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"Okay, I was just kidding."

Under Shen Qi's intense gaze, Shi Bai decisively raised his hands and surrendered.

"But are you really going to do this? To give Alice real life in this way... the death of the righteous?"

“Something has to be done eventually. I know Alice’s personality very well. Even if I keep stopping her from going outside the Demon Realm, she will still sneak out on her own one day.”

Shenqi sighed again.

"But all in all, thank you for telling me those things. I used to be completely lost, but now I finally have a new goal to move forward."

"Actually, if I could, I would like to help you buy a [World Origin] from those stores... but I can't now."

Shi Bai stood up from the sofa.

"Anyway, 1000 years is a short time for you, so just wait patiently for another 1000 years. By the way, take care of Saint White Lotus's matter. If she's willing to stay in the Demon Realm, let her stay there and help you. If she's not willing, let her leave."

After saying that, Shi Bai turned around and walked straight towards the door. Now that things were clear, there was no need for him to stay there any longer. He also needed to give Shen Qi some time to process what he had just said.

But as soon as he opened the door, accompanied by a gasp, a figure that had been pressed against the door, seemingly eavesdropping, stumbled and fell into his arms.

"Uh……"

Looking down at Tsukiyo in his arms, then turning to look at Shinki behind him who had looked up at the noise, Shi Bai thought for a moment, then took a brick out of his pocket and put it in Tsukiyo's hand. He patted her shoulder encouragingly, then pointed to Shinki behind him.

"Go in and take revenge. I support you."

Shinki/Tsukiyomi: "???"

P.S.: Good morning! (((*°▽°*)八(*°▽°*)))?

Chapter Twenty-Five: Happy Children's Day to Me!

Because of Alice, Shi Bai temporarily stayed at the Pandemonium. Along with Tatara Kogasa and Tsukiyomi, the Pandemonium, which was usually quiet, suddenly became lively.

In the Pandemonium, the succubus was Alice's tutor, teaching her the basics of magic. After so much time had passed, Alice remained unchanged, and the succubus was very respectful when she saw her teacher again.

As for Shinki and Tsukiyo, the two sisters still engage in a full-blown fight every few days. Shinki tries every possible way to get rid of her troublesome younger sister, so she has put in a lot of effort to achieve this.

Things like secretly stuffing centipedes and spiders into Tsukiyo's pocket, having insects swarming in the other person's room at night, planning to give them a sedative tea and then secretly packing it up and sending it away... these are all the most common tactics.

Shi Bai roughly understood why Yue Yejian was so afraid of insects; it was because of the childhood trauma that Shen Qi had left on her since she was little...

As the centipede, several tens of centimeters long, slowly crawled out of the pocket of the coat that Yueye had frantically taken off and thrown on the ground, Shi Bai's lips twitched slightly.

Originally, Tsukiyo was no match for Shinki, but no matter what, she had been by someone's side for so long. The saying "one is influenced by one's company" is not without merit. While she hadn't learned any other advantages, Tsukiyo had certainly picked up that person's problem-solving methods and thought processes.

In the midst of Shinki's elaborate schemes to drive her away, Tsukiyomi put up a remarkably valiant resistance. As a result, almost every day one could see the reckless Shinki being relentlessly pursued and killed by Tsukiyomi...

Saint White Lotus, on the other hand, has a very easygoing nature. It can be said that she is the most normal person in the entire Ten Thousand Demon Palace... or perhaps the most abnormal.

Tatara Kogasa would routinely run into her room to scare her, but instead, she would be pulled aside and given a long lecture on Buddhist principles with a smile. By the time Tatara Kogasa was finally allowed to leave, the heterochromatic loli's eyes had become completely black and swollen. For the next period of time, Tatara Kogasa avoided her completely.

Shi Bai felt that Sheng Bailian and Xiao Siji must have something in common, and the two of them would definitely get along well.

As for the maid Yumeko, as Shinki's personal maid, in addition to skillfully cleaning up messes and tidying up by Shinki and Tsukiyomi's side every day, she also manages everything in an orderly manner.

Recently, having heard that someone's cooking skills were amazing, I humbly asked them for cooking tips and ended up making a whole bunch of pigeon dishes, such as roasted pigeon, pigeon soup, and roasted squab. My progress has been incredibly fast.

