Why did Raiden Mei say something like that?
Raiden Mei quickly gave the answer herself.
Before coming here, the memory fragments Raiden Mei had seen included not only scenes of herself silently remaining behind in Sky Dome City, trying to find Kiana, but also, later in those fragments, a communication from Rita.
The message said—Miss Kiana has been captured. If you want to save her, come find me at the coordinates below. If you are late, I cannot guarantee Miss Kiana's safety. Please rest assured, at least for now, my goal is the same as yours: to save Miss Kiana.
The Raiden Mei in the memory fragments had been unable to verify whether the message was genuine. After all, Rita had always been one of Destiny's higher-ups, an enemy to them now.
However, with Kiana involved, Raiden Mei did not dare take the risk. Following the communication's coordinates, she found Rita investigating information in a World Serpent laboratory.
As Raiden Mei recounted these events, the scenes she had witnessed in those memory fragments rapidly appeared before them as well.
Rita stood before a computer in one of World Serpent's secret laboratories. By connecting with the hackers under her command, she had them break into World Serpent's database to investigate the experiments World Serpent planned to conduct in Sky Dome City, as well as the place where Kiana had been taken.
That hacker was one of the people Kiana had rescued earlier. Clearly, Rita had reestablished contact with her team members, coordinated with them in the investigation, and had already attempted to call for aid from Destiny.
The information revealed that the reinforcements Rita had called for were no ordinary people. It was Destiny's strongest Valkyrie, the true captain of the Immortal Blades—S-rank Valkyrie Durandal!
Of course, even Durandal would need