The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

After the unforgettable trip, the first thing Shi Bai did was to send Ri Luoyuan back to the Monster Mountain.

Then, at this moment, Shi Bai discovered that, at some unknown time, the entire Yokai Mountain was filled with malicious news about him abducting the Tenma from the Tengu clan, and there were even rumors that the two of them had broken through all obstacles to elope for love... During the days that Ri Luoyuan Ban had inexplicably disappeared on Yokai Mountain, the entire Yokai Mountain was in complete chaos.

Fortunately, with the return of Hirain Hana, the chaos was quickly contained, but the subsequent effects are still unfolding.

"Lord Heavenly Demon, you're finally back!!"

The Great Tengu, who had rushed over, looked at the finally returning Hiragain, a powerful demon, and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion, his eyes welling up with tears.

"...Yi, what's going on with these newspapers?"

With a rather strange expression, she pushed the few newspapers that had been published in the days she was away onto the table in front of the Great Tengu. Inexplicably, Hirain Hana recalled some words that someone had once said to her.

It seems that almost everyone in the entire Demon Mountain refers to themselves as the Heavenly Demon, even Tsubasa does...

"Uh... I originally wanted to do everything I could to keep the fact that you, Lord Heavenly Demon, were leaving temporarily a secret..."

While muttering to himself, the Great Tengu glanced at Hirain Hana out of the corner of his eye, seemingly searching for something.

"...But somehow, news of your departure, Lord Heavenly Demon, leaked out. Somehow, the reporters found out about this and even published it in the newspapers. By the time I found out, it was too late... Lord Heavenly Demon, can you tell me where you've been these past few days?"

"It's just a normal trip... What are you thinking?"

Seeing through Ōtengu's thoughts at a glance, Hirain Hana's eyes twitched slightly, but he showed no sign of anger.

"It's just a trip..."

The Great Tengu's words carried a hint of unconcealed disappointment.

Hirain Baku: "..."

"...You're in charge of handling this kind of thing. Those reporters who make up fake news to deceive readers, revoke all their press cards and send them all to the back mountain to farm for a month."

After a moment of silence, Hirain Baku gave his orders.

"Yes, Lord Heavenly Demon, are all the reporters included?"

The Great Tengu obediently picked up the newspapers that had been pushed towards him.

"Keep this one... By the way, how many newspapers are there on Monster Mountain right now?"

After leaving behind the newspaper about eloping for love, and glancing at the name "Shameimaru Aya" recorded by the reporter on the small newspaper, Hirain Hana thoughtfully raised his head and asked the Great Tengu in front of him.

There are fifteen in total.

After a moment's thought, the Great Tengu quickly gave his answer.

"Because only Youkai Mountain has the technology to photocopy newspapers, almost all the newspapers in Gensokyo are currently concentrated on Youkai Mountain. Of these fifteen newspapers, ten are run by the Tengu clan, and the other five are run by other youkai races."

"So many... There are too many newspapers. Let's cut some down to three... no more than two."

With a slight frown, Hirain Hana tapped the table with his finger.

"Lord Demon?"

After hearing what Hirain-Ban said, Ōtengu seemed a little taken aback.

"However, this could very likely provoke a strong backlash from those newspapers, and might even lead to..."

"Then let's hold a competition, and let everyone in Gensokyo decide which newspaper will remain in the end, based on the number of newspapers sold."

Interrupting Ōtengu's words, Hirān Bō spoke calmly.

Aside from the presence of certain people, she always exudes an air of authority in front of others.

"Some newspapers produce news that is too boring and too sloppy. In the long run, this will damage the credibility of newspapers and undermine the original purpose of the newspaper industry. It is necessary to appropriately delete some newspapers of varying quality."

"I understand."

After a slight pause, the Great Tengu quickly nodded.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but ever since the Heavenly Demon Lord returned, she felt that there had been some subtle changes in him that she couldn't quite put her finger on.

"The time limit is one year. Within this year, each of the fifteen newspapers is only allowed to publish twelve issues, one issue per month. After the year ends, the total sales will be tallied, and then the final winner will be selected."

Hirain Hana naturally had no idea what the Great Tengu was thinking, and instead said everything she wanted to say according to her own thoughts.

