Chapter 94
"The brother and sister also said that it was because the Her Excellency issued the Vision Hunt Decree that the resistance army emerged, and people were rebelling against the Vision Hunt Decree."
Shadow's eyes sharpened instantly as he stared at the Kamisato siblings.
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The Kamisato siblings stared wide-eyed, instantly breaking out in a cold sweat. They stood side by side, their bodies ramrod straight, not daring to utter a sound.
"Especially this young girl named Kamisato Ayaka, she's so young and doesn't understand anything. She was easily fooled and told me that people who have had their Vision taken away will lose their wishes, and that Thor shouldn't take away people's wishes."
"Oh?"
Ying's gaze was fixed on Kamisato Ayaka. Kamisato Ayaka's white-socked calves began to tremble violently with a slight amplitude, and the clothes on her back were instantly soaked as if a bucket of water had been poured over them.
Lord Geo Archon, please stop! I beg you, please stop! I'll die! I'm really going to die! Brother, help me!
"I found it funny, so I gave them a good talking-to, and they've now realized their mistake."
"I see, thank you so much for your help."
Shadow withdrew his gaze, Kamisato siblings quickly began to take deep breaths, afraid that they would suffocate.
"However, Thor does have problems. I also told the brother and sister that although the emergence of the resistance cannot be Vision Hunt Decree, the resistance did appear. However, Thor failed to eliminate the resistance in time, causing many Shogunate Army to die on the battlefield. This is a dereliction of duty."
"Well?"
Ying was surprised.
The Yae Miko pointed directly at her.
"What are you so surprised about? As a member of the Thunder God's family, don't you remember that your Thunder God used to stand at the forefront of the Shogunate Army with a naginata?"
Yae also remembered the scene from back then, so naturally she wouldn't miss the chance to poke her.
"Yes... that's how it is."
"But now, Raijin stays in the Tenshukaku, letting her Shogunate Army fight a protracted war against the rebels, constantly wearing down the lives of the Shogunate soldiers. As a god who once stood at the forefront of the people and was followed by them, she is completely different from the past."
Li Yue shook her head with a sigh.
"The soldiers of Inazuma longed for the figure that stood in front of everyone in the ancient legend, but now they can no longer see that figure that they supported, followed and trusted. How sad is that?"
As Ying listened to Li Yue's words, she recalled her past self. As Zhen's younger sister, Ying always hid in the shadows while Zhen was in charge of government affairs. When battles were needed, Ying would lead the army into battle. At that time, the samurai followed behind her and fought alongside her. The words she heard most often were the samurai shouting with boundless passion and conviction.
The Way of Heaven is everlasting, and the Spirit of Heaven shines eternally!
"You're right."
On this point, Shadow admitted his mistake.
"Thor did fail in this respect."
In the original storyline, during her second legendary quest, Shadow saw the warriors who had followed her and fought alongside her reappear in the Ley Lines, which brought back memories of the past. Now, Li Yue has helped her recall those memories ahead of time.
"You think so too, right? No wonder she's a real little sister."
"So, in Inazuma's current situation, Thor is definitely at fault, and quite seriously so. While the emergence of the resistance cannot be entirely attributed to the Vision Hunt Decree, it is certainly related to Thor, since the Vision Hunt Decree was the trigger that sparked the emergence of the resistance."
"So what do you think Thor should do?"
"It's very simple."
Li Yue crossed his arms and looked into the distance. From the Musoujin Gorge, he could see the main confrontation area between the rebel army and the Shogunate Army, Natsumi Beach. It was the main stalemate and battle area between the rebel army and the Shogunate Army. To the west, Yashima was currently in the rebel army's sphere of influence, while to the east, Tsurumi Island and Kujou Encampment were in the Shogunate Army's sphere of influence.
"Regardless of whether the Vision Hunt Decree is right or wrong, at least Thor should lead the Shogunate Army to deal with the rebels first. If this kind of mess appeared in Liyue, I would have already smashed a Heavenly Star down on them. How could they have been jumping around like this until now?"
