In Izumo, Making Honkai Great Again

The Blade Masters always kept their blades with them.

"It's still four hours to Shanhai City. If you're bored, you can take a nap."

As the plane took off, the cabin temperature was a bit low. Mei handed a blanket to Kiana.

Kiana casually draped it over herself, then looked at Mei expectantly. "When we get to Shanhai City and meet the Whale Monster, can you let me try my hand?"

"You want to fight?"

"Mhm!"

Kiana nodded, excitedly saying, "I've gotten stronger again, and I want to test my abilities."

She had bought herself another handgun, but the handgun was her limiter. When facing a powerful enemy, she would put the handgun down and raise her fists.

"Okay."

Mei replied, softly adding, "But don't act on your own."

"Don't worry, Mei."

Sirin, in the seat on the other side, touched her chin and turned to look at Yae Sakura beside her. "Hey, don't you think their relationship is a little too close?"

Yae Sakura, who had been resting with her eyes closed, opened them in confusion. "What makes you say that?"

"Look."

Sirin lowered her voice. "Who's this intimate?"

Kiana rested her head on Mei's shoulder. Raiden Mei didn't mind, maintaining a still posture as she closed her eyes to meditate.

Yae Sakura glanced over. "It's normal."

"This is normal?"

Sirin looked suspicious. She wondered if her approach to making friends was wrong. Was her understanding of friendship incorrect, and this was the right way?

"When friends are close, they naturally become intimate."

"Are you saying my relationship with her isn't good?"

Sirin's face darkened.

Kiana was a friend she had personally acknowledged, not someone that the inarticulate Yae Sakura could compare to.

Yae Sakura nodded, but before Sirin could overheat, she added, "You've only met her three times."

She lightly tossed back Sirin's own words to her in a similar fashion.

Sirin glared at her unhappily, but the fact remained, and she couldn't refute it. Pouting, she closed her eyes. "Sleep."

They arrived at Shanhai City's airport safely and without incident. It was already nighttime when they arrived.

But it was still as bright as day, with neon colors illuminating the buildings. The crowds and traffic on the road outside the airport had their own unique vibrancy.

"There are so many people."

Sirin frowned. She disliked looking for someone in such a bustling crowd.

"So lively!"

Kiana exclaimed. It was just like the bustling, vibrant big cities from before she transmigrated. It was hard to imagine this was Izumo, a land scorched barren.

"It's indeed much livelier than Changkong City. Shanhai City has great development prospects and is the heart of this region."

Mei wasn't too concerned about these things. She only noticed that Kiana looked at everything with not only amazement but also a hint of longing.

Was she thinking of her hometown that she could never return to?

Mei thought to herself.

"Stop admiring the scenery, let's go over there."

Sirin quickly spotted a man in a suit waving at them and grabbed Kiana, heading towards him.

Mei was momentarily stunned and quickly followed.

Yae Sakura, who witnessed this, shook her head. She had put on her cloak again after getting off the plane and walked at the very back.

"You've waited a long time. Please, this way."

The suited man who greeted them led the way, ushering them into a waiting car. "Lady Sirin, it's getting late. Shall I take you to the hotel?"

"Then to the hotel."

She wasn't asked to see the Whale Monster immediately, which meant the situation wasn't dire. The Whale Monster was likely still at the bottom of the sea with no new movements.

The suited man said no more and drove in a certain direction, relaying information about the Whale Monster to Sirin.

They couldn't dive deep into the sea to fight, so all reports concerning the Whale Monster were gathered through technological observation.

"Many Oni Gods living in the sea have also been affected and are now following it. We hope Lady Sirin will also pay attention to those guys. The abilities of Oni Gods are strange and varied, and our data collection on enemies in the sea is still insufficient."

Humans weren't as resilient as Oni Gods.

They would die if killed.

No one wanted a Blade Master who could fight Takemikazuchi to capsize in a ditch and fall here.

"Mm, I know all the information you have, but you're not supposed to be briefing me, you're supposed to be briefing the person next to me."

Sirin looked at Raiden Mei, who was listening intently, and introduced her: "Raiden Mei. I've handed over the task of hunting the Whale Monster to her. After all, the Resonating Blade is definitely more suited to slaying Oni Gods than I am."

"Miss... Miss Raiden?"

Everyone knew about the Resonating Blade, but only in written reports, which was why the man in the suit hadn't recognized Raiden Mei just now.

"...Yes, it's me."