As for Shi Bai, due to Shen Qi's request, he had no choice but to take on the role of Alice's full-time caregiver. Since he had some experience taking care of little Hong Meiling before, there weren't any major problems. Apart from her daily routine and magic lessons with the succubus teacher, Alice liked to stick to him most of the time. However, a fierce battle for the father's affections broke out between her and Tatara Kogasa...

Besides taking care of Alice on a daily basis, Shi Bai would sometimes take time to go to the city of the Demon Realm to find a street to rekindle his old interests and bring artistic inspiration to these people of the Demon Realm.

With the help of a series of musical instruments such as the erhu, suona, gongs and drums, the effect of artistic cultivation is very significant. He can usually return home with a large amount of vegetables, tomatoes and eggs every time.

Of course, Shi Bai wasn't idle either. Under his management, the first newspaper in the Demon Realm, the Demon Realm Newspaper, was officially established. With the help of Shiki, who came to the Demon Realm during her vacation to find her older sister, Komachi reluctantly became the first dispatched reporter and editor-in-chief for both the Underworld and the Demon Realm.

After dragging its feet for nearly half a month, the first issue of the newspaper was finally published in the Demon Realm, and the people of the Demon Realm were finally able to formally learn about the outside world for the first time.

The Demon Realm is special, and the people of the Demon Realm are even more special. Because of their very nature, they have no way of leaving the Demon Realm; the moment they step outside, they turn into puppets. This is the world created by Shinki, and without Shinki's permission, outsiders can virtually never enter the Demon Realm. And those who are qualified to enter, such as Matara, Okina, Yagokoro, Eirin, and Yakumo Yukari, would never interact with the people of the Demon Realm.

Therefore, until now, the people of the demon realm have been completely unaware of anything about the outside world. As a result, on the day the first issue of the newspaper was released, all the newspapers sold out within just ten minutes.

Later, many scholars in the Demon World studied the starting point of formal communication between the Demon World and the outside world. Finally, the seven issues of the newspaper published by Onozuka Komachi, the most famous and even pioneering legendary Grim Reaper in the Underworld, during his tenure as editor-in-chief of the "Demon World Newspaper," became the most direct evidence, which is believed to be the starting point for the Demon World to have comprehensive contact with the outside world in the fields of politics, economy, culture, and even military affairs.

Of course, that was a long time later. Right now, Komachi, who was forced to become both editor-in-chief and reporter, was quite unhappy about having so much free time taken up... Then, Hijiri Byakuren went over with a smile and offered some advice.

After silently mourning for poor Rumachi for a second, Shi Bai continued doing his own thing. With the idea that children's interests should be cultivated from a young age, he directly used building blocks to assemble a Megatron outside the Pandemonium, attempting to shift Alice's interest from dolls to mecha Gundam, so that the seven-colored doll user would become a seven-colored mecha user in the future... Unfortunately, he failed.

As the saying goes, mecha and racing are the romance of men. Since the mecha failed and it is impossible to pilot a Gundam now, inspired by the wheelchair race between Shinki and Matara Okina, Shibai simply put all his energy into racing.

To this end, he spent a lot of time creating an ice and snow track in the icy world of the Demon Realm. Originally, he wanted to build a similar track on Monster Mountain for mountain racing and drifting competitions, but unfortunately, that place is not peaceful now, so he had to give up on that idea.

However, the Demon Realm is not allowed, but it is extremely suitable. Or you could say that the Demon Realm is currently the safest place in the world. It is large enough and has many different scenes. Is there a place more suitable than this?

He originally wanted to go back to Baiyulou to get some of the racing cars from QQ Speed, but now that the system has been unblocked, there's no need for such a troublesome trip back and forth.

"Racing?"

At the dinner table, everyone was stunned after hearing Shi Bai's enthusiastic proposal.

"Yeah, I've wanted to do this for a long time. Do you guys want to come?"

Shi Bai looked very excited.

"Although there's only a racing mode right now, I'll figure out how to add an item mode later. You all know how to drift and charge up, right? It's very simple, just press cirt +..."

The track was created in the Ice and Snow World of the Demon Realm, located between the Demon City and the Palace of Ten Thousand Demons. It is a very quiet place. Considering the diversity of the track, Shi Bai created five ice and snow tracks in this Ice and Snow World, which are graded according to difficulty level.

One-star tracks are naturally the easiest, while five-star tracks are the most difficult. But even on the easiest track, a moment's inattention could send your car veering off the edge and crashing. For ordinary people, this kind of racing is indeed extremely dangerous, but who among us is an ordinary person?

