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

"It's just that the moon in the sky was replaced with a fake one without anyone noticing, that's all."

"Are you kidding me?" Sarinko's first feeling was disbelief. Even if the monsters' abilities were bizarre, it was a bit too exaggerated that they could replace the moon with a fake one and not seem to have any big problems.

"Ah, I didn't tell a lie, that's why I said Apple, you don't need to care about this kind of thing." Remlia clenched her hands. "For most monsters, the moon is the source of power, so when the full moon comes, the power of the monsters will increase significantly."

“And now I’m looking at the moon, but not a single bit of strength is flowing out of my body. Isn’t this a very strange thing?”

"Even if that's the case, it doesn't mean that the moon has been replaced." Sarinko tapped her head. The sudden development made her a little unsure of what to say.

"Well, after all, this fake moon is doing the work of the real moon. Naturally, humans can't feel any changes. But don't forget, I can see through fate, so just trust me." Remlia stopped kneading her cheeks. "But it's really not a big deal for you, Apple. You can't feel it at all, right?"

"What? The feeling that I'm the only one excluded." Sarinko snorted. "Then you will definitely set out to solve this anomaly, right?"

Sarinko made a powerful gesture and said, "Take me with you and make it a little more difficult for yourself."

"Kuku, now you know how to rely on me, okay Ringo!" Remlia laughed strangely. "Since you asked me to do so, then try your best to hold me back, Lady Remlia. Although no matter what you do, it will be in vain."

"Just look at me and quickly resolve this abnormality."

"Ah, you're getting too carried away again." Sarinko crossed her chest and looked at Remlia who suddenly started to cheer herself up. It must be said that her chuunibyou was really too serious, which made Sarinko worry about Remlia's future.

How can you be qualified to worry about other people’s future?

"Well, it would be best if we could resolve this incident in one night." Remlia ignored what Saringo said and began to analyze the situation. "But this guy who can replace the moon with a fake one without making any sound is not going to be easy to deal with. To be honest, one night is a bit too tight... Let's just be safe."

"Sakuya~ You should be here, right?"

Like a shadow dancer hiding in the shadows, the dashing maid suddenly appeared beside the two of them, although Sarinko was almost used to Sakuya's behavior, so she was not surprised.

"What's the matter, Miss?"

"Hmm... How should I explain this?" Remlia tapped her palms. "Sakuya, pause the time of this night, but don't pause the time of others as well. It would be best if you could make it last a little longer. If it's you, you should be able to do it, right?"

"Huh?" Sakuya Izayoi half opened her mouth in embarrassment. Although a qualified maid should not show such an expression, Remi's fantasy today was beyond Sakuya's imagination.

“How is it possible to do this? No, it seems like it can be done…?” Sakuya asked back with some uncertainty.

"Heh, Sakuya gets confused sometimes too." Remlia chuckled.

"Your request is a bit too unreasonable, so it's only natural that Sakuya can't react." Sarinko complained, "It's more strange that Sakuya can actually do what you asked! Is she worthy of being a perfect maid?"

"After all, Gensokyo is a place full of miracles. Apple, you certainly can't use common sense to look at things like mutations." Remlia said with her hands on her hips, as if Sarinko's praise for Sakuya was a compliment to her.

"Miss, time has been stopped, but I still don't understand why you suddenly stop the night time." Sakuya tilted her head in confusion. "This kind of large-scale behavior can be considered a mutation."

"Of course, it's to take back the real moon." Remlia blinked. "Using a mutation to defeat another mutation, isn't this in line with the romance of our Scarlet Devil Mansion? That's why we have to hurry up. That intuitive Hakurei Miko will definitely swim over here like a shark smelling blood. We can't wait."

The three of them returned to the house and prepared to go out through the front door, but were stopped by Meihong and Huiyin.

At this moment, Huiyin seemed a little strange. A pair of large horns grew on her forehead, her whole body exuded animal nature, and she stared at Sarinko and the other two with sharp eyes.

"Even though the full moon had been stolen, he still transformed. As expected of Bai Ze, he must have noticed that the night time was paused the moment Sakuya activated her ability." Remlia nodded.

"Come to think of it, I've never seen Huiyin like this before..." Sarinko looked at Huiyin's new look with some curiosity. It was still the same face, but Huiyin at this moment gave people a very fierce feeling.

"The night time has suddenly been extended. Although we can roughly guess the reason." Huiyin and Meihong looked at each other and came to the conclusion.

"There's no need to guess. The only person who could do such a thing is that bitch."

