Original God, but the real world

Chapter 125 124-Cooperation
The person who should have had the most confidence in Kaijima said that he had never had any hope from the beginning, and the only thing he wanted was to die with dignity.

However, a staunch capitulationist who openly expressed his fear of the gods thought that Kaijima could win.

The absurdity of the world is far beyond Goro's understanding.

He didn't dare to speak anymore because the two people had completely different understandings of one thing.

But he has already chosen Jiang Qing.

Goro couldn't choose someone who would so calmly say that he didn't think Kaijima could win.

He didn't know what Coral Palace Xinhai was thinking, but he wanted to win and wanted to survive with Haizhi Island.

"I know you trust Jiang Qing more." Coral Palace Xinhai said slowly.

She didn't feel it was a betrayal.

Jiang Qing thinks he can win, but she thinks she will lose.

What choice can Wulang make?
He definitely wants to win.

There is no such thing as betrayal in this position.

"I roughly guessed what he was thinking..." Coral Palace Xinhai said, "He only intends to defeat the shogunate once."

"Only win once?"

Wu Lang looked confused.

"Only once." Coral Palace Xinhai nodded, "After winning once, he will use the momentum of a great victory to go to the castle tower and ask for surrender."

Jiang Qing laughed at this behavior.

After defeating the enemy, you get a chance to beg for mercy.

He didn't know what people who did this in history were thinking, but what Jiang Qing wanted was an opportunity for promotion.

The general doesn't need outsiders to do anything.

The reason why Ying was rejected was simple.

In this land of Inazuma, there is nothing that His desires cannot be fulfilled.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Jiang Qing to get close to General Lei Dian as he did to the old man.

Because Zhongli put down the scepter, he still had the strength of Morax, but he was now just a guest official of the Hall of Rebirth.

This position is not high, and Jiang Qing can reach it.

But not the general.

He is a religious god and the only king in the kingdom.

In Inazuma, General Raiden naturally possesses absolute power over both theocracy and kingship.

It is no exaggeration to say that Inazuma exists only for the general.

If one day He loses interest in this country, then Inazuma will also be destroyed.

Under such circumstances, the deal between Ying and the general was originally a luxury.

There was nothing the Shogun needed her to do that the Shogun could not do.

This is true for Ying, and naturally so is Jiang Qing.

So if you want to get into the general's sight, you need to do a little bit of manipulation.

For example, leading the resistance army to attack the shogunate head-on.

It was not a victory like the one at Nashiki Beach, but a resounding victory that turned the military force towards Narukami Island.

If the rebel soldiers could overwhelm the shogunate, he would have the opportunity to do what he wanted.

Coral Palace Xinhai didn't know what Jiang Qing wanted, but she knew very well that Jiang Qing was definitely not doing it for the victory of Haizhi Island.

There is no victory to speak of on Kaijima Island.

"As a staunch surrenderist to God, he will never waste his time and energy on an impossible task."

"To be honest, I can understand why you support Jiang Qing. I also want to support Jiang Qing." Coral Palace Xinhai said, "Of course it's good to be alive."

Between dying with dignity and dying without dignity, Coral Palace Xinhai would rather live with the people of Haizhi Island.

Only when she could no longer survive did she consider her dignity.

“Then you still…” Goro paused.

"Don't you know very well?" The girl's voice was light and fluttery. "What I hope for and what I know are two different situations."

"I certainly hope Jiang Qing can succeed."

This isn't a purely bad guy.

He has his own goals, but he doesn't need Kaijima to sacrifice anything - on the contrary, he needs Kaijima to win first.

Jiang Qing is a very peculiar person.

When he exploits a person or a force, he often does not expect the other party to make any contribution.

On the contrary, he will help the other party succeed.

Then grab what you want from the opponent's victory.

So even though Coral Palace Xinhai knew that Jiang Qing had other purposes, he still acquiesced to Wu Lang's contact with him.

