Started from practicing sword in the countryside of the second dimension

So much so that occasionally some naughty children would come here and would always be scolded by their parents when they returned, and then offer some wild delicacies from the farm as tribute as an apology.

However, although these children who come here are usually discovered and persuaded to leave by Fujiwara no Mokou, occasionally some of them will appear in front of Kaigami Shōomi.

At such times, out of humility towards human cubs, all the gods and generals would basically chat with the children for a few minutes, then rub their finger bones into beads and give them to the children as souvenirs.

This practice made the children in the village more excited, and they came here to explore one after another, hoping to get such beads.

Because these beads were given by the local gods, the children seemed to regard them as the gods' approval and as something like amulets from the gods, and as a result, their parents were not so reluctant to forbid their children from coming.

This, in turn, made all the generals and ministers feel a little distressed, and they felt that they were too lax in their management.

"Another year has passed......"

On this day, the general of the gods sat on top of the log cabin, looking at the human village in the distance which had already grown to a considerable size, and said with some emotion.

"It's been almost twenty years. The village was originally so small, but now it has so many people."

Fujiwara no Momoko sat next to Kaishin Shōshō, and next to her was a large barrel filled with wine brewed by the monsters.

The human village not far away, because of its stable environment, attracted many villagers who were originally from farther away, forming a large village of several hundred people.

"But you're still the same as before, you haven't grown at all, are you really eating well?"

Kaishin Shōchen put his hand on Fujiwara no Mokou's head and messed with her flowing long hair, making her long straight white hair messy.

"Ahhh, stop it, stop it now, you know how troublesome it is to keep my hair from getting tangled, don't mess with it, it will get tangled and it will take a lot of time to sort it out!"

After so many years, Fujiwara no Mokou, who had become completely familiar with Kaishin Shōomi, caught the other party's evil hand, but she did not have enough strength and could only watch her hair become a tangled mess.

"And you clearly knew my situation, but you still asked me this kind of question. You must have done it on purpose. It was definitely intentional."

Even though Fujiwara no Moko wanted to get along with the Kamegami generals like an ordinary person at the beginning.

But General Jieshen herself is not an ordinary person, and she was exposed soon after, and now she has completely stopped hiding her situation.

As someone who had taken the Penglai medicine and was already a Penglai person, the cycle of life and death was completely fixed in her body. Her height was basically fixed, and she had no chance to grow taller.

"Sorry, sorry, as an apology, here, I'll give you this..."

As he spoke, Kaishenjiangchen handed a shiny white ball to Fujiwara no Mokou's hand.

"Uh, this is the one you recently gave to the children in the village. Really, I'm not a child."

Having said that, Fujiwara no Mokou still accepted the bead, but she noticed something unusual when she put it in her pocket.

Yi: "Hey, wait a minute, this thing is your bone?"

I had never touched the real thing before, I just saw those kids holding it but didn't pay attention.

Now that she had also received this bead, Fujiwara no Momoko was surprised to find that this bead was actually made of the bones of the Shinto general.

"Well, this is my finger bone. I used the middle part of my index finger to carve it. It's very well cared, right?"

"Uh... Never mind. There's nothing to be surprised about at this point."

Looking at the enthusiastic explanation of Kaishin Shōchen, Fujiwara no Mohong rubbed his head with a headache.

That wasn't what she wanted to say at all.

She just wanted to ask if it was okay for the gods and generals to use their own bones to make beads?

But thinking about how all the gods and generals did bloodletting and bone removal every day without any hesitation, she gave up asking.

The answer is so obvious.

"Oh, by the way, recently more and more people have been getting lost in the bamboo forest, and many people say there might be monsters causing trouble there."

"Lost in the bamboo forest? Where?"

When the general heard that the poet was lost in the bamboo forest, his ears twitched and he turned around to ask.

