Tenshukaku.
"Do you see those Visions on the statue of the thousand-armed and hundred-eyed god? Those are the wishes of the people of Inazuma..."
"Sister Makoto, I couldn't persuade her either... She is too stubborn... as stubborn as a Little Child." Yae Miko was beside Raiden Makoto, while Lumine and Paimon were on the other side.
Since Yae Miko had grown quite a bit in her fox form—the little fox that used to just whimper in her arms was now large enough to hinder her movements when held—she had to ask Yae Miko to transform back.
Looking at the Visions on the statue of the thousand-armed and hundred-eyed god, Lumine fell into deep thought. That day, those wishes from the people of Inazuma had reached her ears one after another.
"She was always a Little Child, wasn't she? She was then, and she still is now." Raiden Makoto's tone was full of doting, but she then let out a deep sigh. "But she really is disobedient... It seems she has forgotten everything I taught her."
Why was her younger sister so troublesome? How should one teach a disobedient child?
"Guu... Guuji Yae-sama?" The two Shogunate Soldiers on guard at Tenshukaku widened their eyes, as if they had seen an unbelievable existence.
"Shogun... Shogun-sama?"
The two Shogunate Soldiers turned their heads to look inside Tenshukaku, then back at Raiden Makoto, feeling uncertain.
How could there be two Raiden Shoguns?
Being with Yae Miko proved that Raiden Makoto was certainly not an impostor, but they had just seen the Raiden Shogun inside Tenshukaku. Moreover, the Head of the Kujou Clan and the Head of the Hiiragi Clan were both in Tenshukaku, and the envoy from Snezhnaya had also just entered.
Then what was the deal with the Raiden Shogun inside Tenshukaku?
The two Shogunate Soldiers were completely bewildered, standing there momentarily stunned and at a loss.
"You may step down."
"Yes."
However, Yae Miko's status in Inazuma was almost second only to one, so the two Shogunate Soldiers both retreated to the side.
"Let's go in."
Only when Raiden Makoto and Yae Miko disappeared around the corner did the two Shogunate Soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.
"Why are there two Shoguns? Though she looks quite a bit younger than the Shogun."
"Like the Shogun's younger sister?"
"Yes, like the Shogun's younger sister!"
Meanwhile, inside Tenshukaku.
"Almighty Shogun, I have come on behalf of Her Majesty the Tsaritsa to borrow something from you." Signora looked at the Raiden Shogun with a proud expression, her tone also very arrogant.
"Hand over your Gnosis!" As the Raiden Shogun looked over, Signora's expression became even more arrogant, and her tone turned completely cold.
Seeing such an arrogant Signora, Kujou Takayuki and the Head of the Hiiragi Clan beside her didn't dare to speak at all.
In Tenshukaku, someone actually dared to speak to the Almighty Shogun so arrogantly? Kujou Takayuki trembled slightly, fearing that the Raiden Shogun's wrath might implicate him.
Who would dare to face the majesty of the lightning head-on?
"Oh?" The Raiden Shogun walked down toward Signora from above. Her steps were very elegant, but they brought a sense of pressure to Signora.
Signora even took a few steps back because of it.
"The Tsaritsa's ideal is the most noble and pure thing in this world." Signora was somewhat overbearing, still looking at the Raiden Shogun with a disdainful and supercilious gaze.
"Hand over the Gnosis, or the Fatui will see to it that your precious Inazuma is completely destroyed!"
As the Raiden Shogun approached Signora with elegant steps, Signora even directly assumed a combat stance, intending to snatch the Gnosis at the right moment!
"I command you!"
"You are nothing but a puppet..."
Meanwhile, the Raiden Shogun gripped her blade and walked slowly toward Signora with an expressionless face.
"Signora, we haven't met for a while, and you've become even more arrogant." When Paimon's voice reached Signora's ears, they drew the attention of both Signora and the Raiden Shogun.
At that moment, Raiden Makoto, Yae Miko, Lumine, and Paimon walked in from outside.
As soon as they entered, they saw Signora about to fight the Raiden Shogun, who was slowly approaching Signora with her sword drawn.
Their entrance completely interrupted the Raiden Shogun, who was about to strike Signora. The Raiden Shogun saw someone she never expected.
That person... how could she look so much like her? It was as if they shared the same origin. For a moment, the Raiden Shogun stalled and stopped in her tracks.
"So it's you? The ever-present Traveler." Signora saw a familiar face. Lumine had been present when she took Venti's Gnosis from the Knights of Favonius and when she received the Geo Archon's Gnosis in Liyue.
When Signora saw Raiden Makoto beside Lumine, her arrogant expression also gave way to a look of disbelief.
Why were Raiden Makoto and the Raiden Shogun so similar? Signora subconsciously began to think.
Scaramouche was once a creation of the Electro Archon, an experimental puppet. Since the Raiden Makoto before her looked quite a bit more youthful than the Raiden Shogun, was Raiden Makoto another experimental puppet created by the Electro Archon?
"Almighty Shogun... she is the one impersonating you... she is the one conspiring with the Kamisato Clan to rebel, to betray Inazuma, and to defy eternity!" Kujou Takayuki's pupils constricted. He felt fear inside, but to save his life, he spoke first into the Raiden Shogun's ear.
"She is also the one who, along with the Watatsumi Island resistance..." Kujou Takayuki's words snapped the stalled Raiden Shogun back to reality, and her gaze toward Raiden Makoto became filled with a murderous aura.
"Those who hinder eternity..." The Musou Isshin in the Raiden Shogun's hand began to flicker with lightning, and she then walked slowly toward Raiden Makoto.
Yae Miko's expression changed slightly as she murmured to herself, "After she came out last time, it seems she has completely isolated herself."
Signora watched from the side as if it were all a grand play, looking on with great interest.
"The people of Inazuma are also rebelling against you, do you see? Raiden Shogun..." Signora's tone was full of disdain.
"Lumine, stand back a bit."
"Sister Makoto? Will it be alright?"
"It will."
As the Raiden Shogun approached her with elegant steps, Raiden Makoto also slowly walked toward the Raiden Shogun.
The two had similar appearances but different temperaments.
Lightning flashed in the Raiden Shogun's eyes as she raised the Musou Isshin toward Raiden Makoto. In an instant, thunder roared and electrical arcs scattered.
"Enemy of eternity, I shall..."
However, in the next moment, a scene that no one present expected occurred: the Musou Isshin flew directly out of the Raiden Shogun's hand.
As the Musou Isshin returned to Raiden Makoto's hand, she looked at the blade, a gentle smile appearing on her lips.
How could her own blade be used to attack her?
"Sister, stop sleeping. I'm back."
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