Furina sat cross-legged on the ground, cultivating, yet failed to cultivate anything at all. She had originally been troubled, worried that perhaps she lacked the talent to cultivate Chakra. But after overhearing the conversation between the two of them, she could not help feeling encouraged. What the heck!
So it wasn't that I lacked talent. It was because the environment wasn't right!
Once I return to Teyvat, an environment suitable for me, I'll definitely be able to cultivate Elemental Energy and become a true Hydro Archon possessing divine power.
That way, playing the role of my other self, Focalors, will definitely become much easier.
After thinking that far, Furina ended her cultivation and opened her heterochromatic eyes. With her hands on her hips, she looked at Roman and Hinata Hyuga. "Once I return to Teyvat, I'll be able to cultivate. What about you two?
"After being in close contact with me, the great Fontaine Hydro Goddess and God of Justice, have your powers improved greatly?"
Furina's words were arrogant, but she knew herself well. She knew she was merely an ordinary person, and that the boost she had brought Hinata and Roman was probably pitifully small.
Yet just as Furina was thinking that, she saw Hinata before her nod slightly before immediately taking action.
In the Chaos Temple, she rapidly formed hand seals.
Dragon—Ox—Rabbit!
Water Release: Wild Water Wave!
Whoosh.
Hinata's cheeks puffed up as she opened her mouth and spat out water.
It was a torrent that could be called a monstrous wave, dozens of meters in diameter. It blasted straight into the mist outside the Chaos Temple, causing the black fog to churn ceaselessly amid waves of rushing water.
!!
Furina's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Is this the C-rank Water Release Ninjutsu, Water Release: Wild Water Wave, that we saw in your memories?"
"A mere C-rank Ninjutsu has this much power? That can't be right... This Ninjutsu's might has absolutely reached the level of an A-rank Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, hasn't it?!"
After releasing the Ninjutsu, Hinata Hyuga let out a long breath, turned around, and smiled at Furina. "Normally, when I use the C-rank Water Release Ninjutsu Water Release: Wild Water Wave, producing a water ball a few meters wide is already my limit. But this time, didn't I have you, Furina?
"After staying with you for a while, I somehow felt that I had comprehended the Nature Transformation of water. Then I used this Ninjutsu... Sure enough, the power of this water-nature Ninjutsu, Water Release: Wild Water Wave, increased tremendously!"
"Is that so? Haha."
Furina let out an awkward laugh.
She had originally thought that staying with Hinata would at most bring some slight changes to Hinata's physical strength. She had never expected it to directly upgrade Hinata's Water Release Ninjutsu, elevating it from the level of a faucet to a great waterfall!
One had to know that Furina herself, Fontaine's Hydro Goddess, had yet to master any means of controlling water. Forget creating a great waterfall—she could not even make a water ball! At most, she could only spit saliva.
Just then, Roman at her side also moved, immediately beginning to form hand seals.
Dragon—Ox—Rabbit!
Water Release: Wild Water Wave!
Boom!
A waterfall more than ten meters tall, of the same size, appeared within the Chaos Temple. It transformed into a surging river that rushed toward the black mist outside, creating enormous crashing waves.
Furina's eyes widened even further at the sight.
Roman also comprehended the secrets of water-nature Ninjutsu through contact with me?
Does that mean that among the three people who entered this Chaos Temple, only I—the Fontaine Hydro Archon and God of Justice from Teyvat—can't control the water element?!
After thinking that, sorrow could not help rising in Furina's heart.
At that moment, Roman sensed Furina's emotions and spoke. "Don't be sad. Once you return to Teyvat, you'll definitely be able to use Elemental Energy!
"Also, after you return, you must try to persuade the you in the mirror—the Focalors who lost the memories of Roman's reincarnation—to abandon her plan to use the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale five hundred years later to strike the Divine Throne of the Hydro Archon, ultimately returning the Authority of the Dragon Sovereigns within the throne to the Hydro Dragon Sovereign!
"Tell her that you've gained power from beyond this world. You'll definitely be able to turn everything around in the remaining four hundred and ninety years before the time of Fontaine's destruction prophecy arrives."
"I'll do that."
Furina nodded seriously, then added, "But I don't plan to return immediately. I intend to stay here a while longer, remain in close contact with you, and gain your physiques, perhaps even your power."
"Of course."
Roman and Hinata exchanged a glance, then nodded with smiles.
Then, the three of them held hands once more. Almost at the same time, their physical strength began to surge. Hinata and Roman also quickly gained a deeper comprehension of water-nature Nature Transformation, while the Chakra within their bodies continued to increase.
A day quickly passed. The black fog outside the Chaos Temple began to roil, swallowing the Chaos Temple once more and expelling Roman's group.
The three of them thus returned to their respective worlds, and all received a message.
The Chaos Temple would open again in seven days!
Not long afterward, Furina returned to the Palais Mermonia in Fontaine. She immediately discovered that although she had been missing for a day, Fontaine remained peaceful and calm, without the slightest disturbance.
No one had even noticed that she, the Hydro Archon, had disappeared for an entire day.
However, Furina thought that was perfectly normal. After all, Fontaine's affairs were now entirely handled by Neuvillette. She, Furina the Hydro Archon, was merely a mascot.
And yesterday had happened to be her day off, so it was normal that no one had noticed her disappearance.
Of course, it was not as though no one had noticed that Furina had vanished for a time. There was one person: the true Hydro Goddess, Focalors, who resided within the mirror and within the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale.
Yesterday, she had completely lost her sense of Furina and spent the entire day on edge.
Only after Furina returned to Fontaine and reentered her perception did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. Even so, she used her divine power to possess the mirror and hurried without pause to find Furina, asking where she had gone.
"Hehe." Facing Focalors in the mirror, who looked exactly like herself and wore white divine robes, Furina placed her hands on her hips and let out a proud hum. "Mirror Me, the place I went to was beyond anything you could imagine."
Focalors's face turned pale. "Could it have been Celestia? Have the Heavenly Principles already learned of my plan?"
"Of course not!"
Furina stamped her foot and pouted in dissatisfaction. "What are you thinking? Of course... I can't truly tell you where I went, because everything in this world is recorded by the Ley Lines!"
After saying that, Furina pressed her palm against the mirror. "Let us use the method of communication unique to Furina and Focalors, and have our most secret exchange!"
Hearing that, Focalors placed her hand over Furina's.
In an instant, Focalors received a vast amount of information from Furina.
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