One-way traffic

Therefore, he would never engage the monster with the simple intention of mutual destruction.

Although it didn't die completely this time, it's hard to say what will happen next time.

Regardless, after fighting DO Apis once, he had a completely solid understanding of the situation.

The sins he brought about must also be resolved by him personally.

"That brat and that woman... even if I'm gone, they have more than enough protection now."

Currently, the inner world of Academy City has been transformed into a system where seven espers have been turned into idols due to conflicts between worlds.

Under these circumstances, Kakine Teitoku's pure mind has been reawakened, and he is no longer the scoundrel he once was in the Anbu.

Hatsune Miku herself possesses formidable strength, making her a true powerhouse even within the entire Academy City.

If we include the extra characters and that spiky-haired youth...

"Hmph... Now I can act with peace of mind."

He unconsciously curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

Unbeknownst to them, the first one had gradually transformed from a ruthless killer into someone who would fight to the death for completely unrelated people.

Is this evolution for him, or a fall from grace?

It doesn't matter at all.

"Anyway, I just need to get rid of all the guys I don't like, you bastards."

"It's so noisy... Why are people suddenly talking in here?"

then.

Just after Accelerator had spoken those few words with such passion, the door in front of him was opened.

The person in front of me was the familiar Red and White Shrine Maiden.

She held the door with one hand, blinked, and stared at herself in a daze.

Accelerator looked at her with a strange expression, and their eyes met.

"What are you doing now, witch? Did you drag me to this godforsaken place and put a bunch of grass on my head?"

After saying that, Reimu Hakurei remained silent for a few seconds before leaving the room.

She closed the door.

"It's...it's haunted!!!"

As a result, the Hakurei Shrine was once again overturned by a series of noises today.

Chapter 504 A Fantasy Land of Awakening and Faith

Then, coming to your senses...

Within the Hakurei Shrine, the shrine maiden regained her composure.

"...Let me tidy it up a bit."

Reimu sat at her desk, holding her breath.

She picked up her teacup and tried to calm herself down.

"You should have been... dead, but even you don't know why... you suddenly came back to life?"

"I don't think it's necessary to care about such trivial things."

"It's absolutely necessary! You're human! And frankly, how could a human be resurrected so easily—no, no, humans simply can't be resurrected! Everyone thought you were dead back then! Your body had gone cold!!"

For some reason, Reimu's tone became increasingly intense, and she even stood up, put her hands on her hips, and looked at her.

Her tone sounded somewhat dissatisfied.

But Accelerator unusually squinted his eyes.

"You seem quite pleased that I'm still alive?"

"--puff!!"

This one sentence caused the shrine maiden to spit out all the tea she had just taken a sip of.

Of course, Accelerator, with his reflexes, didn't care about that at all.

"What are you talking about?! How could I possibly feel happy or unhappy about whether you live or die? Are you crazy?!"

"That's it, nobody cares at all! It's just... it's just that I'm getting more and more curious about whether you're even human...!"

"Okay, then let's leave it at that for now."

In the past, he would most likely have argued with the shrine maiden in front of him, but now he doesn't have the time for that.

Accelerator waved his hand casually. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the shrine maiden in front of him had a slightly flushed face.

He must have been angry. This guy is really strange; he gets angry over such a trivial matter.

"Then... what do you want to ask?"

"There are quite a few questions to ask, but let's start with the important ones."

Accelerator got straight to the point.

"How long has it been since that demonic attack?"

"The time... will be about a day."

Pretty much as expected.

In other words, there is indeed a whole day left to prepare.

"However, Gensokyo did not suffer particularly serious damage. Although the sky was always in a chaotic color during the day, the only area that could be damaged was the place where the demon was."

"If nothing changes, soon it won't just be that place that's been destroyed."

He pursed his lips, and his words stunned Reimu.

"All I could do at the time was delay, and I only had about two days to delay. Now, about a day has passed since I fell into a coma, which means I only have one day left to prepare."