Chapter 197: Go to sleep, kid

"I don't know what that guy is up to to cause such a big change." Meihong snorted coldly, "But judging from the willfulness of that woman, maybe she really wants to take the moon for herself."

"Meihong, who is that woman you keep talking about?" Sarinko asked puzzledly.

"Of course it's Kaguya Houraisan!" Meihong read the woman's name word by word, as if she wanted to release all the anger in her body. "Only that girl would keep doing such annoying things!"

"I have hidden the history of the village of humans, so that the villagers will not be discovered by the wild beasts that are agitated by the moon's anomaly." Kamishizawa Huiyin on the side exhaled as if she had completed something. Unlike her usual self who was like the embodiment of kindness, her entire temperament changed drastically, even though she just changed the color of her hair.

As if her inner personality had been triggered, Kamishizawa Huiyin looked over at Sa Ringo with a frown on her face. “Ringo, it’s already midnight and there are ominous signs in the sky. Why don’t you stay in your room? Are you planning to do something?”

"Well... of course it's to resolve the mutation. I have resolved many mutations and I'm very experienced, so... uh, I won't go." Sarinko wanted to explain, but was stared at by Kamishizawa Keiin's sharp animal eyes, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

“Ringo, since you are a visitor from the outside world and possess a power that ordinary people don’t have, it’s understandable that you want to prove yourself when the mutation comes.” Kamishirosawa Huiyin retracted her own aura, hugged Saringo in her arms and said, “But the person who launched the mutation this time is not someone you can deal with with your limited strength. Even if you play the Spell Card Game, I’m afraid you won’t have much chance of winning, so leave this mutation to Meihong.”

"Yeah, that's right." Meihong also agreed, "Yawei Eirin is not someone you can easily deal with. Leave it to me this time... That being said, I'm sure Hakurei Reimu won't just sit there and watch."

“Well, and I’m here, so it will be easy to resolve this incident~” Remlia on the side shook her head in a provocative manner.

“…Eh.” Remlia sold herself out in the blink of an eye, causing Sarinko to roll his eyes. “Hey, this is not what we agreed on. Why do you treat me like a child all of a sudden? I can take care of myself!”

"Well, Huiyin in this state has a much stronger desire to protect you than usual. Of course, she doesn't want you to solve the incident because she's afraid that you'll be in danger." Meihong moved her body, and her whole body made a sound like frying beans. "I'll be back soon and ask Kaguya why she started this incident, and by the way, I'll smear her face to pieces!"

"Well, I'll leave it to you this time." Ueshirazawa Huiyin nodded, without any doubt about what Meihong said.

"So you guys know the mastermind behind this incident?" Remlia snapped her fingers. "That's great. We don't have to spend time looking for him. Maybe we can come back and play some games before the sun comes out."

"Well, that's possible. Remlia, maybe you can help me deal with Lingxian and Inaba Emperor." Meihong said with a chuckle.

"Huh? What kind of name is that? I'm going to deal with the mastermind behind the mutation." Remlia put her hands on her hips and said, "That's the dignity of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. We have to teach those guys who casually caused the mutation a lesson!"

"...Then you go deal with Bayi Yonglin." Meihong paused for a moment, trying hard to hold back her laughter, and shrugged.

"I always feel that your expression seems to have bad intentions..." Remlia sensitively felt that Meihong's behavior was not right. "Is that person named Bayi Eirin difficult to deal with?"

"You'll know when you see it." Meihong spread her hands and walked out the door towards the bamboo forest without explaining. "Come with me, I'll take you two to Yongyuan Pavilion."

“Wait, I want to go too, that’s a lot of experience!” Sarinko was locked by Kamishizawa Huiyin, and could only watch Meihong and Remi leave. “Don’t leave Huiyin and me alone!”

"...Actually, Master, I'm here too." Patchouli's voice sounded faintly from beside the sofa, "It doesn't matter though."

...After a long time, the sky showed no sign of getting darker. It seemed that Sakuya was still stopping the night.

Kamishizawa Huiyin also let go of Sarinko's body early and started to deal with the student homework that had piled up. In her words, her efficiency in beast form was extremely high, and she could finish these tasks quickly.

Although she was doing the work at hand, Kamishira Keiin's attention did not leave Saringo. She knew that the mutation had an inexplicable attraction to Saringo (a lot of experience and money, she was an old quest expert), but she was too familiar with the enemy this time. It was because of the familiarity that she knew that the other party was extraordinary.

And they would do something as big as stealing the moon. It is obvious that the other party has made all the preparations and is unlikely to show any mercy.

“… Huiyin.” Sarinko looked embarrassed and wanted to say something.

