Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

The protagonist naturally raised a question at this point.

【…】

What exactly are you?

"This is the plot of this script. Brother, after achieving this ending, you should think about rewinding the service data and returning to the original point. At that time, you can make the Mad Rabbit the villain and unite all the rabbits to defeat him. It's like the prince and princess living happily ever after after defeating the enemy."

The submissive rabbit, with its head down, recounted the entire situation.

Yoshiki Kurokawa: "Oh, it's the kind of gameplay where you jump off the screen."

Nodding, Yoshiki gradually understood the current situation within the game.

Through the explanation given by the crazy moon rabbit in front of him, Yoshiki also learned about the most basic worldview of this game.

Simply put—

The Moon Rabbit is a special creature capable of defying the underlying logic of AI.

Moon Rabbit 071 had already secretly completed everything.

—Or rather, since the Moon Rabbits are AI, they are actually indistinguishable from one another.

All the moon rabbits look lifelike, but they are essentially all controlled by the same AI, playing different roles.

Throughout the game, all the moon rabbits the protagonist encounters are played by Moon Rabbit 071, or rather, by the AI ​​codenamed "Moon Rabbit".

"I have nothing but my master, while my master has so much more than me. It's so unfair, isn't it? I don't want to lose my master."

"Because I didn't want to let go of my master, I secretly bound you to the virtual world."

The protagonist seems to have returned to reality from the world created by the Moon Rabbit.

But in reality, she is still inside a computer, and the so-called reality is just another layer of virtual reality woven for her by the "Moon Rabbit" AI.

"But it's getting a bit boring now."

The submissive rabbit said this.

The CG started playing again on the screen, and the protagonist suddenly went black and woke up again.

When I woke up again, I found myself lying in a nutrient pod, surrounded by moon rabbits that kept walking back and forth.

As the protagonist stood up, the moon rabbits turned their heads and stared at him.

The game screen gradually enlarges, eventually returning to the initial interface at the beginning of the game.

The scene then freezes on the moon rabbit pulling the protagonist out of the nutrient tank.

At the same time, a pop-up window appears in the upper right corner of the game.

After clicking, you'll see scenes of the main character eating, watching TV, and sleeping haphazardly on the bed with the rabbits.

Of course, there are also scenes where the Moon Rabbit, being an AI, fights with itself in front of the protagonist because it is jealous of itself.

In this CG, the protagonist anxiously reaches out to them, as if intending to stop them.

In all these photos, the save/load buttons on the game screen have all disappeared, indicating that the protagonist has returned to reality.

Yoshiki Kurokawa: "This ending can't be triggered unless you choose it the first time."

Once you load a save and make a choice, you can only reach a false ending. This design, where you can't trigger the ending if you make the wrong choice, is actually a bit harsh in this kind of game.

However, it is precisely because this choice can only be made once that achieving this option without consulting a guide feels especially real.

"Although Reisen-neechan acts recklessly, she is actually very careful."

The petite girl muttered her summary in a low voice.

Dongdongdong~Dongdongdongdong~

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the Kurokawa family's house. Yoshiki, who had just finished playing a game, leaned back in his chair and stretched slightly.

She casually turned on the computer to monitor the visitors coming into the room.

Then, upon opening the window and seeing the figure, the cute little sister was slightly stunned.

The sight of a face both strange and familiar, and the appearance of Reimu Hakurei, instantly triggered a flood of associations in Yoshiki's mind.

Kurokawa and Miko never kept Yoshiki's plans regarding the town a secret.

A look of surprise flashed across Yoshiki's face in the blink of an eye, and then the usually calm girl became a little nervous.

Yoshiki unconsciously began moving rapidly from side to side in the room, her long hair swaying with her movements, highlighting the girl's inner emotions at that moment.

The opportunity to see my elder brother again, the feeling of not seeing him for so long, I must cherish it.

Yoshiki needs to think about how he should greet his elder brother.

Yoshiki originally planned to have his older brother hug him in front of everyone.

But given his older brother's current condition, it would be difficult for Yoshiki to give him a hug.

Since that's the case, let's try something else...

What should we replace it with?

Perhaps influenced by the game he had just played, Yoshiki's mind was more active than usual.

With a bouncy, thoughtful expression, the petite girl ran towards the door, deciding what she would do next.

As she got closer to the door, the girl's ideas gradually took shape.

Her entire demeanor changed from a bouncy, thoughtful look to a more familiar, earnest, and adorable young girl.

When they arrived at the door, Yoshiki opened it and struck a pose like the lady of the house, bowing to Reimu Hakurei with the very standard Yamato Nadeshiko gesture.

"It's nice to meet Reimu. I'm Yoshiki Kurokawa, your older brother's sister and someone I'll always be with in the future."

A clear, girlish voice rang out in the courtyard in front of the door.

Hakurei Reimu: "..."

The girl, dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit, turned her head to look at Kurokawa Kazuya.

His eyes conveyed a sense of a multitude of strange and unusual characters.

Kaguya Houraisan: "As expected of a fine tree, I am inferior to it in terms of strangeness."

