Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

He didn't bother to complain about the subtle skill name, 'Time Stop and Carry People'.

Sakuya immediately gave him a princess carry, lifting Chu Bai up by the waist.

Chu Bai only felt a blur before his eyes, and the next moment he was in the center of the Human Village's plaza.

As Sakuya repeatedly disappeared and reappeared, his companions quickly arrived, reuniting one by one.

"Even after experiencing it so many times, I can't help but complain about this bug-like ability," Reimu said with some envy.

Sanae then looked at Chu Bai:

"Mr. Chu Bai, what about Marisa and Alice?"

Chu Bai shook his head:

"That's not important. What's important is the upcoming decryption process…"

"…No, that's still pretty important, right? Getting lost in a place like this isn't something you can just brush off, is it?"

"Don't worry, they're safe now."

With that, Chu Bai took out his notebook.

Before starting the decryption, he first summarized the information he had gathered from various sources.

And as the information converged, a certain possibility he had imagined became more and more logical.

……

……

The following is the information recorded in Chu Bai's notebook.

Clue 1: Chu Bai discovered the constantly appearing corrupted Marisa. Furthermore, her corpse was not a real corpse, but an unknown substance unusable for necromancy.

According to the others, they had encountered similar phenomena.

Clue 2: Sakuya discovered some corrupted characters very far away from them during her time stops.

They mostly appeared very listless. Even in a stopped state, they seemed mechanical, as if lacking intelligence.

Clue 3: All corrupted local characters showed no mercy in displaying hostility towards outsiders like them.

Even targets with obvious conflicts, such as corrupted Alice and corrupted Marisa, would prioritize attacking outsiders.

Clue 4: The paradox of Reimu and corrupted Reimu.

If this were another world, then Reimu wouldn't be able to borrow the Great Hakurei Barrier's power. Conversely, if Reimu could borrow the power, then corrupted Reimu wouldn't be able to transform.

But they could both transform into their god forms simultaneously, as if the Great Hakurei Barrier could simultaneously empower two people, which is clearly impossible.

"Combining the above clues, don't you find this mechanism a bit familiar?" Chu Bai asked.

Sanae thought for a moment, then suddenly had a flash of insight:

"The game world of domestic squabbles!"

Chu Bai nodded:

"That's right, this setting is very similar to a world inside a game."

"Mechanisms like monster respawning, reducing the intelligence of enemies outside the field of vision to save processing power, and the setting of always maintaining the highest hostility towards players… these are completely things that only appear in virtual game worlds."

Remilia asked, puzzled:

"Could it be a phenomenon like a game descending into reality?"

"No, although Gensokyo can't be measured by common sense, it wouldn't have something so outrageous happen."

Chu Bai pointed directly at the key point:

"So, what I mean is… this world itself is virtual."

"It's like a game world, artificially created by someone."

Eh? Creating a world?

Upon hearing such an ability, the girls unanimously thought of someone.

And Chu Bai brought out the final piece of evidence—

Clue 6: Each corrupted character here corresponds to their respective obsessions.

Marisa pursues magical attainments, so the corrupted her goes around devouring magicians, hoping to become stronger.

Mystia hopes to show off her singing voice, so the corrupted her constantly plays frenzied tunes.

Rumia hopes to spread darkness, so the corrupted her gouged out the eyes of all passersby.

"But there's one exception."

Chu Bai keenly said:

"Only her corrupted form has absolutely nothing to do with her own obsession."

"Although nominally a corrupted character, she seems to have become even more perfect. She even seems to have transformed into a goddess, making her even more unapproachable."

"Even in death, her corpse won't remain, but will disappear in an extremely elegant manner."

"And that person… is Alice."

Amidst the looks of sudden relief from the others,

Chu Bai stretched out his right hand, pointing to the sky:

"So, the truth is only one."

"The mastermind behind the scenes is the owner of the Makai, who has the ability to create worlds—Mrs. Shinki."

My relative's child, fifth grade of elementary school.

