6 The Scarlet Mist part 3? (1/2)

Editor: Acerman

To be fair, I did deserve this.

An idiot gets embedded into the ground.

That idiot is me.

But on the bright side.

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I got this message when I was in the middle of teasing Reimu, and speaking of Reimu…

I tried to look up, searching Reimu, and found her.

Her eyes are cold! Very cold! As if she's looking at a trash! MOIST!

”…you got anything more to say?”

”…Reimu is cute when she-GHUAAAAAHAH!”

”Pervert!”

She embedded me deeper into the ground, if she did it one more time, I will officially be making out with the earth.

”That's what you get for teasing people-ze.”

”*cough* yeah, maybe I deserve this.”

”What did you just say?”

”I mean, yes. I deserve this, Reimu-sama.”

”Good.”

…heavy, must, get, out, from, the, hole, UAAAARRGGGHHHH!

…finally.

”Now, spill the beans, what do you know about the mist?”

”…wait, I need to heal first, please.”

System, buy 1 Vitality Booster Pill and 1 Mentality Booster Pill

[Please confirm spending 1.000 IP]

Yes, put it in my Waist Pouch.

I opened my waist pouch and took out 2 pills, yellow and blue pills.

The effect were just like their name, I should have taken this before I battled.

The girls looked interested with the pills, especially Marisa.

Sorry girls, the waist pouch is already bound to my soul, so if you want to steal it, you gotta step over my dead body, literally. I can't wait until Seiga comes, she's the upgraded version of Marisa. Since I officially will have become a Gensokyan when she arrives, I cannot wait to see what she will do to me to get this pouch.

I swallow the pills and I immediate feel the effect.

Fatigue and headache are gone.

”*sigh* that's better.” I sighed in relief.

”What are you eating-ze?”

”They are my healthy pills.”

Wait a minutes, if I give them my pills then the incident might resolve itself faster. This will count as me helping them resolve the incident and the quest will be complete.

System, buy the same item 2 piece each, put it in my pouch.

[2.000 IP spend]

I took out 2 pairs of pills from my pouch and offered them to each of the girls.

”Oh young Incident Resolver, take these pills on your journey. They will definitely help you solve this incident.”

Reimu gave a suspicious look, while Marisa had a shining in her eyes.

”..Why did you give us these pills?”

”Because if I help you guys then this incident will be resolved even faster. Nobody loses and everybody wins in this scenario.”

Reimu looked hesitant to take the pills.

”Don't worry about it Reimu, at least he give us for free-ze.”

”..Well, it's free after all, what's the effect of the pills?”

YOSHA!

”I'm glad you asked. The yellow one boosts your Vitality for 5 hours, and the blue one boosts your concentration for 5 hours.”

”Is the pill made using Alchemy-ze?”

”Perhaps, perhaps not. I don't know either.” Smile-desu!

Marisa glared at me.

”…cheapskate-daze.”

But she still took the pill anyway.

”He's giving us the pills already; don't ask more than that Marisa.” scolded Reimu.

Reimu finally grabbed her pills, while Marisa started observing hers.

”You sure these pills are safe-ze?”

”Of course, I swallowed the pills just now and I'm feeling much better because of it, and also the faster you guys solve this incident the better it is for everyone.”

Reimu looked between me and the pills.

”Dammit, it's a waste that I can't analyze it in my house-ze.”

Marisa swallowed the pills.

Reimu looked at Marisa and ended up swallowing her pills too.

”…How are you girls feeling?”

””…””

They're looking each other in silence.

”…hello?”

””…””

Now they're looking at me in silence…this is getting creepy.

*Punch**Kick**Jump**Jump*

And now they're going wild in place, I wish I had a Smartphone to record this.

* Punch ** Kick **Jump**Jump** Kick ** Punch **Jump**Jump** Punch ** Kick **Jump**Jump*

…What the fuck are they doing? For some reason they're going even more wild than before.

After they finished going wild, they turned to me, smiling.

”I feel great-ze.”

”It's a nice feeling.”

They gave me their thoughts.

”Now that was over, start talking.”

As expected of Reimu, straight to the point.

”Okay then, here's what I got…”

I explain about my ”theory” about the mist, its direction, and a possible suspect to be inside the Misty Lake.

”So, the suspect is really hiding around the Misty Lake.”

”Then we just need to search everywhere around the lake-ze.”

”Right, but of course whoever stops this incident first will win.”

