During this time, upon arriving at Shitori Station, Un'yō (Cloud Flash) truly experienced what despair was like.
In the past, she had trained in combat skills under her "Brother," so she thought she could handle the upcoming training.
But she found that things were not that simple; not to mention the gravity attached to her, there were also various overloaded training sessions waiting for her every day.
Shikomorikawa Ayame even cleared out the last car of the Iron Fortress specifically for their training.
As long as there was nothing else, Inaba Tsukiyo absolutely forbade Un'yō (Cloud Flash) from leaving this car. Want to get off? Not a chance.
The car door was already locked for her; unless she achieved satisfactory results, she couldn't leave this hell.
Although it was exhausting, Un'yō (Cloud Flash) also found that her strength was continuously increasing, vaguely surpassing her previous stage as a Kabaneri.
To enable Un'yō (Cloud Flash) to fight better, the old steam guns needed to be discarded.
The backpack-style engine on her back was too cumbersome, so it was replaced with dual guns powered by Honkai Energy.
These two dual guns were made by Inaba Tsukiyo according to the original steam guns; with the power of the First Herrscher, it was very easy to create these weapons.
Once the weapons were made, they consumed Un'yō (Cloud Flash)'s own Honkai Energy.
The gravity attached to Un'yō (Cloud Flash) also increased from the original double to the current quadruple; to adapt to this gravity so quickly... could this girl be a monster?
The initial plan was just to have Un'yō (Cloud Flash) fully adapt to triple gravity, then remove the gravity for her.
But every time this girl endured new gravity, it only took her less than two days to adapt, and she consciously requested an increase in gravity.
[Exercise addiction]? Could this girl be addicted? Or has she awakened a special interest? To seek suffering for herself?
Since she herself requested it, Inaba Tsukiyo naturally wouldn't refuse. Anyway, the gravity attached to Un'yō (Cloud Flash) wouldn't become her body weight, so she wouldn't achieve the feat of stepping into a pit with each step.
After her physical training was completed, it was time for swordsmanship.
She had promised to teach the Jiken-ryu (Self-Manifestation School) swordsmanship, which of course did not include her Cloud Radiance: Instant Light, Swift Thunder, and Thunderous Roar.
Those were other people's swordsmanship, not created by Un'yō (Cloud Flash) herself; she didn't want to train a second version of herself, as such education would be a failure.
This continued for several days, and the Iron Fortress's food reserves were almost depleted.
The food Un'yō (Cloud Flash) needed was all conjured by Inaba Tsukiyo through her abilities, but there were too many people on the Iron Fortress. Even though she found some food at Yatsushiro Station, it wasn't enough to sustain so many people for so long.
However, fortunately, they were almost at the next station, which was Shitori Station.
The people on the Iron Fortress were worried that Shitori Station, like Yatsushiro Station, would be overrun by Kabaneri, which would prevent them from replenishing their food.
As the Iron Fortress was about to arrive at Shitori Station, everyone on board gathered in the aisles on both sides, nervously looking ahead.
After the Iron Fortress emerged from the forest and the walls of Shitori Station became clearly visible, everyone waited.
"Woo woo woo — — — —"
The Iron Fortress let out a long, loud whistle as a signal, which is what every Iron Fortress does when entering a station.
What happened at Aba Station doesn't happen every time, and not every Kabaneri will sound the Iron Fortress's whistle.
After the Iron Fortress's whistle sounded, all they had to do was wait for Shitori Station to respond.
Soon, Shitori Station emitted a piercing sound, as if responding to the Iron Fortress's whistle.
Hearing this sound, the people gathered in the aisles on both sides of the Iron Fortress burst into excited cheers.
Shitori Station hadn't fallen! They had finally reached a safe station! They could finally see other living people!
After the Iron Fortress entered Shitori Station, everyone was allowed to pass after being inspected by the Shitori Station samurai.
However, the people of Shitori Station told them to leave Shitori Station by the night of the eighth at the latest. Tomorrow is the eighth, and if they couldn't get the necessary supplies by that night or the next day, it would be very troublesome.
"Then, Kurusu and I will go see the Lord of Shitori Station and try to persuade them to take in the survivors of Yatsushiro Station."
Many of the Yatsushiro Station survivors planned to rest at Shitori Station for a while. They were not from Aba Station, and their homes had been destroyed by the Kabaneri. They needed some time to recover.
"Oh, by the way, today is the seventh. That means today is Tanabata."
Shikomorikawa Ayame smiled. So many things had happened recently that she had forgotten about the festival.
Staying alive was the most important thing; who had time to care about festivals?
Mumei had just been pulled away by Kajika. She probably wanted to go with Mumei to buy supplies for the Iron Fortress since she was part of the logistics team.
Walking into Shitori Station, the inside of this station, surrounded by high walls, had a large amount of farmland and excellent defensive equipment.
