The self-cultivation of the passer-by hero

"Speaking of which, Takeya doesn't know yet? What is the first thing I learned from my grandmother?"

After eating all the dumplings and drinking all the new tea, Reimu and Takeya sat on the quiet corridor, with their two pairs of lower legs swinging back and forth leisurely, as if they were children.

Reimu, who had his hands behind his back, raised his face and looked at the sky through the clouds covered by the eaves. The seemingly joking question began to drift away with the indifferent words:

"What do you think it is? Hakurei's physical technique? The magic sealing technique? Or the use of Yin Yang Jade?"

Reimu's questions were too jumpy and the wild trajectory made Takeya unable to keep up with the rhythm. He had to focus on the literal part and made a long nasal sound as if thinking. He shook his head:

"not sure what it is?"

"Hehe, you won't think of it."

Lingmeng laughed out loud as if showing off his treasure, and Lingmeng's two little feet swayed even more joyfully:

"It's the 'divination of spirits' technique."

"The art of dividing spirits?"

"That's it. It's a bit troublesome to explain the principle. Takeya, you should know about ninjas, right?"

"Ninja"

heard the words. A lot of information related to ninjas flashed through Takeya's mind, including shurikens, ninjutsu, and tights. Well, the last one didn't count.

"If you're talking about the kind of ninja from historical legends, I know."

The implication is that if there is any special kind of ninja in Gensokyo, he doesn't understand it at all.

"Haha, even if there are ninjas in Gensokyo, they are the same as the ones you know."

Lingmeng smiled and waved his hands, then said slowly:

"The so-called 'spiritual splitting technique' looks similar to the ninja's clone technique on the surface."

"The clone doesn't sound very powerful."

Indeed, compared to the great god-level abilities that Takeya had seen in Gensokyo, the clones were extremely inconspicuous.

"You're right to say that."

Reimu spread his hands indifferently and did not make any rebuttal to Takeya's slighting:

"The art of dividing spirits was not originally a skill used by humans or monsters, but was used exclusively by gods."

"God?"

"Yes, the god separates a part of his body through the method of spiritual separation to other shrines to receive the incense there. Such a clone will have the same abilities as the original body and enjoy the same offerings."

Takeru didn't know what Reimu wanted to say, but her eyes gradually drifted away, as if she was recalling things that happened a long time ago:

"The 'Spirit Splitting Technique' that my grandma taught me is a skill stolen from the gods. It is basically the same as a ninja clone. The only difference is that the clone created through the Soul Splitting Technique can always exist."

"Oh, that's right."

Takeru gave a little reaction in time, treating Reimu's words as a casual chat after dinner. She didn't pay much attention to it and continued to talk to herself:

"In the beginning, my grandma taught me many moves passed down from generation to generation at the Hakurei Shrine, including jutsu and taijutsu, but she never made any demands on me. Just like her personality, the quality of learning It’s all optional.”

Speaking of this, Reimu seemed to recall the worrying character of the previous shrine maidens at that time, and there was a hint of helplessness on the corner of his mouth, but it was quickly replaced by bitterness:

"However, she asked me to practice the 'Spiritual Separation Technique' every day until I mastered it completely."

"Huh? Why do you insist on this not very strong skill?"

"Yes, why, I had no idea at that time, but I found out later."

Lingmeng's eyes were slightly closed, and the smile on his face gradually faded:

"On the day I completely mastered the art of 'splitting spirits', I finally knew that the grandma who was with us had always been a 'splitting spirit'."

".Eh?"

The smile on Wu Ye's face seemed to be frozen, and he maintained the shape of the smile mechanically. After a while, he asked in surprise:

"What does it mean?"

"Ah."

As if being provoked by Takeya's reaction, Reimu hummed twice, a faint smile reappeared on her face, and she said slowly:

"That's the literal meaning. The grandma who has been with us from the beginning is the clone she created using the 'splitting technique'. The real her left a long time ago."

"Isn't that just saying"

"Well, there was no such thing as us being abandoned by her from the beginning, because from the beginning, she never stayed."

Like a halo of light in the sky, Reimu's smile seemed to be stuck on the edge of rising and falling, making it unclear whether it was the early morning of hope or the afterglow of darkness.

"At that time, I pestered Zi and asked her for a long time before she told me the truth. My mother left as early as eighteen years ago, exactly one year before Takeya was born. It's great."

The corners of his reed-leaf-like eyes slightly curved, Reimu smiled at Takeya and said:

"At first, I was worried about what I would do if I was the only one picked up by a clone. But now it seems that we are all the same."

"Reimu."

Wu Ye hesitated to speak. For some reason, looking at Reimu talking and laughing in front of him, he actually felt that she was so fragile like never before.

"Don't look that weird, idiot."

Reimu stretched out his finger and poked Takeya's cheek. After seeing the dull expression on the other person's face, he smiled softly and then raised his head and continued to look at the thick clouds in the sky:

"Zi has already said that a lot of strange things happened eighteen years ago. The barrier of Gensokyo also became strong at that time, so there was nothing she could do after Ama left."

"Zi can't help it?"

Takeya was horrified. If even the realm monster Yakumo Murasaki couldn't stop the previous miko from leaving, then where on earth would she run to? You have to know whether it's the underworld nearby or the other side. Geographically, it is connected to Gensokyo. Could it be said? !

Takeru looked at Reimu in surprise and saw her smiling and nodding:

"It seems that you have also thought about it, Takeya, where did my grandma go?"

".outside world."

If there is any place where Yakumo Murasaki cannot interfere too much, it is only in an area that is completely isolated from the concept of mystery - the outside world, which is the world where Takeya lives.

"But if my elder sister goes to the outside world, won't she completely lose her spiritual power?"

The examples of Remilia and the lost shrine are right in front of us. Special existences from the outside world cannot theoretically survive at all.

"so what?"

Lingmeng's gaze fell far away, without wavering at all:

"Have you forgotten, Takeya? Grandma is a human being just like us. Even if she loses all her strength, if it were her, she would be able to survive easily no matter where she is."

"."

This is the expectation? Still looking forward to? Or is this actually complaining?

Takeru couldn't understand Reimu's current expression. Faced with the ancestors of the shrine maidens who abandoned them mercilessly, Reimu, as her "daughter", could be said to have the most complicated feelings for her.

For Takeya, maybe he should pretend to be stupid now, or hit Reimu on the head with a blaster, and then curse, "I don't understand what you are talking about. Don't show such an expression. It's completely inappropriate." Like you!" Something like that.

"well"

It is undeniable that Takeru hates being given strange expectations, because he has been quietly avoiding these, so he never thought that he would take the initiative to stand in front of others:

"Let me help you, Reimu."

"Eh?"

Reimu was startled, as if he didn't understand what Takeya meant.

"I promise you, I will definitely help you find her."

He made a strange agreement on his own. Under Reimu's shaken eyes due to shock, Takeru gave a thumbs up and showed a set of white teeth that didn't fit his image at all:

"If she is in the outside world, I will definitely find her, and then find a way to bring her into Fantasyland and bring her to you!"

Thank you, Bifang Lurenjun, for your reward