Sayu woke up just as Bai Luo was halfway through heating the milk.
Her first reaction upon waking was to look at Bai Luo with a strange gaze, then burrow into Tatyana's embrace beside her.
Too scary. That man was too scary.
On her mental list of people not to provoke, Bai Luo had climbed up at least a few spots, almost catching up to the Shrine Maiden sister.
When she was in the water, she had noticed Bai Luo stuffing something into her breathing tube, but before she could react, that terrifying taste assaulted every taste bud in her mouth.
The strange sensation even caused her brain to crash for a few seconds.
Was that even a sense of taste? That was pain!
After that, she didn't know what happened.
This was the first time Tatyana had been hugged like this by someone, and she seemed a bit flustered, not knowing where to put her hands.
After carefully patting Sayu's back, she quickly retracted her hand, like someone petting a kitten who was afraid of getting bitten.
"Hm?"
Feeling the softness on her face, Sayu looked up and saw the blindfolded face from between the cleavage.
Wearing only a small undershirt and shorts, she subconsciously stepped back a few paces.
"So... so tall."
She reached out and compared herself to Tatyana.
She discovered that even standing on tiptoes, she wasn't as tall as Tatyana sitting down.
She barely reached the other woman's collarbone.
"How... how did you grow so tall? Do you eat carrots?"
Looking at the woman before her who could be described as a "giantess," Sayu swallowed and asked, even ignoring Bai Luo, who represented danger nearby.
Sayu's figure was petite, practically exquisite, but this was also what troubled her.
Her peers grew taller one by one, but she remained looking like a child, her height not changing in the slightest.
Sayu was very anxious about this.
Days passed, and the world seemed to grow taller, while she remained small.
Growing taller gradually became an obsession in Sayu's heart.
Earlier, she had asked *that woman* about how to grow taller.
"Little one, do you know why I'm so tall? Because for these past few hundred years, I've been sleeping every day."
"Oh, so you mean as long as I sleep enough, I'll definitely grow taller?"
She didn't see the woman's secret smirk; she simply took it as gospel and seized every opportunity to sleep and... slack off.
Create opportunities if there are none; create the environment if it doesn't exist.
And so... Sayu could now fall asleep while standing, and even doze off while eating or running.
Poor little thing. From another perspective, could her lack of height be due to her Vision?
Right, Anemo boys and girls?
"..."
Her response was Tatyana's prolonged silence.
For her, this topic seemed to be a taboo, the kind she absolutely couldn't tell others about.
Perhaps... The Doctor would know something.
"That's because every day she drinks a cup... ten bowls of milk, and never misses out on fish, eggs, or meat. That's why she grew so tall."
Bai Luo sensed something, so he took the initiative to carry over a full bowl of milk, walking over with a smile.
"Huh?"
Sayu subconsciously looked at Bai Luo, but her gaze didn't land on him. Instead, it fell on the mujina outfit drying by the fire.
The point wasn't that she wasn't wearing the outfit, but the way it was being roasted.
"Eek!"
She suddenly remembered a rumor that the Fatui would skin caught tanukis and ship the pelts back to Snezhnaya.
Because Snezhnaya's climate was too cold, such thick fur was most beloved by Snezhnayans.
"Muji-Muji Daruma!"
Sayu transformed into a Daruma doll, and chaotic Anemo energy instantly swept through every inch of the vicinity.
The mujina outfit by the fire vanished in the blink of an eye.
"What a disobedient child."
Handing the bowl to Tatyana, Bai Luo rolled up his sleeves and walked into the dense forest.
Ten minutes later, carrying a fish-smelling little Mujina Ninja in his hand, he walked out of the bushes.
Judging by the sand all over Sayu's face, she had likely been brought back from the beach again.
"Why can you find me every time!"
Aside from Lady Guuji, no one could see through her ninjutsu.
Even if they could see through it, as long as she used her escape ninjutsu, basically no one could catch her.
Why... why was it completely ineffective in front of this man?
Whether she hid or ran, he could catch her and bring her back with ease.
"Because every time you run toward that small boat. I just need to wait by the boat ahead of time."
"..."
Sayu didn't know that Bai Luo was actually lying.
"Hei" (The Black Reaper) was a class specializing in tracking and assassination. Once targeted by Hei, even if you ascended to Celestia, Hei could jump up there and spar with you.
Although this marking technique and quantum teleportation ability had distance limitations, covering Kannazuka was more than enough.
Bai Luo looked down at the little Mujina Ninja, whose neck of fate he held in his grip. Seeing her seemingly deep in thought, a smile of amusement appeared on his lips again.
"Are you thinking, 'Next time I'll just go to Kujou Encampment instead of finding a boat by the sea'?"
Bai Luo's words were like a thunderclap. Not only did Sayu's eyes widen, but even the fur under her hat seemed to stand on end.
"You..."
"I can't read minds."
"I..."
"Guess?"
"..."
"If you curse at me in your head, I will hit you."
This time, the look Sayu gave Bai Luo wasn't just fear; it was terror.
How did this Bastard... Big Cutie know what she was thinking?
[Big Cutie? When did Lisa meet Sayu. Oh yeah, it must be Yae Miko]
And every step matched?
No... I can't think anymore, or he'll see it.
Held by the scruff of her neck, she curled herself into a ball, muttering incessantly, "You can't see me... You can't see me..."
It wasn't that Bai Luo could truly read minds; it was just that this little Mujina Ninja's thoughts were too easy to guess.
Despite being a subordinate of an intelligence agency like the Shuumatsuban, her expressions were incredibly rich, and her face could hardly hide anything.
With just a little guesswork, one could know what she was thinking.
That was also why Bai Luo didn't recite exactly what she was thinking, but instead "answered" the questions in her mind through conversation.
Because if asked to recite exactly what she was thinking word for word, he really couldn't do it.
However, this kind of answering made the other party believe their thoughts had been read.
As the head of the Fatui's intelligence division, this kind of psychological tactic was something he excelled at.
Especially during interrogations, it worked wonders.
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