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Chapter 21: Visible Path (Continued)

The situation has changed dramatically since the map began! New boss in the south, new reinforcements in the west. Objective is now to defeat both Aya and Momiji, Battle Mastery is to defeat Momiji first.

First, it's time for some redistribution of forces.

Everyone with ludicrous accuracy or Strike heads south to engage Aya. Everyone else heads north to engage Momiji.

Because those people will be completely useless against Aya.

The Three Fairies pull out all the stops to get to work on the other tengu! There are just a huge amount of enemies to take down on this crazy map.

The chumps of this fight are putting up a fierce resistance! I can't go all out, since I still have two bosses to defeat...

Some concentrated effort from the enemy deals a devastating blow to the Three Fairies! They are now the Two Fairies, as Luna is cut down by Momiji. The S Formation Attack is sealed, and they lose their evasion buff...

...that's right, I wanted to ask you something, if that's okay.

What's with all the politeness?

Why are you guys fighting so hard for the sake of my shrine?
I'd expect it during an incident, but what's your reason today?

Well I wouldn't say I'm fighting THAT hard, but... because we're friends?

I don't remember becoming friends with you.

B-Blunt!

Idiot, where else can anyone find a youkai-friendly shrine?
Everyone likes your shrine, so they're lending it a hand.

...
OK, I get it.

You do?

What you're saying makes no sense, but I get it.

I keep trying to think this through in terms of shrines or faith, but it's just a big pain!

Aren't you just getting fed up?

Youre darn right, I'm fed up with all of this! From now on, I'm doing exactly what I want to do!

Ooh, the usual Reimu came back.

Does that mean that she's back to normal?

Of course! Come on, we're going to the Moriya Shrine.

I don't like their style, so I'll give them a piece of my mind!

Thats the spirit! You'd better not fall behind!

Next objective: Shoot down as many tengu as I can this turn! Having all six (counting Momiji and Aya) of them up at once is murder.

With the whole north squad working in peak form, I manage to take down two crows and a wolf before the enemy counterattack.

Momiji is sturdy and powerful, but her evasion is nil and her accuracy isn't great. With a bit of effort, characters like Alice can run circles around her.

You're as fast as ever. I won't even both to attack you head on.
...Well, if I aim by intuition, I'll probably hit you eventually!

Intuition? That's some big talk.
Come on, show me the power of thte modern Hakurei Shrine Maiden!

First round is an even dual miss!

Note that Aya is our first opponent to pack multiple spell cards.

With Sakuya having taken down the last of the underling tengu, it's down to just us and the bosses!

Momiji puts up a solid defense against superior firepower from all sides...

...but our solid offense is better!

I see... it won't be enough to continue like this.

What's this strong feeling...

She really won't accept losing to us, huh.

That's right, Marisa Kirisame. Last summer, I had to be rescued by Aya...

Yes, I was shamefully defeated! So I worked tirelessly to return to battle with a new set of fangs!

Be careful, she's using a spell card!

[ BGM - Falling Harvest Autumn ~ Fall of Fall ]

Howl, stone-piercing fang! Let my warrior's pride become my blade!

Hound Sign "Rabies Bite"

Inside this spell, all defensive abilities are neutralized, from defesive support to Rumia's barrier!

Also, Aya and Momiji have gotten kind of alarming up in each other's business. I have to take one of them down, and fast.

That damn shield gives her a chance to take reduced damage from any attack.

And that damn sword just...

...ow.

And the intrepid doll Shanghai defeats Momiji!

Gh, why? How could I lose again?!

Our resolve won't be broken by the fangs of a beast!

Huh, so you've come this far already?
Momiji, I'll handle things from here. Go ahead and withdraw.

Withdraw?! I can still fight!

No need to go overboard, you've done enough.
I'll mop up what's left.

...Understood. As you say, I'll leave the rest to you.

We defeated her, somehow...

She really put her back into it, huh.

It's a good thing Marisa's team showed up when they did. Just one more!

As Keine says, just one more! How hard could it be?

