One-way traffic

"You should know this better than anyone else."

Accelerator subtly gestured with his chin towards the direction of the mansion, his gaze revealing a rather subtle expression.

"You don't really think that the marks left on this house were only caused by those monsters, do you?"

For a moment, Alice's expression froze.

Indeed it is.

This is probably the 'subtle reason' for the damage to other parts of the house that I mentioned earlier.

If the house wasn't attacked by monsters, then why did the rest of the house suffer such a terrible fate?

The answer is very simple.

When Alice unleashed her spell card attack, she didn't even spare her own house, letting the barrage of beams reach it as well.

If Accelerator hadn't intervened in time, she probably wouldn't have known when to stop him.

"Penglai, Shanghai, please do some simple repairs on the damaged houses for now. Thank you."

They completely ignored it.

Accelerator's lips trembled slightly as he began to ponder certain questions. Although he appeared to be a very ladylike person on the surface, judging from the battle just now, he seemed to have no idea what boundaries were.

Could it be that all the youkai in Gensokyo have this kind of personality?

"This is really annoying. Anyway, what were those guys even doing?"

"Even if you ask me, all I can say is that they are not ordinary monsters."

Ordinary monsters would never dare to attack the mansion where Alice lives.

Even if they were attracted by Accelerator's human aura, these monsters' rules of behavior are completely different from those of ordinary yokai, and no matter how you look at it, you can't associate them with ordinary yokai.

and.

Accelerator sensed something was off about these guys.

It felt just like the monsters I'd encountered in the human village before.

hum-

Just as I was about to leave, a voice suddenly rang in my ears.

What?

I felt a sense of unease again.

Accelerator turned his head and quickly looked at a certain area behind him.

He found out.

That was something floating in mid-air.

It is neither a monster nor a monster like the ones before.

It was something like mist.

Its entire body was dark red, drifting in the air. It didn't look like a specific mist, but more like a life form that had transformed into a mist.

From the feeling of that mist, Accelerator definitely sensed a substantial sense of unease.

"What's wrong? You suddenly spaced out again, ah... that's it!"

Before he could even express his surprise, Alice, standing beside him, was already surprised.

However, Accelerator quickly discovered that the other side had not noticed the red mist floating in mid-air at all.

Alice's surprise was for another reason.

Following her gaze to the sky, Accelerator saw it after a few seconds.

A shadow was flying directly in this direction.

The other party was incredibly fast; it flew over like an eagle the moment I saw it.

And then, it happened.

Accompanied by a violent gust of wind, the figure that made a grand entrance arrived directly in front of the two.

A gentle breeze rose up as she fell.

What comes into view is a landscape of red and white.

In Accelerator's recent impressions, there is only one person with such a unique color scheme.

"Oh? It seems the people you don't want to see lately are actually coming to you."

"Tsk...this is troublesome."

That definitely became more complicated.

Accelerator knew very well who the guy in front of him was.

This can also be determined by the direction of the strange energy detected in one's mind.

“…Is that you?”

In other words, it was indeed the case.

"I've been wondering about this ever since the Human Village incident. Why is it that even though I could sense people at the scene, I couldn't actually see them? It must be that you used some special power to hide."

"Now that things have come to this point, I think you can explain your purpose clearly."

"Well, that's true."

However, some things don't need explaining.

The reason why a being like the Hakurei Shrine Maiden would come to such a sparsely populated place is probably mostly because of the previous battle.

But that was definitely not the only reason she rushed over in the middle of the night.

"A monster that doesn't belong to the category of yokai, the commotion that just happened, and... you are clearly human, yet you possess an extraordinary and immense power that is simply astonishing, no, it can be described as terrifying."

"...So, what do you want to say now?"

Accelerator responded to the other party with only simple words.

The witch's response was also very simple and easy to understand.

"I don't recall ever seeing a human like you in Gensokyo."

"Therefore, it is indeed necessary to properly resolve the current situation."

The wind picked up silently in the middle of the night.

Relying on some special power, the red and white shrine maiden slowly floated into the air.

The imperial coin he held tightly in his hand proved the true nature of his purpose.

As expected... this kind of thing is inevitable.

“I’ll listen to your detailed explanation, but… before that, let’s talk about your aura first.”

"…ah?"

"Playing dumb won't work."

Not right.

Some things happened that were completely beyond Accelerator's predictions.

Seeing the other person's slightly surprised expression, the Hakurei priestess spoke slowly and deliberately.

"You don't really think I can't even sense the divine aura emanating from you, do you?"

—The aura of the gods?

What does that mean...?!

"It seems she's still the same as always; there's no way we can compromise on her for now!"

Alice's somewhat hurried voice came from beside him.

Coming to his senses, Accelerator was already facing everything before him.

Facing the powerful figure charging straight at him.

"The disturbance caused by humans who suddenly intruded into Gensokyo, carrying the aura of gods and possessing special powers... Let's talk it out."

In a sense, that should indeed be considered a means of negotiation.

However, it's just a matter of discussing things based on the conflict between their respective strengths.

That's it.

Under Accelerator's gaze, who was still not quite in a daze.

The shadow of the priestess, carrying an astonishing aura, was already sweeping towards him like a storm.

Chapter 415 The Shrine Maiden of Hakurei

Then, the peaceful and quiet night completely vanished.

But it doesn't mean that dawn has broken.

The night is still night, only the specific circumstances have changed.

It is no longer the night sky that exists for peace.

Rather, it is a scene that exists for the purpose of fighting.

First of all.

It roared from the front, like a body charging forward.

Bang——! !

Accelerator manipulated the vectors around him, allowing his speed to reach a level that was unmatched by ordinary people.

Even so, the figure in front of him continued to relentlessly pursue him.

He once dodged back and forth between the ground and the bushes with a leaping motion, but even so, he already felt that his behavior was quite reckless.

But to my surprise, the other party was even more reckless than I was.

The instant he left the ground, another shadow shot towards him like an arrow.

Dust and smoke billowed up.

If it weren't for the power of reflection that blocked all the extra debris from his body, this situation would inevitably have caused him a lot of trouble with his weak human body.

The reason for all of this is the red and white figure in front of us.

It's important to understand that the reason Accelerator can rampage so recklessly is because he possesses the ability to deflect any external force.

Reimu Hakurei doesn't seem to possess that kind of power to commit a foul.

Despite not possessing such power, relying solely on her seemingly frail young body, she still rushed towards the ground without hesitation.

In fact, it did not suffer the slightest physical injury.

This further confirms one of Accelerator's previous assumptions.

'The people in this Gensokyo are all so reckless and lack any sense of propriety.'

"You can't escape."

"...I never intended to fight you, did I?"

"Ah, that seems to be true, but it can't be done otherwise, can it? So far, all the incidents have been resolved in this way."

What kind of bullshit reason is that?

Although he was utterly speechless, Accelerator was still trying his best to avoid a direct confrontation with the Hakurei Shrine Maiden.

There was absolutely no reason to fight.

Thinking about this, he really felt that he was much easier to talk to now than he used to be.

Immediately afterwards——

A series of unknown energy streams roared in from a straight line.

That scene was created by the shrine maiden waving her gohei (a type of shrine maiden) in mid-air.

The condensed spiritual energy was materialized, compressed, and then produced into dozens of deep red spiritual energy bullets.