The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

"This means that privilege is not the same as power. The real reason why the Ghost Clan has been able to remain strong to this day is precisely because of these beliefs and pride that are almost engraved in their bones. The truly powerful never deliberately use their power to oppress the weak."

"...I think I understand now."

Recalling her experiences within the Tengu clan when she transformed into the White Wolf Tengu, and combining this with what she had just heard, the black-haired loli nodded silently.

"Privileges arising from class differences can exist, but the power that arises from these privileges is the root of destruction... Thank you for your guidance."

"Hmm... if you really have no clue what to do, I think you can start by dealing with the younger generation of the Tengu clan."

By spreading his hands, he subtly revealed the little secret he had been harboring.

"For example, Kaba's younger sister, Inuhachi Momiji, Inuhachi Momiji's friends, Karasu Tengu, Shameimaru Aya, and Himekaidou Hatate, and so on... Children's minds aren't as complicated as adults', are they?"

"……I will think about it."

As if she had made up her mind, the black-haired loli nodded, and then carefully took out a small jade pendant shaped like a maple leaf from under the table.

The black-haired loli looked up and stared intently into someone's eyes, her expression serious.

"No amount of words or gifts can express the immense help you have given to our Tengu clan. To convey our gratitude, please accept this jade pendant, which represents the highest authority of the Tengu clan."

"Uh... well."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai reached out and took the jade pendant. Although he didn't think he had done anything wrong, he could still distinguish when to refuse and when to accept.

I just don't know how much this jade pendant can sell for...

Seeing Shi Bai take the jade pendant directly from her, the black-haired loli blushed slightly for some reason, but quickly returned to normal.

She turned her head to the side and continued speaking as if nothing had happened.

"By the way, for some reason, the name of the Heavenly Demon cannot be revealed for the time being, so please forgive me for this."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I understand at this time."

Unaware of the subtle change in how the black-haired loli addressed him, Shi Bai stood up from the floor.

"Now that things here are over, it's time for me to..."

"Let me show you around the Tengu clan's territory."

Before he could finish speaking, a black-haired loli stood up from behind the table.

"However, it is inconvenient for me to show myself in my current form, so could you please wait here for a moment?"

"Thank you so much!!"

As if someone had delivered a pillow to someone who was about to fall asleep, after hearing the words of a certain black-haired loli, Shi Bai's eyes suddenly lit up, and then an exceptionally bright smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, right, before that, I have a small request..."

Tengu clan loli demon material - GET.

As for whether releasing this card-collecting game in Gensokyo in the future would lead to being hunted down by all the beings in Gensokyo... Shi Bai said that all of this was naive and there was absolutely no need to consider it.

After all, death is like the wind, always by my side... Anyway, I won't die.

After transforming back into the black-haired girl from the White Wolf Tengu clan he had met the previous night, Shi Bai followed the black-haired girl and toured the entire Tengu clan's territory.

It must be said that the Tengu clan, as a race that has long managed the entire Yokai Mountain, is quite commendable in some respects.

What frustrated Shi Bai was that all the places the black-haired girl took him to were extremely beautiful 5A-level scenic spots, or rather, all of them were iconic locations of the Tengu clan.

His plan to search door-to-door for an honest and upright journalist in some unknown future fantasy world was thus aborted.

Actually, upon closer reflection, the current situation is the most normal. After all, if some black-haired girl were really leading him door-to-door to investigate and search, that would be completely abnormal...

Even if someone desperately wants to find the news reporter duo from Gensokyo, they can't possibly ask the demon next to them directly if they can't think of a legitimate reason.

When he found Inuzoki Momiji before, with the help and cover of a certain white wolf tengu, he was able to barely find a legitimate reason.

But right now, if he were to make his request to the seemingly cheerful black-haired girl next to him... wouldn't he definitely be seen as a pervert?

After all, searching house to house within the entire Tengu clan for two little girls whose names are only known sounds incredibly strange and terrible, no matter how you explain it!

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Chapter Ninety-Six: What's wrong with men being perverted?!

The sunlight was warm but not glaring, and the surroundings were quiet, with occasional gentle breezes rustling through the forest.

"How's the scenery here? Pretty good, right?"

Standing on a protruding rock platform in the mountains, the black-haired girl turned to look at the man standing slightly to the side behind her, her face beaming with a charming smile.

