Curly-haired Guy: Huh? You saved a rabbit monster from vampires?
Lin Fengjiao: It seems like that's what happened.
Machete Girl: Wow, rabbits can become monsters too? I didn't even know that!
Doujin Artist: Kotonoha, haven't you heard of the mountain rabbit legends? It's part of island country folklore, right?
Machete Girl: Never heard of it. I only know the famous monsters from island country folklore, like tengu, Tamamo-no-Mae, Shuten-doji, kappa, things like that. I don't know much about the others.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: I haven't heard of mountain rabbit folklore either. I don't think there are any records of it in island country monster stories. Eriri, where did you hear about it?
Doujin Artist: I think it was from a mobile game?
Machete Girl: A mobile game...?
Saten Ruiko frowned, her mouth twitching: Can things from mobile games really be considered folklore?
Doujin Artist: If it's in a mobile game, it must have come from folklore, right? If island country legends didn't have it, how would programmers put it in a mobile game? Those programmers must have researched island country folklore! Maybe they're even top researchers in island country history!
This is an Actor: Is the game you're talking about Onmyoji?
Doujin Artist: Oh, Anzen, have you played it too?
This is an Actor: I played it, then quit. But I need to point something out. That game was made by a China company. The programmers are just regular programmers, not top history researchers or anything.
Doujin Artist: What? A China company made it?
Eriri stood frozen in place, looking totally confused.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Hahahaha, Eriri, how does it feel to fail so hard? You were so sure of yourself!
Curly-haired Guy: So it was made by a China company? What happened to those top island country history researchers? Are you hurting? Tell me you're hurting!
Machete Girl: Eriri, why aren't you saying anything?
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: She talked too much, so she's embarrassed to speak.
Lin Fengjiao: Actually, I'm also learning for the first time that rabbits can become monsters. And it only takes fifteen years of practice to fully turn into a human, which is better than any fox spirit or Weasel Great Immortal I've ever seen.
Amegakure Village's Angel: According to what that rabbit monster said, it's because your side is in the End Times, so these monsters that take in spiritual energy from the world are becoming fewer and fewer, right?
Lin Fengjiao: Yeah, but I don't know if what she said is true. These monsters aren't my people, after all.
Pretty Boy from Skull Island: Uncle Nine, I'm not human either...
Lin Fengjiao: Cough, no offense. It's just that the monsters I've seen before mostly live by drinking human blood and harming human lives. That's why I have a bad opinion of them.
Pretty Boy from Skull Island: I understand. I also hate those evil creatures.
This is an Actor: You met monsters that hurt people because those monsters chose to join the world. They don't want to use traditional methods to train, so they want a shortcut.
Lin Fengjiao: If that's the case, then what the rabbit monster said is true?
This is an Actor: An 80% chance, maybe.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: If Anzen says 80%, then it's pretty much a sure thing that she's telling the truth. But what's this Big Monster War about? A war between monsters?
Wig Guy: I think it's like gangs of punks fighting over territory.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Oh.
Machete Girl: It seems like that's right?
Shark-Faced Guy: But China monsters have been winning for hundreds of years, and they haven't taken any territory from Western monsters.
Scarlet Lotus Fairy: Because they look down on them, thinking the Western monsters are from a savage land. China is a land of great people and wonders, so they don't want to go to a place like that.
Machete Girl: So that means the China monsters have been fighting in the war for hundreds of years just for honor?
This is an Actor: I don't think it's just honor. There's probably some Western monsters provoking them too.
Curly-haired Guy: For sure! Just like now!
Doujin Artist: These Westerners are really dogs. When people don't want to fight in the war, they just come to their door. And they're killing normal monsters who are just trying to train, like the little rabbit girl. They're animals!
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Eriri, those are Western monsters, not Westerners.
Doujin Artist: Same thing. A lot of Westerners aren't good people either. They push so-called universal values, but they're really just trying to get people to fight each other. It's disgusting.
Machete Girl: Eriri, your father is also...
Doujin Artist: My old man isn't a normal Westerner, he's just a bum! He'd rather hide at home and watch anime than spread universal values.
Amegakure Village's Angel: Pfft.
This is an Actor: I can't tell if you're praising him or insulting him.
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Anzen, your comment is so sharp! I really can't tell if it's praise or an insult.
Doujin Artist: I'm just stating the facts. My old man is just a bum! He's supposed to be the English consul, but he has no political awareness at all.
Bad Guy from Soul Society: That's good, at least you won't have to fight against your own father when you change that world in the future.
Amegakure Village's Angel: Getting back to the topic, what about the Big Monster War on Uncle Nine's side? According to that little rabbit girl, if the China monster group loses, Western monsters will invade in a big way.
Machete Girl: Invading in a big way would definitely cause a disaster, right? Can the China monsters win?
Shark-Faced Guy: Judging from the current situation, China is going to lose, right? It's the End Times, so they can't use spiritual energy to improve their training anymore. The big monsters have all died one after another. Who can they send to fight?
Skirt-Flipping Maniac: Yeah, the problem is that Western monsters don't need to absorb spiritual energy. They can improve their strength just by using human blood, corpses, and human souls. It's just cheating.
Doujin Artist: It is cheating! Can vampires even be considered monsters? They're undead! Undead and monsters are completely different things! They haven't died out because they're undead!
Amegakure Village's Angel: But the China monster ancestors decided to admit them as monsters back then.
Bad Guy from Soul Society: The China monster forces were strong enough back then, so it didn't matter. But now they only have a few weaklings left. Does the strongest one even have forty years of practice?
Lin Fengjiao: There should be someone with forty years of practice, but they're evil monsters who have done a lot of bad things. Those kinds of monsters probably wouldn't participate in the Big Monster War, right?
Doujin Artist: Yeah, hoping that kind of monster would fight for the country is like hoping a reactionary government would resist imperialist invasion. It's a waste of time.
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