My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Looking back at Kaguya who was lying on his back, Shang Yang shook his head helplessly, turned back and continued walking forward.

It's almost noon, so I'll go for a walk around Akihabara in Edo with Kaguya first, and then meet up with Ai, Shana, Jue, and Renlian, who are also in the central area of ​​Edo, to find a place to have lunch in the city center of Edo.

Shang Yang, who had made up his mind and was about to speed up his pace again, suddenly heard a lazy girl's voice coming from behind him.

"Shang Yang, how long have you and I known each other?"

"Hundreds of years."

After hearing the lazy girl's voice and casual answer, Shang Yang turned around and asked with some surprise.

"Princess, you're not asleep yet?"

"Of course I didn't sleep. I just felt a little noisy from the traffic, and I felt a little agitated, so I lay down to calm down."

Hearing Shang Yang's question, Kaguya answered casually. Then, Her Royal Highness the Princess paused for a moment before muttering to herself.

"Well, this time it feels more like..."

"What does it feel like?"

Hearing Kaguya's mumbling, Shang Yang turned around and asked again in confusion.

"What's going on, Princess?"

"Ah...nothing."

Hearing Shang Yang's words, Kaguya casually waved her fair hand, a mysterious smile flashed across her beautiful face, and she asked softly.

"Speaking of which, Shang Yang, it's really strange. Although the hundreds of years I've lived in the human world on Earth are not much different from the years I spent in the Moon City on the Moon Sea, judging from my own subjective feelings, I always feel as if I have lived in the human world on Earth for thousands of years."

"Perhaps it's because, compared to the Moon City where life remains unchanged, the hundreds of years in the human world are changing every minute and every second. For someone like you, Kaguya, who is used to perpetual change, it naturally feels like a long time has passed."

After thinking for a while and responding subjectively to Kaguya's sentiment, Shang Yang paused and asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, Kaguya, why are you suddenly so artistic?"

"...My dear husband, please don't ruin my mood at this time..."

Hearing Shang Yang's confused question that seemed to be out of touch with the world, Kaguya rolled her eyes at Shang Yang in dissatisfaction, and then Her Royal Highness the Princess laughed triumphantly.

"Then, in that case, my decision to take the Penglai medicine when I was still in the Moon City was probably the most correct decision I have ever made."

"I think so too."

Hearing Kaguya's sigh, Shang Yang nodded in agreement.

"The environment of the Moon City is so depressing. Growing up in that environment, you, Kaguya, are still able to make decisions that others find difficult to understand. I really admire you, Princess."

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment."

Hearing Shang Yang's obvious compliment, Kaguya accepted it happily without caring, and looked into Shang Yang's eyes, who had turned his head to the side. Then, she smiled playfully and said to the princess who was in a good mood.

"However, I could never have imagined the 'change' I'm experiencing now."

“…Ah, I almost forgot.”

Having said that, Kaguya paused again, and the princess's tone seemed to become somewhat relaxed and light-hearted.

"Shang Yang, there's one more thing I haven't told you yet. I heard from Jue and Shana that during the fight in the Moon City, you fulfilled your promise to me. Not only did you pass on the message to Eirin, but you also performed a Void Rising Dragon Fist just as Mother did... Well, to be honest, I'm really touched. I didn't expect that under those circumstances, you still remembered these two promises and fulfilled them both."

"Come to think of it, it seems that, like Jue, I am increasingly unable to repay the debt of friendship I owe you. Moreover, judging from the current situation, simply handing myself over to you is still a little insufficient."

At this point, Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Bamboo Cutter seemed to feel very embarrassed. She raised her slender white index finger, pressed it against her soft cherry lips, and chuckled softly.

"So, I decided that I should thank you properly."

Leaning forward slightly, Kaguya leaned close to Shang Yang's ear and spoke in a soft tone that was completely different from usual, as if she was a little shy, and slightly opened her cherry lips.

"Shang Yang, thank you for always protecting me."

Volume 4: Edo Chronicles: Chapter 183: Akihabara

"There's no need to worry about that."

Hearing the princess's unusually gentle tone, Shang Yang breathed a sigh of relief and spoke in a nonchalant voice to comfort her.

"It's not a big deal, but, Princess, do you really have to let me carry you on my back before you'll speak properly?"

"Because it feels a little wrong to say this to you."

Hearing Shang Yang's question, Kaguya, who was lying on his back, giggled triumphantly.

"Being carried on my back will make you feel much more relaxed, and it will be easier to say important words. Besides, for you, Shang Yang, being able to have close contact with me is also a good thing."

"...This is a somewhat tiring intimate contact."

Hearing this, Shang Yang sighed again obviously, turned around, half-opened his eyes, and asked a question casually.

