Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

However, under normal circumstances, both sides will continue to maintain a tacit understanding and continue to cooperate.

Yukari Yakumo: "If we don't say anything, we can indeed maintain our past cooperation."

She needs him, and he needs her, so things just continue like this, which isn't necessarily bad for Yukari Yakumo.

She can even secretly conceal her current discovery and then secretly make her own plans.

After all, Kurokawa Kazuya, who lacked talent in this area of ​​research, really didn't set any restrictions for her.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "But Mary, the way you've laid your cards on the table now, even showing murderous intent, what am I supposed to say?"

He looked at the other person, his expression a mix of helplessness and a hint of sarcasm.

If the other party adopts this attitude, even if the two sides can continue to cooperate, the atmosphere of the cooperation will become extremely absurd.

Some things are like this: they don't weigh four ounces on the scale, but they can weigh a thousand pounds on it.

Yukari Yakumo: "So I was prepared."

The blonde girl shook her head, stood still, and looked at Kurokawa Kazuya in front of her.

The girl's body gradually grew taller, and her figure, which was originally around eighteen years old, transformed into a fuller, more curvaceous shape.

Cracks, covered with eyes, stretched out behind him.

Within the pitch-black, impenetrable cracks, a terrifying color was brewing, and scarlet eyes turned to look at Kurokawa Kazuya.

The blonde girl suddenly had several white parasols in her hands.

She held a parasol in one hand and a folding fan held close to her mouth in the other.

Yukari Yakumo: "Let me reintroduce myself. I am Yukari Yakumo, a nightmare for most humans and yokai, and I am ranked high on the Heian-kyo Onmyo Pavilion's wanted list."

Chapter 103 The Boundary Demon Releases Its Cheating Cards

Like an athlete who has removed the heavy sandbags binding his body, or like a dragon that has been freed from its restraints.

A strong aura of danger emanated from the blonde girl.

Her long, golden hair, reaching her waist, swayed in the air currents.

The purple dress was decorated with a black and white pattern of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.

In Kurokawa Kazuya's eyes, the girl named Meryl has broken free from the limitations of her human identity and has reverted to the form of a yokai.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "The transformation is from a girl to a mature woman, right? This change feels a bit too déjà vu, and the character design feels quite old-fashioned."

He muttered a complaint, but his facial expression remained unchanged.

But at this time, Kurokawa Kazuya had already gathered the power of various magical artifacts in Heian-kyo and concentrated it on himself.

"The Feather Robe that puts itself into an emotionless state" transforms its spirit into a rational state.

The "indestructible samurai sword" gave his body the concept of near indestructibility.

With the support of immense faith, these two concepts, though extremely rudimentary in the eyes of those in the know, possess the power to withstand the destruction of almost any expert through sheer force.

The general feeling is that it takes me 1000 units of effort to create a concept, but you only need 1 unit of effort to unravel my concept, yet I have 1 million units of effort.

Moreover, this 1 million units of power are in a state where they can be replenished immediately as soon as a little is used.

I ask you, do you have 1 million units of force to break through the concept I created with 1 million units of force in one go?

Even if you have it, it won't matter once you break through, because I'm from Penglai and can't die.

And my energy will be replenished very quickly. (A supplement from faith in the real world)

As for you and my friend, you're using all your stored power. Even if you win, it's definitely not worth the cost.

Yukari Yakumo: "So the potential of humanity is truly terrifying. Individuals are bound to their race, and can easily gather the power of everyone into one. Not long ago, you should have been someone who couldn't even kill a chicken."

At this moment, the blonde girl's expression remained unchanged as she observed the changes in Kurokawa and Miya.

Kurokawa Kazuya: "Shall we fight?"

With his mind in a state of complete clarity, Kurokawa Kazuya felt that he was in a very good state.

Yukari Yakumo: "Of course not."

The smiling blonde girl shook her head without hesitation: "I still call you Master, don't I?"

