Sitting on top of a throne crafted by herself, Raiden Mei? looked through the gaping hole in ME Corp's wall
Her head was leaning on her hand while her legs were crossed.
She clicked her tongue as her mind went back to what happened just now.
Damn it…
Why did she have to say all that?
She was the one who ended up looking cool then!
It should have been her, not Kiana-
Mei's eyes suddenly widened.
"Wha-"
She was engulfed by a purple light.
And then the world exploded.
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There was a gigantic trail where Hollow Purple had travelled to reach ME Corp.
Trees.
Soil.
Animals.
Abandoned buildings.
All were reduced to atoms as they stood in the way of the unstoppable force of imaginary mass.
And when the attack landed?
It created a pillar of purple light stretching into the skies, completely decimating the ME Corp building.
I floated in the skies at this time, gently fluttering down while admiring my handiwork.
From the rubble below, purple thunder sparked before an explosion blasted away the fallen debris.
"Hey! It seems like you missed!"
Mei's voice rang in my ears.
Her voice wasn't loud, but it was clear that she made some sort of use of electromagnetism to let her voice be heard by me despite the distance between us.
"Haha!" I laughed. "That was just a warning shot. Wouldn't want to hurt your pretty face now, would I?"
"Oh?" She said in mirth. "Are you flirting with me? I do believe that a first date usually entails a nice candlelight dinner instead of…" She gestured to the surroundings. "This…"
"Hey, don't complain. It's not easy to give such an explosive impression."
"Whatever. So when are you going to come down?" Mei asked.
I was still gently floating down at this time.
My smile became wider.
"I think I'll stay up here. Symbolism of superiority and all that stuff y'know?"
"That would be quite rude for someone coming to battle with me." Mei said, her smile slowly fading at this time.
"Coming to battle with you?" I said in slight surprise. "I think you've gotten something wrong here."
"Wrong? I doubt that. But I'll listen to your nonsense for now."
My feet gently tapped on the ground at this time, letting me land elegantly.
"Just so there's no misunderstanding, let me set you straight."
I raised a finger.
And then told her to her face, my smile as bright as ever.
"You're the challenger here!"
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The battle began immediately after.
Mei immediately burst into action, pulling out a blade that appeared from nowhere.
Huh.
Never seen that trick before.
She didn't give me a chance to mull on that thought however, as she flashed in front of me.
Slash.
Her blade was swift and sharp, much like a gale wind. In response, I merely raised an arm to block the attack instinctively.
The attack came to a stop just centimeters away.
"Hey. You know that isn't going to work right?" I asked boredly.
"Oh really?"
An arrogant smirk formed on her face.
"Do remember to dodge next."
"?"
My eyes widened as Epitaph showed me the future.
With a brief crackle, the blade tried to push an inch deeper before I felt Infinity give way.
Thankfully, the premonition I got gave me ample time to dodge as I jumped away.
"Wooh. That was dangerous." I scratched the back of my head. "You did get some new tricks!"
"Do you think someone as smart and strong as I would stay still?"
"Hmm. True."
I swiped my finger.
And a huge piece of rubble crashed into the side of Mei.
"Childish."
She swung her blade and demolished the concrete easily.
But while she did that, I quickly made distance from her as I constantly sent things flying at her with Blue.
My strategy for this battle would be simple.
Stall until I adapt enough to win.
In the meantime, I wanted to see how her Infinity bypass worked. From how it worked just now, it seemed a bit like how a Domain Amplification would work.
So the main question is, would ranged attacks work?
"Yes it can, Gojo."
A bolt of lightning struck onto my back, sending me smashing into the ground.
Mei was relentless, as she snapped her fingers, and a multitude more strikes of lightning struck on me again, causing shockwaves to reverberate through the area.
"Am I still the challenger now, Gojo?" She mocked from a far. "We can stop this now if you want. All you have to do is just submit and grovel under my feet."
"I see that aspect of you hasn't changed."
I sighed as I jumped back onto my feet. I stretched my body a bit as I checked my clothing.
No damage.
Thank you combat anime laws for preserving my shirt.
"Unharmed?" Mei blinked in surprise. "I thought that should be enough to harm you."
I just shrugged.
"I told you. I have anti-lightning techniques from the Heian Era."
My resistance to lightning was pretty high right now so I could tank that with no issue.
Those months of shocking myself with wires, holding metal rods in thunderstorms and just going to electricity grids were paying off their dividends now.
A sting on my back made me wince slightly.
Well… not fully immune yet but it was already healed by now.
*Clunk*
That's a step forward.
Nice.
"Hmm." Mei tilted her head. "I thought you were joking about that."
"I'm hurt." I put my hands on my heart. "You should have known that I'm the kindest, most honest, most benevolent-"
"Yeah yeah, now shut up. I want to do the explanation of my abilities thing that others always do."
"You're going to tell me?"
"Yes."
"But… why?"
"Intimidation." She admitted. "You knowing it won't help you anyways."
"So what is it?" I leaned forwards, quite curious.
"My ability is the ability to control the fundamental force of nature, electromagnetism. You know that right?"
"I literally told you."
"The coward." She corrected me. "But anyways, since I'm able to control electromagnetism, I've been really curious about its potential…"
Wait…
Don't tell me…
"There's been quite an interesting theory I've read up recently. Some may call it a bit of pseudoscience, but I found it very… enlightening."
Crap…
She actually did it…
Mei noticed my distress as she gloated to my face.
"You understand what I mean right?"
Her excitement was visible at this time.
"Quantum energy!"
"An ability that bypasses space!"
"That's what your ability is right?"
"A paradoxical barrier that divides space infinitely between us!"
"But if I use Quantum energy, something that doesn't care about your spatial dimensions…"
"Bypassing it would be a breeze, correct?"
I just stared at Mei.
With gritted teeth, I looked at her."
"Mei… you…"
"Are you shocked? Are you surprised?"
"You…"
"If you want to praise me, do it now. I'll give you a chance to run your mouth!"
"You…"
"You studied physics!!!!"
Hearing that, Herrscher Mei merely did one thing.
She gave out an uncharacteristic sticking out of her tongue.
This girl…
Mei…
Why the heck did you not listen to me?!!
(A/N: In the spirit of Honkai, I just had to use some nonsensical technobabble pseudoscience to BS past Infinity haha.
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