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-楽園の素敵な巫女
+○東方虹龍洞 (Touhou Kouryuudou: Rainbow Dragon Cave)　～ Unconnected Marketeers.
-Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise
+
 Character Settings & etc
-　　博麗　霊夢（はくれい　れいむ）
+
-　　Hakurei Reimu
+　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　             Team Shanghai Alice Leader ZUN
 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　               2021/05/04
-　　種族：人間
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
-　　能力：主に空を飛ぶ程度の能力
+
-	Species: Human
+
-	Ability: Mostly, can fly
+====================================================================
 ■1. Afterword
-　　毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。
+====================================================================
-  	The usual, familiar shrine maiden. Priestess of the Hakurei Shrine.
+
 Good day, ZUN here.
-　　ちまたに不思議なカードが流通していた。
+
-　　そのカードには人間、妖怪達の秘密が込められている様に感じ、調査に行くしかないと思った。
+Ah, it's finally done.
-　　取り敢えずはカードの売人を手当たり次第探してカードを根こそぎ簒奪する目論見だった。
+The world's in a mess due to the COVID crisis; our government is calling loudly for everyone to "stay home", and I feel they're shifting responsibility to the individual.
-  	Some mysterious cards had been making the rounds on the streets.
+
-	Getting the feeling that these cards contained secrets of various humans and yokai, the figured she had no choice but to investigate.
+As for myself, I have been so busy developing this game that I had no other choice but to stay home.
-	Her plan was to start by seeking out whatever dealers she could find and [根こそぎ簒奪する: "thoroughly (literally, by the roots) usurp" take them all for herself?]
+I haven't been able to properly rest or play since the beginning of this year, so there's a lot of games that I have been wanting to play but haven't had a chance to do so.
-
+
-  普通の魔法使い
+Once the mastering is finished, I want to go soak in a hot spring! And have a celebration and let loose!
-  Ordinary Magician
+
 But amid this COVID crisis, people are being asked to refrain from doing these things. How am I supposed to stay motivated then?
-　　霧雨　魔理沙（きりさめ　まりさ）
+I can't enjoy these rewards, so game development is becoming more and more of a stoic process.
-　　Kirisame Marisa
+It's hell!
 
-　　種族：人間
+
-　　能力：魔法を使う程度の能力
+In this game, I included two elements that might seem a little incompatible with each other - that of a shoot-em-up, where your skills as a shooter count for everything, as well as items so numerous that you can't count them all.
-  	Species: Human
+
-	Ability: Can use magic
+Interestingly, this turned out to be a great match, as the player is able to increase their skills by having fun playing the game over and over again in order to get more items.
 Well, the system's not suited for arcades, where you'd want a game that can be played on the spot, but I think it's pretty good.
-　　幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。蒐集癖を持つ。
+
-  	A perfectly normal witch who lives in Gensokyo. A manic collector/hoarder.
+With that said, there's a big problem. With this many cards, debugging and balancing the game on my own is hard...
 Even just testing all combinations of cards is nigh impossible for me to do.
-　　カードには多種多様の魔力が込められていた。
+
-　　知っている人間、妖怪の魔力ばかりである。
+So I'm sure there will be the odd issue or some stuff that's broken strong, and I'd appreciate it if you could go "it's a game, that's just the way games are" and laugh it off.
-　　こんなに面白いカードは他の人よりも早く集めなければいけないと思った。
+In particular, there's no way for me to try the replays with every card...
-　　きっと皆そうするに違いない。そうなったら、値段が上がる一方だからだ。
+
-  	These cards contained many different kinds of magic.
+I suppose this is a limitation of developing a game on my own...
-	All magic used by humans and yokai she knew.
+Even if there's some issues, please take it easy. m(__)m
-	Presented with such interesting cards, she just had to collect them all before anyone else.
+
-	See, everyone else would definitely do the same. And when that happened, their price would skyrocket.
+
-
+ZUN (After I finish making this game, I'm going to stay home playing even more games...)
-  瀟洒なメイド
+
-  Stylish Maid
+
 
