Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

"Haha, of course, your will has never wavered..."

"So, may we go see Princess Egret now?" All that Kong cared about was seeing General Thunder.

"Of course, no problem. I will take you to the Divine Palace. But before that, we need to go to a place—the Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed Statue!"

"All right......"

Kong had actually seen the statue a long time ago and knew what it represented, but he just didn't go closer to look at it.

Thomas went to great lengths to get him to join them in facing General Thunder.

Jiang Bai inquired around the island and, according to the merchants who did business there, they hadn't seen the blond traveler and his white floating object for several days.

In other words, Sora has already left the island and, if I'm not mistaken, should be in Inatsuma Castle on Narukami Island now.

After failing to pass the checkpoint on the island, Jiang Bai found a deserted spot, took off, and flew directly to Narugami Island.

Although it would attract attention in broad daylight, it was a last resort. Unless General Thunder came down from the sky to capture him, no one could really do anything to him.

He flew all the way to Narukami Island, found a deserted spot to land, and entered Inazuma Castle.

As the main city of Inazuma, Inazuma is home to more than 60% of Inazuma's population, making it a rather large city.

It wasn't very noticeable when we were on the outlying island, but once we entered Inazuma Castle, the rich Inazuma atmosphere was immediately apparent.

Purple houses, purple trees, purple grass, purple fallen flowers—everywhere is filled with the rich purple hue of lightning.

However, these shades of purple varied in intensity, blending harmoniously with the city.

Gudu poked its head out of Jiang Bai's pocket, curiously looking at the place it had never seen before.

He climbed onto Jiang Bai's shoulder, pretending to be a toy doll, his eyes darting around.

After arriving in Inazuma, in order to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, Gudu spent most of its time sleeping in Jiang Bai's pocket, only emerging when something interesting happened.

It is now unusually interested in Inazuma Castle, which it has never been to before.

"Hold on tight, don't fall."

Jiang Bai planned to first ask at the Adventurers' Guild, and then search around the city by chance.

If we still can't find it by tomorrow evening, then we'll have to come back another time.

The Adventurers' Guild is easy to find; Jiang Bai could just ask any passerby for directions and they would know where it is.

As expected, Jiang Bai saw Catherine again.

Katherine looks exactly like the Adventurers' Guild receptionist in Mondstadt and Liyue.

With the alchemical creation Abedo preceding him and the puppet soldiers following him, Jiang Bai accepted this identical Catherine well.

We don't know what Catherine is, but one thing is certain—Catherine is not a real person.

Hello, Catherine.

Catherine greeted him with her standard smile, clasping her hands together on her lower abdomen. "Hello, welcome to the Adventurers' Guild."

"I'd like to ask you about a blond traveler and his companion Paimon. Have you seen them?"

"I've met him before. Are you looking for this adventurer to post a quest?"

"No, do you know where they are?"

"Sorry, I don't know where they are right now. But I can leave a message for you if needed."

"Then I'll leave it to you. My name is Jiang Bai. Just tell him I've come to see him."

As for agreeing on a time and place to meet, that's not very realistic.

Stepping out of the Adventurers' Guild, Jiang Bai glanced at the passersby and muttered to himself:

"The time has come to test our fate."

Finding someone in this huge city really depends on fate.

After wandering around the city for a while, I bought two skewers of fried meatballs from a roadside stall on Jiangbai Road, planning to go and take a look at the statue that was still under construction.

The statue was quite tall and could be seen at a glance in the city.

Although he was far away and couldn't see it clearly, Jiang Bai felt that the Thousand-Handed Byakugan statue was different from the Thor statue on the Seven Gods statue.

As they drew closer, the statue became increasingly clear in front of Jiang Bai.

This is a seated deity, sitting on a huge circular stone platform. His hood covers most of his hair, but his facial features are clearly sculpted.

He rested his hands on his knees with his eyes closed, and behind him were two enormous, upright wings adorned with shimmering light.

