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Chapter 5

Y/N: No idea, I only saw the light of the world today.

He mumbled back, still holding the blade by his side. The youkai acknowledged that he would not move it away from the weapon and decided to ignore it for now.

Aya: With an outfit like that, you definitely aren't a human from the village but I can tell with a glance that you are human, you could only be an outsider.

Y/N: And you think so because...

Aya: Journalist's instinct.

She answered with a proud smile, taking out a notepad and an old-looking pen. She gave the man an imposing gaze and began her usual duty when her interest reaches a certain level.

Aya: I can't let an opportunity such as this one slide, why don't you tell me your life before arriving at Gensokyo?

Y/N: ...

The librarian immediately knew that telling a single word to her would be a fatal mistake and ran past her, fleeing the scene with steady movements.

...When the path began to rise up, the youkai was greeted with a sight that left her with even more interest, witnessing the man jumping up the slope with small jumps repeatedly to keep himself in the air during his ascension, something that a human would have great difficulties achieving.

Aya: *Chuckle* No matter how fast you are, nobody can escape the great journalist Shameimaru!

That statement was no joke and with a small boost, she flew at a speed that would put Y/N's performance to shame. She elegantly landed at the very top and the man reached her but didn't stop, running past her with a fierce look, aiming for his escape.

Playing along, the girl took off and rushed for the exit of the dark cavern, where the man will be forced to go through if he wanted to leave. Soon, she saw his figure ran towards her with a mind of steel, not hesitating for a second.

Aya: That's surely gonna make a lot of people gawk when they see this.

She grinned and aimed the camera to the man, waiting for the perfect picture. She pressed the button and a sound of confirmation told her that the picture was successfully taken. However, it left her at a large disadvantage. The librarian pulled out the sword and lunged at the girl with no hesitation.

Aya: Woah-!

Many slashes flew in her vision like a spectacle of light and once that was completed, she turned around and saw the man brake in front of exit, looking back at her. Glaring in her direction, he sheathed back the katana and the sound of metal fell down on the ground. She silently followed the sound and discovered her camera destroyed into pieces and on the ground, now mere scrap.

Y/N: Taking pictures such as this one without someone's consent is a crime.

He turned around and ran away, leaving the girl behind to mourn the death of her trusty ally. Looking around her body, she couldn't find a single scratch on her clothes or even her at all, all his hits were perfectly made to only destroy the device.

Aya: That was...

She looked back at the exit, the human long gone now. With a thought crossing her mind, her shock turned into a grin, a plan forming inside her head.

Aya: That one will surely be the scoop of the year, no doubt.

She flew outside of the cave and aimed for the top of the mountain. She knew that he was aiming for the top at this rate and knew very well how to intercept him. All that was missing was to introduce someone she knows to him and her scoop will surely fall into her hands.