(Heartfelt thanks to 'tanzit' and 'Yume no Shouyou' for their rewards!)
The view before him warped, and the world changed.
Wu Yan only felt his vision blur. When his sight cleared once more, the first thing that entered his eyes was an endless sky, beneath which lay one dazzling scene after another.
A bustling village...
A desolate bamboo forest...
Silent mountain peaks...
A mysterious forest...
And a lake shrouded in dense mist, a scarlet mansion, and, near the edge, the most conspicuous Hakurei Shrine—all of them formed picture after picture, laid out before Wu Yan without reservation.
Only after a while did Wu Yan realize that he had arrived above Gensokyo and was seated within a Gap that had split open directly in Gensokyo's sky, its interior filled with grotesque eyeballs and darkness.
Besides Wu Yan, Ran and Chen were also present, seated within the Gap as well. Their faces were full of confusion, clearly not understanding why Purple had brought them here for this so-called conversation.
But when Wu Yan, Ran, and Chen all turned their gazes to the side, toward Purple, the only one standing inside the Gap, the three of them were stunned.
The Yokai Sage Yakumo Yukari, who had always been unfathomable, mysterious, and wise—as though she held the entire world in her hands and had never once lost her composure—was now gazing down at Gensokyo with purple eyes filled with attachment, sorrow, and deep worry.
That was right!
Worry!
Purple was looking at Gensokyo, which she could be said to have spent her entire life protecting, with a face full of concern!
Let alone Wu Yan, even Ran, who had accompanied Purple for countless years, had never seen her like this. Of the three present, Ran was the most shocked, even beginning to panic.
"Zi...