"I see."
Ying nodded in agreement.
"Alright, that's Thor's job, it has nothing to do with me. We're going back to Narukami Island, you're coming back with us."
Li Yue Yuechao extended an invitation to Ying.
Ying paused for a moment, then shook her head slightly in refusal.
"I have some things to take care of, so I won't be going back with you for now. But I'll meet up with you after I'm done."
The Kamisato siblings standing nearby were startled. Through Li Yue and Ying's conversation just now, they instantly understood that the Her Excellency was preparing to deal with the rebels!
It's over, the resistance is completely finished!
That's right, Shadow plans to take care of the resistance.
Li Yue just said that because she hasn't shown up, many members of the Shogunate Army have been killed. Shin is aware of this, and she has to do something. Otherwise, when Shin comes out tonight, she will be scolded by him.
The Her Excellency can take the blame for other things, but she really can't take the blame for this one; she has to do it herself.
Before leaving, Ying gave Yae Miko special instructions.
"Yae Miko, please take care of arranging Lord Geo Archon's accommodations. I have some things to attend to, and I'll return to Inazuma City tonight to find you."
"Okay, okay, go ahead!"
Yae waved her hand dismissively at Kage, as if to shoo him away.
Shadow glanced at Yae without saying a word, then transformed into lightning and flew towards the direction of Kujou Encampment.
Time was of the essence and the task was urgent. She had to eliminate the resistance before nightfall, before Li Yue fell asleep!
157. Kokomi: Her Excellency, is it possible to reconcile?
Watatsumi Island did not originally belong to Inazuma.
During the Archon War, Orobas first participated in the God War in Liyue, but he was no match for Morax, the God of Precious Gold. So he left Liyue and came to Inazuma. However, after arriving in Inazuma, he was no match for Beelzebul, the God of Narukami. He was no match for anyone, so in desperation, Orobas wandered around the outskirts of Inazuma and accidentally fell into the Enkanomiya.
The Enkanomiya is an extremely ancient kingdom that existed before the Archon War. Originally, they were also humans on Earth, but due to the impact of the war, they fell into the Enkanomiya. Unable to return to the surface, they had no choice but to live in the underground world. However, because there were no gods, this human kingdom began to fall into chaos after it developed to a certain extent, the most important of which was the chaos during the time of the Son of the Sun.
When Orobashi fell into the Enkanomiya, the Sea Gods Enkanomiya were experiencing the chaotic rule of the Son of the Sun. Those who rebelled against the Son of the Sun worshipped this Demon God who descended from the sky. Under Orobas's leadership, they overthrew the rule of the Son of the Sun and established a new regime. Orobas became the chief god of the Sea Gods.
After acquiring a god, Enkanomiya entered a period of rapid development. Under the leadership of Orobas, it established a prosperous nation and even began to actively contact the outside world. For example, the godless kingdom of Cainrea established diplomatic relations with Enkanomiya, and even Inazuma, ruled by the Thunder Sisters, established contact with Enkanomiya.
As the Enkanomiya developed, Enkanomiya inhabitants longed to return to the surface. As Demon God who loved his beloved, Orobas chose to grant their wish. He used his power to create the Watatsumi Island on the sea using coral. The people of the Enkanomiya regained land and successfully returned to the surface, seeing the true sun once more.
However, the situation on Watatsumi Island is different from normal land. This island was built by Orobas using his own power. As time goes by, the land on this island begins to become sacred. So-called sacredization means that it is no longer suitable for growing food.
Although the Enkanomiya could continue to exist, the people of Watatsumi Island were no longer willing to return to the dark Enkanomiya. So, the Haiji people, who longed for more land, set their sights on the nearby Inazuma Islands, where there was fertile and safe land to grow food.
At the same time, Orobas was sentenced to death by the Heavenly Principles for peeking at the "Before Sun and Moon," which recorded the ancient secrets of Teyvat. Although he did not know how he would die, Orobas knew that he was on the Heavenly Principles' list of those to be killed.
