Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

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"Makes sense!"

"But... what about the TV series?" Seeing that Anzu hadn't even started to prank Mu Huai yet, Banai was unwilling to leave just like that.

"What era are we living in? There are streaming services online that allow you to rewatch the latest episodes. Don't try to use that as an excuse to be lazy and stay at home."

Mu Huai's words were so convincing that she could only stare at him blankly before being forcibly dragged away by the excited Lala.

After watching them leave in silence, Marisa suddenly realized something: now that only the two of them were left at home, it seemed they could drink the special milk without having to wait until evening.

She hesitated for only a moment before pouncing on Mu Huai like a hungry tiger.

"Muhuai, I want hamburger patties for lunch. We'll buy the groceries later." Seeing Anja suddenly turn back, Banai poked half her head into the living room. "Huh, where's Marisa?"

"She went to the restroom. Is there anything else?"

That's all, bye-bye!

As the sound of the door closing reached his ears, Mu Huai finally breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and took off Marisa's magic hat, gently stroking her dazzling golden hair, which was as soft as fine silk.

"Why are you in such a hurry? If Anzu finds out, how are you going to explain it to her?"

She didn't answer, but instead retaliated by lightly biting him with her teeth, then rolled her eyes at him.

After replenishing her supply of the special milk, Marisa put on her hat, turned her back on everyone, shoved her transfer notice into Mu Huai's hand, and then left this world to return to Gensokyo.

It's clear she doesn't intend to study in this world, which is why she made this move, leaving the explanation of her whereabouts entirely to Mu Huai.

......

Debiluk Palace.

As usual, Mengmeng and Nana took a walk in the fountain courtyard. Unlike before, this time they were not simply relaxing during break time, but were taking advantage of the walk to secretly plan their escape route.

Since their older sister Lala secretly escaped in her spaceship, the royal guards have been patrolling the palace more rigorously and frequently. This is not targeting them, but rather because King Deviluke believes that the palace's defenses are far too lax, allowing Lala to drive her spaceship away so easily.

So he personally adjusted the patrol routes and rules, which made their escape plan less easy to carry out.

Mengmeng squatted down at the end of the courtyard and softly asked the flowers, "Does anyone know when the patrol team changes shifts?"

"Hmm... The hangar will be unattended for five minutes at 2:30 PM, which is a huge help. Thank you!"

Unable to contain her smile, she stood up and said softly, "Nana, I told you the flowers could hear useful information!"

Having been able to gather this kind of classified information, which helped them escape from Earth, the proud Nana had no choice but to reluctantly nod and acknowledge the flowers' contribution: "They did a good job, but my animal friends could do the same."

"Don't argue about this now. Let's finish lunch, pack our things, finish the last history class, and then run away!"

"I see."

"I wonder what kind of person my brother-in-law is. I'm really looking forward to it!"

"Hmph, if I find out she deceived my sister, I will definitely not let her off easily!"

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 24 The Cat Who Stole Fish - I Strike Hard

Perhaps it's because there are more beautiful girls around Mu Huai lately, but Banami Anna has become more sensitive to philanderers. Fortunately, Marisa, who is suspected to be a love rival, left after having breakfast.

According to Mu Huai, she left to find a suitable place to rent and estimated that she would transfer to Gensokyo High School in a while.

(Thankfully, Marisa won't stay at Mu Huai's house, otherwise there would be one more thief to watch out for.)

But after careful consideration, she felt that the way to guard against a cheating husband should be reversed; the more girls in Mu Huai's family, the more they would hinder each other.

After all, there's only one Mu Huai, and the more girls around him, the lower the chance of him running away.

This refers to the legendary theory that the more cats that steal fish, the fewer cats will steal fish.

Once she understood this, Anna felt it was a real shame that Marisa had left, because she noticed that the atmosphere between Moku and Sanae was a little off.

It's like a bowl of ordinary clear broth noodles that suddenly has a big spoonful of salt and broth added, transforming it into something as thick and rich as tonkotsu ramen.

(No, I have to find out what happened between these two!)

Anna Hanami knew she couldn't keep track of the two's interactions all the time, so the innocent and enthusiastic Lala was the best person to help her figure out the truth.

During her break between classes, she secretly invited Lala to the rooftop.

