Grand Narukami Shrine.
Beneath the Sacred Sakura, Yae Miko was leisurely enjoying some fried tofu.
"Mmm, as expected, fried tofu really is the best!"
She picked up a piece with her chopsticks and placed it in her mouth. Tasting that familiar flavor, Yae Miko's face was filled with satisfaction.
This was far more normal than the food that woman Ei made.
Other people's cooking cost money at most, but hers cost lives!
And she didn't even need to make the trip herself, since that little Sayu was always available to run errands for her.
Life was simply wonderful!
Just as she reached out with her chopsticks to enjoy another bite, her movements suddenly froze.
She frowned and looked toward the direction of Chinju Forest.
"Something happened?"
As the Raiden Shogun's familiar, her strength was naturally not weak.
So she had noticed that something was wrong as well.
Chinju Forest was adjacent to Mt. Yougou, and it wasn't particularly far away.
What's more, that place was related to her in certain ways.
Since something had happened over there, she naturally had to go take a look.
"Ah, can't even enjoy some fried tofu in peace!"
Yae Miko sighed.
Then her figure disappeared beneath the Sacred Sakura, as if she had never been there at all.
On the plains of Chinju Forest, because Lumine and the others could fly, combined with the monster's slow speed, they had caught up with it by now.
"Yikes, this thing really is enormous!"
Looking at the monster in the distance, Paimon's eyes were filled with shock.
It reminded her of when she had entered that shrinking tunnel before.
Just looking at its size was enough to make anyone feel intimidated.
One stomp from that thing and she'd probably be finished.
But perhaps because the three of them were so small, or perhaps because Scaramouche was completely focused on Inazuma City, the monster hadn't noticed them.
"But once I summon the Magus of Light, I'll probably be about the same size!"
Paimon folded her arms across her chest and snorted proudly.
As she spoke, she pulled out her Magus of Light Gun and prepared to make a move.
Lumine stopped her.
"Wait. Look over there. Someone seems to have appeared."
"Huh?"
Hearing Lumine's words, Paimon and Little Klee stopped what they were doing and looked over curiously.
A gigantic purple Electro Mitsudomoe suddenly appeared in front of Scaramouche.
Then a purple figure stepped out from within it.
"It's her? Then I guess there's nothing for us to do!"
Seeing Inazuma's Electro Archon appear, Paimon immediately became dejected.
Although the monster looked extremely powerful, there was no way it could possibly be a match for the Raiden Shogun!
After all, she was one of the Seven Archons!
Paimon had heard that her Musou no Hitotachi had once cleaved an entire island in two.
"Inazuma's problem is best left to her."
Lumine wasn't particularly bothered.
It was a little disappointing that she wouldn't get to see the Magus of Light in action, but as long as the problem was resolved, that was enough for her.
Since there was no fight for them to participate in, the three found a safe location and watched the spectacle from the sidelines.
Paimon even pulled out her camera and began recording.
According to her, if she couldn't participate in the battle herself, she should at least record it.
That counted as another kind of participation.
"So you're the big guy causing all this trouble?"
The Raiden Shogun stood in midair, looking at the monster before her with a slight frown.
According to the memories in her mind, she had never encountered a god like this before.
Furthermore, its black-and-white translucent body made the Raiden Shogun feel rather strange.
It seemed...
as though it didn't actually exist?
"The Raiden Shogun?"
After discovering who had arrived, Scaramouche stopped as well.
To some extent, the two were connected.
But with the passage of time and everything Scaramouche had experienced, he no longer cared about such things.
The only thing he wanted
was that Gnosis!
However, just as he tried to control the monster and make it speak, he discovered that he couldn't do it.
"Looks like I'll still have to accomplish this using my human form."
Scaramouche felt a little regretful.
The monster's power could only serve as a means of intimidation.
While Scaramouche was thinking, the Raiden Shogun had already begun her attack.
To her, anything that obstructed Eternity had to be eliminated.
Well, Han Feng was an exception!
After all, she genuinely couldn't defeat him!
And since he had no intention of directly interfering with Inazuma, the Raiden Shogun was temporarily content to observe him.
Crackle! Crackle!
Purple lightning flashed around the Raiden Shogun.
She closed her eyes and raised her head in midair, spreading both arms.
Then, Musou Isshin, crackling with purple lightning, was slowly drawn from her chest.
Lightning coiled around the blade, radiating an overwhelming divine might.
Clang!
With a crisp sound of steel leaving its sheath, a bolt of purple lightning flashed across the sky.
The Raiden Shogun stood in midair, holding the lightning-infused blade.
Behind her, the Electro Mitsudomoe shone with purple light.
Lightning roared around her, radiating an immense and terrifying majesty.
After the incident with the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed God Statue, the Dango-Milk Slash had made its return!
"I'll finish you here."
Although she didn't know how this creature had appeared, the Raiden Shogun had absolute confidence in herself.
With a cold shout,
lightning surrounded her.
Clang!
She raised Musou Isshin high above her head.
Then, with overwhelming divine might, she brought the blade down upon the monster below at a speed too fast for the eye to follow.
"Why isn't that monster dodging? Did it get scared stiff?"
Seeing the monster standing completely motionless in the distance, Paimon was stunned.
The power behind the Raiden Shogun's strike was so immense that even from this far away, Paimon could feel it.
Yet the monster wasn't dodging?
Wasn't that a little too brave?
"Maybe the monster thinks it can tank the attack?"
Lumine rested her chin on her hand and guessed.
After all, large creatures tended to have a strange kind of confidence.
Just like Osial before!
When faced with Little Klee's Super Jumpy Dumpty, it hadn't dodged either.
Instead, it had bravely charged forward to take the explosion head-on.
And then...
Its grave ended up being three meters tall.
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