Free Web NovelChapter 801: Chapter 2: It’s All the Mushrooms’ Fault!
So in addition to that phase of the project, they simply connected electricity to nearby villages as well.
After all, not using it would be wasteful, so they might as well trade a little with humans—
That was probably the idea.
However, overall, the Human World still maintained its ancient traditions, steadfastly adhering to the practice of rising with the sun and resting at sunset. To this day, it has not developed a night-life culture, and the entire village is still very quiet at night. When it’s time, they promptly turn off the lights and go to sleep.
They still have to get up early to work tomorrow...
This kind of night-life culture also needs foundational conditions to become popular, and this isolated town in the Human World doesn’t have the soil for it...
"So lively..."
Gu Mo stood quietly by the window, gazing at the quiet human village street outside. At the far end, there was a brightly lit shop where a demon was coming out, carrying a steaming hot packaged supper, walking back with a cheerful step.
Further away, from the direction of Boli Shrine, the noise from Beast Dao was faintly audible, with its punk rock booming echoes reaching even here.
What a headache...
Just a moment ago, Teacher Keine frowningly said that tomorrow she would let Reimu Witch handle the situation and give a good beating to those demons involved in illegal vending and holding concerts...
This way, the situation should improve.
Apart from feeling that the Reimu Witch, inexplicably, seemed to have taken on a role akin to a Reimu Manager without his realizing it, Gu Mo still found the situation quite interesting. He probably grasped the state of Fantasy Land, and from these on-site observations, it seemed even more intriguing.
Solemn, lively, bizarre.
Shaking his head lightly, Gu Mo directly dragged a chair by hand, sitting down by the window, leisurely pondering over today’s events.
His thoughts naturally drifted to Alice, and he seriously contemplated, then directly from some unknown space, took out an exquisite spell scroll, mulling over it as he opened a new spell display interface with his mind, inputting a greeting.
Then, a red exclamation mark popped up on the other side.
Uh...
He got directly blacklisted...
Gu Mo set down the scroll somewhat helplessly, feeling quite troubled as he tapped his forehead. Direct inquiry is indeed the best approach, but it also needs to be effective.
So, let’s take it slow for now. After all, the situation isn’t vastly different, and it should be as he knew it, since all these years he has always kept an eye on it. Still, as a descendant of old friends, just for the sake of affection and loyalty, it indeed warrants some care.
Gu Mo rummaged through his inventory, searching for something to give as a gift to Miss Alice, but upon careful thought, it seemed rather abrupt.
After all, Miss Alice appeared to be unaware of him... so he couldn’t be entirely sure of the relationship between Miss Alice and Miss Shinki. Although he had some speculation, it still needed confirmation, and for now, it was naturally impossible to rashly establish a connection.
He might even frighten the other party.
Besides, that Magic Guidebook could already be considered a gift from him, so there was no rush to add anything for now.
Gu Mo looked quietly out the window, contemplating what to do next. Although this spiritual power projection had quality, the performance indeed varied considerably. But that was okay, too. In this ordinary residence, he looked at the street beneath the night sky outside, listening to the silence accentuated by the chirping of insects...
Unusually, he felt a sense of reconnecting with his mortal days.
...
The night passed.
Nothing much happened.
Gu Mo simply reminisced about his past hardships and pleasures, savoring the feeling of being a mortal, and then stood back at the pinnacle of divinity. By the way, he formulated a series of industrial revolution plans according to the current situation in Fantasy Land, including replacing the old spell network completely with a pseudo-spirit network;
Distributing the Machine God Inheritance: Nanomachines to the Kappa Factory to upgrade the manufacturing industry comprehensively;
By the way, according to the information he heard, he planned to conduct a field survey of the new energy plan recently undertaken by Shimotsuki Shrine, regarding the nuclear fusion facility located beneath Demon Mountain, to provide technical support to old friends;
And so on and so forth, all these were the tasks he intended to carry out.
Of course, there was no rush, and the first thing today was to visit Shimotsuki Shrine and check on Suwako’s situation... To be honest, he wasn’t surprised about Suwako about to disappear while Kanako remained strong.
Because long ago, he had already foreseen this scene.
Since Kanako wasn’t significantly affected by the Power of Faith, or rather, it only impacted her power, having nothing to do with her existence. When divine virtue dissipated and faith shattered, at most, her strength would decrease, reverting to its true level, but she wouldn’t vanish.
However, Suwako was different. Her existence form being entirely composed of faith meant that she would face life and death boundaries in such a predicament.
Yet, Gu Mo couldn’t just stand by and watch; he naturally needed to lend a helping hand.
Upon getting ready and closing the door, he leisurely set off towards the grand Spiritual Peak in the distance, now returned to its former glory as Demon Mountain. After some time, a blond figure also hurriedly arrived at the Human World.
Today’s Human World was quite lively because it was the day of the temple fair, bringing a festive and celebratory feel.
Alice, following her routine, came to the village to perform a puppet theater, which was a part of verifying the results of her Puppet Technique... That’s right, it’s just a habit. She has always arranged it like so, simply by habit, with no particular reason.
——For some reason, the blond maiden’s mind was surging with such thoughts today.
Alice herself didn’t understand what was happening.
After returning home last night, she spent a whole night troubled, without studying puppetry or magic, nor resting, just thinking in distress.
So familiar...
So close...
Clearly a stranger meeting for the first time, yet she couldn’t help but care, like having a natural instinct, as if a child naturally approaches a parent...
She tried hard not to mind, but today just happened to be the day to perform a puppet theater in the Human World, turning the visit into a dilemma.
Repeatedly persuading herself that coming here today was just a normal thing, a part of her rhythm, without any other reason... yet, while it might indeed be so, having to constantly convince herself implied it wasn’t quite so.
Offering herself reasons and successfully convincing herself, Miss Alice still left the Puppet House to come to the Human World.
Begin, perform.
The blond maiden invested almost wholeheartedly, but until the performance concluded, she didn’t catch sight of the white-clothed, black-haired youth.
This brought her a sense of relief, immediately followed by irritation at her instinctive reaction, making her more upset.
Simultaneously, her heart couldn’t help but feel a slight tinge of disappointment... She seemed to want to see, that approving gaze and expression on his face.
A hint of inexplicable subtle longing.
Aware of her feelings, startled by her sudden thoughts, Miss Alice, while tidying up her puppets, bit her teeth, convincing herself her mind was certainly malfunctioning, or maybe it was because a few days ago she gave in to Marisa, believed her nonsense, and ate some mushrooms from the Magic Forest, resulting in influence!
Not understanding at all what was happening, she could only blame the mushrooms for everything.
It’s all the mushrooms’ fault!
