The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Shi Bai: "..."

Uh... judging from the sound, it seems like he fell pretty badly... Seriously, even in a situation like this, he wouldn't ask me for help?

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Half an hour later.

"That's not a rat, that's a thief!!"

Waving her hands forcefully, Tatara Kogasa tried her best to express her anger with words.

"Not only were the treasures taken by those rats, but all my snacks were also eaten by them!! We have to find those thieves!!!"

Under a large tree in front of the door, Kosana Tatara, sitting at a table, looked utterly indignant.

In fact, Tsukiyomi wasn't the only one attacked by rats this morning; Tatara Kogasa experienced the same thing. However, unlike Tsukiyomi, whose combat power is only 5 and who is extremely afraid of insects, Tatara Kogasa, whose combat power is 25, engaged in a fierce and tenacious battle with the rats.

...and then she lost.

As the saying goes, two fists can't beat four hands, and many ants can kill an elephant. Faced with the enormous number of rats, Tatara Kogasa could only watch helplessly as the snacks she had hidden in her room were found and eaten. She could only watch dumbfounded as the rats swaggered away with the treasures they had plundered from her room.

"Alright, let's just say those rats were a bunch of shameless thieves who stole...treasure. What exactly did you lose?"

Slightly rubbing his forehead with a headache, Shi Bai glanced at Tsukiyo, who was sitting silently and expressionlessly next to Tatara Kogasa.

...So, in the eyes of those rats, is the Moonlit View actually a rare treasure?

"Hmm... twelve bottles of orange juice, thirty-two bags of potato chips, two large bags of raisins..."

After thinking for a moment, Kogasa Tatara started counting on her fingers one by one.

"...Apart from the snacks you've been hiding."

Shi Bai was speechless.

"Let me think... Hmm, the [Miracle Hammer] used to crack walnuts is gone, the [Gourmet Tablecloth] was taken too, and..."

"Okay, I understand, you don't need to say anything more."

Shi Bai's lips twitched slightly.

The [Malusite], a secret treasure he obtained long ago in exchange with the demon king Oxycodone, possesses extremely powerful and strange abilities. It follows the principle of imperfect equivalent exchange and is a wish-granting device similar to the Black Grail.

Although he had acquired this item from the Oni clan a long time ago, he had hardly ever used it. The only time he used it was to repair the racing cars and Gundams that had been dismantled by Shinki...

I had taken this out while telling stories and used it as a gavel. I also found that this hammer was very useful for cracking walnuts, so I took it out again and didn't put it back. It's like it's replacing the Yin-Yang Jade.

He has been using the Wanbao Hammer to crack walnuts for 100 years.

If he wasn't sure before, hearing about the stolen items and the existence of using rats to steal treasures, he vaguely remembered someone.

The arrogant and conceited monster rat—Nazrin.

If my memory serves me right, the other party seems to be one of Bishamonten's subordinates?

Since the religious war hundreds of years ago, Buddhism has been deeply rooted in this country. The struggle between the native Shinto and foreign Buddhism has been playing out all the time. However, after hundreds of years, due to various factors and the influence of various interests, a certain degree of integration has occurred between the native Shinto and foreign Buddhism.

Bishamonten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods, is a product of this fusion, and Bishamonten is enshrined in the Myouren-ji Temple of Seihakuren.

"Alright, everyone go pack your things. We'll head out in a bit to settle the score with that thief."

After sorting things out in his mind, Shi Bai was the first to stand up from his chair.

Actually, he doesn't care about the lost items or anything else; he can get them back anytime he wants. However, he has always been quite serious about collecting the complete Gensokyo encyclopedia.

...Maybe I can even collect some illustrations of the Holy Lotus while I'm at it? She's a hidden character, after all...

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"So many precious treasures have been stolen, and you seem to care as if nothing has happened."

Perhaps because the other party had seen her in her most embarrassing state, Tsukiyo's tone clearly carried a hint of something indescribable... Shi Bai thought it was probably something like being embarrassed and angry, furious, or murderous.

