Shiki retorted with the exact same words. The girl was choked for a moment, then she snorted coldly, intending to use her status as an envoy to pressure the puppet.
"Raiden Ei, regarding Inazuma's internal affairs, please don't involve us Fatui, alright?"
"We Fatui have come with the Tsaritsa's goodwill, and our purpose is to help Inazuma move towards eternity."
The Shogun did not reply, because Ei had already decided to expel all the Fatui from the country. On one side was a girl who had inherited her sister's power, and on the other were the ill-intentioned Fatui. The choice was obvious, wasn't it?
Seeing the Raiden Ei ignore her, the girl was furious. Morax was one thing, but how dared a puppet ignore her?
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, the girl turned to leave. As for leaving Inazuma, that was impossible; the Gnosis had not yet been obtained. At most, she would shift from overt to covert operations.
"You cannot leave."
Shiki called out to the girl, killing intent surging towards her like a tide. For this woman, Shiki had wanted to cut her down for a very long time.
"This feeling… So it was you that day!"
The girl recognized the killing intent; it was identical to what she had felt at the Northland Bank.
"You recognized it? That's good then. You've caused so much suffering to so many people in Inazuma. Now, it's time to settle things."
As Shiki spoke, she slowly drew the Kujikanesada from her waist, then no longer concealed her aura.
"You dare to attack me?"
"Why wouldn't I dare? I want to challenge you to a Duel before the Emperor."
"Hmm."
As soon as the words fell, Raiden Shogun immediately nodded, as if afraid that she would be rejected by the girl if she agreed too slowly.
"Shiki, be careful…"
Seeing Raiden Shogun agree to the challenge of Duel before the Emperor, Ayaka could only remind the girl to be extra careful.
The Duel before the Emperor was solemn and serious; once it began, it could not end unless one side fell.
...
Meanwhile, in Tatarasuna, Xavier carried the two newly made purification devices outside, waiting for Shiki's arrival.
However, he didn't know that something big was happening in Inazuma City at that moment.
"Strange… would she be late too?"
Xavier felt a little puzzled, after all, when someone who always arrived on time suddenly arrived late, it would always make people feel something was off.
Rustle, rustle, rustle.
Footsteps came from behind, Xavier's face lit up with joy, and he turned his head, just about to greet, but found that the person who came was not the beautiful kimono girl, but a handsome young man dressed as a Ronin.
"Who are you?"
Xavier said cautiously while modifying the readings of the detector behind him.
"Heh heh, let me introduce myself, I am the Sixth Harbinger of the Fatui, Balladeer. Today, I have a favor I'd like to ask of you."
Balladeer walked towards Xavier step by step, with an ill-intentioned smile on his face.
"Fatui? Aren't you giving up yet? This will lead to court!"
"Court? Do you think we care about such a ridiculous thing?" After saying that, Balladeer flashed forward and knocked Xavier unconscious.
Then he carried the other party and left Tatarasuna.
The reason why the Fatui can have strong diplomatic capabilities in various countries is inseparable from their extremely powerful intelligence gathering capabilities. Although they are still not as good as Ningguang, who controls the entire Liyue, such an intelligence organization spread throughout the entire Teyvat continent is very terrifying.
Balladeer did give up on blowing Tatarasuna to the sky, but this doesn't mean he no longer cared. So, it was only natural that he found out about Xavier and Shiki's actions these past few days.
It was not convenient for him to go to Narukami Island, so the choice of chess pieces was not many, and after further subdivision, it was even fewer. After a brief thought, he finally chose Xavier.
Of course, one is definitely not enough. Balladeer has played with human hearts for five hundred years, so he naturally knows the principle of being prepared.
Xavier was just one of them, and he planned to prepare three such chess pieces.
As for the Gnosis? He had his own plans.
"Come, Shiki, I'll be waiting for you at Yashiori Island."
...
At this moment, in front of the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed God Statue, a large empty space had been cleared by the Tenryou Commission soldiers. The Archon of Inazuma stood on the high platform, looking down indifferently at the two duelists.
At this time, the girl had not yet realized that she had been tricked by Balladeer. Perhaps in her eyes, Shiki was just an ant that could be crushed at will.
Five hundred years of erode had made her almost forget herself. In her heart, there was nothing but arrogance and hatred for the Archon.
"As you wish, herewith I present the elegance and clearance of a Harbinger."
As the girl spoke, she gently waved her hand, and a black and white Catalyst shaped like a harp began to spin in the air. At the same time, the temperature around the girl also began to drop rapidly.
Shiki said nothing, only silently coating her katana with a golden glow.
This was not a game; there was no flame hourglass on the field that could reduce the Frost value. There was only the Frost and ice crystals condensed by the girl.
Suddenly, an ice flower bloomed under the girl's feet. Seeing this, Shiki's figure instantly transformed into a electro element and disappeared from the spot, reappearing behind the girl.
"Hmph!"
The girl snorted coldly, and an incredibly strong ice element erupted from her body, shaking Shiki away while condensing dozens of ice shards that flew towards her.
Clink, clink, clink.
Shiki wielded Kujikanesada impenetrably. The katana covered in electro element easily cut through all incoming ice shards, and the Superconduct reaction caused was blocked by the electro element shield outside.
"Tch!"
The girl was very dissatisfied with her ineffective attack. She immediately condensed a stream of extremely low-temperature Frost, intending to freeze the opponent, or at least slow her down.
However, the girl merely stomped her foot lightly, and golden electro element quickly spread across the ground with the help of the ice element.
Tap.
With a light tap of her geta, eight golden Thunder Sphere instantly appeared around the girl.
She lightly brushed the katana with her left hand, and the golden light instantly expanded. Then, Shiki held the katana in a reverse grip and unleashed a sword qi composed of electro element.
Immediately after, before the cold current arrived, she instantly moved to another position through the Thunder Sphere, and at the same time, she unleashed another electro element sword qi exactly like the previous one.
Through the previous probing, Shiki knew that the girl's side was filled with an abnormally dense ice element, so close combat would not be advantageous.
An ice element shield was not a difficult task, but Shiki did not want to use a mutual-damage fighting style, and there was no need for it at all.
Although she was unhappy with everything the girl had done, she had not reached the point of losing her mind.
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