"It's October now. The competition will start in January next year and end in December of the year after. Cheating in any form is strictly prohibited during the competition. Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified... Tsubasa, you'll have Nose-Taka Tengu and the others handle these matters. Make sure there are no mistakes, understand?"

The Great Tengu nodded solemnly.

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There are three fairy mountains overseas: Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.

After sending Riluoyuan back to the Demon Mountain, Shi Bai rushed to Penglai without stopping. However, he encountered something that left him speechless.

—A month ago, Huo Qing'e took Xiao Hong Meiling to the Western world.

"So what kind of mess is this? It's just a one-month time difference... Wait, what was I doing a month ago?"

His lips twitched slightly. After glancing at the vast and boundless sea in the distance, Shi Bai hesitated for a while before finally giving up the idea of ​​going to find Huo Qing'e and Xiao Hong Meiling.

"Well, children and grandchildren have their own lives to live. Let them do what they want as soon as possible. Anyway, there's basically no danger in the Western world anymore..."

Xiao Hongmei is, in a sense, his daughter, and Huo Qing'e is his student. The saying goes, "A teacher for a day is a father for life," so the saying that children and grandchildren have their own blessings is not wrong. Shi Bai is quite meticulous.

Slightly rubbing his forehead with a headache, Shi Bai pulled out the teleportation gun, closed his eyes, and fired a shot at his feet with a look of resignation.

—In an instant, the world spun around.

With that familiar feeling of extreme dizziness rushing to his head, Shi Bai felt as if he had fallen into the water through a portal.

For some unknown reason, an intense killing intent surged around him in an instant, only to vanish in the next second.

Immediately following, a rather strange yet familiar voice rang in his ears.

"Tell me honestly, was it unintentional or intentional?"

Is this voice...?

Slightly frowning and pressing his forehead with one hand, Shi Bai, who was in a state of extreme dizziness, barely opened his eyes.

Then, when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he was immediately dumbfounded.

With large areas of her fair and delicate skin exposed, and wearing only a bath towel, Shen Qi was glaring at him with considerable annoyance.

"I had finally finished dealing with a lot of things and was looking forward to relaxing a bit and taking a shower. I was wondering when you and Alice would be back when you suddenly appeared in front of me in this strange way..."

"What, you really want to take a bath with me?"

P.S.: Good morning!

Chapter 11 Shinki: How come you're so skilled at this?!

The Demon Realm, the Palace of Ten Thousand Demons.

"So your teleportation gun malfunctioned again for some reason, and ended up teleporting me to where I was taking a shower?"

Beneath the long pavilion, flowers bloom and willows turn green.

Sitting on the railing of the pavilion, swinging her legs, she looked at the person in front of her who was covering his forehead with his hand and leaning against the railing. Shen Qi, who was only wearing a bathrobe, had a half-smile on her face.

"What, do you think I'd believe that?"

"Otherwise, why would I stoop so low as to peep at you while you're showering? No, this isn't just about whether or not you're showering; it's something far worse..."

Shi Bai pressed his forehead with a headache.

"I knew Rick was up to no good. He was so quick to throw the teleportation gun at me... He must have put some kind of hidden feature on it."

"Alright, since you're trying so hard to make excuses, I'll believe you this once."

She glanced at someone, and Shen Qi's words carried a hint of languor.

"What, you've already returned from the Western world? Where are Alice and the others?"

"It's not an excuse... Fine, think what you want."

With a sigh, Shi Bai gave a brief account of Alice's and the succubus's situation, as well as his own actions in the Western world, using the most concise language possible.

"...That's about it for now. Alice and the others will probably be back in a while, but the Western world is safe now, so you don't need to worry too much."

"Hmm... So what are you planning to do now that you're back?"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Qi asked Shi Bai with great interest.

"How about we consider moving to the Demon Realm? Since the succubus and Alice left, the Demon Palace feels strangely deserted."

"Me? I live in Gensokyo now. Living in the Demon World is out of the question. But I probably won't need to travel all over the world anymore. If I have time, I'll come and have a drink with you."

Shi Bai tapped his forehead hard with his fingers and replied.

"By the way, do you have any spare rooms? Could I borrow one? I've used the teleportation gun too many times these past few days, and I still feel a bit dizzy..."