“No, Ringo, just sit here and wait for this night to end.” Kamishirasawa Huiyin paused for a moment and said, “Well… Speaking of which, it’s probably time to go to bed now.”

"Ahaha, that's true!" Sarinko suddenly started laughing exaggeratedly, turned his face away, and said to Patchouli who was looking at him expressionlessly, "It's time to go to bed!"

"Good night, Huiyin!" Sarinko jumped, ran upstairs and closed the door of his room.

"Then... just escape through the window..." Sarinko thought and opened the window.

“Teacher, I’m not stupid.” Kamishira Keiin seemed to have seen through Saringo’s strange little actions a long time ago. She sighed at Saringo who had his little head sticking out from downstairs and said, “Sure enough, Ringo, you don’t plan to spend this ominous night peacefully.”

"Then there's nothing we can do. Just grit your teeth." Kamishiro Huiyin flew in front of Sarinko, entered through the window, and pressed down on Sarinko's shoulders.

“Wait a minute, Huiyin, this doesn’t look good…!” Looking at Huiyin who had grown large horns due to her beast transformation, Sarinko couldn’t help swallowing.

Originally, Huiyin could knock Meihong, a Penglai person who was used to pain, unconscious by using her head butt. Now Huiyin has grown horns...

"No matter how you look at it, it's going to kill me..."

"Sweet dreams, goodnight Ringo."

Dong~?

Chapter 198: Witch Assault

"Uh... my head feels dizzy. Huiyin's headbutt actually made me dizzy..." Sarinko sat up from the bed, covering his red head. The feeling of having a black vision and being unable to control his body was really uncomfortable.

So Sarinko took a nap, but the sky outside was still completely dark. It seemed that the abnormality had not been resolved yet, and it was unknown how long it would last.

"It's almost the second day of the mutation... Marisa didn't come running over excitedly to shout about the mutation. Maybe she had already come while I was unconscious?" Sarinko touched his smooth chin, feeling something was wrong.

The room was too quiet. Could it be that Huiyin had fallen asleep or gone home?

Sarinko groped his way downstairs, but didn't even see Patchouli. Where could such a homely girl go in the middle of the night?

It felt like something out of a ghost story, and Sarinko shuddered… Ah, there are ghosts in Gensokyo, so that's fine.

"Never mind, let's run away while Huiyin is not around! Maybe Meihong and the others are already fighting the boss, so we should go and get some experience!" Following his player instinct, Sarinko immediately made the decision to get some experience.

As a result, I didn't walk far when I heard the sound of fierce fighting. I looked in the direction where the sound came from... and found that Reimu Hakurei and Teacher Huiyin were engaged in a fierce spell card duel.

Patchouli followed beside Huiyin and interfered from time to time, but even facing the two of them, Hakurei Reimu was not at all inferior.

"Where did you take the people and villages here?" Hakurei Reimu used the spell card expressionlessly and asked Huiyin, "It's okay if you don't answer. You will answer after I defeat you honestly!"

“… Really tough, is that the strength of the Hakurei Miko?” Ueshirazawa Huiyin was struggling in the rain of bullets. “There is absolutely no need for us to go to war. What I want to do is the same as you, which is to protect this village at night, so I hid the history of the village so that you can’t see it.”

"Who knows whether what you said is true or not? Hurry up and restore this village to its original state." Reimu Hakurei was completely unmoved and threw the Yin-Yang Jade over with her backhand.

"It hurts so much..." Kamishizawa Huiyin was hit so hard that she couldn't catch her breath. Although her combat power increased after turning into a half-beast, she was still no match for Hakurei Reimu, who specialized in urban management.

"Oh my, this is so unreasonable. Teacher Huiyin has been trying so hard to explain it to you." Patchouli sighed, with dark circles under her eyes. Normally, she would have gone to bed at this time, but she had to duel with someone in the middle of the night.

Patchouli yawned and said to Bai Ze Hui Yin in a listless manner, "Why not just reveal the hidden history? Anyway, ordinary beast monsters and the like are no match for the two of us. It would be best to get rid of the Hakurei Miko first."

After saying that, he added in a soft voice, "Wouldn't it be better to wait until they are sent away and then hide? Then you can get some sleep in peace."

“But…” Ueshirazawa Huiyin was still a little hesitant.

"Alright, alright, we've won. There's no need to worry about it." Hakurei Reimu made a hand seal and shouted, "Spirit Talisman "Dream Seal Powder"!"

Countless spells surrounded Kamishizawa Keiin and Patchouli, and there was no chance of turning defeat into victory...

"Okay, I give up." Kamishizawa Huiyin lowered her head helplessly, and Patchouli, who was paddling beside her, also showed an expression that should have been like this long ago.