Because the future of Kaijima can't get any worse.

If this is the worst case scenario, why not give some hope to a capable person and hope that he can turn the tide?
This is what Coral Palace Xinhai thought.

However, her life experience told her that Jiang Qing was unlikely to have a solution.

She wanted to live.

The reality is that she has little hope.

Quite interesting.

“He told me something very interesting.”

Coral Palace Xinhai smiled and said, "A person can die gloriously for a great cause, but what is more difficult is that he is willing to live a humiliating life for such a great cause."

"But I have to say that only when there is hope will people choose to live in a humble way."

"If failure is inevitable, I hope to die with honor."

Wu Lang finally understood.

The two attitudes towards one thing are actually because Jiang Qing and Coral Palace Xinhai have different expectations for fighting against the shogunate and preserving Kaijima.

The funny thing is that Jiang Qing, who respects gods the most, thinks he can save Kaijima from the threat of Ming Shen.

He felt that there was a way out, so he hoped that everyone would live a humble life and remain useful for the future.

However, the highest-ranking [Shintoku Miko] on Kaijima Island felt that failure was almost inevitable.

So she wanted to take away the evil eye so that everyone's death would not become a laughing stock. At least for herself, her dignity would be preserved.

"I refuse." Goro took a deep breath.

He made a decision.

This was unprecedented in his life, the first time he expressed his rejection to Coral Palace Xinhai.

"Oh? Tell me."

She held her chin with both hands and smiled gently and brightly.

"I want to live."

"Or at worst, I will kill as many shogunate warriors as possible."

Goro said.

This is what the lower-level soldiers think.

They didn't care about the logic behind something. They only knew that if they didn't kill one more shogunate soldier, their comrades would face one less enemy, and their loved ones could enjoy one more minute of safety.

Whether death is inevitable or not, the enemy deserves to die.

Even if they are driven, they know nothing.

That's damned too.

A dead enemy is the best enemy.

After listening to the two people's general ideas, he finally chose Jiang Qing.

It wasn’t because Jiang Qing wanted to keep them alive, but because Coral Palace’s Xinhai chose to go crazy.

Goro just felt that the lower-level soldiers must want to kill more enemies.

That's it.

Life and death are separate matters. I will not be satisfied until the enemy is dead.

That's it.

As for the mastermind, Lord Tianling Fengxing... Jiang Qing at least wanted to take action against him, but Coral Palace Xinhai had already accepted his fate.

In fact, Goro knew very well that with the difference in their status, even if he fought with the shogunate on Kaijima for more than ten years, others would still be living a life of luxury in Inazuma Castle and holding great power.

He will never have any chance to threaten Kujo Takayuki in his life.

But it is impossible to do it, so how can you not even think about it?
He is so bad, you must kill him!
Wu Lang had no choice but to choose Jiang Qing.

"Okay." Coral Palace Xinhai nodded, "Looks like I can't refuse."

Her smile faded and her expression became serious.

The change was so abrupt that Wu Lang was suddenly confused.

Didn't you refuse?

How come you suddenly accept it?

"Jiang Qing should have given other information, right?" Coral Palace Xinhai stood up, "Since it is a weapon, there must be a place to make it."

"After the lockdown, their factory forging evil eyes cannot be located overseas."

"Tell me the place."

"What do you mean?" Wu Lang couldn't understand.

"Let's go talk to the Fatui." Xinhai of the Coral Palace played with the hair beside his ears. "If you want to distribute the evil eye, why do you have to be so sneaky?"

"I'll go find them myself and ask for cooperation."

"No!" Wu Lang was greatly surprised.

It would be fine if you didn't pretend you didn't know about this kind of thing, but you even took the initiative to come to my house?
If this happens, all my face will fall off!

