>"And what will that accomplish? You'll lose one of the people you care about in the process, with no hope of recovering the body, since it'll get dragged into the destruction as well. The best solution is to just cool your head, and we can get some of the smarter folks from here together for a better solution. I know a pair of folks who are major geniuses themselves, as well as Eirin, who Chiyuri here's probably told you about. With you, her, and Yukari'n'Ran, there's sure to be a solution to what you're after. You wanna restore magic to your world, right? Well, with your evident mental power, working with those three should be a fast-track to finding a resolution. And, as a bonus, neither of you will get hurt. What do you say?"
>Toss the absorber we stole from Chiyuri over to Rika. "Here, try using this as a bridge to understand the red one! It's weaker, so you oughta have a better time of it!"
> "Isn't it obvious what it will accomplish? Taking away everything you care about for taking Chiyuri! I'll even drag you into a different universe, a different dimension, so you watch the realms be drained and then cast aside by me."
> "What you call smart, and what I call smart are two entirely different concepts. I doubt anyone in Gensokyo understands the concept of the multiverse, dimension creation, transit, and the building blocks of magic! Let alone the technology required to do all this in a realm with no magic! There is no other solution, magic cannot solve an issue where there is no magic to use! If I
wanted to cause harm and be ruthless, I would have absorbed the energy far faster, fast enough to actually cause damage."
> "However you made a fatal mistake. You have made me angry. You meddle in affairs above you, you challenge my science, my knowledge, my logic... you cost me my hand, and now you are threatening to kill my assistant. I cannot let you go unpunished." Yumemi says.
> Rika looks at the larger device. "Yeah, I think I can get this working, hell, this is pretty simple, same basis as that danamku-canceller I used before, just a little more complex."
> Yumemi grins as the distortions start to spark. "If I have to cast aside my moral code to save my world, so be it, you seem to be casting aside morals too."
> At that point, all chaos breaks loose. Sakuya, Yumemi and Kaguya fall out of the sky, utterly drained. At that precise moment, Chiyuri starts to glow, and multiple Magisterial Orbs appear around Yumemi, threatening to flare into crosses on demand.
> However, the space-time lock falling apart had other effects too. A shadow darts through the air and catches Sakuya, before putting her on the floor, and re-enters the air, joined by another shadow.
> Yumeko enters a red portal, and two figures come out of it.
> Hatate catches Kaguya.
> Finally, next to you, a gap opens, and Yukari steps out.
> "You know... threatening my realm isn't nice~" Yukari says. "I don't particularly care about morals, or your goals, or even who's involved, but when someone threatens Gensokyo, well, that's my business, even if I can't be asked to do anything else."
> "Oh dear, it seems Sakuya tired herself out." Remilia states.
> "So this is an incident? Seems fun." Flandre comments.
> "Why do I have to come too...." Mai whines.
> "Because Shinki told us to, because she was worried about Yumeko. Who are you seriously more scared of, an angry Shinki or Rumia?" Yuki responds, hitting her counterpart over the back of the head.
> "Is both an acceptable answer?" Mai responds.
> "Keh, I guess some other parties were interested in what's going on." Mima states.
> "This is an issue about magic, which the lack of would spell doom for Youkai. It's only fitting that we defend it." Yukari responds.
> "Uh... I'm not a Youkai." Rika pipes up. No-one seems to care.
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> Yumemi looks around at the newcomers, and sighs.> "I'm glad... Chiyuri is not here to see this. She should not have to be dragged into my fight. She should not have to be dragged into laying her life on the line for my research. Now then... all that remains it to use the absolute power of my science, and the collected Universal Magical Energy combined... to make my people's last stand."
