My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!

Chapter 269 - 268: Yashiori Island’s Terrible Situation

"...Do you remember this place, Raiden Makoto?"

On Yashiori Island, the sky was dim, and lightning struck nearby with every few steps, as if releasing its wrath.

Besides the lightning, Durandal also found many brightly colored red flowers on a beach. The flowers looked beautiful, but they gave off a very uncomfortable feeling.

The situation on Yashiori Island was definitely not normal. While thunderstorms certainly occurred in nature, such frequent lightning was highly unusual. If it wasn’t Raiden Shogun causing trouble, then something must have happened on Yashiori Island.

Durandal ignored the rain falling on her. Even if her clothes got wet, she could dry them with a single thought.

She was in a very bad mood. If people lived here, could they survive with the island in this state?

Durandal couldn’t help but think of the Children she had seen in The Expert’s research base, and her mood worsened.

"Hmm, I know. I remember there used to be a very small village nearby, but in this situation, is it still habitable?"

Even if there was a way to avoid the lightning from the sky, food and medicine were huge problems, and the abnormal aura permeating the air also made this place uninhabitable.

But some people had limited mobility, and if they left this place they relied on for survival, how would they live?

Some people would probably risk death to stay here, waiting for a miracle to happen.

What was a miracle? Durandal didn’t know, nor did those who might have stayed, but... at least there should be a glimmer of hope.

"Is this the work of the Rebel Army? Or a covert operation by the Fatui?"

Raiden Makoto’s expression was grim. Several scenarios came to her mind. If it was the former, then the Rebel Army and the people of Sangonomiya Shrine truly didn’t deserve forgiveness.

"No matter what, the situation here is very bad. Generally speaking, there should be quite a few refugees fleeing to Inazuma City for shelter. But I haven’t seen many displaced people in Inazuma City. Could it be that they all went to Sangonomiya Shrine?"

With this doubt, Durandal asked Raiden Makoto for the location of that village. Raiden Makoto didn’t remember it very clearly, only a general direction.

Using her aerial advantage, Durandal quickly found the village Raiden Makoto mentioned, but there were no people to be seen inside, and the houses were all abandoned.

Presumably, life in the village had become unsustainable, so they had to flee to other places for refuge. However, there was no mention of a large number of refugees appearing in Inazuma City. Where did those people go?

Durandal was puzzled. She walked through all the nearby houses. The contents of the houses were mostly taken, leaving only wooden furniture.

Durandal also found a few letters, which were messages from an old man to his son, saying that the people of their village were preparing to find a safe place nearby for shelter, as the lightning strikes were becoming more frequent and the village was no longer safe.

Even if they sought refuge nearby, they didn’t plan to go to Narukami Island. Was it a distrust of the Shogunate’s soldiers, or was the weather problem too severe for them to leave this place?

"Follow the tracks and find those people. Once you find them, you should be able to know what happened here."

"I know, but what do you want me to do? They’ve been gone for a while, and it’s either raining or thundering here now. The tracks have mostly been washed away. What else is there to find?"

"Hehe~ I believe with Durandal’s ability, she can certainly handle such a small matter."

This guy... Durandal ignored him, closed her eyes, and spread her perception to search for any existing life signs nearby.

Perception was a very useful ability. Besides finding people, it could also sense the state of the surrounding environment. She was now sensing malicious intent condensing in the air around her, an ill will that constantly sought to influence Durandal.

"Tatarasuna God..."

It seemed that Yashiori Island’s problems were more numerous than she had imagined. After finding the villagers, she would have to thoroughly investigate the situation here.

Durandal didn’t spend much time before finding life signs nearby. There were about a hundred people, all very weak, and some of them had very faint vital signs, on the verge of collapsing.

Without further delay, Durandal quickly rushed in the direction of the detected signs.

Before she even reached the place, Durandal saw a girl collapsed on the ground, and a bolt of lightning was about to strike, its position directly where the girl lay.

Durandal’s eyes narrowed. Almost instantly, she appeared beside the girl and waved her hand at the approaching lightning. The lightning then turned ninety degrees and struck a nearby tree.

(Tree: Are you being polite?)

Durandal quickly picked up the girl. Her condition was terrible, even worse than the girl she had seen in Inazuma City before.

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