One-way traffic

And then.

The sound came from above its head.

"Where do you think you're looking for someone, you spider bastard?"

The excessive force, following the opponent's kick, completely destroyed its core from the inside.

From this moment on.

The mechanical spider's ability to move was completely stopped.

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A tremendous roar could be heard from afar.

Reimu, having recovered from the pain, quickly headed toward the direction from which the sound came.

Along the way, she made sure to check on the safety of the people in the village of Renjianzhili. Only after confirming that there were no casualties did she arrive at the location of the sound.

The desolate land was engulfed in flames.

The devastated wasteland, the burning flames, and—the mechanical remains that collapsed on that hill, not even worthy of being called wreckage.

Standing atop those severed limbs was a hand casually grasping the mechanical spider's head, whose eyes had lost their luster.

"It's not hurt."

Accelerator glanced at Reimu and casually tossed the mechanical spider, now reduced to scrap metal, into a ravine.

That seemingly brutal scene, however, brought Reimu a genuine sense of peace.

"It's too slow."

The girl spoke as if complaining, but couldn't help but reveal a relieved smile.

"This guy really hurt me, and this is all he did?"

"...Are you planning to destroy it to the point where not even the elementary particles are left?"

"I don't care. It's better for disgusting eight-legged animals like this to be extinct."

Little girls like this usually dislike spiders and other insects.

While thinking, Accelerator casually walked over to Reimu's side.

Chapter 483 Visitors from the Moon Capital

Accelerator looked around.

Although the surrounding area was reduced to scorched earth, the actual extent was probably less than one kilometer.

Although the area around the Human Village was also affected by the power, with him there at the time, the power only caused some minor turbulence in the houses.

After confirming the actual range, he no longer needed to worry about it.

"So, what the hell is this thing? It looks bizarre. People from Gensokyo don't have such a perverse sense of humor."

"Even if you ask me, I have absolutely no idea."

"I feel utterly nauseous just looking at this thing."

The first person casually kicked away the pile of broken copper and scrap iron on the ground.

But recalling what had just happened, he looked at Reimu with some confusion.

"Shouldn't you be able to easily dispatch over a hundred billion of these kinds of trash with a wave of your hand?"

"Waaah... Don't scare people by calling them 'Red Serial Killer' like that!"

Reimu Hakurei said with some surprise, but at the same time she also noticed what Accelerator had said.

She also vaguely sensed something strange about it.

"Indeed... I felt that defeating it should be easy, so why did it turn out like this...?"

Upon closer examination, Reimu's spell cards did indeed exert the destructive power and effects they were meant to have.

However, what was being blocked did not appear to be physical damage.

Rather, it is a form of avoidance at the spiritual level.

"The power belonging to the energy layer has been erased, so only pure physical attacks will be effective against that guy... Is that what you mean?"

"Eh~ if that's the case, my physical skills are unlikely to be effective against those iron lumps."

Regardless, it can be tentatively concluded that the robot possesses the ability to evade and specialize Hakurei Reimu's spiritual power.

Looking at it this way, it's almost as if it were a machine specifically created to deal with the Hakurei Shrine Maiden... no, or even specifically to deal with the people of Gensokyo.

There's a huge sense of incongruity.

The mere fact that such a strange machine appears in Gensokyo is already astonishing enough, but... it also possesses the ability to suppress Reimu's power.

It looked like a war machine specially created by nations to target each other.

As Accelerator pondered this, he casually raised his head.

But even such a casual movement made him realize something else.

"…ah?"

In the distance, a flash of light was slowly descending towards the ground.

What is that?

"Huh... is that a shooting star in the sky?"

Reimu, who was standing nearby, seemed to have noticed this as well.

"There can't be anything that small, right?"

"Oh dear, how can we know just by talking? Let's go over there and take a look."

"…Hello."

Reimu, who had just spoken, quickly left the spot on her own.

You've just been through something like that, and yet you've become so carefree and let your guard down again.

"Oh well... people in Gensokyo have always been like this."

Accelerator said, and followed directly behind.

When the two arrived at the location, the scene was just a clean and bright lawn.

This place was not contaminated by that mechanical spider, and there were no crater-like areas nearby.

It doesn't look like the aftermath of an impact from an extraterrestrial object at all.

However, even so, the two still discovered other things in the vicinity.

…No.

To be precise, it shouldn't be "things" at all.

"Is that... a person?"

Reimu blinked and saw a small figure in front of the lawn.

This was a very petite figure.

She looked slightly smaller than Reimu, and her clothes resembled... a standard butler's uniform, with white knee-high socks and a short skirt on her lower body.

These are not the most important features.

The pink-haired girl had a pair of relatively long ears on her head.

That instinctively reminded Reimu of the most fitting words.

"A rabbit...? Just like the one in Eientei?"

While Reimu was still in surprise, Accelerator had already arrived in front of the girl.

The ears were attached to her head, meaning they weren't decorative.

Accelerator grabbed the girl's ear and yanked her up abruptly.

"Hey, you're still girls, isn't this going a bit too far?"

"It's better than leaving it there for the monsters nearby to eat as a snack."

He responded in a flat tone, while looking directly in a certain direction in the distance.

"Since it's this kind of rabbit, we should go find someone who has the same pet as her."

The first one's eyes gleamed with a unique charm.

He had a strong premonition.

This will be the beginning of a major event.

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And so, the two of them went to Eientei as planned.

“…It’s incredible.”

The courtyard, nestled in a bamboo grove, is a place that is hard for anyone to find.

Amidst this, Yagokoro Eirin stared in astonishment at the sleeping figure before her.

"How long has it been since I've seen a moon rabbit other than Reisen's?"

"So, you're saying she really is a rabbit from outside Gensokyo?"

"It's not just a small area; it's as vast as the universe."

Eirin Yagokoro glanced at Reimu, then at Accelerator, who was standing to the side with his arms crossed.

"When did you find her? Was she unconscious the whole time she arrived?"

"It was like this when it fell from the sky... Don't look at me like that, how would I know how to wake up a monster immediately?"

"I do have a way to wake her up immediately, but it's by directly stimulating the bioelectric current inside her brain to trigger a backlash from her physiological instincts. That way, she can wake up right now."

"...Let's skip that method that sounds scary."

Just as the three were discussing this matter.

The rabbit-eared girl, who was lying on a chair to the side, suddenly trembled.

"Woo..."

"Oh? It seems you're already awake."

The bunny-eared girl awoke to a series of calls.

However, the expression on her face was quite surprised, as if she was astonished that she would be watched by so many people.

then.

After seeing someone directly inside the room, her expression became even more surprised.

"Bayi...sir?"

The sudden call made Reimu and Accelerator look at her in surprise.

"You two know each other?"

"No, I don't know her at all."

Despite the suddenness of the scene, Yagokoro Eirin's face seemed to indicate that she had anticipated it.

"But I know very well that if she is a rabbit from the moon, then she must know me."

These inexplicable words... Reimu Hakurei was at a loss for how to respond.

But Accelerator seemed to have considered something.

"You said before that there are other humans on the moon... Is this guy one of them?"

"That's a Moon Dweller, and she's a Moon Rabbit. Moon Rabbits and Moon Dwellers are completely different people and statuses."

"Hmph, in the end, aren't they all just aliens who came from that godforsaken place on the moon?"

Eirin Yagokoro did not respond; instead, she looked at the rabbit-eared girl in front of her.

She still seemed quite afraid of her current situation... and quite surprised at why she was in this place.