Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

I had a good, satisfying fight with Yakumo Yukari.

After messing up the small room in the gap, Chu Bai and Reimu made a quick escape.

Their companions outside had already returned to their respective homes, and their master had once again disappeared.

Reimu grumbled with some dissatisfaction:

"To be fighting all over the place in the middle of the night, only for the truth of the incident to be that the old woman is addicted to games, this is really annoying."

Chu Bai, however, shook his head:

"That's not right, Reimu, this incident isn't that simple."

"Eh?"

As Reimu was wondering, Chu Bai suddenly raised this question:

"Imagine if someone entered a room and saw a beautiful woman taking a bath, what would their first reaction be?"

Reimu thought for a moment:

"That depends on the person's moral character. Someone noble like me would definitely turn around and cover their eyes."

"But if it were a frustrated otaku like Rinnosuke, they would probably open their eyes wide for a good look, or even take pictures."

Chu Bai twitched his lips, forcefully suppressing the urge to retort:

"That's right, in any case, the person's attention would definitely be drawn to the woman taking a bath."

"And because of that, they would overlook other things in the room. Like the overly messy floor, or something deliberately hidden under the bathtub."

"Like... this."

Chu Bai took out a dark purple crystal ball from his pocket.

Reimu immediately realized:

"Yikes! Such a strong ominous aura, did you find this in Yakumo Yukari's gap just now?"

"Yes."

Chu Bai nodded:

"In the short amount of time, the biggest anomaly I could detect was this crystal ball."

"So I used some tricks to steal this thing while Yakumo Yukari wasn't paying attention, and temporarily projected a similar-looking prop in its place."

"But with that, the contradiction arises—"

"If Yakumo Yukari's purpose was to hide this crystal ball, why not open another gap to conceal it, and instead put it in a place we were about to visit? It feels like playing hard to get, coyly tempting us to obtain this thing?"

"But if Yakumo Yukari's purpose was to let us discover it, then why go through such a roundabout way, and even ask my master to help guard the door? If there was a slight error in the previous steps, or if I was slightly distracted, then we wouldn't have been able to see this crystal ball at all."

Chu Bai stroked his chin:

"Reimu, what do you think?"

But Reimu was already gaping, her eyes were blank, and her whole person had stopped thinking.

Clearly, she wasn't good at scheming, and just listening to Chu Bai's analysis, she felt like her CPU was burning out:

"I don't understand, but I'm greatly shocked."

"Aren't you people who play mind games tired of scheming all the time?"

Chu Bai spread his hands helplessly:

"There's no choice, conspiracies and intrigues are right in front of us, if we don't scheme, it's easy to head towards a bad end."

"... Okay, in short, I'll listen to you, just tell me who to beat up and I'll do it."

"I don't even know who the enemy is right now."

Chu Bai's eyes flickered:

"But at least we can know one thing, this purple crystal ball that we got from Yakumo Yukari is definitely not ordinary."

"Not only does its surface contain a rich ominous aura, but this wave also gives me a familiar feeling, as if I've seen it somewhere before."

Reimu was fiddling with her phone:

"Remi and Sasa have already been picked up, do we need to convey the truth of this matter to the others?"

Chu Bai thought for a moment:

"The thing about being addicted to games can be promoted casually. But the discovery of the crystal ball, and the doubts contained in this matter, should be kept secret for the time being."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Reimu also had a premonition that this crystal ball exuding an ominous aura was likely not that simple, and that there might be a huge conspiracy behind it.

Before there's a clear enemy, the leakage of information should indeed be avoided, while gathering relevant information and tracking down a similar aura to the crystal ball.

After all, Chu Bai also said that this aura was very familiar to him, and he must have felt it somewhere before.

"As for now..."

Putting away the crystal ball, the two of them returned to the sky above Hakurei Shrine.

The Summer Night Festival was still in full swing, and Chu Bai smiled at Reimu:

"Let's continue to enjoy the festival and immerse ourselves in the atmosphere here."

