Stardew Valley of Gensokyo

"Ta-da! Look at this!"

I don't know where Lianlian pulled out an ordinary, egg-shaped thing from, and held it in her hand.

"Isn't this just an egg?"

Completely bewildered, Komeiji Satoru carefully examined the egg-shaped object in Renren's hand.

Judging by its size, shape, and shell color, this is undoubtedly an egg that can be found anywhere in the world.

"NO~NO~NO~, this is not an ordinary egg."

He smugly shook his fingers.

These aren't ordinary eggs? Could they be special eggs?

I have absolutely no idea what Lianlian is thinking...

Komeiji Satoru was now staring at the ordinary-looking egg with her third eye, but she still couldn't see anything special about it.

Boom! Crack! Whoosh!

On the other side, Reimu Hakurei and Reiuji Sora were locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle, while on the other side, the two sisters from the Earth Spirit Palace were meticulously examining an egg, completely unaffected by the battle on the other side.

"This is just an ordinary egg."

Komeiji Satoru came to the same conclusion once again: if Renren still insisted that this was not an ordinary egg, she wouldn't be stupid enough to look at it again.

"Oh~ So, are you looking at it now?"

He said it mysteriously.

Then a snapping sound was heard.

The egg in Renren's hand cracked open, revealing a... soft, white hard-boiled egg to Komeiji Satoru?

"A boiled egg???"

"What boiled egg? How rude of me! Please call it Mr. Onsen Egg."

Lianlian said in a serious tone, holding the hot spring egg in her hand.

"So, you built such a huge hot spring, which indirectly caused the temperature in Gensokyo to be too high, just to boil an egg?"

“It’s Mr. Onsen Tamago!” Renren said very seriously.

"..."

For a moment, Komei didn't know what to say.

"Come and try it, it's delicious!"

Kokoro held up Mr. Onsen Tamago and approached Komeiji Satoru.

"Didn't you call it Mr. Onsen Egg? Why did you eat it?"

Seeing the smooth, white, and tender surface of the hot spring egg, Komeiji Satoru asked, puzzled.

"An egg is just an egg, why can't we eat it?"

Instead, Lianlian asked in return, looking puzzled.

wow~

Without saying anything more, Komeiji Satoru swallowed the whole egg in one gulp.

"Ah?"

Komeiji Komeiji remained frozen in her original position, the onsen tamago (hot spring egg) she had been holding had vanished.

gudu~

Mr. Onsen Tamago was swallowed whole, and the sound of it hitting his stomach could be heard.

Only then did Lianlian realize what had happened.

Then her little face scrunched up, and she burst into tears, pounding her little arms against Komeiji Satoru's flat chest with great frequency.

"Sister, you idiot! I only let you have a taste, who told you to eat it all!"

Komeiji Satoru rubbed her nose guiltily; she did it on purpose.

Pfft!

With the sound of a heavy object falling into the water, the battle in the distance had ended.

Sure enough, the person floating on the water, who had already fainted, was Lingwu Lukong.

Reimu Hakurei, on the other hand, was flying in the air unharmed, though she was sweating and panting a little.

"Has the source of the mutation been resolved?"

Reimu Hakurei dragged Sora Rei's legs and flew to Satoru Komeiji's side, asking a question.

"It's resolved, thank you, Reimu."

Komeiji Satoru remained expressionless and then continued.

"I'll handle that crow."

"Oh, okay then."

Reimu Hakurei casually flicked her wrist.

Lingwu Lukong, who had already lost consciousness, spun around and flew out, crashing heavily to the ground once again. However, this time she was not on the water.

Are all the monsters in your old capital this strong?

Reimu Hakurei said, rubbing her aching arms.

She had just used a martial arts technique she hadn't used in a long time to defeat that guy.

“No, Aku is special, and the monsters of the old capital were severely punished by the Hakurei Shrine Maiden,” Komeiji Satoru replied.

"The former Hakurei Shrine Maiden?" Reimu Hakurei asked.

"Yes"

"Oh"

The anomaly has been resolved, and Lingmeng longs to leave this oppressive old hell.

“Do you know of any other way to leave the Old Hell?” Reimu Hakurei asked.

The passage through the geyser was far too narrow; she didn't want to crawl through it again if she could.

