Started from practicing sword in the countryside of the second dimension

"So what I did later was useless?"

After hearing what Kaishin Shōomi said, Fujiwara no Mokou suddenly realized that her second punch, which she had thrown with so much effort, seemed to be unnecessary.

But because of this she was able to achieve the results of her daily training, and her senses became a little more subtle.

"Not really. After all, you can start fighting properly... But I didn't expect you to actually practice it. The one I asked you to practice at the beginning seemed to be very hard."

"Alright, okay."

Fujiwara no Moeko originally wanted to say something, but after hearing the simple and unpretentious compliment from Kaishin Shōomi, her mouth suddenly became knotted. After stammering in response, she didn't know what to say.

However, all the generals and ministers knew how hard the other party was trying.

After all, he had asked Fujiwara no Mokou to spend some time practicing boxing every day just because he had no spells for her to practice at the time.

Let him imagine beating up the past Kaguya Hourai Mountain because he felt that this would increase her enthusiasm for training.

Because he was in such a world, he more or less felt that he might be able to achieve something.

But before today, he just had a feeling and was not completely sure.

But the scene just now has been completely confirmed.

Even though it only looked a little weird, it was a very powerful punch.

But in essence, that punch was not a punch, and the reason it was so powerful was not because the punch was very powerful.

It was because the process of Fujiwara Mokou's punch was divided into many parts, each of which was a fragment of a single punch.

Just as she imagined swinging her fist, she integrated all the fists that had not yet been swung and those that had already been swung into the final moment of the swing, so she was able to deliver such a powerful blow.

Because what appears to be one blow is actually the sum of countless individual blows.

But this seems energy-consuming.

Fujiwara no Mokou, who was full of energy just now, looked a little listless after just this one punch.

Considering that she is from Penglai, if she really wants to recover, it only takes a simple action.

"It's just that this time is too short. There seems to be no difference between punching Kaguya in the face one second ago and hitting her directly."

Being praised by Kaishin Shoin, Fujiwara no Mokou was happy at first, but when she thought about the main purpose of her practicing this boxing, she realized that this was just the first step and she was still a long way from success.

And judging from the feeling just now, even if she really practices very deeply in the future, perhaps she can only beat the Kaguya Houraisan from a parallel world in the past, not the Kaguya Houraisan that she knows now.

It might even be that she just beat up a Kaguya Houraisan who existed in a certain time period in her imagination.

It was created just to take a punch, give her the feeling of being hit, and then cease to exist altogether.

However, Fujiwara no Momoko changed her mind and realized that the person being beaten was Kaguya Houraisan. Even if she continued training, the person she was beating would not be the one she was beating now.

But beating up Kaguya Houraisan is definitely meaningful in itself.

"What do you want from me?"

Seeing that Fujiwara no Mokou seemed to be immersed in her own world, Kaishenjiangchen asked.

After all, if the other party rang the bell and called me, it must mean that he had something to ask.

"Oh, I almost forgot. The witch of Hakurei just came to me and asked me if the stories circulating in the village were true."

"What's been spread?"

"You took away death or something like that... Anyway, that's how it's spread in the human world now."

Seeing that Kaishin Shōomi seemed to have a confused expression, Fujiwara no Mokou added explanation.

She was half-believing and half-doubting the messages in the village, mainly because the rumors in the village could not stand up to scrutiny.

Although some things sound true, the fact that XX took away death feels a bit strange. It doesn't sound like a rumor, but more like some kind of mythological biography, or an ancient text.

"Did they take away death? ... Well, that's what those people said."

"You really did that?"

"No, of course not. I don't think absolute immortality exists. At most, it's relative immortality, a certain degree of immortality."

"So it's just a rumor?"

"Not really. To be precise, I am only helping ordinary people live longer and recover faster from their injuries... Those people must have misunderstood this."

"Live longer... Jiang Chen, you really are good at expressing extraordinary things in a very ordinary tone."

After hearing what Kaishin Shōomi said, that it only allowed ordinary people to live longer and heal their injuries faster, Fujiwara no Mokou began to shake her head.

She knew that this must be the problem. She had known the generals for a long time.

So she understood that what the gods and generals meant by "longer, faster healing" was definitely not on the same level as what normal people knew.

It is understandable that such rumors would spread among the human world.

"But why do you suddenly want to do this?"

Fujiwara no Momoko was not surprised that Kaishin Shōshō was able to do such a thing.

Because he has done many incredible things so far, and it doesn't matter if there is one more thing now. She is just curious why the other party suddenly wants to do this.

"There's no special reason. If I have to say, it's because this is Gensokyo."

"Uh, what do you mean?"

"There's nothing special about it. This is Gensokyo, so it's no problem for ordinary people to live forever... I just feel that way."

"Well, it's okay, but if so many people are allowed to live forever, will it have any impact on you?"

"If I insist on saying there is no effect, then I'm lying. But if I say there is an effect... it's probably just like cutting your fingernails a little bit."

"Huh? What kind of metaphor is that?"

“The problem is that’s the reality.”

Chapter 311 The power of choice

Old people are no longer dying, and young people are seeing some slight changes, like wounds healing faster and illnesses lasting shorter than before.

At first everyone was surprised and even a little frightened.

But as time went by, nothing else strange happened and everyone gradually got used to it.

Or you can't just say you're not used to it, after all, this happened passively.

However, because the time is still short, the residents of the human world do not have much sense of the so-called immortality.

Most of the time I just lament that no elderly people died this year.

