Let's Play Super Touhou Wars 2

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Letty's special skills are Cold Wave (all enemies within 6 spaces get -10% evasion), Super Cold Wave (for one turn, all enemies on the map get -20% evasion), and Dance of Snow (reduces Letty's HP/armor but increases her mobility). Doesn't REALLY matter, since I won't be using her much.



Over at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Flandre is looking for Sakuya and Meiling! They are, however, nowhere to be found.



That is, as big sis explains, because they're off playing incident resolution. Patchy and Koakuma are out, too, so it's just the two sisters in the mansion. And all the maids.

Flandre's well-thought-out response to this scenario is to demand that her sister make cakes for her.



Elsewhere in Gensokyo, Sakuya and Meiling are talking about the Scarlets. Apparently they're getting along much better now than they were last summer!



As the conversation wanders, the one who urges us to stay on track is... Komachi?

Maybe it's because if more people die, it means more work for her.



Meanwhile, Cirno is trying to establish a bond of cold camraderie with Letty, to mixed results!

Letty thinks that it's pretty presumptuous of Cirno to put herself, a fairy, on the same level as her, a youkai.



Our resident fall gods, of course, don't like her one bit. Winter, after all, represents the end of fall.

However, one of them has stumbled upon a clue!



It's... a cherry petal? That's bizarre, there aren't any cherry trees blooming anywhere in Gensokyo.

Chapter 27: Yesterday's Enemy, Today's Enemy

Cold again today, uugh...

I don't wanna play outside if it's gonna be this cold every day...
...huh?



What's with this cherry tree?

Cherry blossoms are falling...? Maybe spring's on its way.

Then let's look for some other signs of spring.
If this can survive through the snow, then maye there's some horsetails or fuki buds...



...So there was still a bit of spring left here.

Who's that?

Not bad, flying around in this cold.

You there, hand over that remaining patch of spring.
I won't show any mercy if you resist.

Hand over the spring...?

Silence!

Hey, what are you doing?!

As I said, I'm taking this spring...
...!



Looks like this is where the petals are coming from.

Hey, isn't that...

Reimu? What are you...

If it isn't Youmu!

Who is that? Someone you guys know?

That's Youmu Konpaku, a gardener from the netherworld.
She helped us out during the incident last summer.

Long time no see, Youmu. What're you doing with those fairies?

That's... I...

This girl came out of nowhere and started shouting at us to give her the spring!

We were just looking for some little signs that spring was coming...

They were looking for spring?

Could Youmu be looking to resolve this incident, too?

Incident? What do you mean?

What do you mean, what do you mean? It's this freakishly long winter!

...!

This incident is serious. I'm glad to see you're helping, too.
Will you come along with...

...
No. Please, turn back here.

...?!

What?!

Even if you do nothing, this long winter shall soon end.
As soon as our goal is reached, we'll return the spring.

What do you mean, return the spring?!

Sounds like you know something about this incident.

I regret to say that I'm not here to make idle conversation. Turn back, all of you.

Do you really think we'll be stopped that easily?

Very well. I'll take the spring that's gathered here, and...!



Victory Conditions
Youmu or all enemies defeated.

Defeat Conditions
All allies defeated.

Bonus Condition
Defeat 18 enemies.



There are 12 crows and 10 fairies, for a total of 22 enemies. Youmu is also here, but she's allies to neither the fairies nor us - it's a three way battle.

If Youmu gets five kills, then the battle mastery will be lost.



And it's battlin' time!





Youmu's prioritizing the spring-hogging fairies over us. We gotta get in there fast!





Letty's pulling her own weight! That huge anti-evasion field is pretty handy, and she can take hits like a pro.



Seven down! Part of the trick of this is to cut down enemy units who Youmu has wounded - that way, she has to get lucky enough to take someone down from full HP to get any kills.





A problem with our plan: The fairies are attacking Youmu!

She can do quite a lot of damage from counterattacks alone. We have to put a stop to this.





And there go my chances of getting this one perfect. Youmu kills: 1.



Youmu, was it? It looks like she isn't interested in attacking us at all.

...

Focus, Keine. I know you don't want to fight her, but...
If she knows something about this incident, we've gotta do what we've gotta do.

Yes, without complaints...
...hmm?



[ BGM - Brand New Wind ~ The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw ]

Found you, Reimu!

Sanae?!

Not bad, Momiji. You've got the tracking skills of a bloodhound.

Please don't compare me to a dog. I found them using my superior sight.

Is that the shrine maiden who tried to take the Hakurei Shrine...?

What are you doing here?

I want to try my own brand of incident resolution, as the wind priestess of the Moriya Shrine.
Yasaka's worried, so if I can do something...

First youkai extermination, now incident resolution. You're giving this your all.

Yes, I was worried about the incident, so I asked Moriya to let me do something about it.

"Mountain Shrine Maiden Sanae's First Incident Resolution!"
I think it could make a good article.

One thing at a time, Aya. Our duty, first and foremost, is protecting Kochiya.

I wasn't expecting the tengu to lend us a hand.

Well if you're gonna lend a hand, then lend it already.

Yes, let's do it together!

By the way, who's that tense-looking girl over there?

She's a swordfighter who was with the humans. I met her last summer.

I see. Why is she fighting them now?

She seems to know something about this incident, so we're going to make her tell us what.

Is it okay to fight against an old friend, though?

Well we can't just let her get away, now, can we?

...At some point, it seems you reconciled with the Youkai Mountain shrine maiden.
That's fine, I still just need to accompish my goal!



Aww yeah. Three new characters, get!



Okay, Sanae isn't exactly new since I got her for that one chapter earlier. But still!



Aya's biggest failing is that she doesn't have the Focus spirit command, but with the right build she can be plenty fast enough to dodge whatever anyone throws at her without it.



Much the opposite, Momiji is built more along the lines of Meiling, but a bit better at dodging attacks and a bit worse at taking hits.

Up to 10 enemies shot down.



14...



...and 18!

From here, we go ahead and mop up the remaining mooks rather than fight Youmu, since either counts as defeating her for some reason.



Gh, I see you haven't lost your touch.

...It looks like we stopped her.

All right, tell us everything you know!

It would appear that the fairies carrying the spring have left.
In that case, there is no reason for me to remain here.

Sounds like she means to run away.

Why don't you tell us what you know before you do that?

Ask all you want, but I must refuse.
Until our goal is achieved, I have no choice but to continue gathering spring.

Goal...?

I'll withdraw for now. If you intend to stop me...
Even if it's you, Reimu, I can't show any mercy!

Youmu, wait!



...Youmu...

She got away...

With a reaction like that, there's no question that she knows something about all this.

Then what choice do we have but to hunt her down?

Um, before that, can we talk about something?
Just what is it that you're accusing Youmu of?

Let's talk while we move. There's no time to loiter around.

Stage Clear

Turns taken: 4
Spirit Commands used: 0
Bombs used: 0
Battle Mastery achieved



Team Moriya is brought up to speed on the situation! Somebody's gathering the power of spring, that's why winter hasn't ended, and Youmu's involved.



In another one of her weird moments, though, Reimu doesn't want to chase after Youmu! Her instincts are pointing her in a completely different direction. Youmu went one way, but the trail of cherry petals leads another.



The solution: Split up! Reimu, Sanae & Co. will follow Reimu's intuition, while Marisa & Friends will track Youmu down.

To be continued in the final path split!


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