Resting in the garden pavilion, Kamisato Ayaka watched the moonlit sky. After dinner, night had fully fallen, yet it was bright enough that lanterns were unnecessary.
It was not yet time for bed. With no one else around, Kamisato Ayaka looked at Rita and Higokumaru before her and, after some thought, formally brought up the matter at hand.
"Rita, you have been in Inazuma for some time now, haven't you? What do you think of Inazuma as it is now?"
Rita and Higokumaru were both exceptionally capable people. Ayaka felt... perhaps they could be the opportunity to change Inazuma. Although she had previously learned of a Traveler in Liyue, and was more hopeful for that Traveler's arrival.
Still, that was uncertain, and she had no idea how long it would take...
"Inazuma? It is different from Liyue, the city of contracts and commerce, and Mondstadt, the city of freedom. Compared to them, this nation that pursues eternity feels far too oppressive."
Rita herself was doing all right. With her absolute strength, as well as the identities of Yae Sakura and Raiden Mei before, one resembling the Raiden Shogun and the other similar to Yae Miko... they had encountered no obstacles along the way, so she had not felt much of it.
But she could still sense Inazuma's oppression and xenophobia, so unlike Liyue and Mondstadt.
"Indeed, that is exactly it..."
"Though I do not dare presume to discuss the eternity pursued by Her Excellency the Shogun, the Vision Hunt Decree alone is by no means a good policy for Inazuma."
"Perhaps, as Lady Kujou Sara has said, confiscating Visions through the Vision Hunt Decree has, to a certain extent, curbed the danger posed by civilian Vision holders. It may have improved public order somewhat and made a small contribution to