"I never thought someone like you would get dizzy from teleportation... Oh well, even if you lived here in the Demon Realm, I probably wouldn't have much free time because I'm busy with all sorts of official business every day."

After staring at the person in front of her with half-closed eyes for a moment with a great deal of curiosity, Shenqi stood up from the railing.

"I have some things to take care of here, so let Yumeko take you to your room... Tsk, really, you've interrupted my precious relaxing bath time..."

"The most important thing in life is to be happy. There's no need to put so much pressure on yourself... How come after all these years, you're still in this state of working at full capacity?"

With both eyes closed, enduring the dizziness that kept surging in his mind, Shi Bai spoke with a hint of exasperation.

"Those in positions of power are meant to accomplish great things. Have you ever seen a boss who spends all day dealing with trivial matters? Being micromanaging and micromanaging is not suitable for you. As the god of the demon realm, the ruler of a realm, you must learn to delegate your work to your subordinates. You only need to be responsible for grasping the general direction. In war, have you ever seen a general who charges to the front like a common soldier?"

"……Well?"

Turning her head, Shen Qi looked towards Shi Bai.

"In matters like this, you should learn from your sister. Don't be fooled by the fact that Tsukiyomi is the Queen of the Moon Capital; her daily work is much easier than yours because she delegates most of it to her subordinates. And you? Instead of creating subordinates to share your burdens, you've created a personal maid to take care of your daily needs... Who's going to be tired if not you?"

His body slid down to the ground of the pavilion, and Shi Bai simply put his head back on his hand and fell asleep.

"In short, let's try to live life as easily as possible..."

"What's wrong with you? You're clearly the one who has the hardest life, yet you have the nerve to lecture me at length about this kind of thing..."

Looking at the man who had fallen asleep on the ground of the pavilion, after muttering something to herself, Shenqi thought for a moment and then called Mengzi over.

"Lord Shi Bai? How could he..."

Seeing that Shenqi, who should have been taking a bath, was now wearing a bathrobe, and Shibai, who was lying on the ground and had obviously fallen asleep due to exhaustion, Yumeko, who had come here to serve Shenqi after her bath after receiving her notice, was quite stunned.

"Ahem... He accidentally landed at the wrong location, which is why he ended up here by some strange coincidence."

After coughing slightly a few times, Shenqi realized that this matter couldn't be explained in detail, so she simply turned around and walked towards the bath.

"Mengzi, help him back to the guest room to rest."

"........."

After a moment of silence, Mengzi, with a rather strange expression, helped Shi Bai up from the ground, seemingly lost in thought.

"...Guest room? Hmm... Lady Shinki must have misspoke..."

Looking thoughtfully in the direction where Shenqi had left, Mengzi nodded thoughtfully and then helped Shibai directly into the magical bedroom. She then considerately helped him onto the bed and covered him with a blanket.

After doing all this, Mengzi glanced around the room, drew the curtains, lit red candles and incense to help her sleep, and then quietly left the room, closing the door behind her, keeping her good deed hidden.

As if vaguely sensing something, Shi Bai, lying on the bed, frowned slightly and then turned over.

And then.

He had a nightmare that happened a long, long time ago...

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Shi Bai was thinking.

Shi Bai was thinking as soon as he woke up.

Shi Bai has been thinking ever since he transmigrated.

He originally thought that after experiencing the trials of the previous worlds, he would be able to calmly face everything he would encounter in the world he had traveled to again, but he found that he was wrong, and quite wrong at that.

Having survived the Teletubbies, escaped SpongeBob SquarePants, outwitted those pigs that looked like hairdryers, remained expressionless in the world of Lei Feng's stories, and forged a deep friendship with Tom and Jerry...

He endured all of this.

But when he woke up in the forest... he found himself unable to resist.

How should I put it? When he opened his eyes, with a sliver of hope that he might see a human, the first thing that caught his eye was a pair of big, watery eyes. Looking up, he saw a head of glossy black hair topped with a pair of cute cat ears. Looking down, he saw a small, delicate nose, a mouth with a beautiful curve, and... two whiskers that twitched at the corners of his mouth from time to time.

Add to that the jet-black police uniform, and the tiny police cap that seemed completely mismatched with his large head…