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Amaterasu was fascinated by the way everyone was busy preparing themselves for the coming fight. It truly is a sight to behold when people from completely different cultures and worlds prepare for something they know is very important. Some champions even decided to return to their own universes and grab equipment there, and some champions talked with their gods in order to steel themselves for the coming fight.

Mitsuko however, has a unique form of preparation that she has rarely seen in people.

She’s meditating.

The woman she chose to be her champion has decided to choose meditation as her way of preparing. All the ornaments she would usually wear on the outside are thrown away and put aside. Her hair is fully let loose, and Amaterasu could feel the sheer concentration MItsuko’s putting on her mind by meditating. The goddess could only wonder what her champion is thinking.

Still, everytime Mitsuko meditates before the battle. They have always won the fight afterward, there is something about Mitsuko after she meditated that allows her to have a very powerful intuition when it comes to battle, perhaps a good omen? Perhaps…

[color=#F09B9A]“I’m ready.”[/color] Mitsuko said. Opening her eyes and looking at her deity. [color=#F09B9A]“Ikimashou, Amaterasu-Sama.”[/color]

Ah, those eyes, the eyes of someone completely at peace with themselves. Almost emotionless, a couple of steps before her stare is completely indistinguishable from a robot. A sign that she is in full concentration.

Good.

[color=#D91E1E]“Alright!”[/color] Amaterasu said. [color=#D91E1E]“Everyone, gather around. I trust that you’ve been good champions and gathered sufficient materials for this quest. Don’t worry, I don’t think this battle would last long at all, maybe a week at most. Mitsuko, are you ready?”[/color]

[color=#F09B9A]“Yeah, just give me a moment.”[/color] She replied, tying her hair and gathering all the stuff she has, before nodding. [color=#F09B9A]“Yeah, ready.”[/color]

[color=#D91E1E]“Alright then.”[/color]

The Japanese deity concentrated some magic into a certain area. She has been training for this exact scenario for years at this point, and she knows the pinpoint location where the party would have the smallest chance of being detected. And when the portal slowly opened, a small rift in reality stabilized by Amaterasu’s own mana, she knows that the party could step over and finish the job she couldn’t do herself. [color=#D91E1E]“Portal’s open. You will be in an underground area just to be safe but don’t worry, I’m pretty sure that there are doors that will allow you to go to the surface, just follow the direction to the Imperial Palace after that.”[/color]

Mitsuko nodded and was the first to take the plunge. But not before hugging her deity and saying her farewells. [color=#F09B9A]“Don’t worry Ama-chan. I will make sure this world will rest after all the chaos your alter-ego has wrought upon it.”[/color] And then jumped into the abyss. The rest of the champions followed suit, and soon enough, the door was closed.

Amaterasu then looked at the rest of the deities gathered around. Knowing their first concern and addressing it immediately. [color=#D91E1E]“Don’t worry, I have a link with Mitsuko and she only need to call me mentally in order for me to reopen the portal. They won’t be stranded there without some way to go back.”[/color]

[color=#D91E1E]“Anyway… do you have an idea of what to do now? Maybe we can talk about our worlds?”[/color] She offered. [color=#D91E1E]“I’m sure each of your worlds will have something worth talking over.”[/color]

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The portal that Mitsuko leaped through led the party into some form of an underground facility, Mitsuko knew the moment she feasted her eyes upon the sight that it was some sort of research facility, but she didn’t know what this facility was for.

[color=#F09B9A]“Hmm… interesting.”[/color] She pondered, taking into account her surroundings, the faded metal, the charred away signs, and of course the lab equipment all strewn around the floor. She then looked at the party she was accompanied by and knew they were as confused as she was.

They exited the room they were teleported to and walked the corridors, some of them pointed to ‘enchantment research’, and ‘thaumatological conceptual studies’. Ah, definitely magical research in nature. But it was until the group stumbled into the sign that indicated where they are that Mitsuko’s eyes widened.

Either her deity is mad for teleporting her here, or she is wise beyond her years, and Mitsuko knew to choose the latter than the former.

[color=#7F7F7F]Imperial Japanese Army magical research facility, Keio University [url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keio+University+Yagami+campus/@35.5553149,139.6546213,2838m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x60185f9c5d6e11e5:0x2781d6958786ab3a!8m2!3d35.5553149!4d139.6546213!16s%2Fg%2F1tf9n6rd?entry=ttu]Yagami Campus[/url].[/color]

[color=#F09B9A]“Ah, so this is an underground military research facility. And…”[/color] Mitsuko concentrated for a short while. [color=#F09B9A]“Yep, magically protected to prevent detection. Our enemies should not know where we are right now, but the moment we step out of… that door.”[/color] She pointed at [url=https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1196377151/photo/emergency-fire-doors-in-the-supermarket.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=xRrLeH4sCBSaGNx1WX6_had_GOtIAhwHXxmDzvgyo08=]the door[/url] in front of her. [color=#F09B9A]“They would immediately know our location, I have no doubt Amaterasu would send her minions to do her dirty work, so just prepare yourself for the worst once we exit.”[/color]

[color=#F09B9A]“In the meantime, why don’t we scavenge some materials in this university complex? This is a dedicated research facility for developing magical weapons, I have no doubt about it. So they should be working once you laid your hands on them, just feed them mana and they should have a devastating effect once you fire them. I’ll tell you how to work the weapons once you show them to me, okay?”[/color]

[color=#F09B9A]“Or perhaps, you want to step out of that door and brace for the worst? I wouldn’t recommend it, my deity opened the portal right here for a good reason y’know.”[/color]