Genshin Impact, all those behind-the-scenes big shots are me

If it's fake, are they deliberately making up stories that would make the rice farmers want to punch someone?

"Of course it's true. I'm a professional historian, and I've studied at the Order of the Church."

Anyway, he still has the title of a sage, so it can't be considered cheating or swindling.

And he was telling the truth.

But stories that have spanned thousands of years are now just stories.

The world changes, and Su Chen merely picked up a single leaf, revealing a truth unknown to posterity, but unfortunately, no one believed him. He didn't intend to deliberately expose anything; it was simply a matter of interest, much like how Zhong Li would occasionally argue with people: "Who truly understands Prince Yan, you or I?"

If I had to put it in words, he is now the true Dragon King returning, just chatting with his people.

Kujo Sara immediately fell silent.

We walked to the cherry blossom tree.

The enormous crimson tree was in full bloom.

The people prayed for blessings with devout expressions.

Su Chen saw that Kujo Sara also closed her eyes and put her hands together in prayer.

By listening carefully, he could hear the 'wishes' of these people.

In a sense, the people of Inari are also his people, and as a god, he can naturally accept these beliefs.

"The faith of the Inari people cannot be absorbed by the Human Emperor template, but it can be absorbed by the Elemental Spirit template. However, this power is far too small for me."

Su Chen has mastered the complete form of the Thunder Dragon King, but he needs power to fill it. Perhaps after a thousand years in Inazuma, it will be enough to make up for the power he lost back then.

Su Chen raised his head, his attention falling on the divine cherry tree.

According to the game's storyline, this divine cherry blossom is the final gift that Shin gave to Kage, hidden within the damaged consciousness of Dream.

So, if the soul is taken from the same source, will the real soul in the Stand user on his body also react to Sakura?

"Lord Su Chen, your divine cherry tree is so big! I heard that the Inazuma people call it the Miracle Tree. Praise be to Lord Barbatos, I can't believe I can see something so wonderful."

The delegation was absolutely ecstatic.

Su Chen thought to himself, "Your Barbatos is also praising it. He came to see me not long ago, and he'll be coming again soon."

Just then, a magistrate appeared not far away.

Upon seeing Kujo Sara, he immediately approached her.

"My lord, that blond demon has appeared again!"

Kujo Sara's gaze sharpened: "Where is she?"

"Someone saw us brothers in White Fox Wilderness... Damn it, she cut all our weapons in half!"

The samurai was so frustrated that he even forgot to maintain his solemnity and quietness in front of the sacred cherry blossoms.

Su Chen asked curiously, "What golden-haired demon?"

"Lord Su Chen, that is an extremely dangerous fellow. Please be careful in Inazuma from now on." Kujo Sara explained the golden-haired demon's 'crimes' to Su Chen.

She made defamatory remarks about Lady Kadodia, is suspected of being a spy for Liyue, and is connected to the resistance forces. Furthermore, she destroyed the weapons of hundreds of samurai who were pursuing her, which is an outrageous act.

Some suspected that the weapon in her hand was a divine artifact capable of cutting through iron like mud, but this claim was quickly refuted. The weapon used by the Tenryo Envoy originated from the Inazuma's powerful forging techniques and was shipped from the Tatakasa Smelting Plant, ensuring its quality was absolutely up to standard.

The fact that it could be cut in half only proves that the blond demon's sword-drawing skills were terrifyingly strong.

Because of the many crimes he was burdened with, Kujo Sara decided to take matters into his own hands. Some time ago, he even discovered that the other party seemed to have ties with the Kamisato family, which were the magistrates of the company. This matter was too sensitive, so Kujo Sara did not make it public.

Moreover, she was very concerned about the fact that the other party only used his sword to cut but did not kill people.

In short, the most urgent task is to capture that guy. Once we have him in our hands, the truth will naturally come to light.

“Lord Su Chen, I must leave immediately.” Kujo Sara hesitated. “If you wish, you can stay at Narukami Shrine for the time being. I will be back by this time tomorrow at the latest to escort you to Inazuma Castle. Or I can send someone else to escort you… I apologize for being so rude, but with the Dragon King Festival approaching, I must be responsible for the safety of Narukami Island.”

Su Chen nodded slightly: "Don't worry about it. We haven't had enough of Narukami Shrine yet, so leaving tomorrow is perfect."

"Yes, yes, we're here to exchange cultures, and I think the rich cultural heritage of Narukami Shrine is enough to make it our main objective for this exchange."

The members of the envoy team spoke one after another.

Seeing this, Kujo Sara apologized again, then spoke a few words to the head priestess before leaving.

"Lord Su Chen, do you think that blond demon is really that terrifying? He actually managed to cause such a commotion in Inazuma... It's really scary. Mondstadt is much better."

A blonde demon... Su Chen felt strange. Although he hadn't seen one in person, something just didn't seem right.

Could that guy really be wanted by the police?

Su Chen shook his head inwardly, but this was fine too. His original intention was to come here when no one was around, but now he could just stay here.

...

