"Is that the Shogun?"
A samurai stared at Zhong Baiye in disbelief.
Most of the others reacted much the same way.
Zhong Baiye had successfully drawn the attention of everyone on the docks.
Just then, the officer from earlier stepped forward to get Zhong Baiye out of the awkward situation. He shouted at the crowd.
"All of you, disperse! This isn't the Shogun, just someone who looks like her. Get back to work and stop crowding around!"
After hearing the officer's words, they looked Zhong Baiye over again. When they saw his unremarkable chest, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"He doesn't have the Shogun's ample bosom. He can't possibly be her."
Zhong Baiye felt rather awkward when he heard that. He was a man through and through. How could they compare him to her?
Even so, Zhong Baiye couldn't help lowering his head to look at his own chest.
The crowd soon dispersed, and the officer walked up to Zhong Baiye and the others.
"Please follow me. I'll help you obtain identification papers."
The officer's unstinting help made Zhong Baiye and Keqing hesitate. They had only just arrived. How could they have run into someone so kind already?
But Master, standing behind them, didn't think that deeply about it and simply nodded vigorously at the officer.
Without Master, they couldn't have reached Inazuma so quickly. Whatever happened, Zhong Baiye and Keqing had to keep Master safe.
After Master followed the officer, Zhong Baiye and Keqing went along too, remaining on their guard.
The officer claimed he was helping them obtain identification papers, but he led them into increasingly remote surroundings. Before long, they had reached a deserted stretch of wilderness.
Pretending not to suspect anything, Zhong Baiye asked the officer a question.
"Why are we heading farther and