The Great Hero's Fantasy Park Plan

[Hmm, that man had a chilling aura stored within him, something the human body couldn't emit; it seemed more like he'd come into contact with some kind of poison.]

"However, you should say that because you've figured it out," Reimu Hakurei nodded, then glanced at Yang Xiying and changed the subject.

"My opinion is similar to yours," Yang Xiying replied directly, as martial artists are very sensitive to the aura of all kinds of life.

Whether it's good or bad, healthy or abnormal, you can feel it.

"Should I help with the treatment next? This isn't something an ordinary doctor can do," Reimu Hakurei said, somewhat eager to try.

Because she always gets benefits for helping others, she wants to lend a hand to anyone in trouble, and now she has met someone who needs help.

Although he was outmaneuvered by a guy who claimed to be a miracle doctor, his treatment method still carried risks and was inefficient.

So it's better to do it yourself.

You'll have to talk to the doctor about that yourself.

Yang Xiying knew that Reimu Hakurei's kindness had taken hold, but going directly to save that middle-aged man called Uncle Shui would undoubtedly ruin his livelihood.

"Let's wait until he finishes dealing with everyone seeking treatment. We should head back first; they've all started playing mahjong."

Reimu Hakurei understood that going now would be jeopardizing someone's livelihood, and although she didn't care, it was a bit too blatant to say it so directly.

Having just arrived in this other world, I shouldn't attract too much attention. I should return to the front-line base first and wait for Chen Zhiji to finish reviewing the confirmed cases before I can talk to him.

"Please wait, both of you," a gentle voice rang out just as Reimu Hakurei was about to call Yang Xiying back.

It was the black-haired woman in white robes who had previously assisted Chen Zhiji in treating his illness. At this moment, she walked towards Hakurei Reimu and Yang Xiying.

"Is there a problem?"

This prompted Reimu Hakurei to respond, and she was also surprised, wondering how they could still notice the two of them when there were so many patients around.

"Sir, you just noticed that your gaze lingered on Uncle Shui for a long time, and the two of them look like江湖人士 (jianghu figures, people from the martial arts world)."

The woman with black hair and a white robe responded with a gentle smile.

"Therefore, the gentleman has entrusted Yanhua to invite you to a chat at the lakeside pavilion after you have finished treating the patient. I wonder if you two are available?"

“We still have time to chat,” Yang Xiying replied directly, so that she wouldn’t have to take the initiative to find them.

"Yanhua understands. You two can wait in the guest room. I will show you the way. May I ask how I should address you?"

"My name is Reimu Hakurei," "My name is Xiying Yang," Xiying Yang and Reimu Hakurei gave their names directly, and then the conversation changed.

"But we don't need to rest in the guest rooms, because we just wanted to see where we are. Now that we know, we have to go back and inform our companions."

Waiting here is too boring.

"In short, we will respond to your invitation and will contact you after you have finished treating your patients."

“I understand. I will go back and inform you, sir. Also, my name is Cheng Yanhua, but the people here call me Madam Cheng.”

“Well, Madam Cheng, we’ll take our leave now,” Yang Xiying nodded, and then left the Hidden Flower Hut with Hakurei Reimu.

—Finally, they slipped through the gap and returned to the front-line base.

"It doesn't sound like an ordinary person being poisoned by cold. Does this match up with the content of 'The Legend of Heroes of the River and Lakes' that you mentioned, Yang Xiying?"

Remilia narrowed her eyes and spoke slowly.

"It's almost right."

Yang Xiying responded directly: Cheng Yanhua, Chen Zhiji, and Uncle Shui who was poisoned—this is one of the side quests in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.

"This is a side quest in the game I mentioned called 'Medical Hands and Poisonous Hands'," Yang Xiying began to explain.

The story begins with Uncle Shui being poisoned by cold, and Chen Zhiji acts as if he is dealing with a patient with a serious illness.

But he actually realized that Uncle Shui's symptoms were more likely caused by exposure to a poison called the Tianshui Poison Toad.

However, the Tianshui poisonous toad is a rare species with a cold and yin nature, which prefers to live in the shady and damp valleys of poor mountains and bad waters, and is generally inaccessible to people.

Therefore, Chen Zhiji had already guessed that Uncle Shui had been poisoned, and that the poisoner was none other than his junior brother Shi Hongtu.

Speaking of Shi Hongtu, he's a beast. He's extremely jealous and schemed to have his senior brother expelled from the sect.

He usually enjoys poisoning others, and has developed superb poison skills in this regard. He can use poison to manipulate the will of others and turn them into poison zombies for his own use.

—They even believe that their skill lies in being 'unkillable by poison, uncurable, and unable to escape'.

