Facing Yae Miko's question, Sayu began to hesitate.
She didn't know whether to report yesterday's events to Yae Miko.
After a long while, she whispered,
"Does Lord Yuuko...really need Sayu's protection?"
Yae Miko didn't hear clearly: "What did you just say?"
Sayu shook her head: "Nothing, everything around Lord Yuuko is calm, nothing special."
In the end, Sayu still kept the secret for Yuuko.
Though she didn't know why.
Yae Miko nodded: "That's good, then continue to protect him. If anything happens, report it to me immediately."
Sayu blinked her dull, reddish-gray eyes and nodded: "Sayu will."
...On the other side, after drawing a fortune slip at the Omikuji stand, Yuuko left the Grand Narukami Shrine.
Midway, he also asked Kentarou Ringo about Inazuma's new decree.
He just didn't know why, but as soon as he asked about it, Kentarou Ringo became flustered, like a child caught doing something wrong... stammering that she knew nothing... Unable to get an answer, Yuuko stopped pressing the issue.
However, after confirming with Yae Miko and Kentarou Ringo,
it was indeed true that Inazuma would soon implement a new decree called the 'Vision Hunt Decree'.
Its content was to forcibly confiscate all Visions in Inazuma.
It was indeed a very strange and sudden new decree.
Following the mountain path down Mt. Yougou, Yuuko turned to look at a large tree behind him and said,
"Sayu, you're there, right? There's no one else around, come out."
Seconds after his voice fell, a petite figure leaped from the tree and landed beside Yuuko.
Sayu's small face showed a hint of displeasure:
"Ugh... Sayu clearly hid her presence completely... Why can you always find Sayu?"
Sayu was very puzzled now.
Being discovered by Yae Miko at the shrine was one thing.
After all, the shrine was Yae Miko's territory, and there were basically Yae Miko's informants everywhere, not to mention a 'devilish human locator Kano Nana'.
But being easily discovered by Yuuko at the foot of the mountain made Sayu very puzzled... Ever since she started approaching Yuuko, she began to doubt if her stealth technique had a big flaw... Looking at the young girl's puzzled expression, Yuuko chuckled:
"Don't mind the details. By the way, your superiors must have looked for you, right? You didn't tell them about me, did you?"
Sayu was silent for a long time, then shook her head:
"Sayu didn't say... don't worry..."
"Good girl." Yuuko smiled and patted Sayu's head.
After petting her, he asked, "Sayu, do you have anything to do later?"
Sayu thought for a moment, pressing her small hand to her mouth: "Hmm... nothing special... If I had to say... it would be finding a suitable place to sleep..."
Hearing this, Yuuko said helplessly,
"It's not even noon yet, and you already want to sleep... If you sleep too much, you might not grow tall."
"Is that so...?" Sayu first nodded thoughtfully.
After a long while, her long reaction time made her exclaim:
"Ugh! Is that true?!"
Yuuko said as a matter of course: "Of course, it's because of your irregular sleep that you don't grow tall."
"Ugh! I miscalculated... So Sayu has always... been doing the wrong thing...?" Sayu covered her head with both hands, deeply struck.
Seeing the young girl's disheartened look, Yuuko comforted her:
"Don't worry, you're still young, it's not too late to change now."
Sayu looked at Yuuko as if grasping a life-saving straw: "Really?"
"Yes." Yuuko nodded, then added,
"By the way, since you have nothing to do later, why don't you come back to Inazuma City with me? I'll take you to the hot springs; they're separated by gender."
After speaking, Yuuko added: "Of course, if Sayu wants to mix bathe, I can too."
The reason for inviting Sayu now was primarily because Yuuko had a two-person discount coupon for the hot spring resort that he hadn't had a chance to use, and it was about to expire.
He planned to use it now while he had the chance.
Yuuko, who was upright, righteous, full of integrity, and a true gentleman, naturally had no other thoughts.
"Hot springs?" Sayu's innocent face showed confusion.
"Yes, there's a good hot spring resort in Inazuma City. Since we're free now, we can go soak in the hot springs, and proper relaxation is also good for growing taller," Yuuko explained with a smile.
Sayu, who was originally extremely hesitant, immediately brightened her eyes upon hearing that it could help her grow taller: "Sayu wants to go!"
And so, the two began walking side-by-side, heading back towards Inazuma City... At the peak of Mt. Yougou, Grand Narukami Shrine, Yae Miko still remained beneath the sacred sakura tree.
Her face showed a hint of worry:
"Although the Kamisato Clan is strongly opposing the promulgation of the Vision Hunt Decree, it probably won't delay it for many days."
"But it's good that if Sayu follows Yuuko-chan early, Yuuko-chan shouldn't encounter any accidents."
"I hope that child Sayu won't be so lazy."
At this point, for some reason, Yae Miko felt a sense of unease in her heart.
That feeling was like being raided.
Yae Miko murmured strangely,
"Why do I always feel inexplicably annoyed these past two days... sigh, it's probably because Ei's matter is too tiring."
"Tonight, I must have Yuuko-chan give me a good massage."
...Meanwhile, in Inazuma City, Tenshukaku.
In that silent hall, besides the iconic purple figure, there was now an alluring, slender black figure.
The person in purple, needless to say, was naturally Inazuma's Archon, the Raiden Shogun.
As for the slender black figure that appeared in Tenshukaku, it was the Fatui Harbinger, La Signora.
Today, La Signora came to see the Raiden Shogun as an envoy from Snezhnaya.
Seeing Inazuma's majestic Archon, La Signora showed no panic, but rather covered her mouth with her hand and chuckled flirtatiously:
"Hehe, Your Excellency, the General, long time no see."
The reason La Signora remained fearless in front of Inazuma's Archon was because she knew that the Raiden Shogun before her was merely a puppet acting as the Archon.
This General would only act within her pre-programmed logic.
In other words, as an envoy from Snezhnaya, as long as La Signora didn't do anything out of line, the Raiden Shogun wouldn't do anything to her.
This was why La Signora dared to act with such an attitude when facing the Raiden Shogun directly.
The Raiden Shogun opened her eyes and stared coldly at La Signora: "Envoy from Snezhnaya, what is your business?"
"Don't be so cold, Your Excellency, the General." La Signora smiled sinisterly:
"I'm only here today to tell Your Excellency, the General, one thing."
The Raiden Shogun remained silent, her purple pupils fixed on La Signora, and an immense aura inexplicably emanated from her.
La Signora smiled again and said,
"Perhaps Your Excellency, the General, already knows, but the Yellow Fox, who was active in Liyue, has already arrived in Inazuma."