The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

After drawing the long sword halfway out of its waist, Mononobe Moriya slowly pushed it back in, speaking coldly.

Do you really think I wouldn't dare kill you?

"Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years. I understand these principles better than you do, but do you think I'm the kind of person who's afraid of death?"

Qin Hesheng's tone was quite indifferent.

"Over the years, the Mononobe clan has been accumulating strength, recruiting soldiers, and building up wealth, all for the purpose of one day rebelling and ascending to the pinnacle of power. However, although you may have the so-called qualities of a ruthless hero, your character and actions are far too despicable. Is it necessary to involve her in our affairs? Aren't you afraid she will hate you?"

"So what? Great men don't concern themselves with trifles. Perhaps it's best if she hates me, because that way she won't get too close to me. And if I fail in the future, my affairs won't implicate her."

With a slight frown, Mononobe Moriya looked at Qin Hesheng, who had sat down in front of him, and spoke in a chilling tone.

"You didn't have to die. You were just too stupid. You challenged the rules without enough strength, and you only got what you deserved. It's just a pity that Budu fell in love with someone like you!!"

"There's nothing I can do about it; my charm level is already maxed out."

To Mononobe Moriya's surprise, Qin He, standing before him, showed no fear or apprehension whatsoever. Instead, he looked up at the dome with a touch of melancholy.

"However, having ambition is a good thing, but your ambition is a bit too presumptuous. You've already been corrupted by so-called power and class. Even if you eventually succeed in reaching the pinnacle of power, are you sure you can still keep your original heart?"

"You need not worry about such things. Even if I fail, the relationship between Futo and Prince Shotoku is enough to keep her safe. But if you let her stay by your side, you will only harm her, because you simply do not have the power to protect her."

Mononobe Moriya slowly drew the long sword from his waist, his face expressionless.

"In some ways, I do admire you, but unfortunately, we're not on the same wavelength. Since you already saw that this was a trap, why did you come here? You should have had a chance to escape."

“That’s right, I had a chance to escape. Whether I ran to find Tu Zigu or the Divine Child, I could have survived tonight… Do you want to know why?”

Qin Hesheng suddenly raised his head and looked at him.

"……Why?"

Slowly tightening his grip on the longsword, Mononobe Moriya spoke indifferently.

"The reason is simple: I don't want to live anymore."

Qin Hesheng sighed.

"........."

"Let me guess. You deliberately chose a temple as the location to kill me because you wanted to use that to your advantage, didn't you? And the claim of being the number one Shintoist was something you secretly pushed forward, wasn't it? The fact that the number one Shintoist was found dead in a Buddhist temple is enough to make a lot of noise. The public is easily fooled. As early as last year when this temple started construction, you already had the idea of ​​killing me in your mind."

"Any last words?"

Having walked ahead to Qin Hesheng's side, Mononobe Moriya looked down at him with an expressionless face.

"The decline of Shinto is a fact. Even if your faith is unwavering and Shinto Kagura is unparalleled, do you think any god will perform a miracle to save you at this time?"

"Faith? There has never been anything worthy of my faith."

Facing the sharp edge of the sword, Qin Hesheng suddenly laughed.

"God doesn't care."

"........."

As a flash of white light appeared in the air and a stench of blood filled the air, Mononobe Moriya turned around and strode out of the temple, his face expressionless.

"Everything is proceeding according to plan. After this matter is settled, Qin Hesheng will be given a proper burial!!"

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In a daze, Mononobe felt as if he had been having a very long dream.

In her dream, peach blossoms bloomed in profusion, and a strong wind blew through the forest. She and Qin Hesheng walked side by side in a magnificent sea of ​​flowers, and at the end of the road was a beautifully decorated little house.

Just as she was about to step into the courtyard of the cottage with him, she saw the person beside her suddenly turn around and smile at her, then reach out and pluck a brightly blooming flower from the end of the path and hand it to her.

She reached out with joy to take the flower, but as her hand touched the other person's hand, the other person's body, along with the small house, suddenly turned into a sandstorm, leaving only a faint smile.

She turned around in astonishment, only to find that the magnificent sea of ​​flowers she had come from had somehow turned into an endless desert.

