Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

It was the first time he had ever seen someone truly embody the meaning of the word 'eloquent'.

Especially seeing Marisa suffering while he leisurely ate barbecue...

He immediately felt all his previous fatigue vanish.

"Boss lady, two more skewers of grilled lamprey and a cup of green tea!"

Chu Bai waved cheerfully at Marisa:

"Sasha, I'll take care of your share for you~"

"Grumble... you ungrateful fellow!"

Marisa immediately shot him a resentful look.

However, this also made Eiki Shiki notice Chu Bai in the food cart.

Eiki Shiki's expression froze for a moment, as if she had seen something very rare.

Even her lecturing paused temporarily.

"Chu Bai, you are guilty!"

Eiki Shiki suddenly and accurately called out Chu Bai's name.

Before Chu Bai could react, the young Yama was already standing in front of him.

"Your lifespan hasn't ended, but the crimes you've committed are very serious, to the point where you will definitely go to hell!"

"Eh... is that so..."

Seeing Chu Bai's indifferent attitude,

Eiki Shiki's eyes burned with intensity, her expression serious:

"Chu Bai, I'm not joking with you."

"Murdering your teacher, instigating wars, betraying allies, double-crossing disciples, sacrificing lives, abusing lynching, robbing graves, creating chaos, and harming a considerable number of magicians..."

"Even in all of Gensokyo, your crimes are among the most serious."

"When your lifespan runs out, you will definitely be exiled to hell and suffer extremely severe punishment!"

As her voice fell,

Marisa's eyes widened, and she stared at Chu Bai in shock.

And Chu Bai's usually lazy expression finally began to disappear.

His eyes gradually became serious.

Chapter 18: Night Sparrow Food Cart, Late-Night Chat

Everyone has a deeply memorable childhood.

These memories, which occasionally linger in dreams, are generally pleasant and nostalgic.

But Chu Bai's childhood memories were of endless wandering and begging.

He was an abandoned child, and from the moment he had memories, he had been struggling to survive in the narrow gaps between garbage cans.

He didn't know if his parents were alive.

He didn't know the reason why he was abandoned.

He also didn't know why he, as an East Asian with black hair and black eyes, was abandoned in a freezing Nordic country.

But he knew that without an identity card or passport, no welfare organizations would take in an undocumented person like him.

So he could only rely on his own efforts to find ways to survive in the slums, a place that didn't discriminate against undocumented people.

In this way, he used every means possible to barely survive until the age of 6.

But as he grew older, his body's need for food also increased dramatically.

Originally, half a loaf of black bread could last him all day, but now he had to eat a whole loaf of black bread every day to avoid being consumed by hunger.

Many slum children took the path to the black market for food.

And Chu Bai was one of the luckiest among them.

Because on his 6th birthday, he met his master, who had accidentally gotten lost.

"Little brother, thank you for giving me directions."

The master was a beautiful girl with long hair, and like Chu Bai, she had black hair and black eyes.

Her smile was like warm sunlight, making young Chu Bai feel his heart beat faster for the first time.

"As a reward, would you like to come with me?"

"According to my senses, you seem to have the potential to become a magician."

Sunlight shone through the clouds and onto Chu Bai.

And his fate in life changed from that day on.

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"And then? And then?"

Gensokyo.

Youkai Beast Road.

Marisa listened with great interest, her eyes already shining with curiosity.

Although Eiki Shiki had judged Chu Bai as guilty, she didn't believe that Chu Bai was really that sinful.

After so many days of contact, although Chu Bai's moral principles had tended to be similar to Reimu's, he was a man with a bottom line. And he would admit and take responsibility for his mistakes, such as the gold bar he compensated Reimu with.

So there must be unknown reasons behind those evil deeds.

And Eiki Shiki, who was next to her, was also standing on a stone, looking Chu Bai in the eyes.

She was a judge of hell, with the ability to judge the degree of right and wrong. Therefore, she could naturally perceive that Chu Bai was not lying about these experiences, and these were his true experiences.

As the chief judge, from the moment Chu Bai entered Gensokyo, she had already learned his basic information.

