(Thank you very much to 'pokémon,' 'Lei Xiang,' and 'Yan Yu Jiangnan' for the tips!)
Gensokyo, Hakurei Shrine...
Because they had left in such a hurry—and by spatial transfer, no less—the door at the shrine entrance that Marisa had shoved open remained wide open, practically inviting people inside to steal things.
Don't think Gensokyo had no thieves. A certain black-and-white mouse who wasn't perverted—though whether she had yuri tendencies was still under investigation—was precisely such a thief.
Unfortunately, Hakurei Shrine did not even have offering money. Its owner was such a hopeless fool that a broken, empty Donation Box could drive her to despair. Even if Gensokyo had thieves, no thief would choose to come here.
Marisa excluded...
"Whew—!"
Bursts of cold wind swept up from beneath the stairs at the front of Hakurei Shrine, howling across the clearing before the shrine and pouring into the open doorway.
"Buzz—!"
Not long afterward, a violent tremor ran through the air inside the shrine. A spatial ripple appeared like a mirage, and then three figures—one man and two girls—stepped out from it.
Of them, the slightly older girl dropped straight onto the floor on her butt, crying out in pain from the fall.
"You... you... bastard..."
Sitting on the ground and rubbing her small backside, Reimu glared fiercely at Wu Yan, so furious her lungs nearly burst.
"You broke my Donation Box, scalded my tongue, drenched me from head to toe, got Marisa to misunderstand me, dragged me to Scarlet Devil Mansion without my consent to clean up your mess, and now you casually brought me back and threw me onto the floor. You're deliberately picking a fight, aren't you?..."
"That's a huge misunderstanding!" Holding Flandre, Wu Yan raised an eyebrow at Reimu.
"Breaking your Donation Box was purely an accident. I