The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Staring blankly at the wall in front of him, someone spoke in an almost monotonous tone.

Inside his fake "Hakugyokurou," there are quite a few dangerous items similar to a certain SCP that liked to twist people's necks. Since he has already booked to stay here for several months or even longer, these dangerous items must be disposed of one by one.

...Even if there are other things that can't be eliminated, like that [peanut?], we can just stuff them all into the system's storage space, just like we did with that peanut.

To reiterate, he won't die, but that doesn't mean that the others who came in like him won't die.

Relying on those distant memories, he had disposed of all the extremely dangerous items that he remembered vividly during the few hours he had been inside the [White Jade Pavilion].

The remaining dangerous items that he hadn't remembered or had forgotten must still exist in the [White Jade Tower]. After all, the [White Jade Tower], which he built himself, covers a real area of ​​2000 square kilometers, and it's impossible for him to clear them all out in a short time.

However, after those extremely dangerous items were disposed of, the remaining dangerous items were no longer as harmful, and it wouldn't be a big deal to keep them and deal with them one by one later.

After all, there aren't many dangerous objects that can run around like an SCP. The rest are just inanimate objects. If you don't touch them intentionally, there won't be any danger. Even if you do touch them intentionally, the danger is not great.

Shi Bai's plan is to spend a month during the next few months hiding in the dream world gradually clearing it out and restoring a quiet and peaceful environment.

As for matters concerning the underworld, let the world handle them; what does it have to do with him?

He refused to believe that the Underworld couldn't be opened without Little Four Seasons. After all, he didn't consider himself a good person, otherwise that kind of thing wouldn't have happened in the past...

"Oh right, I almost forgot, there's one last extremely dangerous item..."

After spending some time finding the correct path, as if remembering something, Shi Bai turned his head to look at the very center of [Baiyulou], looking thoughtful.

"...Speaking of which, that flower should still be there, right? I wonder if it's starved to death after all this time..."

P.S.: Tickets

Chapter Fifty-Eight: Reunion After Billions of Years

However, the rewards from exploring the dream world are few, but few do not mean none.

In the deepest part of the dream world, or perhaps in its very center, Shi Bai found a peculiar flower floating in mid-air.

You should know that in this dream world, there is no tangible matter; there are only ubiquitous specks of light of various colors.

To find a flower in a place like this...

After discovering this peculiar flower, he curiously went up to touch it... and then he simply vanished.

It is no exaggeration to say that the flower that was born in the dream world is the most dangerous thing in this dream world. Anything that comes into contact with the flower will mysteriously disappear, as if it has been swallowed up by the flower.

—That's what Shi Bai originally thought.

Then, in a series of subsequent experiments on that flower, he discovered a very serious problem.

That's this flower... It's extremely picky about food.

If something doesn't suit its taste, it won't eat it at all; instead, it will use a strange power to decompose those items. It's incredibly difficult to raise.

At that time, he was extremely bored. Apart from helping the other person cook a little bit while cooking every day as usual, he spent the rest of his free time chatting aimlessly with the flower.

If he doesn't speak for a long time, he feels that he might eventually lose his ability to speak. However, in the dream world, the only things that can respond to his words are that picky flower and his gaming buddy SCP-173.

Comparing the two, choosing which one to talk to is an easy decision; at least the flower smells nice...

However, although the picky flower could respond to his words, a flower is still a flower, and even if it is picky, it cannot speak.

Due to some force, the picky flower's movement was restricted to that small area, and it remained dormant for most of the day... Shi Bai guessed that the flower had not yet reached maturity and bloom.

And when that flower fully matures and blooms... it will probably bear fruit, right? I wonder if it will be a watermelon, an apple, or perhaps a pineapple...

—Someone thought about this issue for quite some time back then.

Although some things may seem unbelievable, those unbelievable things are often true.

For example, no one would have imagined that one day in the future, a single bat would lead to a large-scale event...

After accidentally entering this dream world, Shi Bai spent a long time discovering that the true master of this so-called dream world was... that flower that had not yet matured and was extremely picky about its food.

His ability to freely enter and exit the dream world was granted by that flower.

Shenqi wants to create a world of her own, and she has been working hard to achieve this goal. However, that flower of unknown origin, born in this dream world, already had its own world from the very beginning... It has to be said that, at times, this kind of opposition alone can be infuriating.

Since they had come to the other party's territory, it was only natural to report to them. Although the other party was just an exceptionally picky flower, they were still, after all, the master of this world...

After returning here for so long, to be honest, Shi Bai is now a little worried that the flower has starved to death... but it seems that it shouldn't have starved to death?

With a rather strange idea in mind, after thinking for a moment, Shi Bai pushed open the door in front of him.

However, when he saw the scene behind the door, he was slightly stunned.

Unlike the distant scene in his memory, the scene behind the door had completely changed. The once empty, pure white room was now filled with various furniture and items, and several paintings were hanging on the wall directly opposite.

On the left side of the room, near the window, sat a large velvet bed that he used to sleep in. On the bed, a girl with long, straight green hair reaching her waist, wearing a light pink nightgown and a matching nightcap, was sleeping peacefully.

And judging from the girl's sleeping posture, she seems to be sleeping very soundly...

...Wait a minute, so what happened to that flower that I've raised for so long, the one that's so picky about food?

After taking a few steps outside and glancing around to make sure he hadn't gone to the wrong place, Shi Bai fell into deep thought.

Also, what's with all that extra furniture in the room, and that girl in pajamas...? Maybe I opened the door wrong?

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai first closed the door again, and then opened it again.

Yes, things changed this time. The girl in her pajamas on the bed was woken up by her own noise...

