"Who exactly is the person we're going to save? Why would she be taken away by Kujou Sara?"
"And she's not even in the Tenryou Commission's prison."
At this moment, a Lady with golden-orange hair and eyes like fire stood confused next to another golden Lady, a red bow tied in his hair.
That Lady also wore orange clothes and looked quite refreshing.
It was none other than the owner of Naganohara Fireworks, Yoimiya.
"I don't know... I only know she's a friend of Kamisato Ayaka." Lumine was also very confused; she had thought Kujou Sara would take Raiden Makoto back to prison, but she and Yoimiya had found nothing there.
This indicated that Kujou Sara hadn't taken Raiden Makoto to the prison at all, but to some other place.
"So she's a friend of the Demoiselle Kamisato."
"From what you said... she was taken away by Kujou Sara for helping to resist the Vision Hunt Decree?"
"Yes."
"Then I will definitely help you save her."
As Lumine and Yoimiya were talking, a deep voice came from behind them.
"Who are you? How dare you break into the Tenryou Commission?!" It was a Shogunate Soldier on patrol, looking at Lumine and Yoimiya warily.
"Go!" In the next moment, Yoimiya disappeared with Lumine from the Shogunate Soldier's sight, leaving only the shouting Shogunate Soldier behind.
"Assassins!"
... "Tho... Thoma?" When Lumine and Yoimiya ran out of the Tenryou Commission prison, they encountered Thoma, who looked a bit speechless at the moment.
"How did you get into the Tenryou Commission so fast? And you were even discovered. Let's go, follow me back to the Kamisato Estate."
"Ah? Thoma, aren't we saving Sister Zhen anymore?" Paimon asked with a look of confusion. "Thoma, if it weren't for Sister Zhen, we would be the ones..."
"Makoto has already gone home."
"..."
Lumine and Yoimiya didn't have time to ponder why Raiden Makoto had already gone home. Behind them were the Shogunate Soldiers who had already begun their alert; they had to follow Thoma and leave first.
"Miss Yoimiya, will you come with me to the Kamisato Estate as well?"
"Yes, I happen to want to meet that Miss Makoto as well."
By the time the group from the Tenryou Commission came out, Thoma and his party had long since disappeared.
"Lumine, don't you think Sister Zhen looks a lot like the figure on the Electro Archon's Statue of the Seven?" They had also seen the Statue of the Seven outside, and when Paimon carefully observed the Statue of the Seven, he noticed those details.
"Indeed..." Lumine nodded. She would resonate with the Statue of the Seven to gain new powers almost every time she entered a new country.
"Are you saying Makoto looks like the Raiden Shogun on the Statue of the Seven?" Thoma knew what Lumine and Paimon were discussing; after all, that was a topic he had previously discussed with Kamisato Ayaka.
Raiden Makoto and the Raiden Shogun were truly too similar.
"Mm-hmm, does Thoma also know Sister Zhen looks like Inazuma's Raiden Shogun?" Paimon was somewhat curious. "Could it be..."
Raiden Makoto is the Raiden Shogun?
Paimon recalled their experiences in the previous two nations. In Mondstadt, they first met Venti, The Bard—that annoying The Bard. Only after acting together with Venti did they eventually find out he was the Anemo Archon.
Later in Liyue, they first met Zhongli, who had transformed into a consultant for the Wang Sheng Funeral Parlor. They even completed the Rite of Parting with Zhongli, only to find out in the end that Zhongli was Rex Lapis and had organized his own funeral.
Lumine's thoughts at this moment were exactly the same as Paimon's. She also began to suspect one thing: could Raiden Makoto be the Raiden Shogun of Inazuma?
After all, Venti and Zhongli had both kept them in the dark for a long time.
"No way, how could Makoto be the Raiden Shogun? Legends say the Raiden Shogun is cold and indifferent. Do you think Makoto is like that?" Thoma didn't think Makoto was the Raiden Shogun; he believed Raiden Makoto was a very gentle Lady, or at least that's what he thought.
"Alright."
But Thoma's words still couldn't dispel their suspicions. Venti was a Bard and looked somewhat similar to the Statue of the Seven, but they had no idea at first that the wine-loving Bard Venti, who only said 'ehe' all day, was the Anemo Archon Barbatos of Mondstadt.
They also had no idea at first that the very serious Wang Sheng Funeral Parlor consultant Zhongli was actually the Rex Lapis Morax, who had buried himself.
"Oh, I promise, Makoto is definitely not the Raiden Shogun." Seeing that he still hadn't dispelled Lumine and Paimon's suspicions, Thoma said with a serious face.
"Besides, if she were the Raiden Shogun, why would Kujou Sara take her away? And would she really need to go through all that trouble to help us resolve the Vision Hunt Decree?"
However, Thoma's words still didn't dispel the thoughts in Lumine and Paimon's hearts. After all, they had even experienced the Knights of Favonius putting their own Anemo Archon on a wanted list. As the Anemo Archon of Mondstadt, the Holy Lyre der Himmel originally belonged to him, yet didn't Venti have to go to the Knights of Favonius to steal it himself?
The conversation between Thoma and Paimon instead attracted Yoimiya's attention, and Yoimiya began to feel curious about Raiden Makoto.
"Alright, alright, don't overthink it. Makoto definitely won't be the Raiden Shogun. Once the Vision Hunt Decree is completely resolved and Miss Kamisato introduces you to the Raiden Shogun, you'll know everything."
"Let's get back to the Kamisato Estate soon; Miss Kamisato and Makoto are waiting for us."
"Thoma, do you want to make a bet?" Paimon still felt that Raiden Makoto should be the Raiden Shogun; otherwise, how could she be so similar to the figure on the Statue of the Seven?
"If Sister Zhen is the Raiden Shogun, I'll treat you to a meal. If Sister Zhen isn't the Raiden Shogun, you treat me to a meal."
"Deal!"
... Kamisato Estate.
"Makoto, how do you say we should help Sangonomiya Kokomi and Gorou?" Kamisato Ayaka and Raiden Makoto had been discussing countermeasures.
"It's hard to imagine that the people from Sangonomiya are actually clamoring to remove Sangonomiya Kokomi from her position as Divine Priestess."
That would be equivalent to the people of Inazuma clamoring to remove Yae Miko—who would dare to do that?
"So, they are definitely using the resistance as a tool to wage war against the Shogunate, or perhaps they are testing the Shogunate's limits."
Gorou's letter had already explained everything clearly; his letter was actually a plea for help to Raiden Makoto.
As the general of the resistance, it seemed he was not in a good position to take action himself.
"Let's take Sangonomiya Kokomi away. It would be even better if we could disband the resistance... there is no need for the resistance to exist now."
"The resistance should not become a tool used by a bunch of unruly people."
She began to feel pity for Orobashi; a God who protected his own people was actually coerced by the very subjects he cherished and became a sacrifice.
Did he ever imagine that a thousand years later, the people he protected would blame all their sins upon him?
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