The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

"That's right, I have neither the power nor the courage! With so many ties to bear, all I can do is humbly try to survive!! But tell me!! Without power, what can I do in this world where I have to be so careful just to barely live?!"

"Sure, I can tell you, but I have a question for you before that."

Squinting slightly, Shi Bai turned his head to look at the massive waterfall behind him and spoke calmly.

"...Compared to others, don't you think you're very lucky?"

"Lucky?"

Upon suddenly hearing this word that seemed to have nothing to do with her, the white-haired, beast-eared girl was momentarily stunned.

"To have a name of one's own is a blessing in itself. Humility? The truly humble are those who are humbled to the core, who don't even deserve a name of their own, yet still stubbornly try to fight against the whole world..."

Turning his head to look at the girl in front of him, Shi Bai smiled.

"How about this, I'll tell you a story."

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Sometimes, Shi Bai would occasionally have this hypothetical question in his mind: what would this world be like if he had never come into existence?

Everyone has their own destiny trajectory, but how many people's destinies are unintentionally disturbed by our own existence?

—For example, a succubus.

In his memory of the future Gensokyo, succubi exist as evil spirits who want to take revenge on all of humanity. They should have died long ago and entered the underworld to be reincarnated, but they stubbornly stayed in the present world and became so-called evil spirits.

This was the destiny that the succubus was originally meant to have. As for why she stubbornly refused to enter the underworld, why she wanted to take revenge on all of humanity, and the source of her hatred... no one knows.

However, after experiencing those things firsthand, Shi Bai vaguely understood something.

If it weren't for her intrusion, Shiki Eiki, who was originally the succubus sister, would have forgotten everything and transformed into Enma in the underworld.

The reason why succubi become evil spirits and refuse to enter the underworld, as well as the source of their so-called inexplicable hatred and declaration of revenge, may well stem from this.

It must be such a tragic thing for her to forget everything about the person she desperately wanted to protect.

—Of course, that's assuming I don't exist.

With his forceful intervention, the succubus's original fate had already been quietly altered.

Everyone has their own past, their own emotions, their own joys and sorrows, and their own life. It is precisely because of the intertwining of so many distinctive characters that Gensokyo has become a so-called land of miracles.

Well... of course, while I'm praising it, Gensokyo itself is still going to be blown up.

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"Do you understand? What you call humility might be the happiness she dreams of in the eyes of others. You can be much happier than her."

After recounting everything about succubi in a straightforward manner, Shi Bai began to speak calmly.

"So, don't make excuses for yourself. If you don't give it your all, how will you ever know the outcome?"

"……I see."

After a long silence, the white-haired girl with animal ears nodded heavily.

"Oh? You understand so quickly? Not bad, not bad, you have a bright future."

After a moment of surprise, Shi Bai nodded with satisfaction.

"So you know what you should do now, right?"

"know."

The white-haired, animal-eared girl's gaze hardened.

"I don't want the Tengu clan to become that kind of oppressive society, so first I need to find the elusive Demon King of Chaos in the Demon Mountain and tell him everything, and then..."

It seemed that the story he had told earlier had greatly inspired her, and the girl's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

However, before she could finish speaking, someone interrupted her with obvious displeasure.

“You’re wrong, you’re completely wrong. What do you understand? In my opinion, you don’t understand the essence of the example I just gave you at all.”

Shi Bai sat down again on the big rock, his face full of disappointment and frustration.

"Who do you think enabled the succubus to escape her original fate? It was me! It was me! It was because of my help that she was able to have a good ending!! No matter how hard the weak resist, the final result is only helplessness!!!"

Inuzoki Kaba: "..."

Faced with a sudden dose of toxic chicken soup from someone, the naive and newly enlightened White Wolf Tengu was completely dumbfounded, while the person's insane toxic chicken soup continued to pour on insanely.

"Do you know what the key point is? The key point is that she has a very cute little sister!! Lolis are the best!! Lolis are the most perfect creatures in the world!! So—"

Changing the subject, Shi Bai looked directly at the white-haired, beast-eared girl in front of him with a serious expression.

