her mind, gently tugged at the brim of her top hat, and said, "I'm sorry, Yakumo Yukari, I will neither choose A nor B, I choose..."

"You can only choose B, Momo."

Before Mo Mo could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yakumo Yukari. Almost instantly, a great sense of unease surged through Mo Mo's heart. Without thinking, he immediately retreated at high speed. The moment he left, cracks appeared from where Mo Mo had just been, spewing out torrents of black mud.

That black mud, radiating an ominous and despairing power, what else could it be but the black mud that Momo feared most?

"Black mud!"

Mo Mo looked at Yakumo Yukari in disbelief and said sharply, "Yakumo Yukari, why do you have such a thing? Why can you use such power!"

Unfortunately, Yukari Yakumo returned a somewhat manic smile to Mo Mo, saying, "Do you still have the leisure to care about my power now?"

Mo Mo was slightly taken aback, then coldly snorted, "Black Mud is indeed powerful, but I'm sorry, Yakumo Yukari. Right now, this kind of thing is no longer..."

Before he could finish speaking, a wave of unease washed over Mo Mo, causing him to instinctively clutch his chest. What horrified Mo Mo was that this unease wasn't due to a sense of danger, but rather because…

Because Momo could sense that the Heroic Spirits and Heroic Spirit candidates in Gensokyo were all in danger.

"Oops!"

Mo Mo quickly looked behind him, towards the location of the heroic spirit candidates. However, to Mo Mo's astonishment, there was no one there at all.

All that appeared before Mo Mo was an endless expanse of darkness. As for the people who were originally there, or rather, everyone except Mo Mo and Yakumo Yukari, they all vanished in an instant.

No, to be precise, they disappeared from Mo Mo's sight, rather than truly vanishing.

This is undoubtedly the work of Yukari Yakumo.

"Although I don't know your origins or your power, do you really think that just because you can contend with my realm of power, you can ignore my abilities, Yakumo Yukari? Momo, you foolish outsider, you are too naive."

Yukari Yakumo looked at Mo Mo with disdain and said, "At the beginning, you were all alone, and perhaps I really couldn't do anything to you. But now you are no longer alone; you have countless ties to your side. So, I now have a way to deal with you."

"You can contend with my power of realm, but can those traitors contend with my power? Now, I have isolated them in different times and spaces. If you delay for another second, you may only be able to collect their corpses."

"You fickle, sentimental outsider, do you regret it now? Do you regret having designs on Gensokyo?"

Do you think I've been completely unaware of your actions all along?

"I'm just letting you go, and then I'll find a chance to destroy you."

After saying that, Yukari Yakumo laughed to herself, and then disappeared into the black mud. The all-powerful black mud seemed to lose its original power when facing Yukari Yakumo, and was instead controlled by her with a powerful force.

Mo Mo ignored Yakumo Yukari's taunts. Undeniably, Mo Mo had underestimated Yakumo Yukari. Just as she said, perhaps Yakumo Yukari couldn't directly defeat Mo Mo, but for someone as sentimental as Mo Mo, Mo Mo now possessed countless weaknesses.

Now, Yukari Yakumo has captured them and is about to launch a desperate counterattack against Momo.

"If you want to kneel down and beg for mercy, you still have a little time. In a few more seconds, you won't even have the chance to cry anymore, stranger."

Yukari Yakumo's words were like a demon's curse, disturbing Mo Mo's mind. Black mud was everywhere, rolling towards Mo Mo little by little. Mo Mo seemed to be truly trapped in a desperate situation.

However, Momo did not panic, but calmly issued the order.

"Yui, formally issue invitations to all candidate Heroic Spirits, allowing them to enter the Valhalla directly. Any remaining Heroic Spirits who are injured should return to the Valhalla immediately."

Momo immediately gave orders to Yui. Momo himself didn't think he would be easily killed, but he was most concerned about the Heroic Spirit candidates he had played games with all night. They weren't official Heroic Spirits yet, and if they were destroyed by Yakumo Yukari and Kurokawa, Momo would never forgive himself.

However, what happened next made Mo Mo realize that he was truly in dire straits.

"...Yui?"

Yui did not answer.

227 It seems you're in a hurry.

How could Yui not answer?

Momo and Yui are one entity, both outwardly and inwardly. As the King of Heroes, Momo is constantly empowered by the power of Valhalla. Yui, on the other hand, is essentially one with Valhalla; if Momo so desires, Yui can appear before him anytime, anywhere.

But now, Yui didn't answer Momo!

