47 New Beginning in the Land of Modern East: Part B (1/2)

Author note: Early reminder, this side story series may or may not including a character that haven't showed up in the main story. So yeah, it's a spoiler, and you people probably ignore this text for reading the chapter immediately. Oh yeah, I should mention that the Side Story Arah is different from the Main Story Arah, and I also change some small things.

Altered East 01b: New Beginning in the Land of Modern East

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Editor: Crembo

-Morning?, Academy?-

-My POV-​

A woman in an office lady getup looked at me with a stern expression.

[Lv.33 Gensokyo Overseer, Yakumo Yukari]

Immediately I felt a chill when I read her status.

”So, are you going to answer my question or not, young man?” she asked.

Thought Acceleration.

Analyze the situation. Yakumo Yukari. Same name. Same face. Sense mystical energy from her. Not youkai. Human? Maybe. Impostor? Too idiotic & suicidal. She would need to know the original first before impersonating to look just like her. Also, her title. The System never lies... So that means 2 Yukari?

… That's pretty apocalyptic idea I had, my dude.

But her level, the system never lies. It's really low, why? She also said something about Touhou Academy. For as long as I remember, no one in Gensokyo ever said 'Touhou', except Satori. It can't be helped that she knows about it if you meet her.

Back on topic, I didn't really want to attack when I was in the wrong here, but I was also still confused about what's going on. What will I do now? ...Let's just get out of this 'Academy' first.

Deactivate.

”Ahaha, sorry Yukari-san, I actually got lost in here, I can't seem to find the exit.” I said with a wry smile.

”This is the highest floor and the deepest part of the Academy, the entrance is blocked off by security. You would have been stopped before you even arrived here. Now, I will ask again, what are you doing here?” she demanded an answer.

Shit. I fucked up.

I needed to get out of there, but I also didn't want to reveal too many of my abilities to any potential enemy.

Pure physical escape then.

I searched with my eyes for any corridor that I could use. Found it, it was on the other side of this room, away from Yukari. Lucky.

I started running toward it.

”Hey wait!” 'Yukari' shouted.

I ignored her and kept running.

'I should hide my face for now.' I thrust my hand into the air and willed my dimension storage open. The air rippled and my hand sank into it. 'Mask' I felt something being thrust into my hand. I took it out. I examined the item in my hand.

[Fabulous Feather Mask]

[Anyone that wears this mask will be instantly likeable to any bird-type creatures]

”Good enough.” I wore it while I ran.

I heard the sounds of more running behind me.

”He's going toward the emergency stairs. Prepare your men to block the intruder.” I heard Yukari's voice from behind me.

'… Guess that's the cue for me to run faster.' I increased my running pace.

The corridor's walls were white, while the floor was ash gray. There were no pictures, windows or ornament breaking the monotony, just a corridor with only the occasional door on either side and long fluorescent light bulbs.

I kept running until I saw a red door.

Past it, I saw a stairwell going downward, and immediately went down it.

I heard footsteps below.

I saw lots of people going up from the lower floors.

'… 6 floors. I'm in the 6th floor.' I thought after counting how many sets of stairs were between my location to the bottom-most floor.

The people coming up the stairs were coming from the 3rd floor, so that meant I could only go down a floor.

I violently crashed through the door to the 5th floor.

”Woah?!”

”What the-?!”

I saw two dudes being startled after I opened the door.

[Lv.7 School Teacher]

[Lv.7 School Teacher]

'So weak, even the adult humans in Gensokyo are not this weak. Or are they? It's been a while since I checked any of the villagers' status.'

I started running again to avoid my pursuers.

I met more people as I kept randomly exploring this floor.

'What kind of floor is the 6th floor if this one has so many people? Headmaster's Room?'

Of course since I didn't have the building map I randomly ran about, and since I couldn't find the exit, some of my pursuers caught up to me.

Two men in security-like uniforms blocked my path ahead.

”Stop running and put your hands in the air!!”

”Just give yourself up peacefully!!”

Both of them were aiming their stun guns at me.

[Lv.9 School Security]

[Lv.9 School Security]

I ignored their warning and kept running.

”Don't blame us for this, boy!” one of them fired their gun.

Since I already calculated the trajectory of his shot, I easily dodged it with the aid of Quick Reflexes.

””What?!”” both of them were shocked that I dodged it, but the other security guard quickly got over the surprise and fired his gun.

Unfortunately for him, I dodged the second one as well.

”He dodged it too?!” They got shocked again.

'… I think being shocked is the last thing you should do right now.'

Because they were just standing there like idiots, I easily slipped past them.

