Kanna gestured with her communicator to Fumizuki / Wen Yue.
"Looks like I don't need to go back. I'll go directly to the slums to find Amiya and the others!"
Fumizuki / Wen Yue stopped in surprise.
"You alone? Going to the slums by yourself?"
"Of course! I told you, Kanna is very strong!" Kanna said proudly.
Fumizuki / Wen Yue thought for a moment, still uneasy about Kanna going alone, so she called over Shirayuki, who was waiting nearby.
"Once we're here, you don't need to worry about my safety. I'm uneasy about Kanna going to the slums alone, so please make the effort to accompany Kanna…"
Shirayuki knelt before Fumizuki / Wen Yue. "Princess's command, Shirayuki will complete it with her life."
With that, she walked over to Kanna's side.
"Oh, alright! It's not bad to have one more person. Thank you, Sister Fumizuki / Wen Yue…" Although she felt that Shirayuki following her would most likely be a hindrance, she couldn't refuse Fumizuki / Wen Yue's kindness, so she could only agree.
Slowly walking through the street with Shirayuki, Kanna only breathed a sigh of relief once they were completely out of Fumizuki / Wen Yue's sight.
"Sister Shirayuki, I'm going to speed up, try to keep up!" Kanna twisted her ankles, shook her shoulders, and then said to Shirayuki beside her.
Shirayuki glanced at her, thinking, 'What good is speeding up with those short legs of yours? Can you really fly?' But her expression didn't change at all; instead, she calmly nodded.
"You run as much as you want, I can definitely keep up!"
Kanna didn't doubt her, pushing off the ground with both feet, instantly kicking up a cloud of smoke. She shot across to the other end of the street like a cannonball.
One second, Shirayuki was nonchalant; the next, her eyes were wide, almost popping out.
Fortunately, as a ninja, she had developed sufficiently strong reflexes. Even though her mind was greatly shocked, her body still charged out after Kanna's figure at the first instant.
Kanna, in front, still had the energy to flip through her watch communicator while moving. It had a locator that could pinpoint the location of other watches. Currently, there were only about ten of these special watches. Besides Kanna, Amiya and a few Operators who came to Lungmen this time each had one.
This was also why Amiya only told Kanna the plan later and didn't say where she was. Even without using Utsusemi, Kanna could find Amiya's location in a short time, as Amiya also had a watch.
After running two streets, she noticed Shirayuki's speed had decreased behind her, so she also voluntarily slowed down, allowing Shirayuki to barely keep up. After all, the other person was sent by Fumizuki / Wen Yue to "protect" her, and just ditching her wouldn't be appropriate in any sense.
Shirayuki at this moment didn't even have the strength to speak. Kanna's speed was truly beyond her imagination. If not for her powerful ninja tracking techniques, she would have long lost the other party's trace.
Going back so shamefully to tell Fumizuki / Wen Yue that she not only failed to protect Kanna but also lost her would be worse than killing her.
However, fortunately, Kanna tested her out and then voluntarily reduced her speed, allowing Shirayuki to finally catch up.
Shirayuki naturally noticed this situation, but being so embarrassed at the moment, she didn't dare to stand in front of Kanna. After all, her big words had barely left her mouth before she was proven wrong; her face was completely swollen from the slap.
It took Kanna twice the time with Shirayuki before she met up with Amiya and her group.
Seeing Shirayuki, dressed as a ninja with a stern face, standing behind Kanna, Amiya turned her head to look at Kanna, seemingly asking who the other person was.
"This is Sister Shirayuki, Madam Fumizuki / Wen Yue's personal guard. After receiving your message, Amiya, Madam Fumizuki / Wen Yue was worried about me coming alone, so she asked Sister Shirayuki to accompany me to 'protect' me…"
After listening to Kanna's words, Amiya looked at the fine sweat on Shirayuki's forehead and her slightly hurried breathing, realizing that the other party had been pranked by Kanna.
"Thank you for your help, Miss Shirayuki. You must have worked hard on your journey to ensure Kanna's safe return…" Amiya greeted Shirayuki and then said gently.
"Since Miss Kanna has met up with you all, the mission Madam entrusted to me is complete. Goodbye, everyone, until we meet again…"
At this moment, Shirayuki also wanted to leave quickly, otherwise, the exhaustion from running all this way was almost unbearable. She was currently standing there looking perfectly fine only due to her loyalty to Fumizuki / Wen Yue and her willpower not to disgrace Fumizuki / Wen Yue.
Amiya, reading the other party's state of mind, didn't deliberately try to keep her but decisively agreed to her departure.
After moving away from Rhodes Island's operational direction, Shirayuki hid in a cool alley, collapsing completely. It took her a while to recover her strength.
After meeting up with Amiya and the Doctor, Amiya looked up at the sky. Kanna clapped her chest knowingly.
"Don't worry about me, I've already prepared. It will start raining in two minutes at most."
"Alright everyone, get ready, check your equipment. We'll move out once the rain starts. Remember, the situation in the slums is complex. We've been assigned by Lungmen officials to help search for a child named Misha. Try to avoid conflict with the local residents."
Amiya finished giving the final instructions.
Sure enough, two minutes later, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky. Everyone, holding their weapons, walked out the door, saying, "The Path is Grand, the Narukami Eternal," and after Kanna replenished a grenade, they proceeded to search the vast slums according to the plan.
"Kanna, you're in charge of protecting the Doctor! You've run so far, you must be tired, get some rest." Amiya said to Kanna after everyone started moving.
"No problem, you all be careful. The rain tells me that uninvited guests have arrived in Lungmen, but they are very alert. Furthermore, Lungmen has no intention of closing the passages, so I cannot determine their location or objective." Kanna said, seeing Amiya preparing to leave.
After the others left, the Doctor walked to the edge of the house, extended a hand to catch raindrops, then, with lightning speed, opened his hood, drank the rainwater in his hand, and pulled the hood back down before Kanna could even get a clear look.
"Just ordinary rainwater… Then… The Path is Grand, the Narukami Eternal."
He muttered to himself, then recited the spell Kanna had set for obtaining Electro Seeds in the rain, and an Electro Seed appeared before him.
"A truly miraculous spell. The rainwater outside, both visually and upon inspection, shows no difference from ordinary rain, yet you can use it for an extremely wide-ranging scan. Even with its limitations, it's still a remarkably powerful spell."
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