This is definitely not a situation where Yui is throwing a tantrum. Putting aside the fact that Yui has had an overwhelming level of affection for Momo for many years, she would never do something like this. Even if Yui really can't respond to Momo for the time being, Momo should still be able to sense Yui's presence.

But right now, Mo Mo's connection to Yui is very weak.

It was as if the power connection between Momo and Yui was interfered with by a slightly weaker but equally powerful force, preventing Momo from successfully conveying his words and thoughts to Yui.

What kind of power is this...?

Mo Mo gasped; such a thing was not unheard of. Although the power maintaining the connection between Mo Mo and Yui was the power of the Supreme God, there were still a few remnants of the Supreme God's power in the entire anime world.

Just like the SOS Brigade that Momo encountered before, the adorable goddess Nagato Yuki, with the support of Haruhi Suzumiya, could mobilize and use power at the level of a supreme god. And using such power, she could even sever and block Momo's connection with Valhalla.

Could it be that Mo Mo is now experiencing the same thing?

Could it be that Yukari Yakumo is a deeply hidden transcendent being, who has even killed a manager and possesses the power of a supreme god?

A series of doubts arose in Mo Mo's mind. If Yakumo Yukari was really an enemy of the same level as Haruhi Suzumiya and Kinpika, then Mo Mo might really be in an extremely dangerous situation today.

At least... facing such an enemy, Mo Mo had absolutely no confidence in safely taking those candidate heroic spirits from her hands.

"Are you afraid? Are you scared? At this moment, you seem to have lost that disgusting smile on your face. Stranger, it's a pity, it's too late to regret it now."

Yukari Yakumo's voice came from behind the black mud, saying, "I also want to thank you. Without you, I would not have fully accepted these powerful forces, nor would I have made up my mind to thoroughly clean up and transform Gensokyo, allowing it to be reborn and exist forever."

"People get corrupted when they live too long, and so did Gensokyo. So, I cut away the rotten flesh and led a brand new Gensokyo back to peace."

The black mud drew closer and closer to Mo Mo, and countless pitch-black hands, formed from the mud, reached out to grab Mo Mo from head to toe, as if to seize him and tear him to pieces.

"It's a pity you won't see this. All the traitors, including you and Reimu Hakurei, will only be eliminated and will become a powerful force under my command."

Faced with these filthy, large hands, Mo Mo did not move, but his entire body shone with a quantum light as hot and volatile as the sun. The light collided with the black mud, producing a hissing sound in an instant.

Momo wasn't really afraid of the black mud anymore. The experience he gained while treating Remilia allowed him to use quantum light to neutralize its power. As long as Momo's quantum light wasn't depleted, the black mud couldn't harm him.

However, to Mo Mo's surprise, after the giant hands formed from the black mud sizzled from the heat, cries of agony emanated from within the mud. Then, humanoid figures completely enveloped in the black mud emerged from it. Only then did Mo Mo realize with astonishment that these giant hands of black mud actually had their own masters.

Looking at the appearance and attire of these people, Mo Mo's face darkened further. He said, "They... are Great Tengu?"

"That's right, warriors who died on the battlefield to protect Gensokyo. I happened to break the power of this black mud, and like our enemies, I turned their corpses into warriors who will never weaken or retreat."

"Thank me, you're the first to face them in person. Ah, no... your companions are facing the same danger."

"I really don't know... which side, you or them, will die first?"

Mo Mo frowned deeply, his anger almost bursting forth. Six wings of light appeared behind him. Unlike the quiet and beautiful wings of an angel he usually possessed, these wings now resembled six giant swords imbued with violent light, ready to crush everything around them into pieces at any moment.

Mo Mo had no reason to be afraid of the so-called Black Mud Warriors. Just as Mo Mo was about to attack everything around him to find Yakumo Yukari, he had a sudden thought and canceled his attack stance, turning into a defensive stance wrapped in wings.

Regardless of Mo Mo's posture, the Black Mud Warriors, transformed from the Great Tengu, charged forward with various weapons, each at a speed approaching that of Aya Shameimaru, instinctively attacking Mo Mo's vital points.

However, although Momo didn't attack them, his six wings, even in a defensive stance, still possessed formidable offensive power. Six flashes of light appeared, followed by a series of teeth-grinding hissing sounds, and several Black Mud Warriors collapsed to the ground. However, in return, the brightness of Momo's wings diminished slightly.

The danger was far from over. The Black Mud Warriors, who had been slain by Mo Mo's radiant wings, truly wriggled and regrouped like the black mud itself, returning to their original forms. And this time, they seemed to have learned from their mistake, no longer recklessly attacking Mo Mo. Instead, their melee weapons transformed into longbows.