"Prepare…?"

Reimu was still somewhat confused by what Accelerator was saying.

"What else do you plan to do...?"

"Ha, isn't it obvious?"

The first person stood up immediately and spoke without hesitation.

"I'm going to deal with that bastard myself."

So, as soon as she said those words, Reimu herself was stunned again.

He couldn't even hold onto the teacup properly, and it fell onto the table.

"Are you... are you crazy?"

"You should know best whether it's nonsense or not. I'm the only one who can stand up to that guy."

"That's not it—if, if you were to go and fight that kind of guy again—!!"

"You don't need to tell me the outcome."

Accelerator did not deny the information that Reimu Hakurei was about to convey.

"I know what I'm doing. It was only after I fought that guy that I realized just how big the gap is between him and me now."

Because he was in the strongest realm, Accelerator understood the gap between himself and that demon, and thus became even clearer about the extent of the difference between the girls of Gensokyo and DO Apis.

If even he couldn't solve it, then there's no way these girls of Gensokyo could.

Even if she doesn't say it, Reimu is actually very clear about this.

"Also, besides you, does anyone else know that I'm still alive?"

"Everyone thought you were dead. If I hadn't been living at the shrine all this time, I probably wouldn't have noticed your actions at all..."

Reimu's description actually made Accelerator nod, and he seemed quite satisfied with the situation.

"That suits me even better."

The first one then walked towards the sliding door.

"Don't tell anyone that I'm still alive. Just let them continue to believe that I'm dead."

"I don't understand, what's the point of this?"

"It's just to avoid unnecessary trouble."

Nevertheless, Accelerator had no intention of engaging in any deep exchanges with Reimu Hakurei.

After taking a sip of tea and eating some snacks from the table, Accelerator simply opened the sliding door and walked out of the shrine.

"Instead of considering my situation, you should be thinking more carefully about your own."

"wait…!"

Seeing him leave, Reimu ran out after him, and then—

A gust of wind rose, and his figure vanished in an instant at the edge of the sky.

"...Even now, he still lives a solitary life."

The red and white shrine maiden stood at the entrance of the shrine, gazing at the horizon.

The white figure had completely vanished without a trace.

It's not hard to imagine what he will do next.

“…Idiot.”

Without realizing it, Reimu uttered a word that sounded like a curse.

Nevertheless, she continued to gaze at the sky and never returned to the shrine.

"Even in the entire Gensokyo, you still have a very unique personality. It's really hard to imagine that a human being like you actually exists in the world..."

Is this praise or pure slander? Only Reimu herself probably knows the answer.

But the priestess remained standing there the whole time.

She clasped her hands tightly together, closed her eyes, and made a prayer-like gesture. Was it for some unknown deity, or simply to pray for someone to leave this place?

"Whether it's Gensokyo or you, you must both survive safely."

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then.

The day was gradually coming to an end.

Accelerator cannot change what is about to happen; the course of the story is beyond his control.

despite this.

He was still doing what he could.

"Right now, the area around Hakurei Shrine should be the safest place in the entire Gensokyo."

A quick glance around reveals that Gensokyo is entirely surrounded by a massive black and red force field.

Although it didn't cause much serious damage to Gensokyo overall, simply staying in that black and red world would gradually weaken one's own life force.

So he blew away all the weeds and trees that were blocking the area near the Hakurei Shrine, and secretly sent all the people who hadn't made it to the shrine to that area.

Because he couldn't do anything too big, he didn't want the youkai of Gensokyo to realize that he was still alive, so even something as simple as this took him a whole day.

And so, night fell quickly.

But something he could never have imagined happened at the same time.

"Those guys...?"

At this moment, Accelerator is atop a towering tree.

His gaze then turned towards the Hakurei Shrine, only to find that countless people had gathered inside the shrine.

Among them are monsters and humans.

Both sides seemed to be getting along harmoniously, which is quite a rare sight in Gensokyo.