"Please be sure to introduce me to your younger sister, Inuhachi Momiji."

"........."

For some reason, the white wolf tengu suddenly felt an urge to stab the serious-looking handsome face in front of him.

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The Youkai Mountain is vast, but it has many iconic place names, such as the Youkai Tree Sea, the Untamed Valley, the Great Toad Pond, the Nine Heavens Waterfall, the Genun Sea, the Moriya Shrine, the Lake of the Wind God, etc... Oh, sorry, the Moriya Shrine does not exist yet, as humans have not yet appeared.

Nine Heavens Waterfall is the name of the waterfall they are currently at. Due to its location, the Heavenly Demon of the Tengu clan specifically chose this place as an important stronghold.

Although Yokai Mountain is a well-known gathering place for yokai, not all yokai live there. Many powerful yokai races also live in other places, such as the previously famous Kaku clan.

If the Oni race is the most powerful race among monsters, then the Kaku clan, who are born with the ability to read other people's inner thoughts and secrets, are second only to the Oni in terms of power.

However, due to the brutality of that war, the Jue clan's territory was completely destroyed, and only two young sisters survived.

Out of consideration for their past relationship, before leaving for hell, in order to protect the last remaining flame of the Awakening Clan, Kinkara specially brought the two young sisters back to the Monster Mountain.

Originally, Jin Jieluo intended to take them to Hell as well, but considering the harsh environment and the fact that only vengeful spirits could exist there, it was not suitable. Therefore, in the end, Jin Jieluo chose to leave the two sisters on the Demon Mountain and entrust them to other demons for care.

—This is only one aspect.

With the news that the Oni Clan is about to hold a celebration and select the next Oni King, in recent days, many monsters have been happily heading to the Oni Mountain to participate in this once-in-a-millennium feast of the Oni Clan.

Among these monsters who came to the banquet, there were quite a few powerful beings.

In order for his plan to proceed smoothly, the Heavenly Demon naturally did not want to see the power of the Ghost Clan increase. Therefore, the plan to secretly intercept and imprison those powerful monsters had been carried out in secret.

The Tengu clan was originally responsible for guarding the Demon Mountain and gathering intelligence, so they were particularly adept at this task. The Nine Heavens Waterfall was an important base used to secretly imprison the captured powerful demons.

It must be said that the Heavenly Demon's thoughts were still quite clear.

Even though he had an absolute advantage on the surface, he was still trying to find ways to increase his own strength and weaken the strength of the demon race.

To ensure the safety of this important stronghold at Jiutian Waterfall, he even arranged for twenty powerful demons to be stationed there, demonstrating extreme caution.

In this age of gods and monsters, there are still many great monsters, unlike in later generations where a single great monster is enough to be considered a regional overlord.

Therefore, just to be on the safe side, the extremely cautious Heavenly Demon deliberately arranged for so many powerful demons to be here.

But no matter how meticulous his plans were, how cautious his personality was, or how thorough his considerations were... he still ran into a cheater.

A certain extremely perverse individual not only defeated all twenty great demons, but also went so far as to put each of them in a sack and tie them up with rope.

At first glance, the twenty sacks lying in a row on the ground looked quite impressive.

"...Shouldn't we go and release all those powerful demons who are imprisoned?"

Staring dumbfounded at this scene that she had almost never seen before, the white-haired, beast-eared girl turned her head and asked someone a question.

"They are not related to me, why should I waste my energy helping them?"

As he dragged the last wriggling sack to the side, Shi Bai spoke with an air of self-righteousness.

"I've sealed all of these guys' powers, for at least a day. During that time, we need to get started on our plan, understand? Why release those guys? Are they just causing trouble for us?"

"……as long as you are happy."

Involuntarily, the corner of his mouth twitched. Looking at the twenty sacks lined up on the ground, Inuzoki Kaba was speechless.

ps: 4200 words.

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Chapter 86 The Truth About the So-Called Heavenly Demon

As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar.

