Chapter 370

Unable to see her friend so withdrawn, the Yae Miko tried various ways to attract the shadow's attention and pull her out of her isolation.

However, Ying was simply too rigid and stubborn.

After this happened repeatedly, the Shadow came to see the Yae Miko's attempts as interference that hindered her contemplation of the Eternal Path. Therefore, she severed the Yae Miko's ability to enter the Tenshukaku. The Yae Miko is now unable to approach the Tenshukaku; if she gets too close, the Puppet General will strike with his sword. It won't harm the Yae Miko, but it will send her flying far away.

The fox, however, would not go in; it would only throw the documents in. The Puppet General would then regard this as a new form of harassment against the shadows and would slash it to pieces without even glancing at it.

As for reading aloud outside and passing it on through words, Yae Miko had no doubt that the Puppet General would simply block out the sound and not listen to a single word.

Yae Miko was certain that if these three documents fell into Kage's hands, they would greatly shock her, at least enough to make her come out and see Inazuma in person. Even if they fell into the hands of the mechanical and rigid Puppet General, there was a high probability that it would compel the Puppet General to come out and personally take charge of Inazuma.

But the problem now is that, let alone handing it over to Shadow, even handing it over to that Puppet General wouldn't work!

'Shadow, Shadow, your Inazuma has become like this, why, why can't you even look out a little?'

Yae Miko lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Kamisato Ayaka's question.

Kamisato Ayaka's eyes gradually dimmed.

"It's almost lunchtime. The master will probably wake up in a little while. I'll go prepare her meal. Lord Miyaji, please make yourself at home."

"...Um."

After Kamisato Ayaka left, Yae Miko looked at the documents in her hands, feeling extremely bitter.

"Thump!"

I heard someone behind me get up, but fail and fall back down.

Yae Miko quickly turned around and went to help Kaguya, who was struggling to get up.

Then, she saw Kaguya's eyes, more peaceful and profound than she had imagined. Like the Mount Yougou had stood for a thousand years, silent, yet conveying an invisible steadfastness and strength. In her hand, she touched Kaguya's hand, thin and weak, but somewhat rough, bearing old scars and calluses, marks of past labors.

At this moment, facing someone like this, Yae Miko couldn't maintain her usual nonchalance. She could only look at Kaguya gently, her eyes filled with sincere respect.

"Nice to meet you, Kaguya- sensei. I am..."

"Yae Miko, Lord Mikoto. I just heard your conversation."

"Sir, I..."

"As a member of the Electro Archon God's retinue, Lord Chief, haven't you considered these questions before?"

Kaguya looked at Yae Miko calmly, without anger or questioning, just asking a very ordinary question.

Yae Miko opened her mouth, her throat feeling dry.

She is a member of the Electro Archon's retinue, and her status is even higher than that of the Three Commissions, but she has no involvement in governing the country.

Her responsibility was to suppress all filth within Inazuma's territory and ensure the country's cleanliness and safety. Governing the country and ensuring the people's well-being were the duties of the Three Commissions. Yae Miko did not concern herself with this, and naturally, she knew little about it. If it weren't for Kaguya's three documents, even if Yae Miko had witnessed the chaos in Inazuma, she would not have imagined the immense danger it would pose.

Kaguya received no reply from Yae Miko, she seemed to understand something. Then, she said to Yae Miko:

"You cannot send the documents into the Tenshukaku. The Tenryou Commission will not allow any information detrimental to them to get in, and according to Inazuma's governing tradition, I'm afraid you can't force the Tenryou Commission either. So, it seems that conventional methods are powerless."

"..."

"I have an idea. What do you think about me requesting Duel Before the Throne and challenging Raiden Shogun?"

"Ah!?"

Yae Miko didn't react for a moment.

"Clang!"

Kamisato Ayaka, who had just walked in carrying hot porridge, froze on the spot, her pupils trembling, her face turning pale, and the porridge and bowl in her hands fell to the ground.

Everyone knows that challenging Raiden Shogun is undoubtedly... suicide.