"The facts are clear enough. From the Archon War to the war in Khaenri'ah, Raiden Makoto governed Inazuma and made it flourish. Inazuma was known as the 'land of a hundred youkai parading through the night,' with countless renowned great youkai, yet she managed relations between humans and youkai well. That was what allowed you and your friends to play without a care every day and picnic beneath the cherry blossoms.
"Even among humans, there were the Raiden Gokaden in the field of forging, which firmly established the fame of Inazuman weapons abroad.
"Kamisato Harunosuke vigorously developed onmyoudou, created all sorts of onmyoudou mechanisms, and founded the Onmyou Bureau to train Shogunate soldiers. That was also why individual soldiers in the Shogunate Army back then were far more capable than they are now.
"Inazuma's puppet-making technology was also among the best in the world. Otherwise, you could never have created two puppets as powerful as Kunikuzushi and the Raiden Shogun.
"But under your rule, that wonderful son of yours, Kunikuzushi, wiped out four of the Raiden Gokaden, leaving only Amenoma. The Onmyou Bureau was abandoned, and even the Tri-Commission you trust obeys you in public while defying you behind your back. They pin all the blame on you, leaving fewer and fewer of your subjects believing in you.
"The living standards of Inazuma's common people have plummeted. Just look at how many people died in a single war, and how many new Nobushi and Kairagi emerged to commit all manner of crimes.
"Economically, militarily, and culturally, Inazuma has fallen to last place among the Seven Nations. Inazuma today is like a paper tiger borrowing your might to intimidate others. Without you, the other six nations would swallow it up immediately.
"You might want to argue that as long as you