Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

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If you carelessly eat something, you'll immediately be taught a lesson by the accompanying side effects.

Side effects include, but are not limited to: being able to fart a hundred times in a row, having extremely sensitive soles, and emitting a fishy body odor...

"I'll go upstairs and take a look. You wait for me downstairs."

"Ah."

Nana heard footsteps approaching the entrance hallway and hurriedly hid in the bathroom.

Mu Huai walked into the attic at a leisurely pace, and the natural fragrance of the three sisters wafted into the air.

Always carrying the delicate fragrance of flowers and herbs, it belongs to Mengmeng.

The aroma of milk mixed with fruit flavor belongs to Nana; it seems she secretly drank papaya milk again yesterday.

Lala's scent is the most unique. Despite dealing with machines and parts all day, she doesn't have that cold, metallic smell at all. Instead, it's as soft as the scent of lily of the valley.

"Dong dong!"

"Lala, may I come in?"

"Hmm." Her emotionless voice came from behind the door.

A sense of doubt arose in Mu Huai's heart as he turned the doorknob. Looking inside, he stared in astonishment, his eyes widening: "Lala, what's this...?"

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 60, Ibuki Suika's Must-Eat List

Lala, who was always full of enthusiasm and smiles, seemed like a different person. She sat in front of a pile of mechanical parts like an expressionless iceberg, her emerald green eyes filled with a chill that could freeze the air.

Pekai, the disguised robot, flew anxiously to Mu Huai's side: "Lord Mu Huai, something terrible has happened! Lady Lala has suddenly changed her personality for some reason. She doesn't like to talk or smile anymore!"

"Lala, are you alright?" he asked tentatively from the doorway.

She didn't respond, completely ignoring him and Pekka, and continued fiddling with the mysterious machine in her hands.

"Uh... at least she's safe in the room. Let's talk in the living room."

"Ok!"

"Pekka, what did Lala do before she became like this?"

"Let me think... First, I was drawing blueprints in my room, then I overheard Lady Momo and Lady Nana discussing Lady Ibuki's sake brewing, and I got interested and joined in for a chat..."

"Not long after, Lala-sama said she was going to visit Ibuki-sama's room to observe the brewing process. When she returned to the room, she looked completely different."

"Alright, it seems we've found the source of Lala's change." Mu Huai raised an eyebrow and sighed helplessly, then instructed, "Pekai, keep an eye on Lala for me. If she plans to leave home, immediately notify me and Mengmeng."

"Yes, Lord Mu Huai."

After descending from the attic, Mu Huai quickly arrived at the door of the guest room where Ibuki Suika was staying.

Even before the wooden door was opened, the air escaping from the cracks was already filled with a pungent odor, like being crammed into a crowded train on a hot day, with the sweaty smell emanating from the armpits of the people next to you gripping the handrails mixed with some unknown sour smell, making you want to vomit.

"Does brewing wine produce such an unpleasant smell?"

Mu Huai frowned, pinched his nose, and knocked on the door: "Cui Xiang, are you in there?"

"Brother Mu Huai, come in, the door's unlocked."

Before going in, he ran back to his room, found a gas mask, put it on, and then mustered up the courage to enter the room, which he didn't know what kind of mess it had been made of by the drunken loli, Suika Ibuki.

The room, which wasn't very big, was filled with several wooden barrels of various sizes, connected by bamboo pipes. Near the door, a bamboo chimney that constantly emitted smoke was attached to the corner of the wall.

It looks like that nauseating smell is what it's expelling.

"Suika, are you brewing wine or concocting poison?"

Suika Ibuki wrinkled her little nose in displeasure: "How rude of you! Even Yukari Yakumo would praise my brewing skills. How come you suspect me of making poison?"

"Then tell me, what's with that disgusting smell coming from the doorway?"

"Oh, that." She looked enlightened. "No wonder you questioned my skills. That's the impurities that were removed."

"Impurities?"

"That's right. The water in this world is not even as good as the river in Gensokyo. It's mixed with a lot of miscellaneous things. If you want to brew a good sake, you must first clean out these impurities."

"Don't worry, after processing, these impurities will only have a slightly unpleasant smell and will not cause any harm to ordinary people."

