My personal opinion on Gensokyo

Everyone born in a stable and peaceful homeland may also have such a future.

Later, after living a life of several decades that was neither too long nor too short, and having made his best efforts to contribute to his hometown, the elderly man, who is now in his twilight years, will spend the last period of his stable and peaceful life in retirement with the company of his wife.

Sometimes, when my wife jokes with me, I recall the imaginary girls I admired in my youth.

Connecting to a more developed network, with trembling fingers, I typed out their past names, gazing at their beautiful faces in the illusory fantasy world, which would always remain the same as when I first saw them and would never age with the passage of time.

The elderly man, who had accomplished many things in his not-so-short decades of life and had not had too many regrets in his life, also smiled with relief and nostalgia.

This is probably the case for everyone born in that stable and peaceful homeland.

It should be so and it should be so.

……

However, an elusive miracle happened to the young man.

Beyond the universe, on the Chaos Sea, the superior beings—the "Eternals"—created a great miracle through their wishes, and chose the young man.

The young man who obtained this great miracle left his birthplace world in accordance with the wishes of the "Eternals", the superior beings in the Chaos Sea outside the universe.

Following the common wishes of the "Eternals" and the will of the Chaos Sea, the young man embarked on a long and distant journey to endless parallel worlds.

Then, the young people who lost their original human bodies, gained immortality, and would never die again arrived in the illusory parallel world where they were born.

Although the young man lost his human body and turned into an immortal inhuman being a thousand years ago, which is a miracle that is hard to find, it can't be said to be without cost.

Human beings, who are tiny and short-lived, are given immortal life. This immortal life, like ink seeping into clear water, will inevitably permeate everything that the young people originally had.

The young man, who was originally a human being, gave up his human body and also gave up some of his innate biological characteristics.

Then, Changsheng's desire for immortality blended unimpeded into the young man's inherent concept of spending twenty years as an ordinary human being.

Some concepts that were not in line with the mentality of longevity were also discarded without any hindrance.

In the unobstructed state of ignorance and unconsciousness, the inherent concepts of young people gradually become pure, and the personality of young people gradually becomes calm and indifferent.

The young man's self gradually collapsed and turned into illusion.

This is the "Calamity of Longevity".

However, after living for a long time in this parallel world that is as illusory as a sweet dream, the young man with gray hair, who is an inhuman being and will never die, has not gradually become indifferent. Instead, he has maintained his pure personality and possessed an "axis in his heart" that will never waver.

The acquaintance and encounter with the girls who existed in his sweet dreams when he was in his hometown world protected the young man's personality, which was gradually becoming difficult to maintain, and once again anchored his self.

Unconsciously, they, who were as beautiful as an illusory and sweet dream, protected the young man's heart.

Therefore, the young man who was ignorant and unconscious, but no longer had the "calamity of immortality", made this decision.

We must protect these beautiful women who are like illusory and sweet dreams.

The girls in the hot spring resort all felt a little sorry for the young man's pure and selfless devotion.

However, only the young man knows that this is not pure and selfless giving.

This is the only reward we can give them for their sweet dreams.

This is the "human being" who has achieved immortality, maintained his self, and will never die again - Shang Yang, the "axis in his heart" that will never waver.

……

Facing the Moon Princess who seemed to be smiling sweetly in front of him but seemed to be hiding a little dissatisfaction with his attitude in recent years, and thinking of the unconcealed feelings of a certain eldest lady of the Gumingdi family that he had read in the living room of the hot spring villa the day before, the young man with gray and messy hair, the owner of the Cloud Courtyard, sighed softly in his heart.

...It's not that hard to accept their feelings.

In fact, Shang Yang was already very satisfied to receive the love of such beautiful women.

Volume 6: Thoughts Across Time and Space: Chapter 419: Toxic Miasma

The young man with gray hair was a little dissatisfied with the princess's teasing and didn't know how to respond. At this time, the young man with gray hair, the master of Yunzhongting, noticed that a poisonous fog was spreading rapidly from the depths of the distant mountains and forests.

This is Naraku's poisonous miasma.

Shang Yang noticed this and didn't care about Kaguya's surprised look. Kaguya's fair and soft hands were still pulling at the collar of his clothes. It happened that Kaguya's body was almost leaning on Shang Yang's arms, so Shang Yang naturally picked up Kaguya in a princess hug and then disappeared in an instant.

Although neither Shang Yang nor Kaguya were worried that Naraku's poisonous miasma would penetrate their bodies, Shang Yang would not stay with Kaguya in a place covered by such poisonous miasma. The poisonous miasma emitted by the decaying remains of monsters had a very unpleasant smell.

Earlier, deep in the forest in the distance.

“…Ahem! Damn it, this guy!”

His back slammed hard into a tree beside him. Inuyasha, who was wearing a crimson fire rat fur coat, looked grim. He looked at the figure in gray and white fur who was still standing not far away, and tightly grasped Tessaiga in his hand.