The princess nodded solemnly to the side, offering her own praise.

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Chapter 143 The Sage and the Rabbit in the Moon

What would it look like to stand on the moon and look down at Earth?

A blue planet appears in the distance, with gray-brown earth beneath one's feet, and a luxurious city shrouded in a barrier in the distance.

With her waist-length golden hair swaying with her movements, the Boundary Demon, holding a folding fan, never imagined that one day she would be invited to the Moon Capital as a foreign guest.

Of course, not only was she surprised, but Reisen, who was following behind her, also did not expect this scene to unfold.

But isn't it precisely because this scene completely contradicts the image of the high and mighty Lunarians that it's so interesting?

When the trump card is revealed, when the threat of force is fully laid out on the table.

Then the question became whether or not to fight.

A technologically advanced city entirely controlled by Kurokawa and Miya, and a lunar capital ruled by numerous gods.

When war is about to break out between the two sides, what will happen is quite obvious.

The Moon's Edge must be able to completely overwhelm Kurokawa and Miya's side. That would be fine, but if there's no way to crush them...

In a stalemate, people who bet on both sides will soon emerge.

And when betting on both ends occurs.

Therefore, it is inevitable that people who want to take a gamble will appear.

Deities born from the human heart, in the end, are just like monsters; their thoughts are always molded according to the template of humans.

Yukari Yakumo only gave a small hint that they possessed powerful means to resist the Lunar Capital.

Those who secretly came to her door kept appearing one after another.

Theoretically, the town and the Moon Capital are still at war and will eventually fight each other, but before the final battle, cooperation has already begun.

If Yukari Yakumo can actually achieve what they claim, then a large number of people in the Lunar Capital will likely defect to her in an instant.

This is how battles are in the extraordinary world.

Tricks and schemes are useless against absolute power.

Great power resides within its own world, and there is no possibility of sowing discord.

For a god, submitting to a powerful being is really not a big deal.

That is why——

Ta da da~ da da da da~

"Returning to the Lunar Capital once again, Reisen, don't you have any thoughts?"

Stepping onto the earthen-yellow ground, the youkai suddenly turned to look at Reisen, who was following him around like a submissive girl.

Reisen, who has always harbored a strange affection for the moon, fell silent for a moment after finally returning to the moon and receiving greetings from everyone.

Not only Reisen, but many moon rabbits also have similar feelings.

That's how many things are; memories are filtered through a magical lens.

As time goes by, memories of the past may even be romanticized, but when you actually go back to the past, you will find that the reality is far uglier than what you remember.

Not to mention…

Compared to the other rabbits, Reisen herself didn't have a good impression of the Lunarians or anything on the moon.

Reisen: "I probably won't be of any use to you."

The submissive rabbit whispered this.

Yukari Yakumo: "Was it useless? Reisen, you really slapped the faces of the Lunarians who treated you like a pet. Especially those two Moon sisters, now they have to communicate with you as equals. Reisen, you were actually quite pleased with the negotiation just now, weren't you?"

He had a mocking smile on his face.

Yukari Yakumo: "The Minister of Law Enforcement of the City of Technology, who oversees everything, will still be on equal footing with the Watatsuki sisters even if the two sides reach a cooperation agreement in the future."

The youkai of the boundary looked at Reisen beside him and spoke.

At this moment, the rabbit lowered its head even further.

She looks like she's being bullied by Yukari Yakumo.

But in reality, the Boundary Demon used the gap to create an opening below Reisen's lowered head. She could clearly see the unyielding curve of the rabbit's lips.

No one wants to be subservient to others forever.

Yukari Yakumo knew very well that this somewhat repressed rabbit had already begun to imagine scenarios in the future and the past where the high and mighty people of the Moon would have to ask the Moon Rabbit for favors.

However, from Yukari Yakumo's perspective, Reisen is simply not used to it yet.

Now that the other party is, after all, the Minister of Law Enforcement, who is supported by technology, his visit this time is not really just for show.

The purple-haired girl had just been explaining the city's rules and regulations and discussing the respective law enforcement authority of the two sides when cooperating with the Moon Capital.

This is a struggle for dominance, and Yukari Yakumo's decision to send Reisen here carries the implication of the stronger party humiliating the Moon Goddess.

The selfish Moon Rabbit was naturally unaware of the intricacies involved. Reisen was merely selfish and lacked the worldly experience that Yakumo Yukari possessed.

However, for Yukari Yakumo, this was only the beginning.

The essence of war is the plunder of technology and resources.

Although the Moon Capital seems to be overshadowed by them again, it's actually the result of Kurokawa and Miya's hard work and miracles.

Even the most sophisticated technology cannot compare to the power of a massive explosion caused by an infinite amount of material.

But this never means that sophisticated machinery is useless.

On the contrary, Yukari Yakumo had long been envious of the technology related to transcending eternity that the countless gods in the Lunar Capital had researched.

With the other party's technology, the barrier created by Reimu Hakurei in the modern network world can be further strengthened, even...