"Hmm... I remember there was another passage, created by Yukari Yakumo and the others, and it led to..."

Komeiji Satoru thought for a moment and said.

"Where is it!?" Before she could finish speaking, Reimu Hakurei interrupted her with delight.

"Please follow me."

Komeiji Satoru nodded, took Renren's hand, and led the way.

"Hey? Do you really know the way?"

Seeing that Komeiji Satoru was about to lead the way again, Reimu said with some suspicion.

"Come with me, I'll definitely bring it this time."

"Alright then, I'll trust you one more time."

With no other option but to believe her, Reimu Hakurei had no choice but to follow Komeiji Satoru down the other passage she had mentioned.

Could this be the ability to lead the way that she hadn't shown?

Reimu Hakurei observed what was ahead, and Satoru Komeiji thought to herself, "My hand feels like it's holding nothing at all."

It seems like I've forgotten something?

The figure of someone lying on the ground flashed by.

Forget it, forget it.

Komeiji Satoru put that figure out of her mind, holding Lianlian's little hand, and continued walking forward...

"Look, this is it."

In a small room in the Earth Spirit Hall, Komeiji Satori pointed to a ladder connected to the ceiling and said...

"?"

Looking at the small ladder, Reimu Hakurei gave her a questioning look.

This was completely different from the passage she had imagined.

"You'll see when you climb up. We're leaving now."

Komeiji Satoru said hello and left.

"Forget it, let's climb up first and see what happens."

With the ladder right in front of her, and climbing it wouldn't hurt her, Reimu Hakurei decided to give it a try.

Reimu stepped onto the ladder, but before she could climb even one step higher...

A dizzying sensation followed.

When Reimu regained consciousness, she found herself in a dark environment.

Moreover, there was a faint, sweet smell in the air...

Chapter Twenty-Six: Another City Victory

In the pitch-black environment, Reimu Hakurei couldn't see her hand in front of her face, and the faint sweet smell in the air made her stomach start to protest.

She stretched out her limbs, but before she could extend them more than a few centimeters, she bumped her head against the top of the wall. It was hard and painful.

Reimu Hakurei bared her teeth and reached up to touch the top of her head. In this environment, she couldn't distinguish east from west, only up and down, because gravity always went down.

After rubbing her head for a while and relieving the pain a little, Reimu Hakurei once again stretched out her hands to explore the dark surroundings.

Before their hands had stretched far enough, they had already touched the boundary.

The boundary is within reach, and you can't even stand up straight; it's a bit too narrow here.

Reimu Hakurei frowned slightly.

She reached out and took out the Yin-Yang Jade. The light emanating from the jade illuminated the surrounding environment.

Contrary to her expectations, the boundary she had just touched actually had wood grain patterns on it.

Are these pieces of wood?

Reimu Hakurei reached out and tapped the wooden board, the dull sound echoing in the small town.

Furthermore, based on the sound made when tapping the wood, Reimu Hakurei could tell that the wood was probably very brittle.

Without further hesitation, the brightness of the Yin-Yang Jade suddenly increased significantly. Reimu Hakurei gathered her spiritual power into the Yin-Yang Jade, waiting for the spiritually charged jade to break through the fragile wooden board so she could escape.

The light emitted by the Yin-Yang Jade grew brighter and brighter, just as Reimu Hakurei was about to use it.

The wooden planks were lifted.

An opening appeared in front of them, and light that wasn't emitted by the Yin-Yang Jade shone in from the outside.

Reimu Hakurei frowned and put the Yin-Yang Jewel back to protect her chest.

"Reimu? What are you doing here?"

A face peered out from the opening.

She recognized the face. It was an ordinary-looking face without any sharp angles, and there were faint muscle lines on it. It was the face of the farmer, Akina Zeya.

That's a long story.

Reimu Hakurei coughed a few times, put away the Yin-Yang Jewel, bent over, and crawled out through the opening that Sawa Akina had made.

"Reimu!?"

Before Reimu Hakurei could even stand up, gasps of surprise erupted from those around her.

Underneath the seemingly small wooden table, there was actually a person hiding, and that person was none other than the shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine, Reimu Hakurei.

Sakuya Izayoi, struggling to suppress the burning sensation in her mouth, rubbed her forehead in exasperation.