Yae Miko, So You Were a Rebel Too!

Inazuma City, Tenshukaku.

After the first two videos, the atmosphere inside Tenshukaku suddenly turned strange.

After all, according to the videos, around half the Shogunate members present were former rebels.

Not only had Kaedehara Kazuha and Sangonomiya Kokomi openly opposed the Inazuma Shogunate as resistance leaders, but the Yashiro Commission, supposedly the Raiden Shogun's right hand—the Kamisato siblings-had also helped the resistance.

And then there was Yoimiya, who had most likely joined the resistance after the Sword Saint saved her.

That meant the majority of the people in Tenshukaku had been rebels who opposed their god.

Raiden Ei, who had once been Inazuma's Electro Archon, was suddenly overcome with embarrassment...

Likewise, everyone present fell silent, unwilling to open her wounds at a time like this.

"Oh my, are you secretly holding a viewing party in Tenshukaku?"

Suddenly, a slightly lazy voice with a hint of allure rang out. "How could you leave me, the current Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine, out of something so interesting?"

"Miko, you're here." Raiden Makoto smiled when she saw Yae Miko. "I urgently sent someone to contact you just now, but there's some distance between Tenshukaku and the Grand Narukami Shrine, so the message couldn't reach you immediately."

"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to blame you, Lady Makoto."

Although Yae Miko was unrestrained by nature, she clearly didn't dare do as she pleased around Raiden Makoto.

She simply went over and sat down among the others. Then she looked at the video, a flicker of emotion appearing on her face.

"I suppose this is that A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation video that's been all the rage online lately."

"That's right." Raiden Makoto nodded. "It seems you're quite well informed about what's happening online, Miko."

"Well, it's how I make my living." Yae Miko smiled. "Lately, Yae Publishing House has been considering working with filmmakers from Fontaine to adapt some light novels into films and distribute them on the Akasha Network. It was only a plan at first, but after seeing how popular the A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation series was, Yae Publishing House started filming right away."

"But this A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation series doesn't seem to be a film," Yoimiya couldn't help saying. "At first, I suspected someone had deliberately filmed it too, but the more I watch, the more real it all seems."

"Well, that's true... I really wonder what immensely capable person filmed this video and posted it online." As Yae Miko spoke, she gave a casual wave of her hand.

Her words sent the sisters Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei into thought.

Both had once served as the Electro Archon, so they naturally knew some of the laws of this world, as well as those who controlled them.

A person of that stature might have been able to capture and preserve such footage...

"Speaking of which, Miko, you didn't take part in the effort to overthrow me back then, did you?"

Raiden Ei looked at Yae Miko, a hint of pleading in her eyes.

Only after the video exposed that forgotten history did she realize just how many people in Inazuma had opposed her and joined the rebels.

Now, in the entire Inazuma Shogunate, Kujou Sara was the only one who had remained loyal, leaving her deeply forlorn.

That made her instinctively think of Yae Miko. As her friend of many years, surely Miko wouldn't have opposed her in the rebellion that followed.

"Well..."

Faced with Raiden Ei's expectations, Yae's expression stiffened for a moment.

After all, once she saw the Sword Saint in the video, she had recalled many details of the rebellion, just like everyone else.

If the Kamisato siblings, Yoimiya, and the others had merely provided support, while Sangonomiya Kokomi and Kaedehara Kazuha had followed the attack, then she had been the undisputed number-two carry of the entire war.

It was fair to say that she had personally taken part in many parts of the rebellion...

At that moment, she felt just like Mo Fan, who was also watching the video, hoping whoever had exposed it would give her a break and not reveal everything at once.

The video continued.

After gathering the troops on Ritou, the Sword Saint didn't lead them straight to Inazuma City. Instead, he headed to the very summit of Mt. Yougou.

A huge shrine stood there, known as the Grand Narukami Shrine. It was the most important place of worship in all of Inazuma.

By rights, the Grand Narukami Shrine should have been an ally of the God of Electro, responsible for protecting the order Raiden Ei had created.

But the current Guuji of the Grand Narukami Shrine clearly had different ideas.

"Well, well, if it isn't our resistance leader... With war upon us, what brings you all the way to my Grand Narukami Shrine?"

Yae Miko slowly emerged from the Grand Narukami Shrine, a broad smile on her face.

"Drop the act. There's no one else here." The Sword Saint smiled calmly when he saw Yae Miko. "The resistance is assembled and ready, and we've received word from Watatsumi Island. Tomorrow is the day we attack Inazuma City. I came to let you know personally. I hope you won't drop the ball at the critical moment."

"Don't worry. I've made every preparation." Yae Miko looked at the Sacred Sakura behind her. "I've been planning for this day for hundreds of years... I just didn't expect someone like you to suddenly appear. But thanks to that, our originally slim chances have now become a one-hundred-percent chance of success."

"One hundred percent? Are you that confident you can defeat the invincible Raiden Shogun?"

"After all, I spent five hundred years with her. I know what she thinks, and I also know what she can't think of." Yae Miko smiled. "Leave everything to me. I'll make that foolish shut-in who hasn't left home in hundreds of years understand that the Eternity she dreams of has never existed. It's just the wishful fantasy of a child who never grew up..."

As soon as Yae Miko finished speaking, the comment barrage erupted-

[Holy shit, I didn't expect Guuji Yae to have betrayed the Raiden Shogun too!]

[Yae Miko, you put on such an honest, loyal appearance, but it turns out you were the rebel!?]

[Come to think of it, did Inazuma have a single loyal subject left back then? Weren't rebels everywhere?]

[I'm afraid General Kujou Sara of the Tenryou Commission was probably the only one still willing to stay loyal to the Raiden Shogun.]

[Is it possible that even General Kujou secretly betrayed the Shogun?]

[No way. That's General Kujou Sara we're talking about...]

The commenters discussed how many loyal subjects Inazuma had left, but after going back and forth, they found that Kujou Sara seemed to be the only one.

And because so many people had betrayed the Shogun, their certainty had been shaken so badly that they were now beginning to doubt whether even Kujou Sara had supported her.