Mei nodded, feeling a little awkward inside. Was she going to surprise everyone she met from now on?

She only knew the general idea.

She didn't know what kind of person Sirin had described her to be, to make everyone she met react with such surprise.

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Chapter 66: Explosion.

"I'm truly sorry, I didn't notice you just now."

The man in the suit quickly apologized.

"That's not important."

Mei was genuinely curious about how Sirin had described her, but now wasn't the time to ask. She suppressed her curiosity and said, "Please continue to tell me more about the Whale Monster."

"Okay!"

The man in the suit responded and began spilling more important information like beans pouring from a can.

Raiden Mei wasn't the battle-hardened Sirin, so he spoke in much greater detail this time, adding many points that a novice should pay attention to.

That was to be careful of the Oni Gods' abilities.

When hunting powerful Oni Gods, they often had followers around them, and the abilities of these Oni Gods were myriad and strange. When combined, they were often tricky and caught people off guard.

Human bodies were fragile.

Therefore, when facing Oni Gods with all sorts of peculiar abilities, one had to be extremely careful.

Too many people had fallen on the path of hunting Oni Gods along the way.

These were things she lacked, and experiences others had paid for with their lives. Thus, Mei listened very attentively.

The hotel was by the sea.

Sirin arrived and calculated the distance, then glared at the man in the suit irritably. She had initially thought the arrangement was quite good, not having them make a trip late at night.

It turned out they were being housed by the sea.

If anything unusual happened, they could discover it immediately and act.

Oh well, she was used to it.

The arrangement was indeed flawless, and the environment looked good too. Anyway, the main force this time wasn't her, but Raiden Mei.

She seemed to like it.

The hotel arrangements were already made; they just needed to take their room cards and rest.

The rooms weren't shared by two people. After knowing there were four of them traveling together, two more rooms had been booked.

This made Kiana a little regretful.

She really wanted to share a room with Mei. If she had it once, she'd have it again, and she wouldn't have to worry about finding excuses to sleep with Mei next time.

And besides...

"This is too big."

The room was somewhat luxurious, with the most striking feature being the huge floor-to-ceiling windows that offered a clear view of the sea under the night sky.

There was also a super-sized bed.

Four people could probably lie down on it without feeling crowded.

Walking to the window and looking at the clear scenery outside, she could imagine how beautiful it would be during the day.

But beneath this beauty lay hidden dangers. Listening to their conversation, the number of Oni Gods in the ocean was not to be underestimated.

While she was lost in thought, the doorbell suddenly rang; someone was looking for her outside.

"Mei, why are you here?"

Kiana, who ran to open the door, saw Mei outside and her eyes lit up as she asked, "Do you want to share a room with me?"

Mei was surprised that Kiana would invite her to stay: "...Sorry."

"Maybe next time. I just promised that gentleman I'd go to their observation area for Oni Gods to understand the situation."

Seeing that she had something to do, Kiana instinctively said, "Then I'll go with you."

"You don't have to."

Mei smiled. "I've already asked. It's quite boring over there. I just don't have a deep enough understanding of their situation yet, so I want to go take a look."

Boring... just watching surveillance feeds?

This really isn't suitable for her; she might even end up bothering Mei.

"Alright."

"This is one I just bought. I've already added my contact information to it."

Mei pulled out another phone and handed it to her. "You can contact me anytime if you need anything."

"So when are you coming back?"

"I'm not sure."

She didn't know how long she'd be there either, so she said, "Don't worry, I'll stay in touch with you."

"Okay."

Mei left, and Kiana turned and threw herself onto the bed, fiddling with her phone. The new phone's interface was clean, and the only contact was an empty entry for Raiden Mei.

Kiana thought for a moment, then changed the contact's name to "Mei Wifey." The corners of her mouth couldn't be suppressed: "This feels much more personal!"

Before she could look at it for much longer, a sound came from outside the door. Kiana, who had just quietly changed the contact name, nearly jumped out of her skin.

"Who, who is it?"

Her voice held a barely perceptible nervousness as she quickly put her phone away and ran to open the door like a thief caught in the act.

When the door opened, it wasn't Mei standing there, but Sirin. This made Kiana breathe a small sigh of relief. "What are you doing here?"

Since she hadn't interacted with Sirin much yet, Kiana demurely refrained from asking if she wanted to share a room.

"Let's go out and play. Wanna come?"

"Just the two of us?"

"Yeah."

"Aren't we inviting Yae Sakura too?"