Divine Spirit Quest ~ War Under Underground Arc

[The Hating Hater]

>Listen in on troubles. You can do that, right?

>That requires no skill at all.

>From what I gathered, another attack was made near the Human Village again. Also, today is where Moriya Shrine comes and visits. No sign of the girl is not present.

[Darkoda]

>Taking out that youkai is bound to give tons of faith!
>But first, scope out the competition

[The Hating Hater]

>Taking out that youkai is bound to give tons of faith!
>But first, scope out the competition

>I see a stage not far from here, they must be there. It's empty so they must not be here. It's still morning.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well then, let's chill out in the area, keeping out of sight, while still being able to see the stage and such.

[The Hating Hater]

>Well then, let's chill out in the area, keeping out of sight, while still being able to see the stage and such.

>More waiting. *sigh*
 
No one I recognize here... wait there is that schoolteacher from last night, she's sitting on that bench.

>A man updated the Poster Board just now.

[Hanzo K.]

>Oh? Let's investigate the posterboard then!

[The Hating Hater]

>Oh? Let's investigate the posterboard then!

>Poster Board

House Collapsed!
Explosion in the Mountains!
Dark-looking Youkai: New Information.

[Hanzo K.]

>Oh hey, it's that little accident we caused. May as well see the report on it, just to make sure we didn't hit the wrong guy.
>...We may as well look into that other stuff too. Since a god needs a Shrine Maiden, and Gensokyo's mostly Youkai, that blondie might have the potential.

[The Hating Hater]

>Oh hey, it's that little accident we caused. May as well see the report on it, just to make sure we didn't hit the wrong guy.
>...We may as well look into that other stuff too. Since a god needs a Shrine Maiden, and Gensokyo's mostly Youkai, that blondie might have the potential.

>House Collapsed!
Yesterday, a house of family randomly collapsed in a heap. No one was hurt. The son of the family slept through the entire thing. When to comment on this, he said, "It's must be that doll I found outside the village. It changes it's expression time-to-time." If anyone sees this doll, get rid of it.

>Explosion in the Mountains!
Yesterday, an explosion in the Mountains shook the place last night. The result was a large crater. What makes this crater strange is a watermelon was found in the middle. We asked locals to for how this happened. A Kitsune we asked said. "I was busy sun tanning when this watermelon came flying from the sky. Watermelons? I remember the times when peaches fell from the sky," We ask everyone to look out for flying watermelons.

>Dark-looking Youkai: New Information.
The Youkai from before was found again at her usual spot. A witness said she was reading books with pictures called 'Manga'. Another said she was found stealing baskets from the storehouses. Whatever she is looking for, we can't tell.

[Hanzo K.]

>So it might not have even been the right person then? Uh...Oops?
>...Wait, Watermelons? Seriously? Gensokyo's definitely a place where you can't rely on Common Sense. We both need to keep that in mind!
>Hmm...The blondie's looking for something, and the report indicated the doll was found outside the village. Maybe the two are connected! If so, then that means more faith!

[The Hating Hater]

>So it might not have even been the right person then? Uh...Oops?
>...Wait, Watermelons? Seriously? Gensokyo's definitely a place where you can't rely on Common Sense. We both need to keep that in mind!
>Hmm...The blondie's looking for something, and the report indicated the doll was found outside the village. Maybe the two are connected! If so, then that means more faith!

>Maybe, if he wasn't then  it would be your fault.

>Well watermelons make great catapult ammo. Doesn't explain the crater though,

>Now I think of it... The description of the Youkai is very similar to that girl from yesterday. Maybe I should wait until night.

[Hanzo K.]

>Maybe it was the right one then? We'll just have to find her again.
>Also doesn't explain why it was apparently found intact too! Even in Gensokyo, a watermelon'll still shatter if it's hit hard enough.
>It should be just about time for that shrine group to be making that speech or something by now right?

[The Hating Hater]

>Maybe it was the right one then? We'll just have to find her again.
>Also doesn't explain why it was apparently found intact too! Even in Gensokyo, a watermelon'll still shatter if it's hit hard enough.
>It should be just about time for that shrine group to be making that speech or something by now right?

>There is a crowd swarming at the base on the stage. Two people are standing on the stage. They must be the folks from Moriya Shrine.

>One of them speaks out, "Today! We'll show you what you get if you convert to us!"