Then, the Black Mud Warriors drew their bows and shot arrows. The long arrows, formed from black mud, landed on Momo's wings, making Momo feel as if he were experiencing a black mud downpour.

"How pathetic, you're getting beaten so badly you can't even fight back. How long do you plan to crouch down like a mouse with your head in your hands? The black mud I've accumulated is almost inexhaustible, and how long can your strength last?"

"Right now, you're completely isolated from me. Struggling is pointless. Why not merge into this black mud and become my warrior?"

Yakumo Yukari's mocking voice reached Mo Mo's ears. Surprisingly, Mo Mo, who was enveloped in wings, no longer showed the anxiety and unease he had just displayed. Instead, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"You almost really led me astray, you sage youkai, Yukari Yakumo."

Mo Mo's voice sounded somewhat muffled amidst the hissing sounds of the mud and quantum light colliding, but it immediately silenced Yakumo Yukari. Moreover, the confident power contained in Mo Mo's voice seemed to slow down the movements of the black mud.

"Indeed, your strength is beyond my expectations, and your trump card is also beyond my expectations. And now, it seems that I am really in a desperate situation. My companions are waiting to be slaughtered by your blade, and I have no choice but to accept my fate."

"But why do I feel like something's not right?"

"Yukari Yakumo, why do you seem more anxious than I am?"

228 The Greatest Secret of Gensokyo

Yokai Mountain, Moriya Shrine.

Or rather, this should have originally been the site of a Moriya Shrine. Unfortunately, all that Momo and Sanae Kochiya see now is a dense forest. As for the Moriya Shrine that originally stood here, it seems as if it should never have existed here at all.

Mo Mo and Sanae Kochiya watched all this in silence. After a long while, Mo Mo gently put his arm around Sanae Kochiya's shoulder and asked, "Are you alright?"

Sanae Kochiya leaned gently on Momo's shoulder, nodded slowly, and said, "Actually, it's been a long time since then, and I should have moved on from these things long ago. Besides, I am now a Heroic Spirit, and if I can't fully integrate into everyone's group, then I really have no value at all."

Kouchi Sanae forced a smile, but Mo Mo reached out and rubbed her cheek, squeezing out her stiff smile, and said, "There's no point in hiding that you haven't moved on. The most important people left your side and sacrificed themselves for you. It would be strange if you could forget them so easily."

"Even if you become a Heroic Spirit, even if you become our ally, it cannot change your essence. You are Sanae Kochiya, the shrine maiden of Moriya Shrine, with two family members named Kanako Yasaka and Suwako Moriya. This is the complete you, isn't it?"

Mo Mo's gentle words caused Sanae Kochiya's expression to instantly crumble. A trace of blood appeared in her eyes, and tears welled up at the corners of her eyes. She buried her face in Mo Mo's shoulder, sobbing silently, and Mo Mo did not stop her, letting her vent her emotions.

At this moment, another Momo was undergoing the Tengu clan's test. As an avatar sharing the same consciousness as Momo, this Momo naturally knew everything that was happening over there.

However, the serious or playful assessments over there had little to do with Mo Mo right now. Mo Mo's only task at the moment was to comfort a girl who, even as a Heroic Spirit, was still unable to overcome her heartbreak.

"Aren't you going to ask me those things?"

Sanae Kochiya gently wiped away the tear stains on her face, and only after making sure her face wasn't too smudged did she turn to look at Mo Mo.

"What are you asking?" Mo Mo countered with a question to Kochiya Sanae, saying, "Is there anything more important than taking care of the injured girl right now?"

Mo Mo gently patted Kouchi Sanae's head and said, "Don't worry, no matter how important it is, if you have any resistance or don't want to talk about it, I won't force you."

"But, but these things are for Gensokyo, for you and Reimu..."

Sanae Kouchi hesitated, but Mo Mo gave her a reassuring smile and said, "I'll take care of any problem, no matter how big. Since you've chosen to join us and are willing to let me hold your hand, your problems are my problems."

"If you're willing to share your sorrows and secrets with me, then I will. If you're not, then let me handle all the consequences."

"Because I'm already your man."

Mo Mo's somewhat domineering words, like a ray of midday sun, mercilessly pierced through Kochiya Sanae's already wounded and overburdened heart. Kochiya Sanae stared blankly at Mo Mo, tears streaming down her face again. This time, for the first time, she felt that her seemingly self-destructive choice to completely trust this man was the right decision she had ever made in her life.

"Why……"

Sanae Kochiya muttered to herself, "Why am I always so lucky, always being taken care of? How could I possibly deserve this? Someone like me, who can't do anything..."