The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

After reaching this conclusion, he felt relieved and did not pay much attention to that side anymore.

Unfortunately, perhaps because he had spent too much time dealing with those clans, gods, and monsters, he made a very serious mistake.

Humans certainly possess noble virtues, but correspondingly, negative emotions born from filth also exist within them... This is what is meant by the complexity of human nature.

The beautiful are as dazzling as the stars in the night sky, while the ugly are as rotten and foul as the mud in a ditch.

When he once again went out on a whim to look for Shenqi and the others, or rather, Frog Girl? and Zi Ma... a man-made fire swept through the entire bamboo forest.

When he leisurely returned to the bamboo forest, the entire forest had been burned to the ground. Stepping on the embers of the fire, he found the girl, who was almost dead, at the bottom of the nearly dried-up pond.

"Lord River God..."

When she saw him appear, a bright light appeared in the eyes of the girl who was on the verge of death.

"……have a good rest."

After a moment of silence, Shi Bai patted the other's head, put a Senzu Bean into the other's mouth, and then picked the other up.

"Just get a good night's sleep."

...This is a very worthwhile exchange of benefits.

If you make a deal with a yokai, you only need to offer sacrifices regularly every few months. But if you place your hopes on the gods, you not only need to spend a lot of manpower, material resources and money to build a shrine, but you also need to offer sacrifices to the gods every once in a while.

Especially after learning from the girl about the god's daily routine and his fatal weakness of dying if the pond dried up, coupled with the goodwill shown by the monsters, those in positions of power, driven by greed, found it obvious which path to choose.

In fact, the moment the villagers began to steal the items bestowed by the gods, it marked the beginning of greed.

Human desires are like a boulder rolling down a mountain; once they start, they can never be stopped.

Although he had been consciously controlling his emotions since waking up, some things are not so easy to forget. The sins he carried were a constant reminder to him.

This was probably the first time someone had truly erupted in rage since waking up.

Divine grace is as vast as the sea, divine power as deep as a prison.

On this day, the humans in that village and the monsters in the vicinity witnessed for the first time what divine punishment was.

“I’ve said it before, I’ve never been a good person.”

Shi Bai stared coldly at the infernal sea of ​​fire below, his face expressionless.

“I once personally killed tens of thousands of people in that world, turned an entire city into ruins, and the number of lives lost at my hands is countless… You guys should go to hell and repent.”

P.S.: If I get over 1000 votes today, I'll add an extra chapter.

Chapter Six: Once Upon a Time, I Was Human Too

As if waking from a long dream, Kanako, her face slightly pale, suddenly sat up in bed.

His body still seemed to be in that raging sea of ​​fire, the scorching flames threatening to bake him alive.

But when she saw the scene around her, she was stunned.

The bamboo leaves are green, and a gentle breeze is blowing. She lies on a bamboo couch under the bamboo forest. The warm golden sunlight shines through the gaps between the bamboo leaves, casting a few golden shadows.

The surroundings were extremely quiet. A man dressed in white sat leisurely in the sunlight not far away, flipping through an unknown ancient scroll. The aroma of tea wafted from the stone table beside him, enveloping the entire bamboo forest in a tranquil and timeless atmosphere.

"woke up?"

Seemingly noticing her commotion, the man in white put down his book and turned to look at her.

"Lord River God..."

Staring blankly at the bamboo forest around her, which had been completely reduced to ashes yesterday but was now completely intact, and feeling the abundant energy within her, Kanako suddenly wondered if she was having an extremely realistic dream.

"If you're awake, that's good. Let's go clean."

With a casual wave of his hand, Shi Bai turned his head back, ruthlessly suppressing all the doubts in the other person's heart.

"........."

To be fair, Kanako was quite lucky; she managed to hold out until he arrived back in time.

As long as there is no real death, with him around, it's hard to die even if you want to.

Otherwise, he would probably have to go to the underworld to snatch people.

However, due to his emotional outburst yesterday, he accidentally destroyed all the monsters and villages nearby, and even completely changed the terrain... There is simply no way to explain this.

Shi Bai was certain that if he dared to go to the Underworld to see Shiki Eiki right now, she would definitely drag him to a chair and lecture him for three days and three nights...

"My head hurts... Why was I so impulsive back then? I really wanted to start over and be a good person..."

Watching Kanako diligently cleaning the bamboo forest, Shi Bai tapped his head with the comic book in his hand, feeling quite annoyed.

To be honest, he wasn't a good person. He once went mad and, thanks to the bug that allowed him to resurrect infinitely, he once wiped out tens of thousands of people in a settlement in one go... At that time, he was truly like a madman.

Perhaps because his hands were stained with too much blood, he didn't feel any psychological burden about killing, especially not some self-righteous and greedy humans... But there were definitely innocent humans who died at his hands yesterday.

...So how exactly should I talk to Kanako?

You should know that everything the other party has done so far has been to protect her village. Even though she was offered as a sacrifice to the monster to protect the village, she did not harbor any resentment. In fact, she even tried to find divine protection for her village... and then she destroyed the village that the other party wanted to protect in one fell swoop, leaving not a trace.

From any perspective... this is highly inappropriate, isn't it?

Am I supposed to answer like this when the other person asks me about it?

Oh, sorry, when I came back yesterday, a meteorite suddenly fell and hit your village, turning it into a flat wasteland... There's a limit to how much nonsense you can spout.

