Gwen could not help finding Kiana's appearance amusing, so he spoke up to interrupt the two's interaction. If this continued, Kiana might really end up getting struck by lightning twice more:
"All right, Mei, let Kiana win once. Constantly losing isn't good for the body or mind."
"Mm... that's not a bad idea..."
Hearing that, Raiden Mei stared at Kiana for a while longer, until the grasshopper was practically ready to raise her hands in surrender. Only then did she gently nod.
Raven's New Guest
Long before his trip to fifty thousand years ago, Gwen had taught the girls how to cultivate Intent Energy. However, before he left, Yolandale had been the only one to complete the introductory training.
And now, after more than half a year had passed, the girls had all successively completed their introductory training in Intent Energy.
Take Kiana, for example. While she had not, like Yolandale, ignored conventional methods entirely and applied Intent Energy to plain, unadorned basic attacks, making every blow overwhelmingly powerful, she had already completed training in Shifting Shadows.
And in their match just now, Kiana had used that information gap to catch Raiden Mei off guard.
As for why Kiana was being so careful after merely winning one match with a newly learned ability, it was naturally because someone unexpected had arrived at the training ground—
An embarrassed and enraged Mei really would strike people with lightning...
"Before I leave, I'll teach you two more moves. I guarantee Kiana will obediently surrender."
Gwen pushed Wendy over to the pair, gently pressed down Mei's hand holding the blade, and said with a smile.
"I object! That's unfair!"
Kiana immediately raised her hand in protest, shattering the pressure Mei had placed on her in an instant.
"You can learn two more moves as