Original God, but the real world

Chapter 120 119-The Dead End
Castle tower.

The general is the god of Inazuma and the highest authority in Inazuma.

This nation was founded by Himself.

Of course, people don't know that in the earliest times there were two kinds of generals, the general who handled government affairs and the general who opened up new territorial boundaries.

As the elder sister, Raiden Shin is indeed better at handling government affairs than her younger sister Raiden Yingying. She formed the earliest shogunate, established the [Council], and delegated power to Inazuma.

The person in charge of the council chamber is now the third magistrate of Inazuma.

The council chamber deals with minor matters that the generals don't have to care about. Unless they are sure that they cannot handle the matter at all, Inazuma's government affairs will remain in the council chamber and will not be able to go to the castle tower.

In other words, the general knew nothing.

But this was not the case with Raiden Shin and the Three Bugyo in the earliest period.

Lei Dianzhen is not a stay-at-home girl who just sits and waits for news. With her curiosity about the outside world and her identity as a general, she can naturally get everything she wants to know.

Today's generals can really sit in the castle tower and pay little attention to what's happening in the outside world.

The three magistrates in the past also witnessed many demons being slain by Ming Shen's sword, and they really didn't dare to play any tricks in front of him.

And now the three officials have become bolder.

This cannot be said to be bold and reckless.

It should be natural for the three ministers to check and restrain each other. The powers among them do not overlap, but who doesn't want to have more power?

Today, Kujo Takayuki is indeed the leader of the Three Bugyo, but his success is indeed full of "luck".

The company's executive officers suffered heavy losses one after another, and the Kamisato family almost lost power.

Now the successor to the shrine, Ayato Kamisato, must be a smart man, because a family cannot make three mistakes in a row.

It is impossible for Yae Godson to protect the Kamisato family for the second time. Such a family is not worth even a glance from this great demon.

She gave the other party a chance, but he failed again.

Yae Shinko is not a good-tempered monster.

Her attitude towards Ying was because Ying came into contact with Lei Dianying during the Eye Hunting Ceremony, and she paid a Heart of God as a bargaining chip.

The Eightfold Divine Son has to be friendly to Ying. With such a huge initial investment, this is the only person he can find.

But humans are not like that, and neither are Kamisato’s family.

The chief priest of Narukami Taisha Shrine has seen the ups and downs of the world over the past five hundred years, and the life and death of mortals are just trivial matters to her.

In fact, she should be more indifferent to the life and death of mortals than the general.

Demons have the trait of being lovers, but great demons do not have this limitation.

The reason why Yae Shenzi wanted to dissuade Lei Dianying was not because she felt that the Eye Hunting Order and the National Closure Order made the people of Inazuma live in misery.

The witch only needs to care about her god and not the suffering of the people under the god's rule.

Sympathy is allowed, but if it is God's decision, it cannot be violated or dissuaded.

That's not what a witch needs to do.

The witch only needs to make her god happy, and the life and death of others have nothing to do with her.

However, Yae Shinko felt that Lei Dianying’s decision did not seem to be a decision made after careful consideration, but rather it seemed like an escape after suffering an unbearable blow.

If Lei Dianying thought carefully and decided that he should do so, the person who was most enthusiastic about the Eye Hunting Order should not be Kujo Takayuki, but this Miss Great Demon.

Unfortunately, Yae Shinko believed that Lei Dianying was just running away, so the Eye Hunting Order was not something he really cared about.

Yae Shinto also lost interest.

Until she was absolutely sure, Kamisato Ayato could only bow her head to Kujo Takayuki.

He did not have the foundation to confront the other party. The Kamisato family gave him the opportunity to become the shrine magistrate, but the scepter they handed over was already rusty, and he had no way to exercise the power that the shrine magistrate should have.

However, Shinsuke Hiiragi, the Kanjo Bugyo, did not have this problem. He was also a shrewd and resourceful man, and was fully qualified to compete with Kujo Takayuki for power.

But he gave it up on his own initiative.

The Hiiragi family did have many descendants, but Shinsuke Hiiragi only had one daughter.

It's not that Chisato Hiiragi is incapable of taking over the position of Kanjo Bugyo. The shogun doesn't care about things like gender.

But Chisato Hiiragi really can't do it.

Even though she was the only daughter, Hiiragi Shinsuke could only shake his head.