"Well... we've finished talking. It's almost noon now. Shana told me that they would also be in Akihabara. So, how about you and I go shopping in Akihabara first, and then meet up with Ai, Shana, Jue, Lianlian, and the others to have lunch together?"

"Okay, then, please speed up a little bit, Shang Yang~"

After listening to Shang Yang's suggestion, Kaguya nodded, and then the playful princess smiled happily, straightened her body, raised her hands high like an excited child, and gave strange instructions with great joy.

"Pilot Kaguya Horaiyama, ready for battle! Shangyang-type Gangdamu! Move out!"

"...Who is Gangdamu?"

Edo, Akihabara.

Unlike Akihabara Street in Tokyo, Japan in other worlds, which has developed over decades, Akihabara Street in Edo in the Gintama world is an electronics street that has rapidly risen in the past ten years since the invasion of the Celestial Beings and a large number of advanced electronic products poured into Edo.

Moreover, due to the impact of modern culture from aliens from various planets in the universe, Japan's ACGN (Animation, Comic, Game, Novel) culture, which was originally expected to gradually rise hundreds of years later, has also grown rapidly in this decade.

After entering Akihabara, Shang Yang and Kaguya felt that the streets inside and outside Akihabara were completely two different worlds.

Various animation advertisements and electronic product advertisements are posted on almost every corner of the street. Shop owners stand outside their doors, using loudspeakers to loudly invite customers to visit their stores.

Moreover, it is not just humans. Many aliens from various planets - the celestial beings - have also opened shops on this bustling street. They hold loud speakers in their hands and call on passers-by to have a look at the unique electronic products from various planets in their shops.

The noisy clamor makes this street very lively. Even though it is not a weekend, the tourists and otakus wandering around the streets of Akihabara still make this electrical street seem extremely noisy and lively.

"Oh~ It's really lively."

Standing at the entrance of Akihabara's electronics street, a young man with gray hair looks very fashionable. He holds the soft hand of the beautiful princess beside him, and looks at the tourists and otakus coming and going around him, sighing with emotion.

“It really has a strong atmosphere of otaku culture…”

“…Ugh, it’s really a grand festival.”

Looking at the tourists and otakus coming and going with smiles on their faces, Kaguya jumped off Shangyang's back, stepped on the ground, and felt extremely happy with Shangyang holding her soft hand.

"Shangyang, I like it here very much!"

Although the princess has been exposed to ACGN culture, she has never had the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the holy land. She has longed to visit the holy land of Akihabara.

Although it is not Akihabara in modern Tokyo, Japan in that other world, in this Gintama world, although the exact time is still the mid-nineteenth century in the history of this world, due to the invasion of the Celestial Beings and the founding of the shogunate, the Celestial Beings who poured in from various planets in the universe have long since transformed Edo into an ultra-modern city that is more developed than the modern Tokyo hundreds of years later in history.

The Akihabara that now appeared before Shang Yang and Kaguya was in no way inferior to the modern Akihabara. In fact, because of the participation of celestial beings from various planets, the variety of electronic products was also extremely wide.

Mysterious voice: "Ah~! It's Brother Shangyang and Sister Huiye~!"

Shang Yang was about to say something when he heard the happy girl's voice suddenly sounded behind him and Kaguya. Shang Yang and Kaguya turned around subconsciously at the same time.

The first thing that caught Shang Yang and Hui Ye's eyes was the lovely Lianlian, a girl with light green hair who was not far away. After seeing them, she cheered happily and pulled her sister to run towards them.

Miss Jue, who was originally carrying a few shopping bags in one hand and holding Lianlian with the other, was directly pulled by Lianlian and started running together.

Caught off guard, Jue staggered and almost fell down as his sister pulled him. After stabilizing himself, he complained softly in frustration.

"Lian, Lianlian, run slower~!"

Although the flow of people in Akihabara's electronics street was extremely large, Lianlian herself acted without thinking and subconsciously, but she also pulled up Jue with one hand, and deftly squeezed into the crowd. Soon, she dragged Jue and trotted all the way to Shangyang and Kaguya.

"Well, Lianlian, don't be so anxious."

Seeing his sister running over and being touched on the head by Kaguya, with an expression of enjoyment on her face, Jue complained a little, then greeted Kaguya and nodded to Shang Yang as a greeting.

Then, Jue pushed the paper bags in his hand into Shang Yang's hands without any hesitation, indicating that Shang Yang should help him carry the things.

"Inside are some interesting things I just bought casually. They are not of much use. Shang Yang, please help me get them first."

"It looks like you've almost finished shopping."

Shang Yang took the paper bag handed to him by Jue and asked casually.

"By the way, where are Ai and Shana?"

"It will be here soon."

Hearing Shang Yang's question, Jue also answered casually.

"Speaking of which, it's almost noon. Shangyang, Huiye, do you want to go have lunch?"

"I'd rather walk around here first."

