Not just among yokai—most of the time, even if no one looked at your strength, you still needed enough power to ensure you could speak to them as an equal.
Even among the humans of the Human Village, social classes had become somewhat entrenched. Though it had not reached the level of a feudal dynasty, it was still difficult for ordinary people to make a name for themselves.
Take Chen Luo's puppet, Aili. She had been in Gensokyo for less than half a month, died dozens of times, and still had not found the Human Village.
Compared to her master, Aili was downright pathetically weak.
"Anyway, you need to understand what you can and cannot say. Thank you," Yakumo Yukari said helplessly.
As long as Chen Luo did not make the bar common knowledge by tomorrow, Yakumo Yukari would consider herself beaten.
"Yakumo Yukari, you're bullying people again." Yuuka Kazami sneered.
"Bullying him? Would I dare bully him? I..."
He was always the one bullying me, okay?
Though it did not exactly count as bullying, Yakumo Yukari was extremely eager to visit Different Worlds. Thus, whenever she interacted with Chen Luo in the bar, she was usually at a disadvantage.
But looking at the figures seated in a circle around Chen Luo, Yakumo Yukari knew no one would believe her even if she told the truth.
After all, Yakumo Yukari's reputation in Gensokyo was not particularly good, and her words were far from trustworthy.
Yakumo Yukari lost the desire to argue with everyone. Pinching the back of the collar of the person beside her, she said to Chen Luo, "Don't forget my puppet. Make it a refined one."
"Don't cut in line. I'm next," Marisa Kirisame said unhappily.
But after Yakumo Yukari glared at her, she obediently shut up.
Yakumo