"Grand Narukami, it was my negligence that allowed him to escape!" She had just been distracted and failed to keep an eye on Kujou Takayuki, and as a result, he vanished the next moment. Kujou Sara looked full of self-reproach.
"I already saw him run. To clear the obstacles for Inazuma's progress, shouldn't we thoroughly deal with those dregs hiding in the shadows? Kujou Takayuki can just help us draw them out."
"He's definitely going back to find the people from the Tenryou Commission and then report to Tenshukaku." Raiden Makoto's tone was calm; she had lived for many years and seen all kinds of people.
"After all, isn't the Raiden Shogun supposed to be in Tenshukaku? He probably thinks I'm an impostor, just like you did at first."
"..."
She knew every move Kujou Takayuki was making.
"So that's how it is..." Kujou Sara was stunned for a moment, but then a look of determination reappeared in her eyes. "But I am still guilty of negligence. Please punish me, Grand Narukami!"
"???" Raiden Makoto was a bit bewildered. Kujou Sara... why did she always want to be punished? Could she be... "Is everything you said true?" Raiden Makoto's gaze fell on the survivor. The Shogunate Soldier spoke with a sincere face and was very serious when he made his oath.
Raiden Makoto could judge that he was telling the truth. Before her, a mere human could not lie.
"Of course it's true, Shogun... I saw with my own eyes Thoma using a water spear to pierce through them. They all died miserable deaths before me..." The Shogunate Soldier still looked very earnest as he spoke. "There isn't a single lie in my words."
"Shogun, please believe me!"
"A water spear?"
"A water spear?" Raiden Makoto and Kamisato Ayaka looked at each other, both noticing something suspicious in the other's eyes.
Because Thoma couldn't use the Hydro element at all. How could someone who killed with a water spear be Thoma? In Teyvat, Raiden Makoto only knew of Aether and Lumine who could use multiple elements.
No one else could use multiple elements; even a God could only use one.
However, a Gnosis could indeed mobilize elemental authority. If one gathered all seven Gnoses, using all seven elements would not be a problem.
"Thoma has a Pyro attribute Vision. How could he use the Hydro element? So that person couldn't possibly be Thoma." Having spent so much time with Thoma, Kamisato Ayaka also believed he would never do such a thing.
"Mm."
"Could someone have disguised themselves as Thoma and acted intentionally? The goal being to stir up conflict between the Tenryou Commission and the Yashiro Commission?" Raiden Makoto said thoughtfully, "Could it be someone from the Fatui?"
"Speaking of which, Sister Zhen, when we first met Thoma, we thought he was Childe."
"But if you look closely, there's still a difference. After all, Childe's eyes are blue, while Thoma's are..."
Hearing the conversation between Raiden Makoto and Kujou Sara, Paimon suddenly remembered something. "Speaking of which, Childe seems to have a Hydro element Vision. When he fought Lumine, he seemed to use a water spear."
"Childe?"
"The Fatui Harbinger, Childe. But shouldn't he be recovering from his injuries in Liyue right now? Last time..."
Raiden Makoto looked at Lumine again, and Lumine nodded to confirm that what Paimon said was true.
"It's normal. Scaramouche is in my hands now. Signora must have lost contact with him and sought Childe's help. It's quite normal."
"That kid Scaramouche doesn't look like someone loyal to the Cryo Archon." Raiden Makoto saw through people clearly. Although Scaramouche hid his true nature in front of her, how could she not know what he was really like?
Could someone who had always been paranoid and arrogant change so quickly? It was impossible.
How to deal with that kid was her sister's business and had nothing to do with her. As for how to deal with her sister, that was her own business.
It was necessary to give her sister a good education.
"Ayaka, is Thoma safe now?"
"Yes, I told him to hide with Yoimiya. Nothing will happen." Kamisato Ayaka nodded, but a look of solemnity appeared on her face. She knew the time for the final showdown was approaching—the showdown with those corrupt people within Inazuma.
"Makoto, what do you want me to do?"
"Stay home properly."
She didn't need Kamisato Ayaka to fight alongside her. Even if Kamisato Ayaka's swordsmanship was superb, she had no use for her.
Besides, people like Kujou Takayuki would at most go to Tenshukaku to file a report.
"It was just the right time to catch them all in one fell swoop and thoroughly resolve Inazuma's internal problems. That way, she could get along well with her sister and teach her properly in the long years to come... At this moment, somewhere in Inazuma City."
"Tartaglia? You've come at the right time." At this moment, a woman with a proud figure was looking at Tartaglia with an overbearing air.
She was dressed in luxurious clothes, and her one visible eye projected a look of extreme arrogance.
Her tone was even somewhat flippant.
"I've lost contact with that fellow Scaramouche. I said long ago that he had a rebellious heart; he doesn't respect Her Majesty the Tsaritsa at all."
That woman was the Fatui Harbinger, Signora.
"You want me to cooperate with your actions? That won't do. My injuries haven't fully healed yet; I can't fight properly."
He was already used to Signora's arrogant gaze and didn't care much at all.
"Speaking of which, the Shogunate Soldiers mistook me for Thoma, but I added a bit of fuel to the fire, which can be considered a help to you." Tartaglia's lips curled up slightly; he just found it very interesting.
"As for the Scaramouche's side, I can go investigate. Where is he? Watatsumi Island, Ba Yun Island?"
"The Gnosis... I can get it by myself." Signora glanced at Tartaglia arrogantly, her tone filled with a bit of disdain. "The Gnosis of the Anemo Archon Barbatos was obtained with ease."
"Liyue's Rex Lapis also obediently presented his Gnosis." Signora glanced at Tartaglia. "It's only you who insists on doing so much useless work."
"Gods are nothing more than this." Signora's eyes were full of disdain, and her face wore a completely contemptuous smile.
"As for Inazuma's Electro Archon, she's just a puppet." Signora gave a contemptuous smile. "The Electro Archon's Gnosis is within easy reach."
"Tartaglia, I'll leave that fellow Scaramouche to you. As for the Gnosis, I alone am enough."
As Signora disappeared before him, Tartaglia just shrugged. But looking at the place where Signora had vanished, he murmured to himself, "Rosalyne, in Teyvat, if you don't revere the Gods, you will die."
"But whether you die or not, what does it have to do with me?"
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