But after all, Chu Bai's lifespan had not ended, he had not been exposed to the "Mirror of Cleansing Glass", nor had he been tested with the "Rod of Repentance".

In addition, he originally lived outside, which was not under Shiki's jurisdiction.

So Eiki Shiki only knew his approximate crimes, and did not know the details.

Being able to listen to him now could also be regarded as a way of adjudication. At least it was better than directly using the Mirror of Cleansing Glass to shine on people and then judging in the complicated information.

But Chu Bai was a little dissatisfied:

"Hey, what do you two think of other people's experiences? Side dishes for drinking?"

"If Miss Yama hadn't taken the initiative to mention it, I wouldn't have said it!"

"Disperse, disperse, I still have to practice beautiful girl games, be careful I'll blackmail you if you delay me from earning prize money, okay?"

Seeing that he was about to leave.

Marisa quickly pounced on him, put her arm around his shoulder and brought him back to the food cart:

"Oh, don't go, the night is long, let's have a good chat?"

"Boss lady over there, Chu Bai's expenses tonight are all on me, and take two bottles of good wine for him to take away!"

The girl made a hearty voice, and even Chu Bai was shocked by her generosity.

So Marisa is actually a rich person? I thought she was a poor ghost like Reimu!

"Oh, how embarrassing..."

With free benefits, Chu Bai immediately showed a smile.

The introverted him felt very embarrassed:

"Then I won't be polite. Boss lady, then give me ten more skewers of tiger trout, ten skewers of lamprey, ten skewers of honey-glazed barbecued pork, five servings of fake bear paws, five servings of wild game cannon, three plates of Phantasmal Udumbara cakes, three plates of Arctic sweet shrimp peach salad. And carry two boxes of the most expensive Fourteenth Night ice wine for me, and send them to the Human Village..."

"Hey, that's enough!"

Marisa couldn't hold back on the spot:

"You're just listing dishes here? Why are you still taking them with you?"

"And this kind of greedy personality is exactly the same as Reimu, you are actually long-lost siblings, right!"

Chu Bai smiled sheepishly:

"Look at what you said, didn't you say order whatever you want..."

"Then you can't just pack it all up! I can't afford these even when I go to the Scarlet Devil Mansion as a guest several times!"

The boss lady, Mystia, also stared at Chu Bai with a sweat on her brow.

At the same time, she had a basic understanding of Chu Bai.

Being able to joke in front of the infamous black and white thief and the Yama who controls life and death.

This man is probably not to be underestimated either.

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"Since Sasha wants to listen so much, then I'll just chat a little more."

"You can just listen casually, you don't have to be too serious."

In the end, Chu Bai didn't order so many dishes.

He just ordered some ordinary skewers and served two pots of heated sparrow wine.

Warmth flowed through his body, and he continued to talk about his past experiences.

"Although magicians are rare outside, they have not completely disappeared."

"And my master was a highly accomplished solitary magician..."

The time he spent practicing with his master was the happiest time in Chu Bai's life.

He didn't have to worry about food or cold. And he was able to personally experience the mysteries of magic, and perform the good deeds and punish the evil that children thought were the coolest.

And Chu Bai's talent really shocked his master.

Ordinary people need to practice hard for several years to comprehend the magical elements, but Chu Bai only took half a month to successfully enter a state of deep meditation.

In less than two years, he actually directly comprehended the Seven Luminaries Laws and completely mastered the six basic elements.

This is an achievement that many magicians cannot achieve in their entire lives. After all, in this era of weak magic, being able to master one element is already qualified to call oneself a magician.

So Chu Bai's title of genius was immediately spread out.

Many people called him the most shining magic genius of the new century, and almost all magic forces and families paid close attention to him, and a large number of invitations were sent to Chu Bai.

And among the forces that paid attention to him, there was a magic organization called "Black Order".

"Ugh, Black Order... this name doesn't sound good..."

Marisa muttered:

"It's simply a standard villain organization in manga."

"For normal people, they are indeed villains."

Chu Bai's voice gradually became a little low:

"Because the members of the Black Order are basically scoundrels and scum who wander outside the rules and arbitrarily abuse magic power."

"And this Black Order... is precisely the culprit that led to my master's fall."