The pale golden sunlight lazily shone through the mountains and forests, casting a faint, ethereal shadow behind the girl, making her appear exceptionally radiant.

"Hmm... the scenery here is indeed quite nice..."

Still focused on his plan to find a loli, Shi Bai waved his hand absentmindedly.

(Hmm... Shameimaru Aya and Himekaidou Hatate seem to be both Karasu Tengu, and their current age should be around the same as Inubashiri Momiji. As for the Karasu Tengu... perhaps we could start with Momiji?)

"It's already noon, shall I take you to have lunch now?"

A hint of disappointment and slight dissatisfaction flashed across her eyes. She looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and then made a suggestion.

"We naturally have our own set of customs for the distinguished guests of the Tengu clan..."

"Hmm? No need, I have something to do."

Suddenly snapping out of his daze, Shi Bai, having finally found a breakthrough, interrupted the other person with a slight sense of apology.

"I've already wasted so much of your time, which is quite troublesome. As a demon, you should have more important things to do, right? There's no need to trouble you any further. Before I leave the Demon Mountain, I will still come to say goodbye to your Tengu clan."

After all, he couldn't go around talking about what he was going to do later. In order to prevent this Tengu clan's Tenma from thinking he was a pervert who had a thing for lolis... Shi Bai felt it was better to send the other party away in advance.

"Are we going back to Hua's place?"

A strange light flashed in her eyes, and the black-haired girl took the initiative to speak.

“In that case, I’ll go back with you. Even for a high and mighty demon, understanding the situation at the bottom is very important.”

"……All right."

His lips twitched involuntarily, and Shi Bai nodded with a slightly stiff expression.

Strictly speaking, he really has a lot to do now.

After all, besides collecting material from the two journalists, he had always been thinking about Xiao Wu and Lianlian, so he planned to go to the Oni clan to find them after finishing things with the Tengu clan... and then take some photos secretly.

Although he wasn't entirely clear on the extent of the mind-reading ability of the Jue clan, as the strongest race after the Oni clan, this talent was definitely not weak.

Being mind-read isn't a problem for him, since he considers himself to be completely honest and upright. But if they were to read some of his forbidden secrets... well, they don't have an immortal body like him.

So, having figured out a solution to this situation, he decided not to appear in front of the two little ones. Better safe than sorry, he didn't want to take the risk, since they were just two little girls and had no right to know anything about those things.

But following two little girls and taking photos of them secretly... wait, why do I feel like I'm becoming more and more of a pervert?

Unconsciously recalling the damage to his reputation that he would suffer in his future life for publishing those photos that were clearly taken secretly, Shi Bai couldn't help but feel extremely conflicted.

"...Well, even if someone is a pervert, they should still be called a gentleman who's a pervert...and besides, what's wrong with a man being a pervert?!"

That's why he's the only immortal being who has lived from such a distant era to the present day. In the shortest amount of time, he found himself an exceptionally high-sounding excuse.

"Besides, this is just the obsessive-compulsive disorder of completionist players..."

"By the way, please don't reveal my real identity to Hua."

Just as someone was muttering these words to themselves, as if they had thought of something, the black-haired girl who had been walking ahead suddenly turned around, held up a finger, and said to Shi Bai very seriously.

"Hua was the first friend I made, and I don't want to lose her."

"But if that's the case, weren't you also the first friend she made?"

Looking at the small courtyard that had come into view, Shi Bai paused for a moment before smiling and answering.

"If you treat someone with sincerity, they will naturally reciprocate with sincerity. So even if they find out your true identity one day, it's not a big deal."

"Is it true... I understand."

After glancing thoughtfully at Shi Bai, the black-haired girl nodded.

"Let's go in."

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...What's that saying again?

"I searched high and low without finding it, but then I turned around and there it was—I gave myself a hundred and twenty thumbs up for my amazing memory."

To be honest, Shi Bai never expected that Wenwen and Yuli, whom he had been thinking about all morning, would happen to meet him at the impoverished home of a certain white wolf tengu.

As soon as he entered the door, Shi Bai's attention was immediately drawn to the maple tree by the pond.

In front of the stone table he carved using the [Heavenly Craftsmanship] talent, one of the eight talents he had unlocked, three lolis and one pseudo-loli were sitting around it.

