Chapter 853

"Yes! Big Sis!"

The deputy hurriedly nodded, then went off to help move the cargo as well.

After giving the deputy her instructions, Watching Beidou looked down at the stunned gazes of the crowd below and said with a smile,

"Kaedehara, I feel like since we switched to this aircraft carrier, the whole fleet's presence is different.

Look at the looks in those Inazuma merchants' eyes!"

In the past, when coming to Inazuma, Watching Beidou had never seen those people look at them that way.

Now they've traded their fowling pieces for cannons!

Their Southern Cross fleet finally has some backbone too!

"Is that why you, Big Sis, sent that photo to that Lady Ningguang last night?"

Kaedehara Kazuha said with some amusement.

Last night, while he was teaching the crew the basics of the aircraft carrier,

Big Sis had been walking around with that phone, taking photos and videos everywhere.

Then she sent them to her rival who was both foe and friend.

Seeing the excited look on Big Sis's face, Kaedehara Kazuha even felt a bit of sympathy for that Lady Ningguang.

Put yourself in her shoes—

if your rival kept showing off to you every day,

you'd feel the urge to draw your blade and cut them down too.

"Hahaha, Ningguang must be furious—probably didn't sleep well last night!"

Watching Beidou's face was full of smiles.

As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is your opponent!

After dealing with Ningguang for so many years,

Watching Beidou could say she knew her very well.

If her guess was right, that woman was surely stewing in anger, searching for a way to upgrade the Jade Chamber.

She might have even gone to the manga shop to ask Boss Han for help.

After all, that last upgrade had relied on the rewards from Boss Han's manga shop.

Thinking of this, the corner of Watching Beidou's mouth curved up slightly.

"Kazuha, let's head to Inazuma City now—we might even run into her at the manga shop!"

"Alright!"

Kaedehara Kazuha nodded.

Then the two of them disembarked and headed straight for Inazuma City.

……

Grand Narukami Shrine.

At that moment, a figure slowly walked over.

It was Yae Miko, just returned from Inazuma City.

"Finally back!"

Taking in her surroundings, a faint smile appeared on Yae Miko's face.

Although only a single day had passed,

her mood was completely different from yesterday's.

Yesterday, facing Inazuma's crisis, her heart had been full of worry.

But after that trip to the manga shop, things had already begun to change.

Not only had Raiden Makoto obtained a powerful weapon, with hope of changing the past,

but that Raiden Ei had finally shown a bit of change too.

Although the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree still hadn't been lifted,

she could already see hope.

It was no longer as lifeless as before.

"Greetings, Lady Guuji!"

Seeing the familiar figure, the nearby shrine maidens hurriedly paid their respects.

"It's nothing—have any of you run into that child Sayu?"

Yae Miko said with a light laugh.

She had come back this time to look for Sayu.

Boss Han's manga shop was so wondrous and interesting—she had to bring her to see it.

It might even resolve the obsession in her heart.

"Lady Guuji, Sayu is skilled at concealment—it's very hard for us to spot her."

Hearing this question, the shrine maiden's face showed some difficulty.

After all, they were all ordinary people.

"Fair enough—then I'll go find her myself!"

A trace of a smile flashed across Yae Miko's face.

Most likely that girl was sleeping on some tree again.

But that wouldn't fool her.

Soon, Yae Miko found Sayu on a tree at Grand Narukami Shrine.

"Eh? Gu… Gu Si my lord, you're back?"

Sayu, who had just slipped up a tree to slack off, shuddered all over when she saw Yae Miko smiling and staring at her,

and hurriedly climbed back down.

"I thought you'd run!"

Yae Miko said with a smile, patting Sayu on the head.

"How would I dare run?"

Sayu thought helplessly.

If it were the shrine maiden sister, she could still find a way to hide.

But facing the Gu Si my lord, she didn't dare.

Her Substitution Jutsu couldn't escape her discerning eyes,

and her Breath-Holding Art couldn't slip out of her grasp either!

If she ran outright, she might even anger the Gu Si my lord!

Even when patted on the head, Sayu didn't dare bite her or resist.

Because she vaguely felt

that if she refused, something terrifying would surely happen.

She had still heard of the Gu Si my lord's fearsome reputation.

But if this kept up, she really might not grow any taller!

Thinking of this terrifying consequence, Sayu raised her head and said tremulously,

"Gu… Gu Si my lord, if you keep patting my head, I might not grow any taller…"

"Don't worry, I've already found a way to fix this for you! Your height is saved!"

Yae Miko said with a beaming smile, crouching down.

"R-really?"

Sayu, who had been looking utterly dejected, suddenly lit up at those words.

Her whole person grew excited.

Being short could be said to be her lifelong regret.

Especially seeing peers grow taller one after another while she herself remained in a child's form,

she grew even more anxious.

For this she had tried every method she could think of,

and finally arrived at one conclusion.

Which was,