In short, because suspicion fell on Shi Hongtu, Chen Zhiji could no longer leave Uncle Shui to collect herbs and treat illnesses.

This task can only be completed by the protagonist of the game "The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel". It requires collecting one portion each of Pink Jade Flower, Green Vine, and Red Heart Fruit, five portions of Goat Blood, and three portions of Tiger Bone.

After the protagonist collected the medicinal herbs and handed them over to Chen Zhiji to refine the medicine, Shi Hongtu appeared, because Chen Zhiji had already been infected by the poison he had given him.

—While treating Uncle Shui!

It turns out that Uncle Shui not only possesses the poison of the Heavenly Water Poison Toad, but also a poison called the Hundred Flowers Netherworld Poison, which uses the Heavenly Water Poison Toad as a catalyst.

Chen Zhiji was caught in the trap, and not only that, but local villagers and those who sought treatment had all been poisoned by Shi Hongtu and turned into zombies.

Zombie animals are creatures whose minds are destroyed and then controlled using poison, so villagers who become like this have no chance of recovery.

“To actually harm so many villagers, Shi Hongtu deserves to die,” Hakurei Reimu said coldly as she listened to Yang Xiying’s words.

—After spending some time in the JOJO world, she realized that some people don't deserve to live.

“Then what we’re going to do next isn’t just treating illnesses, but also killing people,” Marisa Kirisame said at that moment.

—Since Yang Xiying has brought this up, it's time to do something next.

"Well, since Uncle Shui, who was poisoned by the Heavenly Water Toad, has already arrived here, Shi Hongtu should be nearby as well."

Yang Xiying nodded, and at the same time took out paper and pen to draw Shi Hong's picture from her memory. He was a middle-aged man with reddish-brown hair and a receding hairline.

"Young Miss, can you observe the fate of this world?" As she spoke, Yang Xiying also turned her gaze towards Remilia.

Although The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is an open-world game, it also has some rather annoying aspects.

That's plot-driven death; enemies that should be easy to defeat always seem to escape for various reasons.

Forcibly killing an enemy can even shatter the void, which in the game means the destruction of the world and the end of the game.

So sometimes you have to follow the plot. For example, Shi Hongtu, in the plot involving a doctor and a poisoner, will escape alive.

In the end, he managed to get into the top ten villains, but the protagonist still couldn't kill him, which is somewhat disgusting.

Now that Yang Xiying has arrived in this world, she seems to be disgusted by it as well, so she has to find a way to resolve it.

It could be asking the young lady's opinion, or waiting until the world's timeline synchronizes with Gensokyo a month later before killing that guy.

After all, he could travel through time at will, and his own martial arts substitutes could handle the situation of world destruction.

—If you can create Mazinger ZERO, what are you afraid of?

"I'll say it again: the destruction of this world will only be because you, Yang Xiying, didn't finish collecting the Heavenly Book before you were completely destroyed."

Remilia responded directly, knowing what Yang Xiying wanted to ask, which was the biggest reason he brought her along.

"Doing chivalrous deeds will always bring good things. Even if you kill your opponent, if you don't believe me, then first imprison the damned guy and drag him to the market next month to be beheaded."

“I understand,” Yang Xiying nodded. Since Remilia said so, there should be no need to worry about anything.

—If you sense the presence of time and space when you kill Shi Hongtu, you can stop.

“Then I’ll use the gap to look for Shi Hongtu’s whereabouts,” Yakumo Yukari said at the same time, now it was her turn to take action.

"...Should we split up next?"

Alice then asked why they never did anything in large groups, so as not to attract too much attention.

Just like when they went to the flower and grass shed, only Yang Xiying and Hakurei Reimu went together, while the rest of them stayed at the front-line base to watch.

As for why Reimu Hakurei was following Yang Xiying... the reason is simple: this is an Eastern-style world.

People with an oriental style, such as Hong Meiling, Hakurei Reimu, and Ibuki Suika, blend in better, while others, even when disguised, still feel out of place.

So unless necessary, they'll stay on standby at the front-line base, but when it comes to killing, there's no need to be so particular.

They just need to change their clothes and put on masks. Now they can split up and pursue efficiency. Reimu Hakurei and Yang Xiying went to the Hidden Flower Hut to rescue people.

Of those present, only these two have some medical expertise; the rest are better suited for murder.

"It's fine to split up. Shi Hongtu is good at using poison, so we need to be extra careful when dealing with him."

Yang Xiying nodded in response, saying that "The Legend of Heroes: The Great River" is not essentially a high-martial arts world, as can be seen from Chen Zhiji.

In the game, the protagonist even thinks he has the aura of a grandmaster, but in reality, his perception is only at the same level, so Shi Hongtu isn't much stronger.

—After all, that guy still had to use poison to scheme against Chen Zhiji.

