Yuna turned to see her Second Sister, Kuki Shinobu, standing behind her.
Kuki Shinobu's eyes blazed with fury, making Yuna feel terribly guilty.
"Ahem... Second Sister? W-what are you doing here?" Yuna stammered, pressing her cheek against Kuki Shinobu's hand to ease the pain in her ear.
Holy crap, this is Nazuchi Beach! How did Second Sister even find me here?!
Despite her anger, Kuki Shinobu only pinched Yuna's ear hard before letting go.
Yuna clutched her ear, her face twisted with resentment as she glared at her sister.
"You little rascal! You're getting bolder by the day, daring to run off to the battlefield!"
Yuna's resentful expression vanished instantly. She lowered her head, avoiding her sister's gaze.
Lumine and Paimon approached, witnessing Yuna's scolding. They couldn't help but intercede:
"Um, Shinobu, Yuna was only trying to save me... It's not like she deliberately disobeyed you."
Kuki Shinobu nodded to Lumine before turning her attention back to her wayward sister.
"Alright, I just said a few words. Is that really so unfair? Do you even realize how worried I was about you?"
Yuna tapped her fingers together. "I'm sorry, Second Sister. I... I just didn't want to drag you and Boss into this."
Kuki Shinobu didn't know where to direct her anger.
"Sigh..."
Finally, she sighed. "Fine. Come back with me."
"Go... back? Back where?!" Yuna exclaimed.
"To Inazuma City, of course," Kuki Shinobu snapped impatiently.
Yuna looked even more confused. "But I'm wanted in Inazuma City!"
Kuki Shinobu offered no explanation. Some things were best left unsaid, especially on Resistance territory.
"Don't worry. I have a plan. You won't get caught."
Yuna shook her head frantically. "I'm not going back. I want to join the Resistance and fight the Vision Hunt Decree with them."
"You—!"
Yuna hugged Shinobu tightly, lowered her head, as if saying, Go ahead and scold me if you want...
Expecting her ears to be pinched again, Yuna was stunned when Second Sister instead said:
"Fine... I'll stay with you."
Yuna: "???"
"What are you staring at? Do you think you're the only one who wants to resist the Vision Hunt Decree?"
Yuna immediately offered a placating smile. "No, no, not at all! I just... I never imagined you would, Second Sister..."
Yuna led her Second Sister to meet up with Kokomi, Gorou, and the others.
Kazuha had known Yuna back in Inazuma. He and his friend had both tasted her cooking and praised it without reservation.
Alas, fate is fickle.
Seeing Yuna again, Kazuha couldn't help but recall the days when he and his friend would queue up early to buy her delicious food together.
"Yuna, I never expected you to be..."
The wanted posters had spread throughout Inazuma, so Kazuha and Beidou were well aware of the girl who had rescued the Traveler from the Raiden Shogun's grasp.
Beidou, ever the hearty type, clapped Yuna on the shoulder and said, "So, you're Yuna, right? Lumine probably already thanked you, but I want to thank you too, on her behalf."
"It's no problem," Yuna replied. "Lumine is a dear friend. Helping her was the right thing to do."
After chatting for a while, Kokomi invited them to Sangonomiya Shrine to discuss their next move.
Teppei requested to join them, offering to continue guiding them.
Lumine readily agreed.
Gorou needed to stay behind to oversee matters in the area, while Kazuha and Beidou would remain for a while longer to assist him.
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Player World
After Kokomi declared, "I will fight alongside you, for... the future of Inazuma," the second act of the Inazuma chapter update, "Stillness, the Sublimation of Shadow," was completed.
"Chat, I have a feeling the next act will be the final showdown! We'll be facing the Electro Archon's Musou no Hitotachi head-on. Ugh, just thinking about it gets my adrenaline pumping!"
The highlights of this update were undoubtedly the Raiden Shogun drawing her blade from her chest and Yuna's absurdly powerful sword strike!
While the final battle scene was visually stunning, Guojia found the earlier story developments even more memorable.
"Who knew our Yuna, who's always been so low-key, would become so reliable when the chips are down?"
The live stream chat erupted in discussion.
[Dying under the Raiden Shogun's Musou no Hitotachi would actually be pretty badass...]
[Yuna: A forty-meter Claymore? Are you kidding me?]
[Yuna's sister really spoils her, chasing her all the way from Inazuma City!]
[Heh heh, I've been grinning ear to ear since that scene where Yuna got her ear pinched. No matter how powerful or rebellious she is, she'll always be as meek as a lamb when her sister's around.]
[Ehehe, Kokomi~]
[Whoa, tone it down, pervert! The internet isn't a lawless wasteland!]
[Just thinking about having to wait almost another month for Act III is killing me! Mihoyo, please hurry up! I can't wait any longer!]
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Inazuma.
On the way to Sangonomiya Shrine, Yuna showered Kuki Shinobu with flattery, constantly asking if her Second Sister was thirsty or hungry, making Paimon and Lumine visibly uncomfortable.
Kuki Shinobu knew exactly what her younger sister was up to. She initially wanted to ignore her, but seeing Yuna's persistent attempts to please her, she couldn't bring herself to be completely heartless.
Finally...
"Alright, I'll put in a good word for you with Mom and Dad. But I can't guarantee success—ultimately, it depends on you."
Hearing this, Yuna erupted in excitement, dancing and waving her arms before throwing herself onto Kuki Shinobu:
"Second Sister, you're the best! I love you to death!"
Yuna couldn't resist planting a kiss on her Second Sister's cheek, but since Kuki Shinobu was wearing her mask, the kiss nearly knocked it off.
Kuki Shinobu quickly steadied her mask, her face darkening as she pushed her clinging sister away.
"Alright, alright, stop bothering me."
"Hehe."
Yuna giggled and chased after Lumine and Paimon, who were walking ahead.
Behind them, Kuki Shinobu adjusted her mask and smiled—a smile hidden beneath the mask, unseen...
Yashiori Island.
Angie stood at a high vantage point with Ailina and a group of Fatui, gazing down at the massive skeletal remains below.
True to form, after "checking in" at Mondstadt and Liyue, she had now arrived in Inazuma.
"What are Rosalyne and Scaramouche up to?" she asked.
Ailina immediately replied, "La Signora is in Inazuma City, and Scaramouche is at the Delusion Factory. As for what they're doing exactly..."
Having just arrived, they hadn't had time to gather much intelligence yet.
"Rosalyne? Forget about her. But Scaramouche... what's he doing at the Delusion Factory? Distributing those harmful contraptions again?"
Among the Fatui Harbingers, Angie despised the Doctor the most. The man's human experimentation was abhorrent; she vowed to make him pay dearly sooner or later.
Next came the Regrator, whose heart was as black as pitch, driven by greed to commit countless immoral acts for profit.
Scaramouche and La Signora weren't much better—one with his venomous tongue, the other with her boundless arrogance.
Still, they were on her side, weren't they?
If the opportunity arose, she might rescue them—but not before making them suffer a bit first.