Yukari Yakumo: "Master, are you interested in my power? The power of boundaries, the power to freely change the state of all things, the power to control the boundaries of all things. First, there's the gap..."

With a casual wave of her hand, something like a spatial rift split open beside Yukari Yakumo and Kazuya Kurokawa.

Yukari Yakumo reached her hand into the crack, and another crack opened in the courtyard. Yukari Yakumo's hand emerged from the crack and plucked a blade of grass from the ground.

Yukari Yakumo: "Secondly, there is the ability to invert. Cold and hot, fast and slow, illusion and reality, breaking down the boundaries between opposites, inverting everything."

The warm sunlight waved again, carrying a cool feeling. The swaying trees became phantoms, losing their shadows. The falling leaves, though falling slowly, landed on the ground at an unusually fast speed.

The youkai from the boundary demonstrated the use of its abilities to Kurokawa Kazuya.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

He removed the feather robe that had been suppressing his emotions at this moment.

Kurokawa Kazuya looked at the blonde girl in front of him, who was putting on a show with a fox-like smile.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Merry, are you planning to integrate yourself into this city?"

Given Kurokawa Kazuya's current state, when the blonde girl opposite him asked if he was interested in her power, all he could do was try to integrate into the city.

Yukari Yakumo: "Yes, I can completely integrate half of my power into this city, making it a power that you can summon at will, Master."

"Of course, I will retain the authority to leave. When I leave, all power related to me within the city will naturally dissipate, and I will also permanently lose this power."

The blonde girl spoke with a smile.

It seems that the process of transforming from a human into a demon has caused some changes in her personality.

If Kurokawa Kazuya's perception of Merry was that of a literary girl with a cool, aloof manner, possessing a scholarly air and an air of coldness that kept people at a distance.

Therefore, Yakumo Yukari before her was completely unpredictable, possessing a captivating and provocative quality that seemed both near and far.

Kurokawa Kazuya didn't know if this counted as the other party intentionally revealing their true nature.

But he was certain that his original way of getting along with Merry would need to change when facing Yukari Yakumo.

Yukari Yakumo: "Master, you haven't told us your opinion on my power yet."

The purple Western-style dress with the Bagua symbol in the drawing gives off a unique vibe, and the smiling blonde mature woman looks directly into Kurokawa Kazuya's eyes, her face smiling with a strange charm.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Is it possible that even if you don't deliberately reveal yourself, I'm still planning to help you do what you want to do now? I have no intention of backing out on the new game."

In response to Yukari Yakumo's words, he gave this evaluation.

Yukari Yakumo: "But that help was definitely given with reservations, wasn't it?"

Yukari Yakumo, still smiling, shook her head at Kazuya Kurokawa.

She knew her relationship with Kurokawa Kazuya all too well.

Although it is a collaboration, both sides are quite wary of each other.

Yukari Yakumo: "I want you, Master, to help me wholeheartedly change the current understanding between humans and yokai, so that yokai can completely become part of the human race, or even join them without distinction."

The blonde girl stared intently at the person in front of her and spoke.

Given Yakumo Yukari's suspicious nature, she had always felt that Kurokawa Kazuya was definitely holding back from her.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Emmmm..."

Looking at Yukari Yakumo, who was in a negotiation state, it seemed as if she had never been trusted.

Kurokawa Kazuya's expression was still somewhat strange at this moment.

To be honest, he really didn't hold back when it came to games, after all, he wanted the other person to graduate and independently develop games so they could earn money and faith for him in the modern world.

However, judging from the other party's attitude, they probably won't listen to this at all.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "I remember saying that in my eyes, the difference between monsters and humans is not that big."

Yukari Yakumo: "Master, how many times do you think I, who have survived to this day, have heard such words?"

His face still wore a smile, and to Kurokawa Kazuya, the yokai at this level possessed an unpredictable quality.

Long-lived beings are difficult to move or persuade, especially someone like Yukari Yakumo, who has experienced and witnessed countless partings of life and death.

She has seen family members who stay together, friends who stab each other, and lovers who bite each other.