Hearing what Jue said, Kaguya, who was playing with Renren, felt a little sorry.

"If I don't go shopping in Akihabara first, I don't think I can eat in peace."

"Princess, please be patient for a moment."

Hearing this, Shang Yang rubbed his hair and advised calmly.

"If you can't sit still to eat lunch, then we'll eat first and you watch."

"...My Lord, what kind of torture is this?"

Upon hearing the young man's extremely rude suggestion, Her Royal Highness the Princess glared at him in dissatisfaction and waved her white little fist in a protest.

"It's wrong to mistreat your lovely wife."

"...You two, stop bickering here."

Seeing the looks of Shang Yang and Kaguya, Jue shook her head helplessly, raised her hands, grabbed Lianlian and Shang Yang's hands respectively, and dragged them towards the direction where she and Lianlian had just come from.

"Let's meet up with Ai and Shana first. After we eat, we can go wander around. Shangyang, pull Kaguya over."

Volume 4: Edo Chronicles: Chapter 184: Daily Life in Edo

"That's fine, let's find a restaurant for lunch first."

Hearing Jue's words, Shang Yang agreed and grabbed Kaguya's hand with his other hand. He followed Jue through the crowd and walked in the direction where Ai and Lianlian had come from.

After walking a short distance, Shang Yang saw Ai and Shana standing on the sidewalk in front of them, also holding paper bags, apparently waiting for them.

Ai and Shana, who were standing on the sidewalk whispering something when they saw Shang Yang, Kaguya, and the Gu Mingdi sisters coming over, also came over with paper bags in their hands.

Of course, after casually greeting each other, Aihe Shana pushed the paper bag in her hand to Shang Yang without hesitation.

This is also normal...

Although in a place like Akihabara, the combination of a handsome young man like Shang Yang and Ai, Jue, Lianlian, Kaguya, and Shana and five beautiful girls should attract a lot of attention, firstly, the girls have carefully arranged spells for themselves that will not attract too much attention from passers-by, and secondly, the appearance of the sisters Jue and Lianlian is also regarded by most ordinary humans passing by as celestial beings from an unknown planet. Therefore, no passers-by pay too much attention to Shang Yang and the five girls.

After casually telling Ai, Jue, Lianlian and Shana that he and Kaguya had visited Jirocho Nisui, one of the Four Kings of Kabukicho, Shangyang and the girls walked into a nicely decorated ramen restaurant to start solving their lunch problem.

After lunch, Shang Yang spent the whole afternoon strolling around Akihabara with Ai, Kaguya, Jue, Shana and Lianlian.

It was not until the sun was about to set that the young men and girls, who had had a lot of fun, slowly returned to their residence in this world, the "Shangya" in Kabukicho.

Dozens of uneventful days passed.

Since settling in Kabukicho, Shangyang, as well as Ai, Kaguya and other girls, have basically visited various scenic spots in Edo from time to time, and have a good look at this emerging space route port city where modern and ancient atmospheres coexist.

The girls who have been living in the ancient world of "Gensokyo" are very interested in the ultra-modern city of Edo.

It is worth mentioning that most of the commission money that Shang Yang paid to the Yorozuya trio that day was lost by Gintoki in a small steel ball shop on the same day.

Although Gintoki himself wanted to rely on his boasted gambling skills to increase the income of the Yorozuya, it must be said that the gambling luck of a certain Tennenjuan and a certain useless uncle Hasegawa Taizo was basically at the negative level. It was basically impossible for the two of them to make up for their losses in gambling and win some money back...

After learning that their boss Gintoki had lost most of the commission money they had finally obtained, Shinpachi and Kagura were furious. They teamed up to beat Gintoki up and then confiscated the remaining part of the commission money...

Of course, during these dozens of days, Shangyang, Ai, Kaguya and other girls would almost always go to the Tose Granny Tavern across the street for dinner every night.

Almost every night, Shang Yang, Ai, Kaguya and other girls would run into Sakata Gintoki who came to drink and eat, as well as Shimura Shinpachi who looked helpless.

Granny Tose is an extremely kind landlord. Although every time she sees Gintoki, she complains that Gintoki has not paid the rent for a long time, in the eyes of girls such as Shangyang, Ai, and Kaguya, Granny Tose is just using this method to urge the Yorozuya trio to work hard and not be too idle.

As for every time Gintoki came to drink and brought Kagura to eat, there would always be food and wine prepared by Granny Tose for Catherine (Note: a store clerk hired by Granny Tose, a former interstellar thief, a character who devastatingly subverted the cute point of cat ears) for the three people from the Yorozuya.

Because of the two previous commissions, the three people from the Yorozuya were very enthusiastic about Shang Yang, Ai, Kaguya and other girls. If Shang Yang was free, he would go to the mini-slot machine shop with Gintoki to play a few games.