"I've always wondered why the Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission, which handle military affairs and finances among Inazuma's three commissions, would collaborate with the Fatui."
"The reason is actually for money?"
The truth behind it was so lame that it left all the beauties speechless.
Ningguang crossed her fair legs and took a bitter puff from her pipe.
As Liyue's high-ranking Tianquan Star,
Ningguang admitted she might leverage her position for some business advantages.
But deep down, she would never harm Liyue or bring suffering to its people for the sake of wealth.
For Inazuma's Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission to team up with the Fatui over money was simply worldview-shattering.
[Oh! Right! I remember now.]
[Kujou Takayori and Hiiragi Shinzaemon accepted the Fatui's bribes and pushed the Sakoku Decree and Vision Hunt Decree]
[because they feared their clans' power would be usurped by other families.]
[So, while amassing wealth and strength, they conveniently had the Fatui deal with Inazuma's other family forces.]
[This way, they secured their clans' positions in one fell swoop.]
[The remaining Yashiro Commission, which only handles cultural and ritual affairs without real power, didn't join in the Fatui collaboration.]
[The Yashiro Commission—Kamisato Clan—always wanted to remonstrate with the Raiden Shogun, but their petitions were all intercepted by the Tenryou and Kanjou Commissions.]
[Left with no choice, the Kamisato siblings decided that since petitions wouldn't work, they'd seek an audience directly.]
[Thus, the Yashiro Commission had secretly been in contact with the Resistance Army, even helping their general reach Tenshukaku in the end.]
[All things considered, A Ying really got the short end of the stick.]
[Her subordinates were either betraying her or on the road to betrayal, one step away from a palace coup.]
"Not bad!" Yae Miko teased with a smile. "The Kamisato kids actually managed to escort the Resistance Army right to the General's doorstep."
Kamisato Ayaka felt like she was on pins and needles, her back prickling as cold sweat soaked her clothes.
In the end, she couldn't escape Su Xuan's exposé.
"Guuji-sama, what do we..." Ayaka pleaded, looking to Yae Miko for help.
"Sigh..." The sly fox let out a breath. "To be honest, I don't know what to do either."
With Raiden Ei's personality, Yae Miko didn't believe she could hide the fact that she had Su Xuan's diary copy.
In a sense, Su Xuan now knew that the contents of his diary had been spied on by others.
Under these circumstances, writing it so boldly out in the open was probably deliberate—to mess with them.
"Tch! What a wicked-hearted guy." Yae Miko chuckled lightly, then comforted Kamisato Ayaka. "Don't worry too much."
"At least your Yashiro Commission's actions were premised on your petitions being withheld."
"I can still use that as an excuse to put in a good word for you when the time comes."
Hearing this, Kamisato Ayaka breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly knelt. "Then we'll have to rely on you, Guuji-sama."
Yae Miko narrowed her fox eyes, offering no further response, her gaze falling on Kamisato Ayaka's diary copy.
"Sigh, the little girl is still too green."
"After all, with Su Xuan's diary copy in hand, how to handle it—I'm sure Ei will weigh it carefully."
"At the very least, she should inform him about your copy..."
The pink-haired sly fox pondered to herself.
She already had a plan. Even if Raiden Ei overlooked the special nature of diary copy holders, it didn't matter—she'd remind her.
[Sigh, whatever. Since I've already helped Raiden Ei restore the suppressors, this is just a casual favor.]
[Time to test telekinesis's digging power.]
[With my current strength, I can sense up to two thousand meters underground and pull things straight to the surface.]
The women: "!?"
Temporary lodging on Yashiori Island.
Raiden Ei suddenly felt the ground tremble.
She instantly turned into lightning and rushed out of the room. In that moment, a terrifying pressure descended from the skies.
"That's..." Raiden Ei's eyes widened.
In the sky, Su Xuan—wreathed in radiant light—spread his arms wide.
Boom!
With a massive rumble, the nearby hillside shook violently and collapsed entirely.
A huge sunken crater formed in the ground beneath the slope, everything around sliding into the abyss.
But soon, the ground bulged upward again. Cracks spiderwebbed outward across the earth.
Under Raiden Ei's shocked gaze,
a colossal workshop burst through the soil, lifted from underground.
Seeing the Delusion Factory unearthed, Su Xuan clenched his hand.
The enormous structure crumpled instantly. Timber, stone, and earthen foundation all mashed together.
In less than ten seconds, the entire workshop was crushed into a ball by Su Xuan.
"Off you go." Su Xuan casually flung the airborne sphere into the distant sea.
Raiden Ei: "!?"
Mondstadt.
The Eighth Harbinger, Signora, who had just arrived at the Fatui outpost, froze in place.
Her eyes stared blankly at the light screen in the diary copy: Wait, sir, what did we Fatui ever do to you? You just wrecked our Delusion Factory like that?