I was reincarnated in Gensokyo and aspired to become a great magician!!

"Well, so much time has passed, there is no way there could be any survivors." Meihong picked up a handful of dirt from the trail, put it to her nose and sniffed it, saying, "Generally, those who take advantage of the change to fish in troubled waters are just some brainless and uncivilized monsters.

Once that kind of guy has tasted...the taste of it, he will keep coming back every few days to harass us and try to kidnap a few villagers."

"That's terrible."

"Of course it's terrible. The administrators of the Human World will not be happy to see the already scarce human population decrease like this." Meihong kneaded the slightly moist soil in her hand into a ball and threw it away. "The purpose of establishing a guard team is to eliminate such things in advance."

"These places smell like blood. You can follow them and see for yourself."

"Meihong's nose is so sensitive." Sarinko looked up at Meihong, who was more than a head taller than him, and suddenly said.

"With so many beautiful girls alive, how can you not have some hidden tricks?" Meihong boasted shamelessly, ruffling Sarinko's hair with her hands.

"..."

"Your hand... just rubbed dirt, right?"

……

"Part of the trace has disappeared." Meihong touched her smooth chin and made a serious gesture.

However, because the back of the head was bitten by Sarinko, the image still looked very strange.

"Did you lose control and start fighting on the road?" Meihong raised her eyebrows. "No, the evil spirit that day made the monsters go berserk. It's also possible that some of them were taken away by the sudden intruder..."

"Apple, what do you think?"

"Look at you, you big head! You bad guy! BAKA!" Sarinko still had no intention of letting go.

“…Okay, let’s continue analyzing.” Meihong spread her hands helplessly and continued to observe the traces left on the ground.

It was indeed painful at first when Sarinko hung her head.

But I'm used to it now.

"I found a clue." Meihong looked around and suddenly her eyes lit up. She picked up the plain bracelet on the ground and said, "It seems to be something that only women would wear."

"The bloodstains on the ground seem to end here...and flow into the water?" Meihong clapped her hands as she looked at the stream of unknown depth in front of her.

"Okay Apple, it looks like we've reached our destination, stop messing around and get down quickly."

Chapter 119: The Prey Has Been Hunted

"The blood trail stops here."

"It seems that this is the destination."

Meihong came to a conclusion, fiddling with the bracelet in her hand.

"But the aquatic creature actually ran so far to the shore to hunt. It seems that the red fog has bewitched it."

"Is this really the place?" Sarinko looked around and guessed, "Maybe they went to the other side and cleaned up the blood when they entered the water, so there are no footprints or anything..."

"No, you have to observe carefully with your eyes." Meihong kicked away the gravel under her feet as if she was giving a demonstration.

Under the rubble were some broken bones.

"Then look at the bottom of the river. There are a lot of bones sinking there, too."

Zuo Linqin looked at the muddy river bottom, was silent for a moment and said, "Why can't I see anything..."

"That's because your eyesight isn't good enough." Meihong mocked Zuo Linqin and continued, "Put all the scattered clues together and you'll get a definite answer."

"So, Meihong, you are also a detective." Sarinko discovered Meihong's new attribute.

"In order to make a living, I inevitably learned some things." Meihong waved her hand, indicating that this was nothing. "In the past, before Gensokyo was built, there were still some mortal monster hunters in the outside world.

He is just an ordinary person who has received training, but relying on his knowledge of monsters' habits and the sword oil and potions he has prepared, he can deal with all kinds of monsters, from small to large, in a targeted manner.

Compared to them, I have only learned the basics."

"Hey, there are people like this..." Saringo had not experienced that era of chaos, so he didn't have any big feelings, just a little surprised.

"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense and lure that guy out of the water first..." Meihong paused halfway through her words and looked at Zuo Linqin who was still thinking with a thoughtful look.

"......?" Sarinko felt Meihong's strange and burning gaze, turned around, and tilted his head in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You look so tender and delicate." Meihong's eyes were dangerous, looking back and forth at Jianzo Ringo like a wild animal (real)

“…Gah? 0v0”

"...Ms. Ringo." Meihong leaned on Sa Ringo's shoulder and patted it lightly with ill intentions. "Now I have a difficult task for you."

“…You don’t mean to…” Suddenly alert.

"That's the one you want..." Meihong narrowed her eyes and said, "You've been fishing for so long. For the safety of the human world, don't you plan to show your dedication?"

"You can do the bait job yourself, right?" Sarinko slapped Meihong's claws away and retorted.

"Look into my eyes." Meihong forcibly straightened Sarinko's body and looked into his eyes.

“…What are you doing?”

"What do you see in my eyes?" Meihong ignored Sarinko's shyness and continued to ask.

Without even listening to Sarinko's answer, he spoke directly.

"That's murderous intent--!"

"How could the monster come out after being targeted by my murderous intent? So the job of bait must belong to you."

God, murderous intent.

Sarinko twitched his lips and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Sarinko could only see tax evasion from Meihong's bright red pupils... and was basically certain that Meihong had some bad intentions.

"Excuse me for refusing." Sarinko made a cross gesture and pushed away Meihong's face that was getting closer and closer. "You must have some trap waiting for me to take the bait."

"Hey, how can you think like that?" Meihong saw that Sarinko, the stupid roe deer, was still reluctant to take the bait. "There is no trap. It is very safe. I am watching you."

"..." In Sarinko's eyes, Meihong's behavior of covering up was precisely the proof of her guilty conscience.

Taking small steps away, Sarinko stared at Meihong warily.

Suddenly there was an internal conflict.

“…Okay, okay, I really can’t even tease you.” The two looked at each other for a long time, and it ended with Meihong slapping her forehead and admitting defeat.

"Stink mushroom, do you know this kind of mushroom?" Meihong asked Saringo.

