The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 234 [Little Demon Raccoon]

Inazuma, Kamisato Prefecture.

Kamisato Ayaka was waiting in the courtyard of the mansion, holding a handkerchief in her hand. She looked up at the sky and subconsciously wanted to pace back and forth, but she forced herself to hold back for the sake of her image as a young lady. She bit her lips lightly with her pearly teeth, and worry was hidden in her beautiful silver-gray eyes.

Ten minutes ago, a loud noise suddenly erupted in Inazuma Castle, and the cold and violent lightning shot straight into the sky, as if it was going to cut the clouds in half. People looked around in panic, and soon they were even more panicked to find that the highest place in Inazuma, the general's resting place - the castle tower, was completely split in half and turned into ruins.

The ruins had dark scorch marks and tiny flashes of electric arcs left by lightning, which made people feel daunted.

Kamisato Ayaka took a deep breath, suppressed her panic, and calmly directed the servants to do their jobs in an orderly manner. In this special situation, as the eldest daughter of the Kamisato family, she had to keep her mind steady and not lose her composure.

She comforted the servants, quickly brought the panic situation under control, and got everything back on track. Then she saw Kamisato Ayato returning to the mansion with a serious look on her face, without her usual relaxed and gentle smile.

"Brother, what happened?"

Kamisato Ayaka stepped forward.

"……follow me."

Kamisato Ayato did not answer immediately, but led Kamisato Ayaka to the study. After sending everyone away, he sighed and said, "The general is gone."

"What?" Kamisato Ayaka's eyes widened, her hands covering her lips, full of disbelief: "General, he's gone?"

How could the General disappear? This is Inazuma, the General's country. No one can take the General away quietly, unless...

Kamisato Ayaka was stunned, and slowly put down her jade hand, her face slightly pale: "Unless the general leaves on his own initiative, he personally chopped the castle tower into pieces before leaving... General, are you going to give up Inazuma?"

She thought of the chaos in Inazuma over the past few years, the deceptions of the Tenryo Bugyo and Kanjo Bugyo, the collusion between the Kujo and Hiiragi families and the Fatui, the war between the shogunate army and the resistance army on Yabushima Island, and the powerless community bugyo in all this...

Could it be that Lord Ogosho is tired of the despicable and foolish behavior of mankind and has decided to let it go?
The more the girl thought about it, the more frightened she became. Her mind was in a mess and she twisted the hem of her clothes with her fingers until her knuckles turned white.

If Inazuma loses Lord Ogosho and the gods, the people of Inazuma will probably no longer have the qualifications to survive in Teyvat!
"Calm down, the General will not give up Inazuma."

Kamisato Ayato interrupted her sister's wild thoughts in time and reminded her: "Inazuma is the Shogun's Inazuma. If He is really tired of humans, then it would not be God who leaves."

He paused, reached out and rubbed Kamisato Ayaka's hair, and said gently: "Also, the thunderstorm that blocked Inazuma has not disappeared, and there is nothing unusual. This means that the general just wants to go out for a walk... maybe he is too quiet to think about it."

Kamisato Ayaka came back to her senses and felt relieved for a moment, but then she became a little worried again. She looked up into Kamisato Ayato's eyes and said, "But the general shattered the castle tower..."

"I asked the samurai on duty in the castle tower, and they said that before the incident, Kujo Takayuki led people to move a bronze coffin into the castle tower, and soon after, the castle tower was cut off by lightning. So except for Kujo Takayuki, no one knows what happened in the castle tower."

"Then Kujo Takayuki..."

"Seriously injured and unconscious."

"..."

Kamisato Ayaka was stunned, she felt that things were becoming increasingly difficult and it was impossible to see the truth.

What happened inside the castle tower? Why did Kujo Takayuki bring a bronze coffin into the castle tower? Why did the general chopped the castle tower into pieces and then left?

And the rumors these days...could they be related to these things?

Kamisato Ayaka frowned, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through her mind. Her pupils shrank slightly, and she murmured as if in a dream: "...Maybe it's a test."

"Test?" Kamisato Ayato raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Brother, do you remember when we were little, we found a raspberry in the Guardian Forest and planned to have a picnic next to the raspberry tree the next day, but we discovered that half of the raspberry tree was missing?" Kamisato Ayaka smiled.

"Remember, we were curious and wanted to see who picked the raspberries, so we waited by the raspberries, but we never saw him." Kamisato Ayaka also smiled. That carefree and happy time has always been the best memory in his heart. Kamisato Ayaka said softly: "Brother, do you remember how we finally caught the guy who picked the raspberries?"

"Remember, we pretended to leave but actually hid in the dark and observed. In the end, we found that the one picking raspberries was a little raccoon." Kamisato Ayato nodded.

"The General may also be watching us in secret." Kamisato Ayaka lowered her eyes: "The General must have discovered something unusual, so he used this method to observe how many "little raccoons" pretending to be humans are among the Inazuma Three Magistrates."

"Pretending to be a human..." Kamisato Ayato frowned: "Ayaka, what did you come up with?"

If she hadn't discovered it, Linghua wouldn't have used such a creepy description as "pretending to be a human".

"Brother, you should know the rumors these days, right?" Kamisato Ayaka took a deep breath and said word by word, "Palace Master has found the remains of the demon god Orobas."

"You mean... No, that's impossible." Kamisato Ayato shook his head and said, "Hiiragi Shinsuke said that these rumors were all fabricated by Kujo Takayuki."

"What if Hiiragi Shinsuke is lying?" Kamisato Ayaka looked up and looked him in the eye: "Could the coffin that Kujo Takayuki brought to the castle tower contain the remains of Orobas?"

The girl clenched her fists slightly on her knees. "Brother, if Orobas had not died, and had been hiding in the dark, secretly seducing the officials of Inazuma Sanbuyo... then how many humans would have become [Little Demonic Raccoons] in these hundreds of years?"

“…This is a bit too alarmist.”

Kamisato Ayato closed his eyes lightly, then opened them again, with a firm look in his eyes: "But no matter what, at this special moment, the Kamisato family, the magistrate of the society, should do their best to maintain the stability of Inazuma. Whether the general is calm and thinking about action, or testing us, we should do our best and give the best answer, so as not to disappoint the general's expectations."

"Yes, I am with my brother."

Kamisato Ayaka nodded vigorously.

"No, Linghua, you have another mission."

"What mission?"

"Go to Narukami Taisha and find Lord Yae. If there is anyone else in Inazuma who knows what happened, it must be this god's follower."

"Master Yae-miyaji... I understand."

Kamisato Ayaka agreed, then looked out the window, pursed her lips and sighed softly in her heart.

Lord Ogosho, where are you now?
……

"Where are we now? Are you really the god of Inazuma?"

Chen Tianfeng looked around, but didn't see any familiar place - the Inazuma City in the game was so different from the real one that it was no exaggeration to say that there was a world of difference between them.

After coming out of the castle tower, Ying took him through the city, saying that they should go out of the city and take the White Fox Field and the Town Forest Road to reach the Narugami Taisha Shrine.

As a result, after walking for a long time, they didn't even leave Inazuma Castle.

"Humph, noisy, I know."

Ying folded his arms, snorted coldly, and glanced around. There was a hint of confusion in his beautiful purple eyes.

I haven't been out for over a hundred years, so why have the streets of Inazuma become so unfamiliar?
"How about we stop trying and just sense the area or just fly over there."

"Humph, since it's a trip, we should follow the rules of travel. What kind of trip is it if it's too easy?"

(End of this chapter)