"Help… ugh…"
Half-conscious, Kitsune Saiguu weakly reached out toward the masked shrine maiden before her, whose eyes were filled with worry.
But in the next moment—
She fainted again.
Hanachirusato immediately held her breath.
A deep sadness rose in her heart.
It felt like she had just witnessed Lady Saiguu's death for the second time.
"It's probably food poisoning. The problem shouldn't be too serious…"
Yae Miko didn't think Saiguu's resistance to toxins was lower than her own—
But she also didn't believe Ei's cooking alone could actually kill her.
At worst, she'd just need to lie down for a while.
"But why has Lady Saiguu's constitution become this weak?"
Miko was puzzled.
Saiguu was a famous great yokai among the fox clan.
Even if Ei's cooking was terrible—
She shouldn't collapse this easily.
"Her original body had long since disappeared. The body she and I are using now was prepared by Su Ran."
Mikoshi Chiyo answered Miko's question.
Their current bodies might not be as sturdy as before—
But their potential ceiling was much higher.
To Chiyo, this was actually a good thing.
It meant they might even have the chance to grow to the level of gods.
If they reached that level—
Then if another disaster like the one five hundred years ago appeared—
They wouldn't lose again.
"I see… I originally thought Lady Saiguu had padded quite a bit."
Miko finally understood why she seemed to lose slightly in their earlier comparison.
That damned Su Ran had secretly given Saiguu special treatment.
How unfair!
Lady Saiguu clearly wasn't someone who cared about such superficial things.
Maybe she should find a chance to ask him to change it back—
So Saiguu wouldn't have trouble adjusting to her new body.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about that. Ei, maybe you should become a poison master instead. I think you might have more talent for that than martial arts."
Raiden Ei lowered her head in guilt.
Saiguu collapsing made her feel very responsible.
"Ei?"
Only now did Chiyo finally notice the tiny figure.
"You're Ei?"
She lifted the tiny Raiden Ei up high in the air.
"You've become even smaller than me…"
At first she thought this was Ei's child.
But it turned out—
This was actually Ei herself five hundred years later.
Chiyo now had only one question in her mind.
Why had Ei shrunk so much?
Even newborn babies weren't that small.
"That's your benefactor's doing!"
Now that Chiyo had also returned, Ei's sadness eased slightly.
"What exactly did he do?"
How could someone turn the strongest warrior of Inazuma into this?
It was completely unreasonable.
"Allow me to explain."
Yae Miko kindly volunteered to narrate the story.
She described everything that had happened to Raiden Ei.
After all, Makoto had returned later—
So she didn't know some of the details.
Miko's explanation was the most complete one.
After hearing the story—
Chiyo could only sigh in amazement.
Su Ran truly was a miraculous figure.
Even the Heavenly Principles probably couldn't match such abilities.
For him to appear in Inazuma—
Was truly their fortune.
Even Hanachirusato felt shocked hearing the explanation.
Resurrection—
Even for gods—
Was an absurd miracle.
Yet Su Ran had accomplished it.
More importantly—
She hadn't sensed the dream world at all.
"…Benefactor? Where… is my benefactor?"
Hearing Su Ran's name in her haze of unconsciousness—
Saiguu briefly woke up.
Then immediately fainted again.
The others fell silent watching this.
Lady Saiguu really was completely obsessed with Su Ran.
If someone else had come—
She might have jumped up energetically by now.
Curious, Chiyo crouched beside Saiguu and whispered softly near her fox ears.
"Another fox spirit has stolen your benefactor."
In the next instant—
Saiguu's hand clamped tightly around Chiyo's arm.
She still hadn't fully woken up.
But her body reacted instinctively.
Chiyo immediately looked like she wanted to cry.
So everything Saiguu had said earlier—
Was it all lies?
Why did her body react so honestly the moment another fox was mentioned?
Everyone who witnessed this fell silent.
"By the way… if we want to send Lady Saiguu to Su Ran now, do we have to go to Liyue's Jade Chamber first?"
Yae Miko suddenly realized something.
If they wanted to contact Su Ran—
They had to go to Liyue first.
How ridiculous was that?
Su Ran was supposed to be their own person.
Yet to find him they had to go to another nation.
The Tsaritsa: …
Forget it.
She was already used to it.
After all—
The one constantly forgotten was her.
Meanwhile—
In the space station.
"Ningguang, do you have time right now?"
Ningguang suddenly received a message from Su Ran while working.
She stopped immediately without hesitation.
"Yes."
The work in her hands could wait.
But missing something from Su Ran's side—
That would be a huge loss.
After all, most of Ningguang's greatest gains now came from him.
Even if they weren't direct profits—
She believed her greatest wealth was connected to Su Ran.
"Come take a test."
"Test what?"
"The Simulated Universe."
Ningguang froze for a moment.
She had heard about this.
There was one on Herta Space Station.
But why did their own space station have it too?
Had Lady Herta moved her equipment here?
"I'll come right away."
She didn't fully understand the Simulated Universe.
But she knew one thing—
This experiment would definitely yield tremendous gains.
As for personal safety—
She wasn't worried.
With Su Ran there—
She wouldn't die anyway.
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