“You see, Hakurei,” Yukari murmured, stepping from a gap beside her, “your ‘balance’ has always been a cage. You protect a world that fears you.”
Yukari smiled, adjusting Reimu’s bow so it sat perfectly straight. “To protect the strong. To cull the humans who would disrupt our peace.” reimu gets brainwashed
“What is my purpose?” Reimu asked, her voice hollow as an empty gohei. “You see, Hakurei,” Yukari murmured, stepping from a
The sigil pulsed. Reimu’s pupils dilated, her mind unspooling like a reel of old prayer slips. Memories of youkai hunts—the thrill, the justice, the rightness of it—were scooped out, one by one. In their place, a warm, humming certainty settled. To cull the humans who would disrupt our peace
She blinked. The shrine felt... smaller. Less important.
The first yelp of confusion from the village market would come only a minute later.