One-way traffic

Unfortunately, Accelerator didn't even glance at the situation.

"Oh...? No, isn't this a dream...?"

"Give me a clearer distinction between reality and dreams, and I'm not interested in waiting for you to slowly come to your senses any longer."

"Huh? So it really wasn't a dream."

"...Isn't this obvious, you idiot?"

What the hell is going on with this guy?

Not only can he fall asleep while standing, but he is also still so disoriented after waking up?

Is this guy really qualified to be a gatekeeper here? He's probably just a lackey for those thieves.

"Hmm, so you really are the enemy planning to invade the Scarlet Devil Mansion?"

"They haven't even said a word about it yet, and they've already arbitrarily treated me as an enemy."

"Pfft... What?! So you weren't even planning to hack in after all? You're just causing me trouble!"

Having realized this, the beautiful woman with long red hair, who looked very much like an oriental woman, murmured unhappily.

"It's a rare opportunity, and I thought Miss Sakuya would finally praise me... Well, if you're not an intruder, you'd better leave now. Humans won't have a good outcome here."

"Ah, I really didn't intend to hack in, but I can't just leave like this."

Accelerator scratched his neck and looked at the huge mansion behind her.

"What I want to ask is, who owns this house?"

"It's a vampire, a vampire who only recently arrived in your Gensokyo. He's also my master. The youkai living here should already know this, but you, a human, must have just heard about it, right?"

"Vampires... they really are not beyond my expectations."

It's hard to believe that the idea of ​​believing in the existence of vampires came from someone who is a product of scientific achievement.

According to her, the owner of this mansion is a vampire who recently arrived in Gensokyo, and therefore not one of the monsters that corrupted Saigyou Ayakashi.

In that case, he would have no need to explore the mansion anymore.

That's right.

Generally speaking...

"So, is there really only vampires in your mansion?"

He said it as if nothing had happened.

"Are you sure there are no other evil beings besides vampires?"

That moment.

I wonder if it's just my imagination.

When this question was asked, the atmosphere around us seemed to change.

"...Oh dear? What do you mean by that?"

"It's nothing. Just like you said earlier, I've also encountered new things that you haven't investigated, and what I'm doing is to verify the authenticity of those situations."

"Is that why you came to our Scarlet Devil Mansion?"

"Tsk, your tone seems a bit off, but don't misunderstand, I have no interest in stealing from such a big house as yours, and I have no interest in playing the role of a thief."

"Hmm... so you just want to check if what you're looking for is inside this mansion?"

"To be precise, I really don't want to find those kinds of things in a place like this. Their very existence is pure evil, and they might even be beyond your monsters' comprehension... Anyway, I do need to confirm this."

"That's true, I can understand your thinking, it's like an official handling official business..."

"It's so good that you understand."

Seeing that the other party seemed to have understood his thoughts very easily, Accelerator breathed a sigh of relief.

A detailed explanation would be too troublesome; you can understand it without having to put in a lot of effort. Such intelligent people are indeed very easy to deal with.

"Now that we've figured out the situation, we can consider clearing the way."

So he walked towards the front door on his own.

"There's no need to open the door for me; I can do it myself."

To prevent the girl from doing anything unnecessary, Accelerator made this arrangement beforehand and then walked directly to the inside of the gate.

then.

He immediately pulled his left foot back without hesitation.

BOOM—! BOOM! BOOM!

The air exploded.

An invisible vortex suddenly exploded in front of Accelerator's foot—no, it should be said that if he hadn't retreated in time, the first-place left foot would probably have been completely monopolized by that invisible airflow.

The ground was directly cut with a mark tens of centimeters deep.

"...What are you planning to do?"

The first one turned around without changing his expression.

“I do understand your thoughts, and I understand what you intend to do.”

The girl with long red hair had her back to him and tucked her right arm away.

"But I never said I was going to let you through this door, did I?"

"Ha, don't tell me it's another one of those clichéd, terrible movie plots, like how you have to complete three trials to get through because of discrimination against humans."

"I certainly wouldn't have that kind of thought."

