"Don't look at me like that. I'm also desperate about those good-for-nothings," Shiki pouted.
"The immediate priority is to come up with a plan to deal with the Mikage Furnace Core. So, Engineer, do you have any ideas?"
"Uh... let me think. Also, you can just call me Xavier."
Xavier truly didn't understand what the Inazuman higher-ups were thinking. Furthermore, regarding the Young Miss in front of him, he admitted she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, but could such a decorative Young Miss really handle the Mikage Furnace Core?
Shiki sat on a nearby chair upon hearing this. She knew Xavier definitely had a method; otherwise, there wouldn't have been the "Tatara Tales" quest in the game.
"Ah, I've got it. Currently, to restore the Mikage Furnace Core to normal, we must first reduce the concentration of curse gods, and then purify the curse gods in the core area to complete a restart."
"But I need data from the Mikage Furnace Core, and the shield activated by the emergency plan prevents me from getting inside."
"Also, I can't withstand the Thunder calamity caused by the curse gods. I'd probably pass out after five minutes."
Xavier presented a plan, but Shiki noticed one point: purifying the curse gods.
How difficult the Archon's remains were to deal with was evident to all. If they could be purified, why would they need Warding Stones and the Sacred Sakura Tree? They could just find Xavier to build a purifier.
"Purifying curse gods? Do you have such technology in Fontaine?" Shiki asked.
"Yes, but the principle isn't to make the curse gods disappear, but to reduce their activity, putting them into a state similar to hibernation, thereby bringing the concentration in the area back to normal levels," Xavier nodded.
In short, this purification device was for emergency use. After all, it only rendered them inert, not made them disappear. The curse gods were essentially still there, just dormant.
But the restart of the Mikage Furnace Core could perfectly solve this point. The Mikage Furnace Core's restart requires curse gods as fuel, and inert curse gods are perfectly suited for this.
At that time, all the curse gods in Tatarasuna would be absorbed by the Mikage Furnace Core, and Yashiori Island, with its Warding Stones already repaired, would ensure that the Mikage Furnace Core would not go out of control again.
"Understood. So you need to go inside to collect data from the Mikage Furnace Core, right?" Shiki asked.
"Yes, but I still have no idea how to get in. Ordinary people can't even see that shield. I don't know how many times I've bumped into it these past two days."
As soon as he mentioned this, Xavier felt a faint pain in his nose. Do you understand the pain of a nosebleed?
"It's fine, I'll deal with the shield. You just need to collect the data."
Xavier took out three beacon-like objects and placed them on the table.
"If you can really get in, just place these three collectors at the locations I've marked, or you can send me in, and I can place them."
Although Shiki claimed she could deal with the barrier, Xavier still thought the Young Miss's skills weren't very impressive.
Oh, look at that gorgeous furisode. What if she has a Vision? She might not even run faster than an engineer who calculates data all year round!
"No need. Just give all three to me. Mr. Xavier, you just need to receive the data here and then create the purification device."
Shiki gently shook her head, then picked up the three collectors from the table and left the small wooden house.
As a researcher, Xavier was naturally curious how the Young Miss would break through the barrier and enter the Mikage Furnace Core.
But when he walked out of the wooden house, he saw the Young Miss transform into a golden Lei flash and directly rush into the barrier.
Xavier: ???
What... what happened?
Xavier rubbed his eyes, seemingly to confirm whether he had seen wrong, but it was clear that everything just now was real.
So the question was, how did she get in?
It should be known that the manual stated that this barrier could block anyone from entering; even Vision wielders would be kept out.
Yet, the Young Miss rushed straight in as if it were nothing, without even stopping.
"Could it be that the manual has a loophole? It shouldn't, it was tested!"
Xavier was utterly baffled. Could it be that all you Inazumans are this outrageous?
At this moment, Shiki had already entered the interior of the barrier. The Thunder calamity, composed of curse gods, began to try and corrode her body, yet Shiki showed no reaction, as if she felt nothing at all.
She was no longer the Young Miss who needed Electrograna to resist Thunder calamity. The Raiden Shogun's power allowed her to treat Thunder calamity as nothing, and it seemed that due to her anger last time causing heavenly thunder, even her body had become very different from an ordinary person's.
She could clearly see scenes several kilometers away, and her nerve reflex speed was several times that of an ordinary person. Flies with difficult-to-track trajectories appeared incredibly slow in her eyes.
In her Selfless State, everything in the world would appear to play in slow motion to her.
So she could very easily find a person's weakness, just like that assassin; the moment he revealed himself, her sword was already in front of him.
It could be said that the Archon's power allowed a part of Shiki's physical functions to far exceed human limits. As for why it was only a part, it was because her power was still within the scope of a human.
However, due to the significant increase in nerve reflex speed, it also allowed her to use electro element to accelerate to speeds she couldn't react to before.
Using Thunder Spheres, Shiki drew line after golden line around the Mikage Furnace Core, placing the three collectors in their designated positions in just five minutes.
Meanwhile, somewhere outside the barrier...
"Hey? Everyone, look, has this shield disappeared?" an Ice Bracer excitedly said.
The nearby Thunder Hammer looked closely and found that the pale purple barrier from before was indeed gone: "It's gone, but how did it disappear?"
"Oh, that has nothing to do with us. Don't forget the mission the Harbinger assigned us," the Wind Boxer said.
"That's right, let's hurry and place the things the Harbinger gave us on it. Once it's done, I can finally eat some Berries in peace," the Ice Bracer said.
And so, a four-person Fatui squad walked into Tatarasuna. However, as soon as they entered, they felt the terrifying power of the curse gods.
Invisible substances entered their bodies, and then...
Thunder Hammer: "Ugh... my head feels so dizzy..."
Water Bracer: "So nauseous...."
Wind Boxer: "I feel like throwing up..."
Ice Bracer: "Ugh~"
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