"She is a renowned swordswoman in Inazuma City. A previous duel made the head of Inazuma's largest school convinced. Her name is Shiki."
"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Kui, but you should go now."
Lumine said, tightening her grip on the wufeng sword. Although Hiiragi Chisato's words didn't explicitly state it, they strongly implied one thing: the opponent was very strong.
At least, someone renowned in Inazuma was not a simple person.
"I'm afraid neither of you can leave."
Shiki transformed into a golden electro element flash and instantly appeared before them. Then, when she saw a certain golden-haired idiot, she inevitably froze.
Lumine observed the girl before her. Her appearance was beautiful, and her traditional Inazuma attire complemented her perfectly. The weapon she used was also an Inazuma weapon, but the dazed look in her eyes clearly showed she recognized Lumine. So Lumine asked, "Do you know me?"
"Of course, you're the famous Honorary Knight, aren't you?"
Shiki directly admitted it, but Lumine always felt like the other party was implying something about her.
"Traveler, has your reputation spread to Inazuma already?"
Lumine ignored the noisy Emergency Food and stared intently at the girl: "Where is Hiiragi Shinsuke?"
"Him... Hmm, why should I tell you?"
Shiki tilted her head and said with a hint of regret, "Seriously, it was almost over. Why did you have to come out now?"
"So, my dear Miss Traveler, could I ask you to temporarily stay on Ritou? You can do whatever you want after everything is over."
"Impossible, you who trample on life!"
At this moment, Lumine already had a preconceived notion: Shiki wanted to achieve some unspeakable things through a 'Tanuki for a Prince' scheme. As for the girl's motive, Lumine subconsciously ignored it.
After all, the current Hiiragi Shinsuke was Ioroi, and Hiiragi Chisato hadn't told her what the previous Hiiragi Shinsuke was like, so Lumine naturally assumed that Ritou's high taxes were all at the other party's behest.
It was just a pity that she didn't understand the essence of jinghua bone marrow, nor did she know that it was the Fatui who wanted these jinghua bone marrow.
"I trample on life? Say what you will. Inazuma must usher in change..."
"Abyss Star!"
Before Shiki could finish speaking, Lumine condensed a giant spherical rock that fell from the sky.
Stepping aside to dodge the Abyss Star, Shiki stroked the Geo element construct behind her, looking at the Traveler with interest.
"You have three elements, right?"
Lumine's figure paused. She had only used the Geo element, how did the other party know she had three elements?
Furthermore, the electro element had only been obtained today when she resonated with the Statue, and she hadn't used it at all.
"It seems I was right."
Since the Traveler had come to Inazuma, she must have Anemo and Geo elements. And Shiki herself possessed the power of the previous Raiden Shogun, so the electro element on the Traveler naturally couldn't escape her perception.
Lumine watched the girl warily. It seemed there would be a fierce battle today. As expected of a swordswoman renowned in Inazuma.
At this moment, Hiiragi Chisato had gradually moved away from the two. However, just as she was about to escape, a giant Tanuki blocked her path.
It was Ioroi!
"Yo, little girl, you'll have to stay here for a while."
Hiiragi Chisato had never seen such a large Tanuki before. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted directly.
"Huh?"
Ioroi scratched his head upon seeing this. Why did she faint?
But it didn't matter; his goal had been achieved anyway.
At the same time, on the beach, Lumine saw Shiki slowly walking towards her. She immediately raised her left leg high and stomped the ground, injecting thick Geo element into the earth.
"Tremble!"
Rows upon rows of sharp rocks surged towards the girl like waves. Shiki, seeing this, condensed an Thunder Sphere and threw it into the sky, then her figure transformed into a flash of electro element and disappeared.
Shiki actually felt very helpless about the Traveler's arrival. It wasn't a big deal to come to Ritou; couldn't she just follow the plot? But it just so happened that she ran into her and Ioroi's meeting.
Killing her was definitely out of the question; she wasn't confident enough to face the Abyss.
So, up until now, Shiki hadn't used her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. She just wanted the other party to go about her business and not disturb her.
'Gone? Where?'
Lumine quickly scanned her surroundings, and then a chilling sensation from above made her hair stand on end. She immediately activated her Windblade (Rasengan) and raised it above her head to parry the incoming sword.
The two stood in a stalemate, one above and one below, but as the blade in Shiki's hand gradually turned golden, Lumine found it difficult to hold on.
Golden electrical arcs were continuously Swirled by the Anemo element, but she had been able to block Childe's Lightning blade using both Anemo and Geo elements. However, she couldn't do the same with this girl's.
She didn't know if the other party had used her full power, but from this, the girl's Lightning element was stronger than Childe's.
Geo element had been used just now, and Anemo element was still maintaining output, so now there was only one choice left.
"Heavenly Thunder Drum Sound!"
Violent Lightning element circulated evenly around Lumine. With the new Lightning element, the Swirl reaction intensified, but these purple lightning bolts were blocked by an illusory golden barrier just before they reached Shiki.
"Using lightning to strike lightning, I really don't know what you're thinking."
Shiki had high resistance to the Lightning element. Although she hadn't reached the level of magic immunity like a Slime, the Traveler, who had just obtained Lightning element, wasn't a big problem at the moment.
Raging thunder naturally couldn't be easily controlled, especially after Swirl.
Lumine was forced back several steps by the Swirl reaction, while Shiki, due to her high resistance to the Lightning element, landed steadily on the ground from mid-air.
'This is too abnormal!'
Lumine had seen Vision users of the Lightning element before, but neither Keqing from Liyue nor Fischl from Mondstadt possessed such powerful Lightning element.
And the most important point, wasn't the Lightning element always purple? Why was this person's golden?
Shiki sheathed her katana, then crossed her arms and said, "Can you listen to me properly now? First, I must admit that Hiiragi Shinsuke was indeed killed by me."
Lumine saw the girl put away her weapon and relaxed slightly, but still remained vigilant: "So what else is there to say? You are Inazuman, right? But you killed an important Inazuman official."
"Have you never thought about why I would kill him?"
"Hiiragi Shinsuke used the sakoku decree to extensively extort the people's property and also collaborated with the notorious Fatui. I killed him to cure Inazuma, this terminally ill nation!"
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