Jiang Bai felt that the image of this statue was completely different from that of the Thunder God in the Seven Gods Statue, and it didn't even look like a statue of the Thunder God.

But how likely is it that such a large statue, built in Inazuma, a city ruled by Thor, is not actually a statue of Thor?

Or is it that even the god of thunder would revere the god represented by this statue?

Is this what they call "natural law"?

As Jiang Bai got closer, he could see clearly what the glittering things on the statue's wings were—they were divine eyes.

"Are all the Eyes of God confiscated by the Eye Hunt Order here?" Jiang Bai murmured to himself, glancing at the soldiers guarding the side.

There were quite a few soldiers guarding the area, and they all had serious expressions, clearly elite troops.

Jiang Bai's gaze fell on the enormous palace complex beside him.

This is the tallest and largest building in Inazuma Castle, and if there are no surprises, it should be the residence of General Raiden.

With the Eye of God placed upon this statue, no one dared to touch it.

Looking at the statue and the chilling aura it exuded, Gudu felt a little scared and shrank back into Jiang Bai's pocket.

The guards here do not prevent people from coming to pay their respects to the statue, nor do they drive away the Jiang Bai people below the statue.

Just as Jiang Bai was pondering who this statue represented, he heard a familiar yet delighted voice coming from behind him.

"Jiang Bai!" Kong and Thomas stepped onto the last step, and Paimon flew over first when he saw Jiang Bai.

Seeing them put Jiang Bai in a good mood.

"Fate is truly wondrous. I was wondering how to find you when I arrived in Inazuma Castle, but I never expected to run into you here."

Chapter 458: Let's learn about the international package.

"What is this?" Thomas looked at Jiang Bai curiously, waiting for Kong to introduce it to him.

"This is Jiang Bai, our friend. He's the one who defeated the Fatui Executors. Not only that, he single-handedly took on two Executors, and he was also a great help during the Dragon Plague in Mondstadt..."

Kong pushed Jiang Bai to the forefront without hesitation, exaggerating Jiang Bai's various great achievements, trying to make Jiang Bai also a target of Thomas, so that he wouldn't only focus on him.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. I'm just an ordinary working person. I don't even have the Eye of God. How could I possibly have the strength to defeat the Executor of the Fools? He must be joking..." Jiang Bai looked at Kong with a threatening expression.

There's definitely something fishy going on behind his blatant praise.

He turned to Paimon and said, "Paimon, quickly introduce this person to me."

Paimon, unaware of their ulterior motives, introduced Jiang Bai upon hearing his words: "This is Thomas, a member of the She Fengxing. We owe him a lot of credit after arriving on the island!"

"Mr. Thomas, it's an honor to meet you! Would you like to learn about the international meal packages at Wangshengtang?" As usual, Jiang Bai handed a flyer to this new acquaintance, confirming his identity as a working-class person.

The claim that they defeated the Fools' Enforcers is completely unfounded; you can't just make things up!

Thomas glanced at the flyer briefly, then chuckled and put it away.

"I've heard so much about you, thank you, but I don't need it for now."

Thomas actually knew about Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai did not deliberately try to keep the fact that he defeated the Fools a secret. Although not many people knew about it, it did spread.

If they know about Kong's deeds, they will naturally know about Jiang Bai, who also displayed amazing achievements in the disaster in Liyue.

However, compared to Kong, who is a traveler and can easily stir up trouble, Jiang Bai is ranked lower in their efforts to win him over.

"Kong, would you like one? You're so good at talking, you never know when you might need it!" Jiang Bai held up a flyer and looked at Kong with a smile.

Seeing Jiang Bai's benevolent smile, Kong broke out in a cold sweat and quickly waved his hand.

"No, no!"

Jiang Bai put away the flyer, then put his arm around his shoulder like a close buddy, "That's more like it! Don't you think so...?"

He chuckled awkwardly, "Yes, yes, yes..."

