After Eirin Yagokoro erased the last of her fantasies with such blunt words, Yukari Yakumo fell silent.
In this pure land that gathered countless anomalies, Eirin Yagokoro stood at the pinnacle of the abnormal in strength as well. If that was her assessment, there was no room for doubt.
That was right.
-Gensokyo would be destroyed.
As a Youkai Sage whose wisdom and power were no less than Eirin Yagokoro's, no one understood that better than Yukari Yakumo.
When she noticed the change in the barrier, Yukari Yakumo had, as usual, stirred up numerous disturbances in Gensokyo from behind the scenes.
As a paradise for anomalies, Gensokyo saw many disputes and incidents arise from differences in race and personality. Conversely, that was also this Avalon's greatest reserve of strength.
Oni, youkai, fairies, and even Sennin and divine spirits all existed here as real, active forces.
Their presence allowed Yukari Yakumo to act as a coordinator, overcoming many incidents that no single person could handle and even eliminating more threats before they could take shape.
Yet before this expanding darkness, that approach had failed completely.
Neither the physically formidable Oni Clan nor divine spirits who touched upon concepts, nor even True Magic and youki, had any effect.
As Eirin Yagokoro had said, this disaster operated on the scale of the world. It was an apocalypse beyond the norm.
The only reason it had yet to manifest in the outside world was that Gensokyo's nature had caused it to trigger the danger first.
To find a sliver of hope for survival amid this catastrophe, accepting Gensokyo's inevitable destruction as a premise would make the road ahead much easier.
The Sage of the Moon's slightly emphatic tone was the clearest hint she could give Yukari Yakumo.
But Yukari Yakumo sighed, her calm voice