"Uh... hello, I'm looking for Xiaohua. Have you seen Xiaohua?"

Meeting the girl's green eyes as she turned to look at him, Shi Bai raised his hand and politely asked her a question.

"Where have you been all these years?"

Sitting up in bed, the girl's expression shifted slightly before quickly returning to normal. She spoke coldly.

“I have been waiting for you here for a thousand years.”

"...You're Xiaohua?"

Shi Bai stared at the girl in front of him for a while, looking her up and down, until she seemed a little uncomfortable and glared at him coldly. Only then did he realize what was going on.

"I didn't realize you weren't a flower before!?"

"...Where have you been all these years? Why can't I find you anywhere?"

After a moment of silence, the girl turned her head and looked away.

"With your immortality, you shouldn't be able to die, right?"

"So why did you contact me?"

He walked into the room and headed straight for the table, waving his hand casually.

"You were only fully born about a thousand years ago, right? That's too long. If I stayed here waiting for the day you could talk to me, I estimate I'd have a mental breakdown before tens of millions of years had passed. So I found a way to freeze myself... These grapes taste good, did you grow them?"

"........."

Looking at Shi Bai, whose attention had been almost entirely focused on the grapes on the table since he entered, the girl fell silent for a moment.

The grapevines we planted before... we'll cut them down another day.

P.S.: Tickets

Chapter Fragrance

To be honest, don't be fooled by Shi Bai's seemingly calm demeanor; he's actually incredibly anxious inside.

In the past, when he was bored and killing time in this dream world, he told that flower countless embarrassing stories.

After all, at that time, he was so bored that he would play suicide games with SCPs, which meant he was in a state of complete self-discovery.

At the time, he didn't think much of it, but now, looking back... he has a strong urge to travel back in time and kill his past self.

But then again, so much time has passed, the other party probably doesn't remember... right?

No, that's why I used a question... Hmm, but these grapes are really delicious...

"Ahem, Little Flower, the reason I've come back this time is..."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai simply picked up the plate of grapes and turned around, intending to forcefully change the subject and ignore that embarrassing history.

To his surprise, as soon as he turned around, he saw that the girl who should have been sitting on the bed had silently appeared behind him.

"I have a formal name, the one you gave me. Don't tell me you've forgotten the name you gave me."

She casually took the plate of grapes from the other person's hand, raised her head and looked directly into the eyes of the man who was so close to her, and spoke coldly.

"Or do you want me to use another method to help you remember?"

"Uh……"

Feeling the refreshing fragrance emanating from the girl in her pajamas in front of him, Shi Bai's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Little Flower... well, I mean, Youxiang. But the problem is, so many years have passed, why do you still remember such a trivial thing?"

"Hmph... I remember everything you did to me back then perfectly clearly."

With a soft hum, Youxiang placed the plate of grapes back on the table.

"Also, who were those people who came in with you? Why do I feel an unpleasant aura coming from there?"

"Um... two are my apprentices, one is my sister, one is my patient, and the last one..."

After thinking for a moment and recalling Shen Qi's previous actions, Shi Bai popped a grape into his mouth and nodded in agreement.

"The last one was a free gift when I bought something."

Is it Yuuka or Kazami Yuuka? That is the question.

Although Shi Bai had given a flower that name out of a twisted sense of humor because of its fragrance, he honestly never associated it with the "Tyrant of Flowers," Kazami Yuuka... and he still hasn't.

After all, the girl in front of him, dressed in cute pajamas and with long, straight green hair, was quite different from the Flower Tyrant he remembered.

I originally wanted to see my old friend Xiaohua, but I didn't expect her to turn into a seemingly strong-willed girl... Did I lose out or gain something?

"...So that's basically the situation. I want to take my sister and hide here for a while."

After spending quite some time recounting everything that had happened to the girl in front of him, Shi Bai nodded solemnly at her.

"So I'll have to trouble you during this time."

"It's no problem for you to stay here. No other beings can enter this world without my permission, so it's very safe here... But I have a question for you."

Still wearing the same pajamas, Yuuka sat at the table, taking off the matching nightcap from her head, her tone extremely calm.

"Why didn't you come to me immediately after you woke up? I clearly gave you the right to enter and leave this world."

"I slept for too long, and most of my memories are blurry... If you still remember, you should know very well what my condition was like back then, right?"

Faced with someone who knew him almost completely, Shi Bai had no intention of hiding it any longer. After tapping his head, he unconsciously gave a wry smile.

"The human mind is too weak. I have never been able to complete the transformation from a human mindset to a non-human mindset. If I hadn't found a way to freeze myself and gradually adapt over a long period of time, my heart would probably have rotted and died long ago... Hundreds of years are just a short moment for you, but for me, it is an almost insurmountable chasm."

"...How are you doing now?"

After a moment of silence, Youxiang spoke up and asked him a question.

"I can already help you."

"Don't worry, I've already taken care of that kind of thing. How could such a small matter be a problem for me?"

Shi Bai waved his hand and stood up from the chair.

"Alright, there's no need to bring up things that are in the past. Let's go out and introduce you to them. By the way, where did these grapes come from...?"

"If you have any health problems, remember to tell me immediately."

With a slight frown, Youxiang interrupted Shi Bai and stood up from the table.

"Your attempt to change the subject is terrible. You still haven't answered my initial question, but that's okay, I don't care. Let's go, I'd like to get to know your friends too."

"...Can't you speak more tactfully?"

"Euphemistic? What does 'euphemistic' mean?"

Yuuka tilted her head slightly, looking somewhat puzzled.

"You were definitely changing the subject before. Did I say something wrong? Or are you now willing to answer my previous question?"