"Allow me to introduce myself, beautiful lady. I am Tartaglia, the eleventh Fatui Harbinger."
"To be able to fight with Yae Miko of Grand Narukami Shrine, this is quite a rare opportunity, so let me enjoy it!"
Childe was dressed in a slim-fitting black and red battle suit, with a red mask worn on his forehead. At the same time, two electro element blades in his hands combined into a double-ended spear, but with water currents still swirling around it.
From his aura, he could sense that the pink-haired woman in front of him was very strong, so Childe immediately used his Delusion upon their first meeting.
Yae Miko narrowed her eyes slightly. People who use two elements simultaneously, do you Fatui all play so flashily?
'So that's it, using a Vision and a Delusion at the same time? An interesting idea.'
'However, the eleventh Harbinger, Childe... his strength is a bit lacking. I thought he was Balladeer's subordinate.'
"Oh? Then do your best and show me what you've got."
"Big words, Havoc: Oblivion!"
Childe half-crouched on the ground, and a pale blue water curtain appeared on the ground with Childe as the center. Then, a giant whale burst out from the water curtain.
Yae Miko looked at the giant whale, already having a countermeasure in mind. However, since she needed to create a disturbance, it would be better to directly crush it with overwhelming force.
In that case...
Great Secret Art: Kitsune Saigyou Zakura!
Suddenly, the light in the entire room dimmed. Yae Miko's eyes glowed with a deep purple, and six ethereal tails appeared behind her.
Immediately after, the Kitsune Saigyou Zakura she had released earlier transformed into a deep purple fox, instantly expanding to the same size as the whale.
All of this happened very quickly. When the Kitsune Saigyou Zakura formed, the whale had just reached its highest point.
The Kitsune Saigyou Zakura charged towards the whale, instantly tearing through it and forcibly altering its descent trajectory. Both trembled as they plummeted towards Childe's direction.
Childe's hands trembled, not from fear, but from excitement. Wasn't the purpose of his coming here for this very moment?!
Boom!
Yae Miko detonated the Kitsune Saigyou Zakura just as the whale was about to hit the ground. Terrifying electro element, mixed with water currents, Swirled outwards, and the entire room instantly became much wider.
Yes, it was all blown open.
In the dim room, Yae Miko stood in the center with an indifferent expression. The explosion just now had no effect on her; it was all blocked by her shield.
For a magic user, shields are a mandatory course, after all, if the elemental burst is too powerful, it can also harm oneself.
"Your strength is very impressive. It seems those probes are no longer necessary."
Childe emerged from a pile of rubble, his clothes slightly torn, but it wasn't a big problem; he himself was unharmed.
Water slowly rose from Childe's feet, and where the water flowed, it was covered by armor.
Finally, the mask on his forehead completely covered his face, and the original slits became a single large eye.
This, this is the One-Eyed Great Treasure! (No) Foul Legacy Transformation! (Confirmed)
"I've been using this quite frequently lately. Let's make this quick!"
Under the Foul Legacy Transformation, Childe's voice became very deep, and it also contained a slight electronic sound, completely resembling a major villain.
Buzz!
A strong fluctuation swept through the entire Evil Eye Factory, even the Traveler, who was recuperating, felt it.
"This... is Tartaglia's Foul Legacy Transformation? Could it be that someone has come?"
"I don't know, Paimon. Should we go take a look?" Paimon suggested.
"Yes, my injuries are almost healed anyway. It's time for some rehabilitation training!"
Lumine's expression was firm, and then she quickly tore off the bandages wrapped around her body.
Her physique was already extraordinary, and after a day of rest, she was almost fully recovered.
Pulling out her wufeng sword, the Traveler quickly rushed in the direction from which the Foul Legacy Transformation's fluctuations came.
Meanwhile...
Ayaka and Xavier, who were searching for Shiki room by room, had their path blocked by a squad of Fatui.
Ayaka looked at the six figures, tall, short, fat, and thin, each with their own distinct features, and silently sighed.
'Indeed, it's not as easy as I imagined!'
Most of the forces had already been drawn away by Yae Miko, but that was only most, not all.
However, if there were Fatui soldiers guarding here, did that mean they were very close to Shiki's location?
"Miss Kamisato, what should we do now?" Xavier asked.
Ayaka did not answer, but instead unfastened her katana and handed it to Xavier.
"For the rest of the journey, I'll leave it to you."
"I'll stop them. You take the opportunity to slip past, just like we did at the very beginning."
"Don't worry, I'll catch up very soon."
After speaking, Ayaka transformed into frost and moved along the ground to the center of the Fatui squad, then...
"Kamisato Art: Soumetsu!"
A storm of ice-composed sword energy swept through the entire room. Seeing this, Xavier quickly slipped out along the corridor.
After running for a while with the long katana on his back, Xavier arrived at a somewhat different room. Various experimental instruments were laid out here, so numerous that he didn't even recognize many of them.
'A laboratory?'
Xavier cautiously explored the room, then stopped in front of a cultivation chamber.
"Heh heh heh… So that's how it is…"
Xavier looked at the head in the cultivation tank, a smile more bitter than a grimace on his face. What dream? It was clearly something he had experienced personally!
Gently caressing the transparent wall of the cultivation tank, was everything he had experienced these past few days fake?
His head was connected by various wires. He figured it was because of this that he could continue to function, right?
"Ugh…"
Suddenly, Xavier felt a familiar pain spread throughout his body, and then an arm detached directly and fell to the ground.
However, there was not a drop of blood, but rather various gears.
"Heh heh heh…"
Xavier showed a tragic smile on his face. Seriously, why should he, a dead man, trouble others anymore!
However, to make him give up now was absolutely impossible. To pile him up here like junk, then he would show them the resolve of the weak!
Tightening the bandage with his single arm, Xavier walked with determined steps towards the depths of the research institute.
Everyone else was fighting; he couldn't continue to be sentimental here!
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