A flash of light shines across the stage and dissipates. A watermelon appears... The crowd boos them.

[Hanzo K.]

>...A Watermelon? Well, this solves that explosion earlier then, huh?
>....For potential Rivals, they really aren't that much, huh?

[The Hating Hater]

>...A Watermelon? Well, this solves that explosion earlier then, huh?
>....For potential Rivals, they really aren't that much, huh?

>I don't know, whoever is the god might already have a visible body.

But really, watermelons are sold nearby in the Tofu Shop so it's pointless to make watermelons to appear,

The one called 'Sanae' has that worried look of the century while that 'Kanako' made another flash.

>This time, it's a... soup bowl? The crowd boos somemore.

>Suwako: "You're doing it wrong!" A person came up on stage and made a flash!

Suwako: "Convert to us and get a free Suwako and Sanae plush toy!" The crowd cheered. I can feel the faith coming into her.

[Hanzo K.]

>Hmm...so the shrimp in the nifty hat's a goddess. That tall one's clearly new at this if she's summoning the wrong things.
>The shrimp could be a formidable Rival, we'll have to work harder to beat her!

[LaserTurtle]

>Possess the small one's hat! You have the skillset for that, don't you?

[The Hating Hater]

>Hmm...so the shrimp in the nifty hat's a goddess. That tall one's clearly new at this if she's summoning the wrong things.
>The shrimp could be a formidable Rival, we'll have to work harder to beat her!

>I'll keep note of that. She's going down!

>After an hour or so, the Moriya's left.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, so far they weren't much. Aside from the Shrimp, they're complete idiots, wouldn't you say? Summoning a watermelon when there's a stand of perfectly good ones right over there? A for effort, F for results.
>Now then...Let's go about our duties of finding people to help!

[The Hating Hater]

>Well, so far they weren't much. Aside from the Shrimp, they're complete idiots, wouldn't you say? Summoning a watermelon when there's a stand of perfectly good ones right over there? A for effort, F for results.
>Now then...Let's go about our duties of finding people to help!

>First, we need to find someone to help first. It doesn't seem to be anyone around in need of help.

I'm new at this okay? I can't make some miracle.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well let's just wander around the place until we do find someone then!

[The Hating Hater]

>Well let's just wander around the place until we do find someone then!

>Well, onwards I gue-  *Boom!*

Did you hear that? Cause I did.

>A watermelon just fell from the sky and made a hole in someone's roof. More and more are raining down form the sky!

People are yelling to get inside! Everyone runs!

[Hanzo K.]

>Oh for the love of- It's gotta be that fail from before! Duck and covah!

[The Hating Hater]

>Oh for the love of- It's gotta be that fail from before! Duck and covah!

>Ah! Under that bench, it's good for now!

Now safe under my bench, I now have a good view on what is happening.

Watermelons are falling from the clouds as I speak... wait, someone is in the sky. It's glowing- *Bash!*

>Whoa, that one nearly hit me!

>: "Hahahaha! Fear my wrath humans!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Great. Someone who's mad at the humans. We'll get a lot of faith if we somehow smack that'n down!

[The Hating Hater]

>Great. Someone who's mad at the humans. We'll get a lot of faith if we somehow smack that'n down!

>That thing can summon watermelons of destruction from the sky, how am I going up against that?

>: "All shall worship-"

A watermelon broke the bench and revealed me into the open. Uh oh.

> That thing spotted me and began sending melons in my direction.

[Hanzo K.]

>It said worship! Faith Rival! If we're careful, we can knock that weirdo down! We just gotta figure out how to throw the watermelons back at it!

[The Hating Hater]

>It said worship! Faith Rival! If we're careful, we can knock that weirdo down! We just gotta figure out how to throw the watermelons back at it!

>That thing got more experience than me, the only thing I can do is to fly and charge. How will that- *smash!*

>: "Raaah!"

Okay, let's do this! A watermelon is coming at my direction.

[Hanzo K.]

>If we can redirect it, or dodge and grab it after it lands, we can do this! Let's go for it!

[The Hating Hater]

>If we can redirect it, or dodge and grab it after it lands, we can do this! Let's go for it!

>*smack!* A watermelon smashed into me. I don't have arms you know, and the speed of the watermelon was enough to smack me down.

>: "Ahahahaha! Fool! Can't defeat a Divine Spirit."

Yep, it's a rival.