Chapter 485
"Very good, I will continue to use you."
Raiden Ei nodded without any expression of joy or sorrow.
There's nothing to be surprised about. Raiden Ei was certain of victory long before the battle even began.
Oh, it wasn't without its surprises. She remembered the true meaning of the Musou Isshin, which allowed her to take another step forward in martial arts—essentially, her heart, stagnant for five hundred years, broke free of its shackles and moved forward once again, seeing the vast world she had long missed.
"I still..."
Raiden Ei wanted to say something more, but that stab had exhausted her strength, and she finally couldn't help but fall backward.
Several hands reached out from behind and supported her waist.
Raiden Ei review.
Yae Miko had a beaming smile on her face, though her tails were charred, curled, and even a little bald. Raiden Makoto's eyes were filled with heartache, but also with pride for his sister. Kaguya smiled gently, her eyes revealing genuine warmth and concern.
They stood there, supporting her body and her spirit.
"I won!"
Raiden Ei had a blank expression, but he proudly puffed out his chest.
"I saw it all, really... this is the last time."
Kaguya raised her folding fan with one hand, as if to strike. In the end, she seemed to want to scold him but couldn't bear to, and smiled helplessly, instead giving Raiden Ei's head a good rub.
Raiden Ei grinned as if he had just eaten the sweetest dessert.
Amidst the peaceful atmosphere, only the Yae Miko's smile vanished, and he humbly raised his hand to ask:
"Although the battle is over, what do we do next? Why does it feel like the chaotic space shows no signs of calming down?"
"What space?"
Raiden Ei looked at Yae Miko with a puzzled expression, then turned to look at the surrounding space.
"This is?"
"At the foot of the Great Sakura Tree, a chaotic spacetime. I should have seen it coming; it was such a well-timed foreshadowing. As expected of that person..."
Kaguya paused, seemingly wanting to say something but then sighed with emotion.
Raiden Makoto nodded with admiration.
"Who can argue with that? The place was perfect, the timing was perfect. I really suspect she saw this all along."
"No need to overthink it. Now that the time is right, let's just complete this step. This will put an end to the last bit of uncertainty, and we can relax a bit more from now on."
"Yes, that's true."
The two laughed in unison, bewildered by Yae Miko and Raiden Ei, and then simultaneously raised Raiden Ei's hand.
"You know how I got back to Inazuma."
"But before we return, there is still a long time in Inazuma, when the calamity is still spreading and the land of Inazuma is still wailing. In order to wait for that day, we need to calm the land of Inazuma and buy you some time."
"This is a link in time, the beginning of a cycle."
"Come, let it be you, plant us in the past, and complete this most important step."
The two held Raiden Ei's hand. The long-dormant Great Sakura Tree, which was also Demon God Raiden Makoto, floated quietly in her palm.
Raiden Ei's heart skipped a beat.
"So, so that's how it is?"
She was the one who personally sent her sister to the past.
She helped her sister enter the cycle of the Ley Line and eventually return to Inazuma.
Therefore, she was not late that year.
She actually managed to save her sister during the Calamity of Kandria, right?
"Go." ×2
Kaguya and Raiden Makoto released Raiden Ei's hand and encouraged her with incredibly gentle eyes.
Raiden Ei smiled, but tears streamed down her cheeks. Then she raised her hand high and, following the turbulent flow of time leading to five hundred years ago, gently pushed the seed inside.
And so, the Great Sakura Tree was officially planted.
Kaguya Anqi's origins are now completely closed, leaving no room for further doubt.
As Raiden Ei watched the purple light drifting into the past, he saw Inazuma Castle recede into the distant past. He saw the seeds fall into the Mount Yougou, rapidly grow, bloom, and their vibrant, beautiful petals fall like rain.
"My sister has never left me; she has always been by my side."
Raiden Ei took a deep breath, her vision blurred by tears, her breathing trembling, yet she revealed a radiant smile, her face streaked with tears.
"Click!"
In a daze, I seemed to hear a crisp sound. It was the last vestige of restraint that had bound my heart, the painful regret of not being able to get to my sister's side to protect her back then, which finally shattered and disappeared at this moment.