At night, the streets of the island were already deserted, and no one could be seen.
In the temporary residence, Bai Luo sat by the window, sipping the tea in his hand, looking in the direction of Inazuma Castle, and squinting his eyes slightly.
"Instructor, are you really not going to meet the people of the Hiiragi clan and the Kujou clan?"
As Bai Luo's most trusted Pyro Agent, Anatoly was naturally waiting by his side.
"Even if I go, it will only be some flattery. I don't want to go."
Before he became a Harbinger, he often encountered such things.
But at that time, he had no right or reason to refuse.
After becoming a Fatui Harbinger, he was second to none.
Now among the entire Inazuma Fatui, his status is the highest.
It's not a problem to be so willful.
"That's true, instructor, you are the Queen's appointed Envoy of the Snezhnaya. Even if you are to be received, it will not be these envoys of the Tri-Commission, but the high and mighty General Raiden."
"Puff——"
Before Anatoly finished speaking, the tea in Bai Luo's mouth had already spurted out.
"Anatoly."
"Yes!"
"Well said, don't say it next time!"
"???"
Even though Bai Luo's mission was to obtain the Gnosis from General Raiden, he still didn't want to face General Raiden.
First of all, the Gnosis was not in General Raiden's body.
Secondly, he didn't want to be praised by the general.
Alas, Liyue is still better.
"Huh?"
Just as Anatoly was about to report to Bai Luo about the arrangements for the future, the latter gently raised his arm to stop him.
Often training together, just a small action, in each other's eyes also has different meanings.
"After a bumpy journey to this place from Snezhnaya, I am also tired. If there is anything, we can talk about it tomorrow. I will go to bed first."
"I understand."
Anatoly left the room very naturally and closed the door.
Bai Luo yawned and put the teacup on the table next to him.
As he walked to the bed, he unbuttoned the luxurious clothes with strong Snezhnaya colors on his body which were naturally to protect from the biting cold of Snezhnaya
(A/N: The clothes are the same like the Harbingers wore during La Signora's Funeral)
After the last button was unbuttoned, Bai Luo grabbed the coat and swung it violently.
"Swoosh--"
The special dagger in his hand responded under the cover of the coat and nailed itself firmly on the beam.
"Ka La La--"
The mechanism on his waist started, and he himself turned over and jumped onto the beam under the action of the steel wire.
And the things on the beam were a little beyond his expectations.
It was a tumbler with a strong Inazuma color.
(A/N: For those who are unaware, it's Sayu. Because Sayu rolls herself for attack, and her elemental burst involves the doll. Sayu has currently transformed herself into that doll through her ninjutsu.)
It was well hidden. If Bai Luo was not also an expert in hiding, he would definitely be deceived by this little guy.
After the two looked at each other for a second, the other moved first.
"Yoohoo Art: Mujina Flurry."
The tumbler in front of him suddenly lit up with a green light.
The next moment, a strong airflow raged throughout the room, and a small figure took the opportunity to jump out of the tumbler, rolled on the ground, and jumped out of the open window.
This move made Anatoly, who was guarding the door, unable to go out.
Don't these guys who call themselves ninjas go out?
"Anatoly, check if there are any traces, I'll go after them."
"As you command!"
After getting Anatoly's response, Bai Luo also jumped out of the window very skillfully, running towards the small figure not far away under the moonlight.
"Yoohoo Ninja Arts: Fuufuu Windwheel!"
The little figure noticed that Bai Luo was chasing after her, and her tail almost stood up in fear.
She knew very well how dangerous Bai Luo was, so she used her escape skills without hesitation.
She jumped high and made a hand seal.
Then she hugged her legs and curled up.
After landing, she rolled on the ground like a wheel under the influence of the breeze.
Soon she left Bai Luo behind by a large distance.
As long as... as long as she entered the woods ahead, in the woods that she was very familiar with, Bai Luo would definitely not be able to catch her.
In Bai Luo's eyes, her behavior was somewhat inconsistent with her identity as a ninja.
This elemental combat skill is indeed very fast to escape, and the traces left are relatively clear.
Especially the grass that she had pressed, even ordinary people without any tracking experience could see the clues.
What's more, Bai Luo, a master with rich experience?
Even if there were no traces left in some places due to the environment, the elemental energy in the air that could be seen by the naked eye also exposed her tracks.
So even if he could no longer see the other party, he still followed the traces left by the other party and chased to the vicinity of a forest.
He didn't look closely during the day, but once it was night, the forest was really scary.
The night wind blew, and the leaves made a rustling sound under the action of the wind.
Listening carefully, there seemed to be some rustling sounds in the wind, as if someone was whispering.
Turning his right hand, he held the dagger that he had put away in his hand again. Bai Luo became more vigilant and walked into the woods.
"Hua La--"
The moment he stepped into the woods, countless birds responded.
They made disgusting caw sounds, scattered in all directions, and disappeared into the night.
Crows are really a kind of creature that people can't like.
Without relaxing his vigilance, Bai Luo continued to check the traces on the ground, trying to find out where the little guy was hiding.
He has to admit that after entering the woods, the little guy's hiding method was stimulated to the extreme.
Especially after the crows made trouble, there was no useful trace on the ground.
In the bushes around, people can occasionally be seen, giving people the illusion that there are people everywhere, but no one can be seen.
The moon in the sky has been blocked by the tall tree canopy, and no moonlight can enter at all.
But this did not affect Bai Luo's sight.
Because in the woods, there are some blue flowers blooming everywhere.
The petals of this flower will emit a faint blue light in the dark.
It's just that under this faint light, everything around looks so strange and gloomy.
Coupled with the strange sculptures with unique shapes and covered with moss, even the Inazuma people who have lived here for many years may not dare to stay for long.
But in this situation, Bai Luo met a person.
He was not even sure whether he met a person.
"Who are you?"
She asked Bai Luo with a frown, holding a bamboo basket in her hand.
Unlike ordinary women, this woman has short and neat hair, and she is wearing a suit that only shogunate soldiers are qualified to wear.
But compared with ordinary soldiers, her suit is much more "luxurious".
The most eye-catching thing is the red bird-beak-like mask on her head.
If he was not very sure that they, the Fatui, did not have this style of mask, he would definitely think that this woman is also a member of the Fatui.
"There was a thief in the house, and I chased the thief here."
Bai Luo explained calmly, putting away the dagger hidden in his sleeve.
He has realized who this woman who suddenly appeared in the mountains and forests is.
No... She is not a human at all, but a youkai.
A youkai called Tengu.
It is also a general of the shogunate army-Kujou Sara.
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It seems Sayu is really lucky to have escaped from Bai Luo.
Afterall in normal people's imagination all the Fatui Harbingers are most evilest of people.
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