Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

He took two steps at a time and walked to Rika Takarada, half squatting. Under the soft light, the pair of jade feet stepping on the edge of the wooden basin were like a finely crafted work of art. Her skin was as white as fresh snow, with a faint blush.

The arch of the foot is slightly raised like an elegant line, and the toes are round like jade, like five small pearls covered with cherry blossom petals nestled quietly together, with a light pink sheen shining through the mist.

As if sensing Mu Huai's slightly burning gaze, the pair of jade feet curled up slightly, silently expressing the owner's shyness and urging.

Mu Huai quickly withdrew his admiring gaze, and while Rika Takarada occasionally glanced at him from the side, he held the pair of cold jade feet that made him want to play with them carefully, and then suddenly pressed them into the hot water with force.

"Ahhhh!!!" Takarada Rika suddenly let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered. She felt as if her feet were boiled by the hot water. Her whole body twitched and she fell backwards, but her feet were still firmly pressed in the water.

"Rikka, as the saying goes, a short pain is worse than a long one. Your feet are as cold as ice. It's better to soak them in hot water to drive away the coldness."

Rika Takarada raised her hands to cover her cheeks, tears of regret streaming from the corners of her eyes. She shouldn't have had any expectations of Mu Huai's emotional intelligence. She was clearly hinting that he should rub her feet with his hands to warm them up before putting them in hot water, but he didn't realize anything.

"Then I...really...thank you..."

"You're welcome. Why are you crying?"

If she didn't know that she couldn't beat Mu Huai, Baoduo Rikka would have jumped up and beat this wooden spirit into a pig's head. She clenched her pink fists and wrote down what happened today in the little notebook in her heart, deciding to take revenge sooner or later.

Mu Huai was feeling proud of his considerate behavior. Just when he was about to look up to claim credit, he accidentally saw the beautiful scenery formed by Baoduo's pork belly legs and skirt.

Holy shit, it’s actually light purple! ?

A wave of heat rushed from his lower abdomen to the top of his head. Mu Huai took a breath of cold air and immediately recited the Taoist Bible in his heart: If you think this matter is beneficial to the Taoist temple, then don't hesitate!

Then he calmly and attentively appreciated the scenery that seemed to be a reward for his good deed, but he forgot that his hands were still holding Rika Takarada's little feet. Under the influence of his inner thoughts, his hands began to wander dishonestly between the instep and sole of the foot.

Rika Takarada's muscles suddenly tensed up, then relaxed a little bit. She realized that she was exposed but did not scold Mu Huai. Instead, she pretended to be unaware and gently closed her legs.

"Mu Huai, you can let go now. My feet feel much warmer now."

"Ok."

Mu Huai stood up regretfully and wiped his hands with a towel beside him. When his eyes met with the blushing Takarada Rikka, she suddenly asked, "Does it look good?"

"Okay... huh??"

Chapter 19: Xin Tiaoqian: You are really stupid

"What's so beautiful?" Mu Huai looked away guiltily. The meaningful look from Rika Hodo made him break out in a cold sweat and his heart pounded.

"Nothing, just asking." She didn't seem to have any intention of asking further. She leaned on the bed with both hands and looked down at her toes jiggling playfully in the hot water for a while before saying, "Mu Huai, help me wipe my feet."

"Row."

Seeing his expression of having been pardoned, Takarada Rikka curled her lips subtly: "Idiot..."

If a girl doesn't like someone, she won't let a boy touch her feet.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing was said. Where are we going next? We can't go back to school, right?"

"I'm not familiar with the area. You decide."

"Then go shopping with me."

"Shopping?" Mu Huai's face fell: "Lihua...can you change your way of entertainment?"

"What? You don't want to go shopping with me?" Takarada Rika pulled her feet out of the towel and kicked Mu Huai's knee in dissatisfaction.

"is not what it means."

"Then accompany me shopping, and you are not allowed to object."

"Ok."

......

Namiko and Lian found that since Takarada Rikka came back from skipping classes, she and Mu Huai became much closer. Although she still refused to admit that they were in a relationship, based on their understanding of her, they could tell that she was very different from before.

Namiko crossed her legs, her gaze fixed on Takarada Rikka, who was chatting with Mu Huai. She propped her cheek with her left hand and asked Lian in a low voice, "We said we were going to create opportunities for Rikka, but how come the relationship between these two has already heated up without us even making a move?"

Lian was browsing her social media feed and casually replied, "That's great, we don't have to worry about it."

