Of course, this is all predicated on the movie being bad.

After all, Rai is the "Seven Rulers of the Mortal World" certified by Sky Island, the supreme ruler of Inazuma, the symbol of "eternity," and the legal system of 2,600 years. It can be said that the entire Inazuma nation is contained within her.

Han Fulai's victory over Lei Yingdong, based on the wishes of the Inazuma people, can only be considered a successful "admonition," transforming Lei Yingdong from a "stubborn and conservative feudal monarch" into an "enlightened monarch." However, it doesn't mean he could truly trample Lei Yingdong underfoot and turn Inazuma into Liyue's "Inazuma Province."

All of his reform proposals required Lei's approval.

It should be said that Lei Yingdian was very cooperative. To show her sincerity in cooperating and to make things easier for Han Fulai, she even specially appointed Han Fulai, this "outer official" of Liyue, as "Minister of the Interior, Director of the Secretariat".

The "Minister of the Interior" was an "outside official," meaning an official position outside the laws and regulations of the Inatsuma Shogunate. To put it bluntly, it was an official position that the Raiden Shogun came up with on a whim.

In the Inazuma court, there was a saying of "Three Dukes," namely the "Grand Minister of State" (大政大臣) and the "Ministers of the Left and Right" (左右大臣), who were equivalent to the prime ministers of the Inazuma cabinet and were the highest honors that Inazuma people could obtain.

The "Minister of the Interior" was a temporary position, meaning "Minister of the Interior of the Shogun." He held the rank of Second Rank and had the same authority as the "Ministers of the Left and Right." In the absence of the "Ministers of the Left and Right," he acted as the prime minister, essentially serving as "acting prime minister." In the current Inazuma, this was a position truly second only to the Shogun.

Han Fulai is not a member of the Inazuma clan, so according to the law, he cannot be granted an official position. As a high-ranking civil servant of Liyue, he should also not interfere in the internal affairs of Inazuma. Although he has actually declared war on the Shogunate and fought a real battle with General Raiden, he would have interfered in internal affairs long ago. However, the officials of the Inazuma Shogunate still have to maintain a certain image in the face of the outside world.

Therefore, Lei Yingdong deliberately gave him the title of "Grand Minister of the Interior," which was a compromise product of "according to the ancestral law he could not be the prime minister, but the general insisted on making him the prime minister."

As for "the position of the Tibetan people", it was an ancient position that had been vacant in the Inatsuma Shogunate for five hundred years.

The "Hidden House" was originally the confidential secretariat of General Raiden. During the reign of the previous General Raiden, Raiden Shin, he worked diligently and had to personally handle a large number of documents every day, so he set up a secretariat similar to the Moonlit Pavilion in Liyue to help him manage the documents.

Not long after inheriting the position of general, Raiden retreated into "Isshin no Sodo" and didn't look at any documents at all. As a puppet, Raiden General didn't need an inefficient human secretary, so "Zangrensuo" became a mere shell of its former self, with only an old office without any staff remaining in the castle tower.

The role that Lei Yingdong gave him, "the Tibetan's special post," was equivalent to "General Lei's private secretary."

According to Han Fulai's understanding, his position as "Minister of the Interior, Director of the Palace" was equivalent to "State Councilor and Secretary-General of the Inazuma Castle, a position equivalent to a deputy state governor." Moreover, since this position was a special position created by the Shogun, it also implied that "Han Fulai was one of the Shogun's own people," which can be seen as the Shogun's authority being lent to him by Lei Yingdong.

This is of course a good thing.

Although Han Fulai wasn't particularly keen on getting promoted, he wasn't particularly opposed to it either... Well, to preside over the Inazuma National Reform, legitimacy was very important, so he gladly accepted Lei's offer.

Things have gone relatively smoothly up to this point.

But then...

On September 4, Han Fulai encountered trouble when he went to the castle tower to find Lei Yingdian.

As a "general's retainer," Okuzawa would naturally not stop him. However, upon seeing the Thunder General, the Thunder General immediately drew his sword at him!

Han Fulai was shocked: "I'm here for a meeting, what do you want?"

