Outside the teleportation gate…
Ying’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked around.
“Whoa… why are there so many clouds?”
Paimon, standing beside her, stated calmly,
“Because we’re in the sky right now.”
Ying scratched her head, a little confused.
“The sky? Why would they put a teleportation point in the sky?”
Paimon spread her hands in a gesture of helplessness.
“They said it was to prevent others from accidentally stumbling in.”
“So that’s how it is…”
Ying nodded thoughtfully. However, Paimon suddenly sensed something was amiss.
“Wait, Ying, you’re not using Elemental Power right now, are you?”
Ying nodded with a dazed expression.
“Yeah, is there a problem?”
“Uh… then why aren’t you falling?”
“Huh?”
Hearing this, Ying finally snapped back to reality. She stiffly lowered her head and saw that there was nothing beneath her feet.
“Whoosh!”
“Waaah?!”
As Ying plummeted, Newton’s coffin lid finally stopped shaking…
Of course, Ying, who possessed the Anemo element, wouldn’t fall straight down. As she descended to not far from the ground, Ying activated her Elemental Power to greatly reduce her falling speed, finally landing safely on the ground.
Knowing that Aether had placed it so high up just to tease her, Ying pouted in annoyance.
“That annoying Aether, just you wait until I tell Lumine bad things about you later…”
Not long after, Paimon followed, flying down. After looking around, she quickly spotted Ying observing the entrance of a small shop and hurried over to ask,
“How is it? Have you found the person we’re looking for?”
Ying shook her head.
“If I’m guessing correctly, Aether was talking about Thoma, but that older sister wouldn’t let me in, saying I was just a regular customer…”
“Thoma? Oh, you mean that young man in red? I know him. He even helped me and Lumine get a huge discount before.”
Ying pondered for a moment before asking curiously,
“Since that’s the case, why don’t you try to get her to be a bit more lenient, or at least find out where Thoma is?”
“Mhm, leave it to me~”
Paimon nodded and confidently flew over to negotiate with the person…
Host, I don’t think relying on an emergency food supply is the right choice.
Hearing Paimon’s voice, Ying was surprised at first, then replied,
“Oh? You’re finally awake. But what you said, besides this, I don’t have any other options right now, do I?”
Why not? You could directly use Electro to sneak in, couldn’t you?
“Ah, this… you want me to trespass?”
While Ying was conversing with Paimon, Paimon had already finished her inquiries and relayed the conversation to Ying.
Ying smoothed out the information she had just received.
“Hmm? She said Thoma did say he would come back, but he hasn’t been here all day… Did something happen on the way?”
Paimon shook her head.
“I don’t know, but Thoma should be quite capable, right? It’s unlikely someone could cause him trouble?”
Haaah~
Paimon, residing within Ying, yawned and said in a helpless tone,
You two idiots, what about the Tenryou Commission and the Shogunate soldiers? They’re practically citizens of Inazuma now, they wouldn’t dare to act against them under the charge of treason.
“Oh, right!”
Ying clapped her small hands, her train of thought suddenly becoming clear.
“Let’s go, Paimon, we’re going to the Statue of Her and His Thousand-Armed Ones!”
“Huh? Why are we going there… Ah?! Wait for me!”
Paimon was about to ask, but saw Ying already running far ahead, so she had to quickly chase after her.
After some time…
At the Eye of the Storm ritual site…
Outside the crowd, Paimon flew to a high vantage point and used the binoculars Ying handed her to observe the movements of the Shogunate soldiers in the distance.
Ying saw the change in Paimon’s emotions and asked,
“How is it? Did you see Thoma?”
Hearing Ying’s question, Paimon nodded.
“Mhm, he’s currently surrounded by a bunch of Shogunate soldiers and has already been captured.”
“Is that so…”
Ying unconsciously pinched her chin.
Actually, if she only wanted to find Yae Miko, she wouldn’t have to worry about Thoma’s capture. But Thoma had helped Lumine before, and Kamisato Ayaka, who was behind him, was also Lumine’s friend.
She definitely couldn’t stand by and watch Lumine’s friend being bullied, but with the Raiden Shogun present, it wasn’t realistic to rescue him on her own…
In that case… she would make her face a choice…
With that thought, Ying quietly activated her Anemo and Electro elements, patiently waiting for an opportunity.
On the exhibition platform, the Raiden Shogun turned around and looked at Thoma, who was being held down by two Shogunate soldiers.
Just as she was extending her right hand, intending to summon the Vision from Thoma’s waist, a voice from behind interrupted her.
Taking advantage of her momentary lapse in concentration, Ying quickly ascended above the statue. In an instant, she conjured a colossal vortex of wind. To ensure she would be quickly noticed and to indulge her chuunibyou tendencies, she shouted out loud.
“Massive Rasengan!”
“Hm?”
The Raiden Shogun looked back and immediately saw the enormous vortex of wind. Thinking someone was attacking her, she directly… ahem, summoned her blade.
Just as she was eager to meet this seemingly powerful attack head-on, Ying suddenly changed direction, adjusted her posture, and kicked the vortex of wind towards the Statue of Her and His Thousand-Armed Ones, while using it as a springboard to directly reach Thoma’s side.
“You?!”
The Shogunate soldiers next to Thoma quickly recognized the girl before them and immediately moved to apprehend her, but were instantly knocked to the ground by Ying.
The reason was simple: unlike Thoma, Ying wasn’t worried about being declared a wanted person by Inazuma~
After all, she had been personally declared a wanted criminal by the Raiden Shogun on her first day on the island…
After dealing with the two soldiers, Ying immediately summoned her Iron Point Spear to cut through the ropes binding Thoma and then asked,
“Can you still run?”
Thoma rotated his wrists and replied,
“Yes, I can. Thank you so much, Lumine. I didn’t expect you to find this place so quickly.”
He’s definitely not talking about me…
Ying shook her head, suppressing the urge to retort, and intended to lead him away from here.
However, as soon as she took half a step, a bolt of lightning struck towards her. Startled, Ying quickly dodged to the side, narrowly evading the terrifying strike.
“Phew…”
Breathing a sigh of relief, Ying turned to look at the Raiden Shogun and saw her standing high atop the statue. Her vortex of wind had already vanished.
It was clear that it had been sliced in two by the opponent’s blade.
“So quickly resolved, truly worthy of a god…”
Ying murmured. She then coated her Iron Point Spear with a dense layer of Electro, to prevent it from being instantly severed during the upcoming fight.