Genshin Impact: I, the Winter's Executor, am forced to work.

"Please ask."

"I know Zhongli is definitely not your real name. Did you choose this name because it brings you a great sense of security and confidence?"

Qin Ye smiled and shook his head, his expression helpless: "I really can't hide it from you, it's true. As for how you address me from now on, you can just call me Qin Ye."

Yae nods, becoming increasingly interested in the man before her.

But now she has no interest in scheming against Qin Ye anymore.

"As long as you don't have any other ideas about Inazuma and the general, I can offer some small assistance to your plans, but you should know that I have my own difficulties."

"of course."

"Pleasant to work with."

"Pleasant to work with."

The goddess suddenly felt a sense of admiration for the other party.

I see, you really are someone who dares to do great things...

I can't call you that slightly silly little guy anymore.

Instead...

(Corps)

Ayato Kamisato stood with his hands behind his back in the courtyard, his back to Toma who had rushed over.

"Master, did you need something from me?"

"Yes, I'd like to chat with you for a bit."

His smile was unusually kind: "Tell me about Qin Ye, what he did after he came to Inazuma."

"Yes."

Thomas reported everything in detail, based on his memory.

"Ha ha..."

After listening to the other person's story, Ayato suddenly laughed, happy but also revealing his helplessness.

"I see. Although Lord Kuji ruined the plan, it was indeed not an unjust defeat."

"Forehead..."

Thomas was completely bewildered.

Ayato narrowed his eyes.

Qin Ye, you really are a...

(Ayato Kamisato: A complete gambler.)

(Yae no Miko: A reckless gambler.)

Chapter 067 (skipable): A brief digression on the preceding section.

(To reiterate, this is not part of the main text and can be skipped.)

A friend asked me to explain the previous content, and I did want to, but I felt I couldn't fit it all into a reply, so I'm making a separate post.

First of all, up to this newly released chapter, it can be said that Inazuma has just begun the Inazuma arc; the earlier chapters were more of a setup.

As for the differences.

Let me first talk about what the protagonist did in Liyue. In fact, no matter how he schemed against Ningguang and Yelan, he was not as ruthless as Inazuma was from the beginning. The main reason for this is their regional background.

First of all, there is a fundamental difference between the Rock King and the Thunder General, which I think doesn't need to elaborate on.

Moreover, in the protagonist's view, no matter how powerful the Seven Stars are, as long as they can chat and laugh with the Rock King Emperor, there is no need to pay too much attention to the others. It's better to save time and effort.

So first, he fooled Ningguang, and then went straight to Zhongli. Whether the Geo Archon would pay attention to him or not was not important, because Liyue had the Northern Bank.

In other words, you always have a backer behind you. Even if you didn't get in touch with the Emperor at first, you'll eventually become a familiar face by withdrawing money from the Northern Bank.

He just didn't expect that Prince Yan would give him so much face, calling him brother after just watching a play.

This is why he had such a smooth life in Liyue. He even had the opportunity to go shopping, watch plays, walk his birds, and go for a stroll with Master Yun. He even had the leisure to get acquainted with the immortals. All of this was because he was fearless and confident. It was as if he had become a successful person as soon as he entered Liyue.

From now on, all you need to do is watch out for people trying to annoy him.

He would also occasionally hint to the emperor that he should rule by man and abdicate, since he knew that once he got the Heart of God, there was hope for the future.

But Inazuma is completely different.

First of all, God certainly wouldn't get close to him. He knows that General Raiden is a Stand user, and even the Northern Bank can't take the blame for him.

So the reason he didn't let the young master stay with him in Liyue for even two more days was to let him infiltrate Inazuma first. He wrote two letters in advance because he knew there was a 90% chance that Piero would send him to Inazuma.

The young master's primary role was to understand the situation of Daoqi. Meeting her at the port was a stroke of luck for Qin Ye; otherwise, he would have had to find another way to make the narrow bridge even narrower.

After that, he also had to go to find the young master and inquire about the recent situation of Inari's wife, which led to more trouble.

The young master also served to gradually lower people's guard. Of course, there was another purpose, which will be discussed later.

Oh, we fools are harmless! We fools have no bad intentions!

You, Ayato Kamisato, know that I, the Fool, am cunning and shrewd, but I will not let you know that I have come.

That's why they chose to travel on the Beidou ship.

Now comes the important part, which is why I said Inazuma was just beginning. It's not that the story has just started, but that he can begin to plan step by step.

First and foremost, I'd like to remind you that he has no connections in Inazuma, which is what hurts him the most—he has no agency.

Just as he said, Inazuma needs someone behind him, which is to say that the system is interconnected, and bureaucracy and corruption are rampant. This can also be seen in the original work. Travelers have also received kickbacks and extortion from others.

Travelers cannot access the outlying islands without Thomas, a connection made possible by Hokuto, and being able to visit Inazuma Castle is even more absurd.

They encountered the young lady of the Kansei Magistrate and the young master of the Tenryo Magistrate secretly dating and exchanging letters...

The protagonist was well aware that the probability of him encountering such an absurd situation was almost zero. Therefore, he had been using Thomas the whole time, and at the same time, he thought that the young master could become acquainted with Thomas.

So after telling the young master to get lost, he specifically reminded him that he didn't mean anything by it; we're still good brothers, and I still need to rely on you.

When he saw the young master, he thought, "Hey, this is going to work. I can make my move right away."

From the moment he boarded Inazuma, all of his pretense was a race against time, a chance to gain a foothold before Ayato and the Divine Child found out.