Visiting my house for less than a day, and they've already raised my blood pressure to the max.

They were quite arrogant from the moment they walked in, not greeting anyone or responding.

I smiled and tried to talk to them, but they completely ignored me, treating me like air.

I gave them a greeting gift (cash in a red envelope), but they didn't even say thank you, just casually took it and put it in their pocket.

Mealtime was even more outrageous, they argued with their sister over a shrimp.

They even shouted "I'm not eating!" while raising their hand and knocking over their bowl.

Even just now, while I was talking to my aunt, they went straight into my room and turned on my computer.

I was so startled that I quickly followed them in, telling them they couldn't play on it.

Then this kid slammed my keyboard and continued to treat me like air, not even a normal exchange of words.

…Less than a day, and my blood pressure almost exploded.

It's only because they're a relative's child that I can't say anything. If it were my child, I would have given them a good beating this morning.

I really don't feel like coding today, and I don't have the conditions for it either, I'm really sorry.

So, I'm using my second leave of absence for this month with resentment.

Tomorrow, I'll find an internet cafe, go out early in the morning to rush the manuscript, finish work, and then go home to observe the outrageous creature.

Again, I'm sorry… or2

Chapter 251: The Message Shinki Wants to Convey! The Truth About to Emerge!

Chu Bai's explanation was very detailed.

Even Reimu Hakurei, who wasn't good at using her brain, understood it all at once.

If the mastermind was Shinki, then a lot of things would make sense.

—For example, the familiar aura of the purple crystal ball, which was clearly from Shinki of the Makai.

However, she must have used some clever method to add a power similar to Seija Kijin's incomprehensible ability to the crystal ball, in order to confuse everyone's senses and prevent them from being able to distinguish it.

—Another example is the various paradoxes in this strange world.

If it was a world created by someone, Shinki, as the creator, could definitely change the settings at will, so these paradoxes that shouldn't exist could naturally be explained.

—And then there's the fact that Shinki stayed in Gensokyo for a very long time previously.

Obviously, in addition to being by Alice's side, she also made certain arrangements.

"No wonder you said Alice and Marisa are safe."

Reimu complained helplessly:

"And she's even unwilling to tarnish the virtual Alice image, I guess that's just like her…"

Sanae took over the role of the straight man next to her:

"But why would Ms. Shinki do this?"

"Such an elaborate action, is it just to tease everyone, or to cause a boring little incident?"

Chu Bai shook his head:

"Obviously not."

"If the plot that's been built up for so long is just a joke to tease everyone, then this plot would really be terrible."

Take a closer look, the setting of this world is too complicated, and the strange information is very real.

Although there are certain paradoxes, more information can completely withstand scrutiny.

"So, I think Mrs. Shinki's purpose is likely to convey some kind of message."

Chu Bai tried to deduce:

"Master once said that a huge disaster that could destroy Gensokyo is about to come."

"But the disaster itself has the characteristic of 'being contaminated if you know the specific information', so Master and the others can't spread the message at all."

"So, Mrs. Shinki may have thought of this method—"

"Assuming the real information is A, when we learn the detailed information of A, we will be contaminated."

"Then she sets up a false information B, and lets B inherit part of the information of A."

"In this way, when we know the information of B, we will get some information about A, and at the same time we will not be contaminated by A."

"And the world of purple crystal balls that we are experiencing now is probably the so-called false information B…"

Speaking of this, Chu Bai suddenly froze slightly.

After pondering for a moment, his eyes suddenly cleared up.

I understand, I understand everything.

Master and Yuyuko… have never been enemies, and have never hindered their actions.

In fact, all of this was a setup by them.

……

……

As early as when they obtained the first crystal ball, they had already fallen into the plan of Master and Yuyuko.

Those old hags could of course directly tell Chu Bai about the disaster information.

But relatively, Chu Bai also had the risk of being contaminated.

Because they were not sure how much information would cause them to start being contaminated.

And they also needed to ensure that Chu Bai and the others had enough ability to resist the contamination.