The fact that she fell in love with the child of the Kujo family and had the idea of ​​secretly marrying him was already a betrayal of the Hiiragi family.

If she had the ability and courage to let the other party marry into her family, Shinsuke Hiiragi would not be worried.

But Chisato Hiiragi wanted to marry the other person.

If such a daughter were allowed to ascend to the position of Kanjo Bugyo, it would be the greatest betrayal of the Hiiragi family.

There was a problem with the Kanjo Bugyo's stance, and it was a bigger problem than anything the Hiiragi family had ever faced.

Shinsuke Hiiragi can pamper his daughter and prepare everything for her, which is what a father should do.

But he has reached his current position under the protection of the Hiiragi family, and the family's interests should not be abandoned.

If the offspring has some ability, the father will not give up on her and will naturally promote her to a high position.

But Hiiragi Chisato... she can have wealth and glory, but the power of Kande Bugyo cannot be left to her, otherwise it will not be a good thing for the Hiiragi family.

Shinsuke Hiiragi has not yet decided to hand over power to the side branch heir of the Hiiragi family, but in any case he does not have much time to confront Kujo Takayuki.

Selecting a successor is not a matter that can be taken lightly. Unfortunately, this Kanjo Bugyo suddenly fell from power later on.

The story happened when Ying entered the castle tower. At that time, Kujo Takayuki said confidently, "Go tell the general that I have accepted the money from the Fatui. Nothing will happen anyway."

He is full of confidence.

Then Ying walked into the castle tower, first defeated Rosaline and won the duel in front of the emperor, and then when she walked out of the castle tower, she stepped into the Pure Land of Isshin and made Lei Dianying realize his mistake.

So Kujo Takayuki was torn apart.

The least likely thing he expected was that something would go wrong with the general, but in the end, that was exactly what went wrong with General Lei Dian.

So Lei Dianying took over the general and put them both in jail for investigation.

Kujo Takayuki is full of confidence in the Shogun, and so is Hiiragi Shinsuke.

I never expected that something would go wrong where it shouldn't.

After being imprisoned, the position of Kanto Bugyo naturally became a delicacy in the eyes of everyone.

Shinsuke Hiiragi lost the opportunity to make arrangements, and Chisato Hiiragi was almost sent out.

Both of his two competitors met with trouble themselves, but it was Kujo Takayuki who picked up an adopted daughter with Tengu blood. This adopted daughter was appreciated by the shogun and is now a recognized general in the shogunate.

Everyone is having bad luck, but the Kujo family is different. They are having good luck.

Kujo Takayuki really couldn't help but feel proud and wanted more.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is destiny.

The generals of the day did not pay much attention to outside affairs, and the two rivals had problems of their own.

The three officials are indeed on par with each other, but why can't there be a heavenly official who is truly second only to the emperor and above everyone else?
There are two Inazuma, the Shogun and the Palace Attendant.

But both of them are considered non-human.

If they could surpass the other two magistrates, it would be a great thing for the Kujo family.

There was no reason for Kujo Takayuki not to give it a try. After all, it was normal for the three magistrates to compete for power.

The three of them were as close as a family. Although the general didn't care if they would make a fool of themselves by claiming to be king, he still had to think about whether they would collude with each other and deliberately deceive him.

The so-called keeping pace with each other means that they restrict and bind each other.

If they were as close as a family, this would be a real taboo.

This is what Kujo Takayuki thought and did.

But now, this powerful and high-ranking Lord Tianling suddenly sighed.

"The die is cast. We can only continue down this path... There is absolutely no turning back."

His face looked a little old, but his eyes and eyebrows carried an irresistible majesty.

"Why do you say that, Lord Tenryo?" The advance army officer who was kneeling in front of him raised his head, following the local customs. "In the entire Inazuma, the general sits high in the castle tower, and under him, your position of power has reached the highest point."

"Is there anything else that is worthy of your concern, Inazuma?"

Kujo Takayuki did not answer.

He closed his eyes and thought, and the other party also shut up.

Everything is going smooth.

After cooperating with the Fatui, although the other party did not directly reveal the general's secret, they also used indirect hints to tell him the general's current state.

Puppet or puppet.

In short, it is a life form with rather rigid thinking that follows a certain logic.