Opening his eyes, Mononobe no Futo sat up in bed, slightly dazed. The daylight outside was already bright, and the morning sun shone through the window onto the table by the window, reflecting a brilliant light.

"How did I end up here..."

He pressed his forehead hard with his hand, seemingly in some pain. After a long while, Mononobe no Futo vaguely recalled what had happened the night before.

"...Right, Qin Hesheng!! Why did he..."

She jumped out of bed in a panic and, without thinking, stumbled and ran toward the door.

She didn't know why, but she felt her heart pounding, as if something bad had quietly happened... but she tried her best to control herself from thinking about it.

She bit her lip tightly, her fingernails digging deep into her flesh.

No, it's alright... nothing will happen... Qin Hesheng is probably fishing in front of the pond in the courtyard right now, and when he sees me come out, he'll sigh and say, "I really want to kill Budu..." No, that's right... everything will be alright, nothing could possibly happen... My brother promised me... he promised me... My brother wouldn't lie to me...

In her panic, she nearly bumped into the wall. When she finally reached the walkway and looked expectantly into the courtyard where she had held countless beautiful memories, it was completely empty.

The figure that used to sit there without fail has now completely disappeared.

"No, no... Yes, he went out... It must be..."

After muttering a few words to herself, she stumbled and ran towards the door. Just as she reached the door, she saw a large and solemn black convoy slowly drive past.

White paper threads fluttered and scattered across the wide street.

...I could faintly hear some whispers.

At this point, the tears that had been swirling in her eyes could no longer be held back. She stood alone against the door frame, tears streaming down her face.

This was a momentous event worthy of being recorded in history.

In the second year of Emperor Yomei's reign, Hata Katsumi, the founder of Shinto Kagura and known as the foremost figure in Shinto, was found dead in an unfinished temple at the age of seventeen.

At that time, countless people spontaneously took to the streets to see him off.

After Qin Hesheng's death, the conflict between the anti-Buddhist faction and the pro-Buddhist faction intensified. With Qin Hesheng's death as the trigger, a long struggle lasting several years began between the indigenous Shinto sect led by the Mononobe clan and the foreign Buddhist sect led by the Soga clan, and Buddhism suffered a setback at one point.

Then, with the death of Emperor Yomei from illness, a war broke out in the struggle for supreme power.

In July of that year, under the fierce attack of the Soga clan and a group of allied nobles, the Mononobe clan suffered a complete defeat after holding out for three months. The anti-Buddhist faction lost all its ground and began its path to defeat.

In August, with the fierce death of Mononobe Moriya, the leader of the Mononobe clan, on the main battlefield, the war finally came to an end. Most of the survivors of the Mononobe clan fled and disappeared without a trace. The Mononobe clan, once one of the two great clans, disappeared into the dust of history.

In October of that year, Soga no Umako, the head of the Soga clan, riding the wave of victory in the war, enthroned the Emperor and took sole control of most of the power in the court, officially ascending to the pinnacle of power.

With Soga no Umako's strong promotion, the anti-Buddhist faction was completely suppressed and purged, and Buddhism flourished in this land, officially taking center stage in the country.

"Have you really decided?"

Looking at Toyosatomimi no Miko in front of her, Huo Qing'e frowned slightly.

"With your talent, there's really no need to take such a risky approach. Buddhism is flourishing in this land now. Although the monks aren't particularly strong, the combined power of their Buddhist faith is something even I have to give way to. They've already started to purge and drive out other religions, and I'm one of those targeted."

"There's nothing to hesitate about."

Feng Congmi spoke calmly.

"Buddhism is merely a tool that can be used to govern a country, and this country can no longer tolerate me. As long as I live long enough, it will be the same when I awaken from my slumber again."

"……whatever."

She seemed to let out a soft sigh, then turned and walked towards the door, pausing slightly before leaving.

"Also... I'm sorry about what happened to him; I should have come back sooner."

"........."

The only response she received was silence, as always.

Corpse Dissolution Immortal is a secret technique that involves dying once, abandoning the original body, and then resurrecting by relying on an object to which the soul is attached to to form a new physical body.

