Chapter 922 Movement and Stillness, Proper Distance

Ying stepped forward: "People naturally seek change. It is impossible to be completely still."

Jiang Yi nodded: "It should be said that there is nothing static in the world. In my hometown, eternity is defined like this. Everything in the universe is in eternal motion. Matter has the absoluteness of eternal motion and the relativity of stillness. This is the truth."

Ying looked at Inazuma Castle and said, "'I don't agree with what you say'. If we were still in 'One Heart Pure Land', I would definitely answer like this. But the facts are right in front of me, and I can't refute the status quo."

"To come out and see, to gain something and new ideas, isn't that our goal?" Jiang Yi said, looking at Inazuma's shop and people, "In this change, people's love for life is also something eternal, but... it is also something that changes."

Ying sighed, "I am cautious about any changes, but I want to pursue eternity, and I definitely don't want to stop humans from becoming better and better."

"You may be used to seeing things during this trip, but for me, both the trip itself and the objects I saw are of great commemorative value."

"I have seen a lot and thought a lot... In 'One Heart Pure Land', these things are worth savoring for a long time."

Paimon put his hands behind his back: "Hey! Then let's take a picture to commemorate it."

"Buy some more things to take back?" Jiang Yi added.

"Well! I'd better buy a copy of your "The God, His Little Bread and His Pet Minion." Ying said.

"Puchi!" Ying and Paimeng couldn't hold it back anymore.

"Why are you laughing?" Ying asked puzzledly.

"No, nothing!" Paimon and Ying waved their hands.

"Well - then I'll give you another copy of "Record of One Hundred Ghosts"! If you recommend it to others, it's best to use the serious title..." Jiang Yi hesitated.

"Hmm? Isn't the title of the book "The God, His Little Bread and His Pet Minion" inappropriate?" Ying racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

"Let's talk about 'taking photos'!" Jiang Yi changed the subject.

Hey! In some languages, leaving a photo means leaving a "shadow". Geniuses of bad jokes can go online now.

"'Liuying'? Oh, Liuying... why do words like this always appear that I've never heard of?" Ying thought that maybe he should ask the company's executive officer to sort out the daily expressions of this era.

Jiang Yi, Ying and Paimeng took Ying to a place with beautiful scenery.

"Taking pictures means using a Fontaine camera to leave pictures. It can record you or the scenery at this moment, just like a painting. It is very suitable as a souvenir." Jiang Yi took out the camera.

"Painting, I think I understand it." Ying said, "Can machines paint instead of people?"

The group chatted and explained what taking photos meant.

At this moment, it is already night.

"Let's use Yingxiang Mountain as the background! There's a bright moon there." Jiang Yi suggested, "You just need to stand there in a nice pose, and we'll take care of the details."

"A nice pose?" Ying said, "Thinking about it, it's a bit embarrassing! Why don't you guys come up with an idea! Make it nicer, but not too exaggerated, or I think I won't be able to let go."

"Like putting your hands on your hips! Hugging your chest! Looking at the bright moon! And other actions with joy, or deep thought, or distress... any expression is fine." Jiang Yi described, "If you don't mind, you can take a few more photos with different expressions and poses, and pick a good-looking one."

"Then... let's start!" Ying thought for a moment and posed as if admiring the moon.

"Not bad!" Ying pressed the camera.

"We have the side view, let's take a front view..." Jiang Yi suggested, "By the way! Would you like to take a photo with us?"

He quickly became more aggressive.

Ying cooperated.

He took four or five photos and handed them to Ying.

"It's much faster than drawing..." Ying looked at the photo, "and it's exactly the same. It's amazing! It's like another me was copied in an instant, as well as the scenery behind me. And you..."

She looked at the photos one by one and was amazed by the magic of the Fontaine machinery.

I kind of want to explore the principle.

"Let me give you two cameras! You can use one to take pictures, and use the other to disassemble..." Jiang Yi flipped his hand and took out two cameras.

"You should be able to understand the principle inside soon..." In Jiang Yi's opinion, the technology of creating a puppet is much more advanced than this camera, especially the eyes. Ying can probably figure it out by taking a quick look at the internal structure of the camera.

"Really? Thank you!" Ying said without hesitation.

Jiang Yi briefly taught how to use it.

“Photos are the carriers of memory. When you see them, you can recall the relevant moments.” He said, “When you see them, you can recall the forgotten things.”

Ying looked at the photo: "Actually, I think that things that are drawn always have differences, but this photo made by the Fontaine machine is exactly the same."

"Since it is exactly the same, then is the me inside me? You say it is me, but you also say that the one inside this is not me? If it is me, then who am I now?"

Paimon is about to be confused.

"So philosophical all of a sudden?" Jiang Yi thought of the Buddhist principles contained in Inazuma's culture and understood it again.

