Chapter 824: Correction of the Holy Listening, 9 Piety Acts, Madam, Please Stay

"Who is it..." The shogunate army sergeant who was patrolling in Tadashi looked at Jiang Yi who had arrived, shouted, and his legs trembled a little.

"Is Kujo Sara here..." Jiang Yi asked.

"The... the general has left the barracks and is returning... back to Narukami Island!" A shogunate army sergeant ran to the barracks to report and brought back the news.

"Really?" Jiang Yi pinched his fingers, turned into light, and flew back to Mingshen Island.

He originally wanted to go see the rebels, but after taking a quick look at the rebel camp at Mingzhui Beach just now, he felt that it would be better not to meet them for the time being.

He inherited Orobasi's power, but he is not Orobasi after all. This period of time is a good opportunity for the Coral Palace rebels to realize this clearly.

Narukami Island, Inazuma Castle, and Tenryo Bugyosho.

A bolt of lightning fell into the mansion, and no one stopped it.

The head of the Kujo family, Kujo Takayuki, with pale hair combed meticulously, was bending over his desk writing a memorial.

"Head of the family..." Kujo Sara looked at Kujo Takayuki with a complicated expression and called him.

"Is that Sara? You've come just in time! Come with me to report to the Shogun and withdraw the decision to abolish the 'Eye Hunting Order'. Before the official document is issued, everything is still in time!" Kujo Takayuki put down his brush, "And the community magistrate Kamisato family... That young lady dared to attack the guards of our Tenryo magistrate and forcibly broke into the Thousand-armed Hundred-eyed statue. She must be held accountable!"

"Master... No!" Kujo Sara took a deep breath and broke free from the shackles of being suppressed by the other party's momentum for years. "...Master Xiaoxing, I have read the memorials submitted by the Ministry of Justice and the letters written to the Fatui. Please... give me an explanation!"

“Are these…real?”

Kujo Takayuki stood up, his brows raised, "Sarah, what are you talking about? Who taught you to be so rude to call me by my name?"

"I originally thought that the 'lost documents and letters' were taken away by someone sent by the Society Commissioner. Now it seems that you were also involved?"

"Or maybe the Society's Commissioner sent someone to tell you this?"

Kujo Sara looked at Kujo Bugyo who was standing at the head of the group, with a trace of sadness on his face: "From what you said, I can understand that... those are really all your work and not forged?"

"Please tell me, Master, tell me if Tenryo Bugyo...really betrayed the shogunate!"

"If not... I can ask the General..."

Kujo Takayuki interrupted, "How can it be called betrayal if it is the Heavenly Ryobi?"

"Hmph... I did have dealings with the Fatui, and the official document you saw was indeed written by me. But those Fatui were just used by me in return."

"As long as you assist in the promulgation and implementation of the Eye Hunting Order, you can get the benefits promised by the Envoy of Winter."

He looked at Sara as if he were looking at an ignorant child.

"There have always been so many people coveting the status of the Kujo family, and there are countless families who want to take us down."

"Not only can we gain strong support from other countries, but we can also use the Eye Hunting Order to weaken the enemy's combat power..."

Kujo Takayuki shook his head and said, "I think it's a good deal, but there's no need to inform you, Sara."

"Okay, now that you know, come with me to see the General and revoke the decision to abolish the 'Eye Hunting Order'!"

Kujo Sara didn't move a step.

"Isn't this a betrayal?"

"Why can you say it so lightly!" She looked at her adoptive father with sad golden eyes, "You have always admired the general so much."

"Betrayal? Betrayal?" Kujo Takayuki looked angrily at Kujo Sara who was stubborn and didn't care about his family at all. "What do you mean by betrayal?"

"The rebels who believed in other gods were traitors! The community officials who colluded with the rebels were traitors! Baying Island and Coral Palace were traitors!"

"Outsiders have deceived the general. What we need to do now is to correct the emperor's hearing!"