Mu Huai didn't know how the pipes and barrels made of bamboo purified the water, nor did he care to investigate further; he simply assumed it was a special brewing technique of the Ghost Clan.

His main task now is to figure out what Lala went through in this room that turned her from a cheerful and innocent girl into an ice queen.

"What did Lala do when she came to your room before?"

"Lala?"

Ibuki Suika thought that Mu Huai would be interested in the wine she brewed, but she didn't expect that he came for his alien girlfriend. A feeling called "jealousy" welled up in her heart.

She put the bamboo tube lid back on one of the wooden buckets, then turned around with a "humph" and jumped into the only empty space in the room—the bed.

Her petite body bounced twice on the bed. Ibuki Suika pulled a pillow over and buried her face in it, her slender, milky-white legs kicking the mattress restlessly as she muttered, "I'm not happy. If you don't comfort me, I won't tell you what Lala did here!"

Honestly, her overt attempts to comfort her were quite endearing, and most importantly, Mu Huai didn't have to guess what she was thinking.

[I usually put girls like this on my must-eat list.]

What do you mean by saying this to me out of the blue?

Shinobu, you should learn from Suika's straightforward way of speaking!

[No way! I'm a charming blonde vampire who's both arrogant and straightforward. How could I possibly abandon my persona so easily?]

Is this your excuse for going out and talking at night when you're in a bad mood?

What's wrong? Are you unhappy?

Please clean up a bit more next time, so I don't have to get up and change my pants.

Okay, you'll wash up and wait for me tonight.

After successfully negotiating with Shinobu, who was hiding in the shadow space, Mu Huai approached Ibuki Suika by the wall and extended his left hand, hesitating in the air for a long time, unsure of where to put it.

Fortunately, she gently shook her head to give him a hint, which successfully landed his hand between the two corners of his head, and he gently stroked his hair back and forth.

After letting out two comfortable hums, Ibuki Suika turned around, intending to let him touch her stomach, but when she saw that he was still wearing that ugly gas mask, a sly glint flashed in her eyes.

She suddenly lifted her feet, her delicate toes nimbly gripping the rope fastened behind his ears, and in the process, removed the gas mask.

"Are you trying to murder your husband?!"

Mu Huai was about to reach for the anti-poison mask when he discovered that the smell inside the room was completely different from that outside.

If the outside smells like a combination of body odor and sweat from the train, the inside smells like a combination of fruit and wine.

The aroma of the wine was so strong that even his normal breathing felt like he was inhaling atomized liquor, making him dizzy and slightly intoxicated.

"Ah... I almost forgot the air temperature in the room was also quite high..."

"Don't you want to listen to what you're saying... what do you mean by 'the air temperature is also very high'... watermelon... you..."

Mu Huai couldn't say anything more. His face flushed, he collapsed onto Ibuki Suika's stomach, while she bit her lower lip and revealed a delighted smile, as if her prey had delivered itself to her.

"Brother Mu Huai, how about we play some fun games?"

"..."

"If you don't say anything, then I'll take it as agreement."

The bedroom, which was originally filled with the aroma of wine, soon acquired another kind of joyful scent.

Finally, Suika Ibuki's cheeks were so moist they were practically glowing as she handed the still-sleeping, dressed Mu Huai to Pekai, who was anxiously waiting for her: "Brother Mu Huai will probably wake up in two or three hours. If he still wants to see me, just tell him I'm waiting for him in the nearby park."

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": The author went to celebrate Children's Day and is resting today.

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Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 61, The Train Bento Connoisseur

When Banai saw that Anzu had been waiting downstairs for a long time without seeing Mu Huai come down, she got up to urge him and Lala. Suddenly, she remembered the scene she had witnessed that day, and feeling sad, she sat back down on the sofa.

Two hours later, Mu Huai, with a lingering blush on his face, leaned against the living room door frame and called out to her, "Xingcai, there's something I need your help with."

"You seem a little off, what's wrong?"

Before she could get angry or question him, she jumped up and ran to his side with concern, only then noticing the faint smell of alcohol surrounding them.

"you've been drinking?"

"No...it was Suika brewing wine in the room..."

