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The Hakurei Shrine.
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A historically lawful shrine within Gensokyo.
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Perhaps because it's located in a spot high above Gensokyo,
it's never been affected by the black water eruptions.
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Reimu "...a sea of black water beneath the ground?"
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Marisa "It seems the black water is called oil. It's a sea of oil.
I'm pretty sure that's where it's coming up from."
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Reimu "But this didn't happen overnight, right?
Why did it just suddenly spring up now?"
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Marisa "...."
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Reimu "Was there anything else suspicious about the sea of oil?"
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Marisa "N-no, I don't think so.
It was just black water in the dark.
I wonder why it's coming up."
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Reimu "If it's a natural phenomenon,
I guess we'll just have to deal with it above ground."
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Marisa "No, I think I'll go back there again."
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Reimu "?"
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Marisa couldn't tell her that she had confronted Toutetsu.
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She was embarrassed that she hadn't been able to win the battle
and had found herself blown away to the surface.
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But most of all, the memory of the scary beast,
laughing alone in the darkness of the bowels of the earth, kept her from speaking about it.
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Maybe deep down, she was hoping that someone else would solve the problem.
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