As Yae Sakura and Higokumaru headed toward Inazuma City, Raiden Mei and the Raiden Shogun stood facing each other in the Tenshukaku of the Inazuma Shogunate, looking like bitter enemies to any outsider.
The Shogunate soldiers guarding the Shogun stood around them, but none dared approach.
While marveling at Raiden Mei's origins, they were also immensely curious about her identity.
Not long ago, the Raiden Shogun had crossed through space and returned to the Tenshukaku. Just as the soldiers were preparing to greet her, Raiden Mei descended before the Raiden Shogun in a bolt of lightning.
As the Shogunate soldiers reeled in shock that someone dared behave so disrespectfully before the Raiden Shogun and prepared to seize her, Raiden Mei directly attacked the Raiden Shogun.
Their battle was far beyond anything they could intervene in. They could only watch anxiously from outside. Yet gradually, the Shogunate soldiers began to feel that something was off.
Leaving aside how Raiden Mei bore some resemblance to the Shogun, her power of Thor was in no way inferior to—perhaps even surpassed—the Raiden Shogun's. She was practically another thunder god!
Thinking back to how Raiden Mei had chased after her earlier, the Raiden Shogun clearly did not want to fight her.
That inevitably led the surrounding Shogunate soldiers to some strange and bizarre conclusions.
Could this be the daughter of a lover the Shogun had abandoned after having her way, coming to confront her?
After all, Raiden Mei looked considerably younger than the Raiden Shogun. Besides... how many gods were there in the world? Especially now, in the age of the Seven, everyone knew that Inazuma's Raiden Shogun was the only thunder god.
With their similar appearances and the bloodline and power of a thunder god, she was very likely the Shogun's illegitimate daughter!
Thus,