His chest heaved with rage.

"As for... the Fatui, they are nothing more than my pawns. I can now send people to capture them and offer them as prisoners to General Raiden."

"You also saw the battle just now. General Raiden's martial arts are unparalleled in the world! The 'Unthinking Sword' that split the sun and the sea apart."

"In the land of Inazuma, they are nothing but ants that can only tremble in fear before the thunder of heaven."

Kujo Takayuki seems cold-blooded and heartless. In his heart, if the Faints are useful, he will protect them, and if they are useless, he will abandon them. He does everything for the family, so what's wrong with that?

"I understand..." Kujo Sara closed his eyes in pain, "You don't worship His Highness the Great, but His Highness the Great. You are loyal to your family, but not to General Raiden!"

"Ever since I was adopted by the Kujo family, you have been teaching me the way of loyalty as a subject..."

"Now it seems that you just want me to be loyal to the Kujo family."

"Are you just worried that I might betray you one day?"

Kujo Takayuki pointed at Kujo Sara and said, "Shouldn't you be loyal to your family? Who adopted you and trained you? Who let you enter the vision of General Raiden?"

"Otherwise, even if you possess the Eye of God, you are nothing more than an ordinary Tengu! No different from other holders of the Eye of God. How could you have the status and power you have today?"

Kujo Sara opened his eyes and said, "Of course I will not forget the kindness of the Kujo family, but my first loyalty is to General Raiden. This is my duty as a subject."

"Master, you have no loyalty, but I do!"

"The practice that can be recognized by the general is the real practice!"

"Those great principles are just tools for you to cover up your own ugliness and selfishness!"

"Selfish?" Kujo Takayuki said in confusion, "I am also protecting the 'eternity' that belongs to the Kujo family. This is the eternal way of Inazuma."

"In this 'eternal' country, I believe that the general will understand me, and the former head of the family... will also understand me."

With his fanaticism and self-hypnosis, he never betrayed General Lei Dian and always followed General Lei Dian to practice "eternity".

The "Eye Hunting Order" proposed by the Fatui is Inazuma, the ladder for the Kujo family to "eternity".

So, why doesn't he dare to admit it and why does he fear being held accountable?

"Did those people die in vain?! The villagers of Himiki Village? The soldiers on the battlefield? Those who were forced to flee their hometown? Although it was for eternity, the general has no intention of harming anyone's life. Otherwise, the holder of the Eye of God can be directly executed!" Kujo Sara said angrily, "Everything that Tenryo Bugyo did... brought shame to the general!"

"I have also doubted in my heart, is it really right to execute the Eye Hunting Order? Even if it violates the morality in my heart, will I do it at all?"

"But I am still determined. As long as that is the path guided by the general, who can say what is right or wrong until we reach the end?"

"Before I came here, I had the last bit of luck, comforting myself that the evidence was just forged by them, and I would make them apologize after verifying it!"

She said in a deep voice, "But it was not until now that I realized that the road to eternity has no end, and this road... has long been tainted by filth because of your selfishness."

"I won't speak in front of the general!"

Kujo Sara turned around and looked outside the mansion with his golden eyes.

The sky was bright, but it was raining.

Kujo Takayuki snorted coldly: "Saro, it seems that you are going to betray the Kujo family completely?"

"As expected, you are an unreliable Tengu. How to maintain the status of the Kujo family is still something I have to do personally."

Kujo Sara stopped for a moment and took a step forward.

The determination I had made so far finally came to an end, but... As expected...

Just like being knocked off a cliff that day.

Only the General... Only the General...

She walked out of Tenryo Bugyosho and saw a man in white leaning against the gate, throwing out a long sword.

"If you want to do something, take this knife with you!" Jiang Yi looked at the sky. The light in the rain was full of the splendor of the "Tyndall effect".

"This is your trophy!" After taking the knife, Kujo Sara raised his head and said coldly, "Do you look down on me?"