Kujo Takayuki didn't believe it at first, but given his position, he had plenty of opportunities to find out the result.

In the end he had to believe what the other party said.

It was for this reason that he began to accept the benefits sent by the Fatui and promoted the Eye Hunting Order.

The shogun might not be completely unaware of the truth. Later, Kujo Sara wanted to enter the castle tower and report Kujo Takayuki's betrayal to the shogun, but the shogun did not respond.

The one who finally made the decision to punish was Lei Dianying, and he was the one who was persuaded.

In other words, the general really doesn't care about the disputes caused by political orders.

He only cares about the final result.

Everything went smoothly. He promoted the Eye Hunting Order and at the same time forced the little shrine maiden from Kaijima to rise up and become the banner standing against the shogunate.

There must be a flag, otherwise who can the shogunate oppose?

Air?
But it just went too smoothly.

This matter was carried out completely in accordance with his own expectations and arrangements.

As long as he could reap another wave of profits, he could deploy the shogunate's real military force to the front line and eliminate the so-called rebels at one time.

From what he knew of the general, the matter would end there.

He never cares about the process. As long as the result satisfies Him, He will be satisfied with the process as well.

But that’s the big problem.

According to Kujo Takayuki's understanding of the world, there was no way that his power and arrangements would not be without any problems.

The more a person feels that he has everything under control, the more likely it is that there are some problems lurking.

Because human wisdom and power are limited, it is impossible to come up with a perfect plan.

So what is the problem?

"What other cooperation do the Fatui have?" Kujo Takayuki put aside his inner speculation and looked at Feng Quan in front of him.

"Master Doctor, please ask Master Tianling to continue to oppress the rebels and not let them fail completely." The officer said respectfully, "He said that although the strength of these toys in the rebel army is average, their will and spirit of sacrifice are not bad, which makes them suitable as experimental subjects for the evil eye."

The Evil Eye of the Fatui is no secret to the upper classes.

This is a weapon that needs to rely on human experiments to obtain data feedback, and then try to improve and upgrade it.

The problem is that people with the Eye of God can use it with their strong physical fitness, but ordinary people will die quickly if they use this weapon that relies on draining life force in exchange for a short time of Wuhu takeoff.

Detonating a lifetime's worth of vitality in a short period of time will naturally allow the holder of the evil eye to gain powerful strength.

But to the Faintheads, the lives of Solstice people are expensive.

The doctor certainly doesn't care, and he can't promote his evil eye experiment on a large scale in Winter.

But Inazuma's resistance is pretty good.

Some of them have the tenacity and courage to sacrifice themselves for the sake of Haizhi Island. They lack strength but do not spare their lives.

The evil eye happens to be a weapon that exploits life in exchange for power.

They like it very much.

The Doctor likes it too.

Of course, Kujo Takayuki didn't know or care about all this. He only knew that the evil eye was a piece of rubbish that wasted life in exchange for insignificant power.

In some ways, Kujo Takayuki is right.

His life is precious, and the little power brought by the evil eye is insignificant to him.

The advantage of the evil eye is that it can be mass-produced, which can be regarded as a complete effort of mankind to challenge the eye of God.

But this also means that the upper limit of the evil eye is not high.

Not everyone is like Diluk's father, Cripps, who can use the evil eye to seriously injure the dragon Ursa.

It's outrageous.

Usa was the evil dragon from Vanessa's time. Back then, Vanessa had to rely on the favor of the God of Wind to repel him.

Cripps is a person who expected to become a knight but failed. In other words, he does not have the Eye of God. He may have received relevant training but did not pass the knight assessment. In terms of strength, he is basically an ordinary person.

And exactly a thousand years later, this ordinary person used the evil eye to seriously injure Ursa, and finally the doctor recaptured Ursa.

No... Was Vanessa at this level in the early days, or is the Evil Eye really that powerful?

On the other hand, Teppei also used the evil eye. His opponent was the shogunate samurai, and he eventually became the captain of the squad.

Tsk, maybe it’s because Cripps reopened it after using it once, while Teppei used it many times.

Should we say that human potential is so great?

One evil eye and one life could be exchanged for seriously injuring Ursa, the dragon that had troubled Mondstadt in ancient times and forced the people of Mondstadt to be unable to leave the city.

