Touhou Ankoku ~ Rise of The Eternal Dread

Memories & Truth Left Uncovered and Unspoken

A/N: This one is quite long! The same one like the Scarlet Devil Mansion chapter. After all, it contains a lot of interactions, hints, references and many more! I'd like to make more interactions among the characters but I have to tone it down to avoid straying away from the main plot. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Extra: Mai and Satono's Theory Talks!

"Hello! This is Mai!", "And I'm Satono!" As the two introduced themselves they performed a short dance. They are currently at stage where they seemed to be performing. The exact location of this area is unknown but it could be at The Land of The Backdoors.

"Today. We're hear to talk about a theory!" They both said in unison.

"We didn't get to appear in the earlier chapters. Though master did. But! We're here now!" Mai said cheerfully.

"Hey, Mai... why are we doing this again? Shouldn't that tengu be the one doing this?" Satono said as she reads the script from her hands.

"Welp... master did ordered us to do it. So no can do!"

Their master was none other than Okina Matara, the ultimate and absolute Secret God.

"Well, let's get started!" Mai said cheerfully. Flipping a few notes from her hand and them continued. "So the topic for our theory is none other than..." Suddenly a seemingly giant picture of a silver-white haired girl appears in the stage!

"Ahem! This is Rain Nanase! The so called Ultimate and Undying Legendary Yokai Exterminator!" Mai gestured to the giant picture of Rain.

"Hey, Mai... why did you add those words? The crowd might get confuse about that." Satono questioned her with a worried look on her face.

With a smirk Mai replied. "Fufufu! Master did say to make it flashy! So I'm ad libbing!"

"Er...well you did connected it to the theory we will be tackling..." She then looks back to the front, to where the supposed crowd are located. "That theory is... If Rain is an immortal human! If so what kind? That is the question! So join us! As we unravel this mystery with the aid of speculations! After all, it won't be a theory if it was all straight facts! Which we don't have actually...Tehee~" Satono said as she gestured with both of her hands.

Mai claps her hands as she talks. "First of all! We've been told that Rain has been around for a thousand years or more! Master herself has at least confirmed it! She does say she always nags the exterminator to be her exclusive servant but she always gets turned down. What a big deal! To be offered by master herself is such a great honor! But perhaps Rain has her own reasons to not accept. Master, however still hasn't given up."

After that another picture came up from the right side. Floating in the air as it appeared out of nowhere. The person in this picture is none other than Yukari herself.

"Ahem!" Mai clears her throat before continuing. "And here we have Yukari Yakumo. She's mentioned as Rain and master have a history with her. Apparently, master also said that Rain is one of the sages. The Human Sage!" Mai exclaimed as Satono nods along.

The Sages of Gensokyo. They are the ones that protect it and keep it in balance. They are said to consist of different species. A yokai, a hermit, a god, and a human.

"It was said that the sages are personally handpicked and that their abilities relates to the manipulation of space. Master Okina can with her backdoors. Yukari with her boundaries. If I recall correctly, the Hermit Sage Kasen with her so called Senkai. What we don't know is what the Human Sage Rain can do regarding it. We asked master but she seems to be playing with us as she is keeping it as a secret, telling us spoonfeeding everything to us would spoil the fun. Though she hinted that all of them have at least one or more servants serving them." Mai pouted as she said this.