Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

Lingmeng was right.

With such immense power, it was impossible for Chu Bai to completely absorb it in a short amount of time.

So, he continued to maintain contact with the magic circle, accelerating the absorption of energy.

If the magic circle were to break at this moment, the immense power would run wild and dissipate within his body, rendering everything useless!

"Stop right there!"

Chu Bai's figure flashed as he quickly pursued Lingmeng.

But Sanae couldn't just stand by and watch.

A massive Onbashira reappeared, this time imbued with the power of miracles.

While it still couldn't defeat Chu Bai, it was more than enough to delay him.

Lingmeng seized this fleeting opportunity, creating a considerable distance in one breath.

And just before Chu Bai could defeat Sanae and block her path, she rushed into the blood mist covering the Human Village.

However…

When she emerged from the vision-obscuring blood mist, ready to shatter the magic circle on the village ground in one fell swoop…

The maiden was shocked to discover that the situation inside the village was completely different from what she had seen outside.

There were no corpses strewn across the ground.

No severed limbs and broken pieces.

And no bloody, cruel scenes.

The villagers were simply lying haphazardly on the streets, in a state of infant-like sleep.

Although they were pale and weak, they were not in any life-threatening danger at all.

To put it in perspective, it was like a gaming god who had been playing for three days and three nights straight. They would only need a good night's sleep to immediately recover their energy.

"This… this is?"

Lingmeng was stunned.

The interior of the overwhelming blood mist was such a peaceful scene.

She even saw Alice and Marisa; these defeated maidens were now in the village, assisting the self-defense force in maintaining order.

Sasha even waved at Lingmeng in the air:

"Yo, Lingmeng, are you done fighting over there?"

"If you have any energy left, help out with some work; there's a lot to clean up here."

"…You…"

The red-white shrine maiden felt her brain crash.

She stood blankly in the air, not even knowing how to react.

Outside the blood mist, Chu Bai and Sanae also arrived in pursuit.

Seeing that the situation here was completely exposed, Chu Bai could only sigh slightly:

"I've been discovered after all."

"According to the script, I was originally going to cause a sudden change in the weather, with the thunder god assisting me in a good show, and finally be gloriously defeated by your combined efforts…"

"It's a pity; it seems I can only enter the reveal stage ahead of schedule."

……

……

That's right; Chu Bai was not really demonized.

All of this was part of the incident.

The so-called sacrificing of villagers was not actually extracting their life force but their physical strength and energy.

Although this would cause some disturbance, it was, after all, an incident, and this level of disturbance was quite reasonable.

Of course, the cost of doing so was that Chu Bai's strength was completely fake.

Sacrificing almost half the village's physical strength and energy could only maintain his peak state for a few minutes.

"Wait, I have a lot of questions!"

Lingmeng asked in astonishment:

"First of all, the hexagram marks I've been destroying all the way here; what exactly are these things?"

Chu Bai explained:

"Those are the signals that trigger the magic circle's operation."

"When the marks are broken, the Chaos Gospel Magic Circle will begin to run."

"As for the purpose of doing so, it is to 'gradually lead you away from the Human Village' with the marks, to prevent you from noticing the truth."

So that's how it was.

So the marks that were destroyed along the way were like bait on a fishing rod, purely to lure them away.

Lingmeng twitched her lips:

"Then what about the leaflets?"

"Why can villagers release magic immediately after touching the leaflets, and why do they show a fervent desire for magic?"

Chu Bai gave a thumbs up:

"This leaflet is a tool I commissioned Kappa Industries to develop; it's a creation that combines technology and magic."

"Each leaflet has a circuit that can support remote spellcasting, remotely controlled by Alice."

"When you hold the leaflet and chant the correct incantation, Alice will receive a signal and cast the magic on your behalf."

"So Little Ai's face was so pale; after all, she continuously cast magic for hundreds of villagers, and even with my magic potion supplements, the consumption was enormous."

Sanae suddenly understood:

"No wonder Miss Alice was defeated not long after fighting me."

"And the reason why the villagers crave magic should be due to the influence of the 'emotion-stirring drug' smeared on the leaflets, right?"

Chu Bai nodded slightly:

"That's right; this drug was taken from Eientei by Kaguya."

"After being applied to the leaflets, the villagers will immediately become interested in magic when they use the leaflets to release magic."

"Under the blessing of the drug, they will naturally crave magic and want to collect more leaflets."

"Oh, right, I actually sprinkled the potion in our battle environment just now, so your emotions will become a little abnormal."

"I just don't know why Sanae's emotions have been so calm…"

Sanae was immediately a little ashamed.

Because not long ago, she had been completely incited, and then she went home and vented fiercely.

She was still in a "sage time," and it was difficult to be incited again.

But she certainly couldn't say this, so she quickly changed the subject:

"Mr. Chu Bai, I have one last question—"

"Why do you want the villagers to collect leaflets?"

Chu Bai said with a smile:

"Because the leaflets are considered the 'medium of the Chaos Gospel Magic Circle.'"

"Simply put, the magic circle is like a rice bowl, and the leaflets are like tableware."

"If I want to eat, I must first put the rice in the bowl, and then use the tableware to eat it."

"Only when the villagers come into contact with the leaflets, which are the medium of the magic circle, can I remotely control these sacrificers, so that they can levitate, explode with blood, and fall vertically at the appropriate time."

Hexagram mark—magic circle—leaflet.

Under Chu Bai's explanation, the logic of these three finally circulated and was successfully rounded up by him.

Seeming to think of something, he continued to add:

"By the way, the effect of the villagers exploding with blood comes from the blood packs controlled by Little Ai."

"Her puppetry can control a large number of targets at the same time, perfectly meeting my performance requirements."

"Of course, too many targets won't work, so I chose to sacrifice them in batches, slowly, one stubble at a time…"

As he spoke.

Chu Bai suddenly discovered that Lingmeng was lowering her head, slightly sobbing.

He quickly leaned over and said:

"What's wrong, Lingmeng? Why are you crying? Did I hurt you just now?"

"…I'm not crying!"

Lingmeng suddenly erupted, punching Chu Bai in the nose.

Chu Bai immediately fell to the ground, covering his nose and groaning in pain:

"Wow, why did you suddenly attack? Wasn't the misunderstanding already cleared up?"

"I'm hitting you!"

Lingmeng puffed out her cheeks, and faint tears seemed to be visible in the corners of her eyes, but she stubbornly put on an angry expression:

"Why did you act so realistically! I thought you were really going to destroy Gensokyo!"

"The choice between friends and mission, I don't want to make this choice a second time in my life!"

Chu Bai chuckled dryly and covered his nose:

"Cough cough, don't worry, don't worry, I won't do it again in the future."

"Causing an incident was originally for money… cough cough cough, just to declare the fame of the magician."

"Next time, next time, be careful…"

"There's no next time!"

Lingmeng clenched her small fist:

"If there's a next time, I'm really going to get angry!"

"Okay, okay, there's no next time…"

Looking at the way Chu Bai and Lingmeng interacted.

Sanae blinked her eyes and subconsciously inserted herself between them:

"By the way, what about Tenshi and Youmu? Shouldn't we call them back too?"

Chu Bai immediately reacted:

"Oh, right, I asked the old hag Yukari for help in the battle, asking her to gap away these two to share some of the pressure."

"Now that it's over, it's time to call them back."

Saying that, he pressed the communicator on his collar:

"Hello? Is Yukari still there?"

"The incident is over; you can return Tenshi and Youmu now."

There was no answer.

Chu Bai raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke again:

"Yukari? Yakumo Yukari? Old hag Yukari?"