The self-cultivation of the passer-by hero

"Takeya, you idiot, just pretend you don't know anything and stay here forever."

Yuuko lowered her head, unable to see the sadness and joy on her face, muttering insincere anger, and deliberately avoiding Takeya's gaze.

"Youzi, are you still alive?"

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As soon as he said these words, Wuya wanted to slap himself. It seemed that he hadn't asked such a stupid question for a long time, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Yuko, on the other hand, raised her head in relief, just like when they first met, she smiled as innocently as a child who had made a new friend.

"Let me introduce to you first, where is this place - Takeya, you should have guessed it, right?"

"Is it the inside of Xi Xing Yao?" Wu Ye thought about it, and there seemed to be only one possibility.

"correct."

Youzi nodded and said softly: "At first, I just wanted to seal the evil thoughts in the Westward Demon. But in the end, even I don't know why I appeared here."

The evil thoughts in the Westward Journey Demon? Could it be Shenqi's will?

Based on the series of changes that took place after Yuuko merged with the Saigyou Demon, it was not difficult for Takeshi to guess the possibility of Shenqi's existence here. The God of the Demon Realm, which does not exist in the Demon World, has his true form hidden in the Saigyou Demon. This is He couldn't have predicted it anyway.

However, there is no aura of Shenqi here now. The aura full of malice like a rotten apple is like a lingering ghost. As long as Wuya exists, he will definitely be able to feel it.

But now that the fire of greed in his body has not reacted at all, that is to say, has Shenqi disappeared, or has she been completely sealed?

Yuko, you really did a big thing quietly.

Wu Ye was silent for a while before asking, "Why?"

"Huh?" Yuko tilted her head in confusion.

"I would like to ask, why do you want to do this, why don't you choose to discuss it with us even at this level."

This is what Takeya is most confused about. Obviously, as long as he and Yakumo Murasaki have a little discussion, there will be a way to get the best of both worlds. Even if it is a miracle that he hopes for, as long as Yuuko opens his mouth, he will definitely pursue Tianwen. Digital possibilities.

"I won't do that kind of willful thing."

Youzi raised a smile and said calmly: "This is my destiny, my destiny, my mission, the reason why I meet you and the meaning of your encounter - so, I have to do this."

"...I don't understand." Wu also lowered his head in pain.

"Speaking of -"

Looking back at the campus, the playground, and the scene of the sun rising and setting, Yuuko couldn't help showing a look of satisfaction: "This is actually not a world I created. It would be better to say that the Westward Demon didn't give me that kind of experience at all." ability."

She was immersed in her fantasy and murmured: "This is a world that naturally exists among the demons of the West. I don't know who created it, and I don't know who left it. It just exists here all the time. It's so strange, Takeya , You said, the world we see in our eyes, and its own appearance, are there two different appearances at all?"

After a moment of pause, Youzi talked about other topics: "Actually, I have thought about it. I just don't care about anything and just treat this place as a dream that I will never wake up from. You don't have to worry about it anymore. That cruel reality, if you think about it carefully, it’s still a good suggestion, right?”

"I have already declined."

After interrupting Yuko's words, Takeya's gloomy face no longer had the bright color it once had: "I don't have the right to that kind of happiness. I still have sins that must be repaid."

"Takeya, you don't need to be like this." Yuko showed a sad expression, and Takeya's paranoid appearance really made her feel distressed.

"Zi said that I am the guy who shouldn't appear in this era and in your life. I think she's right."

Wu Ye's cold eyes were devoid of any warmth, and his tone was as cold as if he was telling someone else's story: "As the Dragon God, I took away the most important thing from her, so being hated by her is helpless."

"Wu Ye, do you want to seek death?" Yuko looked at the resolute young man unbearably.

"I gave up on that weak choice a long time ago," Wu Ye raised his head, and the most important thing in that smile had long since disappeared: "Zi wants to kill the Dragon God, and so do I. I can't forgive him for taking it away. The dragon god who is the most important thing in purple that I cherish."

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Yuko knew that she was unable to stop Takeya's madness, she couldn't help but lowered her head, everything was still on the original track.

Wu has also distorted the concept of cognition. He still insists that he and the Dragon God are two completely different existences, and attempts to kill the wrong "self" to achieve his goal. This approach will only force him to Crazy.

"I did not lie."

Takeru is telling, or it can be said to be begging, that this is something he has always believed in, and it is something that is absolutely not allowed to be shaken. This is the only belief that he can force himself to continue on.

"I'm not wrong, I didn't deceive anyone, Yuko, you and Zi, and the world I expected - Gensokyo, I definitely won't let it go down the wrong path."