-　　十六夜 咲夜（いざよい　さくや）
+
-　　Izayoi Sakuya
+
 
-　　種族：人間
+
-　　能力：時間を止める程度の能力
+**Careful: Contains post-ending spoilers after this point**
-  	Species: Human
+
-	Ability: Can stop time
+                   ￬
 
-　　紅魔館でメイド長をしている。すましているので分かりにくいが、実は少し天然。
+
-  	She's the head maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. It's hard to tell because she gets by in spite of it, but she's actually a bit of an airhead.
+
 
-　　ちまたに不思議なカードが流通していた。
+
-　　そのカードにパチュリー様が非常に興味を持たれ、全てを回収するように命じられた。
+
-　　確かに興味深いカードだった。中にはお嬢様の魔力が込められたカードもあるという。
+
-　　しかし、お嬢様はピンピンしている。これは一体何を意味しているのか……。
+
-  	Some mysterious cards had been making the rounds on the streets.
+
-	Miss Patchouli was extremely interested in these cards, so she ordered Sakuya to go collect them all.
+
-	The card were interesting for sure. Supposedly, there was even one among them that contained her own Lady's magic power.
+
-	And yet, the lady of the house was doing just fine. Just what does this mean...?
+
-
+
-  奇跡の現人神
+
-  Living God of Miracles
+
 
-　　東風谷 早苗（こちや　さなえ）
+
-　　Kochiya Sanae
+====================================================================
 ■1. Extra Story
-　　種族：人間
+====================================================================
-　　能力：奇跡を起こす程度の能力
+
-  	Species: Human
+
-	Ability: Can work miracles
+The Ability Cards turned out to be creations of the mountain youkai and a god.
 It turned out that they were really just objects of amusement, with a low risk of being harmful.
-　　カードの売人は妖怪の山を中心に活動していた。
+
-　　推測するにカードの生産元も近くにあるのではないか。
+However, our protagonists encountered a mysterious person and mysterious ore at the Rainbow Dragon Cave.
-　　山にある守矢神社はそれを看過できなかった。
+
-　　放って置けば、また博麗神社に持って行かれてしまうのではないか、と。
+It seemed that not even the god or the Great Tengu knew about that person's existence.
-  	The card dealers were mostly operating around Yokai Montain.
+The Great Tengu deemed her to be a mine looter, and sent out her fox. It looks like trouble is brewing.
-	She deduced that they also had to be produced somewhere nearby.
+
-	Being on the same mountain, the Moriya Shrine couldn't just turn a blind eye to that.
+You must go stop them before this turns into a big fight!
-	After all, if she just let this be, the Hakurei Shrine would take all the credit again.
+
-
+Unfortunately, the Rainbow Dragon Cave contains little oxygen. It is a place humans cannot enter.
-  １面ボス
+Our protagonists remembered that, when they defeated the market god, they obtained an Ability Card that granted the ability to breathe in an oxygen-free environment.
-  Stage 1 Boss
+
 Now then, use the card's ability and go forth into the mine.
-　　商売繁盛の縁起物
+Reveal the secret of the Rainbow Dragon Cave!
-  	Lucky Charm for a Thriving Business
+
 
-　　豪徳寺 ミケ（ごうとくじ みけ）
+
-　　Goutokuzi Mike (Goutokuzi and Goutokuji are different transliterations of the same sounds)
+====================================================================
 ■3. Character Settings
-　　種族：招き猫
+====================================================================
-　　能力：お金かお客を招き入れる程度の能力
+
-  	Species: Maneki-neko
+
-	Ability: Can attract money and/or customers
+
 