Most people are still living the same lives as before, and nothing has been confirmed to have changed much.

"Have you made everyone here immortal?"

The north of Gensokyo, the northernmost place far away from humans and monsters.

Othinus sat on a wooden chair atop a huge tree root.

On the side is a European-style table, on which is placed a pot of black tea and some Western-style snacks.

Directly opposite this table was a general of the gods drinking black tea from a cup.

"Even you ask this kind of question. I thought you didn't care about this."

Othinus put a lot of effort into making this huge tree root take root in Gensokyo.

It also took a long time to tidy up the internal passages, halls, and rooms.

It has finally been completed in recent times, so I invited all the gods and generals to come over, as a commemoration of the completion of the new house.

"If it's just an individual, I wouldn't mind, but from what I've seen, you're planning to turn all the intelligent creatures in this Gensokyo into immortals, so I'm a little concerned about that."

"Hey~~Are you also one of those who opposes me doing this? A lot of people have asked me about this recently."

The general of the gods took something that looked like a candied date from the snacks on the table.

He felt that this thing was eaten more in the Middle East, and he didn't know where Othinus got it from. It couldn't be that there was a date palm tree in her tree root world, right?

Well, it doesn't seem impossible.

He was not surprised that Othinus asked this, except for Fujiwara no Mokou.

Several people he knew, such as Ibuki Suika and Yakumo Yukari, had come to ask about this in the past few days.

However, the one who impressed him the most among the people who came was Kamishizawa Huiyin.

In fact, Kaishin Jōchen was not very familiar with Shirazawa Keiin. He had only met Shirazawa Keiin a few times because of Fujiwara no Momoko, and they were just nodding acquaintances.

Then Shang Bai Ze Hui Yin somehow found the whereabouts of Jie Shen Jiang Chen, and after exchanging pleasantries for a while, she chatted with him for a long time.

To sum it up, these words are similar to the various problems that will arise when humans gain a long lifespan.

The fact that the old man does not die will cause the population of Gensokyo to expand, and the fact that the souls do not enter hell will cause the reincarnation cycle to go wrong, and then there are all kinds of messy things like food shortages.

In general, I am not optimistic about the actions of the generals and ministers, but apart from preaching and giving many precautions, there is actually no obvious opposition.

Perhaps it is because there has never been such a village in the history of the current location. The immortal monsters have different values ​​and ways of survival from humans, so they can only serve as a little reference.

"This is not a question of whether or not to oppose it... You should know the problems that would arise if ordinary people were to be immortal, especially if so many people were to be immortal."

"... I've been taught enough about this."

Because he had been nagged about this matter too much by Kamishizawa Huiyin, and seeing that Othinus seemed to want to talk about this topic too, the general of the gods showed an expression of obvious headache.

Fighting and killing were no big deal to him now, but this kind of preaching, which was said seriously and made some sense, was really a headache for him.

Because his desire to do this is real.

"It seems like someone has already told you... But I'm a little curious why you suddenly have such an idea?"

Seeing the headache-filled expressions on the faces of the gods and generals, Othinus didn't say anything more.

However, she was indeed a little curious as to why, for no apparent reason, the God General suddenly wanted to make the people of Gensokyo immortal.

Before knowing whether or not one can do such a thing, it is incredible that the idea itself would come up, let alone try to implement it.

"Why do you think so? Well, actually, if you look at it carefully, there's nothing special about it. I just thought a long time ago that it would be nice if it could be like this. I just had this thought."

"Is it good to be like this?"

"Everyone has something they want to do, and everyone can decide when to rest and when to work. Without pressure from the outside world, everyone can live happily every day..."

"Hmm? But if you say so, aren't most of the humans in Gensokyo living pretty much the same way? The pressure of survival here is much less than in the outside world, right?"

Although Othinus didn't have much contact with people outside, he would occasionally observe the ecology of Gensokyo.

From her observation, the people in the closed world of Gensokyo lived better than most residents of this era.

After all, there are no wars, forced labor, heavy taxes and other things that are derived from power.

As long as you work a little harder, or even don't work and just find some food in the mountains, you will always have no problem surviving.

"It's different, Othinus. Although the pressure is not great, it still exists. Although the fear is not much, it is always there. Especially as time goes by, fear will accumulate like dust in the corner and become more and more difficult to ignore... Where do you think this pressure comes from?"

"…………I see. I know what you mean. Do you think that humans will feel pressured as long as they die? But the idea of ​​wanting humans to be immortal because of this is too extreme."

"I can do it, Othinus. I have the ability to do such a thing, so I want to give it a try."

"I'm really upset. Now that you say that, I can't refute what you say."

Othinus sighed. She could tell that the general was serious about doing this.

Before the question of right or wrong, since the other party firmly believed that this was the right thing to do, there was nothing she could do to stop it.

She could only hope that the final result would be good.

However, if everything develops as the generals and ministers of the gods expect, it is unknown when this so-called ending will be seen.

"Humans have the power to choose many things, but they cannot refuse death, so I want to give them the power to choose."

Chapter 312 Let Time Take Care of Everything

"The right to choose? But what if someone has had enough of living and wants to choose death?"

"Then of course I will grant his wish. I said, the key is choice, not immortality. I don't want to restrict them and make them live in Gensokyo forever. I just want people to be able to freely choose their own life and death."

"Not many people would want to die on their own initiative, right? Well, not necessarily... But I feel relieved if this is the case. If you say that you want people to continue to exist, I don't know what to say next."

Othinus felt a little relieved by the words of the gods and generals.