Amidst much anticipation (not really), the first racing competition officially began. The participants included: Shinki, Tsukiyomi, Tatara Kogasa, Alice, Tokihachi, and Sally, who had rushed over upon hearing the news.

The succubus, who had been violently struck by a racing car driven by Shinki at 110 km/h in the White Jade Pavilion, was traumatized by it and did not want to participate for the time being. The maid Yumeko fulfilled her duties as a maid by starting a fire on the snow and cooking. As for Hijiri Byakuren... her original words were that Buddhist disciples should not engage in such indecent behavior, so she chose to stand aside and watch.

After all, Buddha is merciful. How can a disciple of the Buddhist order be so unchaste? Saint White Lotus murmured a Buddhist chant with a compassionate expression.

These racing cars from QQ Speed ​​are pretty good; they're easy to operate and look pretty cool. Without exception, the others all chose the best-looking cars, like the S-class cars like Night Lord, Paladin, and Blizzard. But is Shi Bai an ordinary person? He definitely isn't!!

So he chose the black D-class beginner racing car.

Shi Bai firmly believed that true racing masters use D-class cars to crush S-class cars!

Half an hour later, the man who had returned got off the race car, looked up at the sky with a melancholy expression, and suddenly felt a strong urge to smoke a cigarette... even though he never smokes.

Shi Bai felt there was something wrong with this. Even if Shen Qi and Yue Ye Jian were driving bumper cars on the track and both died, that would be one thing. Even if Sariel got lost and plunged into the vast snowfield and never returned, that would be another... But why couldn't he even outrun Xiao San and Alice, those two little kids?! This just doesn't make any sense at all!!

Or should I first deliver tofu for a few years, and then activate the "Blind Music" feature to give myself a buff so that I can be invincible?

Shi Bai thought this was worth writing down.

Humans have three fundamental natures: they find things delicious, and they find things delicious.

Even though Byakuren is now a magician, after watching the racing event from the sidelines, he calmly approached him and asked if he could have a race car too.

"As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will? Namo Samantabhadra."

Saint Bailian clasped her hands together, her face solemn.

So Shi Bai specially picked out a motorcycle for the other party.

Saint Byakuren: "..."

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In many situations, things don't go as planned... just like the choices Shinki made.

In essence, the entire Demon Realm was created by Shinki alone, and from the very beginning, she chose the most difficult path.

The beings of the Demon Realm cannot exist without her, and she, in turn, cannot leave the Demon Realm—unless she is willing to destroy it. She strictly forbids any demon from leaving the Demon Realm, yet she shows the utmost leniency towards her "daughter," Alice.

Shi Bai knew what Shen Qi needed, so he gave her hope to keep moving forward. Although it wasn't good to let her know that secret so early, everyone needs at least one motivation to keep going.

For example, in the short term, what drives him forward is his desire to find Yuuka Kazami.

The past is the future, and the future is the present.

Now I both anticipate and yearn for what I love.

"Aren't you planning to stay a little longer? Alice has been very happy while you've been here."

Shen Qi was slightly taken aback when she saw Shi Bai, who had suddenly come to say goodbye.

"I have an urgent matter... I feel like something terrible has happened, and I need to deal with it right away."

Shi Bai pressed his forehead slightly with his hand.

"Let's leave for now. I don't know what happened there... I'll leave Xiaosan with you for the time being."

"...If there's anything I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask."

After a moment of silence, Shenqi nodded heavily.

She didn't intend to get to the bottom of it; just by looking at the expression on the other person's face, Shenqi could already vaguely realize the seriousness of the matter.

—It was the first time she had ever seen such a solemn expression on the other person's face.

"Don't worry, it's just that something feels slightly off. There's no way a prison break could have happened without any warning... I need to investigate."

He patted his head, and the serious expression on Shi Bai's face relaxed.

"There's nothing in this world that I can't handle, so please rest assured. During my absence, I'll leave Kogasa in your care. As for Tsukiyomi... you can decide for yourself. Anyway, it's between you two sisters, and I don't want to interfere too much."

"When are you going to leave?"

Shenqi stood up.

"If you don't mind, I have some here..."

"No need, it's nothing."

Shi Bai waved his hand casually, his face full of sighs.