Yukari Yakumo has seen far too many scenarios where these three terms are interchanged with different adjectives.

They keep saying they treat demons and humans equally.

In the end, some of these people died, some went mad after their loved ones were attacked by monsters, and some suffered a complete mental breakdown and became traitors who turned to monsters.

Words and feelings are the most unreliable things.

What started as sincere and unwavering feelings eventually turn into rotten, decaying flesh under the test of time.

Humans really are the most easily changed creatures.

It seems that as long as you sleep and wake up, your body, inside and out, will be completely different.

This might also be why Yukari Yakumo and Yuyuko get along relatively well; the girl who is about to die is almost destined to remain unchanged.

Because she only has a few short years to live, Yukari Yakumo doesn't need to worry. In the eyes of this long-lived being, the other party quickly becomes someone she doesn't recognize.

And before them stood Kurokawa and Miya...

Yukari Yakumo: "Touching words are only good for fooling young girls. Even if they don't tell me, it's still me..."

The blonde, mature woman shook her head as she looked at Kurokawa Kazuya.

Yukari Yakumo: "Master, your decision to take the Hourai Elixir was actually quite risky. Kaguya Houraisan is just selfishly playing around. In a hundred or a thousand years, when enough time has passed, you will understand that her actions towards you now can even be described as a curse."

At this point, the demon from the realm was not engaging in slander.

She was simply stating what she believed to be the truth.

Having seen too many young girls, I am all too aware of the changes in humanity.

Love turns to hate, hate turns to indifference, and eventually everything becomes an emotion of indifference, drifting in the sky, gradually turning into a living dead wandering the world.

Yukari Yakumo now has absolutely good intentions towards Kazuya Kurokawa; she hopes that Kazuya Kurokawa can live a good life.

After all, finding someone like her in this world, someone who can genuinely help her realize her dreams, would be a very difficult task, perhaps taking an unknown amount of time, or even impossible.

To put it bluntly, right now even if Kurokawa and Yakumo want to die, Yukari Yakumo will tie them up and prevent them from dying.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "There's no need to gossip about me and Kaguya... um, I'll just call you Meryl. I've thought about what's going on between me and Kaguya, so you don't need to worry about it, Meryl."

His relationship with Kaguya Houraisan was a mutually beneficial one; it's hard to say who took advantage of whom.

Not wanting to discuss this further, he nodded to the demon of the realm.

The conversation was then steered back to the point the other person had made.

Kurokawa Kazuya: "Besides, what I said wasn't anything touching. I think you misunderstood what I said at the beginning—that I see yokai and humans as the same. Human cultivation methods to transform into yokai are one aspect, but what's actually more important is..."

"...There's no reproductive isolation between demons and humans, right?"

He expressed his thoughts in a sarcastic tone.

Yukari Yakumo was taken aback by his words: "Reproductive isolation?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "It's because demons and humans can have children. Logically speaking, if they can even have children, then they are the same species. As long as they can live together for a period of time, when they start fighting, it won't be a matter of race at all, but a matter of stance."

Speaking of this, Kurokawa Kazuya himself expressed his feelings with a touch of self-deprecation.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Merry, do you know what I was thinking when I first learned about the relationship between magical artifacts and yokai? I felt like this world was some kind of strange beginning, where you could actually raise your own wife."

There was a strange quality to his tone as he spoke.

The subtle, almost playful emotion conveyed in the conversation left Yukari Yakumo somewhat bewildered.

Before the Boundary Demon could react, she saw Kurokawa Kazuya give her a thumbs up.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "No need to worry. Once yokai integrate into human society, they'll probably become highly sought-after. Actually, after discussing this with you, I've come up with another game idea. You've heard of ship girls... oh wait, I should call them magic weapon girls now."

He watched as the other person nodded earnestly.

Yokai are simple beings; they are not ungrateful beings.

In Heian-kyo, many of the shikigami (spirits) of Onmyoji are actually their past magical artifacts.