The Self-cultivation of the Passerby Male Protagonist

Standing on this empty land, Qigong even gave birth to the horrifying illusion that there were only the two of them left in the world.

"Hi—is anyone there?"

Qigong shouted at the top of her voice, the weather was just right and the sun was shining brightly, but there was an inexplicable coldness in her heart.

I always feel that something is wrong...

Qi Gong shouted as she walked, and Mei Li followed behind her. The two were getting closer to the only convenience store. She seemed to feel that something was popping out of her head, like a ripened fruit. Can't wait to drop.

Mei Li, who was struggling with this strange feeling, came back to her senses and suddenly found that she had arrived at the door of the convenience store, and there was no one inside as expected.

Qigong walked into the convenience store through the automatic door, but Meili saw "herself" in the glass reflection of the door——

The "self" holding a parasol and filled with a disgusting twisted breath...

"Who are you?!"

Chapter 10 Who Am I?

"who I am?"

Yakumo Zi quietly looked at the red torii gate in front of her, blurted out this sentence involuntarily, and when she realized it, a look of astonishment appeared on her face.

"Just now, who were we talking to...?"

She stretched out her hand, just now she had a vague feeling that she couldn't explain clearly, as if there should be something else in the empty place in front of her, something else, something she didn't realize.

Yakumo Zi pressed the bridge of her nose in a funny way. It seems that she has used her brain too much recently and lacked rest, and she has started to hallucinate...

"Master Zi."

Just as Yakumo Zi was immersed in her own world, Yakumo Lan walked forward slowly. She stretched her neck and glanced at Yakumo Zi's empty body, and asked curiously, "Who was Zi-sama talking to just now?"

"Who knows..." Yakumo Zi said lightly, "Maybe it's your illusion, Lan."

"Is that right?"

Lan frowned slightly, but didn't pursue it deeply, because this wasn't Shikigami's work, and they had more important things to do.

"Master Zi, there is a message from Mr. Yayi Yonglin, and the analysis failed."

"Ah, as expected, we didn't place much hope on her anyway, hehe, a guy who doesn't work hard."

"..."

Regarding the problems between Yakumo Zi and Yayi Yonglin, Yakumo Lan wisely chose to keep her mouth shut, as long as she did her job well.

While pondering, Lan took out a pair of round glasses and put them on, and instantly a wise halo covered her body. She handed a thick stack of report papers to Yakumo Zi, and said, "Zi My lord, this is the data from the test just now."

"Let's not read it, Lan, just tell us the answer."

"...failed, whether it is trying to explain it from the technique or relying on calculation power to explore its depth is not feasible." Lan said distressedly: "The 'channel' has never been seen since Wu Yejun passed through it. any changes."

"What about the data Wu Ye-jun collected when he crossed the barrier?"

"The value of the enchantment is changing at any time, and those data cannot be used as materials for calculation."

Lan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and speculated: "Master Zi, I'm afraid it's absurd to say it, but I think, I'm afraid this passage is not as simple as we imagined. There may be other channels between Gensokyo and the outside world. what..."

"Is that so, is it 'Shadow'?"

"Master Zi?"

"Sorry for making you do a lot of useless work, Lan."

Zi's ​​eyes suddenly became deep, and in the pupils reflecting the world, only the red torii gate seemed dark and unclear, with distorted colors all over it.

"There is indeed a special zone between Gensokyo and the outside world, but because it is a 'meaningless' world, we didn't include it in the reference range at first, I didn't expect it to be like this..."

"Special zone, isn't it?"

"Yeah, that's a meaningless world, everything in it is illusory, the only value of that world's existence is as a wedge, as darkness under the light, a false moon on the water, that's—"

……

"This is the world of 'Shadow'."

Standing blankly in front of the opening and closing automatic door, Mei Li suddenly said: "Everything in the real world will be copied here, just like a shadow."

"Huh? Mellie, what are you talking about?"

"This is a 'dead' world, a defective product that exists as the cornerstone of the real world. There is no life, and everything is a 'shadow' of 'meaningless'."

The smile on the corner of Mei Li's mouth seemed to be crying, and in those lifeless eyes, even the last trace of struggle was wiped out. Now she is just mechanically vibrating her vocal cords to make a sound that does not belong to her like a puppet.

"This is a special zone between common sense and common sense. Humans from the outside world cannot enter here because they cannot touch common sense. However, we in Gensokyo cannot enter the world of common sense because we have the power of common sense. The world of 'Shadow' under the foundation."

"Merry?"

"This world, which was originally just floating in the concept, was turned into an obstacle between Gensokyo and the outside world by someone's power. This is the main reason why the passage was blocked."

"Hey, Mellie, you..."

"Because of that person's fantasy, those who can enter there are only those who are separated from the world of common sense, but have the existence of non-sense living in it."

"Merry!"

"In other words, the prisoner who set the seal can only be the guy who exists in that world. That's the best hiding place. I found it, Lan. It's a surprise. Jing and that guy are there. Next, just Let Wu..."