Knowing that the other party is mocking your death, you still go to them and ask for cooperation... Isn't this like being hit on the left cheek and then offering the right cheek?
"Why not?" Coral Palace Xinhai's smile was somewhat mocking, "An outsider can work hard with the hope of Haizhi Island's survival. I, a [Current Human God Priestess], can't really pretend that I don't know."

"Get up."

"You can't bear this responsibility."

As soon as Wulang opened his mouth, she knew what he was thinking.

What can I say about the evil eye... You know it might be a good thing, after all, it actually improves the army's combat capability.

What's more, the weapons are given to you for free, you will just be laughed at.

Besides, there was no way to refuse.

Jiang Qing's statement of being qualified to refuse was not a joke, but a serious one.

The Fatui set up a factory here, clearly intending to use the rebels to experiment with the Evil Eye.

Coral Palace Xinhai knew very well that once he thoroughly investigated the Evil Eye, they would immediately use the army through Kujo Takayuki to put pressure on the rebels.

At that time, people will force you to make a deal.

She didn't know these things yet, but Jiang Qing knew them clearly.

The circulation of evil eyes among the resistance is comparable to that of a trading port, where foreigners use it to dump their goods.

You don't really think you can say no?

With powerful ships and cannons, there are always ways to pry open your mouth and make you "actively" and "joyfully" accept the deal.

When people are weak, they always think they have a choice.

But fate always comes back, carelessly running over a person, telling him that you are still too sweet.

choose?

Are you worthy? !

When we are weak, we can only choose to accept it.

As soon as she dared to clean out the evil eye, the shogunate's army would be able to come and severely damage the resistance.

Unless she really intended to die in obscurity and worthlessness, she would have no choice but to accept the evil eye.

As soon as she accepted the evil eye, the shogunate would naturally withdraw its main forces and find various reasons to allow the resistance army to continue to survive.

Coral Palace Xinhai's smile is perfect.

From this perspective, the rebels really owe the Fatui a lot.

They not only provided weapons but also paid money to prevent the shogunate from beating them to death and gave them a chance to survive.

Be grateful.

Coral Palace Xinhai really wants to erect a monument to express his gratitude.

Wulang was frightened.

This doesn't seem like a normal person's reaction at all.

Wulang himself felt very aggrieved.

But he would rather endure the humiliation and continue to persevere until the day he sees hope.

But the heart of the Coral Palace...she even takes the initiative to cooperate with the Fatui and seek more evil eyes as weapons from them.

Isn't this crazy?
"Yes." He took a deep breath, "Jiang Qing told me about the Evil Eye Factory."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Coral Palace Xinhai said lightly, "Let's go and have a good chat with the supporters behind these rebels, and thank them for their selfless support."

"..."

He bowed slightly, "Yes, Lord Coral Palace."

Jiang Qing is also a lunatic, right?

At that time, Goro thought that he exposed the location of the factory in order to use the rebels to blow up the factory.

But looking at the situation in Coral Palace's heart, Jiang Qing might actually think that Coral Palace's heart would go crazy.

Before talking to him, Jiang Qing had already guessed Coral Palace Xinhai's reaction.

No way?
Are these two people so good at playing?

"This is just a matter of information." Coral Palace Xinhai smiled and comforted him, "You are the general in charge, you only need to be responsible for things on the battlefield."

"Jiang Qing had a plan in mind from the beginning. Both the springboard and the target were in his rehearsal."

And I... Of course I want to know the general's divine power.

How could the priestess of Orobas not know the power of General Raiden?

"The master is humiliated and the minister dies..." Wu Lang said calmly, "You are so determined. I really don't know what to do."

As the saying goes, when the lord is humiliated, the minister dies. When the lord is humiliated, the minister can only repay him with death.

This is because the lord has given his subjects sufficiently generous treatment and respect, but this treatment is not free and requires you to solve certain problems for the other party.

If I can't solve it, I'd be unworthy of the salary.

But you have already received the salary, so what should you do?

There is only one death.

The kindness that Coral Palace Xinhai showed to Wulang was so great that it was enough to make Wulang risk his life for him.