"The 'Eternal Enemy' dares to trespass on the castle tower! They must be eliminated immediately!" General Raiden declared righteously, followed by "Milk Fragrance Slash."

Fortunately, Lei Yingdian appeared in time and took control of the general, thus averting a disaster.

According to Lei's apology, she hadn't had time to change the general's perception of the "eternal enemy," so the puppet general still considered him an enemy, and she assured Han Fulai that she would resolve the issue.

On September 5, when Han Fulai went to the castle tower to meet General Raiden, he asked someone to inform him in advance and even prepared a shield in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

He activated his shield and entered the hall, where he saw General Thunder pacing back and forth, looking restless.

Upon seeing him arrive, General Thunder reached for his sword with his right hand, then pressed his left hand down to prevent the sword from being drawn, muttering, "No, the use of force is forbidden..."

Han Fulai watched the puppet general "fighting with both hands" silently for a long time before finally asking her if she could invite the shadow to come out and meet the guests.

As a result, the puppet general said that Ying was recuperating and that she would not disturb Ying, nor would she report on Han Fu's behalf.

Han Fulai then asked her if she could help Ying stamp the documents, but the puppet general said that this was a prohibited matter and that he had no authority to handle such matters, and asked him to go back.

The conversation stalled again.

Han Fulai could only watch helplessly as the general continued his "double-edged sword" maneuver.

At this moment, Ying finally regained consciousness. Before Han Fulai could even complain, Ying, looking aggrieved, complained first: "Don't look at me like that. It was just an operational error! The General's structure is very complex, and these things are inevitable. You go back first today, and I'll adjust the General again later..."

On September 6, Han Fulai went to see the general again, but was stopped by the guards, Okuzawa. The commander on duty, Naoe, said that the general had announced that he was "resting in seclusion."

Fortunately, their conversation outside the hall alerted the shadow in the "Pure Land of One Heart." The shadow's consciousness took over the puppet general's place and came out to explain the situation to him: "When the general was being made, I had already considered that my future self might modify the general's operating rules—I was afraid that my future self might change the rules frequently due to 'wear and tear,' which is by no means the 'eternal' way."

"Therefore, I set up a very comprehensive law modification defense mechanism for the general. The general is still running the original rules, with the elimination of the 'eternal enemy' as the highest command... To ensure your safety and to prevent the general from making an irreparable mistake, I have temporarily disabled many of the general's functions."

"The current general is unable to handle affairs, nor can he appear as 'I', so he simply announced that he would 'retire in seclusion'."

"To be honest, this is the first time I've made a reshuffle for the general. These things can't be rushed, so I want to carefully and cautiously review and revise the plan again... Anyway, please go back for now. Please take care of things during this period. I also need to rest..."

Han Fulai finally understood—this was the plot of the "Legend of Thunder General" quest!

Although the Lei movie isn't exactly the same as the Lei movie in the game, this puppet general is still the same puppet general from the game...

What's even more tragic is that Lei's skill level as a "programmer" is just as poor as her skill level in the game.

How should we evaluate this method of "fixing bugs" in filmmaking...?

Similar to a programmer on a certain novel website who, while maintaining the website, discovered a bug in the website's page display, so he simply disabled the page display function—well, if you can't read anything, then it's not a program bug, but a program feature.

Lei's movie "modifies" the general's method, which is this kind of "cut off the foot when the foot hurts, cut off the head when the head hurts". The function is cut off and it will not hurt anymore, but it can no longer be used!

...This kind of programmer should be sacrificed!

The more critical issue isn't about "fixing bugs," but rather Lei Films' announcement of "quieting down."

She disabled the Puppet General's function, causing the Puppet General to be unable to act in her place, which is basically no different from Inazuma losing the Thunder General.

Although this should only be a temporary "shutdown maintenance", the timing is terrible.

Inazuma had just experienced internal strife, and peace had only been restored for a few days. In addition, at the beginning of the reform, it was a time when "everything is difficult at the beginning." If you just disappear, people below will immediately panic.

Han Fulai could almost foresee the rumors that would spread throughout Inazuma City after the news of the "general's recuperation" got out... Is this how you act as a leader?!