Paimon couldn't answer it.

"…Maybe it's like the difference between the general and you." Ying explained.

"The difference between you in the past and you now... a moment in time, a remnant of history, a recorded picture..." This is what Jiang Yi thought.

"Oh, yes. Do you think the general is you?" Paimon asked.

"The general is my past self... but not a remnant of history. Rather, I am the me who has come with me to the present!" Ying said, "I understand!"

"I am also me, there is no doubt about that."

"I am the general, just as I have never intended to hand Inazuma over to others to manage. But... I am not the general..." Ying said.

"'You' don't have to exist alone." Ying followed Shangying's thinking.

Ying nodded: "The existence of 'I'... I am me, there is only one, but there may be countless forms of existence. What form I exist in is actually not important."

Her mind became clearer.

"For example, the general is a form of my existence. Whether she is me or not is not determined by any part of her body... and... the picture is also a form of my existence."

There is a power in Ying that keeps changing with her heart. The wishes and beliefs of the people of Inazuma Castle are behind her figure in a kimono.

"Even I, who pursue 'eternity', am constantly changing my form of existence...so how can I ask Inazuma, and everyone living in Inazuma, to remain unchanged?" She smiled.

Ying echoed, "The nature of Inazuma, the nature of human beings, is not so easy to change."

"So, are you ready to challenge the outside world?" Jiang Yi took the opportunity to ask tentatively.

Ying looked at Jiang Yi with purple eyes: "Hmm... Are you talking about the 'lockdown order'? If that's it, it will take some time."

"Honestly, neither I, the general, nor the people of Inazuma are ready yet."

Jiang Yi nodded and didn't mention it again.

At this moment, there are still too many obstacles to lifting the lockdown.

"Walking along with you all this time, I've seen things that were beyond my understanding." Ying held onto the railing.

"Ha! I've shown you my clumsy side. You may not be able to feel it, but these things have really impacted my cognition."

The shops are different from hundreds of years ago, the food is different, the stories are different... and there are also Fontaine machines that didn't exist hundreds of years ago.

"If defined by these things, then the Inazuma of today is very different from my impression of her. However, that doesn't mean we can say that the Inazuma of today is no longer the Inazuma of today." Ying saw the familiar lights. She had once overlooked the bright lights of this land in the dark night with "her".

"The Eye Hunting Order, the Thousand-armed and Hundred-eyed Statue, these are all for the purpose of giving birth to 'eternity'. But if I really get closer and closer to 'eternity', none of these stories will happen."

Ying reflects on everything he has seen and the changes he has encountered.

"Am I...really...holding on to everything too tightly?"

Paimon and Ying smiled at each other.

It seems that Ying has figured it out!

"Jiang Yijun..." Ying suddenly said, and was about to say something.

At this time, a shout was heard from afar.

Ying and Paimeng listened for a moment and said, "It sounds familiar. It seems like he is calling the second young master of the Kujo family..."

They remembered that the second young master of the Kujo family seemed to have gone to find the head of another family because he blamed himself for his limited ability and for not being able to find out the truth in advance, stop his father, take over the work of the head of the family, and quell the civil strife.

It seems that he went there alone.

"The Kujo family, they are the people of the Tenryo Bugyo! You said that the Tenryo Bugyo is in chaos now..." Ying said.

"Let's go and have a look!" she said.

Jiang Yi suddenly said: "Ying, go with Ying to have a look! I have to leave first..."

"Hmm?" Ying looked back at Jiang Yi.

"You're not smelling trouble and preparing to run away!" Paimon was alert.

Jiang Yi looked at Ying: "If you have something to say, please deal with the documents tonight! Tell me tomorrow..."

"...Okay!" Ying nodded.

"Are you...playing charades?" Paimon scratched his head.

"Paimon..." Ying signaled with her eyes.

"Then I'll take my leave first..." Jiang Yi turned around.

Ying looked at his back and smiled.

"Ying, let's go check out the situation..."

The three of them left.

Jiang Yi looked at the street. His shadows were stretched out long under the lights. All around him was the whispers of the residents of Inazuma, who were discussing him and the general.

"Go find Linghua!" He had a premonition of what Ying would say. He was an unstable factor in Inazuma!

Especially in the eyes of the generals and the residents of Inazuma.

I have no intention of interfering with Inazuma.

Who can easily believe his words?

Ying believed it, and the general believed it too, but as Inazuma gods, their identities meant that even if they knew, they had to express their opinions.

Even if the decision is expressed, it may be different.

And Inazuma...how many families and residents believe it?

The following are the internal affairs of Tianling Fengxing.

He didn't follow.

In the shadows, a young girl was leaning against the wall, wagging her tail. After seeing Jiang Yi, she took a deep breath and walked out of the corner with a gift.