With the help of the Qiankun Mirror, restoring the Snake God Suppressors was a piece of cake for Su Xuan.
A sweep of telekinesis, find a destroyed Snake God Suppressor, restore one.
As the Snake God Suppressors were restored one by one, the thunder rumbling over Yashiori Island grew quieter and quieter until the final one was fixed, and the intermittent thunder finally fell silent.
With the Curse of Orobashi suppressed, the skies over Yashiori Island finally returned to normal.
At this moment, Su Xuan stood before Orobashi's remains, pulling out the Qiankun Mirror and shining it on the serpentine skull in front of him.
[I've discovered that the Qiankun Mirror can not only reverse life and death through others' memories, but it can also perform such operations via remains.]
[I just advanced the timeline on this serpentine skull and found that it can shift to a timeline where Orobashi is still alive.]
[Once that timeline manifests in reality, the snake bones before me will turn into a living, breathing Orobashi.]
Watatsumi Island.
Coral Palace Heartsea stared wide-eyed in shock at Su Xuan's antics.
"Re... Reviving the Great Watatsumi Omikami..."
[But I don't have the leisure for that.]
[The only outcome of dragging it back to the present world would be having to kill it all over again.]
Coral Palace Heartsea: "Eh?"
[The restoration of the Snake God Suppressors is complete. Yashiori Island has returned to its former peace.]
[I was tempted to use the Qiankun Mirror to restore the Valley of the Blade of No Thought that Ei cleaved open with her sword, but after thinking it over, I decided against it.]
[Might as well leave it as a historical landmark for Inazuma.]
[However, while using telekinesis to search for the Snake God Suppressors, I stumbled upon something interesting.]
[The Fatui's Delusion factory in Inazuma.]
In her temporary abode, Ei grew solemn upon hearing about the Delusion factory.
Whatever the Raiden Shogun knew, Ei knew as well.
She had known from the start about the Vision Hunt Decree and Sakoku Decree policies proposed by the Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission, and she had approved their implementation.
But this Delusion factory near Yashiori Island? She was completely in the dark.
"Could it be that the heads of the Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission hid dealings with the Fatui from the Raiden Shogun?"
BOOM—
A sudden thunderclap roared over Yashiori Island.
Su Xuan jumped at the unexpected boom.
[Scared the hell out of me.]
[The Curse of Orobashi on Yashiori Island has been suppressed, so why is there still thunder from a clear sky?]
[Is it Ei?]
[This little lady must be asking for another beating, scaring me with thunder while I'm thinking.]
[I'll make sure to give her a proper lesson when I get back.]
Ei: "?????"
Kujou Sara glared at Su Xuan's back, trembling with rage. Unbidden, an image flashed in her mind of Ei's miserable fate in Su Xuan's hands.
A torrent of guilt, grief, fury, and other negative emotions surged in her heart.
Overwhelmed, Kujou Sara couldn't hold on and fainted on the spot.
"Sara!" Kamisato Ayaka rushed forward to support her, sighing in relief upon realizing it was just a faint. "Lady Palace Priest, what do we..."
"Sigh... With such poor composure, how can she ever bear the banner of Shogunate General? Lay her flat for now." Yae Miko sighed in frustration, disappointed in the girl.
This Tengu lass was just like Ei—brains that didn't turn, utterly dim-witted.
Su Xuan was right. For someone like Ei who occasionally threw childish tantrums, a good thrashing was in order.
Best to lock her up alone and give her a thorough re-education, so she could better lead Inazuma into the future.
[Delusions require Crystallized Bone Marrow to produce, and Yashiori Island is a prime source of it.]
[So the Fatui built their Delusion factory in a hidden spot on Yashiori Island.]
[The way Delusions work is similar to Visions, even more convenient in some ways.]
[A Vision is an external elemental magic organ that allows the bearer to convert elemental power into their own strength.]
[But there are strict rules for obtaining a Vision.]
[Beyond the explicitly stated condition of a strong wish, the underlying logic for Vision distribution is the most basic one: human will.]
[Whether one possesses the will to withstand the cost of using a Vision.]
[Those whose will falls short, no matter how strong or pure their wish, cannot gain Celestia's approval.]
[But as long as the conditions are met and a Vision descends, using it has no significant negative effects.]
[Delusions are different.]
[No rules—anyone can use them.]
[Sadly, not everyone has the will to control that power.]
[Without the will to harness it, every use of a Delusion drains one's life force.]
[Until death...]
The assembled beauties were dumbfounded.
This Su fellow—was he a traveler from beyond the world, or a god from Celestia?
How did he know the distribution rules of Visions so intimately?
[After noting the Delusion situation, let's talk about this Delusion factory on Yashiori Island.]
[With Crystallized Bone Marrow on hand, production is a breeze.]
[It's also handy for researching Delusion data reports.]
[Taking advantage of Inazuma's Vision Hunt Decree, the Fatui mass-distribute Delusions to Inazuma's people.]
[The Resistance Army is their prime target.]
[Yep... that's right, the unlucky Coral Palace Heartsea again...]
[My poor ornamental fish—her subordinates became guinea pigs for the Fatui experiments.]
[Look at the Fatui's schemes—a whole dragon's worth, nearly toppling Inazuma.]
[All it took was some lavish gifts to the heads of the Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission to smoothly enact the Sakoku Decree and Vision Hunt Decree.]
[Turning all of Inazuma into the Fatui's closed testing ground.]
[Just pit the Resistance Army against the Shogunate Army, and they collect Delusion data without spilling a drop of blood.]
[In the end, Inazuma's people die, while the Fatui watch from afar and laugh...]
[Of course, did the heads of the Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission know about the Fatui's plan?]
[It doesn't matter whether they did or not.]
[They accepted bribes first, then offered the Sakoku Decree and Vision Hunt Decree policies to the Raiden Shogun.]
[In their hearts, they prioritized themselves over the eternity Ei sought to pursue...]