And so, what had originally been a Vision Hunt Ceremony to confiscate the hundredth Vision took one twist after another.
First, someone boldly intervened right in front of the Shogun. Then Kujou Sara led a force against the Kujou Clan. After that, even the Yashiro Commission stepped forward. Kujou Takayuki was slain by the Raiden Shogun herself, and finally, it turned into an announcement by the Shogun abolishing the Vision Hunt Decree and ending the war.
Any single incident at this ceremony could have made a newspaper headline, but with so many major events happening all at once, even the reporters did not know which one to focus on. Perhaps this was a happy problem to have?
The instant the Raiden Shogun announced the abolition of the Vision Hunt Decree, those whose Visions had been confiscated were moved to tears, shouting, "Long live the Shogun!"
The scatterbrained Arataki Itto was already itching to swing his Redhorn Stonethresher and smash the Visions out of the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue, but Kuki Shinobu and the others stopped him in time. This was still a statue of the Shogun, after all. How could he dare destroy it by force? Would that not be showing contempt for the Shogun?
They needed to find a craftsman to carefully remove the Visions from the statue. No, they ought to call it respectfully retrieving them. The Vision Hunt Decree had already been lifted; what was there to fear in waiting a few more days?
Although the farce of the Vision Hunt Ceremony had drawn to a close, that did not mean this incident was completely over. There was still a huge mess that urgently needed cleaning up.
Sure enough, after the Vision Hunt Ceremony ended, the Raiden Shogun announced that a general assembly would be held at Tenshukaku