Inuyasha, who had just stepped forward and swung Tessaiga to chop the hateful and despicable guy in front of him into two pieces, was almost caught off guard and was blocked by an unexpected force. He flew backwards and hit the tree trunk behind him hard.

Because of the collision, Inuyasha, whose injuries had not yet healed, had some bruises at the corners of his mouth.

Moreover, not only that, Inuyasha could feel that, as if due to the contact with that strange power without any warning, his old abdominal wound began to ache inexplicably, and he was even gradually losing consciousness.

"Inu-Inuyasha! Is it okay?!"

Just as Inuyasha gritted his teeth and clenched his Tessaiga tightly, barely standing up again and staring at the figure covered in gray and white fur, Kagome, who was not far away, saw that Inuyasha, whose old injury had not yet healed, was actually at a disadvantage and was knocked down by this tough enemy covered in gray and white fur. She immediately wanted to go to Inuyasha's side out of worry, but was stopped by Grandma Kaede with a serious expression.

"Don't go over there! Kagome!"

Grandma Kaede looked extremely uneasy as she stopped Kagome, who was too worried and wanted to go forward to help Inuyasha up.

"Master, did you see that? That is..."

"what……"

Like Grandma Feng, Master Maitreya had a solemn expression and held the Zen staff tightly in his hand.

"That's miasma! I've never seen such a dense and terrifying miasma!"

Inuyasha didn't see clearly as he advanced and attacked with Tessaiga, but Grandma Kaede and Master Miroku who were not far away saw it clearly.

Just before Inuyasha's Tessaiga blade touched the figure covered in gray-white fur, a dark purple poisonous mist so thick that it became tangible surged out and hit Inuyasha's body hard, knocking him away.

Ordinary miasma is the poisonous mist emitted by the decaying remains of wild beasts in the mountains and forests, but the dark purple and thick poisonous mist just now is obviously more poisonous. It is the poisonous mist emitted by the decaying remains of monsters in the mountains and forests.

If such a poisonous miasma were to infect the body of an ordinary human, it would probably kill the person instantly and kill him or her from the erosion of the poison.

This is also the reason why Grandma Kaede stopped Kagome who was worried about Inuyasha and wanted to go to him. With Inuyasha's tenacious body as a half-demon, he might be able to withstand the erosion of the poisonous miasma, but if the weak Kagome was accidentally eroded by the poison of the miasma, she would probably die directly from the erosion of the poison.

"With such a dense and poisonous miasma, I'm afraid my wind cave will also..."

Staring closely at the figure covered in gray and white fur not far away, Master Miroku's face looked grim, and his right palm ached slightly as he recalled the time when he had fought with Inuyasha's brother Seshomaru and had used his wind point to absorb the most powerful poisonous insects of hell.

"It's just some poisonous miasma! Don't think you can defeat me with these despicable means!"

Inuyasha gritted his teeth and struggled to stand up, tightly grasping Tessaiga.

"Naraku! Your poisonous miasma also requires your own demonic energy to control! Then try this trick!!!"

"Wind injury!!!"

As Inuyasha, with a ferocious look on his face, swung his huge Tessaiga and used the wind wounds formed by slashing at the gaps in the demonic energy, he fiercely rushed towards the figure covered in gray and white fur!

"Tessaiga... what a disgusting sword."

Facing the oncoming hurricane of demonic energy, Naraku, who was wearing the gray-white fur of a baboon monster, commented with disgust.

Tessaiga's Wind Scar was the unique skill of the Inu no Taisho, Toga, hundreds of years ago. It cuts into the gaps in the enemy's demonic energy, disrupting the enemy's demonic energy and ultimately killing the enemy. This was a unique skill developed by the Inu no Taisho, Toga, through years of practice to deal with monsters with powerful demonic energy.

Although Inuyasha's talent in fighting is not strong and his demonic power is very fragile, as a half-demon who is not tolerated by human society and the monster clan, Inuyasha has rich combat experience since his birth more than 200 years ago. He can indeed see through the poisonous miasma of the dark monster in front of him, which also requires the dark monster's own demonic energy to activate.

Inuyasha's judgment was correct. Facing the surging Wind Scar, even though Naraku, who was hiding under the fur of the gray-white baboon monster, had stronger demonic power, he would still be attacked by the Wind Scar in the gaps of his demonic energy and be harmed.

"That's fine..."

Although Naraku, who has the ability to regenerate his body, is not afraid of being injured by the wind, he has no intention of consuming the monster fragments that make up his body.

The dark monster, who was unwilling to fight directly with Inuyasha and others for the time being, jumped up and avoided the Wind Scar that was chasing the gap in the demon energy, hoping to use this to escape from the battle with Inuyasha and others and leave this place.

The goal has been achieved, there is no need to stay any longer.

"Don't try to escape!"

