After a war, the consumption was huge for both Watatsumi Island and Inazuma.
And, there was also the crucial Enkanomiya...
This was an extremely troublesome thing. Even as the current priestess of Watatsumi Island, she didn't know much about it, only that it was where the people of Watatsumi Island used to live.
After all, a long time ago, it was Orobas who led them out of the dark underground.
Gazing into the distance, Sangonomiya Kokomi sighed softly. This war, like the eastward expedition launched by Orobas, yielded nothing.
But fortunately, she was not cut in half like her own Watatsumi Omikami.
electro element… This common element property seems to naturally counter Watatsumi Island. Both wars were lost to Archons who controlled electro element.
It's just a pity that in this world, things cannot be judged by appearances. Perhaps Orobas's eastward expedition was not what the people of Watatsumi Island had always thought…
On the other side, Shiki and Ayaka returned to Kamisato Estate with the help of Traveler's constant teleportation, while Yae Miko was sent back to Grand Narukami Shrine.
As for Childe, he, of course, remained where he was.
Although Yae Miko and Childe had reached a deal, Inazuma City still maintained a zero-tolerance attitude towards the Fatui.
If he's found, he'll be directly escorted to the dungeon and then deported. If the target resists, he can be killed on the spot.
Imagine Childe appearing openly in Inazuma City… Tsk tsk tsk… Wouldn't that cause a huge uproar?!
"Oh, right, here's this for you."
Before the Traveler left, he took out the cultivation pod containing Xavier's brain from his storage space.
"Hmm…"
Shiki fell into contemplation as she looked at the cultivation pod. This head, entangled with various wires, had already lost its vitality. In other words, it was a corpse.
However, this was the only part they could find. Xavier's original body might only consist of this head.
"Let's burn it. He needs to be reborn now."
Since only these remnants of his original body were left, it would be better to let him be reborn from the ashes.
"But his ashes could still be kept as a souvenir or something."
People shouldn't dwell on the past, but they shouldn't forget it either, right?
"Uh…"
Lumine's mouth twitched upon hearing this. Using one's own ashes as a souvenir was too strange, almost like organizing one's own funeral!
Wait… it seemed there was already a Archon who had done that.
Lumine thought of Morax. His Exuvia (corpse) was still in the Golden House.
"Alright, I've given you the item, so I won't stay any longer. You two should get some rest early."
"Okay."
Shiki nodded, then watched as the Traveler disappeared before the Waypoint. She wasn't worried about him sleeping on the streets, after all, he had the Serenitea Pot.
"I'll put this in my room for now. We'll burn it tomorrow."
Let alone a head next to her, even if there was a coffin with a corpse in it, Shiki could still sleep soundly.
How does that saying go? All fear comes from insufficient firepower. Even if this corpse got up in the middle of the night, Shiki could press it back down.
"You can decide these things. Although I haven't met Mr. Xavier many times, he is a brave man. To be honest, I admire him," Ayaka said slowly.
"He was just an ordinary person who only knew how to swing his Sword wildly, yet he played a role that no one could ignore."
"Yes… Xavier was very brave. Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed behind alone to think of a solution for the Mikage Furnace Core back then," Shiki nodded.
"Everyone has their own shining points. Although Xavier was weak in combat, he had his own strengths."
"Silence is the greatest contempt. That Balladeer guy never took Xavier seriously, and that's precisely why he was stabbed by Xavier."
Although she was still unconscious at that time, when Shiki appeared and healed her injuries, Shiki learned of the battle between Xavier and Balladeer.
Balladeer, like a high and mighty Archon, wantonly played with everything of mortals, casually discarding them when not needed. Yet, in the end, he was stabbed by this mortal.
"Tomorrow, I plan to go to the Tenshukaku. After all, I don't know any puppet technology. If I want Xavier to be reborn, I can only ask Ei."
Shiki could infer from the fact that Raiden Ei did not appear on Yashiori Island that Raiden Ei must have consumed a lot of power forging the Nine Words Thunder.
Another point is that the Nine Words Thunder is truly amazing, directly raising her strength exponentially without any side effects. One can imagine how much effort Raiden Ei put into forging it.
It's like Thor in Avengers 3. He awakened his electro element power but was still hammered by Thanos, and then after getting Stormbreaker, he could split Thanos in half with one axe.
The Nine Words Thunder here plays a similar role to Stormbreaker, which is to maximize the power she can currently possess, and it will continue to grow over time.
As for the matters concerning Watatsumi Island, Shiki decided to put them aside for now. Of course, she wasn't truly abandoning them, but rather entrusting them to others.
In short, it means sending several Shogunate officials to be stationed on Watatsumi Island, acting like an embassy, and they will handle future transactions.
And to prevent embezzlement from happening again, Anbu ninjas also need to be dispatched for covert surveillance.
There was no other way. The tens of billions of Mora confiscated from the Kanjou Commission truly startled Shiki.
That saying was right! With a three hundred percent profit, everything will be trampled upon, and the profit here is far more than three hundred percent!
Additionally, there's Seirai Island. Previously, Raiden Ei was needed to dispel the thunderstorms, but now Shiki wants to try it herself.
Although her thunderstorms still can't encompass the entire outer sea of Inazuma like Raiden Ei's, encompassing an island is more than enough.
Don't think it's weak. Raiden Ei is a genuine Archon, who conquered Inazuma thousands of years ago during the Archon War. She only took a few months to grow to her current level, a speed that can be described as heaven-defying.
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