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-　　豪徳寺にすむ招き猫は、本来は白猫である。
+◇Player Characters
-　　しかし三毛猫として生まれた彼女は、その外見の所為で苦労したようである。
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
-　　時にはまがい物と疎まれたり、時には毛を染められそうになったりもした。
+
-　　しかし、彼女は三毛で何が悪いと開き直っていた為、仲間外れにされ、
+
-　　招き猫の修業も出来なかった。
+* Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise
-  	The maneki-neko that live at Gōtoku-ji are normally all white.
+Reimu Hakurei
-	However, Mike was born as a calico [mike-neko 三毛猫]. It seems she had a hard time because of her appearance.
+
-	Sometimes, she's be shunned as a counterfeit, and on some occasions it even looked like she might have her fur forcefully dyed.
+Species: Human
-	But this just made her defiant. What's wrong with being a calico? As a result, she was ostracized and couldn't keep training to become a proper maneki-neko.
+Ability: Mainly capable of flying in the sky
 
-　　その所為か、招き猫の能のが不完全な物になった。
+The all-too-familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.
-　　お金とお客を招くのが招き猫なのだが、お金かお客のどちらかを招き入れると
+
-　　もう一方を遠ざけてしまう物になってしまった。
+Mysterious cards were circulating in the streets.
-  	Possibly as a result, her powers as a maneki-neko didn't develop quite right.
+She sensed that the secrets of humans and youkai were hidden within the cards, and felt she had no choice but to investigate.
-	A maneki-neko is supposed to bring in both money and customers, but in her case, if she attracts one of the two, the other will keep away.
+For starters, her plan was to search around wherever she could for those selling the cards, and seize them en masse.
 
-　　こうなってはもうお店に置いても価値は無い。当然、引き取り手も無いだろう。
+
-　　彼女はむしろ幸いだと思い、清々しい気分で招き猫社会を離れた。
+
-　　そして、山で悠々自適な新生活を送ることになった。
+An Ordinary Magician
-  	That would defeat the entire point of placing a maneki-neko in your store. Naturally, nobody would adopt her.
+Marisa Kirisame
-	Mike considered this liberating more than anything, and cheerfully left the maneki-neko company.
+
-	And so, she began a quiet and comfortable new life in the mountains.
+Species: Human
-
+Ability: Capable of using magic
-  ２面ボス
+
-  Stage 2 Boss
+An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo. She has a mania for collecting things.
 
-　　山奥のビジネス妖怪
+A myriad variety of magic powers were hidden in the cards.
-  	Businessyokai of the Deep Mountains
+Every single power belonged to a human or youkai that she knew.
 Faced with something so interesting, she thought she had to collect them faster than anyone else.
-　　山城 たかね（やましろ たかね）
+Everyone was bound to do the same. Because, of course, that would make their value shoot right up.
-　　Yamashiro Takane
+
 