So the great serpent Orobas chose to lead the people of Watatsumi Island to attack Inazuma.
He knew he was no match for Narukami, because if he could defeat Narukami, he would be the one to become the Raijin (Thunder God). Moreover, he had already expended a great deal of power to create Watatsumi Island, making it a completely suicidal act.
As expected, Orobas was eliminated by Raiden Ei with Musou Isshin strike, and the invasion plan of Watatsumi Island also failed.
However, Orobas's death made the people of Watatsumi Island a part of Inazuma, and Kage also accepted them.
However, even though Shadow accepted the Sea Gods, the Sea Gods never believed in Shadow. The shrine of Narukami on Watatsumi Island was completely neglected and abandoned. They still believed in the Serpent God and the position of the Human God Shrine Maiden still existed.
The shrine maidens of Narukami Island serve Narukami, while the shrine maidens of Watatsumi Island do not serve Narukami.
Watatsumi Island has been part of Inazuma for hundreds of years, but it has never considered itself an Inazuma person, and it uses a completely different political system from Inazuma.
Originally, it would have been fine if everyone hadn't interfered with each other, but the problem of the sacredization of Watatsumi Island could never be completely resolved. Previously, Watatsumi Island could sell some of Watatsumi Island specialties to foreign countries and purchase food, but with the implementation of the Sakoku Decree, foreign trade was cut off, and food could no longer be imported, causing life on Watatsumi Island to deteriorate.
Then, the situation worsened again after the Shadow issued the Vision Hunt Decree.
Those unwilling to hand over the Vision, coupled with some within Watatsumi Island colluding with the Fatui and led to the emergence of a resistance army.
In the early stages of the rebellion, the Shogunate Army still held the advantage, as Watatsumi Island was weaker than the shogunate. In order to fight against the Shogunate Army, the people of Watatsumi Island, under the instigation of the Fatui, destroyed the shrine on Yashima that suppressed the resentment of Orobas, causing Yashima to be forever plunged into terrifying thunderstorms, and the pollution caused almost all the villagers to fall ill.
The sick villagers on Yashima had no choice but to evacuate. The people in Tenryou Commission were equally outrageous. The Tenryou Commission by the Kujo clan. In order to prevent the news from being known to Raigin, the Head of the Kujou Clan directly ordered his soldiers to lure the villagers onto the ship and then sink them all in the name of the rebels, causing them to drown in the sea.
The villagers, already desperate because of the widespread illness, died at the hands of their own people. How ridiculous!
The Kujo clan deserves to be wiped out, but Watatsumi Island, who caused all of this, must also pay the price!
Having occupied Yashima and taken advantage of its favorable terrain, Watatsumi Island, under the command of their strategist and general, and with the help of outsiders, began to fight the Shogunate Army on equal terms, and sometimes even gained the upper hand.
However, the leader of the resistance, the current Human God Shrine Maiden Sangonomiya Kokomi, clearly understands that this so-called advantage is only temporary.
No matter how many times the Shogunate Army loses, they still have an absolute advantage because behind the Shogunate Army stands the strongest being in Inazuma, Raijin!
Although the rebels are resisting, this resistance will eventually come to an end, either when Thor intervenes or when they find a way to reconcile with Thor.
What she can do now is to keep the war within a certain scale as much as possible, so that Watatsumi Island cannot be defeated, because if it is defeated, it will be wiped out by the Shogunate Army. However, she cannot give the Shogunate Army too much of an advantage or cause too many casualties. Otherwise, if the Shogunate Army is really defeated and the Raijin takes action, it will be a real disaster for Watatsumi Island!
Therefore, Sangonomiya Kokomi has been carefully controlling the actions of the resistance army, preventing them from crossing that inviolable final boundary.
At the same time, she was also actively contacting the Kamisato clan on Narukami Island. The head of the Kamisato clan, Kamisato Ayato, had been secretly trying to help Watatsumi Island, and the two sides had been cooperating.