"Lala, could you help me keep an eye on what Muhuai and Sanae are doing at home?"

"But that's possible. What are you trying to do?"

"Uh..." Seeing that Anna really couldn't bring herself to tell her that she suspected Sanae had become a cheater and was having an affair with Mu Huai, Banai could only vaguely reply, "I'm just... quite curious about their cooking skills, so I wanted to know if they were exchanging ideas in private..."

Lala knew she was lying, but she didn't sense any malice, so she didn't pursue her true purpose further: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on them for you."

"Great, thank you. Here, have this plum rice ball."

"Mmm, delicious!!!"

"Hehe, I'm glad you like it. By the way... how's the improvement of the food machine going?"

"We are still conducting the thirty-sixth test. If no abnormalities are found after the one hundredth test, we can take it to the club activity room for normal use."

As Hanami Anzu recalled the delicious pudding, she secretly swallowed, eagerly anticipating the day the food machine would return.

......

"Sanae, could you please hand me that kitchen knife over there?"

"Give."

"Thank you."

After deftly slicing the carrots into chunks with a kitchen knife, Mu Huai stopped what he was doing, turned around to look at the small head peeking out from the kitchen doorway, and said with a mix of speechlessness and amusement, "Lala, what are you doing, lying in the doorway watching me and Sanae?"

"Really? I was just watching you guys cook, nothing more."

Sanae chuckled twice: "Lala really isn't good at lying."

"Wow, you all figured it out!?" she exclaimed, then immediately disappeared through the doorway.

"I'll leave the chopping to you for now. I'll go find Lala and ask her what she wants to do."

"Okay, go ahead." As she took the kitchen knife, Sanae playfully scratched Mu Huai's palm twice with her index finger. "When are you going to ask me out?"

"This weekend, I have to go to the film set on Saturday. They say the actress for the female lead has finally been cast."

"The female lead...you two won't have any kissing scenes, will you?" She puffed out one cheek, feeling jealous.

Normally, in this situation, the guy would try to prevent the girl from getting jealous by making a long list of promises.

But Mu Huai was completely unaware of this situation. After thinking for a moment, he answered her seriously: "There shouldn't be any. At most, there will be some ambiguous plot developments in the relationship. After all, this tokusatsu drama is for all ages. Even if there are kissing scenes, I will use camera angles to make sure she doesn't get a chance to take advantage of me."

"Pfft!"

"Sanae, what are you laughing at?"

"No, it's nothing. I just think it's true that your girlfriends are right to call you 'wooden blockhead'."

Mu Huai blinked in confusion, then left the kitchen to find Lala, who was sitting in the living room engrossed in watching another family-friendly tokusatsu drama, "Hot Magical Girl Kyoko".

Seeing how focused she was, he immediately moved quietly behind her and then hugged her from behind with a "whoa!"

Lala, who was focused on watching TV, wasn't scared. Instead, Pekai, who was a transformation robot, was so frightened that he deactivated his transformation in a flash of white light and reverted to his white doll form.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Lala shivered from the cold. She blinked in confusion: "So, Pekka, you'll automatically undo your disguise when you're scared?"

"I'm very sorry, Lady Lala, it seems my training is still insufficient."

"Hmm... I'll add an emergency function next time, so that this kind of situation won't happen again."

Mu Huai pulled a blanket over the beautiful scene before him, pinched her soft cheek, and laughed, "When you're at home, you should wear normal clothes. Don't always rely on Pei Kai's disguise ability. How about giving it a break once in a while?"

"What you said makes sense. I'll go get dressed now!"

Lala came and went like the wind, and soon came downstairs wearing a light pink bubble dress, holding the hem of the dress and twirling in front of him.

Ta-da! Isn't it good?

You look good in everything.

Hearing the praise, Lala wagged her tail like a large golden retriever and jumped into his arms, rubbing her face against his chest: "I can wear anything you like to see, and I can even get Pekai to conjure up clothes from the TV!"

"Don't worry about it, Lord Mu Huai, Lord Lala, Pekai will do everything he can to make you both happy!"

Mu Huai smiled as he stroked her incredibly smooth pink hair, then suddenly asked her in this warm moment, "Why were you secretly watching me and Sanae?"