The three lolis are naturally Momiji Inubashiri, Aya Shameimaru, and Hatake Himekaido. The three lolis seem to be having a heated argument about something. As for the remaining pseudo-loli... naturally, it's a certain cunning rabbit who is holding a cup of tea and drinking it in a very proper manner, seemingly listening to the argument and trying to join in.

So, this cunning rabbit was just pretending to be innocent again, wasn't she?

As the only friend her older sister had made before, Inuzomi Momiji naturally recognized the black-haired girl. Upon seeing Shiro and Toki walk in, she quickly abandoned her argument with her two friends and happily ran to the black-haired girl, giving her a big hug.

Hmm... why don't I get this treatment?

With a face full of jealousy, he watched as the black-haired girl in front of him naturally bent down and picked up Inuhachi Momiji. He muttered to himself with resentment.

Compared to the exceptionally well-behaved Inubashiri Momiji, Aya Shameimaru, Momiji's companion, always seems to have an unusually serious expression, giving the impression that she is constantly trying to put on a mature look.

However, compared to a certain loli-type demon, her cultivation level was undoubtedly far inferior.

To be honest, looking at the serious-looking loli in front of him, Shi Bai found it hard to connect her with the self-proclaimed honest and upright journalist he remembered from his future Gensokyo days, who was always stirring up trouble and busy gathering material to create big news.

In contrast to her, Yu Li seemed uninterested in everything. After Inuzoki Momiji and the black-haired girl went into the inner room, he lazily lay on the table, resting his chin on one hand, seemingly lost in thought.

Did you make this table?

After scanning him over a few times, the earnest-looking little girl asked him a question with a serious expression.

"That's right, how about it, pretty good skills, right?"

With a light laugh, under the disdainful gaze of the cunning rabbit beside him, Shi Bai casually picked up a few pebbles from the pond and carved three miniature statues of three little girls in a dozen seconds.

The man placed the three miniature statues on the stone table with an air of nonchalance.

"You're Xiaohua's friends, right? This is a small gift for you as a token of our meeting."

It has to be said that the talent [Heavenly Craftsmanship] is quite useful. However, if the Eastern God Clan, who left behind this talent, knew that their inheritor was using it for such a thing, they might be so angry they'd jump out of their graves...

"this is me?"

Somewhat curious, Ji Haitang took a closer look at her miniature statue, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Thank you very much."

Compared to Yu Li, the little girl seemed much more reserved. After glancing at Yu Li with slight dissatisfaction, she earnestly thanked Shi Bai.

"Don't worry, don't worry~ It's nothing, just let me take a few photos later."

With a casual wave of his hand, Shi Bai magically produced a large pile of food and placed it on the stone table.

"It's lunchtime now, so just tell me what you'd like to eat. I have everything... Oh, and would you like some orange juice? Other drinks are fine too!"

"Hey, what about our share!?"

Looking at the dazzling array of food that had instantly filled the table, food she had never heard of or seen before, the cunning rabbit, who had been ignored repeatedly, finally stopped her disdain and, quite dissatisfied, secretly poked the lolicon under the table.

"While I know you're a terrible person, isn't this differential treatment a bit too obvious? What level are those two even in?"

Under the deliberate influence of a certain white wolf tengu, although she had previously paid no attention to this hierarchical division, she has now become somewhat more concerned about it.

During the time Shi Bai was away, out of curiosity, she heard a certain white wolf tengu recount all of someone's deeds.

He easily suppressed and sealed the power of dozens of powerful demons, single-handedly stopped the fight between the Oni and Tengu clans, not only chatting and laughing with the Oni King, but also receiving the highest level of courtesy and invitation from the Tengu clan... What level of power and existence is this?

The logic is actually quite simple. For example, if you were ranked on some kind of list by an unknown nobody, you might not care at all and would be indifferent to it.

However, if you were specifically included in a list by the world's number one expert, you would definitely be very curious about the criteria for inclusion and the basis for the ranking.

—The same applies to the situation of a certain cunning rabbit at this moment.

Although she was caught red-handed while stealing last night, she only regarded the person as an ordinary monster of unknown race who was friendly and lucky. She didn't care much about being listed on the list or being an SSR-level monster.

But now that I have a slight understanding of the other party's situation...