Chương 51: Night Parade of One Hundred Oni Every Four Days Part 2
-Evening, In Front of My House-
-My POV-
Both of us standing face-to-face on the clearance in front of my house.
I took out a golf ball-size object from my pouch. I suppress it shine, and start condensing its light.
"What an interesting item, I wonder why you did not use it until now?"
"…" I just opt to go silent, not answering her prying word.
"No answer? Oh well." she said disappointingly but her eyes never lose its observation nature.
I hide my grimace by showing no reaction from her word.
Thought Acceleration
Everything comes to a stop.
'Is it because of Yuyuko that she starts prying me more openly? Or is it because of this person that she said could 'run amok in Gensokyo'? Honestly, it could be anything, especially about 'running amok in Gensokyo' part. Almost every character in Touhou has the potential to run amok and cause great damage, but based on the timeline and the reason of her worried, I got a few names in mind.
Remilia, Yuyuko, Yuuka, and Suika.
In Remilia case, she got bored and thus wants me to fight her. Regardless of the outcome, she didn't feel satisfied and starts rampaging. Quite likely based on her personality or temper.
In Yuyuko case, somehow I unknowingly accidently being a smartass in this few days and need to be put down in my place. Is 'everything died' count as the damage of 'rampaging'? Questionable and out of character but still possible.
In Yuuka case, she's not part of the incident, but there's a possibility that she joining in for specific reason and I'll eventually cross path with her. Slim chance that this will happen but there's still a possibility that it will happen.
In Suika case, I'll eventually fight her, and the result of our fight dissatisfied her that she start rampaging around Gensokyo. Very likely but I think she's more interested in partying and drinking rather than going on a rampage.
So which is it?
…Yukari promised to answer this question after I passed her test, so this kind of thought is useless to think about anymore.
Yukari is wearing her casual purple dress right now, she isn't wearing her 'official business' one, which mean she's not really taking this seriously, which also mean there's a chance for me to win this fight.
Let's seriously focus to win the fight right now.'
I deactivated Thought Acceleration.
"Then let's start the test shall we?" asked Yukari.
I pour my mana to the grass around Yukari's feet without any gesture. The weed's leaf starts to extend, and I immediately order it to hold Yukari. The weed's leaf quickly whipped to her legs and they missed their mark. Both of her feet already left the ground because she's sitting on her gap in mid air.
"Very eager to start, aren't we?" she sounds amused while hiding her mouth with her hand fan.
"The one who strikes first, win." I reply.
"Good philosophy, but its only work if its hit." she crossed her leg.
She waved her hand and two big gaps opened in mid air. There is something inside, there're multiple of them, I indentified them to be a steel beam, and they're coming toward me with great speed.
I thrust my other hand forward. I catch all of the steel beams that are supposed to hit me with Vector Change while ignoring the rest that miss their mark. After the steel beams finish their barrage, I individually twist all of the steel beams that I caught into a less dynamic version of itself, now all of them bend side way, with this even if she reused them, it will be less dangerous than the original shape.
"Hm, construction worker-san will be very sad when they discovered that their beams are destroyed."
"You steal all of these?! And also, don't use them if you're gonna feel guilty about it!!"
"But it's their fault that they left it alone in the middle of the night."
"And that doesn't mean you could use them whatever you like!" I plant the distorted beam into the ground in my state of retorting.
"Yes I can, and we haven't finished yet."
Red Energy Ball appeared between Yukari's each shoulder, as soon as they appeared, they start spewing out Danmaku.
'No more playing around!'
Counter Armor.
All of Yukari's Danmaku redirected back to herself after they hit me.
I see a light frown in Yukari's expression.
A Gap opened in front of Yukari to swallow all of the reflected shot.
I smirk. "Heh, how Is th-?!" and my smirk is gone as quick as it appeared.
A new Gap opened up beside me, it spewing out another red colored Danmaku from inside of it.
I redirect them to where it came from.
And then another gap opened up behind me.
'…This is bad.' I thought.
I figured that if I keep this keep up, I won't be able to do anything, so I decided to move away from my spot.
"Where do you think you're going?" said Yukari.
"!!"
I can't move my leg. I can still feel my leg muscle trying to move my leg but I can't move it. I tried to fly, I can still feel I'm spending my Energy and Mana to do it but my feet still planted on the ground. Yukari just did something to me.
"I appreciated if you didn't move from where you stand, after all, I just discovered the more efficient way we could finish this test faster."
Did she mess with my boundary between moving and not moving?
"…If I might know, what are you trying to test actually?"
Side note, the Danmaku barrage is still going strong and its quantity is getting bigger and bigger by the second.
"It's actually nothing special, it's just 'How much can you endure before you break' test." she said nonchalantly.
Goose bump immediately appear after I heard her word.
'…Is thinking about winning against Yukari a mistake?' With that final negative thought, I start focusing more in defending.
