Yashiro Commission, Kamisato Estate.
"Kamisato Ayaka, how bold of you to openly defy the Vision Hunt Decree issued by Her Excellency the Shogun." At this moment, Kujou Takayuki was leading a group of Tenryou Commission soldiers as they stormed into the Kamisato Estate.
Outside the Kamisato Estate, there were even hundreds of Shogunate Soldiers waiting quietly.
"Forging Visions, harboring wanted criminals, and contacting the Watatsumi Island resistance—little girl of the Kamisato Clan, you truly are audacious!" Kujou Takayuki's voice was filled with rage.
"Head of the Kujou Clan, our Three Commissions have always minded our own business, haven't we? Must you make things this ugly?" Kamisato Ayaka didn't know why Kujou Takayuki had led a large army to pressure them so quickly, especially now when her brother was away and Raiden Makoto was not around.
"Hahahaha, do you know what Thoma did yesterday? He killed over a dozen brave warriors of the Tenryou Commission. Is that not a sign of rebellion? The Vision Hunt Decree is also carried out in accordance with Her Excellency the Shogun's orders. The Tenryou Commission and the Tenryou Commission have always followed in Her Excellency's footsteps."
"Only your Yashiro Commission has been constantly opposing the implementation of the Vision Hunt Decree and hindering Inazuma's progress toward eternity. Is your Yashiro Commission planning to revolt?!" Kujou Takayuki approached Kamisato Ayaka step by step.
Kamisato Ayaka remained fearless in the face of danger, but she fell into deep thought. Thoma killed Tenryou Commission soldiers? That wasn't right. She had clearly told Thoma to hide with Yoimiya. Besides, with Thoma's intelligence, he would never have killed the soldiers sent to arrest him.
"You say Thoma killed Tenryou Commission soldiers? Impossible, he wouldn't do that. Head of the Kujou Clan, do not make such baseless accusations!" Kamisato Ayaka was somewhat angry; she couldn't allow Kujou Takayuki to paint white as black in front of so many soldiers. "The Yashiro Commission has been loyal to the Shogun for generations. How could we betray her?"
"Bring him here." Kujou Takayuki's expression was cold. He held all the advantages now and was completely fearless.
"Tell them."
"My Lord, last night the Captain and I discovered a disguised Thoma in Inazuma City. Who would have thought that when we were about to arrest him, he openly defied orders and killed the Captain and everyone else. If I hadn't narrowly escaped, I would have..."
"Their bodies are still at the Tenryou Commission. Little girl of the Kamisato Clan, do you want to come with me to the Tenryou Commission and take a good look?" Kujou Takayuki's aged face was full of anger.
"Who knows if you forged the evidence? Thoma would never kill someone in the street!" Kamisato Ayaka didn't believe it at all, and she remained completely unafraid.
Furthermore, since the Yashiro Commission and the Tenryou Commission were both part of the Inazuma Shogunate's Three Commissions, the Tenryou Commission had no authority to deal with them.
"If we are to go anywhere, it will be to confront the matter before Her Excellency the Shogun. Head of the Kujou Clan, you have no authority to handle our Kamisato Clan."
"All I want is for you to hand over the wanted criminal. Don't be obstinate! The ceremony for the hundredth Vision of the Vision Hunt Decree is very important; it will allow Her Excellency the Shogun to see our results!"
"Hand over Thoma!"
"As for your Yashiro Commission openly forging Visions to oppose the Vision Hunt Decree, privately contacting the Watatsumi Island resistance, and supplying them with materials—that will be handled personally by Her Excellency the Shogun at Tenshukaku!" Kujou Takayuki was also completely fearless, as he possessed evidence of the Kamisato Clan's contact with the resistance.
"If you dare to defy orders..."
"Do it!"
However, just as Kujou Takayuki was about to give the order, a familiar voice drifted in. It was the voice of Kujou Sara.
"Head of the Clan, stop being so obstinate!" Kujou Sara's face was full of disappointment. "Confess everything you've done before the Grand Narukami, and perhaps you might still live."
"Head of the Clan, I don't know when you changed. You aren't the person who always told me to have a heart of loyalty and righteousness."
Kujou Sara's appearance startled Kujou Takayuki for a moment, but he burst into laughter the next. "Is everything I've done not for the sake of realizing the eternity pursued by Her Excellency the Shogun?"
"Sara, you alone cannot change the facts anymore."
"The Vision Hunt Decree is already in effect, and Inazuma has already begun the Sakoku Decree. Those are all Her Excellency the Shogun's orders." Kujou Takayuki's obstinacy left Kujou Sara completely disappointed.
"Grand Narukami, how should we deal with him?" As a person familiar to Kujou Takayuki entered, he froze completely.
"Sho... Shogun?!" Raiden Makoto's appearance made Kujou Takayuki panic. However, amidst his panic, he thought of something.
Doesn't the Raiden Shogun always stay in Tenshukaku? Moreover, she is supposed to meet with the envoys from Snezhnaya in a while. Why would she be here?
Because of Raiden Makoto's appearance, the seven or eight soldiers inside the Kamisato Estate all tremblingly lowered their heads and bowed to Raiden Makoto.
As for Kamisato Ayaka, she was somewhat delighted.
The more closely Kujou Takayuki observed Raiden Makoto, the more he noticed the differences between Raiden Makoto and the Raiden Shogun.
She isn't Her Excellency the Shogun? Who is she!
But he couldn't expose Raiden Makoto at this moment. The soldiers he brought might not be able to stop Kujou Sara and Kamisato Ayaka.
He had to find an opportunity to slip away.
"He's useful alive... he can tell us things." Raiden Makoto then walked up to Kamisato Ayaka and smiled gently. "Ayaka, I returned just in time, didn't I?"
"Mhm!" Kamisato Ayaka nodded with a look of joy, her icy blue eyes filled with excitement. "Makoto, is everything settled over there?"
"Yes."
"Everything that needed to be handled has been handled."
The Fatui strongholds on Watatsumi Island and Ba Yun Island had been completely destroyed, and Watatsumi Island was now fully devoted to her. The current problems there had been perfectly resolved.
"He said Thoma killed people from the Tenryou Commission, but Thoma should have been with Yoimiya the whole time. Besides, Thoma would definitely never resort to violence! I believe in Thoma." Kamisato Ayaka's expression was somewhat solemn.
"So he is slandering you?"
"Her Excellency the Shogun... I witnessed my teammates being killed by Thoma with my own eyes! I swear to you, Shogun, that not a single word I've said is a lie!" At that moment, the Shogunate Soldier who had narrowly escaped said through gritted teeth, "Her Excellency, please believe me."
"But Thoma really isn't that kind of person..."
That Shogunate Soldier even dared to swear before Raiden Makoto; what he said did indeed seem to be true.
Yet Kamisato Ayaka also believed that Thoma would never attack Shogunate Soldiers. Even if he were truly caught, he would never resort to violence.
"Grand Narukami... your subordinate has failed. Kujou Takayuki escaped in the confusion..." However, when Kujou Sara snapped back to her senses, she found that all traces of Kujou Takayuki within the Kamisato Estate had vanished.
"He escaped?"
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