"To gain it is my fortune, to lose it is my fate. They are merely external possessions; we bring nothing into this world and take nothing with us when we die. What is there to regret?"

Yawning, Shi Bai leaned back against the tree stump, his gaze fixed on the sunflower field swaying in the breeze before him.

"By the way, aren't you going to pack your things? We're leaving soon... Uh, sorry, I think I forgot you got all your stuff."

"Although I find it strange that you carry so many women's clothes with you, I won't have any strange or mocking thoughts about your personal hobbies. Anyway, thank you for the clothes."

Tsukiyo saw him turn his head away expressionlessly.

"...You came here on purpose to find Zha, didn't you?"

"illusion."

"Your illusion is the illusion!"

"No, you're mistaken. My mistake is the mistake."

"No nesting dolls allowed."

Shi Bai rolled his eyes, speechless.

"...I don't believe you're not worried about those lost things."

After a moment of silence, Tsukiyo took the initiative to change the subject.

“Every single item you lost could be considered a treasure of the highest order in the Moon Capital… You clearly had the ability to intercept those fleeing rats, so why didn’t you do it?”

"Because I want to complete the entire Pokédex!"

Someone answered without hesitation.

"...Leaving aside the [Food Tablecloth] that can create all kinds of food out of nothing, I remember that the [Treasure Hammer], which can grant forbidden wishes, has always been kept by the Ghost King of the Ghost Clan. When did you get it from them?"

Looking ahead, Tsukiyo spoke calmly.

"It's not a big deal to just throw her that forbidden item to play with, since she has no idea how terrifying it is. But to use that thing to crack walnuts... I guess you're just like me?"

"So you knew about the [Treasure Hammer] all along?"

Turning his head to look at the other person, Shi Bai raised an eyebrow in slight surprise.

"Since you know what it's for, why don't you try using it to escape? You must have had plenty of opportunities over the years, right?"

"I've always had terrible luck, and I don't want to gamble my future on an object. You have to fight for your own destiny."

Yueye saw a blank expression on her face.

"I just wanted to give you a slight reminder. The [Treasure Hammer] possesses forbidden and terrifying power. In the past, gods and demons may have fought many fierce wars to seize it. However, every being who obtained it paid an extremely heavy price, sometimes even bringing disaster to their entire clan... until finally, it was collected and sealed away by the Demon King of the Demon Clan. Just because Tatara Kogasa doesn't know what kind of power the [Treasure Hammer] possesses doesn't mean that the thief doesn't know."

"What do you think will happen when it falls into the hands of some people with ulterior motives?"

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P.S.: Good morning!

Chapter Eleven: What truly makes someone want to be beaten up!

This rat attack seemed less like a spur-of-the-moment decision and more like a well-planned attack after much deliberation.

At some unknown time, a massive swarm of rats dug a burrow beneath the valley and then seized the perfect opportunity to plunder the area.

"You mean, this was actually a premeditated robbery?"

After listening to Yueyejian's words, Shi Bai couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Is the mastermind's real goal to obtain the [Treasure Hammer]? Are they going to use it to crack walnuts too?"

"...Not everyone can be as indifferent as you are to such forbidden treasures."

With a slight twitch at the corner of her eye, Yueye began to speak.

"Do you know how many people died in the struggle between our gods and demons for the treasure [Treasure Hammer]? The [Treasure Hammer] can grant any wish of its user, and that alone is enough to drive all beings crazy for a treasure of this level."

Is it really that amazing?

Shi Bai reached out and touched his chin, his expression noncommittal.

"There's no such thing as a magic wish-granting machine in the world, so you should give up. For example, I can guarantee that there are many wishes that this broken hammer can't grant."

"Perhaps such a thing is useless to beings like you who are completely incomprehensible to me, but for beings like us, the [Mega Hammer] is a wish-granting machine that can fulfill any wish."

Yueye looked at the sea of ​​sunflowers in front of her.

“There was once a fool who used the [Melting Hammer] to wish for the dead to be resurrected, and that wish came true. You have to understand, back then there was no such thing as the underworld. Once you died, it meant complete death, but the [Melting Hammer] reversed that rule. But similarly, although the dead were resurrected, the user also paid a terrible price.”