Wu Ye's eyes are bright and scary: "I will definitely complete our agreement, I will prove that Zi is wrong, I am not here to destroy your future, I am here to save everything, yes, it must be so. Must That’s how it works.”

"Wu Ye."

Yuko sighed weakly, she understood that it was impossible to stop the boy's footsteps, the path he chose had only two endings, either to get everything before all the madness was completely out of control, or to fall into it along with the madness abyss.

Then what she has to do is very simple, just support him as always.

It was the trust that originated from the depths of the soul. Even if memory and cognition were blocked, Yuko, who had chosen to believe in Takeya since the first meeting, never gave up on the possibility of being a teenager.

Yes, even now that half of his foot has stepped into the boundless darkness, Wu Ye is still Wu Ye.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, Yuko stepped forward and took Takeya's hands: "I know I can't stop you, but, as a friend, can you listen to my last request?"

"Of course, Yuko." Wu also had no reason to refuse.

"Then, Takeya, please remember at any time—" Yuko looked into Takeya's eyes seriously and said, "We have always been your companions, whether it's me or Zi, even if it's because of Misunderstandings due to differences, but our hearts are connected."

".I know."

"Also, absolutely, absolutely—absolutely protect Zi, please, she is our most important friend." Yuko's repeated instructions filled Takeya with bitterness, he was not sure if he could still Accepted by Purple.

But Yuko said firmly: "Zihe Gensokyo, that is my last request, no matter how terrible things happen ahead, please never give up on them."

"But, Gensokyo is already..." Takeru showed a trace of struggle in his expression.

"I'm not talking about the present, but the future—"

Yuko emphasized her tone: "Takeya, one day you will go back to your time, right? That time had a different 'I', a different purple, and a formed Gensokyo, that's the key, don't Seeing how Murasaki is now, Gensokyo means a lot to her."

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"Hey, it's because of my friend that I say with certainty that if Gensokyo is established, then Zi will cherish Gensokyo more than anyone else, so if Gensokyo is going to be destroyed one day, it must be destroyed. In Zi’s hand.”

Yuko said sadly: "I can see it, no. I have seen it countless times. Gensokyo has already carried too much pain for Zi. When the balance of happiness is completely tilted, she will definitely include it with her own hands. The Gensokyo that everyone remembers has been burned."

"." Wu Ye shuddered, but did not refute. He had experienced Zi's madness, and she might really be able to do such a thing.

"So, Takeya, you must stop her."

Yuko held Takeya's hands tightly and begged, "Only Zi, only Zi—that's my only request, I don't know what kind of difficulties you will encounter in the future, what kind of despair you will encounter, but don't worry , although we are separated in different eras, I-we will definitely protect you."

"I, I promise you, Yuko, no matter what happens, I will definitely protect Zi." Takeru made the agreement with difficulty.

"Thank you, Takeya."

As the last words of thanks fell to the floor, there was only one person left on the empty playground again, that was Yuko herself, and Wu had already left, abruptly, without any warning.

In the world of deathly silence, not even the sound of the wind can be heard.

"Oh, is this the end of the farewell?"

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Yuko put away the look of nostalgia on her face, turned around slowly, and the surrounding scenery dissipated like dust, leaving only the gray sky and the Saigoi standing on the ground.

The fairy came in style, with a simple chisel piercing the wall inserted in the double-ringed hair, stretched out his hand to catch a falling cherry blossom and looked at it for a while, and then blew lightly to make the petal fly farther.

"Have you finished saying what you need to say? As agreed, I'm here to collect the reward."

There is a natural elegance in his movements, and that kind of otherworldly detachment appears in this immortal who walks between malicious intentions.

"Who are you?" She has never met him but knows everything about her. Yuuko cannot trust this person from the bottom of her heart.

"Huh? Do I need to introduce myself again?"

The immortal with fluttering blue hair walked to Yuuko's side with light steps, stretched out his hand and swept away the fallen flowers on the other person's shoulder.

"Huo Qing'e - just an insignificant immortal." The immortal said.

"...It seems that I guessed correctly."

Yuko's expression was extremely tired, from the timing of the appearance of this self-proclaimed fairy, to that unrealistic dream, and this strange world, is everything as she guessed?

In this case, if this is really the case, it would be too cruel. What on earth are we doing?

"I don't hate smart kids, but they have to obey the rules."

Huo Qing'e looked at Youzi with a smile. Although the latter's eyes were dim, like a small candle in the cold wind, floating and lonely, but he was very strong.

"There is really no way."