"It's the bamboo forest opposite the Monster Mountain. I didn't go there often before, so I didn't feel anything. But as more and more people came to the village, more and more people went there to dig bamboo shoots. Then there were many missing persons reports. Although most of them were found after a few days, it didn't look normal anyway... Maybe there are a lot of mischievous monsters living there?"

Fujiwara no Momoko was somewhat concerned about the bamboo forest.

After all, although the terrain in the bamboo forest is similar and it is easy for people to get lost, it is unlikely that so many people would get lost in that bamboo forest. Someone must have done something wrong.

Considering that no one has died so far, the worst thing is being trapped in the bamboo forest for several days. Fujiwara no Mokou guessed that this might be the work of those goblins who like to make trouble.

"Fairy? No, it's not that simple... I'll go there sometime."

"Eh?! You're actually going out?"

After hearing what Kaishin Shōomi said, Fujiwara no Momoko was shocked.

Because there weren't many things that could interest the general in these twenty years, he spent the past twenty years in this area in a very lazy manner.

They are either sleeping, digging holes underground, or making strange sculptures. In their free time, they go to the hut upstairs to bask in the sun.

"Of course. Now that we have discovered a new map, the underground plan must be redesigned."

"Underground planning?"

"…………Meihong, have you never seen what I was doing underground?"

"Aren't you digging holes all the time except when you sleep?"

"Although we are digging a hole... never mind. You will know when you go and see for yourself later."

All the generals and ministers shook their heads and did not explain further.

He admitted that he had indeed slacked off a lot over the years and had simply let his attribute points grow naturally without really putting in any effort.

That was because his main job was to implement the plan that had been decided before, which was to isolate this area from the real world and turn it into the real Gensokyo.

Chapter 144 Lost in the Bamboo Forest

“Is this the bamboo forest?”

"It should be right here."

Although Fujiwara no Momoko was surprised, when Kaishenjiangchen really decided to come, she followed him.

She is now completely different from the past. After all, it has been twenty years since she studied the spell book brought by the God General.

And she was unexpectedly talented in fire magic.

Nowadays, as long as Fujiwara no Momoko is not a very powerful monster, she can defeat any ordinary monster.

If she could perfectly leverage the strengths of the Penglai people and rely on the strategy of continuous resurrection and rebirth to play overtime, even many big monsters with single means could be dealt with by her.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Meihong? You are here to pick bamboo shoots as well. The bamboo shoots at this time of year are really delicious..."

Because Fujiwara no Momoko appears in this area every day, it seems that everyone local knows her.

Along the way, Jie Shenjiangchen had seen dozens of people greeting her.

On the contrary, the gods and generals worshipped by the villagers are almost unrecognizable because they rarely appear in human villages.

Then, because Fujiwara no Momoko was always helpful and always helped the villagers, Kaishin Shōomi was thought to be a similar person. Apart from being a stranger and feeling a little confused, not many people paid attention to him.

Although a few children opened their eyes wide occasionally, they would be silenced immediately by the gods and generals with their eyes.

At this time, the person who greeted Fujiwara no Mokou was an elderly man holding a bamboo basket.

"Aren't there a lot of missing people in this area? Aren't you afraid of picking bamboo shoots here?"

"But haven't all the missing people come back? It must be the goblins in this area playing a prank on me. It's not fun for an old woman like me to be played a prank on them. The goblins will close their eyes and let me go. Oh, and these two are what I just picked. I'll offer them to Lady Meihong."

As she spoke, the old woman picked up two rather large bamboo shoots from the basket and stuffed them into Fujiwara no Moko's hands. Before Fujiwara no Moko could say anything to refuse, she staggered away in another direction.

However, when passing by all the gods and generals, she slowly bowed to them.

"Wait, wait a minute, I'm holding this and...ah, I'm walking away."

The old woman's movements were so quick that Fujiwara Mohong was a little confused. By the time she reacted, the old woman had already walked away, and there were two more bamboo shoots in her hands.