After thinking about it for a moment, someone made a decision.

If you don't know how to say it, then don't say it.

Since I am now a "god", it seems there is no need for me to explain anything to a human...

However, to be fair, it's not a good time to stay here for the time being.

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"...A long journey?"

"Yes, that's right. I'm going to report to Amaterasu Omikami. You'll come with me then."

While looking at the comic book in his hand, Shi Bai spoke calmly.

"I'll introduce you to someone when the time comes; I think you have a lot of potential."

"...Introduction? Potential?"

Kanako appeared quite bewildered by the series of incomprehensible words that came her way.

"To become... a shrine maiden? And what about Amaterasu Omikami...?"

"Why think so much? You'll find out when the time comes. Go pack your bags."

"...Lord River God, may I ask you a few questions?"

After a brief silence, Kanako looked at the deity in front of her with a somewhat nervous expression.

"What happened to my village in the end? And I remember this bamboo forest was burned down, so I should have died by now, why..."

Are you Blue Cat's 3000 Questions?

Rolling his eyes and covering his face with the comic book in his hand, Shi Bai gave a very perfunctory answer.

"I don't know the answer to the first question, I don't know the answer to the second question, and I don't know the answer to the third question either. There's no reason why. You just need to hurry up and pack your bags."

"……I see."

After a moment of silence, Kanako nodded with a complicated expression.

"Before I leave, may I say goodbye to my friends in the village? They are my very good friends and have helped me a lot. They were the ones who informed me about what happened in the bamboo forest..."

"No chance."

After a long while, a calm voice came from the deity in front of her.

"Because they offended me, I killed everyone in your village... not a single one was spared."

"……Why?"

Hearing the indifferent tone of the deity before her, Kanako suddenly felt something in her heart turn cold.

“Lord River God… since you’re still sitting here… you must be alright, right? Although someone in the village offended you… but, but as long as those who offended you are punished, that’s enough, right? And, this bamboo forest has completely recovered… so Lord River God hasn’t actually suffered any loss, right? Why…”

"It's very simple, just do it if you want to."

Interrupting the other person's words, Shi Bai spoke calmly.

"They angered me, that's enough reason, do I need any other reason?"

"But only a small portion of them made mistakes... just a small portion... The others happily told me that from now on, the village would be blessed by the gods... They looked forward to that bright future..."

Unconsciously, the girl took a step back and instinctively clenched her fists tightly.

"Why...why destroy the whole village...there's no need to involve them in punishment..."

"If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring breeze; that's my habit."

Looking up, Shi Bai's face was one of noncommittal.

“What’s done is done. What good will it do to criticize me now? If it weren’t for me, you would have been dead long ago.”

"...Yes, if I had died long ago, at least I would still exist in the village, but now I am still alive, yet my village has completely disappeared... Why do you think that is?"

After a long silence, she looked up at the sky with a strange expression on her face, but her words were surprisingly calm.

"You're not actually a god, you're a monster, right? Gods wouldn't do such cruel things, only monsters could do such things... You've been lying to me all along."

"...So what exactly are you trying to say?"

Seemingly a little irritated, Shi Bai pressed his forehead with his hand and frowned.

"I admit I did something wrong, but you didn't have to react like this. I did lie to you about some things, but they were all insignificant, weren't they?"

“I wanted to protect the village, but because of you, it was completely destroyed… So many deaths, and you call it insignificant… In your eyes, are human lives so fragile and worthless? You saved me just to use me as a toy… Everything was just a fun game to you…”

The girl closed her eyes, her tone unusually calm.

"just kill me."

Shi Bai: "..."

So what exactly did you imagine in that short period of time?

Some things simply cannot be solved by violence alone, and Shi Bai once again deeply realized this.

But some things really can't be changed.

Even though he had frozen himself for so long and had tried his best to avoid taking action since waking up, adopting a "let's just drift along" attitude, when the violence that had been suppressed deep in his heart suddenly surged up, he still had the illusion that he was not himself.

In this matter, he still did not feel that he had done anything wrong.

...But it would be wonderful if everything could be solved through violence alone.

"...Fine, don't you want to talk to your friends? As long as you can talk to them, that's fine, right?"

Frustrated, Shi Bai reached out and scratched his hair. He stood up from the recliner and grabbed the other person's hand without saying a word.

"Just don't get scared."

"........."

Before Kanako could react, the world before her eyes suddenly changed. A chilling aura rushed towards her, and at the same time, a familiar voice came softly from beside her.

"You are the first living being to arrive here. This is the realm of the dead... Welcome to the underworld."

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"You bastard!! You're deliberately causing me trouble, aren't you!!!"

Before the person even arrived, Heca's almost teeth-gritting voice could be heard from afar.

"It's one thing for you to come to the Underworld, but what's with suddenly bringing a living human to the Underworld?! Such contempt for the rules of the world, trampling on the boundary between life and death, aren't you afraid that the Dragon God will just appear in front of you and kill you?!"

"Ah, it's alright, anyway, the Dragon God belongs to my family."

Still reaching out to grab Kanako's hand to shield her from the impact of the underworld's power, Shi Bai turned his head and answered in an almost monotonous tone.

"...How many times have you been disrespectful to Lord Dragon God?"

Heca appeared before him.