"There are always gains and losses. With the power of the [Treasure Hammer], it's not surprising that it could achieve this... By the way, who is that idiot you're talking about?"

Noticing the change in Yueyejian's emotions, Shi Bai looked at Yueyejian with some curiosity, as if he had suddenly thought of something.

"...That idiot is my older sister."

After a moment of silence, Tsukiyo spoke coldly.

"She's the second-to-last known user of the [Mega Hammer]. After using the [Mega Hammer] to revive that guy, she never appeared in front of anyone again... She's a complete and utter idiot!!"

"It really is Shinki..."

He straightened up slightly and frowned slightly as he recalled what had happened between Shinki and Matara Okina.

"What price did your sister pay after using the [Melody Hammer]?"

"I don't know. She never appeared in front of me again after that. Perhaps only she knows what she gave up. Otherwise, she wouldn't have disappeared from everyone's sight without a word."

Tsukiyo's words were devoid of any emotion.

"After my sister disappeared, the [Mega Hammer] fell into the hands of a god. That god was the last user of the [Mega Hammer], and it was through the power of the [Mega Hammer] that a massive disaster almost wiped out two races was caused. From that era to the present, neither gods nor monsters have ever forgotten that disaster that was almost like the end of the world."

"disaster?"

"Yes, it was a disaster. You would never imagine what kind of bizarre thing that god summoned with the [Melody of the Gods]. Because of the initial lack of attention, the scale of the disaster grew larger and larger, and by the time we realized it, the situation had already deteriorated to an extreme degree. In that disaster, both races suffered heavy casualties, and it was only at a great cost that it was finally quelled."

As if recalling that time, Tsukiyo's words carried a hint of melancholy.

"I say this only to remind you that what you may not care about in your eyes could very well cause irreparable disaster for us beings."

"Tsk, oxycodone didn't mention any of this when it gave me this stuff..."

Listening to the heavy narration from Tsukiyo's mouth, Shi Bai couldn't help but feel a toothache for no reason.

"Oxycodone? Isn't that called quinquefolia?"

Yueye paused for a moment, slightly taken aback.

"The names are too hard to remember, so I mixed them up. Anyway, they're all the same, so these little things don't need to be a concern..."

Shi Bai waved his hand.

"If this thing is so dangerous, how did it end up in the hands of oxycodone?"

"Given the Ghost King's personality, he would never be interested in anything from the [Treasure Hammer]. Furthermore, the Ghost Clan's reputation is well-known; only by placing it in their hands can that thing be kept hidden from the world forever."

Tsukiyo turned her head to look at him.

"I just didn't expect that Jin Jieluo would give this to you. Is he trying to use your power to seal the [Treasure Hammer] forever?"

"Uh... actually, she didn't have money when she asked me to buy something, so she sold me this bottle as collateral..."

"……Sell?"

After hearing Shi Bai's answer, Yue Yejian was suddenly dumbfounded.

She originally thought that Jin Jieluo would choose to hand over the [Treasure Hammer], which she had always been in charge of keeping, to the other party because he valued the other party's indifferent personality and his quality of regarding money as dirt.

Over the past century, she had come to believe that the other party was indeed qualified to be in charge of the [Treasure Hammer]. After all, in someone's hands, the [Treasure Hammer] was basically just a tool for hitting tables, chairs, and cracking walnuts and nails.

But... it was sold as collateral? ??

"To be honest, I used to be the most successful, greatest, most brilliant, and most profitable salesman in Hell and the Underworld."

Shi Bai scratched his head and answered somewhat embarrassedly.

"Although she did tell me about some of the characteristics of the [Mega Hammer], she didn't mention anything about what you just told me."

"........."

Suddenly, I felt a headache coming on.

"Ahem... Since you knew all along that the [Treasure Hammer] was such a dangerous thing, why didn't you warn me sooner?"

Shi Bai clenched his fist and placed it near his mouth, coughed a few times, and began to skillfully shift the blame.