Are You the Legendary Sword Saint?!

[Inazuma was in such a miserable state back then.]

[The Sakoku Decree closed the nation off, and the Vision Hunt Decree eliminated dissenters. During that time, the Shogunate controlled almost the entire country and did whatever it pleased.]

[At a time like that, the nation's god should have stepped forward and shown the people the right path, but Inazuma's god chose to shut herself away.]

[After watching this, I finally understand why there were resistance fighters all over Inazuma back then. If I were from Inazuma, I'd have rebelled too!]

[I'm more curious about how the people of Inazuma put up with it for so long. Back in Liyue, we'd have been saying, "Are kings and nobles born to rule?" long ago. I wouldn't dare fight a god, but how could anyone let the Shogunate lord it over them?!]

Numerous comments flashed across the screen as scrolling messages.

Mondstadt, Angel's Share tavern.

Thanks to the publicity over the past few days, more and more people had learned that they could watch the videos on the tavern's big screen.

As a result, crowds of people had come over to join in the fun.

In the end, the tavern couldn't hold them all, so Diluc simply tore down the walls and built a huge open-air viewing plaza. Everyone could watch the A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation series on the big screen there, and it had also greatly boosted the tavern's sales.

"So it's Inazuma's turn this time, huh?" Kaeya looked at the screen and couldn't help remarking, "At this rate, our Lord Time Traveler is going to conquer every nation in Teyvat."

"Doesn't that mean Lord Anemo Archon is going to have more and more rivals?"

Barbara, a sister of the Church of Favonius, sat in her seat and watched the screen with an anxious expression.

As a believer of the church, she was utterly devoted to the Anemo Archon.

For that reason, she supported her god's love more than anyone and hoped she would get her wish.

"Uh..."

Barbatos herself, sitting beside her, was undoubtedly quite embarrassed by Barbara's words.

But she actually agreed with Barbara. She hadn't expected so many stories to have unfolded involving the Knight of Boreas without her knowledge, and she had no idea how many people he had conquered.

For a moment, Barbatos undoubtedly had complicated feelings. She focused intently on the video before her, wanting to know what sort of story he had experienced in Inazuma.

The video continued.

The introduction of the Sakoku Decree and the Vision Hunt Decree had plunged all of Inazuma into a grave crisis.

Countless merchants lost their businesses, and life grew harder and harder for ordinary people. Undoubtedly, those worst off were the Vision holders.

They either surrendered their Visions, losing their wishes and becoming walking corpses, or were wanted by the Shogunate and had to hide and tread carefully to avoid being thrown in prison.

Yoimiya, the daughter of the Naganohara Fireworks family, was one of the Vision holders wanted by the Shogunate.

She had awakened a Pyro Vision long ago and had always used her power to help the people around her.

As soon as the Shogunate Army began enforcing the Vision Hunt Decree, they put out a warrant for Yoimiya, forced their way into her home, and threatened to make her surrender her Vision.

But Yoimiya was unwilling to surrender the embodiment of her wish and didn't want the Shogunate Army to take her Vision.

A fierce battle broke out between them, and with the boost from her Vision, Yoimiya managed to shake off her pursuers.

But to capture Yoimiya, the Shogunate Army seized her father and used him to pressure her into giving up.

Faced with this situation, even though Yoimiya was capable of fighting back, she didn't dare do anything rash.

In the end, all she could do was speak with a bitter expression. "I haven't done anything wrong, so why are you taking away my wish? If Inazuma's god can't even accept the wishes of mortals, she doesn't deserve to be called a true god!"

Yoimiya's complaint was deafening, and all the viewers were astonished by her boldness.

In reality, a certain Raiden Ei herself, watching from Tenshukaku, immediately looked grim when she saw the scene.

After all, she had personally issued the Vision Hunt Decree and ordered her subordinates to enforce it. At the time, she had made that decision simply to achieve eternity, never imagining just how heavy the price behind the decree would be...

The others around her couldn't very well say anything at the sight.

Yoimiya herself, in particular, looked extremely awkward.

She had only said those things to vent a little at the time. She had never imagined that the god herself would actually hear them.

"So was that when your Vision was taken away, Yoimiya?"

Kamisato Ayaka looked curiously at Yoimiya and asked.

"No, I don't remember my Vision being taken away." Yoimiya shook her head. "But I've completely forgotten how I managed to keep it, too. After all, I don't have that kind of power..."

"Could it be?"

Hearing Yoimiya's words, Kamisato Ayaka instinctively formed a guess.

Most of the people present were thinking the same thing.

To confirm their suspicions, they immediately turned to the video, waiting to see how the story unfolded.

Just as Yoimiya declared her determination not to surrender her Vision and even blamed Inazuma's Electro Archon for issuing the Vision Hunt Decree, a figure suddenly appeared and stood in front of the Shogunate soldiers.

"Y-you! Who are you?!"

Ignoring the bewildered Shogunate soldiers, the man, dressed in tattered swordsman's clothes like a wandering ronin, turned to Yoimiya and smiled. "Well said, little lady. A useless god so petty that she won't even respect or fulfill the tiny, fragile wishes of mortals has no right to exist!"

"Who are you?!"

Yoimiya looked surprised.

"I'm just a humble wandering swordsman."

"A wandering swordsman?"

"You seem troubled, miss." The wandering swordsman smiled at Yoimiya with a carefree expression. "Could you use a little help?"

"Help? Can you defeat them and rescue my father?"

"A simple matter."

With that, the swordsman drew the long sword at his waist.

But the sword was highly unusual. Its blade was reversed, the exact opposite of an ordinary sword!

"Snap!"

Then, before almost anyone there could perceive what was happening, the swordsman charged into the Shogunate soldiers at a speed invisible to the naked eye, easily took one soldier down in an instant, and rescued Yoimiya's father from their midst.

The entire sequence flowed smoothly and took less than a second.

The terrifying speed stunned both the Shogunate soldiers on the scene and the viewers watching the video.

The man was like a raging wind... no, a bolt of lightning!

Only a flash of lightning streaking across the sky could describe his terrifying speed!

"That speed... Y-you, could you be the legendary Sword Saint?!"

Someone among the Shogunate soldiers recognized the swordsman and cried out in shock.

His words shocked the many Shogunate soldiers present, and they all began to tremble!