More Gaps opened up, more Danmaku got redirected, my vision slowly filled with red, slowly from prickling feeling for redirecting a few of Danmaku to constant tight pressure to the whole body from repelling hundreds of Danmaku per second that were aimed at my being.
It feels like an hour but in actuality it was only a few minutes has passed, it was mentally taxing.
"Good job enduring so far. This is the last one because this is the heaviest object that I possess."
I taste fresh breath of air going in to my nose after hearing her word. Apparently I forgot to breathe at some point.
No more red in my vision, but there's a really big Gap in its place instead.
*WOOOOOOONNNGGGGGGG*
I hear a loud horn from inside the Gap.
I could see two 'eyes' shining brightly far away inside the Gap.
*Teng**Teng**Teng**Teng**Teng*
I hear Sirens noise in my ears.
I look at the source of the noise.
There were Railway Barriers between me, and they are going off ringing and already putting their barrier down. An indication that a Train will be passing soon and the non-existence vehicle should stop from passing the non-existence road.
I see.
That mean this is that thing.
Yukari's iconic attack, maybe not iconic for other people but for me, this attack is what comes to mind when I think about Yukari.
Abandoned Line "Aimless Journey to the Abandoned Station"
'Crashing enemy with a mother fucking train' attack.
I look at the iron beast that's coming toward me.
Some of the Train Glasses are broken, there's no Conductor inside the Train, there are part that are dented at the front side of the Train, normally a Train can't run when those criteria are present, but there it is, it's running inside the Abyss.
I figured that its boundary between moving and not moving has been altered.
It will keep moving forever until the end of time.
And I'm supposed to endure that thing.
"Are you secretly a Masochist, Arah boy? It's really unusual that I saw anyone with your expression when they're about to be run over by a train." said Yukari while standing behind the Railway Barrier.
I'm confused with what she's saying, but then I realized it too after I touch my own face.
I'm smiling.
"Huh, I don't know either, maybe I'm indeed a Masochist."
I lied, I'm actually really happy, as a Touhou Fan I'll feel my favorite attack personally with this body, wait, if I said that way, maybe I really am a Masochist.
"No matter, survive this and you're passes. I expect positive result from this." she said.
I raised my eyebrow.
'…Is that 'expectation' that I'm hearing? Oh no, my biggest weakness, 'Expectation from other people', usually that didn't go well with me.' I thought.
*WOOOOOOONNNGGGGGGG*
The Train once again blare its loud horn.
'Stopping it is impossible, but I could redirect it path. Do I have the ability do it? Doubtful after what I've been through.'
I take out Vitality and Mentality Booster Pill from my pouch and ate it.
'When in doubt, always take drug. Don't do this at home, kids!!'
"COME ON!" I shouted.
And the Train comes.
'TAI-CHI MOTHER FUCKER!!' I scream inwardly.
Just like when Flandre charging toward me, I redirect it charge by making it taking a leap over my head. But also, unlike Flandre, it's a Train. it has a really long body.
"Guh, h-heavy…" I endure the weight as it passing over my head.
…
"!!"
This is bad! It's trying to fix its original position! Now it's pushing me really hard into the ground!
"UOOOOOOO!!" I'm giving my all.
By the end of it, I lying face down into the earth.
"Uuuugghh…" I groan tiredly. 'I think I'm the first Human that stood in front of a Train that has other intention beside suicide.' I thought.
"I guess that was a good enough result. Keep it that way and we won't have any problem."
I move my head to look at Yukari.
"Now, as I promise, I'll tell the clue to you. Her old name is Shuten Douji, now you should know the rest if you do your research. That's all. Sleep well, Arah boy." She bid her farewell while smiling before disappearing into her Gap.
….
….Huh?
Shuten Douji?
Huh??
'Her old name is Shuten Douji'? Who have an old name of that Sake Demon?
…
…Sake Demon…Someone who really likes drinking Sake…Sake…Drinking Sake sometimes associated with Sake Gourd…Sake Gourd…A character that have a Sake Gourd… Ibuki Suika.
…
In the History, Shuten Douji was killed by the original owner of Doujigiri Yasutsuna, the sword that I possess right now.
…
Waitwaitwaitwaitwait, it must be a coincident, how about another one of the Douji?
Ibaraki Douji.
…Ibaraki…Ibaraki Kasen…Both of them got their arm chopped off/missing…in the History, she also got killed by the original owner of Doujigiri Yasutsuna.
...
…Am I actually dooming myself from the start when I got the Sword?
…
Days passed and finally, the Feast Day arrived.
Author Note:
Ugh, just tell me what you guys think about the chapter. I roll my head upside down to come up with the wording. I also listening to Yukari's TH 15.5 themes when I'm writing this chapter.
About Suika being Shuten Douji, in wiki, it said that Suika name origin is from Mt. Suika, the name of the mountain where Shuten Douji lived in/comes from. I also just noticed this stuff when I'm researching for story material.
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