One-way traffic

In a time unnoticed by everyone, a certain destiny between the moon and the earth was set in motion.

However, neither the Moon People nor the Earthlings could possibly imagine it.

The real cause of this conflict is not either of them.

On a night when the full moon had returned to normal, a dark red and blackish-red light shone here.

It floats in the sky, and in this Gensokyo, no one can directly perceive its actions. Its identity is that of an existence above the dimensions, and no one can detect it.

The humanoid shadow slowly raised its palm.

What emerges from that is a variety of splendor.

The most dazzling element is the brilliance of white and gray.

It represents the light that is both eternal and fleeting, and the light of wisdom that represents the sage of the moon.

Without hesitation, the figure swallowed both beams of light completely into its body.

After that, its surface flashed several more times.

The light intertwined, and then its dark red form became even more tangible.

It's just a tiny bit away from being fully formed.

"It'll be... soon..."

It is human language.

It speaks through a chaotic, indistinct voice, yet it is a language belonging to humankind.

"Just one step away... from... the realm of infinity..."

The figure gazed at the horizon and remained there for a long time.

"Accelerator...accelerator..."

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at the same time.

In the completely dark world, another figure was moving.

"...Compared to the original history, this is indeed much faster."

It is enveloped in a kind of colorful light, so it can still function normally even in a world where spacetime is completely chaotic.

This is a figure that cannot be understood using common sense.

Although its body is humanoid, it has wing-like structures on its back and a long tail with suction cup-like structures underneath.

Her body was covered in tattered, newspaper-like clothing.

The key-like object was covering the top of his forehead.

"Hehe."

The girl, as delicate as a jellyfish, whispered in a playful tone.

"Although it's a completely different place, the fact that this black-haired human, who suddenly appeared before us and looked like just an ordinary human, is truly impressive."

The girl locked onto a certain direction and charged forward with all her might.

She was still muttering something to herself.

"Just wait until I get here, hang in there, Master!"

The figure, traversing the trajectory of time and space, forcibly moved forward in a certain direction using a power that did not belong to her.

Chapter 479 The Origin of Gensokyo

A night has passed.

Without anyone noticing, Accelerator had also woken up.

"Ah... that was really going too far."

He twisted his neck crisply with his hands, recalling what had happened the night before.

In order to completely eliminate the false moons that were possessed and conjured by monsters, Accelerator has finally found a way.

Using a meteorite the size of the moon, and taking its entire rotational force in a single instant as a benchmark, release all its power in one go.

By using this method, the power ultimately gained will be transcendent.

but.

As Accelerator unleashed all the rotational force belonging to that planet for a fleeting moment, he vaguely sensed something.

"It's that... that feeling of disharmony again."

I had this feeling before when I was fighting Reimu Hakurei in a danmaku battle.

This also happened during the battle with Yukari Yakumo.

And now, he was experiencing that mysterious disharmony once again.

What exactly happened, and where did it originate?

In his heart, he already had some answers.

However, another obstacle in his heart always made it difficult for him to connect the answer to this point.

'...Perhaps it's just my imagination.'

That's what Accelerator was thinking.

But how many times has this idea been considered?

Is it self-deception or self-denial? Regardless of which, this is probably all that Accelerator can think about right now.

Even the most powerful superhuman in history would still find themselves in a dilemma because of this.

He shook his head in frustration.

after that.

Clang—the sofa he was lying on shook several times.

"Huh...? What's going on?"

The first person finally snapped out of his reverie.

It wasn't until he looked next to the sofa that he realized something.

From the moment I woke up, there was always someone standing beside me.

A blonde-haired doll-manipulating girl.

However, although she was standing by the sofa with a somewhat dissatisfied expression on her face, and she was even muttering something, I couldn't hear anything she was saying.

"...I forgot to turn off the reflection."

Realizing this, he immediately turned off the sound reflection system, which he had turned on to make himself sleep more comfortably.

Followed by.

"If you don't get up soon... don't blame me for getting really rough!!"

Alice raised her hand, intending to gather the dolls together and attack Accelerator.

Clearly, the adorable dolls were too afraid to do such a thing; they trembled and hid to the side, staring at Alice with fear.

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

After regaining his hearing, Accelerator looked at the other person with great surprise.

"This is your home, right? I've never seen anyone threaten to destroy their own place."

"Ha... You're finally up? What's with deliberately ignoring me all this time? Is it some kind of mockery? If I was asleep, I wouldn't have heard you, but now that you're awake, you're still ignoring me!"

Seeing that Accelerator was finally willing to listen to her, Alice's mouth spewed out countless words at her like a machine gun.

The intensity of that moment even made Accelerator consider adding the sound to his blacklist again.

"So, why were you in such a hurry to wake me up?"

After getting up from the sofa, Accelerator twisted his neck again.

After the incident last night, he got a little sleep and then planned to go all out again today to search for traces of those monsters.

"Don't tell me some crazy anomaly happened today."

"Don't worry, even if something like that happens, you definitely won't be the first one to deal with it."

Alice stood with one hand on her hip, frowning as she looked at the other person.

"Also, although I'm the one waking you up, it's not that I'm looking for you."

"Would anyone else come looking for me in this godforsaken place?"

"You think you're so famous now... It seems like everyone from the Scarlet Devil Mansion to the recently revealed Eientei knows you. Is there anyone who doesn't know your name now?"

Alice, accompanied by Accelerator, arrived at the door.

"However, you must already know who came to see you this time."

After opening the door, the person who was shocked was Accelerator himself.

Because he really hadn't expected that it would be this person who came looking for him.

"you…?"

He looked at the other person with some surprise, and then they began to communicate.

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Next, the situation changed again.

This is arguably the largest human settlement in Gensokyo.

Countless villagers gathered around, maintaining their usual demeanor, yet looking at the two people in the middle of the road with respect.

"Whoa! That esteemed person actually came here...!"

"How amazing! But, isn't that the young man next to that person... the one I saw not long ago?"

"Why are those two together? Come to think of it, I haven't seen that person in any contact with a man before."

"Could it be... lovers?"

"What are you thinking, kid? And besides, is that white-haired guy really a man...? I can't tell his actual gender at all."

"Uh, the voice is so deep, it must be male...?"

This series of noises annoyed Accelerator so much that he once again wanted to add sound to his list of reflections.

"So, you called me here just to wander around aimlessly with you?"

Because it was a public place, the first person looked at the girl next to him with some displeasure.

That lovely shrine maiden with long black hair, dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit.

"You really aren't good at handling crowded places."

The beautiful girl, who bore the title of the Paradise Shrine Maiden, looked at him with a somewhat surprised expression.

"Why does someone who usually speaks with such confidence become resistant when they're in crowded places?"

"That has nothing to do with you, right?"

"Hmm, I see, it really is quite vicious."

Reimu Hakurei.

In other words, it was she who came looking for Accelerator.

After meeting Accelerator, she didn't say much and immediately dragged him to the village in the human world. Because there were humans everywhere there, Alice felt that if she went with him, it would cause some unnecessary trouble, so she stayed alone in her mansion.

However, Accelerator still couldn't understand why this guy, who didn't look like a priestess at all, would approach him.

If I need manual labor, I can ask anyone. I don't think I'm that close to her anyway.

"Well, actually it wasn't me who wanted to find you."

"Why is it that line again... Don't tell me there's someone looking for me, and that person is actually someone else's messenger sent to take me to see someone else—"

"What are you thinking... It's not that complicated."