"Because Xingcai asked me..." Lala realized she was being tricked halfway through her sentence, and her soft, delicate body froze instantly. Then she anxiously tried to cover it up: "No, it's because I want to learn your cooking skills!"

"You just need to tell me you want to learn cooking skills."

After saying that, Mu Huai led her towards the kitchen, but the smile in his eyes didn't look like he was really going to teach her how to cook.

About half an hour later, after receiving Lala's text message, Anna rushed out of the house in a hurry, still holding a half-eaten potato chip in her hand.

"I saw Sanae and Muhuai chopping vegetables together in the kitchen."

"Sanae accidentally cut her finger, and Mu Huai immediately put her finger in his mouth."

These two short messages immediately triggered her highest alert level.

This isn't your average philanderer; we have to strike hard!

Volume 3, "The Loser, the Alien Sisters, and Gensokyo High School": Chapter 25 adds a little something for you.

"Mu Huai! You actually..."

Before she could finish speaking, Anzu saw the three of them sitting calmly in the living room, with two of them looking at her with half-smiles. She immediately realized that Lala's spying had been exposed.

The moment my right foot touched the ground as I stepped into the living room, I wanted nothing more than to immediately spin 180 degrees and slip out, leaving this place as quickly as possible.

"Sorry to bother you!!"

But no matter how fast she moved, she couldn't outrun Mu Huai. He had already grabbed the back of her collar the moment she turned around.

He intended to pick her up and take her back to the living room, but as soon as Mu Huai exerted force, he heard a crisp tearing sound of fabric. He looked down and found that he had torn a large hole in the collar of Banami Anna's shirt.

"what..."

Through the unexpected tear, he could see her fair back and the back clasp of her sea-blue bra.

Seeing that Anzu didn't notice anything, Banami angrily waved her arms and shouted, "This is my second favorite dress! How could you ruin it? You have to come with me to the clothing store this weekend to buy me a new one as an apology!"

"I'm going to the film set this weekend."

"Then next weekend, you have to come shopping with me anyway, or I'll... I'll ignore you for one meal!"

"What a novel unit of time for a meal." Mu Huai couldn't help but laugh. He let go of her and turned Banami Anna around to face him. "I'll buy you three items later. More than that, I'm curious why you had Lala secretly take my underwear for you?"

"what?"

"Xingcai, I know you're a girl going through puberty too, but you can't take advantage of Lala's naivety and make her do something that's practically a crime!"

"Wait, wait..." Seeing Anja pointing at herself with a blank expression, Bana asked incredulously, "You mean I asked Lala to steal your underwear?"

Mu Huai laughed inwardly, but kept a serious expression on his face, nodding earnestly: "That's right."

"No, no, no, no!!!" She waved her hands and shook her head repeatedly: "I never asked her to do such a thing, this is blatant slander!"

"Oh? Then what did you ask her to do?"

"I just asked her to keep an eye on you and Sanae, because lately it seems like your relationship has become closer than before..."

Eager to clear her name, Hachimi Anzu reached the end of her story and noticed the barely concealed smile on Mu Huai's lips, realizing that she had been tricked.

Even if Lala is unreliable, she wouldn't do something like this with her simple-minded personality, let alone frame her.

"Sanae, the prisoner has confessed to his crime. What kind of punishment do you think would be appropriate?"

"Let's punish her by making her eat half of her dinner tonight."

"it is good!"

Reaching out, Mu Huai pinched Lao Ba's adorable, balloon-like cheeks and smiled like a fox who had successfully stolen a chicken: "You heard what Sanae said too. Your dinner is halved tonight."

"This is unfair! I protest!"

He put his hands in front of him, making a big X: "Protest denied. You are not allowed to ask Lala to do this kind of thing in the future. You can come and ask Sanae or me yourself."

"If you really ask me in person, wouldn't that expose all my thoughts... You big idiot, you blockhead." Banai muttered to Anzu.

"What did you say?"

She rolled her eyes at him: "I have nothing. Lend me your coat. I need to go back and change before I come back for a free meal!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, even if you have to cut your dinner in half, you still insist on coming over for a free meal?"

"Hmph! This is called 'if you don't eat it, you're wasting it,' hurry up and get me my clothes!" Banai urged, seeing Anzu lightly punch him.