"How long have you known her?"

Looking at the bamboo shoots in Fujiwara no Mokou's hand and the other party's final bow, the general Kaishen asked.

"Her? It seems like ten years... no, fifteen years?"

After taking a look at the old woman who was leaving, Fujiwara no Mokou said uncertainly.

"I see. Is this the wisdom of the elderly? It should not be underestimated."

"Huh? What?"

Fujiwara no Momoko didn't understand what Kaishin Shōchen meant, and asked with some confusion.

"No, it's nothing. Give me one of these bamboo shoots."

"Hey~~ You actually like to eat this kind of bamboo shoots? Surprisingly..."

When Fujiwara no Momoko heard that Kaishin Shōchen wanted a bamboo shoot, she was obviously surprised, because Kaishin Shōchen rarely asked for food on his own initiative, and basically ate whatever was available.

“It has nothing to do with likes or dislikes.”

"what?"

"You really didn't notice... Never mind."

Seeing that Fujiwara no Momoko's doubts did not seem to be fake, Kaishen Jiangchen shook his head, feeling that the other party was not sensitive at all about such things.

She herself said that she had known the old man for more than ten years, so there was obviously something wrong with what the old man said just now.

That was obviously his behavior knowing about the situation of Kaigami Shōomi. The so-called offering to Fujiwara no Moko was just a roundabout way of saying offering to Kaigami Shōomi.

"Huh? Noticed what???"

Fujiwara no Mokou felt even more confused about this. She tried hard to think, wondering what she had not noticed.

"Forget it, forget it, don't think about it, it's time for us to go in now."

Looking at Fujiwara no Mokou who was deep in thought, Kaishin Shōchen interrupted her thoughts and walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest.

"Ah, bamboo forest, it brings back some unpleasant memories."

After following them, Fujiwara no Mokou looked at the bamboo forest around her and suddenly began to sigh.

The general and minister of the gods probably knew what the other party was talking about, but he didn't say anything.

If what he thought was correct, more unpleasant memories would probably appear in front of Fujiwara no Mokou next.

As time went by, they went deeper and deeper into the bamboo forest.

Bamboo forests are easier to walk in than ordinary mountain forests because the spaces between bamboos are wider than those between ordinary shrubs and weeds.

But because of this, after walking a long distance, regardless of the difficulty of walking, the repetitive bamboo forest will make people more easily lost than an ordinary forest.

Because everything is very similar, it is basically impossible to tell east, south, west, front, back, left, and right without a reference.

[Bang][Bang][Bang]

As the two were walking like this, some voices other than their own came from all directions, causing Fujiwara no Moko to look around constantly.

"Rabbit, yes, a bunch of rabbits, they surrounded us."

After observing for a while, Fujiwara no Mokou said affirmatively.

She had seen no less than ten rabbits around, and judging from the sounds, there were obviously more, and these rabbits were clearly moving around them, which was very unusual.

Rabbits are very timid animals by nature, so it is in their nature to run away on their own, let alone gather together, when they hear any noise.

But the rabbits that appeared around them at this time not only did not run away, but also gathered around them wisely, which was obviously extraordinary.

"Speaking of which, Meihong, do you know how a rabbit calls?"

Ever since Moon raised his agility, the God General has been able to restrain his aura so that most creatures cannot sense his terror.

Although the strong ones could still sense that something was wrong with him, the rabbits that would approach the two of them were obviously not among them.

"What does a rabbit call? Uh, wait, what do you want to do......"

Whenever a general starts saying something strange and meaningless, it means he is about to do something.

When Fujiwara no Momoko heard his words, she instantly realized what he was going to do next.

"Nothing, I just wanted to listen to the rabbit's cry. Didn't you notice that one over there?"

"Over there? Eh!"

Following the direction pointed by Kaishin Shōomi, Fujiwara no Mokou suddenly noticed a pair of huge rabbit ears hidden among the rabbits.