Arknights: Suika's Journey as a Messenger
Chapter 239

Fun at Rhodes Island

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"I don't know, but it seems to be the kind that is immortal and indestructible."

"Immortal and indestructible?" A sage nearby looked up.

"To be precise, they are probably already dead, but their souls are protected by some mysterious force."

They can then possess other life forms or things and transform into whatever they desire.

Therefore, no matter how many times they are physically destroyed, they can be resurrected.

After listening to Suika's explanation, the sage lowered his head and continued fiddling with the Originium in his hands.

"Next time you come, it won't be a problem to bring some history books from that world and those books on Originium Arts, will it?" Yukari Yakumo asked Suika.

"Of course, no problem... Hmm, looks like I passed?" After agreeing, Suika suddenly realized something and stared wide-eyed at Yukari Yakumo.

"Although I have reservations about whether your arrival will affect the Great Hakurei Barrier, it seems there is no problem at the moment."

Besides, I'm quite interested in that world, and I hope you'll work hard so I'll have the opportunity to go and see it.

By the way, since you've taken the initiative to wait for us here, there must be something you need.

Why don't we talk about it first?

Yukari Yakumo said calmly.

"Phew, that's great."

It's like this... blah blah blah

Suika recounts Amiya's story and how she unexpectedly observed another ending for Amiya through a magical gadget.

After listening, the group fell into a brief silence. Even the fairies of Gensokyo had never encountered such a phenomenon of world lines separating.

However, they do have a way to make the other person experience the story from the other storyline, as Suika suggested.

A moment later, Yagokoro Eirin handed her a black pill.

Just as Suika was about to take it, Yagokoro Eirin slapped her hand away.

"The pills haven't been successfully made yet?"

Now place your hands on it and close your eyes, recalling the experiences you had with Amiya, in as much detail as possible."

Upon hearing Yagokoro Eirin's words, Suika obediently raised her hand and placed it above the pill.

Several black threads slipped from her hand and quickly landed on the pill.

The already black pill suddenly became incredibly deep, looking ominous.

"Alright!" Yagokoro Eirin waved her hand, and the pill landed in Suika's hand.

Suika picked up the pill and looked at it, then glanced at Yagokoro Eirin.

"Are you sure this thing won't kill someone?"

Of course not.

This is just one way to use Dream Pill.

The Dream Pill allows the user to dream, while the Nightmare Version causes nightmares.

However, simply consuming this will only guarantee that it will be a nightmare, but not what kind of nightmare it will be, since dreams are fleeting.

But it's not impossible. For example, I just locked your memories into this pill, and the person who takes it will have the same dream that we want them to have."

Yagokoro Eirin said calmly, to which Suika replied that the almost rule-like abilities manifested by the Gensokyo in Gensokyo are sometimes quite abnormal.

In the hands of a strong player, it's practically a bug.

"Then, would you like these?" Suika took out a few Pure Originium and handed them over.

"Keep one, that's enough. This thing is a bit strange, but it's useless to us."

If you really want to trade, bring some books from that world.

At least the idea of another world might offer some new insights for my research.

Yagokoro Eirin didn't take one but looked at Yukari Yakumo. Yukari Yakumo waved and took one after she finished speaking, then pushed the rest back to Suika.

"Suika, the barbecue you ordered is ready!"

"Hey, why are there two Suika?"

Just then, the proprietress next to her suddenly spoke up, startling Suika.

Then everyone realized that a little nightingale was making a barbecue nearby, huffing and puffing away.

"Since we're already here, it's on me today!"

Suika once again took out a gold coin and, under Reimu Hakurei's watchful gaze, tossed it into the barbecue stall's cash register.

"Alright..." Seeing the Hakurei Shrine Maiden and Great Youkai who were usually rarely seen sitting around, Mystia decisively buried her head on the other side of the barbecue stall.

After everyone had enjoyed themselves, Suika disappeared into Gensokyo the instant she stepped out of the shop under everyone's watchful eyes.

"How about it?"

Seeing Yagokoro Eirin's furrowed brows, she knew that Yukari Yakumo had probably failed.

"It failed..."

"When I returned those stones to her, I replaced one of them with the one we made, but the beacon disappeared, and I can't feel it at all."

Yukari Yakumo stretched out her hand, and there in her hand was a Pure Originium.

It turns out that she had already switched one of the Originium when she pushed it back to Suika.

The one that was switched contained a beacon made from various technologies and magic derived from Gensokyo.

Yukari Yakumo originally thought that by using the signals and keeping an eye on Suika from outside, she could detect spatial fluctuations and find the world Suika was in.

