Lost Narrative Poetry

In the Moriya Shrine building on the inside, the lights have brightly illuminated the scene in the living room.

Although they had moved into the inner realm of Gensokyo, the power was quickly reconnected. The power source was the Xuanwu Stream Power Plant under the Monster Mountain, which was the business scope of Kappa Heavy Industries.

At present, it is still hydroelectric power, but it is enough. Even if it supplies electricity to the entire Gensokyo, it is more than enough. After all, the place is not too big in the first place, and the population, whether human or monster, is very limited.

It's just that the kappas have not been able to successfully market their electricity business. They have always digested it internally, and the tengu from the nearby Youkai Mountain have connected to the power grid.

Because the Tengu are also a group with their own advanced technology and highly developed social structure.

Not to mention anything else, just Shemei Maruwen's emotionless rumor production machine, which diligently produces a large number of relevant newspapers every day, and distributes them for free. It is impossible for her to handwrite every copy.

Of course, machines are needed to do the work for assembly line production. This shows that the society of Tengu is also quite civilized and developed.

However, the level of civilization in the human world is still relatively backward, and it still feels like the Edo period. Probably only "prominent families" like the Hidden family use electrical appliances... It's not for other reasons, mainly because they all Don't think it's needed.

Electricity is not that good, candles and oil lamps are enough. Besides, if you pull the wire and connect it to the power grid, let alone an extra expense. You can't use it without electricity, right? So where do various electrical appliances come from?

Kappa's wishful thinking was indeed a good one, at least it was much better than that cheating water rafting project. They planned to use the entire supporting system to boost the sales of various electrical appliances they produced, but people just didn't want to accept this. .

In addition to them and the Tengu, it seems that there have been two stable users added in the past two years. One is the Scarlet Devil Mansion, which moved in from the outside world, and the other is Moriya Shrine, which moved in from the outside world... The business situation is really sad. , the cost cannot be recovered.

"Speaking of which, isn't this person a little too much..."

In the brightly lit hall, Xia Ran looked at the circle of girls sitting around, her eyebrows twitching slightly.

Didn't Hiuda Ah Qiu just need to record what he and Liu Mengli said? You can also let Miss Liu dictate Chanyou's situation. Why is there such a large group of people surrounding her inexplicably?

The whole hall is full of people. Does this mean anything? I originally wanted to keep a low profile, quickly complete the registration and prepare to leave quietly, but now it turns out...

What kind of plane are you doing? Is this a public interview?

"I'm sorry, Sir Xia Ran, I didn't expect it to turn out like this..." Hidden Aqiu took a pen and paper, knelt down in front of him upright, and said in a low and apologetic voice, with a look of laughter and laughter on his face. expression.

She never thought that it would develop into such a situation. If she had known that this was the case, she might as well have waited until later to come and visit.

"I can't blame you for this, Miss Ah Qiu..." But fortunately, the other party didn't mean to blame her.

"Is there any problem with this? Or, we can't let us know what you're going to say next?" Yukinoshita Yukino, who was sitting next to her, asked, with a smile on her face, as if she found this very interesting. .

After all, it's rare to see this guy having such a headache.

"That's not true. If it's really not suitable for you, Yukinoshita-san, to hear, then I might as well just not say it..." Xia Ran shook her head, saying that she was open-minded and had nothing to be afraid of.

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So is there really anything that I can’t let myself and others hear? Yukinoshita Yukino raised her slender eyebrows.

"Hey, hey, it's mainly because you've all come in, and we can't stay outside, otherwise we'll always feel uneasy..." Yuigahama Yui said with a bit of embarrassment as she showed her trademark silly smile.

"If it's not suitable, shouldn't we leave first?" Kato Megumi bit her straw and asked calmly. She didn't care at all about it, she was just a little curious.

"Forget it, I'm not mainly talking about you..." Xia Ran let out a long sigh, waved his hand to tell them not to think too much, turned around and narrowed his eyes to look at the group of people sitting in rows on the other side, while facing He glared expressionlessly at the two girls next to Hidden Akiu.

They also sat upright, took out paper and pens, and appeared to be ready...

Shemei Maruwen has short black hair and is dressed in white.

There is also Ji Haitangji, who has long hair and twin tails, and also has a pair of black wings behind her.

It can be said that these two Crow Tengu are actually the culprits that caused this inexplicable scene.

First of all, Shemei Maruwen was keenly aware of Hiuda Agu's intention to interview him and Liu Mengli, and immediately ran over excitedly, asking to join in and obtain first-hand news information.

Then Ji Haitangji, as her peer and competitor, immediately appeared in front of everyone, and within three sentences she and Wenwen started arguing with each other because they had different ideas.

Speaking of which, Ji Haitang only came up with the idea of ​​​​becoming a journalist and running a media after Munbun's rumors became popular and the name of "Bunbun Daily" quickly spread throughout Fantasy Township. Without the know-how, she was not able to understand at first how to make news newspapers more attractive to readers.

Therefore, in order to learn from her master and explore the secret behind the popularity of "Wenwen Daily", she later chose to quietly follow Shemei Maruwen, hoping to see how the other party mastered so much first-hand breaking news. .

