Chapter 43: Tengu VS Kappa! Luke's Name Becomes a Nuclear Weapon?!
Youkai Mountain, Genbu Ravine.
This was a famous kappa habitat.
Because everyone gathered here to live, chat, and party, a kappa society had slowly formed.
During normal times, besides exchanging techniques, everyone stayed in various places making their favorite tools, or crafting items desired by clients.
One must know, the common characteristic of kappas was their manual dexterity, possessing superb technology incomprehensible to Gensokyo humans, thus often creating various novel gadgets on behalf of others.
However, kappa technology was generally only released to certain youkai.
If there were no restrictions, many troubles would probably pop up everywhere in 'Gensokyo'.
Besides that, the goods they sold had also received warnings from the Hakurei maiden.
Although the kappas shouted 'Kappa patents, kappa technology cannot be infringed or restricted', after hearing the phrase 'Want to eat a Fantasy Seal?', they all obediently nodded, promising definitely not to cause trouble.
However, in recent months, a legend began circulating among the kappas...
Rumor had it that the owner of the popular restaurant opened in the woods near the 'Human Village' seemed intent on developing 'Kappa Consommé'.
In 'Gensokyo', there was indeed news of youkai eating humans and oni committing crimes.
But dreadful existences specifically using youkai to make cuisine were really few...
And among these kappas, Kawashiro Nitori, whose popularity had soared recently and was called the 'Kappa Genius', wanted to investigate clearly.
But a month had passed, and she still hadn't taken any action.
Returning to the present, Kawashiro Nitori, who claimed she would investigate clearly 'whether the restaurant owner cooked kappas', stayed near her home, like a veteran technician, starting to disassemble the artificial object before her, then reassembling it after studying its structure.
For convenience, Kawashiro Nitori would put tools inside her clothes.
Unconsciously, Kawashiro Nitori's canvas bag and clothes became filled with various tools, materials, fuel, and mysterious substances.
At this moment, Kawashiro Nitori, having completed the disassembly, took out a new tool, then mumbled,
"Should I try making magic tools recently?"
Thinking of this, Kawashiro Nitori wiped the sweat from her forehead, preparing to reassemble the object before her.
Rustle!
The nearby bushes were pushed aside.
A kappa ran out hurriedly from the other side.
The moment she saw Kawashiro Nitori, she shouted,
"Run!"
"Huh?"
Swish!
The panicked kappa fled like a wisp of smoke.
Just as Kawashiro Nitori felt puzzled, movement came from above.
That figure began to dive, bringing terrifying airflow from top to bottom, sweeping the scene!
Whoa!
Parts flew!
What the heck!
Kawashiro Nitori pressed down her hat, looking at the culprit who created this chaos.
"You are... Shameimaru Aya... that tengu who always talks nonsense!! How dare you come to our kappa territory!"
A major enemy of the kappa, a tengu, appeared.
This made Kawashiro Nitori prepare for battle!
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Seems I really was a bit reckless...
Shameimaru Aya, descending upon the scene, held her fan, staring at the kappa before her.
Kawashiro Nitori, appearance-wise, was a petite girl with blue hair and blue eyes, hair tied into twintails, wearing a green sun hat, dressed in blue exploration clothes.
The most obvious feature was the giant blue canvas bag carried on her back.
Really want to know what's inside.
Thinking this, Shameimaru Aya directly stated her purpose.
"You have a commission, so I came to take you over."
"Who's going!"
Kawashiro Nitori naturally didn't agree.
She stuck out her tongue, both hands suddenly slapping her body.
After a pa sound, Kawashiro Nitori's figure disappeared.
"I know this one. Didn't you tell someone before? Seems like it's called 'optical camouflage suit invisibility' technology? But it's useless against me."
Shameimaru Aya finished speaking and waved her hand.
The fan in her hand whipped up a fierce wind, sweeping the scene.
Although Kawashiro Nitori turned invisible, her main body wouldn't disappear because of it, so in the next instant, she was blown away.
Before she could react, the airflow suddenly changed, carrying the kappa towards the sky.
Shameimaru Aya, thinking she had resolved the issue, also flew up.
"I know you're still there, stop being invisible!"
"Hmph!"
Kawashiro Nitori deactivated the optical camouflage.
She said confidently,
"I stopped being invisible, not because I thought I would lose! Just to let others aim better!"
"Aim what?"
"Hmph hmph! This is the kappa base!"
Hearing Kawashiro Nitori say this, some movement came from below.
The puzzled Shameimaru Aya looked towards the ground.
Among the bushes, cannons aimed at the sky had been set up at some point.
"Fire! Fire! Reflect for me!! Aim at the tengu and shoot to your heart's content!"
As Kawashiro Nitori shouted, the kappas responded one after another.
Those cannons were activated simultaneously.
The cannon mouths roared, firing various different projectiles from within.
There was slime, fire, ice, even glutinous rice dumplings and chilled watermelon...
"Whoa!"
Shameimaru Aya, protecting herself with a wind barrier, felt like she was in the center of a storm.
Seeing the situation wasn't good, she hurriedly added loudly,
"It's not my commission! It's the commission from that restaurant owner! It's Luke! You know him, right!"
As soon as these words came out, the cannon fire from below suddenly stopped.
Kawashiro Nitori in the air widened her eyes, asking uneasily,
"Is it that... Luke?"
"That's right, you..."
Shameimaru Aya threatened,
"You don't want to be made into kappa soup by Luke-san, right?"
"Also?!"
"But if you accept the commission, you'll be removed from the list."
Using Luke's name as a weapon, the kappas, including Kawashiro Nitori, instantly became docile...
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