But it's clear that this experiment failed.

However, she was not discouraged.

After all, since the other party is willing to communicate with Gensokyo and has this fixed location, she has more ways to conduct experiments.

One day she will find a way to actively contact the other world.

Chapter 434 Joyful Rhodes Island

Back in Terra, Suika breathed a sigh of relief.

Then I touched my back...

Hey! No cold sweat~

She knew she would be caught by Granny Zi when she went to Night Sparrow's place, which is why she acted as if she was confident.

To be honest, I had some concerns about going there.

After all, while this person is indeed a bit lazy at times, they are still very serious when it comes to work.

I don't know what I did that touched her, otherwise it would be impossible to bribe the Hakurei Shrine Maiden with money.

On the contrary, the main body of Gensokyo is easier to deal with; demons are things that only care about what they care about.

As long as you adopt a humble attitude, appear harmless, and then offer her a drink, she won't do anything to you.

Because the Night Sparrow's territory is only so big, there's simply no environment for them to fight.

Anyone present at the time could have easily overturned that mess with a fart.

She originally thought she would only encounter Yukari Yakumo and Reimu Hakurei, but unexpectedly, she also ran into Yagokoro Eirin.

She took out the pill that, no matter how she looked at it, was covered in words saying "I am poison, don't take it," and felt somewhat melancholy.

Even if Amiya believed she could eat it, no one else would allow it.

Then there's... a stone whose color looks very different from the other Pure Originium.

While getting the pills, Suika saw this thing that looked very different from what she had just picked up.

Upon closer inspection, wow!

This thing is full of all sorts of random magic and runes.

It's obvious that the creator had very little time, so they could only cram as much of their own stuff into it as possible.

However, judging from the dimness of these runes and spells, they have probably all become ineffective.

After looking at it for a few seconds, she suddenly realized that it must have been the one that Yukari Yakumo switched when she gave her the Pure Originium.

However, her attention was entirely focused on the other people present, and the lighting at the barbecue stall was relatively dim, so she didn't notice anything unusual about the thing immediately.

Since it's useless now, she'll just ignore it.

She casually tossed it onto a cabinet as a decoration and then stood up.

We don't know when Amiya and the others will leave, so we need to get her to take the pill as soon as possible.

Sneaking in at night to secretly stuff it into someone's mouth?

Is the pill being hidden in food to deceive people?

Although these methods are feasible, none of them were chosen for Suika.

A true woman must face A head-on.

So she went straight to Rhodes Island's base.

"Oh, here we are again!" I met Scout on duty at the door.

"Yeah, yeah, it's all about having fun anyway. There are more people here, so it'll be more fun."

Suika said with a smile.

"That's true. By the way, we have a competition later, are you going to participate?"

"Scout asked."

"Ah, a competition? What kind of competition?" Suika's curiosity was piqued.

"A 1000-meter sprint on stilts," Scout said, pointing to the track.

"Huh?" Suika looked puzzled.

"Hey, when I went out to play before, I saw that Great Yan was holding a parade. The people on it walked on wooden sticks, just like they were walking on flat ground."

People found it interesting, so they asked around and found out that it was called stilts.

We discussed it and thought it was really interesting, so we decided to have a competition using stilts."

Scout's face beamed with joy.

"This is so interesting, you have to include me!"

After hearing Scout's words, Suika also became interested.

"By the way, where's Amiya?" After chatting for a while, Suika remembered the purpose of her visit.

"Amiya is making stilts for the competition with everyone, in that room over there."

Scout pointed to a warehouse-like building next to the playground and said.

"Okay, I'll head over now!"

After saying that Suika skipped over to the warehouse.

As soon as I walked in, wow!

Inside the small-looking room, a dozen or so agents were chatting and joking while making fancy stilts.

For example, the one Amiya made has the stepping point right in the middle, and when you step on it, the wooden heads sticking out on both sides look like Cautus's two ears.

When Suika came in, everyone greeted her while continuing with their work.

Seeing everyone busy Suika sat down next to them, chatting with them while watching them work.

From their conversation, Suika learned that Amiya and the others were preparing to return to Rhodes Island the next day.

Some of the machines Rhodes Island ordered from Lungmen haven't arrived yet, so Rhodes Island won't leave immediately. They'll probably stay in the Lungmen Outer Ring for another week to two weeks.

Only after the goods arrive will they move towards Rim Billiton as planned.

Suika felt a surge of good fortune upon hearing this.

If I get lazy and procrastinate for a day or two, I'll probably have to chase after the little rabbit to Rhodes Island to give him his medicine.

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