Thus, what was originally an Eye Hunt ritual to confiscate the hundredth Vision turned into a series of twists and turns.
First, someone boldly obstructed the Raiden Shogun in her presence, then Kujou Sara led her troops in rebellion against the Kujou Clan, and then the Yashiro Commission even joined the fray. Kujou Takayuki was personally executed by the Raiden Shogun, and it ultimately developed into the Raiden Shogun's announcement of abolishing the Vision Hunt Decree and ending the war.
Every incident that occurred during this ceremony, any single one, could have been a newspaper headline. But with so many major events happening at once, even newspaper reporters didn't know which to prioritize. Perhaps this was a happy dilemma?
The moment the Raiden Shogun announced the abolition of the Vision Hunt Decree, those whose Visions had been confiscated were moved to tears, shouting, "Long live the Raiden Shogun!"
The simple-minded Arataki Itto was already thinking of swinging his Redhorn Stonethresher to smash out the Visions embedded in the Statue of the Omnipresent God, but Kuki Shinobu and others quickly restrained him. This was, after all, the Raiden Shogun's statue; how could they violently destroy it? Wouldn't that be a disrespect to the Raiden Shogun?
They needed to find a craftsman to carefully remove the Visions from the statue. No, it should be said, to 'invite' them out. The Vision Hunt Decree had already been lifted; what was a few more days of waiting?
Although the farce of this Eye Hunt ritual had concluded, this did not mean the incident was entirely over; there was still a huge mess that urgently needed to be dealt with.
Sure enough, after the Eye Hunt ritual ended, the Raiden Shogun announced that a full meeting would be held in the Tenshukaku three days later, requiring all officials, big and small, from Inazuma to attend.
At the same time, the Living God Priestess of Watatsumi Island, Sangonomiya Kokomi, and the general of the Watatsumi Island resistance also received orders from the Raiden Shogun, stating that they must attend this meeting, or face the consequences.
When Sangonomiya Kokomi received this news, she immediately called everyone together for discussion. After seeing the order, everyone's faces were filled with worry.
To be honest, sending the leader of a faction and the general of a resistance to Narukami Island for an inexplicable meeting was too risky. If there were any unfavorable actions on Narukami Island, it would be no different from lambs entering a tiger's den.
But this was an order personally issued by the Raiden Shogun. If the god of a nation specifically named you to attend a meeting, and you dared not to go, that would be a complete betrayal of the divine.
As an insurgent army, even during the Vision Hunt Decree's battles with the Shogunate Army, their resistance's slogan was merely to have the Raiden Shogun abolish the Vision Hunt Decree. They opposed the policy itself, not the Raiden Shogun as a god.
If they truly used 'resisting the Raiden Shogun' and 'overthrowing the Raiden Shogun as a ruler' as their slogan, it is estimated that the number of people who would dare to join the resistance would be negligible. How many people would have such courage to oppose the god of a nation?
Orobashi, the Great God of Watatsumi Island, had long ago been slain by the Raiden Shogun, and his corpse still lay on Yashiori Island. Their side had no god to back them; what could they use to resist the Raiden Shogun?
The people of Sangonomiya deliberated for an entire night. By dawn, news of the Eye Hunt ritual in Inazuma City finally reached Sangonomiya.
Everyone was dumbfounded to learn that the Vision Hunt Decree was actually promulgated by that old man Kujou Takayuki, who had deceived the Raiden Shogun? That old man had already been executed on the spot by the Raiden Shogun? The Raiden Shogun had publicly announced the abolition of the Vision Hunt Decree and the cessation of war with Watatsumi Island?
This... is this so miraculous? So many things could happen in one day?
Judging by the situation, it seemed that the convening of this meeting might not be a bad thing for Watatsumi Island. They could not afford not to go.
Sangonomiya Kokomi looked towards Inazuma City and murmured, "Can Watatsumi Island's future usher in a turning point?"
Sangonomiya was not the only one with complex feelings. On Narukami Island, the subordinate officials and families of the Three Commissions were living in fear. The Kujou Clan, needless to say, its patriarch had been personally beheaded by the Raiden Shogun, the Kujou Clan had been sealed off, and relevant personnel of the Kujou Clan were imprisoned in the Commission Office's jail.
The Commission Office's jail had held countless people throughout Inazuma's hundreds of years of history, but now, the jail personally built by the Kujou Clan ended up holding members of the Kujou Clan. It was quite ironic, to say the least.
Hiiragi Shinsuke, the Kanjou Commission member far away on Ritou, after learning the specific details of the Eye Hunt ritual that day, burned all letters and ledgers related to the Fatui. Not only that, all the exorbitant taxes on Ritou from before became a thing of the past, and he prepared all the illicit gains from these years, ready to bring them to the meeting.
The reason was simple: because of Kujou Takayuki's dying words, which exposed his and the Kamisato Clan's affairs. Although there was no evidence, the Raiden Shogun did not need evidence to act; as long as there was suspicion, the Hiiragi Clan would face utter destruction.
Over the years, the Kanjou Commission had been exploiting foreign merchants with Inazuma's Sakoku Decree, but now, he utterly detested this Sakoku Decree, as it had cut off his hope of escaping Inazuma.
The Kamisato Clan was the same. Although they participated in the battle to set things right at the last moment, their feigned obedience to the Raiden Shogun over the past year or so was also a fact. Even Kamisato Ayato could not guarantee whether the Raiden Shogun would hold the Yashiro Commission accountable for this.
And all they could do now was wait.
After the Eye Hunt ritual, the Raiden Shogun refused all audiences and remained secluded in the Tenshukaku. Judging by this, she likely would not meet anyone before the meeting.
However, Kamisato Ayato and Kamisato Ayaka still noticed some clues: the Raiden Shogun was not the only person currently missing. Guuji Yae of the Grand Narukami Shrine had also disappeared.
If Guuji Yae, as a familiar of the Raiden Shogun, disappeared, it could be understood, but the person named Uchiha Mikage also being unaccounted for was very intriguing.
According to his sister, Lumine and Paimon were currently resting at Komore Teahouse, but even Lumine did not know where Uchiha Mikage had gone.
As the greatest contributor to the abolition of the Vision Hunt Decree, he had vanished after his success, which was completely illogical. Kamisato Ayato suddenly had a bold conjecture and turned to look in the direction of the Tenshukaku.
He had a premonition that perhaps all these disappeared people were currently in the Tenshukaku, discussing the future of Inazuma with the Raiden Shogun.
Kamisato Ayato's conjecture was very accurate. At this moment, inside the Tenshukaku, Yu Cheng, Raiden Ei, and Yae Miko were sitting around a table. A large map of Inazuma was spread on the table, and the three looked at the map with troubled expressions.
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