Under the shrine maiden's arrangement, Su Chen checked into a guest room at the shrine. When the night was deep and quiet, Su Chen came to the shrine again.

At night, the cherry blossoms shimmer with a crystalline light, their crimson petals creating a dreamlike and enchanting scene.

Reaching out to touch it, the slightly cold, rough texture, with the Thunder Dragon King's template enhancing it, allowed the power to merge into the Divine Cherry, following the instinctive trajectory of the lightning element to explore the true aura remaining within the Divine Cherry.

Su Chen originally only approached it with an experimental mindset. After all, the divine cherry blossom spanned five hundred years of time, and the true consciousness of that wisp of lightning on it had probably long since dissipated. But in fact, he succeeded.

When the resonance of their soul essence appeared simultaneously in Su Chen and Shen Ying, he finally felt the presence of that familiar soul power.

That is the true soul of lightning!

[The innate Stand user, Takenori Shinto, is activated.]

Su Chen pondered for a moment, then his figure flashed and he appeared high in the sky above the desolate sea.

Driven by the power of lightning, Mikkenmei Shinto summons the substitute statue of Mikkenmei Shinto!

Hiss~~

The burst of lightning brought terrifying power fluctuations, and the will of the Naruto Path descended, condensing into a terrifying lightning phantom on Su Chen's body.

In the center of the phantom is a sacred image depicted in the true form of lightning, surrounded by an armor-like attire—multiple arms constructed of elemental force, adorned with various weapons such as knives, swords, and cones.

"The power has appeared, but the real soul seems to have no reaction at all." Looking at this substitute avatar, Su Chen fell into deep thought. Even though he had simulated two super characters before, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

"Is it because the power is insufficient? Or does the soul need some kind of stimulation to awaken?"

I tried to control the Stand to launch an attack, and it went very smoothly. Moreover, this Stand is very strong, you could say it's extremely strong.

After studying it several times, Su Chen determined a general possibility: the soul used his substitute as a vessel, but the substitute had no soul, so the real consciousness of the lightning was suppressed to the greatest extent.

To revive it, power is needed as a medium, and a perfect body is also required.

The former is at least necessary; regardless of whether one has a physical body or not, one must first awaken the soul.

Of course, this is just his guess, and whether it is feasible or not can only be known by trying it.

The first step in this attempt was to forcefully break the Stand's limitations and awaken Raiden's consciousness.

To put it bluntly, the existence of the Stand is both a protective umbrella for Raiden's true consciousness and a shackle that restricts her awakening.

Gains and losses.

"But where can we find the power to devour it?"

Su Chen was somewhat troubled. He had already wiped out Inazuma's side long ago. Orobas and Thunderbird had been completely emptied out, and the remaining shrimp soldiers and crab generals were not even enough to fill his teeth.

Just then, a crescent moon sliced ​​through the moonlight and shot towards them.

Uh-huh! ——

"Ok?"

Su Chen shifted his figure, and the crescent moon flew past him and disappeared into the horizon.

"Who are you?!" A voice rang out, and the oni girl wielding a katana released her demonic power, ready to strike again at any moment.

In the sky, Su Chen faced the full moon, his back to all living beings, looking quite mysterious.

Upon hearing the voice, he was startled at first, then smiled.

"If you don't speak up, don't blame me for being impolite!" the ghost girl said softly.

"Oh? You're not going to be polite, what are you going to do now?" Su Chen asked with a smile.

The girl was taken aback; the voice sounded somewhat familiar... but the power she had just witnessed was definitely not someone she knew. A powerful, unknown being appearing when Inazuma was in such a state of chaos was highly suspicious!

"I will cut you into pieces!" the girl threatened. "So, tell me your name, whether you are human or demon, good or evil."

"I see... I'm a good person."

"How can a good person say they are a good person?"

"?"

Su Chen thought for a moment and said, "It wasn't me who said it, it was them."

"Who said that?"

"That's what the Inari family says, and so does Fox Prince, and Torachiyo says it too. Do you know Torachiyo? She's a cute little girl with a tiger-like head, but she's an oni, incredibly strong, and has a terrible temper. I'm worried about whether she'll ever get married."

The girl was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "You're the one with a bad temper, you're asking for a beating!"

Ding!

Her katana slashed down from mid-air, but was easily caught by two fingers.

Su Chen turned around and looked at her with a smile.

"Chiyo, it's been so long, why are you still so reckless?"

"Huh...?!"

Quiet.

The wind on the desolate sea stopped, and the waves fell silent.

The moonlight shimmered in the night sky, its milky white glow falling into the girl's eyes, reflecting the familiar face of someone from her memories—the same face, the same smile, the same... Countless memories flooded her mind in an instant, and as she thought, tears began to stream uncontrollably from the corners of her eyes...

Something hurt so much, yet felt so warm... She had no time to think, threw down the knife in her hand, and lunged forward.

"Cardodia!!!"

...

The evil spirit guarding the desolate sea is named 'Chiyo', also known as 'Chiyo of the Tiger's Bite', which implies her powerful martial arts skills.