Because if you don't cultivate a good relationship with these two and put the initiative in their hands, the difficulty of subsequent planning will be unimaginable. Home-field advantage cannot be compensated for by intelligence alone.

He gambled from the very first time he landed on the island, gambling with the reputation and credibility of the leader. He also said that it was not a pleasant thing to put everything on someone else's shoulders.

Holding a knife to the young master's neck is also a gamble: betting on Thomas's shrewd and worldly nature, betting on the relationships between the magistrates, betting that Thomas wouldn't want to attract other magistrates, and betting that Thomas wants to use rhetoric and less drastic methods to imprison them.

In the end, he won the bet.

So, Yae no Miko actually saved him. Although she didn't see through his disguise, her eyes and ears were actually on him. The moment he made a move, she realized Qin Ye's true identity—a fellow member of the Fools.

However, she had no way of understanding the conversation and what they did, so she was unclear about Qin Ye's personality traits.

In other words, her initial plan was to lure Qin Ye over to fight against Ayato Kamisato, and once they were almost finished fighting, she would step in as a mediator and control both of them to act according to her plan.

Unexpectedly, this inadvertently benefited Qin Ye.

Otherwise, if this hadn't happened, Qin Ye might have encountered the well-prepared Ayato Kamisato at the port and gotten himself into trouble.

As for cooperating with the She Fengxing (a high-ranking official), although it's somewhat like seeking help from a tiger, the head of the She Fengxing is actually quite modest. While the names "Tianling Fengxing" and "Kanding Fengxing" sound impressive to the people, in reality, the She Fengxing is the only one who can offer the most help and is also willing to assist Qin Ye.

After all, the other two officials... let's not even mention them. It feels like Inazuma only has one official.

Readers and players know that although the author's statement may be biased, if all external forces are removed and the three officials were to fight each other, the one who would win in the end would almost certainly be that kid, Ayato Kamisato.

Even at the wooden leak tea room, it was a gamble. Although he had persuaded Thomas with words and controlled the ninja, it was hard to say whether other possibilities might occur.

As it turns out, the gamble paid off again; Ayato Kamisato was completely caught off guard by the Divine Child's arrangement.

The reason for this is that Yae no Miko trusted Ayato's abilities too much. Despite her dislike for him, Miko knew his work skills perfectly well.

From this perspective, helping Beidou leave and controlling the ninjas were all trivial matters to Qin Ye. What he was really nervous about was whether he could win the gamble.

Convincing Ayato Kamisato brought an end to this tense phase.

In Inazuma, you might not have noticed, but the characters appear one after another, and the scenes change rapidly. The main characters' lives are all fast-paced, because gambling is an unavoidable theme.

Although the protagonist's expression remained unchanged, he was nervous inside, which was one of the reasons why Tatiana felt something was off.

I sprinkled a little bit of sweetness in between, and wrote two chapters with the god, because I was afraid that new readers would get a headache or feel confused if they read continuously, so I deliberately wrote it in a lighter tone.

Unlike the shrine maiden, he had already begun his performance before even reaching the shrine. From the moment he used his divine eye to jump onto the shrine, he appeared reckless, giving the shrine maiden a first impression.

Of course, he wasn't sure if the Divine Child could see it, which was a gamble. At the same time, he had to play the part completely. He knew that the Divine Child's ability to laugh and act in various ways was unpredictable. He knew that the heart of the gods was in the Divine Child, and that no matter what the process was, he would eventually have to face General Thunder, as mentioned earlier.

So, in order not to become a pawn of the Divine Child, and to prevent her from figuring out his plans, he deliberately showed weakness.

At the same time, he was also nervous, nervous about how much the divine child knew about him. He knew most of the divine child's personality and choices, but he was unsure of how well the other party knew about him.

This was another high-stakes gamble, and whether it was a win or a loss is something everyone knows.

That's why he said he was Zhongli; it was to bolster his courage.

What followed was a series of elaborate acting performances, enticing the goddess to play tricks on her, making her test herself step by step, and using the most fake and exaggerated methods to perform the most realistic parts, constantly provoking the goddess's personality.

He gradually reveals his true self while drinking, which gives the impression that he can no longer keep up the act, exposing his core flaws and making his genuine performance seem fake.

The divine child actually wanted to control him, so both sides kept lowering their guard at the dinner table. But Qin Ye was hiding in the shadows, gradually reducing her vigilance before suddenly turning against her.

From then on, even if the divine child wanted to look down on him, he had to consider many possibilities, fearing that he was acting or pretending.

This reaction shows that she can no longer place herself in a superior position, but rather in an equal position.

What followed was a contest with the Divine Child. Every word he uttered was a gamble on the Divine Child's lack of information and on her trust in Ayato.

Chapters 66 and 67 contain a lot of internal monologues, which are essentially the two testing each other, making the Divine Child understand that he can help her with her plan, but she cannot control him and must rely on him because she doesn't know that in half a year, Inazuma will bring a blond-haired guy to her and let her fool him. Then she won't find a better opportunity to help Kage.

Because the Eye Hunt and Isolation Orders will keep consuming your pieces until you have no more pieces to play.

At this point, the Divine Child was already wavering. She felt that a cooperative relationship was possible, but Qin Ye gave her a dangerous impression. This danger, however, was intriguing and made her want to get closer to him.

Finally, Scaramucci is brought up, betting on his position in the eyes of the divine child, and on whether the superficial, bubble-like balance of Inazuma can support more uncertainty.

Thus, the current situation arose. He united with the Divine Child, turning stumbling blocks into allies, and from then on, he continued his schemes.

Of course, those who cannot be bypassed in the end will inevitably be bypassed.