Inuyasha instantly discovered Naraku's intention, and jumped up without hesitation, approaching the figure covered with gray and white fur, and swung down with his five fingers with sharp nails!

"Soul-scattering Iron Claw!!!"

The gray fur was torn apart by sharp fingertips, revealing the figure hidden under the gray fur.

“…It’s really difficult.”

Inuyasha destroyed the fur of the baboon monster that was hiding in hiding. Naraku slowly covered his face with his wide sleeves, urged the demonic energy, and gathered extremely terrifying, thick and poisonous miasma!

"Ugh! Damn it!!!"

The thick and poisonous miasma instantly engulfed Inuyasha in mid-air, spreading rapidly and covering a large area of ​​mountains and forests in an instant!

"Danger! Run away!"

Seeing the thick and poisonous miasma gathering above the mountains and forests, Master Miroku's face changed drastically. He immediately supported the elderly Grandma Kaede, grabbed the worried Kagome and Shippo, and turned around to escape from the range of the poisonous miasma.

PS1: There should be more later, this chapter is from yesterday.

Volume 6: Longing Across Time and Space: Chapter 420: Inuyasha's Life is in Danger

"Inuyasha..."

Before quickly turning around to escape from the range of the poisonous miasma, Kagome, who was worried about Inuyasha, only had time to look sideways at the sky and saw Inuyasha, wearing a crimson fire rat fur coat, in mid-air. His blurry figure was obscured by the thick poisonous miasma and disappeared in the poisonous fog.

The extremely dense dark miasma quickly enveloped an area of ​​several miles in radius. The poisonous fog contained unimaginable toxicity and instantly corrupted all life in the area.

The lush trees and green grass turned into black and rotten matter. The birds and beasts living within the range of the poisonous miasma and being corroded by the poisonous mist of the miasma had their skin turned black and rotten immediately. In a brief moment, all their flesh decayed and turned into black ash, leaving only countless black bones scattered on the equally black and rotten land.

The black-haired man raised his sleeves to cover his face and slowly fell into the thick area of ​​toxic miasma, stepping on the rotten black soil.

"You've fallen into my miasma..."

Observing the extremely thick dark poisonous miasma around him, the dark monster, without the grayish-white baboon monster fur covering his face, was not surprised.

"...This level of suffering should cause the Inu Taisho's second son some hardship, but it shouldn't cost him his life."

Naraku himself is the one who knows best how extremely toxic his miasma is.

Over the past fifty years, he had devoured countless poisonous monsters, their remains decaying within his body, transforming into miasma. He had prepared this toxic miasma to subdue the young lady, born from a single ray of power from the Monster Commander, a woman of his own origin. The toxicity of this miasma surpassed even ordinary monster poisons, reaching a terrifying level capable of corroding and dissolving even the inanimate surface soil.

Even one's own body cannot resist this terrible poisonous miasma. It must be used with extreme caution to avoid being corroded by this terrible poisonous miasma.

Deep in the blurry and thick miasma, a figure who was barely holding on gritted his teeth and slowly raised the Tessaiga in his hand.

"Iron...Tessaiga!"

Deep within the hazy miasma, a dazzling light appeared...

"This is……"

The dark monster was a little stunned when he noticed a dazzling light emerging from the depths of the thick poisonous miasma.

"...Can you still wield that Tessaiga?"

The violently swirling wind wound stirred up the thick and poisonous miasma. The dark monster in the depths of the miasma was somewhat stunned to find that it seemed that it was about to lose control of this horribly poisonous miasma.

"I found a gap in the miasma and used it to cut off its flow..."

Sensing the increasingly uncontrollable miasma and poisonous fog stirred by the hurricane of Wind Wound, the dark monster covered its face and slowly turned and left.

"...that's fine."

Naraku retreated slowly without any regrets. What he had gained this time was enough. There was no need to stay any longer. If he didn't leave, he would probably be attacked by the poisonous miasma.

"Oh, damn it..."

He barely used his remaining strength to unleash a final Wind Wound, gradually dispelling the thick miasma, but he found that the vague figure in the depths of the miasma was gradually disappearing. Inuyasha, already exhausted and half-kneeling on the ground, could only watch helplessly as this intractable and despicable enemy left intact...

"Don't, don't run away, you despicable coward..."

Exhausting his last bit of strength, the silver-haired young dog half-demon collapsed helplessly onto the blackened, corrupted ground...

Deep within the dense and poisonous miasma, a deathly silence gradually descended...

A few minutes later...

"...What an unbearable fellow, actually releasing such a poisonous miasma."

Next to the young dog half-demon with long silver hair who was lying unconscious on the ground and wearing a crimson fire rat fur coat, in the thick miasma that made it difficult to see anything clearly, a blurry figure gradually approached the unconscious Inuyasha.

The Tsukumogami girl in a light-colored kimono bent down and carefully observed the painful face of the unconscious Inuyasha, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.