”You don't need to tell me twice-ze.”

They're grandstanding despite me being here with them.

Damn you main characters.

Both of them faced me.

”Thanks for the pills, but-”

”Just wait in the village-ze.”

And they flew away into the mist, abandoning me.

…Freaking main characters.

…They just flew away looking cool and stuff.

…You think I will just stand by and not see the awesomeness of a Touhou danmaku fight.

I smile an evil smile.

System, upgrade the Vector Change.

[Please confirm to spend 40.000 AP]

Yes, upgrade confirmation.

*Zoom*

The wind swirled around, air vibrating around me, and then the power came.

I can feel it, the flow of water, the wind, the dirt, and something that's on the tree.

I looked at that something.

A crow sitting on a branch.

It's observing me alright.

Now we were staring at each other.

”Caw!”

It cawed at me.

And I just waved my hand at the crow.

”Caw! Caw!”

Ah…it left.

It was either Tengu or Yukari that watching us just now.

Meh, just worry about it when it becomes a problem.

I looked at my status.

[Lv.39 Accelerator Junior, Arah]

Oh my god, please notice me Accelerator-senpai!

…on second thought, don't notice me please; I will get wrecked if he actually noticed me.

But for now…

I got a battle to be witness. I hope they finish it before my curfew.

I gathered the wind to fly, but I could now create 4 tornado wings.

With that I continued my journey around the lake.

-In the vicinity of Scarlet Devil Mansion-​

The Scarlet Devil Mansion, home of Vampire family, the only supernatural beings that can be said to represent the western culture. The Mansion had few windows, and a balcony that's perfect to drink tea while looking out over the garden.

Big ass mansion with giant tower clock besides, it has a big ass garden brimming with flowers.

And finally, the sky in front of the mansion.

Rainbow!

I saw rainbow pellets scatter across the sky along with yellow shining missiles homing in on the center of those rainbow pellets.

The only Touhou character that use rainbow pellets is Meiling and the only one that uses tracking missiles is Reimu.

So it's Meiling vs Reimu up there.

It's both beautiful and awesome at the same time.

A rainbow pellet storm moves toward a figure in the sky, which I deduct to be Reimu.

Dude, she dodges everything so smoothly, 2 missiles flying out in every other second.

Ah, the pellets turn from neat storm into nut storm; it's Meiling's last Spell Card.

For you guys who haven't played EoSD, Meiling's last spell card is basically just her spewing out her Danmaku randomly.

Ah, she lost. She fell to the ground.

Reimu just ignored Meiling and went to fly straight into the Mansion.

She kicked the Mansion door open and disappeared inside.

If Reimu found this place, then Marisa must have found this place too.

Then that meant I don't need to go inside; it's not like I'm much of a help with danmaku battles anyways.

I walked toward where Meiling crashed down and looked around.

There's she was, lying on the ground. I walked up to her.

As I slowly approached her, I saw her appearance.

Meiling has aqua-colored eyes and long, scarlet hair while wearing a green beret and dress resemble traditional Chinese clothing. Her beret has a gold star on the front with the Traditional Chinese character.

You ask me how I know her eye color, well…she got up and looked at me.

Martial Art Sensor too good!

Better start with a greeting.

”Good Afternoon.” I said with a smile.

”A-ah, yes, good afternoon too.”

”You okay? I saw you fall after you lost to the Miko.”

”Don't worry, I'm a Youkai so I'll be alright even from a fall at that height.”

”I see.”

And the silence came.

We just stared at each other.

Why so many starings happening today?

She probably thinks I think she's human so she said she is a Youkai on purpose so I'd get away from this place or so I don't need to worry any further.

She did it with a good of intentions so I feel little happy about it.

”So, I guess you're the guard to this place; is it okay to let her in?”

”Of course not! Because she beat me, I can't do anything about it. If you want to get in too, you have to go through me!”

She suddenly got up and prepared to fight me while getting into her chinese fighting stance. Them legs between her long skirt slit!

”No, you misunderstand, my intent is only to watch. There's no ulterior motive beside that.”

”Watch? Watch what?”

”The danmaku battle.”

”Oh…oh, I see.” She lowered her stance.

”Then do whatever you want as long as you don't trespassing the mansion.” She said as she lazily walked back towards the gate.

I followed behind her.

”Then did you saw other one?”

”The other what?” she said without turning around.

”The other person of course. The Miko didn't come here alone you know.”