The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 272 An Accident at the Festival
A terrified voice cut through the night sky. The beautiful summer night was silent, and the cheerful noise was no longer visible. In the crowd, a shogunate soldier in armor was lying quietly on the ground. If his chest had not stopped rising and falling, Ying felt that at this moment and in this scene, an artist with ideals and revenge should be able to paint a painting with profound meaning.

“Protect the scene!”

An older-looking shogunate soldier yelled, and the remaining four shogunate soldiers who were patrolling with the dead soldier immediately drew their swords. They tightly protected the bodies of their companions behind them and looked around vigilantly, trying to find anyone suspicious.

But there were too many people coming to today's festival, and all kinds of forces were mixed together. The black, white and gray forces all had their own purposes, not to mention that many of the people who came to participate in the festival were rich ladies who came after hearing the news that Ruo Jin, the Liyue ambassador, would come to the festival.

This team of shogunate soldiers who were originally patrolling here to prevent these rich ladies from getting into danger could not tell who was suspicious at all. Even if they could tell that someone was suspicious, they could not take action because there were rich ladies all around. What if that person kidnapped the daughter of a family? The family behind that person would have a hundred ways to make them disappear in Inazuma.

Therefore, due to various reasons, the remaining five shogunate soldiers could only do their job of protecting the scene. As for preventing the onlookers from leaving or surrounding them, they did not have the courage to do so.

Among the crowd of onlookers, Toma's ugly face, who had eaten five bowls of udon noodles, looked even uglier now. The death of someone during the festival was a big deal in Inazuma, not to mention that the person who died was a shogunate soldier who served as a member of the Tenryo Bugyo clan.

No, he had to tell the head of the family about this news immediately. Thinking that the festival was organized by the shrine magistrate, Thomas, sensing a conspiracy, immediately withdrew and prepared to leave the festival and go to Kamisato Mansion.

Having worked in the Kamisato family for so many years, Thomas was very familiar with the relationships between the various forces in Inazuma. Now that the chief magistrate had died in a festival held by the shrine magistrate, Thomas suspected that the probability of this being an accident was very small, or even impossible.

And if accidents were ruled out, the only remaining reason would be the conspiracy of the Kujo family. Knowing full well that the Kujo family had always wanted to bring down the Kamisato family, Thomas silently quickened his pace to leave the festival. As for the plan that Kamisato Ayaka asked him to implement, Thomas could only say sorry. As the household manager of the Kamisato family, he had to put the overall situation first at this time.

Just as Thomas was moving quickly towards Kamisato Yashiki, Kujo Sara, who was patrolling nearby, rushed to the scene as soon as he received the news. Unlike several shogunate soldiers who were hesitant and worried, Kujo Sara immediately shouted coldly the moment he arrived at the scene.

"No one is allowed to leave my sight."

As soon as these words were spoken, the family members who were watching the fun around began to talk about it, but no one dared to leave, because the family members who had dealt with Kujo Sara knew that the adopted daughter of the Kujo family was a person who had the final say, and no one dared to touch her bad luck at this time.

Kujo Sara ignored the comments of the people around her and turned to look at the shogunate soldiers who were protecting the scene. However, when she saw that these shogunate soldiers shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know what had happened, Kujo Sara frowned. This was trouble.

With worry in her heart, Kujo Sara looked around at the people around her, and finally she set her sights on Ying and Paimon, who were slurping udon noodles and looking like they were watching the fun.

"Traveler, do you know what happened here?"

Compared with the pampered family children around him, Kujo Sara trusts the judgment of Ying, the traveler, more. This traveler has some combat experience in Mondstadt and Liyue, and perhaps he can really see something.

"Me? I don't know."

Hearing Kujo Sara calling her name, Ying, who was slurping udon noodles, was stunned for a moment, and then said that she knew nothing. Of course, this was not Ying's intentional concealment. She had just arrived here and really knew nothing. Seeing the confusion on Ying's face, Kujo Sara had a headache. It seemed that this matter was more complicated than she had imagined. A soldier of the Tenryo Bugyo suddenly died at the festival. The probability of an accident was too small. Was it the resistance army demonstrating or was it her adoptive father's instruction?

No, it shouldn't be the instruction of her adoptive father. Kujo Sara erased the thought. She had talked to her adoptive father today. Her adoptive father made it clear that he would not do anything tricky in this festival. After all, all those present at today's festival were family members, and even the Kujo family would not offend so many families at once.

Thinking this way, the only thing left was the demonstration of the rebels, but that didn't make sense. Even if the rebels infiltrated Inazuma Castle, they wouldn't do something that exposed their identities. They were still waiting for the forces in Inazuma Castle to send them food. Could they have been killed by their enemies? With some ideas in mind, Kujo Sara asked several shogunate soldiers around him.

"What did you do while on patrol?"

"General Kujo, that..."

"Tell the truth, otherwise..."

Staring at the shogunate soldiers who were hesitating in front of him, Kujo Sara's expression began to turn unfriendly. Kujo Sara knew that Wakakin would come to the festival to play. Originally, Kujo Sara wanted to rely on this festival to make Inazuma have a better impression in Wakakin's mind, but this happened instead.

"Replying to General Kujo, we bought some food to eat while on patrol..."

"Humph, take control of all the stalls you've been to and I'll personally interrogate you later."

After hearing the answers from the shogunate soldiers, Kujo Sara snorted coldly and left. For this case with no clues, she could only start interrogating the person with the greatest suspicion.

Not far from the festival, Kamisato Ayaka and Waka Jin, who saw what was happening inside the festival, stopped in their tracks. Both of them couldn't believe that such a thing could happen in such a place.

"Linghua, it looks like we won't be able to attend today's festival."

Looking at the vendors controlled by the shogunate soldiers, Ruo Jin felt a little regretful. Ruo Jin really wanted to experience the customs and habits of a foreign country, but unfortunately, the timing might not be right. Not only could he miss the festival today, he might not even be able to see the fireworks show at the Palace of the New Year.
"Ruojin, if you don't mind, you can go have a cup of tea with me. We have a lot of good teas in the Mulou Teahouse of the Kamisato family."

Seeing that her plan had failed, the unwilling Kamisato Ayaka suddenly had an idea and directly invited Ruojin to have tea. She didn't believe that anyone would break into the Mulou Tea House, which was within the Kamisato family's territory.

Ruojin, who was free, saw the beautiful girl Kamisato Ayaka looking at him with expectant eyes. Ruojin, who was a little overwhelmed, had to nod and agree.

(End of this chapter)