Immortals achieved in this way are not orthodox, but they can still reach the same level of immortality.

Given Toyosatomimi's aptitude, there was absolutely no need for her to choose such a desperate method. However, due to her excessive haste in cultivation over the years, her body has suffered extremely serious damage and is now overburdened.

However, she didn't mention this to Huo Qing'e. Although she knew that if she told Huo Qing'e, Huo Qing'e would definitely have a way to save her, she didn't want to abandon Tu Zigu and Budu.

...She didn't want to lose anyone else.

Rather than breaking through to become an immortal through the orthodox means, it would be better to undergo corpse dissolution and become an immortal along with the other two.

Over the years, although Mononobe no Futo has outwardly acted no different than before, and they have tacitly avoided mentioning certain past events, she knows very well what lies in Mononobe no Futo's heart.

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"...Could you please perform one last divination for me?"

"Are you ready to fall into a deep sleep?"

"I have prepared all the necessary items for my divination. I have come here specifically to have my fortune told."

"Last time you asked about your marriage prospects, so what do you want to know this time?"

"Can it be anything?"

"can."

"Then please help me calculate whether I will ever see him again... Is that alright?"

"can."

"So... will I still have a chance to see him?"

"can."

"...Liar, he has been dead for who knows how many years."

"I never lie."

"........."

P.S.: I got votes, so I'm adding an extra chapter.

P.S.: I just checked the Gensokyo timeline. Qinhe Sheng's slaying of the Tokoyami happened more than 20 years after the Divine Child and the others entered a deep sleep after their corpse dissolution… Anyway, it's not like this is a motorcycle trolley. As for what happens next… you'll have to wait and see! ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

Chapter One: Nothing More Than Practice Makes Perfect

"I have seen things that you humans cannot believe."

In the dark, deep, and boundless starry sky, a figure that seemed to blot out the sky and stand there as if time itself had never changed.

"The warships are ablaze on the edge of Orion, C-rays are flashing in the darkness near the stargate... All these moments will be swallowed up by the torrent of time, like tears in the rain... The moment of death has come."

Black flames ripped through the sky, and the low, hoarse voice seemed like the Grim Reaper announcing death, or a heavy sigh, marking the final end of this world.

"Everything will pass away, but I... will live forever."

Shi Bai recognized his own voice.

Although everyone has a period of being a bit immature or eccentric, Shi Bai inexplicably felt a sharp pain in his teeth when looking at this memory that was quite distant from him.

"Hey, hey, that's enough! This is clearly a line from Batty, the replicant leader in the sci-fi movie Blade Runner. You're going to cause a copyright dispute if you do that."

With a somewhat helpless sigh, Shi Bai waved his hand, and the scene before him quickly vanished, turning into a pure white space.

"Seriously, how long have I been out? And they're already talking about escaping. Why don't they just stay put? Luckily, it wasn't one of the most troublesome ones who escaped... Still acting all childish here?"

His premonition was correct. Something he had sealed away deep within his mind and soul, along with his more than ten years of being "away from home," had quietly begun to show signs of wanting to escape.

If he had come back a few years later, something might have actually managed to escape. Just thinking about the chaotic scene that would have made his scalp tingle.

Shi Bai exhaled and opened his eyes. After realizing his current situation, his face immediately darkened.

Therefore, based on his judgment, he felt that he was lying in a coffin, and that the coffin he was lying in was rhythmically swaying up and down...

In a daze, he seemed to sense several black men in black suits looking at him in a rather "friendly" manner.

So what the hell is all this?

“Very good, this dance is good. Ding Wu, Tian Li Nai, write down the dance steps and call it the Coffin Dance. In the future, if any outsiders come in here, you can just carry the coffin out like this.”

A satisfied voice came from outside the coffin from Motorola Okina.

Shi Bai: "..."

For some reason, he suddenly felt like hitting someone.

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"Ahem, that's how it is. Erzida Rino and Ding Litian Mai are dancers I spent a long time finding. They will be living in the country of Houhu as my subordinates. After all, it would be too troublesome for me to manage this place by myself, and it would also seem a bit empty."