"I know." Sarinko nodded. "And after it's mashed, it has a disgusting, pungent smell..."

"Come with me to find some of these mushrooms." Meihong hugged her chest and leaned against the tree. "From the footprints we saw just now and the living habits, it can be basically confirmed that the murderer is a water spirit. The smell of stink mushrooms may be able to lure it out from under the water."

"What kind of monster is a water spirit? A fairy?"

"Well, even though the word jing is in the name, it has nothing to do with fairies..." Meihong waved her hand. "If you insist, it looks like a frog? Anyway, it's ugly, so be prepared."

…The two prepared the necessary props to lure the water spirit.

"Crush it...it really has a strong smell." Meihong crushed the mushrooms with a stone. Faced with the pungent smell, she couldn't help but cover her nose.

"This way we can draw it out of the water, right?" Sarinko frowned slightly and stood far away, "Let's finish this quickly..."

"If you're willing to be the bait, you might already be on your way home now." Meihong rolled her eyes. "That's all. Let's hide behind the tree and don't make any noise."

...

After a long time, when Sarinko was about to fall asleep, Meihong pushed him.

“…What?” Sarinko rubbed his eyes, looking like he was still sleepy.

"Don't sleep, our prey has appeared." Meihong quietly watched the blue humanoid monster come ashore.

The water spirit had blue skin, like a stunted middle-aged man, but had terrifying sharp claws on its hands.

I guess the unfortunate villager was torn into two pieces by these sharp claws.

The water spirit sniffed the stench in the air and soon found the stink mushroom on the stone that emitted the smell.

"griiii--" As if knowing that it was being fooled, the water spirit roared in a humane way and kicked the stone away.

Then he looked around vigilantly and slowly moved towards the stream behind him.

"This guy is pretty smart." Meihong whispered, "He has figured out this is a trap."

"It's up to me now." Zoringo had already rubbed out half of the Sun Spear.

"Well, the water spirits are not very strong, so we can easily deal with them..."

Whoosh——

Before Meihong could finish her words, after hearing the words "the individual strength is not that good", Sarinko threw the Sun Spear out.

The high-speed sun spear directly pierced the water elf who had cautiously reached the river and was about to retreat, killing her whole body.

The body fell vertically into the water, splashing water.

"...Well." Meihong rubbed her eyebrows helplessly.

Chapter 120: The Multi-talented Sister Hong

"You are so impatient." Meihong shook her head helplessly. "The bodies have all fallen into the water. Isn't it impossible to collect spoils to prove that we defeated it?"

"Eh?" Sarinko looked back at Meihong in confusion and asked, "Do you need any proof?"

"If you want to get the bounty." Meihong nodded. "It's subsidized by the village, and you need trophies to prove it. Although it's just a monster, it's no joke for ordinary people to deal with it."

"This guy is very weak."

"This shows that you are much stronger than ordinary people, Apple." Meihong stretched out her hand and rubbed Sarinko's head. "This time it really went smoothly. There is no need to continue investigating. Go back... Wait."

"…This is?"

Meihong suddenly stopped Sarinko. There was a noise coming from the bottom of the river, causing ripples on the surface of the lake.

The body of the water spirit that had originally sunk slowly floated to the surface!

"Is it still alive?" Zuo Linqin frowned at Xiumei and rubbed out the light gun in his hand again.

"No, it's dead. Pay attention to what's under the water." Meihong noticed the abnormality under the water and warned.

"In short, it's never wrong to use a light gun!" Sarinko threw the Sun Spear in his hand at the corpse.

The sun spear pierced through the water elf's body, creating a splash of water, and screams of unknown creatures were heard under the water.

"wgaaaa!!"

Only then did Sarinko observe what kind of creatures were under the water.

It has transparent and bluish skin, through which you can see its internal organs. Its head is two times larger than its body as if it were swollen, and its limbs are small and weak.

"This is a larva of a water spirit, and it looks like it was born not long ago." Meihong analyzed calmly, not caring at all about the embarrassing appearance of the young monster.

"Don't analyze it. These things look really disgusting... Let's finish it quickly." Zoringo took a few steps back in disgust and twitched his lips.

The sight of all the internal organs being exposed caused Saringo great discomfort.

"Well, actually they look pretty cute after a while... and as long as they don't go into the water, these little ghosts are harmless until they grow up." Meihong waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "There are quite a lot of monsters in Gensokyo, and not all of them look cute. You have to get used to it quickly."

Meihong picked up a few pebbles scattered on the shore and sank all the water elf larvae floating on the water like skipping stones.

……

"Thank you for your hard work, Ms. Fujiwara." The thickly dressed maid bowed to Meihong. "Although I didn't bring any solid proof of the monster's subjugation, the victim's family should feel better with this relic bracelet... Please accept these commissions again next time. This is your labor fee."

The recipient handed over a small bag of currency, ending the conversation.

Even after leaving the small club, Sarinko couldn't help but look back.

"What are you looking at?" Meihong tossed her purse up and down and asked Sarinko beside her.

"How should I put it...it feels so formal." Sarinko pursed her lips and said.

"After all, there are victims every month. Humans are an absolutely vulnerable group in Gensokyo." Meihong explained, "Although the Hakurei witches protect the village, they can't take care of everything. These 'small things' that have not been upgraded to the level of abnormalities can only be solved by the human village itself."

“…Okay, it’s decided! I will be the one protecting the human village!” After hearing this, Sarinko was silent for a moment, then patted his chest excitedly.

"Idiot, you clearly promised Huiyin that you would be a teacher." Meihong knocked on Sarinko's head helplessly.

“…Yeah, being a teacher doesn’t give you that much free time…” Sarinko poked her finger in annoyance, “So I skipped my job as a teacher…”

I secretly glanced at Meihong