If you can't fix a program bug right away, that's a skill level issue, there's nothing you can do... and yet you actually went back to "Pure Land of One Heart" ***? How can you sleep at your age?

Even if Ah Qing is a "workaholic," at least she works overtime with me!

You're pushing all the work onto me, shouldn't I get to sit in your general's seat too?

Of course, you can vent your frustrations in your mind, but you still can't say them to someone's face...

Han Fulai took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his resentment, and said in a deep voice, "General, I will help you solve this problem... I will bring someone who can solve the problem with me at this time tomorrow, so please be prepared."

"Ah... okay." Lei Yingdian nodded in agreement, somewhat bewildered.

After Han Fulai took his leave, she realized something was wrong—wait, although his tone was still respectful, why did it sound like he was ordering her around?

Also, what kind of preparation is "making preparations"?

"So...that's it. I'd like to invite you to accompany General Raiden on a tour of Inazuma Castle today."

On the morning of September 7, Han Fulai found Ying and Paimon, who were wandering around Inazuma City, and posted the "commission" to "accompany General Leidian on a shopping trip".

"Just shopping? Leave it to me!"

"Yes, yes, I'm the number one guide in Teyvat!"

Ying and Paimon took on the task wholeheartedly.

Young Master Han said this trip was a publicly funded trip, with meals and drinks paid for with public funds... Of course, I have to accept this kind of request!

Since the meeting on September 3rd, Ying has been completely free of worries.

Ying has never been particularly interested in politics, and as a traveler, she doesn't stay in any country for long. The Inazuma reforms have almost nothing to do with her.

Now that the civil war in Inazuma is over, she naturally doesn't need to return to Umijima Island as a "General of the Palace." Kokoro has even reserved a position for her, but that's just to maintain their friendship; she doesn't need to do any missions.

She also couldn't get any news about Sora from General Raiden, so her Inazuma journey could basically be over.

She is still staying in Inazuma, but it's purely for "tourism".

These days, she has basically been spending all her time with Ayaka.

To thank her for her help and to make up for the grievances she suffered when she was wanted, Ayaka specially took time to accompany her to Inazuma Castle for two days. She also ordered a beautiful yukata with her at "Oguraya" and made a promise to go to the "Koka Eisai Festival" together.

These past few days, Paimon has thoroughly satisfied her cravings. The indescribable food on Haizhi Island had long since emptied her belly, and only now has she returned to her round, "emergency food" form. Her current "small goal" is to eat her way through all the delicious food in Inazuma City.

Since General Raiden is treating us today... we should definitely go to the most expensive "Shimura-ya"!

Han Fulai breathed a sigh of relief.

According to his memory, the "Legendary Quest of General Thunder" only had two parts: one was to accompany the general shopping, and the other was to help the general solve the problem of the successor of the Heavenly Commander.

The Kujo family has already been eliminated, and the Tenryō Magistrate is being managed by the Masatoshi. Kujo Masahiro and Kujo Kamaji are currently awaiting further action from the shogunate. It is impossible for the Tenryō Magistrate to be handed over to the Kujo family again, so there is no question of a successor.

That leaves only the option of accompanying the general shopping. According to the mission's plot in his memory, after accompanying Lei Yingdian shopping and letting her personally experience the changes in Inazuma, he should be able to muster the motivation to deal with the "bug" in the puppet general, right?

Chapter 209 Three Gods Can't Even Gather One Mora [4k]

When Han Fu asked her to go shopping, Lei Yingdian initially refused: "The scenery of this world remains unchanged for hundreds and thousands of years, but people's existence is like dew and bubbles. Nothingness."

This translates to "It's not interesting, I don't want to go."

A "homebody" who can spend five hundred years "facing the wall" in the "Pure Land of One Heart" is indeed not interested in shopping.

Besides, the general hasn't finished his adjustments yet, so how could he have time to go out and wander around?

Besides... she's not in the mood right now.

Since the end of the battle a few days ago, Lei Film has been contemplating her path to "eternity." The reason she adopted a "stopgap" approach when adjusting the laws of the puppet general was also related to her not yet having sorted out her feelings.