-　　種族：山童
+* Elegant Maid
-　　能力：森の気を操る程度の能力
+Sakuya Izayoi
-  	Species: Yamawaro
+
-	Ability: Can manipulate the [spirit/atmosphere/energy/etc] of the forest
+Species: Human
 Ability: Capable of stopping time
-　　山の中に棲む人型の妖怪。妖怪的性質は河童に似る。
+
-　　妖怪の山の奥地にアジトを作り、集団生活を送っている。
+Works as the head maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Her cool demeanor makes it hard to tell, but she actually acts slightly airheaded.
-  	[Yamawaro are] humanoid yokai living in the mountains. Their nature as yokai is similar to a kappa's.
+
-	They live as a group in a hideout they built far off the beaten track on Yokai Mountain.
+Mysterious cards were circulating in the streets.
 Lady Patchouli gained an extreme interest in the cards, and ordered her to collect every last one of them.
-　　森の中の生活のスペシャリストであり、技術的にも高水準である。
+The cards certainly were intriguing. Apparently, some of them even contained her mistress's magic power.
-　　森の中に棲んでいるくせに経済の研究が進んでおり、複雑なお金のシステムを構築している。
+However, her mistress was fit as a fiddle. Just what exactly could this mean...?
-  	Specialized for life in the forest, they also possess a high level of technical skill.
+
-	Even though they live in the middle of the woods, they research economic theory and have established a complicated system of currency.
+
 * Miraculous Living God
-　　河童とは『川に棲む両生類風情が』『森に棲む猿どもが』と呼び合う、良きライバルである。
+Sanae Kochiya
-　　河童の機械も山童が居ないと完成できないし、山童のビジネスも河童の製造が無ければ宝の持ち腐れである。
+
-　　技術的にもビジネス的にも、お互い依存しているのである。
+Species: Human
-  	They have a lively rivalry with the kappa, calling each other names such as "river toads" and "forest monkeys".
+Ability: Capable of causing miracles
-	Yet without the yamawaro, the kappa's machines can't be built [for lack of funds, by implication], and without the kappa's manufacturing capabilities, all the yamawaro's business does them no good.
+
-	Both technically and commercially, each is dependent on the other.
+The card merchants' activity was centered around the Youkai Mountain.
 One could theorize that the cards' manufacturer was somewhere nearby, no?
-　　彼女は、その山童の中ではリーダー的な存在である。
+Given their position on the mountain, the Moriya Shrine couldn't turn a blind eye to this.
-　　その理由は、他の山童よりほんのちょっとだけ、言葉が丁寧だったからだと言われている。
+If they left the situation alone, they thought, then the Hakurei Shrine would get ahead of them again.
-  	Takane is something of a leader among the Yamawaro.
+
-	Supposedly, this is because she's just a tiny bit better with words than the others.
+
-
+
-  ３面ボス
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Stage 3 Boss
+◇Enemy Characters
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
-　　高地に棲む山女郎
+
-  	Mountain Witch Living on the Heights
+* Stage 1 Boss
 Lucky Charm of Prosperous Business
-　　本名　駒草 山如（こまくさ さんにょ）
+
-　　Komakusa Sannyo
+Mike Goutokuji
 
-　　通称　駒草太夫（こまくさだゆう）
+Species: Maneki-neko
-  	Alias "Komakusa-Tayū" [Title for a high-ranking actor or courtesan]
+Ability: Capable of beckoning in money or customers
 
-　　種族：山女郎
+
-　　能力：煙草の煙で精神を操作する程度の能力
+The maneki-neko of Goutoku-ji temple are ordinarily white cats.
-  	Species: Mountain witch
+She, however, was born a calico cat, and it seems that she struggled quite a bit due to her appearance.
-	Ability: Can manipulate the mind with tobacco smoke
+At times, she was shunned as a poor imitation, and at other times, those around her tried to dye her fur.
 But because she spat back at them that there was nothing wrong with being calico, she was ultimately cast out from the group, and was unable to partake in her maneki-neko training.
-　　煙草が好きな山の妖怪。妖怪の山の高地に棲む。
+
-　　山の妖怪達からは、その風貌から駒草太夫という愛称で親しまれている。
+Perhaps because of this, her ability as a maneki-neko developed imperfectly.
-  	A mountain yokai who enjoys tobacco. Lives high up on Yokai Mountain.
+Maneki-neko are meant to beckon money and customers, but in her case,
-	Because of her appearance and dress, the mountain yokai affectionately call her "Komakusa-Tayū".
+beckoning one of the two will end up driving away the other.
 