"That's true, but I still feel a little lonely..."

"Stop talking nonsense. That auntie smile on your face never stops."

"Hehehe~"

Baoduo Liuhua smoothed the hair by her ears and told Mu Huai her mother's text message: "Mom said she wants to eat hot pot for dinner. Let's go to the supermarket after school to buy the ingredients."

"No problem. By the way, I feel like not many people come to your store. Is the business really going well?"

"You don't need to worry about this kind of thing." Takarada Rika stuffed the fully written note into Mu Huai's hand.

After seeing the contents, he raised his eyebrows in surprise: "So many things?"

Takarada Rikka rolled her eyes in annoyance and poked his chest twice with her slender, milky-white index finger. "Who do you think has such a big appetite that he eats three servings of food every meal?"

"it's me..."

"I'm almost exhausted from cooking for you every day, and Mom won't help. You have a problem with finally having hotpot?"

"No, no!" Mu Huai shook his head like a rattle. After stuffing the note into his trouser pocket, he said with a serious face, "I unconditionally support Liuhua's dinner decision!"

"Hmph, then it's settled."

Takarada Rikka happily returned to her seat, and it was then that Akane Shinjo teased, "Mu Huai, I've said before that your relationship will progress very quickly."

"I don't know if the progress is fast, but I do feel like I've gotten a lot closer to Rikka."

"?"

A big question mark popped up over Xin Tiao Qian's head. The conversation between the two was obviously no different from that of a couple living together, so why did Mu Huai still think that they were just good friends?

She blinked in confusion and asked, "Don't you think Rikka likes you?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Mu Huai gently wiggled his index finger, exuding the confident aura of a GALGAME master. "Shinjo-san, when interacting with girls, the most taboo is to be overly self-conscious. Don't assume that just because she's nice to you, she likes you. If you do, there are only two outcomes."

"Which two will end up like this?"

"Become a spare tire or become a bootlicker."

"Backup? A bootlicker?" The endless stream of questions about Akane Shinjo's character nearly buried her. Only then did she realize that while her chosen male protagonist might be handsome and have a nice personality, his emotional intelligence was a bit...

So stupid.

"Ahem, Shinjo-san, you don't need to understand the meaning of these two words. What I want to say is that when interacting with people, you should be less fantasizing and more sincere. That way you can build closer relationships with people down to earth."

"Ah, well, you're quite thoughtful."

"Thanks for the compliment."

The class bell rang and the two stopped communicating.

Xin Tiao Qian turned the ballpoint pen in her hand, her mind full of thoughts on how to improve Mu Huai's emotional intelligence. After all, in her script, Mu Huai is a perfect male protagonist.

Even if we can't make his emotional intelligence reach 100 points, at least we have to turn it from negative to zero!

......

About a week passed, and just when Mu Huai and Rika Baoduo were wondering why the monster didn't show up, it appeared in Rika Baoduo's shop and stole a lot of discarded parts and an antique desktop computer.

"This time, the monster... is a robber?" Takarada Rikka scratched her hair in confusion. She had no idea why that mummy-like monster would steal something worthless. "Never mind, it's better than attacking other people."

"Rikka, wait in the store. I'll go get the things!"

"Well, be careful along the way."

After Mu Huai transformed into Kamen Rider Faiz, he followed the dragging traces all the way to the end of the traces. However, before he reached the end of the traces, the mummy monster who had stolen the things earlier came towards him riding a high-tech motorcycle, waving a buzzing chainsaw in his hand.

"Did this guy build a motorcycle and a chainsaw out of that pile of scrap parts and an old computer in just a few minutes?"

Mu Huai really wanted to tear off the bandages of the mummy monster to see if there was a dried corpse of a green-skinned boy inside. This terrifying production ability was exactly the same as my thinking ability.

In order to prevent the other party from using its terrifying manufacturing ability to cause accidents, Mu Huai decided to use the red form right from the start.

"Crimson Drill!"

"Crimson Drill!"

Two clean and neat knight kicks made the mummy monster disappear in an instant, but the motorcycle and chainsaw created by it did not disappear. Mu Huai walked over with curiosity, and only then did he have time to take a closer look at the motorcycle.

The motorcycle has a cool silver-black luster all over, and its body lines are sharp and smooth, like a mechanical beast lying in place, exuding the perfect combination of technology and power.

Mu Huai stretched out his hand to grip the handle, but the photon blood flowed along his palm, circling the motorcycle and leaving a "?" mark on the body of the motorcycle.