The "wishes" that the divine child brought into the "Pure Land of One Heart" that day told her that she had taken a detour in the past five hundred years; while Han Fulai told her that "eternity" should be "the people's eternal pursuit and yearning for a better life".

As the "Eternal Goddess" of Inazuma, leading the people of Inazuma towards eternal beauty was indeed her heartfelt wish. Therefore, Lei Film agreed to Han Fulai's "win-win" proposal and signed a contract with him to cooperate... But deep down, she still harbored unease and confusion.

She failed to adjust the puppet general not because of any "complex structure or operational error," but because she simply didn't have the real determination to adjust it.

As the creator of the puppet general, Shadow can actually forcibly "format" the general's consciousness and then reshape a new general.

But she didn't do that.

The laws of the Puppet General, or rather, the "underlying code," were designed for "static eternity." Whenever Ying saw that "underlying code," he would think of himself five hundred years ago.

That was shortly after she had inherited the position of general.

The "First Fool" from the Land of Winter bestowed upon her a mysterious technology. This technology, which seemed to have been destined for her, could help her create exquisite dolls indistinguishable from real living beings.

In theory, a doll can perfectly replicate everything in the shadow.

This means that she can escape "wear and tear," surpass the lifespan limit of a demon god, and continue to exist to provide eternal protection for Inazuma.

Ying conducted countless experiments, discarding many failed attempts and consuming unimaginable time and materials... Then, relying on her obsession and the will of a warrior, she used her own demonic body as the base to create the perfect doll, which is now the Doll General.

She still remembers the moment when she completed the general's mission—

The newly born "Thunder General" sat quietly, listening to Shadow tell stories about her, her sister, her relatives and friends, and her description of "eternity".

The puppet general once asked her a question: "Giving up your physical body means there's no going back. Do you really not regret it?"

"Your existence is my answer."

That was her answer to the general.

At that time, Ying believed that her belief in "eternity" was absolutely correct, and that she would never regret it.

But now... she regrets it.

In Ying's view, she now seems to have betrayed her self from five hundred years ago, and also betrayed the puppet general who has been helping her move towards "eternity" for the past five hundred years.

Whenever she tries to alter the general's will, she can't help but wonder if it was a mistake for her to give up her physical body five hundred years ago? Was creating a puppet general an even bigger mistake?

Is it possible that I am wrong now?

Will my future self also regret it?

All of this made her subconsciously postpone her adjustments to the general.

From an objective perspective, this is actually a "side effect" of the "wall of the heart" being breached.

"Pure Land of One Heart" is her conscious space. The closure of Pure Land actually represents Lei's unwavering will, unaffected by any external factors. However, Han Fulai, with the wishes of his wife and thousands of people, broke through her "wall of the heart," which caused a flaw in her previously perfect state of mind.

Lei's current mental state is actually very unstable. Specifically, she is more anxious and insecure than before, and more prone to self-doubt.

In Ying's own view, not adjusting the general was her way of secretly leaving herself a "way out"—if she regretted it in the future, she could still let the general continue down the path from 500 years ago.

The idea of ​​leaving oneself a "way out" is an unwarranted cowardice... Five hundred years ago, she left no way out, abandoning her physical body to escape into the "Pure Land of One Heart," and advancing towards "eternity" by any means necessary.

Compared to my former self, I am undoubtedly much weaker now.

And then there's... that "Minister of the Interior" Han Fulai who's always hanging around in front of her.

For the first time, the shadow of the one who once sat alone in the Pure Land has a person to reflect upon, a person who can serve as a mirror.

Han Fulai dared to face the "unthinkable knife" for the sake of the people of Inazuma; after reaching a cooperation agreement with her, he has been working diligently for the future of Inazuma... Compared with him, the general's dilemma seems even more unbearable.

It's like when Aying, a slacker, is nearing her final exams, only to realize she hasn't studied properly all semester and can't concentrate on her books. So she tries to convince herself there's still some time before the exams, and then lies back in her "pure land" and turns on her phone...

However, Han, the top student in her class, would come to her every day with a pile of study materials to review together, and he was willing to teach her anything she didn't understand... The better the top student treated her, the more ashamed the underachiever felt, and the more she wanted to run away...

That's why she said she needed to "rest quietly".

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