-　　天狗や山童、河童達相手に賭場を開き、博打の胴元をして生活している。
+By that point, she was worthless to place in a shop. And of course, none were likely to claim her.
-　　賭博は山の妖怪にとって最高のアミューズメントである。
+She thought of this as a stroke of good luck, if anything, and abandoned maneki-neko society feeling wholly refreshed.
-  	She operates a gambling den for tengu, yamawaro, and kappa and acts as the bookie.
+And thus, she set out to live a new life in the mountains, comfortable and free of worry.
-	Gambling is the mountain yokai's favorite amusement.
+
-
+
 
-　　天然１００％妖怪の山産の煙草は、煙を吸うと様々な効果が現れる事が知られている。
+
-　　心を落ち着かせたり、逆に昂揚させたりも出来る。
+* Stage 2 Boss
-　　彼女はその煙を巧みに使い、賭場にありがちの狂乱を未然に防いでいる。
+Business Youkai of the Mountain's Recess
-　　彼女が開く賭場は、紳士の社交場なのだ。場を取り巻く煙草の煙によって……。
+
-  	100% natural tobacco harvested on Yokai Mountain is known to have all sort of effects when smoked.
+Takane Yamashiro
-	It can calm the mind, or it can stimulate.
+
-	Through skillful use of this smoke, she keeps the chaos of her gambling den [that is common in gambling dens] under control.
+Species: Yamawaro
-	Sannyo's den is a meeting place for classy folks. The tobacco smoke that winds around it makes sure of that.
+Ability: Capable of manipulating forest qi
 
-　　突如湧いたアビリティーカードは、山の妖怪にとって最高の賭けごとのネタになる。
+One of numerous humanoid youkai who live in the mountains. Their inherent nature as a youkai resembles that of the kappa.
-　　彼女はそう考えていた。
+They build hide-outs in the depths of the Youkai Mountain, within which they live a communal lifestyle.
-  	These ability cards that popped out of nowhere have quickly become the perfect gambling material for the mountain yokai.
+
-	Or so she thought.
+They're specialists at living in forests, and are quite technologically advanced.
 In spite of being forest-dwellers, they're making progress in economic research, and have built a complicated system of currency.
 
 They have a healthy rivalry with the kappa, and the two groups call each other things like "you lousy river-dwelling amphibians" and "you stinking forest monkeys".
 The kappa wouldn't be able to complete their machines without the yamawaro, and the yamawaro's businesses would wither away unused without the kappa's manufacturing.
 The two groups are dependent on each other, both in technology and in business.
 
 Takane is a leader-esque presence amongst the yamawaro.
 As for why? People say it's because she speaks just a tiny bit more politely than others of her kind.
 
 
 * Stage 3 Boss
 Highland-Dwelling Yamajorou
 
 Full name: Sannyo Komakusa
 
 Nickname: Komakusa-Dayuu
 
 Species: Yamajorou
 Ability: Capable of controlling people's minds with tobacco smoke
 
 A mountain youkai who enjoys tobacco. Lives on the high plateaus of the Youkai Mountain.
 Other mountain youkai call her by the fond nickname "Komakusa-Dayuu", owing to her appearance.
 
 She runs a gambling den for tengu, yamawaro, kappa and the like, and makes her living as its bookmaker.
 For the mountain youkai, gambling is the highest form of amusement.
 
 100% natural Youkai Mountain tobacco is known for the variety of effects it induces when its smoke is inhaled.
 For instance, it can calm one's mind, or conversely invigorate it.
 She skillfully uses this smoke to prevent the sort of frenzy that tends to break out in gambling dens.
 The den she runs is a fine, gentlemanly social gathering spot. Thanks to the tobacco smoke that encircles everything in it, that is...
 
 The Ability Cards that suddenly sprang up would be the ultimate material for the mountain youkai to bet on.
 That was what she thought.
 
 
 
 
 
 * Stage 4 Boss
 
 Genuine Master Artisan of Magatama
 
 Misumaru Tamatsukuri
 
 Species: God
 Ability: Capable of making magatama
 
 A god who produces magatama from ancient minerals.
 Magatama are magic items that can contain the souls of living things inside of them.
 While only to a slight extent, they can copy and store people's abilities, temperaments, and even memories.
 By using the power of a magatama, it's easy to do things like copy abilities, read information from a subject, and so on.
 