Mu Huai briefly recounted the cause and course of events, then shook his still slightly dizzy head: "You and Mengmeng should also tell them, and keep an eye on Lala. If anything happens, call me. I need to go to the park to find Cui Xiang and get some answers."

"Okay, you should go now."

Upon learning that the two had not done what she had imagined upstairs, Banami's mood instantly brightened. After watching him leave, she immediately went upstairs, explained the situation to Nana who had just come out of her room, and then stayed in the attic with her to watch over Lala.

......

Although Ibuki Suika did not specify which park she was in, Mu Huai still managed to find her through a video call on his phone.

"Hmm... It's ten minutes earlier than expected. Brother Mu Huai, you're in great shape."

She sat on a park bench, smiling and greeting people. There were several empty beer cans beside her, indicating that she hadn't stopped drinking while waiting for him to arrive.

There was no one else in the secluded park. Mu Huai walked up and squinted at him, saying, "If Gensokyo forms a new band, you should go and be their bassist."

"Haha, that's an interesting idea, but I'm not interested in musical instruments or anything like that, and I'm also clumsy with my hands, so I'm better off just being a spectator."

After downing another can of beer, Suika Ibuki impatiently patted the seat next to her and urged, "What are you standing there for? Come and sit down."

"I'm worried I'll get drunk again and then you'll pick me up like a corpse."

"Hehe..." Although she didn't understand some of the words, she still understood the meaning behind Mu Huai's words. She chuckled and scratched her head, "Who told you to fall right on my stomach, Mu Huai? What monster could resist that?"

"Have our roles been reversed?"

Don't worry about the details.

As soon as Mu Huai sat down, Ibuki Suika snuggled into his arms like a kitten, and surprisingly, she didn't have the usual smell of alcohol on her.

"what?"

As if she knew what he was surprised about, she tilted her head back proudly and said, "I made sure to get rid of the smell of alcohol."

Mu Huai didn't hold back his praise, reaching out to gently stroke her head: "Amazing, is this a special physique of the Ghost Clan?"

"If I had to put it in a word, I'd say it's a skill that's been honed over time. After all, you can't fight drunk sometimes."

"Hmm...we can talk about alcohol later. Tell me about Lala's situation first."

"It's simple, she was intoxicated by the strong smell of alcohol in the room, just like you."

"what?"

After a pause of a second or two, Mu Huai finally realized what Ibuki Suika had said and asked incredulously, "You mean, Lala became like that just because she was drunk?"

"Of course, I watched her turn into that cold and aloof person, but... she asked me a question before she left the room."

"What's the problem?"

Ibuki Suika didn't reply, but deftly turned around and pouted her pink lips at him, raising her eyebrows twice, the meaning of which couldn't be clearer.

Mu Huai had no choice but to satisfy this little glutton first, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get the information he wanted.

The lush green leaves rustled in the breeze, and the two kissed for a long time under the shade of the trees, which was dappled with sunlight, until Ibuki Suika blinked her watery eyes and took the initiative to separate.

"Phew~~ As expected of the Gensokyo stallion with more than ten girlfriends, his kissing skills are so proficient that I lose track of time."

The romantic, pink atmosphere was instantly shattered. Mu Huai asked with a dark face, "Where did you hear that malicious and defamatory nickname you just used?"

"Of course it's Aya." She readily sold out Aya Shameimaru, who often leaked gossip to her.

"That paparazzi is something else. I'll go back and give her boss a piece of my mind."

There's no point in directly retaliating against the paparazzi themselves; it's more cost-effective to ambush her boss in his office, and maybe slip him some Pelican Town specialties along the way. That should make the editor-in-chief cause her a lot of trouble.

"Now that we know what happened to Lala, let's go back."

"Wait, aren't you feeling uncomfortable?"

"It's nothing serious, the swelling will go down in a bit."

“Actually, I have a better idea…” Ibuki Suika whispered a few words in Mokuhou’s ear, “What do you think?”

He replied in a serious tone, "As you know, I've always loved eating train bento boxes, especially when I eat them on the go, which allows me to savor the flavors even more. I've eaten train bento boxes more than ten times so far, and I can't get enough of them, no matter what flavor they are."

"Hehe~ Then I won't be polite either."