That is to say, two lives can stably exchange for Usa... Jiang Qing was a little tempted when he heard it.

Why do we need an executive officer? If we popularize the evil eye, then the great cause of the fools will be accomplished!
Outrageous.

In short, there may be some inside story, but in Kujo Takayuki's investigation, the power that the evil eye can bring is limited and not worth too much attention.

"Send a batch of these toys over. They're quite interesting and might come in handy. Also, finish the job as soon as possible." Kujo Takayuki said nonchalantly, "I won't delay any longer. The job on Kaiji Island will be over soon. Just clean up that factory and stop causing me trouble."

"Yes." The Fatui officer lowered his head, "But Fatui has another collaboration. Are you interested in learning more about it?"

Kujo Takayuki is a bit arrogant.

The Fatui were a little dissatisfied.

Kujo Takayuki knew, but he didn't care.

In fact, the Eye Hunting Order is no longer of any value to Kujo Takayuki.

He implemented the Eye Hunting Order, on the one hand to execute the general's orders, and on the other hand for personal selfish desires.

All the people with the Divine Eye in Inazuma have been almost cleared out. Except for those who gathered with the resistance army, the rest are nothing more than some small fish that slipped through the net and are insignificant.

And his plan of using the Eye Hunting Order to crack down on the powerful Inazuma was also completed. Now, those who have not clearly expressed their loyalty to the Kujo family have been almost dealt with.

The rest are nothing more than some diehard fans of the Hiiragi family or the Kamisato family, but these people cannot be touched.

Tenryo Bugyo can override Sha Bugyo and Kanjo Bugyo, but he cannot make both of them completely lose their power.

Otherwise, Tianling Fengxing would also be eliminated by the general.

The General didn't care why.

Having said that, you can have an advantage, but you cannot win.

This part of selfish desire has been dealt with, and the rest is naturally the greed for the chips given by the fools.

But these chips can only make him turn a blind eye, but cannot make him change his attitude and plan.

Unless you add money.

The fools are not satisfied?

If you are not satisfied, just sail the ship to an outlying island and attack the castle tower of Inazuma Castle and kill him.

If you can't do it, there's nothing you can do.

Of course, the Fatui could kill Kujo Takayuki, but the cost of doing so would be too high.

Their activities in Inazuma were largely dependent on the support and cover-up of Kujo Takayuki.

Kujo Takayuki is almost second only to the emperor. If one wants to get something done in Inazuma, the cost of bypassing him is too high.

If Kujo Takayuki died, even if the next Tenryo Bugyo did not know that it was the Fatui who did it, it would be very difficult for him to regain Kujo Takayuki's power and position to do things.

So we can’t help but be patient.

"Oh, tell me."

Kujo Takayuki showed some interest.

The cooperation of the Fatui still sounds a bit dangerous.

Kujo Takayuki never thought that these foreigners could have any good intentions.

He personally promoted the Eye Hunting Order and knew very well whether this order was good or bad.

The fools who paid him to help promote the Eye Hunting Order were obviously a bunch of bastards.

Kujo Takayuki has always known that he is definitely not a good person. It is precisely because he is a bad person that he is more aware of the logic behind bad people's behavior.

It's just that these bastards offered too much, and he couldn't bear to refuse.

But he trusted the general's supernatural power and didn't think these people could cause any big trouble.

So just let them be.

This time, it seems like he’s here to give money again?
"Morax of Liyue is dead." The Fatui officer said calmly, "Golden House has completely stopped production. From that day on, there will be no new Morax in this world."

Kujo Takayuki's expression straightened up a little: "So that's how it is, your master is a [rich man]."

Only the [rich] in the world would pay attention to this kind of thing. Ordinary people care about Morax's death more than anything else.

But Kujo Takayuki didn't care about any of it.

He is interested in money that comes to his doorstep, but he is not interested in actively looking for ways to make money.

Kujo Takayuki also didn't know the rich man's true identity. The Fatui always kept secrets, and most of these executives were relatively low-key.

But he knew the philosophy of the rich.

Stupidity about wealth has always been his hallmark.

"Yes." The officer bowed his head slightly.

His respect was not for the high-ranking Tianling Fengxing, but for the man who would not show up in person.

"That's not something you would say. The [Rich Man] wants to remind me... Yes, he has always wanted to control the power of wealth, but this power has always been in the hands of Morax."