"Come to think of it, I don't have the standard Kamen Rider motorcycle. Does this count as an unexpected exclusive ride?"

After confirming that there was no possibility of the car exploding, Mu Huai stuffed the Gothic-style chainsaw into his four-dimensional backpack and rode away on his motorcycle.

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Chapter 20: Eastern...Lolita Village?

"Master Zi, you have been staying in your room for three days without going out!"

"Lan, don't be so angry, I'm doing something very important."

Upon hearing this, Yakumo Lan glanced at the images that flashed by in the gap, and sighed helplessly, holding his forehead: "Lord Murasaki... I don't think peeping at others can be called a serious matter."

Yakumo Yukari slowly stretched out her slender limbs, then turned over and continued to eat snacks and peek under the expectant gaze of the Shikigami butler.

"Master Zi!!!"

Yakumo Ran was so angry that the nine furry golden tails behind her were twisted into a knot, but she could do nothing about her master. Whenever she switched from the disguise of a mature big sister and returned to her true form of a blonde loli, there would always be a long period of inaction.

In order to prevent the salted fish owner from growing mushrooms, she always needs to find ways to let her go out and exercise during this period, and a lot of tail hair has been lost for this.

Just when Yakumo Aoi was about to forcibly drag Yakumo Yukari out for a walk, the cell phone that Yakumo Yukari had casually thrown beside her rang.

"Hello? Kaguya... Okay, I'll be right over."

After hanging up the phone, a gap appeared under Yakumo Yukari and swallowed her, leaving the room full of fruit peels and paper scraps for Yakumo Aran to clean up.

In the painful room filled with two-dimensional figurines and paintings, Kaguya Houraiyama, the former Moon Princess, changed into an outfit that was completely inconsistent with her title: a loose white T-shirt with the words "You lose if you work" printed on it and a pair of black over-the-knee socks.

If she dyed her hair blonde and tied it into a low ponytail, she could COS Futaba Anzu from The Money Grifter.

"Mu Huai's Bizarre Adventure" was playing on the huge LCD TV, the only light source in the room. When Yakumo Yukari was peeping, she did not forget to call the mastermind behind the scenes.

Just as Kaguya took a sip of the fat otaku's happy water, a petite figure fell from the gap onto the cushion prepared in advance. She was not surprised at Yakumo Yukari's young appearance. After all, her teacher was actually a loli.

There is an unwritten rule in Gensokyo: the stronger the monster, the younger its true appearance.

As for why they all act like mature older sisters during banquets, it may be to maintain the dignity of the big monsters. After all, the "dignified" eldest lady of the Scarlet Devil Mansion is the best example.

Without milk, you can't even gather the most basic people's hearts.

"Monster Idle, what's with Wood's strange recovery ability? What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything. Don't you think his shadow is a little strange?"

Kaguya frowned. She didn't spend much time in contact with Mu Huai, and she didn't have the convenient peeping skills like Yakumo Yukari, so naturally she didn't notice anything different about his shadow.

"Don't be a riddle teller. Wouldn't it be better to just tell me the answer?"

"How boring! If it were Eirin, she would have already started discussing this with me." Yakumo Yukari scoffed, then added, "There's something in his shadow. It's likely the cause of the core of the change in Gensokyo."

"Shadow..."

"Instead, I want to ask you what that strange transformation gadget is."

Hearing Yakumo Yukari mention the Faiz belt, Kaguya grinned proudly and put her hands on her hips: "It's very cool, isn't it? That's a little prop I made using 'Suyu'."

"Time acceleration? I don't see any sign of time acceleration from that thing."

"Hehe, isn't that divine girl already making that prop for me?"

"So that's how it is... I was wondering why she suddenly had your scent..." Yakumo Yukari glanced at Kaguya with a half-smile: "I didn't realize that the Moon Princess is quite attentive to him."

"It's because Mu Tou is my only online friend." Her answer and expression didn't reveal any flaws that could make Yakumo Yukari tease her.

"If it's alright, I'll leave."

Kaguya impatiently shook her hands: "Hurry up and leave. Don't delay me from playing games."

Shortly after Yakumo Yukari left, Kaguya discovered that all the fat otaku happy water she had just bought in her refrigerator had disappeared. She was so angry that she roared to the sky: "You damn peeping tom!!!"

......

After obtaining a special motorcycle from the monster, Mu Huai liked to ride the motorcycle with Takarada Rikka for a ride in the city. After three days of observation, he found that Takarada Rikka was happier than usual after he asked for a ride.