"Sigh, it's been so long since I've been back there. I wonder if Conan, who established the Yorozuya in Konoha, ever managed to become the Pirate King of the Survey Corps with his Super Saiyan Bankai..."

Shenqi: "???"

P.S.: Good afternoon!

Chapter Twenty-Six: Saigyouji Yuyuko

Hundreds of years have passed, and for the monsters, not even a single war has ended, but for humans, it has been a period of profound change.

In a relatively short period of time, some things did not change much, but others changed dramatically. For example, the former "borderland in the East, far from human settlements" was officially renamed Gensokyo by the tengu on Youkai Mountain hundreds of years later.

The residents of the former Human Village were all strong humans. However, in the war between the Youkai Mountain and the Moon Capital more than 100 years ago, not only was the Hakurei Shrine of Meimu destroyed, but the Human Village also suffered extremely serious damage and countless deaths. A hundred years later, the surviving humans spontaneously built the Human Village.

The Hieda family moved into the Human Village during this period, and thanks to Yakumo Yukari's intentional or unintentional care, they quickly gained an extremely important position in the Human Village.

Although the village is located deep within the territory of the yokai, it is surprisingly safe. Over the years, the name of the yokai sage Yakumo Yukari has become known to all the yokai. Under the sage's intimidation, no yokai would risk their lives to enter the village and commit massacres. However, the safety outside the village cannot be guaranteed.

Although Hieda Aichi had considered persuading Meimu to rebuild the Hakurei Shrine, he was dismissed by her with a casual remark that she was no longer human and could not become a shrine maiden.

Without the protection of the shrine maiden, the humans outside the human village could barely protect themselves. As a result, the number of people in the human village decreased over time. They moved to the human world because they could not bear the disturbance of the monsters. However, some people still stayed here. The Hieda family was the first large family to move here.

Coincidentally, in early spring last year, another large family moved into Gensokyo. However, unlike the Hieda family, this newly moved-in family was a well-known demon-slaying family even in the outside world—the Saigyouji family.

The current head of the Saigyouji family is Saigyou Hoshi, but he is more famous for his singing voice than for his own powerful strength, and is therefore known as the Singing Saint.

With the arrival of the Saigyouji family, the dire situation in the Human Village was completely changed. There were originally many yokai lurking around the Human Village, trying to attack humans who went outside the Human Village. However, less than three days after the Saigyouji family arrived, the yokai around the Human Village were wiped out by the Saigyouji family.

After basically clearing out the malicious monsters around the human village, Saigyo, along with his attendant Soul Demon, and an unnamed white-haired man with a gentle smile on his face, the three of them stepped into the forbidden land of the monsters, the mountain of monsters.

It's important to understand that now, a century later, the Youkai Mountain is not what it used to be. Although it suffered damage in the battle with the Moon Capital, the addition of the Oni clan, who reappeared from the ground, greatly increased the overall strength of the Youkai Mountain.

No one knows what happened on the Mountain of Yokai, but three days later, Saigyoku and his companions returned safely from the Mountain of Yokai.

Subsequently, the Saigyouji family carried out a major cleanup in Gensokyo, killing or banishing all the malicious youkai. One beautiful cherry blossom tree after another was planted in Gensokyo, and the cherry blossoms bloomed brilliantly, but the youkai had no way to appreciate them.

This was the first time these monsters had ever felt fear in a human.

A swordsman wielding two swords who can cut down anything and never smiles; a gentle-faced white-haired youth who wields three sacred treasures; and a Saigyō monk known as the "Song Saint" who can easily take their lives with just his singing... These are the eternal nightmares that haunt the hearts of those monsters who managed to escape.

The paradise of monsters was swiftly purged, and beautiful, dazzling cherry blossoms bloomed all over Gensokyo. People marveled at the beautiful cherry blossoms and sang praises of Saigyo's fame. But the secret that neither the humans nor the monsters would ever know was that beneath each of those brightly blooming cherry blossom trees lay the bones of those monsters... These are the beautiful cherry blossoms that are nourished by flesh and blood.

Humans began to truly have a place in Gensokyo, no longer having to be constantly on guard against attacks from youkai outside the human village. People began to sing praises to the song saint under the cherry blossom trees. After doing all this, Saigyou-ji went on a trip with his family's gardeners. However, the Saigyouji family still remained in Gensokyo, and the remaining members of the Saigyouji family protected the safety of the human village.

This place seems to have truly become a place of fantasy in people's hearts.