The girl turned around casually.

What was on her face was an enigmatic charm.

"However, it is precisely because you are human that I have doubts about this."

"Why would someone who is just a human come to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, a place that even many yokai dare not approach?"

"How can someone who is just a human get involved in something as dangerous as you described?"

"And there's one more important point."

That was the most decisive factor, and it was because of this that the gatekeeper girl was completely determined not to let Accelerator enter the gate.

“You claim to be human, but the aura I sense from you is not human at all.”

"That's already equivalent to the level of a god."

boom--! ! ! !

An invisible burst of energy erupted, like an invisible vortex that swept everything around it into its wake.

The girl's red hair was blown up, and an invisible force swept up her entire body, within a radius of about ten meters.

That wasn't magic or supernatural power that transcended the laws of physics; it was simply something commonplace in everyday life.

The ability to use the degree of gas.

The red-haired girl smiled, staring intently at him with an expression she had never shown before.

"Who are you anyway?"

Ordinary humans would not be able to reach such a place alive.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the girl had already determined that the other party's strangeness was absolutely not to be underestimated.

"Although I have figured out your purpose, even if it is only a possibility, there is indeed a very chaotic and unimaginable aura about you."

“I have never seen a human like you before. Even that priestess, the aura around her was not nearly as chaotic as yours.”

"Asking someone as dangerous as you to meet the young lady is absolutely out of the question, isn't it?"

Come to think of it.

If it were Accelerator himself, allowing an unprecedentedly dangerous person to enter his mansion would be an unimaginable scenario.

He should have thought of this much earlier.

"...So, in the end, it turned out to be this unfortunate situation."

Accelerator clutched his pale hair in distress.

The first person, after arriving in this fantasy world, has almost never changed his way of solving problems; he has always had only one solution.

This makes it seem like all he knows is fighting.

just.

"Although it's very tiresome, this is probably the only way to resort to this method when necessary."

"Ah...it seems I was right after all, they are intruders."

"...Are you even listening to me, you bastard? I've already said I'm not interested in your lousy house, so at least get your facts straight!"

No matter how you explain it, it's pointless.

The gatekeepers wouldn't let him step through that door, and similarly, Accelerator needed to confirm the actual situation before he could feel at ease; otherwise, he would never have been able to leave.

Neither side will yield.

"My name is Hong Meiling, and I am a doorman at the Scarlet Devil Mansion."

"I figured it out a long time ago... Oh well, we'll just call him Accelerator here."

"It doesn't sound like a proper name. Is it a Western name? Or an Eastern name? Neither."

"What do you care what country I'm from? Just use a proper title, that's all."

The girl, who called herself Hong Meiling, smiled and clasped her hands together.

"Are you really coming? If you leave now, I can completely consider it a withdrawal."

"Shut up, do you think I have a lot of time? I'm in a real rush here."

Faced with that arrogant tone, the girl showed no dissatisfaction, simply assuming a punching stance.

"Well then, please forgive my rudeness."

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The next moment.

The distance between the two people shrank to almost nothing in an instant.

call--! !

A sound like a howling wind sweeping across the world came from beside my ears.

When Accelerator came to his senses, the figure in front of him was already rushing towards him in one breath.

The girl's speed was already at the level of falling flower petals.

Such a high level of movement cannot be easily accomplished by simply accelerating. The body's explosive power, the trajectory of the movement, and the posture must all be integrated, while ensuring one's own continuity in order to have a chance.

The girl concentrated all the swirling energy around her into her fist.

With her eyes wide open and a powerful punch erupting from her focused posture, she delivered a devastating blow.

"Catch this punch!!"

A powerful punch came hurtling in with the force of a thunderbolt.

With the added power of the air itself, the power and speed of the punch were amplified to an unimaginable level in one breath.

but.

The white-haired man who faced the attack simply casually put his hands in his pockets.

—Bang.

The results are obvious.

That powerful punch seemed to fade the very world around it.

It cannot shake even a hair on the head of the number one position.

"Eh...huh?!"