Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

She extended her hands, and three orbs of light floated in front of her, one after another.

Within each orb, a figure vaguely appeared.

"Are you missing this golden Alice, or this silver Alice?"

The first two lights vanished.

Alice statues crafted from gold and silver appeared before their eyes.

Chu Bai slowly shook his head:

"Neither. We are searching for the princess Alice of the demon world."

Yata-dera Narumi suddenly understood:

"I see, so you're looking for..."

"...Corpse Alice!"

The third orb disappeared.

The corpse of the young girl inside floated out.

Alice lay flat on the ground, her face pale, devoid of any signs of life.

Marisa's pupils shrank, and she rushed over to check the situation.

Chu Bai, however, wore a thoughtful expression.

"Magician, seeing your companion's corpse, you don't seem sad at all?"

Yata-dera Narumi's voice remained monotonous.

Chu Bai nodded, pointing at Alice's finger and saying:

"That's right, because this is not my companion's corpse."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because when we first arrived here, Alice was wearing a bracelet on her hand."

Chu Bai slowly said:

"That bracelet was slightly tight, so when she died unexpectedly and blood stopped flowing, there would definitely be a faint mark on the wrist of the corpse."

"But this corpse's wrist has nothing, clearly she is not the real Alice."

Yata-dera Narumi shook her head:

"Unfortunately, it's just that the sleeves were covering it. In fact, there is indeed a bracelet mark on her hand."

A breeze blew past.

The sleeve on Alice's wrist was gently lifted, revealing the faint bracelet mark inside.

But Chu Bai suddenly laughed:

"Oh, it's really there?"

"Then I apologize, because those words just now were made up on the spot."

"...Eh?"

Not to mention Yata-dera Narumi, even Marisa was stunned.

Only Chu Bai's eyes shone with a light of wisdom:

"Alice once said that she doesn't have the habit of wearing jewelry, so it's normal for there to be no marks on her wrist."

"You were tricked by me, Miss Yata-dera Narumi."

Hearing this, Yata-dera Narumi's expression gradually twisted.

Her mouth gradually opened, even exaggeratingly splitting to the lobes of her ears.

"Discovered...discovered discovered discovered discovered discovered discovered discovered discovered..."

"Gagya hee hee hee hee hee hee... such a clever magician... if I could eat you, I could definitely become as smart as you, and receive as much attention..."

Before the muttering could end.

She suddenly opened her bloody mouth and pounced towards Marisa, who was closest to her.

But Chu Bai reacted even faster.

He raised his hand and unleashed a torrent of elemental energy, and the violent magic immediately tore her to pieces.

Marisa looked lost:

"So, little Alice isn't dead?"

"Don't worry, Marisa."

Chu Bai comforted:

"She has runestones on her body, just like you. As long as the light of the runes hasn't gone out, it means she's still alive and well."

"That's great..."

Before Marisa could finish her sigh of relief, an arm suddenly grabbed her ankle.

Marisa hurriedly looked down and saw Yata-dera Narumi's severed hand firmly grasping her.

"Smart people, stay here with me..."

The ground suddenly began to shake.

Huge cracks extended under Marisa's feet.

Chu Bai was just about to go and rescue her when Yata-dera Narumi's severed limbs floated up again and blocked Chu Bai's path.

Although Chu Bai blasted them to pieces with one punch, this moment of delay changed Marisa's fate.

"Chu... Chu Bai!"

A panicked voice rang out.

Countless girls' arms suddenly stretched out from the cracks, tightly pulling at Marisa's body and limbs.

The witch's pointed hat was torn, and the mini Hakkero also fell.

In a rush, Marisa only had time to reach out her hand:

"Chu Bai—save—"

Crack!

The moment Marisa was dragged into the ground, the gap immediately closed.

The immense pressure instantly destroyed the girl's body. Without even uttering her last words, Marisa was crushed to death!

"...Eh? Marisa?"

The sudden turn of events left Chu Bai stunned in place, as if he hadn't come back to his senses.

It wasn't until the runestone in his arms suddenly shattered and scarlet blood surged from the ground.

The news of Marisa's death struck his brain like a heavy hammer.

And immediately after, the other runestone symbolizing Alice's survival also made a crisp sound.

Then, it too was completely shattered into powder.

"Marisa... Alice..."

Chu Bai murmured the names of the two girls he loved, his dark pupils trembling slightly, completely unable to accept such an ending.

Until a certain moment, he suddenly held his head and let out a completely broken cry.

With the death of his two beloveds, his will had been completely destroyed.

He turned into a walking corpse, wandering aimlessly in the various corners of the bizarre Gensokyo...

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The story of Gensokyo comes to an end here.

Although the ending may not be perfect, that's life.

A little regret may better reflect the beauty of the world.

So that's it, thank you for your support all this time.

Perhaps in other stories, we can still meet again...

...

...

"...a similar ending to this is what you wanted to see?"

Chu Bai suddenly changed his expression.

He casually threw away the mysterious sign filled with his ending and looked up at the sky.

His almost collapsed expression returned to normal in an instant.

His hoarse voice also turned back into an elegant and magnetic one.

"I'm sorry, I've already seen through all your tricks."

"So, can these meaningless tests stop now?"

He received no response.

The gray sky was still filled with a strange aura.

Seeing this, Chu Bai smiled helplessly and held up two fingers to the sky:

"Doubt one: Marisa isn't such an impulsive person. Nor would she have such an OOC personality."

"After all, I am her master. While imparting her magical skills, I also taught her a lot about dealing with people and fighting."

"If she were to encounter only a few strange phenomena, she would be so flustered."

"Then she wouldn't be the dashing and carefree black-and-white thief, nor would she make me feel so d... cough..."

"So, this Marisa beside me is fake. At the moment Alice disappeared, the real Marisa probably disappeared as well and was replaced by an imposter."

After pausing for a moment.

Chu Bai continued:

"As for doubt two... I'm sorry, I lied to you again."

"Runestones do have the function of detecting the aura of life. But when its host dies, the stone will not shatter, but will light up with a dazzling red light."

"The shattering of the stone corresponds to its small bomb function, and even if Alice really used this function, my stone wouldn't shatter, but would light up with a blue light to remind me of encountering a strong enemy."

Chu Bai said with a smile:

"How is it, this thing is quite smart, right? I developed it myself, you know?"

The gray sky still had no response, as if Chu Bai had been talking to himself from beginning to end.

This time Chu Bai was helpless.

He could only spread his hands, then took out the runestone responsible for contacting Sakuya and input some magic power.

The next moment, Sakuya's figure appeared before his eyes.

"Mr. Chu Bai, did you call me?"

"Yes, I have investigated the truth, and it is time to enter the decryption time."

Chu Bai said to Sakuya:

"Use your divine skill of stopping time to move people, let us reunite in the Human Village."

"...Understood."