Her Sangonomiya Kokomi was responsible for holding off the Shogunate Army on Yashima, while the Kamisato clan was responsible for finding a way to get the Her Excellency to rescind the Vision Hunt Decree, thereby promoting reconciliation between Watatsumi Island and Narukami Island from the higher-ups.
"I wonder when the day of reconciliation will come..."
Sangonomiya Kokomi stood in the rebel camp on Yashima, watching the sun gradually sink into the sea, and couldn't help but sigh.
"I didn't expect the thunderclouds on Yashima to suddenly disappear. After seeing the sunset without thunderclouds, I feel much better and I'm finally not so depressed anymore."
The thunderstorm on Yashima suddenly disappeared, which made Sangonomiya Kokomi very curious, but because this was a front-line area, she couldn't investigate.
"Lord Sangonomiya!"
The soldiers returning from patrol saw the Sangonomiya Kokomi at the edge of the camp and immediately came up to greet it.
"Everyone, thank you for your hard work on patrol."
Sangonomiya Kokomi composed herself and greeted the patrolling soldiers with a smile.
"It's not hard work, it's all what we should do!"
The soldier immediately straightened his chest.
"By the way, Lord Sangonomiya, when we were on patrol just now, we noticed that the Shogunate Army on the other side suddenly retreated, so we came back to report to you."
"They've all retreated?"
"Yes, usually there are always the same number of people patrolling or monitoring the situation on Yashima as there are on the other side, but just now, I discovered that not a single Shogunate Army is missing."
"They've all disappeared?"
Kokomi lowered his head and frowned.
"What's going on? What is the Shogunate Army trying to do?"
The sudden and bizarre change in the actions of the Shogunate Army left even the wise strategist Kokomi momentarily confused about their purpose.
"I understand, I'll be careful."
"Yes, Lady Sangonomiya, I will continue my patrol."
The soldier turned to leave, while Sangonomiya Kokomi continued to ponder with her head down.
But before they had taken two steps, they found that the sky had suddenly darkened.
"Hmm? The thunderstorm clouds are back..."
The puzzled soldier looked up at the sky, then froze on the spot with his eyes wide open.
Looking up, he saw the thunderclouds that had disappeared before reappear. However, unlike the previous thunderclouds, this time a figure wrapped in lightning was floating in the sky beneath them.
The figure slowly raised her right hand, and lightning from all over the sky gathered in her hand, converging on the blade of the naginata in her right hand. Then, she swung the naginata down towards the rebel camp below.
"Lord Sangonomiya! Get out of the way!!"
The soldiers the Roar and charged toward the Sangonomiya Kokomi. At the same time, thick bolts of lightning struck, engulfing the Sangonomiya Kokomi's vision with purple lightning.
In the moment before she was engulfed by the lightning, Sangonomiya Kokomi was still thinking: How can I reconcile with the Her Excellency?
158. Kokomi was captured, and the resistance was annihilated!
In order to return before Li Yue fell asleep and before Zhen controlled his body to fall asleep, Ying planned to personally deal with the resistance army.
She transformed into a bolt of lightning and left in front of Li Yue and the other three, then went directly to the Kujou Encampment.
Her general Kujou Sara, was training his soldiers in the Kujou Encampment at that time.
Kujou Sara was very surprised by the arrival of the Thunder God, as were the shogunate soldiers.
Shadow wasted no time. She was in a hurry and immediately ordered Sara to gather all the soldiers, including those on patrol outside.
As Inazuma's most loyal Raijin fan, Kujou Sara carried out the Kage's order without hesitation, ordering all the soldiers to assemble, including those on the front-line patrols and guard posts.
Kujou Sara originally thought that Raijin was coming to inspect the soldiers, but after she gathered all the soldiers together, Raijin simply took them and set off.
Just as Li Yue had said, the shadowy figure, holding a naginata, stood at the very front of the entire Shogunate Army.
The figure with its back to them excited the entire Shogunate Army. The Raijin who once led the samurai into battle had reappeared. The morale of the Shogunate Army reached an unprecedented height, and they shouted excitedly, "The eternal way is magnificent, the eternal god is eternal!"