“Fallen leaves…” the shrine maiden thinks, gazing up at the high sky.
“It feels like summer right now…” Gensokyo is a mysterious place.
There are places where the summer climate feels like autumn. And there are places where the spring weather shows the harshness of winter.
The shrine maiden thinks as she cools her heated body.
“Well, whatever is fine…”

“Wake up, Reimu!!”
The shrine maiden - Reimu Hakurei’s silence was only fleeting.
That’s right, she has no time to enjoy the atmosphere.
She is in the middle of training with the sage.
“My goodness… that shrine maiden is so rough!!”
The quiet forest becomes noisy again.

[Kasen Ibaraki]
Another name, Ibarakasen, is a hermit who lives in the Youkai Mountain.
This hermit, who boasts of being an ally of humans, is said to have become famous for training the Hakurei shrine maidens.
Of course, it’s no pleasant experience for the one being forced to train.

The training continues day after day, and Gensokyo is a mysterious place.
Various items and concepts arrive from the outside world.
Even youkai and immortals arrive.
It’s likely that this immortal has once again acquired incorrect knowledge somewhere and begun forcing it on the shrine maiden.
“Reimu, I’m going to open a tiger’s den for the purpose of my training!!”
“…Huh??”

“You can’t get the cub without entering the tiger’s den.”
“You can only succeed by taking risks!”
“Then I’ll become a tiger! I’ll become Peng Zu!! Hoso!!!”
“Welcome to Ibarakasen’s ‘Tiger’s Den’!”
“Huh!?”

Even though she’s the same tiger, Shou Toramaru would likely have been rewarded with some treasure… but it seems best not to get your hopes up about this tiger.
And so, as always, the training continues.