However, Ji Haitang finally discovered that Wenwen was not reporting the incident objectively and truthfully at all, but was fabricating the news by taking quotes out of context and creating rumors to stir up trouble...

If she had no moral integrity, she would have immediately understood the key to making big news, but Ji Haitang is a rare conscience in Gensokyo——

For example, when encountering a mind-reading monster that even most monsters hate, Ji Haitang will not avoid it. On the contrary, he will actively contact the few counter-examples. This is enough to show how magnanimous her heart is.

Because she has a very cheerful personality and is a very straightforward girl, she will naturally not behave like Wenwen, who uses all kinds of dark psychology to make random speculations and irresponsibly spread rumors and cause trouble.

So in the end, she did not become an unscrupulous paparazzi like Wenwen, but decided to really do news, and declared war on Wenwen to fight against the "Wenwen Daily" which was full of rumors...

Overall, she is a very friendly Crow Tengu. At least Xia Ran originally had a much higher opinion of her than Wenwen.

It's a pity that the conflict between the two attracted the attention of most people at the banquet. People who didn't know about it also knew about it. People who weren't interested in it also became interested and chose to come and take a look.

After all, they were indeed very curious about Xia Ran. This magician seemed to pop out of a stone, and his relationship with Yakumo Murasaki. Was he a good friend who had known each other before, and was there any legend about him before? characters...

You can often learn a lot of basic information by just coming and listening.

It also eliminates the trouble of waiting for Hidden Agumi to complete the compilation before borrowing "The Origin of Gensokyo" at home. Wouldn't it be nice to get first-hand information directly?

When more and more people were watching, everyone else felt it was natural, so they all stayed and watched, eager to see what was going to happen next. Anyway, they were just watching the excitement and it was not a big deal. .

Glancing at the dense crowd of people around her, Xia Ran suddenly felt her head hurt even more, because even Murasaki Yakumo was among them. She was sitting closely with Yuyuko Saigyouji, smiling and holding the wine bowl, walking around Look at yourself thoughtfully.

There was an unsettling light in those beautiful eyes that could speak, and it was clear that they were preparing to cause trouble.

Most of the other people were also very interested and sat around. The scene was so lively that it was like a school organizing a movie for students. Even if some people were not interested in the movie, they still sat in the venue with others.

Unlike Xia Ran who felt a headache, Liu Mengli seemed calm and generous about this. She didn't care too much about how many girls were watching. Anyway, she followed the Romans, and since everyone had to register for residence, she just did it...

But what made her a little confused was why Xia Ran actually wanted to register now, with her own clan members? Isn't this a bit strange? Could it be that he didn't live in this paradise-like place before?

"Okay, okay, let's start quickly..."

Xia Ran withdrew her gaze and waved her hands weakly.

Anyway, that's it, so just be quick, complete the process quickly and then disperse, so as not to be treated like a monkey by this group of people. The longer it goes, the more annoying it will be.

"Oh, okay..." Hiuda Aqiu responded hurriedly. She calmed down and then asked: "I have actually done some research and understanding of some basic information about you, Mr. Xia Ran..."

"Um?"

"It's about things like names, haunting places, frequency of encounters, and degree of danger..." the girl said in a waxy voice.

"...I don't know why, but I always think you're talking about a Pokemon illustrated book or something like that." Xia Ran complained, holding her forehead, "But forget it, so there's no problem?"

"There is also some information that needs to be confirmed. For example...is your race human?" Hidden Aki shook his head and asked in a questioning tone, "Or is it a magician?"

A magician can be either a profession or a race, just like a witch. For example, Patchouli is a magician. It refers to a race rather than a profession. It is one of the concepts of monsters.

It seems that the concept of magicians in history is a mysterious profession that humans learn from monsters like this and eventually derive from it?

"Of course they are human beings, the kind that are guaranteed to be fake..."

Xia Ran said without changing his expression. At the same time, he heard Yukinoshita's slight exhalation. He turned around and saw Miss Yangno's strange eyes.

It wasn't just Yukinoshita Harano, many people showed surprised expressions, including Kazami Yuka...

Are you really so surprised that you are human?

"I see, I'm going to ask you a question..." Hidden Akyu made a few notes in his notebook, then raised his head, "How old are you now? If you don't know the details, can you tell me? When was the earliest time you were active in the world? The Nara Period, the Asuka Period? Or the Tumulus Period or something like that?"

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For a moment, there was a sense of silence in the whole place, and it felt like the eardrums were stinging from the silence.

Xia Ran twitched the corner of his mouth, was this acknowledging that he was also an old monster? Why should we have such a prejudice? Isn’t it okay for me to be a talented person at a young age and mature early?

"Sorry, there's nothing I can't remember. I'm only seventeen years old."

He said very confidently that no matter who came, he was not afraid of having his mind read. In the real world, he was indeed only seventeen years old!

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Cold scene halo! start up!

Almost everyone's eyes widened in astonishment, and then they all looked at Yakumo Murasaki with strange expressions. This statement seemed familiar!

Are they really good friends?

"Ah la ah la, why are you looking at me..." Holding Yuyuko, the seventeen-year-old monster girl blinked her eyes and asked innocently.

(PS: Happy National Day, everyone...)