 The Dragon Gems being excavated in the Rainbow Dragon Cave are minerals that are well-suited to being made into magatama.
 She learned that a Great Tengu was boring tons of holes in the mountain to excavate them, and hurriedly set out ot investigate the site.
 This was because it'd be dangerous for the Dragon Gems to fall into the hands of evil. On top of that, she was concerned about the mountain's environmental destruction.
 She had, after all, seen countless old mines that had been carved out of mountains due to sheer greed, then tossed aside when their resources ran out.
 
 
 The Rainbow Dragon Cave's structure was labyrinthine, with its full layout still unknown.
 While she was investigating, a human came and delved inside.
 Upon using her magatama's power to see what their motive was, it appeared that they were investigating the Ability Cards.
 She turned them away, telling them that the caverns beyond were no place for humans to enter.
 
 After that, she continued investigating the Rainbow Dragon Cave.
 In its far reaches, she found a dangerous youkai that was continually digging away at the mountain: a giant centipede...
 
 
 
 * Stage 5 Boss
 
 Chief of the Crow Tengu
 
 Megumu Iizunamaru
 
 
 Species: Great Tengu
 Ability: Capable of manipulating the starry sky
 
 One of the Great Tengu who live near the mountain's peak.
 Tengu society is vertically-oriented, with Great Tengu corresponding to a mid-ranking boss.
 As such, they can give orders to regular tengu as well. The Great Tengu's orders are absolute.
 They can give orders to other mountain-dwelling youkai as well... but in that case, some tend to disobey the orders.
 
 While they have the right to issue orders, they rarely (if ever) give orders for the sake of personal gain.
 Great Tengu bear the responsibility of growing and maintaining tengu society.
 
 She took notice of the dragon gems sleeping within the mountain.
 Dragon gems have a very slight soul-capturing effect, even without being refined into magatama.
 If she used them to make an entertainment product that people would want to trade, she could probably make a fair profit.
 
 However, if she simply made and sold them, there'd be a limit to both how long and how much she could profit.
 
 Therefore, she decided to put the products into wide circulation, and construct a currency system specifically for exchanging them.
 Whenever a card merchant made an exchange, the currency system would spread further, and she'd be able to profit off of that.
 She knew that this would earn her a far greater turnout than making and selling things directly.
 
 This, however, meant that she needed a reason as to why the cards could only be exchanged via that unique currency system.
 
 It was then that she took notice of a marketplace god who no longer had any place to go, and who seemed like she was about to vanish any moment.
 They designed the Ability Cards such that the cards would only be supplied with magic-- thus activating their ability-- when a successful transaction was made with the marketplace god's power. If used in any other way, they'd simply be scraps of paper.
 
 Just as the Great Tengu planned, the Ability Cards began circulating freely, and she made a fine profit indeed.
 
 But that was where a problem arose.
 As a result of the cards' active circulation, the marketplace god regained her original power, growing strong enough to threaten tengu society.
 
 
 
 
 * Stage 5 Midboss
 
 Wicked White Fox Who Whispers in Ears
 
 Tsukasa Kudamaki
 
 
 Species: Kuda-gitsune
 Ability: Capable of slipping into places where one's soul is weak
 
 Megumu Iizunamaru's reliable right-hand woman, who gets far better results than she's ordered to... or so people think.
 In reality, she's a troublemaker who brings about chaos by slipping into the cracks in a target's heart.
 
 She seems rather busy, being tasked with ferrying messages between the Great Tengu and the market god, giving instructions to the giant centipede, and so on.
 She's trusted by the Great Tengu, the market god, and even the giant centipede, and they each consult with her in various ways.
 
 But her true nature is that of a kuda-gitsune.
 
 Those who listen to her advice will surely receive financial benefits,
 but you mustn't forget that a destructive result awaits you in return.
 
 In the end, her whispers were the source of trouble that roped both the market god and the giant centipede into fighting Reimu and co.
 
