Kuki Shinobu, who had followed, covered her face, unable to watch.
Too embarrassing... Although she could understand the boss's determination, being such a lapdog was way too blatant!
She walked silently to Lumine's side and said in a volume only the two could hear, her tone full of life-weary exhaustion:
"Sorry, Lumine... his brain might be broken."
Lumine's mouth couldn't help but twitch: "It's—it's okay... I'm used to it."
Paimon didn't think that much. She floated next to Itto and pointed her small finger at him: "Arataki Itto, why did you suddenly become so weird! Didn't you always say 'The Great Me' this and that before?"
Arataki Itto's body stiffened, and that exaggerated smile on his face froze for a fraction of a second. Then he scratched his head and chuckled foolishly to brush it off: "Miss Paimon is joking. How could a small-time thug like me be qualified to call himself 'The Great Me'..."
King stopped, turned around, and his gaze landed on Arataki Itto's 'humble' face.
Those calm eyes made Itto feel uneasy, and the courage he had just mustered almost leaked away.
A few seconds later, King nodded slightly: "Then I'll trouble you to lead the way."
"Alright! This way, please, Lord!"
Arataki Itto felt as if he had been granted a great pardon. His back straightened instantly, like a large dog allowed by its master to lead the way, scurrying to the very front of the group and starting to clear the path with his booming voice:
"Make way! Everyone make way! Don't you see a VIP is passing through?!"
"You over there selling vegetables, pull back your baskets!"
"Kids, don't play in the middle of the road! Be careful not to get hit!"
While noisily dispersing the crowd, he would occasionally look back and offer a flattering smile to King.
Kuki Shinobu's hand never left her face. She kept her head down, silently following behind Lumine, feeling like she had never been this embarrassed in her life.
Zhongli watched the Oni youth leading the way with great interest, a barely perceptible smile flashing in his golden eyes.
Interesting.
Can a boisterous Oni be so smooth as well?
Clorinde remained vigilant throughout, hand never leaving the sword, eyes scanning the surroundings like a hawk for any possible threats.
Lynette followed quietly, cat ears twitching slightly, taking in all the surrounding information.
Thus, a team with an extremely bizarre vibe.
With Arataki Itto as the'super sycophant' clearing the path, they moved steadily toward the Tenshukaku, the symbol of the Raiden Shogun's supreme authority... Deep within the Tenshukaku.
In the empty and lonely hall, only a few strands of pale sunlight through the high windows illuminated the dust floating in the air.
"Scrape... scrape... scrape..."
A rhythmic and cold sound of metal friction echoed in the center of the hall.
The Raiden Shogun—
Or rather, the one dominating this body at the moment was the will of that warrior, Raiden Ei.
She sat kneeling on the ground, eyes closed, expressionless.
The musou isshin in her hand, which had accompanied her in battle for five hundred years.
Was being wiped by her with a piece of fine silk, over and over again.
The blade reflected her amethyst-like eyes.
There was no fear in them, only a deep, pond-like calm.
And at the very bottom of the pond, a sliver of unyielding flame.
It's coming.
That aura... an aura so powerful it made even Raiden Ei, who had experienced the God War, instinctively feel a tremor, had already stepped onto the land of Narukami.
She heard that heartbeat.
It was an announcement, a challenge.
And she couldn't win.
Absolutely couldn't win.
Perhaps even exhausting the strength of the entire nation of Inazuma and gathering all Vision holders, before such an existence, it would be nothing more than an ant trying to stop a carriage.
Raiden Ei knew this clearly.
The level of that aura had already surpassed the scope of'strength' she could understand.
It was a strength of another dimension.
But—
"Clack."
The wiping motion stopped.
Within Raiden Ei's purple pupils, lightning flickered.
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