Chapter 222 Hakurei Shrine, The 100,000 Yen Miko
Hakuto was just thinking about how to find Gensokyo, but he never expected that Kaguya would actively come to him, and she wanted to go to Gensokyo with him.
"Wait, let me sort this out. Kaguya, you're saying you found a contract. As long as you go to Gensokyo and find the contract's target, you can form a contract with them, and you also have a map to Gensokyo?"
Hakuto felt that everything seemed too coincidental. So coincidental that Hakuto suspected there was a mastermind behind the scenes pulling the strings.
Hearing Hakuto's words, Kaguya naturally guessed what Hakuto was thinking. But Kaguya understood that this was the reward from the diary. That is to say, the diary was guiding Hakuto to Gensokyo.
Although Kaguya didn't know what the diary's purpose was, would the diary harm Hakuto?
The answer was no.
If the diary wanted to harm Hakuto, it wouldn't have given him so many benefits.
So after discussing with the people in the chat group, Kaguya came to Hakuto to go to Gensokyo together.
Hakuto naturally wouldn't suspect Kaguya. But wasn't this too coincidental? Would Hakuto refuse?
No. Hakuto still decided to go. To go to Gensokyo, and then find Mai, who had been taken away by Yakumo Yukari. Hakuto couldn't bear to watch Mai die.
Not to mention that she had been lost on his watch, but just based on Hakuto's guilt towards Mai, he would never allow anything to happen to her.
Earlier, Hakuto had misunderstood Mai and roasted her daily. So now, Hakuto naturally didn't want anything to happen to her. Therefore, Hakuto decided to rescue Mai.
"Kaguya, how about I go to Gensokyo first to check it out, and if there's no danger, then I'll take you to Gensokyo?"
"Without me, you can't find Gensokyo."
Kaguya was extremely indignant at Hakuto's attempt to abandon her and go to Gensokyo alone.
Seeing Hakuto's expression, Kaguya said to him, "The map is only in my head. If you don't take me with you, then I won't tell you the map."
"Alright, I'll take you with me. Right now, we don't know whether the Spirits in Gensokyo are good or bad. So, just in case, Kaguya, you need to stay close to me and not act on your own. No problem, right?"
"Don't worry. I'm not an idiot. I won't do anything dangerous. You can rest assured about that."
"Then it's a deal."
[I was just looking for Gensokyo, and then Kaguya showed up with the map to Gensokyo. If I didn't absolutely trust that Kaguya wouldn't harm me, I would suspect there was some mastermind behind the scenes.]
[But Gensokyo, although it seems very beautiful, is actually quite terrible for humans. As far as I know, in Gensokyo, humans are at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Humans in Gensokyo exist only to provide fear for the Yokai of Gensokyo. And there are too many powerful Yokai there.]
[Yokai Sage Yakumo Yukari, Flower Field Tyrant Kazami Yuuka, Moon Sage of Eientei Yagokoro Eirin, Moon Princess Houraisan Kaguya, the Four Great Oni Kings of Ooe Mountain, Moriya Shrine's Yasaka Kanako and Moriya Suwako, and the Scarlet Devil Mansion's Remilia Scarlet and Flandre Scarlet.]
[It's fine to watch those beautiful girls from Gensokyo through a screen, casually calling them wives and reading doujinshi. But when you actually have to face them, you might not even have a place to bury your corpse. For example, Yakumo Yukari, Kazami Yuuka, Yagokoro Eirin, Yasaka Kanako are definitely god-level Spirits, or perhaps even beyond gods?]
Seeing the diary Hakuto was recording, Kaguya finally understood what was going on. She also understood why Hakuto didn't want her to set foot in Gensokyo. Gensokyo turned out to be such a terrifying place.
Nevertheless, Kaguya still decided to go to Gensokyo with Hakuto.
Hakuto and Kaguya spent several hours arriving at the easternmost mountains of Shikoku. Here, following the map, they found the Hakurei Shrine.
But the problem was, after finding the Hakurei Shrine, Hakuto and Kaguya couldn't find a way to enter Gensokyo.
"Kaguya, does the map say how to enter Gensokyo?"
Kaguya shook her head.
"The map only shows up to here. There's no other information. Could we have found the wrong place?"
"No, the place probably isn't wrong. We just haven't found the way to enter. Let me try asking the Spirits residing on me."
Hakuto began to communicate with the Spirits in his body. Then he received an answer.
Unless Hakuto could find Yog-Sothoth or Yog-Sothoth's avatar, Aforgomon, otherwise, They couldn't help.
But then Shub-Niggurath told Hakuto that she could summon Yog-Sothoth. However, with Hakuto's current abilities, it would be very difficult to pass Yog-Sothoth's trial and gain Yog-Sothoth's recognition.
However, Shub-Niggurath said that if Hakuto was willing to pay a certain price, she could borrow Yog-Sothoth's power. After all, as a spouse, it wasn't a problem for her to use her spouse's power.
"What price?"
Hakuto immediately asked. The answer he got made even him twitch the corner of his mouth.
'A Manchu-Han Imperial Feast?'
'Wow. Were these old ones already eyeing the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast?'
But could Hakuto refuse? Of course not. He decisively agreed.
Then, a black dot suddenly appeared in the space in front of Hakuto. The black dot rapidly expanded. Then, the black dot formed a gate.
"Go in!"
Hakuto immediately led Kaguya inside. Their vision went dark for a moment, and then Hakuto and Kaguya appeared at another Hakurei Shrine.
Why say it was another? Because this shrine had people in it.
"Who are you? Why did you suddenly appear here?"
Seeing the suddenly appearing Hakuto and Kaguya, a girl wearing a red-and-white Miko outfit with armpit-exposing sleeves asked them.
"Who we are isn't important. What's important is that your name is Hakurei Reimu, right?"
Hakurei Reimu asked in surprise, "How do you know?"
