"I do have a way to break this deadlock!"
To Kujou Sara, Yucheng's words sounded like heavenly music, instantly lifting her spirits.
"But this method isn't guaranteed to succeed. It's still worth trying, though, and I'll need your help with one part of it."
"Rest assured, I'll agree to any conditions."
"I hear your Tenryou Commission is holding some sort of Vision Hunt Ceremony soon, right? And the Raiden Shogun will attend?"
"Yes. It's a ceremony the head of the Kujou Clan specifically arranged to celebrate the confiscation of the hundredth Vision. Its purpose is to showcase the progress of the Vision Hunt Decree, while also claiming credit before the Shogun.
"The number of confiscated Visions had already passed a hundred, but then the counterfeit Visions came to light. A thorough investigation afterward uncovered quite a few fakes, so we currently have only ninety-nine genuine Visions.
"The Tenryou Commission is putting all its effort into confiscating more right now. As soon as we obtain the hundredth Vision, we'll arrange the Vision Hunt Ceremony immediately. But the Vision Hunt Decree has been in effect for so long that practically every Vision bearer in Inazuma City has already been investigated."
"I heard that, to meet that quota, the Tenryou Commission has apparently even confiscated Visions from its own troops. It's absurd, really. Watatsumi Island is frantically bolstering its fighting strength, while the Shogunate Army keeps weakening its own in every way. No wonder the fighting has become a stalemate. I imagine any Vision bearers left in Inazuma City whose Visions could still be confiscated must have rather unusual standing, right?
"Let me count. There's you, the Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine, then the Kamisato siblings of the Yashiro Commission, their housekeeper Thoma, and Sayu of the Shuumatsuban...
"Looking at it that