Kujo Takayuki tapped his fingers on the table.

It is not a good idea to expose your chips before cooperation, as this will only make you suffer at the hands of your partners.

The other party is not a fool. Since he said it, it means someone has told him.

"Mora will disappear, and you want to become the Morax of the new era and forge your own Mora."

This is not a difficult purpose to guess. The other party has made it so clear, and it is obvious that they have been preparing for it for a long time.

"Are you going to use Inazuma as a testing ground?" Kujo Takayuki sneered, his face full of disdain.

"That's not the case." The officer said quickly, "After Inazuma closed the country, the people still used Mora as a trading currency, which in itself is a huge hidden danger..."

He was halfway through his sentence, then paused.

That wasn't what he should have said.

According to the rich man's instructions, he only needs to tell the other party the purpose and bargaining chips, without explaining to the other party the necessity of doing so and what benefits it will bring to the other party.

Because Kujo Takayuki is not a stupid person.

A foreigner persuades you that you should do this and that it will be good for you.

This is certainly not because he is a good man who is close to Inazuma, nor because he is good to you, but because he treats you as a person with brain damage and wants to use you to do his own things.

Of course there is kindness without reason.

But can fools also be kind for no reason?

This is a joke, my friend.

Kujo Takayuki's expression of watching the show was interrupted, and he returned to his initial nonchalant attitude.

Not stupid at least.

The fools taught Inazuma's Tenrei Buxing how to handle Inazuma's domestic affairs, and not a single word of their advice could be listened to.

Because this group of people have no goodwill towards Inazuma or the shogunate.

They may have very valid reasons, but the more valid their reasons are, the more generous they appear, which just shows that there is something wrong with them.

Because there are no good people among the fools.

They are Solstice's violent agency and are solely responsible for Solstice's future.

Rice wife?

Kujo Takayuki acknowledges the benefits that the Eye Hunting Order has brought to him, but he also knows the harm that the Eye Hunting Order has brought to Inazuma.

Whether proposing or implementing it, the general may have his own considerations, but he and the Fatui are not good people.

They all put their own interests above Inazuma.

But the difference is that Kujo Takayuki can only exploit the interests of the shogunate to a limited extent, but his and the Kujo family's future still depends on the shogunate.

The Fatui did not have to worry about the interests of the shogunate at all. They were naked outsiders, and what happened to Inazuma had no effect on them at all.

It is impossible for Kujo Takayuki to trust such a person.

They could make a suggestion that Kujo Takayuki be selectively deaf depending on the conditions.

I can take the money and I will take care of the matter.

You may be dissatisfied, just don't come to see me next time.

If you don't like it, go to the shogunate and sue me. Let me show you who is suing me in this court.

The painting in which the fools sued the Tenryo Bugyo in the shogunate for taking money but not doing anything is truly a world-famous painting.

"Mr. Rich Man means that according to the reward I gave you before, I invite you to try to do this thing."

The officer kept in mind the loss he had just suffered and said nothing more.

Kujo Takayuki stopped what he was doing.

Being hostile to the Fatui does not conflict with acknowledging that they have a point.

Mora's problem must be solved eventually.

The Golden House might still have Mora to support it for a while, but since the Mora in the Golden House is no longer produced, its supply is limited.

Not to mention, Inazuma has already closed off the country.

In fact, what helped to smooth out the internal problems of Inazuma during this period was the shogunate's past savings and the strong support of the Bank of the North.

These are the reasons why Kujo Takayuki supports the actions of the Faints.

But this behavior cannot last long.

Inazuma has already locked down the country, so it should come up with its own monetary system to support future transactions.

We can't say that we will barter in the future, right?

“How do [the rich] plan to cooperate?”

Kujo Takayuki made up his mind.

What he did might not be able to be hidden from the general. It might be that the general just didn't care, or he felt that it was not time to settle accounts yet.

Anyway, now that the things that needed to be dealt with have been dealt with, we might as well use this power to do something for the shogunate.

In the worst case, Kujo Takayuki might die, but Tenryo Bugyo must belong to the Kujo family.

It is impossible to say this absolutely, because the general is not the emperor and he will not be threatened by powerful officials.

Therefore, the powerful official must do something valuable to make the general recognize that your life is valuable.