After looking at each other for a long time, Huo Qing'e took the initiative to say: "You and that witch are all random guys. Even if I tell you to pretend to know nothing and avoid everything, you won't do it." Do you agree?"

"." Youzi remained silent, but his eyes were fixed on Huo Qing'e.

"Forget it, give up. Rather than continue like this and get messed up by you, I might as well admit defeat."

Huo Qing'e gently brushed away Youzi's long hair with her fingers, and whispered in an ambiguous tone close to her ear: "Come and gamble, you put everything on this time anyway, didn't you? I promise, If Wu Yejun can pass all the trials and overcome all this time, I will tell you the truth about everything, how about it?"

".Then what if Wu doesn't make it to the end?"

"In that case, I can only say that I'm sorry. See you again in four thousand years."

Huo Qing'e took two steps away, shrugged, and said in a cool and joking tone: "But this time, I won't accompany you anymore. Now that I know the trump card of the King of Hell, I have no need to stay here. .”

"True card?"

"Well, it's really beyond imagination. I didn't expect it to go in such a big circle. To be honest, I almost want to applaud her. What an amazing guy."

Huo Qing'e raised her eyes and admired from the bottom of her heart: "Originally, no matter how powerful Wu Yejun is, having collected multiple weapons of sin, he would not be able to do such random things as jumping through time and space, because that has fundamental limits."

Having said this, Huo Qing'e magically took out a book, and Yuuko saw clearly that the name written on the cover of the book - "The Origin of Gensokyo".

"What Takeya-kun did, the miracle of jumping through time and space, was based on the combination of the power of realm he got from Yakumo Murasaki and the power of time from the goddess of the moon. So this is very interesting, because it is Due to the limitation of basic power, Takeya-kun cannot go to an era where he has never existed, because there is no trace of his existence there."

"Traces...?" Youzi was stunned and seemed to understand something.

"Originally, it would be impossible for Takeya-kun to leave any traces in the era a thousand years ago, because everyone who knows his existence is still alive. This is not possible."

"There must be a soul that actually existed in that era and died in that era, so that the fact that Takeya-kun existed can be engraved into the memory of the world. This is what gives the gap and time to achieve a time and space jump. A necessary condition for miracles.”

"Whether you, Yakumo Murasaki, or Fujiwara Meired from Horai, you are all still alive. Although the Onmyoji and Samurai Hime Miko died in that era, they did not leave a decisive legacy. trace."

"Like Aaron, the record of the guard of the daughter of the Westward Journey is meaningless. Only words must be left to build a legend."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Huo Qing'e looked very satisfied and looked at the book in her hand carefully. She showed the most hypocritical pity: "Do you think that the will of hell will not be able to reincarnate a person's soul completely? "

She opened her mouth and breathed out a sinful breath: "Everything is to hide the traces of Wu Yejun's existence and preserve the miracle of traveling through time and space. The only basis for the existence of Dragon God, this unreasonable god, is He died in that era, and the reincarnation of Hidden A Rei——that part of "The Origin of Gensokyo" written by A Rei."

"The so-called Hieda family's mission is to write this false book with high-sounding reasons. The memory fragments left by the reincarnated soul of the dead Ali are the stairs that build the only miracle of traveling through time and space."

"So, Yuuko-chan, there is absolutely no way you can win the bet, because as long as this book exists and as long as this cycle of sin is not broken, no matter how many times, Takeya-kun will definitely become the Dragon God, and As long as he becomes the Dragon God, he will inevitably accept his destined fate, be deceived by the Moon Goddess, go to the place where everything ends, and write the final ending to his story in the Age of Gods."

"Why? Why did you do this?" For the first time, Yuko felt hatred towards the woman in front of her: "What grudge do you have with Takeya?"

"Hate? No, no, no, you misunderstood. It can be said that Wu Yejun and I have no grievances. All the misfortunes and despair he encountered have nothing to do with me. I am completely - — yes, a total outsider."

Huo Qing'e waved her hand and wiped herself clean, and said seriously: "I just witnessed it all."

Youzi grabbed Huo Qing'e's collar angrily: "Don't pretend to be stupid! You know what I'm going to say! Since you know everything, why don't you tell everything? If you are willing, you can change all the unpleasant things. It’s reasonable, right?”

"Sorry, I can't do it." Huo Qing'e pushed Youzi away and answered coldly.

"Why?!"

"I'm sorry for what happened to Takeya-kun, and I feel guilty. I also felt angry about myself for not doing anything, but I have to do it, if I have to ask anything."

Huo Qing'e wrinkled her nose and showed a bitter smile: "Probably because of my useless brother."

Thank you, the bear who eats croaks, the reward