Thomas interjected at the opportune moment, "Mr. Jiang Bai, are you here to see the statue too?"

"Yes, it looks different from the Seven Gods Statue from a distance, so I came to take a closer look."

After Jiang Bai said that, Paimon realized what was going on.

"Yes, he certainly doesn't look like the Thor on the Statue of Seven!"

All eyes turned to Thomas; at this moment, only this local could answer their questions.

"Who exactly is this statue depicting?!"

"This... I don't know either..." Thomas scratched his head awkwardly. "I only know that this statue is called the 'Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue,' and it was commissioned by the General. As for who it depicts, I really don't know..."

This matter has sparked considerable discussion among the citizens, and the consensus reached is that it may simply be an artifact ordered by the General to be built to suppress the Eye of God, without any specific reference to anything else.

Normally, people keep their distance from this place and don't come over to worship or pray to this statue.

"What? A local expert, huh? You don't even know this?" Paimon's disdain was undisguised.

Thomas defended himself, saying, "I feel that the statue is merely a symbol of the general's eternity, not a representation of the actual person who possesses that information..."

Jiang Bai nudged Kong with his elbow, "Hey, is this what that unknown god who stopped you back then looked like?"

He shook his head. "It doesn't look like that."

That's really strange...

It's highly unusual for such a large statue to be erected in the capital city of a country, yet no one even knows who the statue represents.

“Let’s go closer and take a look.” Thomas walked to the bottom of the statue, and Kong and Jiang Bai followed.

"These must be the Eyes of God." Looking at the several Eyes of God of different colors on the statue, Kong asked with great certainty.

Thomas nodded. "It seems you've heard about the Eye Hunt Order. That's right, the confiscated Eyes of God are placed here."

Jiang Bai's gaze fell on the Eye of God at Thomas's waist, and his eyebrows were slightly raised.

Knowing full well that there's an Eye Hunting Order, why are you still so blatantly carrying the God's Eye? Do you think you're one of our own and therefore won't be confiscated?

"Why did General Thunder issue the Eye Hunt Order?" Paimon asked, puzzled.

Thomas explained the reasons in detail:

"Inazuma is the eternal kingdom, and General Raiden is the supreme ruler of Inazuma, as well as the god of Inazuma. The unchanging eternity for thousands of generations is the will that governs this kingdom."

"Therefore, the government was stabilized by the Three Commissioners and the movement of people was cut off by the national lockdown order. The general wanted Inazuma to remain static so that the river of time could flow by on both sides, but Inazuma would remain unmoved until [eternity]."

Looking at the statue before him, which was already inlaid with numerous Eyes of God, he continued:

"Of course, this is my own understanding. The reason for the recent Eye Hunt order may be that the general believes that the Eye of God can provide the people with the power of [change], while the [eternity] in the general's eyes cannot allow such [instability] to exist."

"So General Thunder dispatched his subordinates, the [Heavenly Envoy], to collect them everywhere, and one by one, embed the Eye of God into this enormous statue..."

"Therefore, this statue of the Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed God can be regarded as a symbol of Inazuma's eternity."

"To us, the Eye Hunting Order should not exist. From the very first day the Eye Hunting Order was issued, Ms. Kamisato was determined to fight against it..."

Jiang Bai glanced at the Eye of God at Thomas's waist as he listened to Thomas's words, but said nothing.

The lady he mentioned, Kamisato, must also be a holder of the Eye of God.

To say that the determination to resist Zhang was made on the very first day is far too grandiose.

Compared to the Eye Hunting Order, the Closure Order clearly had a greater impact on people's lives.

So-called resistance is nothing more than a reaction to one's own interests.

To be honest, after witnessing the actions of the shogunate army on Hachiyū Island and the destruction of the town's structures on Umijima Island, hearing these words at Inazuma Castle did not stir any emotion in him.

Kong reached out and touched the statue, and the next moment, he clutched his head in pain.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Bai looked at him, wondering what he had discovered this time.

"So many sounds..."