'It'd be nice if I could see the map for the building.'

But luckily, I finally found more downward stairs.

[Lv.4 Student]

[Lv.5 Student]

After I arrived at the lowest floor, I saw many students walking through another long corridor.

'Oh god, it's like when I already reached the endgame hunting area but I came back to the beginner area for nostalgia's sake, except they are the villagers and not the monsters.'

Many of them were startled as I ran past them, headed the opposite way.

'Wait, is that…'

I saw familiar faces among the many students I was about to pass, but with slight changes in their attire. Both of them wore purple school blazers and purple skirts (of course they were purple, it's Yukari after all), and they didn't have their head accessory.

[Lv.11 Hakurei Maiden, Hakurei Reimu]

[Lv.6 Magic Enthusiast, Kirisame Marisa]

We kinda looked each other in the eyes before I passed by them. They both look shocked to see me, probably because there was an intruder in the school.

'… It's weird. It's really weird seeing them without their head accessory. They're still cute though.'

Further down the hall, I saw more familiar faces.

[Lv.15 Blood Fencer, Remilia Scarlet]

[Lv.20 Silver Blade, Izayoi Sakuya]

Remilia was human, and she was wearing a uniform like Reimu. As for Sakuya, she was still wearing her maid uniform.

'It's three times now, three times I encountered someone that I know but different, am I in some kind of parallel world? …Hm?'

Sakuya moved away from Remilia and stood in the middle of the corridor, her face was serious.

'Is she trying to block me?' A wonderful idea suddenly popped up in my head. 'Let's bully her a bit.' I formed an evil smile.

As I came closer to her, she took a stance to intercept me.

I kept running even though we were both getting closer to each other.

She squinted before changing her stance.

'Is she predicting that I'll try to dodge and pass her? Well, she's wrong.'

I suddenly stopped in front of Sakuya.

Her eyes opened wide in surprised.

”Gotcha!” I grinned.

With Vector Change, I killed all of my momentum, coming to a stop, and also assumed a fighting stance at the same time.

Enchant: Attack, hand.

I slashed part of her clothes with a knife hand.

She took a step back before going for a counter attack. I saw a glimpse of something shiny in her hand.

Enchant: Speed, body.

She made a thrust attack with something pointy in her hand. I dodged it, but then she followed it up by slashing me with her hand, which I dodged too.

Examining the item in her hand, it was a knife.

'As expected of Sakuya, I didn't even see where the knife came from, probably from her sleeve… Wait, she's wearing short sleeves right now, so where the fuck did she pull her knife out from?!'

This mystery of the universe aside, the fight should have been over after our first attack. She was supposed to know the difference in strength between us after her first strike, but she did not stop.

She mixed her knife attacks with feints and combos. Nice breast sway.

She pulled her other knife from her thigh, and started dual wielding them. Nice thigh.

A blade popped up from her shoes, she kicked and followed up with an axe kick. Nice leg.

She tried her best, but unfortunately I dodged them all. Sakuya was sweating. This was Gold.

Every time her attack didn't hit me, I cut a specific part of her clothes, just a tiny bit. I did say I would bully her.

But despite the uselessness of her efforts, she still followed her orders with all her heart.

You people ask how I know it? It's Sakuya, it's her super loyalty toward her Mistress. She would leap head-first into a fire if her Mistress ordered it. Just like right now, even though she knew she was losing, she still fought because it was an order from Remilia.

'It's time for the finale.'

Enchant: Attack & Speed, both hands.

Sakuya started adding more knives to her hands. It seemed she could sense that I wanted to end the fight now.

She threw two of her knives.

Since there were students in our surrounding, I deflected them to the ground.

She threw two more and rushed forward behind them.

”…Interesting.”

I deflected them again.

She threw her last knife while getting closer to me.

'Are you planning to attack me at the same time I'm deflecting your knife? Well, big fat mistake. At this point I don't care if my abilities are seen, as long as I can bully Sakuya, everything is okay.'

Counter Armor.

The knife changed direction to the ground on its own after it touched my body.

Sakuya's eyes went wide at what she had seen, but she still moved toward me.

'If she stopped now, she would leave herself open to an attack and she would die, that's probably what Sakuya's thinking right now. Don't worry, you're not gonna die, you're just gonna get shamed.'

She whipped her foot up toward my head. I predicted she was trying to puncture my neck with her shoe blade.

Of course, like the attacks before this, I dodge this one too.

Grand Finale Time!!

CutCutCutCutCutCutCutCutCutCutCut-Slash. I finished my attack with a slash that carried me to the other side of the corridor, facing away from Sakuya.