"Yang Xiying, you're becoming more and more like an old woman. The poison you use can't even affect me."

Remilia curled her lip. Poison? She wasn't afraid of that stuff, after all, Yang Xiying was a highly skilled poison expert.

"However, it would be a bit of a waste to mobilize the entire force to deal with a weakling. I'll just stand by and let whoever wants to deal with Shi Hongtu decide for themselves."

“Leave the task of dealing with Shi Hongtu to me,” Izayoi Sakuya said at this moment, as she was the most suitable person to kill.

“Then I’ll go with Yang Xiying to see Chen Zhiji and then rescue him,” Reimu Hakurei chimed in.

“Okay, it’s decided then. Besides that, I need to entrust you all with something,” Yang Xiying nodded, then changed the subject.

"……What's up?"

"The problems that need to be solved in this medical and poisonous mission are not just saving people and killing Shi Hongtu, there is another guy in the mix who needs to be dealt with."

"There's another guy?"

"Is that the man in the blue official robe who was with Shi Hongtu?" Yakumo Yukari asked at this moment.

"Zi, have you found Shi Hongtu's trail?" Everyone suddenly realized something, and Reimu Hakurei couldn't help but ask.

"This guy was pretty easy to find. It's not just that Brother Yang's drawing was accurate, but his sinister aura even disgusts me now."

"The one next to me is just as bad, always reminding me of the phrase 'a beast in human clothing'," Yakumo Yukari calmly replied.

“A hypocrite in human clothing, wearing a blue official robe, and getting close to Shi Hongtu, that must be Du Jinpeng,” Yang Xiying nodded thoughtfully.

"Du Jinpeng?"

"Yes, he's a guy who collaborates with Shi Hongtu to harm others, and the reason he collaborates with Shi Hongtu is to find his love again."

“And we should all have met that beloved one, it’s Madam Cheng,” Yang Xiying nodded, a hint of mockery on her face.

"Madam Cheng? So that gentle lady and Chen Zhiji weren't husband and wife?" Kirisame Marisa looked surprised.

She had just seen Cheng Niangzi; it was rare to see a woman who looked so gentle. Then, she saw her with Chen Zhiji…

"Marisa, you don't think they're a couple just because their surnames sound the same, do you?" Reimu Hakurei suddenly revealed a wicked smile.

"Homophones? Aren't they the same surname?" Marisa Kirisame was stunned. That was indeed why she...

“In Yan Country, there is no such thing as a wife taking her husband’s surname,” Hong Meiling said at this moment, as she felt it necessary to explain as a Yan Country native.

“Moreover, Chen and Cheng’s pronunciations are different; one has a front nasal sound and the other has a back nasal sound,” Reimu Hakurei chimed in.

"Front nasal sounds and back nasal sounds... Chinese pinyin is still a bit difficult to understand."

Marisa Kirisame couldn't help but speak up. Although she had been learning Chinese recently, there were still many things she didn't quite understand.

"Anyway, Brother Yang, you should continue to tell us what kind of person Du Jinpeng is," Marisa Kirisame once again steered the conversation back on track.

“A piece of trash who abandoned his wife and children,” Yang Xiying said with a mocking expression, making no attempt to hide her disgust for Du Jinpeng.

"Cheng Yanhua was Du Jinpeng's first wife, but Du Jinpeng abandoned her after he passed the imperial examination, married a wealthy man, and obtained an official position."

"But as time went on, he changed his mind and wanted to find Cheng Yanhua and her daughter Du Feifei. Coincidentally, the mother and daughter were taken in by Chen Zhiji and lived in the Zanghuacao Shed. So he cooperated with Shi Hongtu, who had designs on Chen Zhiji."

“No wonder he gives off a vile vibe,” Yakumo Yukari commented sharply, while the others also felt that Du Jinpeng was shameless.

"This person, who abandoned his wife and children out of vanity and then shamelessly went to find someone, deserves to die just like Shi Hongtu."

Reimu Hakurei sentenced him to death without hesitation, and the others agreed. It was at this moment that Yang Xiying spoke up.

“Wait a minute, we can try to kill Shi Hongtu in advance, but we must spare Du Jinpeng’s life for now,” he said, uttering something unexpected.

"Why? Yang Xiying, you were clearly bursting with anger when you talked about him," Reimu Hakurei couldn't help but ask.

"Because he was an official appointed by the imperial court, and this was not where he was stationed, dying in the wilderness would easily attract other people to investigate."

"—At that time, it will also affect the Tibetan flower shed."

"So we need to scare Du Jinpeng back to his base before we make our move?" Izayoi Sakuya understood.

"That's right. If anything unusual is found when Shi Hongtu is executed, he will be placed under house arrest, while Du Jinpeng will be released first."