At first, the white wolf tengu seemed a little hesitant and awkward about tying these usually high and mighty demons to the trees one by one. However, after tying a few of them up with gritted teeth, she seemed to have found the knack and her speed and efficiency in tying people... oh no, tying up demons increased several times over.

In someone's words, from the first moment I saw you, I knew you had a natural talent for robbery, kidnapping, and extortion...

In fact, according to normal thinking, under the current circumstances, the first thing to do should be to find the elusive Demon King Ibaraki Kasen, and then have him contact the Demon King Hoshiguma Yuugi, and then try to integrate the strength of the demons.

But can Shi Bai be a normal person?! Huh?! [Sound of shock]

He never bothers to think about things that can be done directly. For example, he's always too lazy to go through the roundabout ways to make demands that can be achieved through direct threats.

Rather than making the process so convoluted and troublesome, it's much more comfortable to just wait here and capture the leader first.

Although he has never been good at solving problems, isn't solving the problem the same as dealing with the person who raised it?

Since this rebellion on the Mountain of Yokai was initiated by Tenma, a member of the Tengu clan, wouldn't it be perfect to just eliminate that Tenma?

—This was the thought that Shi Bai held in his heart.

Unfortunately, that demon was not only extremely cautious in his personality, but also in all his actions and conduct.

Although a certain white wolf-tengu knew that a demon had appeared among the tengu clan, and she had even seen him from afar once, the demon always wore a mask whenever he appeared.

Given the White Wolf Tengu's status within the Tengu clan, she was not worthy of knowing the other party's true identity. The only thing she was certain of was that the Tengu seemed to be a male Tengu.

"Are you sure that demon was male?"

After putting all twenty great demons in sacks and tying them to trees, Shi Bai returned to the waterfall. Faced with the white wolf tengu's explanation, Shi Bai was deeply skeptical.

"You don't even know what he looks like, so how did you figure out he's a man?"

"figure."

The white wolf tengu answered very seriously.

"In terms of physique, the Heavenly Demon is definitely a male Heavenly Dog."

"What if she's flat-chested?"

Rolling his eyes, Shi Bai replied, somewhat speechless.

"Your judgment is wrong. Small breasts are a rare resource, I'm telling you."

"……AIRPORT?"

Although the white wolf tengu looked completely bewildered by the new term that Shi Bai had just uttered, she did understand the last sentence, and her expression immediately became somewhat strange.

"So can you please stop focusing on such strange things? I think you should just stick to developing your career as a bandit and gradually become a professional bandit."

With a wave of his hand, Shi Bai turned around and walked out of the waterfall first.

"Alright, it's time for us to move on to the next place. You lead the way."

"oh………"

The Tengu clan is responsible for a range of tasks in the Demon Mountain, including defense, guard duty, and intelligence gathering. The White Wolf Tengu, in particular, is chosen for patrol and guard duty because of their exceptional eyesight, hearing, and sense of smell.

They assess the strength of the monsters that come to the Monster Mountain, and then, according to their assigned tasks, lure the monsters who come to participate in the banquet into a trap.

—That's exactly what a certain white wolf tengu did.

In half a day, Shi Bai followed the white wolf tengu to all the locations set up by the Heavenly Demon, successfully defeating more than thirty great demons and several small demons, adding another brilliant chapter to the white wolf tengu's record of kidnapping great demons.

First, they were put over each other's heads with burlap sacks, then tied to their bodies with rope, and finally tied to a tree by a certain white wolf tengu. This process was so thorough that the white wolf tengu had become exceptionally skilled at it.

Inuzoki Kaba's psychological journey underwent a dramatic change in a short period of time, from initial shock to numbness, and finally to acceptance.

As the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black." In just half a day, a certain white wolf tengu, who was originally pure in nature... seems to have transformed into a white wolf tengu with an impure nature.

Perhaps at the beginning, she had some worries, but after witnessing someone's unparalleled performance, she only had one thought left in her mind.

Why overthink it? All you need to do is follow the leader and go all out, then help clean up the mess and cheer them on...

"This is the last place I know."

After swiftly tying the defeated and sealed-powered great demons to trees, the White Wolf Tengu reported to someone with a hint of excitement.