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45:Inazuma missions

Inazuma storyquest spoilers!

A few months later...

Third person POV
(Y/n) finally had a mission that requires her to leave Snezhnaya, but it was to Inazuma. She came as a diplomat, as far as she knows, Signora and Scaramouche is here too. She hid her vision from sight as the vision hung decree was still on in inazuma. (Y/n) was supposed to go to the resistance's main base. She sighed as she boarded the boat.

After an hour of travelling, she was there. She decided to go there alone as sometimes, the agents gets annoying. (Y/n) decided that it would be safe to put her vision in its usual spot as she walked closer to a huge structure.

She passed a few guards who looked at her with confused stares. (Y/n)'s mission was quiet simple: Get along with the resistance group and observe them.

She wasn't aware of the delusions, not yet. That detail was addressed to her as 'the secret weapon'. (Y/n) didn't bother to guess what it was. She was lead by a few resistance soldiers to Kokomi, the leader of the resistance. "Hello, who might you be?" Said Kokomi politely.

"I'm (y/n). I heard that the resistance is in need of some extra help? I would love to lend a hand!" (Y/n) Said in an eager tone but it was just really good acting. Kokomi nodded, she seemed to have taken a glance at (y/n)'s vision before looking away. "That would be wonderful. I would like to see how strong you are before you join us though," Said Kokomi, waving her hands at someone behind (y/n).

(Y/n) looked behind her to see a tough looking man. The idea was clear, have a duel with this person. She sighed as she pulled out her sword, the man steadied himself before coming at (y/n) with a spear. (Y/n) blocked most of his attacks and finally knocked him off his feet. The duel was over.

Kokomi nodded with approval. "You're a strong fighter. You can join swordfish II. The captain is Lumine, the traveler. Have you heard of her? Where are you from by the way?" Asked Kokomi.

"I'm from Snezhnaya and yeah, I have. We're friends actually. I haven't seen her in months though," Said (y/n). Kokomi made a 'hmm' sound and told (y/n) where swordfish II was at. (Y/n) nodded and headed there.

(Y/n) reached the location to see that they have cleared some camps of monsters. "Hey Lumine! Hey Paimon!" Said (y/n) as she ran towards them. Lumine and Paimon turned to face (y/n) with a surprised look in their eyes. "(Y/n)? What are you doing her in inazuma? And how?" Said Paimon.

(Y/n) shrugged. "I heard that you were heading towards Inazuma do I decided to come here as a diplomat I guess. Then I heard about the resistance and decided to join!"

Lumine and Paimon looked at each other, skeptical. "Is tue Fatui up to something again?" Said Paimon, putting her hands on her hips. (Y/n) scratched the back of her head. "Not everything I do have something to do with the Fatui you know," Said (y/n) with a shrug.

It wasn't convincing enough but it should do for now. I do what to help these poor people though.

It seemed to have been convincing enough to Paimon but Lumine still had a skeptical expression. Two of the swordfish II soldiers reported to Lumine and then they started to blabber among themselves. We left them when a man with grey-ish hair ran up to us.

"Oh, hi Teppei! (Y/n), this is Teppei, a friend our ours. Teppei, this is (y/n)!" Said Paimon. Teppei smiled and greeted (y/n) and then he started to cough violently. "Teppei! Are you ok? Did you push yourself too hard?" Said Lumine. Teppei said that he was fine and went on to explain his theory on what could be causing him to feel sick. He then explained the history of the fallen serpent god.

(Y/n) looked at Teppei, he seems to be aging. She decided to question him as soon as she can. Lumine and Paimon decided to return to base after Teppei left. (Y/n) told Lumine that she was going to do some exploring since she was quite new to Inazuma. Lumine and Paimon left and (y/n) went after Teppei.

(Y/n) POV
Inazuma was harder to navigate than I thought. Many random treasure hoarders appears out of nowhere and other enemies comes and attack me too. I had some difficulty following Teppei. I finally caught up to him and I saw that he was using something.

My eyes widened as I saw the Fatui symbol. It was a delusion, not one of the elemental ones. I've never seen a plain white delusion before.

I saw how easily the resistance soldiers defeated the shogunate's soldiers with the delusions. I noticed how old the soldiers are getting, I quickly pulled Teppei to a place behind a rock and looked at him firmly. "Where did you get that?" I asked, pointing at the delusion.

"Our, *cough*, Secret sponsor, *cough*, gave it out," Said Teppei. I looked at him with worry. These new type of delusion seems to drain its users' life force faster compared to the elemental delusions.

"You better get yourself checked, come on," I Said, helping Teppei to walk.

It took a while but we were finally back at the headquarters. Teppei flopped onto the side of the hut. "I...don't feel so good. *cough*. What's happening?" Wheezed Teppei between coughs. I sighed, I held the delusion in hand. He must've overused it or maybe his body was just too weak to handle it. Or perhaps this delusion simply feeds off the ambition of the user. Teppei seems to be an ambitious individual.

I heard footsteps and looked behind me to see Lumine and Paimon. They looked at me with horror. I looked at Teppei and realized that he had white hair and he looked like an old man. I was standing right next to him. This was a tough situation.

"What did you do to Teppei?!" Said Lumine, summoning her weapon and getting into a battle stance.

I put my hands up. "I didn't do anything! The idiot is dying because he used a delusion!" I said, waving the delusion at Lumine and Paimon.

They looked unconvinced, out of nowhere, someone grabbed my arms and pulled me to the side.

I turned to see the person who grabbed me. It was someone with brown hair, ears and a tail. "Step away, Fatui!" He growled. My eyes widened, how did he know?

How did they know? I was careful! Did Lumine or Paimon tell them?!

The person's name turns out to be Gorou.

Lumine and Paimon walked out from behind the hut, looking sad. They looked up and anger sparked in Lumine's eyes. "It's the Fatui's fault..." she muttered. I frowned, they were going to blame me.

"Look, I'm not the one who ordered whatever they were doing! It's another harbinger. I swear I have nothing to do with the delusions or anything!" I Said as Lumine glared at me with so much anger in her eyes.

Lumine came at me all of the sudden, I broke free of Gorou's grip and blocked Lumine's blow with my sword. I knocked Lumine back.

Kokomi and Gorou got ready to fight. I sighed, why must everything get so troublesome in the end?

I didn't want to fight them so I decided to make a quick escape. I activated my delusion. The colour of my clothes changed as I did so. My strength was boosted so I could easily escape. I ran away, I decided to go looking for Signora or Scaramouche.

Lumine POV
I was so angry that I attacked (y/n) without thinking. If Teppei died from overusing a delusion, that could happen to Childe or (y/n) too. I decided to go looking for the delusion factory, to avenge Teppei.

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