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No matter what the truth is, Yakumo Yukari was finally found.

The Summer Night Festival finally returned to its proper rhythm.

With the arrival of the second half of the night, the test of courage officially began.

Under the connection of the gap, festival visitors could go to the Underground Palace to experience the test of courage, and at the same time, there were various Underground Palace-style souvenirs to choose from.

"It hurts..."

Remi touched her swollen little nose, and faint tears appeared in the corners of her eyes:

"Your master is really merciless, a punch almost fractured my nose."

"Ahaha, I apologize to you on her behalf..."

Chu Bai conveniently snatched a little duck doll from Orin's stall and waved it in front of Remi:

"Don't be angry, this doll is free for you, it's a cute little yellow duck that clucks~"

"... What's with this strong tone of coaxing a daughter? And this lady is not angry, just a little annoyed."

Remi squinted her eyes and put the little duck in her arms.

With her ability to manipulate fate, she naturally noticed the true identity of the black-haired woman in the first instance.

And losing to the Dragon God, Remi wasn't discouraged either.

She just squinted her eyes and looked at Chu Bai:

"So what are you doing dressed like this?"

Chu Bai gave a thumbs up:

"Of course, I'm dressing up as a ghost, Satori commissioned me to be a demon in the test of courage to scare the visitors who come over."

"The more you scare them, the better the performance, and the more rewards you'll get."

Behind Chu Bai, Suika poked her head out, baring her teeth and brandishing her claws:

"I'm a ghost too~"

"Gao~~ (Scary)"

Remi blinked her eyes:

"I don't feel scared at all. Compared to dressing up as a ghost, this lady is actually more experienced."

The implication in her voice was quite obvious.

Chu Bai simply followed her meaning and said:

"Then, Miss, why don't you come and dress up as a ghost too? With free labor joining, Satori will definitely agree."

"... Hmph, for your sake, this lady will try it out for the time being."

Remi was eager to try, and happily took a ghost costume.

And Chu Bai also told Remi the precautions for dressing up as a ghost while taking Suika with him...

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At the same time.

Inside the Magic Forest.

Alice looked at Shinki in surprise.

"Eh? Mother, what did you just say?"

"You... are finally going back to the Makai?"

Chapter 182: The Tsundere Alice and the Oblivious Chu Bai

"Mother, are you finally going back to the Makai?"

Alice looked at Shinki with considerable surprise.

Shinki nodded regretfully:

"After all, the main business is done, and I've cuddled with my daughter, it's time to leave... Wait, did you just say 'finally'?"

"Ah, no, no, no, you heard wrong."

Alice tightened her small face, thinking of all the sad things in her life, and then tried to suppress the arc of her lips.

Then she showed an appropriate expression of regret:

"I mean, although I'm a little reluctant, I can only part ways here..."

So cute!

Little Alice is so cute!

Her own daughter's delicate and regretful appearance was like a sharp arrow piercing through Shinki's heart.

Without any hesitation, Shinki instantly changed her mind:

"Since my daughter is so reluctant to let me go, then I won't leave after all, whoever wants to be the Lord of the Makai can be it!"

"Little Alice, come and cuddle with Mommy~?"

"???"

And Alice also inherited a consistent face-changing technique, and her expression immediately became indifferent:

"Actually, I was just being polite, you should hurry up and leave, or you'll miss the gap."

"Woo... why is that..."

Actually, Alice also has the feelings that a daughter should have for her mother, of course.

But her mother has been here for so long, which has seriously hindered her development with Chu Bai. In addition to being separated for a long time, and having just witnessed Chu Bai's interaction with Remi, she couldn't wait to return to Chu Bai's side.

So she didn't even bother to participate in the second half of the Summer Night Festival, and directly sent Shinki away overnight.

After confirming that her mother's aura had disappeared on the other side of the special gap, and receiving a message from Yumeko of the Makai.

Alice finally showed a relieved expression:

"Yay, Mother is finally gone."

"I can finally go back to Chu Bai's side without any scruples."