Gensokyo Detective, but surrounded by Shura Field

Kaguya could only sigh slightly, tidied her clothes, and placed her hand on the doorknob.

Click.

The door opened.

The rabbit-eared girl, Reisen, with a face full of tangled emotions, appeared before Kaguya.

"Good evening, Princess..."

Reisen bowed slightly:

"The matter is urgent, and I have no choice but to disturb you."

"A batch of Master's latest prepared potions has been stolen, and I'm almost certain it was Eirin's doing."

"Unfortunately, I can't find her, and the potions are very dangerous, so I came to ask you... Huh?"

Halfway through her sentence.

Reisen suddenly blinked in confusion:

"Princess, is there someone else in your room?"

Chapter 55: Kaguya Also Not Asleep? Kaguya: Ah, Right, Right, Right

"No."

Facing Reisen's doubts.

Kaguya replied almost instantly:

"Why do you think there's someone in my room?"

"Because... I feel like the fluctuations in the room are strange."

Reisen scratched her head in confusion.

Her ability is to manipulate wavelengths, so her perception of subtle details is naturally far beyond that of ordinary people.

But in Kaguya's bedroom, she sensed some subtle differences.

However, before she could investigate further, this subtle anomaly disappeared, and the room seemed to really only have Kaguya alone.

"What, do you think I'm hiding someone in my room?"

Kaguya took the initiative to speak, interrupting her investigation:

"Do you think I would secretly keep a man in my room like in a shoujo manga?"

"No, no, I definitely don't have such a rude idea!"

Reisen waved her hands repeatedly to explain:

"I'm just afraid Eirin might be hiding in your room..."

"Don't worry, she's not here."

Kaguya analyzed rationally:

"Instead of wandering around here, you should think about the place she's least likely to hide."

"Because in detective novels, smart criminals often use reverse thinking to hide."

Listening, Reisen's eyes lit up:

"The least likely place to hide? Reverse thinking?"

"I understand, thank you, Princess!"

"You're welcome, goodbye."

After driving the rabbit-eared girl away.

Kaguya looked left and right, making sure no one was watching.

Only then did she relock the door and waved towards the space under the bed.

"Come out, come out, she's gone."

"...That scared me."

Chu Bai poked his head out, breathing heavily.

To avoid Reisen's detection, he had used a skill that consumed a lot of energy.

It was a magic called "Void Concealment". After activation, his body would immediately enter a state of etherealness.

Not only could he be immune to physical attacks, but even his presence would be greatly weakened, thus avoiding other people's perception.

This was one of Chu Bai's trump cards for survival. He had subconsciously used this move when facing Flan's attack in the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

However, continuous casting would consume a lot of energy, and now he was shaking in his legs and exhausted.

"Wow, you look so weak."

Kaguya couldn't help but complain:

"You only lasted for less than three minutes, and you've already become weak and powerless, looking like you've been drained dry..."

"Don't casually say dirty jokes!"

Chu Bai squinted his eyes:

"Void Concealment requires a lot of magic power, it's already amazing that I could hold on until that rabbit left!"

Saying that, he began to pack his things.

Not only did he turn off the computer, but he even pocketed a disc.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Kaguya quickly stopped him:

"Wait, what are you doing?"

"Of course, I'm going home."

Chu Bai said as a matter of course:

"I was almost discovered just now, you don't want me to stay here, do you?"

"Oh, don't go, play with me for a while longer."

Kaguya showed a confident expression:

"Reisen was just an accident, it's all because Eirin is causing trouble, that's why she came to knock on the door."

"Besides her, no one else would dare to come to me late at night!"

Chu Bai twitched his mouth:

"...I feel like you've set up a rather subtle flag."

Kaguya was already sitting in front of the computer.

She reopened the screen and gave Chu Bai a seductive look:

"Since we're pursuing excitement, let's carry it through to the end."

"Come on, let's have a few more rounds before Eirin comes home, or I'll take back that Sunday Secret Treasure."

Faced with Kaguya's threats and temptations, Chu Bai had no choice but to sit back down with a face full of melancholy:

"It seems I'll have to accompany you to the end tonight."

"But if someone knocks on the door again, I won't be able to use ethereal concealment, you have to remember that."

Kaguya waved her hands repeatedly:

"Don't worry, others don't have Reisen's detection abilities, and no one else will come tonight."

"If anyone knocks on the door again tonight, I'll eat this computer screen!"

Knock, knock, knock.

Before the words were finished.

The familiar knock sounded again.

Chu Bai: "..."

Kaguya: "..."

Chu Bai: "Stare..."

Kaguya: "(Guilty)"

Sighing.

Chu Bai silently crawled back under the bed.

Kaguya covered her face and clenched her fist, preparing to see who was so bold as to disturb her plan late at night.

However, after opening the door and seeing the golden-haired little girl standing in front of her, Kaguya was immediately slightly stunned:

"Eh? You're that poisonous doll from the Nameless Hill?"

"I remember your name is... Medicine?"

...

...

Medicine Melancholy.

She is an abandoned doll located on the Nameless Hill, who recently gained sentience.

Although the way she was born is similar to a tsukumogami like Kokoro, her race is actually a youkai, and a rather ferocious one.

She once had great malice towards humans, and with her ability to manipulate poison, she caused no small amount of trouble in Gensokyo.

It wasn't until after Eiki Shiki's sermon that she gradually woke up and re-examined her relationship with everyone.

As for now, her job is to provide poison for Eirin, so she can naturally enter and leave Eientei at will.

After roughly recalling the information about the other party, Kaguya forcibly suppressed the resentment in her heart and showed a calm expression similar to her usual one:

"What's wrong, Medicine? What's the matter that you're looking for me so late?"

Medicine lowered her head slightly, her expression seemed a little uneasy:

"A batch of Eirin's medicine was stolen, that batch of medicine is very dangerous, because my lily-of-the-valley poison was mixed in it."

"But I can't find Eirin, so I can only come to you to report..."

Kaguya immediately understood.

What she and Reisen were talking about was the same thing, the theft incident caused by Inaba Tewi.

Thinking of this, faint veins appeared on Kaguya's forehead, and the fist under her sleeve was also tightly clenched.

It's you again, Inaba Tewi.

Although you didn't directly show up, you've indirectly interrupted me twice tonight!

Don't let me see you, or I'll tear off your ears!

Cursing that age-feigning rabbit in her heart, Kaguya still maintained the elegant smile unique to a princess on the surface:

"It's okay, don't worry, Reisen has already gone to handle this matter."

"But my lily-of-the-valley poison was mixed in..."

Medicine was still a little uneasy, Kaguya gently touched her head:

"Don't worry, Eirin can concoct divine medicine from roadside weeds, and she can also configure poisons into tonics."

"And Eirin wouldn't put truly dangerous medicine in a place where it could be easily obtained."

"Go to rest, don't you still have the wish to liberate all the dolls? You can't achieve it if you don't rest well, you know?"

Like a gentle mother, Kaguya emitted a loving voice.

Medicine finally cheered up, bowed slightly to Kaguya, and left the room.