"That's not the case! However, if you don't like to accept the gift, then compensate me with Mora of equal value. Use it to exchange for your beloved sword." Jiang Yi had been eavesdropping here for a while, "A reminder, don't be as arrogant as the Kujo family, the Fatui are not that easy to deal with! At least, for you?"

Kujo Sara didn't expect that her thoughts would be seen through. She was indeed planning to cause trouble for the Fatui.

How could the mastermind behind Inazuma get away with it after leaving such a mess behind for Inazuma!

"The Fatui have done so many things that go against your sense of justice. You don't seem like the kind of person who would show mercy to the Fatui?" asked Kujo Sara. She could see that Jiang Yi didn't seem to intend to take action himself.

"How should I put it? To repay the other party for showing mercy to me when I was weak! So, I gave them some time to escape and a chance to survive." Jiang Yi lowered his eyes.

"Besides right and wrong, there is also human nature in the world!" His figure gradually faded away in the next moment, like a dream.

Kujo Sara held the sword he once carried and walked towards the castle tower step by step.

After obtaining permission from the general, seal the embassy until winter.

"Go, go, go! Ying, come quickly! We almost forgot about a culprit. The stragglers escaped, but the Fatui still has an executioner in Inazuma." Paimon came out from the teleportation anchor point and urged Ying beside him.

"Madam! Don't try to escape this time!" Ying ran to the Dongzhi Embassy. From Mondstadt to Liyue, and then to Inazuma, they had too many accounts to settle with the "Madam".

Jiang Yi sat on the eaves of an Inazuma house, drinking glass after glass of wine.

This may be the first time since I came to Teyvat that I feel such mixed emotions as I look at... this scene in front of me.

The embassy in Inazuma in winter.

The eighth lady of the eleventh executor of the Fatui, with long light golden hair like sunshine, and a black butterfly crown-shaped mask covering half of her face.

Leaving behind a pair of ethereal lavender eyes looking at the street outside.

Outside, the residents of Inazuma were discussing the battle between the gods that had just happened.

They saw a new god who controlled countless elements, saw the bright moon that occupied their dreams, saw the sun that burned the sky and boiled the sea, and saw the sword that cut down the sun.

The god in a white dragon robe and wearing a coral crown is covered in blood. Waves are surging under his feet, dragons and snakes are rising from the land, and a bright moon is behind him. The world is turned upside down in dreams.

Although he is an enemy, it has to be said that he is quite attractive to girls who admire strong men and handsome men.

His graceful demeanor even in desperate situations attracted the children to imitate his handsome sword moves.

Moreover, it seems that now he is heard that the General seems to be ready to give up the Eye Hunting Order and no longer pursue the responsibility of the new god and the rebels.

"What boring talk!" The lady held a glass of wine and listened to the meaningless conversation outside. Her black and white dress set off her curvy figure.

The sleeves were connected by a black velvet cape with red stripes, embroidered with the symbols of Winter Solstice and the Executor.

Next to the shoulder, a white hollow magic weapon floated in the air, flashing an icy light.

"Reporting to the executive officer, after investigation, Lord Sanbing has left Inazuma!" A Fatui escaped from the shadows on the ground and knelt down to report.

"That guy...why did he leave? Don't tell me he ran away because he was scared?" The lady stared at the soldier with a cold gaze.

"According to our informants at Narukami Taisha, Lord Sanbei had a conversation with the Yae priest of Inazuma and threatened the lives of all the miko maidens... and made some kind of deal." The Fatui reported the situation with their heads down.

"A deal? A deal that he would be interested in!" The lady closed her eyes and thought, "Heart of God?"

“Haha!” She laughed. “The Heart of God is not actually in His hands. It’s over there! The scattered soldier… is this guy trying to steal my credit? And he’s trying to trick me?”

"As expected, as a puppet, he understands the puppet's thoughts better."