But this matter is a problem that he cannot solve even if he dies.

For Coral Palace Xinhai, this can no longer be considered an humiliation.

She took the initiative to seek the cooperation of the Fatui and the support of the Evil Eye, saying that she was forced to do so, but in fact, it was just that Kaiji Island was too weak.

He is so weak that he is not even qualified to thoroughly investigate the problem of the evil eye.

According to this logic, Goro should go to the Evil Eye Factory alone and kill all the Fatui there.

Only life and death can wash away the humiliation.

But he can't.

Not only was it impossible to destroy the Fatui factory alone, but he couldn't do it.

Life and death are one thing, and the resistance cannot afford to offend the Fatui.

"Then live on." Coral Palace Xinhai said with a smile, "Live well until the day you see hope."

Since she was able to make up her mind, she naturally knew the consequences.

There is no need to be too harsh on Goro, and we shouldn't even blame Goro.

His only problem is that he is too weak. He does not have the same level of military power as Orobas or General Raiden... But who can say that this is a mistake?

There are not many people in the world who have this level of strength.

Being weak is not a sin, but when you are trampled by fate, you are really powerless.

According to Jiang Qing's description, Coral Palace Xinhai set out on the road to the Evil Eye Factory.

In another script, Ying also embarked on this path.

But at that time, she sympathized with the resistance soldiers and hated the appearance of the evil eye.

This is not surprising.

She herself was a representative of supernatural powers, and within a short period of time, she had the ability to press the lady into the coffin.

On this basis, she looked down on the evil eye and even thought that this weapon that consumed the vitality of soldiers was simply rubbish. These were all normal.

Maybe the Eye of God is just a piece of trash to her, let alone the Evil Eye.

It was precisely because of this that she was indignant about Zheping's death, and naturally chose to avenge him in the end.

In some ways, the Fatui seem to be taking advantage of others' misfortune.

However, there is no need to discuss these things too much. In short, Ying has embarked on this path.

Then she rushed into the Evil Eye Factory, but was ambushed by the scattered soldiers and fell to the ground.

And the Yae God Son "happened" to arrive, and used the Heart of God as a bargaining item to save Ying's life.

There is definitely something wrong with the fact that this happened.

Ying knew, but she didn't mind.

Because she went to the Evil Eye Factory of her own volition, and was rescued in the end by someone who paid a price to save her.

Since it was not a trap set by the other party to force her to do this, then she had to do it.

Not only the favor of being rescued, but even the Heart of God was actually counted on Ying.

It was precisely because of this that Ying was completely unable to refuse Yae Shinto's request later on.

Because she owed the Eightfold Divine Son so much, she was completely unable to refuse his relatively reasonable request.

So even if it meant going against the general to save the god who had sealed himself off, Ying had no way of refusing.

It is quite dangerous to go to the Evil Eye Factory.

This factory has scattered soldiers who are specifically responsible for guarding it. Although the principle of the Evil Eye is still unknown at present, it can be seen from Tartaglia that the Evil Eye plus the Eye of God is indeed a relatively strong combination.

However, Coral Palace Xinhai did not have such worries.

Because she didn't go there in person at all.

According to Jiang Qing's logic, it is impossible for the Fatui to have any ill intentions towards the Coral Palace's heart sea.

After all, without the Coral Palace Heart Sea, the resistance would collapse directly, which is not in the interests of the Fatui.

But this kind of thing is difficult to explain clearly.

Maybe they have a player who is good at disguise and directly replaced Coral Palace Xinhai.

After all, they are just fools, so any guess they make is not bad.

Wulang didn't go either.

She wanted to discuss cooperation, so she captured a samurai from the shogunate to talk to her.

Wu Lang once thought that she was actually deceiving him, which was essentially no different from ruining the party.

This seems to be no different from directly confiscating the evil eye.

But he refused to be able to.

(End of this chapter)