Chapter 220: Traveler: His name is Luo Li! Chiyo: What! Where is he?!

Mikoshi Chiyo reacted immediately.

"That Traveler has finished the mission?"

"That’s right. Didn't you want to go to Watatsumi Island before? Now is the perfect time to go and meet him."

Before Gorou had even finished speaking, Mikoshi Chiyo ignored the soldiers she was training and headed straight for the main camp.

"..."

Gorou had no choice but to go find Asase Hibiki.

Fortunately, these two basically stayed together, making them easy to find.

Upon learning that the Traveler had returned, she didn't even say goodbye and went straight to Gorou’s main camp.

When Asase Hibiki arrived, she found that Mikoshi Chiyo and two others were currently sizing each other up inside the tent.

"So you are the ones who wanted to see us?"

Paimon was first stunned by Chiyo’s beauty, and even her tone subconsciously lowered in volume.

"497" This level of beauty was probably on par with even Raiden Makoto.

However, because their temperaments were different, the impression they gave was also different.

Fortunately, the Traveler wasn't a lesbian, so after the initial shock, she said in a friendly manner, "I heard about you from Gorou earlier. Since we are all going to Watatsumi Island together, let’s introduce ourselves first."

"Luo Chiyo."

"Asase Hibiki."

After the introductions, Chiyo was just about to ask if they knew a person named Luo Li.

As for the jade pendant with the character "Li," she couldn't mention it, or it would easily arouse suspicion.

As a result, the next moment she heard Paimon mutter softly, "It’s actually the same surname as Mr. Luo Li. How strange."

Hearing this surname in Inazuma was a bit surprising; after all, she hadn't seen a second person with the surname Luo while in Liyue.

Could it be because of a taboo?

Knowing Luo Li’s noble status, Paimon easily let her imagination run wild.

And she had no idea how much of a shock this sentence gave the two beauties before her.

Chiyo was stunned on the spot.

Luo Li?!

Without a doubt, those two words that had just popped out of that little creature’s mouth were clear and unmistakable.

They really knew Luo Li!

The origin of that jade pendant was not a guess, nor was it an illusion!

The person Gorou mentioned on Watatsumi Island with the surname Luo—Her Excellency Sangonomiya’s father was Luo Li!

Her brain felt as if it had been struck hard by something; Chiyo was dazed, unable to organize a coherent thought.

Instead, Asase Hibiki was the first to ask impatiently, "What does Mr. Luo Li look like? You must tell me!"

Seeing the drastic change in the two women’s expressions, the Traveler and Paimon looked at each other, their expressions quite strange.

They felt like they had seen this scene somewhere before.

Paimon asked curiously, "Do you know Mr. Luo Li too?"

"Of course! Please, tell me what he looks like?!"

At this point, Chiyo finally woke up from her daze, her tone urgent and, for the first time, carrying a hint of pleading.

She was a war-ghost who had traversed Inazuma for a thousand years; when had her tone ever become so humble?

The Traveler scratched her cheek; fortunately, she hadn't picked up the bad habit of being a riddle-maker and answered quite straightforwardly.

"How should I put it? Mr. Luo Li has a demonic charm that feels like a curse; every woman can't help but develop a fondness for him, even me."

"Besides that, he often wears blue-black ornate robes and carries a jade pendant. As for his looks..."

The Traveler recalled bit by bit; and indeed, the moment she thought of Mr. Luo Li’s face, even her heart beat a little faster.

It was a charm that transcended mortal understanding, more like some kind of constraint of the laws of the world.

As the blonde girl gradually added more details, Chiyo’s fingertips turned white from gripping so hard, and she stared blankly.

The young man buried deep in her memories gradually surfaced, perfectly overlapping with the description.

Asase Hibiki was no better, her eyes filled with a daze and joy.

"It really is Teacher..."

The two women were now one hundred percent certain that the "Luo Li" mentioned by this wanted Traveler was the young man they had loved for hundreds of years.

Feeling that the Traveler hadn't said enough, Paimon added, "Right, he is always surrounded by many women. You must be careful; don't let him bewitch you, or you’ll be in trouble."

This was advice from a senior!

Chiyo and Asase Hibiki took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement overflowing in their hearts, and spoke almost in unison.

"Let’s set off now, to Watatsumi Island!"

The Traveler was surprised. "Eh, don't you need to rest? I just heard you spent a lot of time training the soldiers..."

Before she could finish, she was forcibly dragged out of the main camp tent by the two women.

"Hey! Slow down, wait for me!"

Seeing this, Paimon hurriedly followed.

…………

Watatsumi Island!

Sangonomiya!

The palace, adorned with prosperity and pearls, was exceptionally beautiful.

At this moment, above the main hall, Sangonomiya Kokomi, who usually would have been snuggled in his arms acting spoiled, was listening intently to the reports of her subordinates below.

"Reporting to Her Excellency Sangonomiya, recently an unknown object has been circulating among the lower ranks of the Resistance. Those who use it become extremely powerful and gain the ability to manipulate elemental energy, pushing the Shogunate army back step by step. However, my subordinate has discovered that the more it is used, the greater the damage caused to the user!"

A general reported with a grave expression, spreading out the "object" that emitted an ominous glow in his hand, and stepped aside to reveal a middle-aged man with graying hair and a haggard expression next to him.

Kokomi frowned slightly. "He is..."

"This is Xiaowu. He joined the Resistance less than three months ago. He was only eighteen, but because of that thing, he has become like this."

"What?"

Kokomi couldn't help but exclaim; she simply couldn't connect the eighteen-year-old youth with the forty or fifty-year-old man before her.

What an unbelievable thing.

"Are there many such cases?" Sensing something was wrong, she asked hurriedly.

"Reporting to Her Excellency Sangonomiya, because we were unprepared, dozens or even hundreds of people have suffered this calamity, and there are likely more who are unknown."

"There are so many." Kokomi murmured, then issued an emergency order: "Inform the soldiers below to confiscate that thing; it cannot be allowed to spread further."

Using the lives of soldiers to block and repel the Shogunate army—Kokomi could never accept that.

"Furthermore, ask the soldiers about the origin of this thing; we must track it down."

Joining three months ago and becoming popular recently meant it had likely been less than a month.

One month, exhausting decades of life—it was simply chilling.

Just how evil a thing could it be to require such a massive price?