"...Ah, I was too engrossed in watching without realizing it." Sarinko planned to run away quickly. If he were to confront Hakurei Reimu, he might get beaten up by her while she was investigating the anomaly. "The direction of the bamboo forest seems to be that place?"

"..." Hakurei Reimu seemed to have noticed something. She glanced in the direction where Sarinko left, shook her head, and decided to focus on solving the abnormality first. "Okay, let's restore the human village to its original state first."

“…I understand.” Ueshirazawa Huiyin reluctantly released her ability, and suddenly many buildings appeared in the open space around her, and a few drunkards could be seen in some alleys.

It was still dark and no one noticed that the entire place had been hidden by Kamishizawa Huiyin.

"Well, that may also have something to do with the fact that I used hypnosis magic to hypnotize all the villagers in advance, but it's a good thing that no one noticed," Patchouli added, although it wasn't clear who she was talking to.

"It can be considered that I have saved the human village... Yeah." Hakurei Reimu still had a calm face, as if she was not the one who beat up Huiyin and Patchouli.

"We never meant to harm the Human Village. You just attacked us without giving us any reason. You are so unreasonable." Ueshirazawa Huiyin looked at the girl speechlessly. "Besides, we have met several times at banquets. You should know that I am a resident of the Human Village."

"Don't worry about the details, huh... You're not from the Terakoya?" Hakurei Reimu rubbed her eyes in confusion. "Sorry, sorry, my eyesight is a little unclear at night, and your appearance seems to have changed a bit, so you can't blame me if I can't recognize you, right?"

"...Hakurei Miko, you are not suffering from night blindness, are you?" Patchouli pointed out.

"Ah, I'm not Torimame, don't talk nonsense..." Hakurei Reimu refuted righteously, "If you ignore it just because you know someone, then there's no need to continue the investigation of the incident! So it's not that I didn't recognize you, but I need to confirm whether you are the mastermind behind the incident."

"So now that it's confirmed that we two are not it, Miss Reimu, do you have any idea where to go next?" asked Kamishizawa Keiin.

"Let me think about it. My intuition tells me to go there." Reimu Hakurei pointed to a place casually.

"..." Ueshirazawa Huiyin was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "If you want to find the guy who caused the moon in the sky to become abnormal, I think the direction of the mastermind should be there."

Ueshirazawa Huiyin pointed the way to the lost bamboo forest.

"Eh~ You actually know the destination... Then what about the guy who makes the night continue? Is he also the one who replaced the moon?"

"Ms. Reimu is not the only one who wants to resolve the anomaly. Stopping the night is just a necessary measure to buy more time." Kamishizawa Keion explained.

"Oh, I understand. Thank you for letting me know." Hakurei Reimu nodded, as a thank you to Kamishizawa Keiin, and flew away without looking back.

……

As he was rushing towards the bamboo forest, Sarinko shuddered all over, feeling as if he was being stared at by something.

Chapter 199: Unable to Escape the Clutches

"Why do I feel like I'm being watched by something?" Sarinko slapped away a few mosquitoes that had been circling around her ears, feeling a little uneasy. "Could it be that Huiyin has discovered that I escaped?"

"Yeah, it would be strange if he didn't find out... I'll go back and apologize after the anomaly is resolved." Zorinko thought fearlessly, he had already escaped, he would definitely be criticized if he went back, so he might as well wait to get the reward for solving the anomaly before going back.

"Cosi, speed up!" Sarinko said to the gravity crow that had transformed into a guardian spirit.

Following Cosi's cry, Zoringo was wrapped in gravity. He looked like the incarnation of the starry sky, perfectly blending into the darkness.

Under this full-force gravity acceleration, Sarinko quickly flew into the bamboo forest. After passing through the seemingly endless bamboo forest, he stood horizontally on a bamboo. Under the illumination of the strange moonlight, the bamboo forest also emitted a strange light.

“…I’m here though, but how can I break the maze in this bamboo forest?” Zuo Lingqin pinched his chin in distress. Although he came here with Meihong, it was Meihong who broke the maze.

She currently has no skills in this area, and she was trapped in the formation in the Scarlet Devil Mansion for a long time. She doesn't know whether violent development can guide her to the Eternal Pavilion.

...Even if I can estimate that I will be held accountable afterwards, and by then I'm afraid that I will really be locked up in a small dark room by that guy Bayi Yonglin for study.

When Sarinko thought of Bayei Eirin wearing a mask and holding a scalpel with an expressionless face but a smile on her face, he felt goosebumps all over his body.