 
 
 * Stage 6 Boss
 
 God of the Unowned
 
 Chimata Tenkyuu
 
 
 Species: God
 Ability: Capable of letting one relinquish ownership
 
 For humans, letting go of things is difficult.
 Even if you give it to someone, the information that it was a gift from you will remain.
 Even if you throw it in the trash, or illegally dump it on a mountain, the information that someone left it there will remain.
 Relinquishing ownership is no easy feat.
 
 However, there exists a place where that act can be perfectly carried out.
 The one place where people can exchange objects: the market.
 By selling something at a market, you can completely give up possession of it.
 
 She's a god who governs that act.
 
 These days, the buying and selling of things has come to occur without a market's involvement much more often, and as a result, there is an utter glut of ownership rights. She lamented this fact.
 
 When Iizunamaru came to her and asked her to open a marketplace, she knew there was no way she'd let this chance slip by.
 She replied that she'd cooperate with her if, and only if, the transactions took place under strict conditions, like those of the original marketplaces.
 
 She understood full well that Iizunamaru was taking advantage of her for a business endeavor.
 She was fine with this, because she thought that once the endeavor succeeded, she'd have already regained her power as a god and would have nothing to fear from a mere Great Tengu.
 
 
 The first market was held on the mountain's peak, as a rainbow encircled the moon.
 The only participants were Chimata, Iizunamaru, Tsukasa the kuda-gitsune, and Momoyo the oomukade.
 
 In that first market, they bought and sold cards with their own abilities sealed inside.
 Beneath the lunar rainbow, the four of them exchanged cards back and forth.
 Just as they'd planned, the replica abilities sealed in the cards completely detached
 from their original owners, and became part of their new owners' abilities.
 Both Iizunamaru and Momoyo were greatly excited by this result.
 
 Many more markets were held after that, and the cards spread far and wide out from the mountain.
 In order to use the cards' abilities, they had to be purchased according to the rules.
 Stealing, discarding, picking up, or receiving them wouldn't work.
 
 Those were the rules put in place so that Chimata, the market god, could obtain power.
 Iizunamaru thought of the markets as pure business, but for Chimata, they were a ritual of worship for her to regain her divine strength.
 
 When friction began to openly develop between the two of them, a force of destruction that would end it all arrived.
 She called that force of destruction a "robber"-- the so-called destroyer of the market, who tried to solve things through violence.
 
 
 Strangely enough, that human "robber" arrived on a night when a rainbow encircled the moon, just like their first market had.
 
 
 
 * Extra Stage Boss
 
 Onyx Dragon-Eater
 
 Momoyo Himemushi
 
 
 Species: Oomukade
 Ability: Capable of eating dragons
 
 The giant centipede.
 A youkai that's despised for various reasons, such as its grotesque form and unpleasant toxins.
 Even massive dragons don't dare approach them. In the foothills, they're feared as the most powerful of the dragon-slaying youkai.
 
 They hold gigantic magic power tempered by the aura of negativity cast upon them, and her magic is particularly strong.
 Hardly anyone tries to approach her in the first place, which likewise adds fuel to her legends of supreme might.
 
 To be completely honest, nobody knows whether she can actually eat a dragon or not.
 
 
 But it's true that she was fishing around in the Rainbow Dragon Cave for "dragon gems," which are said to be held by dragons.
 As she began excavating dragon gems from the caves, she was approached with a business proposal by her friend Iizunamaru,
 a Great Tengu who didn't mind meeting her in person.
 
 Momoyo accepted the job of excavator, carving out the mountain to mine the Rainbow Dragon Cave. Her payment was in dragon gems.
 The dragon gems were a good enough substitute for eating her Great Tengu friend, Megumu (whose name is written as 'dragon').
 
 
 As she was diligently digging up dragon gems every day, she was told that a looter had finally arrived in the mine.
 She was thrilled, of course.
 
 "I'm sick of eatin' dragon gems by now.
 A mine looter will make for the best dessert around!"