First lifebar passes without further incident.

Hmhm, so that's about all you've got?

She just can't keep still, can she?

Tell me about it. We're just here for the shrine, but she won't get out of the way.

Do you guys really get along with that shrine?

I guess. They tried to take over the mountain, they keep tellilng us what to do...
The tengu haven't exactly been quiet about it, either.

The mountain shrine's situation isn't as simple as we thought, huh.

Hey, we don't have to like them to respect them.

Anyway, why don't you just stand aside? I don't have any business with the tengu.

Truth be told, I'd love to just let you guys do what you want. Unfortunately, I can't.
If I surrender that easily, how would that reflect on the tengu?

Tengu are a real pain in the ass.

[ BGM - Black-Winged Wind God ~ Youkai Mountain ]

You can't act on your own when you belong to a group.

All right, I'll go easy on you, but you'd better not return the favor!

Wind God "Tengu's Fall Wind"

Big area - any of us inside it get -15% evasion.

I really don't know what I'd do without Strike.

That... is surprisingly surviveable!

GO TEAM MALICE

And ultimately, it is Mokou who takes down the second lifebar.

Hey, you're doing better than I thought!

Don't you get tired from flying around all the time?

It's one way to do things, but if we can catch you, we win.

Oho, do you think you can match my speed?

We're just saying you cant win a danmaku battle with speed alone.

I like that nonsensical attitude. I shouldn't've expected anything else from the ones who want to pick a fight with gods.

I think it's about time I showed you my full speed.
Every living thing in Gensokyo bows down before the tengu's march!

Illusionary Dominance

Final spell! As long as she's on her own field, Aya gets +30 mobility and +1 move speed.

I'm going, so get ready!

Time to run you through!

Go go go go go go!!

W-Waaaaaahh!

And down goes Kurumi. Again.

OKAY, this is straight-up necessary if we want a chance of bringing her down.

Hit hard with Strike-enabled attacks or crazy accurate badasses!

Get hit with painful, accurate counterattacks!

Spirit Sign "Fantasy Seal"

Kh, I guess this is my limit...

Whew! That was some nice youkai extermination.

It was our first real showdown. You did better than I thought you would.
Maybe I should've teamed up with that curse god...

Would you kindly step aside? We'd rather not stay here long enough for the kappa to pick another fight with us.

The kappa? What did they say about the shrine?

That they didn't really have a sense for the shrine's character.
They aren't allowed on the grounds, and they don't know what they're thinking...

(Heh heh. If the underlings are thinking like that...)
(...)

So, are you gonna go admit defeat and tell us about that god?

Yeah, don't worry.

Eh?!

Wait, really?!

I can't tell you much, but I'll show you the way to the shrine.
If you follow that path, you'll reach the Moriya Shrine soon enough.

Do you think we'll fall for that? She's almost definitely trick us.

Well, you can think that if you want.
Anyway, good luck!

She's a crafty one.

What was she thinking, showing us the way to the Moriya Shrine?

We can worry about that later. We need to get out of here before more enemies come.

Stage Clear

Turns taken: 10
Spirit Commands used: 31
Bombs used: 1
Battle Mastery achieved
Luna Child shot down
Kurumi shot down

We're back on our way before enemy reinforcements!

The Fairies admit that they weren't planning on fighting at all, but maybe they can win with the shrine maiden and magician on their side. Cirno has brought some clout to the team!

Overall there is a lot of catching up from the last mission. Apparently Marisa never got the radio messages.

Now! About the way to go.

Mokou says that there's no reason to trust Aya's words, but Alice isn't so sure. She's starting to get the feeling that the youkai of the mountain wouldn't really be THAT broken up at the prospect of the shrine going down.

Elsewhere, Aya and Momiji regroup after their defeat. Momiji is ready to go back, but Aya's got other plans - they're going to tail Reimu's group.

There's too much that the tengu don't know about that shrine, and this might be the perfect opportunity to get some intel...

In other words, win or lose, Aya was going to get what she wanted after this battle.

To be continued!

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