"In fact, your Excellency does have a plan."

The officer lowered his eyes, his expression puzzled, "But he sent over the supplies and plans he had prepared for the plan, and left everything to you to decide."

"Oh, you are so frank because you know I don't trust the Fatui at all?"

"Come on, bring the people you arranged with you."

How could such a plan only consist of materials? Without the corresponding manpower and alchemy, the plan would be little more than empty talk.

Kujo Takayuki was not moved by the other party's sincerity at all.

"Okay, then I will also respond to your sincerity. The resistance army can continue to survive for a while, so let your factory continue to operate."

"I will send Sara to the front line. With her ability, I'm sure she will make many fools sacrifice their lives to save Kaijima."

"Thank you very much," said the officer.

Kujo Sara's arrival at the front line was a heavy pressure on the resistance forces even without the shogunate's elite warriors.

Under heavy pressure, the evil eye of the Fatui will naturally continue to play a role.

In a sense, those who are most resistant to the Coral Palace's confiscating the Evil Eye are not the Fatui, but the warriors who use the Evil Eye.

Normally, the rebels' soldiers were not as well armored or trained as the enemy, and their physical strength was also inferior to that of the enemy, so it often took two or three soldiers to replace one shogunate samurai.

That's so fair.

The shogunate was ahead in armor, weapons, food supplies, numbers, and pensions for soldiers. There was no area where the shogunate should fail.

The rebels fought for Kaijima, and the shogunate fought for Narukami.

It should be so.

But if one has the evil eye, one life can be exchanged for dozens or even scores of shogunate samurai.

Not only do they not resist this life-consuming weapon, they even admire it.

Because it makes their lives valuable.

It's the same life, but it changed from one-third of the Shogunate's samurai to ten times the Shogunate's samurai.

Human life should not be weighed, but in war, life is always weighed.

Teppei went from being a semi-logistics officer who was escorting supplies to a squad leader. He paid with his life, and the evil eye gave him power in return.

According to normal development, Zheping probably won't have the ability to reach this position in his lifetime.

But that’s what the evil eye is for.

It is evil and cruel but also extremely fair. You need power, and it returns power to you, but the price is your life.

It can only give strength, but the lower-level warriors just need strength.

The Kujo Sara shogunate might be able to win alone, but it would definitely not be a resounding victory.

The shogunate would at most have a small victory, or even a small defeat.

And the shogunate could afford to lose.

If the rebels lose once, it will be a major defeat; if they lose twice, it may be the end.

Kujo Takayuki did not respond.

He doesn't care about developments on the front line.

With this intensity of battle, there’s no chance of reaching Narukami Island even if you fight for your entire life.

If the rebels really came to Narukami Island, they would probably be held hostage by the shogunate's soldiers, kneeling as they walked before the Thousand-armed and Hundred-eyed statue, begging the shogun to punish them personally.

This is also the greatest honor they are likely to receive in their lives, to be sentenced to death by the general himself.

It's my honor.

If Kujo Takayuki had considered them a little more, it would have been a disrespect for his own power.

Lord Tianling is busy with official duties and is not interested in the "little things" on the front line.

"You stay here." Kujo Takayuki stood up. "Since the rich man has assigned you, you should be very clear about the plan."

"Just follow this plan. I will send someone to monitor your actions. At the same time, I will take the plan away and discuss it with some old friends."

"If you dare to do something, you should also be willing to bear the price, right? If they all think there is a problem, I will conclude that you are the one with the problem."

"If you die then, it will be your own fault."

His words were calm and composed, showing that he was accustomed to such trivial matters as dealing with life and death.

I don't need a reason, I just need to suspect that there might be something wrong with you.

"It's an honor to be tested by you." The officer stood up with a normal expression.

Only then did Kujo Takayuki realize that the young man who had previously lowered his head and eyes actually had exceptionally bright and sharp eyes, and there was no sign of servility at all.

There is also a blue Eye of God hanging around his waist.

This doesn't look like an ordinary Fatui officer.

Kujo Takayuki wanted to say something, but suddenly remembered that this was the confidant of the [rich man]... It was normal for the confidant of the executive officer to behave like this.

Thunder suddenly exploded outside the window.

Kujo Takayuki's face changed drastically and he looked towards the castle tower not far away.

(End of this chapter)