Of course, the most important thing was bathing; she had been longing for it for days.
The Iron Fortress didn't have much water stored, so showering every day was impossible.
Even when she did bathe, it was just wiping her body with a wet towel, which offered no comfortable feeling at all.
Near the river, there were several bathing areas separated by white cloths for men and women. Being able to bathe in the river now was already quite good.
Originally, this was considered a public bathing area, but she didn't like bathing with others.
Without anyone noticing, she used Imaginary Space to enclose the area around herself, so no one else could see her.
Just as she was about to close the Imaginary Space, a petite figure swiftly rushed into it.
This person was Mumei.
This fellow was probably bathing nearby too, felt the Honkai Energy coming from nearby, realized Inaba Tsukiyo was here, and so rushed over.
Even with four times gravity on her, she could still move so quickly. If this fellow appeared in the world of Honkai, she would definitely be a protagonist-template existence.
"Tsukiyo!!!" Mumei excitedly pounced over, not caring that she was naked, "Let's bathe together."
"Don't cause trouble! Do you want to try ten times gravity?"
Grabbing Mumei's hand, she turned around and threw her backward, directly causing her to fall into the water.
"Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do! Do you think I don't know what you do every night when I'm asleep?"
Inaba Tsukiyo remembered waking up one morning to find a red mark on her neck.
She initially thought it was a mosquito bite, but the red mark was clearly a hickey!
At first, she thought Mumei had turned into a Kabaneri again, but it turned out this fellow simply wanted to cause trouble.
Does every Valkyrie with Honkai Energy have yuri tendencies? Like Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya, these three clearly have such traits.
"Hehe~ I was half-asleep at the time and smelled a very pleasant scent on Tsukiyo, so I couldn't resist trying it."
Climbing out of the river, Mumei grabbed Inaba Tsukiyo's already wet miko outfit, mischievously snatched the obi, and untied Inaba Tsukiyo's miko outfit.
"We're all girls, what's there to be shy about? It's not like I haven't seen Tsukiyo's body, and aren't I naked too?"
"It's not the same! It's completely different! You're clearly taking advantage of me! Ten times gravity is waiting for you, so behave yourself!"
"Eh eh eh~ I'm already Tsukiyo's possession. Since I'm Tsukiyo's, then helping Tsukiyo bathe is a matter of course. Tsukiyo, aren't you unable to see? Let me serve you!"
"Before you say that, put those hands away! Don't think I can't see! If you want to grab, grab someone else's! Don't grab mine!"
"But Kajika told me that if you grab it a few more times, it can get bigger! Let me help you make it a bit bigger."
Just like that, the two began to frolic in the Imaginary Space, occasionally letting out sounds that made one's heart race.
Fortunately, they chose to bathe in the Imaginary Space, otherwise, others would surely hear their voices.
After bathing, Inaba Tsukiyo and Mumei, refreshed, arrived at the commercial district of Shitori Station.
After bathing, Mumei put on a fresh yellow kimono, with a beautiful purple shimenawa bow tied around her neck.
At Mumei's request, Kajika also helped Inaba Tsukiyo choose a kimono, a light pink kimono.
"Tsukiyo in a kimono… completely lacks her usual training intensity; she's very cute."
Circling Inaba Tsukiyo a few times, Mumei nodded in satisfaction and said with a giggle.
"Thank you for the compliment. However, this kind of clothing is a bit inconvenient for movement."
The clothes were beautiful, no doubt, but they affected movement, even wearing a short skirt was the same.
"It's okay, it's only for today anyway. Tsukiyo's other clothes will be dry tomorrow, so she can change into them tomorrow."
Inaba Tsukiyo, Mumei, and Kajika arrived together at the commercial district of Shitori Station, where there were many shops, and many people were selling various goods.
As a member of the logistics department, Kajika received a portion of the funds and was responsible for purchasing supplies needed by the Iron Fortress.
When buying things, Kajika showed a completely different side than usual, bargaining with the owner for anything.
She completely lacked her usual gentle demeanor, feeling like an angry cat that would pounce and scratch if her demands weren't met.
"How amazing—Kajika is fighting too. Tsukiyo, do you do things like this?"
"Me? In my case, I don't need to do such things. After all, I'm not short on money; I can have as much as I want."
This world no longer used coins as before, but rather gold, silver, and copper coins as means of exchange.
Since that was the case, there was no need to worry about inflation; she could have as many gold coins as she wanted.
Mumei nodded in confusion. Although she didn't understand Inaba Tsukiyo's words, it sounded very impressive.
Mumei looked at Kajika's back with admiration, feeling that Kajika was very cool at this moment.
Just then, Inaba Tsukiyo noticed someone watching them… or rather, watching Mumei next to her.
Carefully sensing the situation, she realized that the person watching Mumei was the same fellow who had made Mumei lose control of her emotions back at Yatsushiro Station.
"What exactly does this fellow want to do?"
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