"Selfish?"
"I am also protecting the eternity that belongs to the Kujou Clan."
"I believe the Shogun will understand me, and the former Commissioner would surely understand me as well."
Kujou Takayuki looked at Qiu Bai with furrowed brows.
"Do you know how many families have been broken and how many lives have been needlessly sacrificed due to the Vision Hunt Decree and the so-called support from the Fatui?"
Qiu Bai walked beside Kujou Takayuki and slowly asked.
"I..."
"All of this is for the Kujou Clan, for the Tenryou Commission and for Inazuma. I will provide compensation for the families of those fallen soldiers..."
Kujou Takayuki was momentarily clear-headed after Qiu Bai question, but only briefly, before firmly stating his position.
"Mr. Qiu Bai..."
Kujou Sara looked at Qiu Bai on the platform, gratitude in her eyes.
"I had questioned in my heart whether executing the Vision Hunt Decree was truly the right thing to do."
"Should I carry on regardless, even if it went against my moral principles?"
Kujou Sara said, touching her chest as if questioning herself.
"But I still made up my mind—as long as it was the path guided by the Shogun, who could judge right from wrong before reaching the end?"
"But now I realize that the path to eternity has no end, and this path has long been tainted with impurity because of your selfish desires."
Kujou Sara said with disappointment as she looked at Kujou Takayuki.
"So, I must correct the Shogun understanding."
"At least to give an answer to my resolve thus far!"
Kujou Sara turned around and said with a frown.
"Stubborn fool! What a waste of effort!"
"Go if you must, but no one can shake the Kujou Clan position now."
Kujou Takayuki pointed at Sara's back angrily.
"The Shogun is currently at Tenshukaku, receiving an envoy from Snezhnaya."
"That Harbinger known as Signora."
Kujou Takayuki said with his arms crossed.
"As I thought, it really is Signora!"
Lumine clenched her fists angrily upon hearing this.
"A Snezhnayan envoy... perfect timing."
"She shouldn't think she can escape from Inazuma unscathed!" Kujou Sara finished speaking and ran toward the exit.
"Let's hurry after her!"
Lumine and Paimon, seeing this, also ran out following Kujou Sara.
"With the Musou no Hitotachi present, the people of Inazuma can rest easy."
"Sara cannot even see this simple truth, sigh..."
Kujou Takayuki watched their retreating figures with disappointment.
"Sigh..."
"Self-deception, beyond saving."
Qiu Bai shook his head as he looked at Kujou Takayuki.
"Self-deception?!"
"Is there anyone who can block the Musou no Hitotachi? Perhaps you think you can?!"
Kujou Takayuki mocked as he looked at Qiu Bai.
"Heh heh..."
Qiu Bai merely shook his head without saying anything, then vanished from Kujou Takayuki sight in an instant.
"Ugh!"
Kujou Takayuki was startled by Qiu Bai sudden disappearance.
"Hmph, a yokai, truly a yokai!"
Kujou Takayuki coldly snorted as he looked at the spot where Qiu Bai had vanished.
Meanwhile, at Tenshukaku:
"Barging in so hastily, you're not here to seek revenge, are you..."
Signora looked at Kujou Sara, Lumine, and Paimon who had burst in, speaking with complete indifference.
"If I didn't know this was Tenshukaku."
"I might have mistaken it for some Hanamizaka marketplace."
Signora said with a light laugh as she looked around Tenshukaku.
"Your Excellency!"
"I have something I must tell you!"
Kujou Sara ran forward and called out loudly to the Raiden Shogun puppet before her.
"Hmm..."
Signora glanced at the Raiden Shogun, then at Kujou Sara, with a trace of killing intent in her eyes.
Then in an instant, she charged toward Kujou Sara!
"Sara!"
Paimon called out loudly, warning Kujou Sara of the sneak attack.
"Ugh!"
Just as Signora was about to succeed, her arm was suddenly caught by a hand, and no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break free.
"Who dares? Damn you!"
"I am..."
Just as Signora was about to say more, she looked up and saw Qiu Bai, smiling at her.
"You are what?"
Qiu Bai asked, looking at Signora.
"Immortal Lord..."
"This is the territory of the Electro Archon. My business with the Shogun... you're a deity of Liyue, surely you wouldn't interfere in another nation's affairs?"
Signora tone suddenly became softer as she looked at Qiu Bai.
"Heh heh..."
"You have a point..."
Qiu Bai nodded with a smile and released Signora.
"Phew~"
Signora immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she had nearly lost her life.
The pressure exerted by the deity before her was incomparable to that worthless one in Mondstadt.
"Signora, the transgressions of Inazuma people are mine to punish."
"You have no right, Signora..."
The Raiden Shogun looked at Signora with emotionless eyes and spoke flatly.
"...I apologize then, Your Excellency."
Signora spread her hands as she looked at the Riaden Shogun on the high platform.
She knew full well that what stood before her was merely a puppet.
"And you, deity of Liyue."
"You have no right to interfere in Inazuma internal affairs."
The puppet Shogun looked at Qiu Bai and spoke plainly.
"What?!"
"Mr. Qiu Bai is actually a deity!"
Kujou Sara exclaimed in shock as she looked at Qiu Bai beside her.
And not just any deity, but the rumored Immortal Lord of Liyue who had vanquished Osial with a single sword strike.
"Signora!"
Lumine called out angrily, looking at Signora.
"Alright, alright, I know you can't forget me. No need to keep my name on your lips."
"I know you hold a grudge against me... Persistent Traveler, I'm not at all surprised to see you here."
Signora frowned as she looked at Lumine.
"You've been secretly distributing Delusions, attempting to gain control over Inazuma..."
Lumine said angrily as she looked at Signora.
"Eager to expose my crimes before the Shogun?"
"Hehehe... I am an envoy from Snezhnaya. I have no idea what you're talking about."
Signora mockingly said as she looked at the angry Lumine.
"Isn't that right?"
"Immortal Lord, and Your Excellency?"
Signora smiled as she looked at Qiu Bai and then at the Raiden Shogun.
"Hmm..."
Qiu Bai frowned slightly at these words, but said nothing.
"Heh, you see? Your accusations against me."
"Mean absolutely nothing."
Signora smiled as she looked at Lumine.
She didn't believe that a lofty deity would actually be friends with the Traveler.
"How infuriating!"
"Using Qiu Bai non-interference in another nation affairs as an excuse, she's becoming more and more arrogant!"
Paimon stomped her foot angrily as she looked at the arrogant Signora, but could do nothing about it.
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