Kujou Sara caught the bloody object that Arataki Itto had thrown over — and the eerie power surrounding her dissipated completely.
She opened her palm and looked down.
It was none other than Arataki Itto’s eyeball.
"...I’m sorry. I didn’t foresee things turning out this way,"
Kujou Sara looked toward Arataki Itto, whose eye was tightly shut and bleeding profusely, and said:
"I didn’t expect that... even after being stopped, I would still enter a state where I completely lose control..."
"Boss!" the three members of the Arataki Gang cried out, rushing over to check on Itto’s injury.
"Hahahahaha... I’m fine! It’s just a scratch!"
Arataki Itto laughed heartily, as if completely unconcerned about his wound.
"A loss is a loss! It’s just one of my eyeballs — how could I let all of you risk your lives for me? That’s not how the one-and-only Arataki ’Numero Uno’ Itto rolls!"
"Let me do an emergency dressing. I’ve got experience in this — while sailing at sea, my crew members would occasionally get hurt by accident too," Beidou said as she stepped forward and quickly bandaged Arataki Itto’s wound.
Kujou Sara noticed that a few of the Tenryou Commission soldiers who had been knocked out nearby were starting to stir, as if they were about to regain consciousness.
"Everyone, let’s discuss the details later—meet me in the back mountain behind the Tenryou Commission."
As she spoke, Kujou Sara gently wiped Arataki Itto’s eyeball clean with a pristine cloth and placed it into an exquisitely crafted small box.
"I’ll take the soldiers back for now to make my report—just to avoid any unnecessary complications."
"And one last thing... I’m sorry."
"In the past, I was a firm follower and supporter of the Shogun. Of course... I still am."
"But now, I believe—what the Shogun is doing... is wrong."
"Is this the regenerative ability of the Oni Clan? It hasn’t been long, and there’s been no special treatment, yet the bleeding has already stopped,"
Beidou said, looking at Arataki Itto’s eye socket in surprise.
"Hahahahaha, well of course! This Oni’s constitution is second to none in the world!"
Looking at Arataki Itto, it seemed like he had fully recovered by now.
"So, what exactly was that power that suddenly appeared from Kujou Sara just now?"
"If she’s mastered this power, doesn’t that mean my revenge plan is going to be delayed indefinitely?"
"I’ve lost to her twice already—I can’t lose to her a third time!"
Su Yuan was at a loss for words.
With Arataki Itto’s personality, is this really what he’s focusing on now?
"That’s an eerie power," Su Yuan said, looking at Itto.
"It’s triggered under certain conditions. The original host loses their rationality and consciousness, being controlled by this evil power..."
"And Itto, the condition that triggers the Eerie state for you might be related to bean products."
"So, you should avoid eating bean products as much as possible."
"Don’t worry, you all know that we Oni absolutely hate beans. Even without this condition, I wouldn’t willingly eat bean products! Hahahaha!" Arataki Itto patted his chest and said.
"But judging from how Lyney looked just now, it seems like you’re deliberately controlling the eerie power..."
"If I could also harness that power, I’d probably be able to easily defeat that Tengu girl!"
But Itto quickly denied his own idea: "No, that would be an unfair victory! I have to defeat Kujou Sara fair and square—so she admits her loss willingly and wholeheartedly!"
Not long after, everyone arrived at the rear mountain behind the Tenryou Commission headquarters, where Kujou Sara seemed to have already been waiting.
"You’ve arrived," Kujou Sara said, looking at the group.
"Lately, I’ve been troubled by the Shogun’s strange behavior, so your sudden appearance in Inazuma has actually helped a lot."
"But honestly, deep down, I wish you hadn’t come to Inazuma at this time—because right now, Inazuma is far too unstable and full of danger."
"Kujou Sara, from the way you’re talking, it almost sounds like you weren’t expecting us?"
Kazuha looked at her in confusion, pulling a letter from his chest and handing it to her.
"Wasn’t this letter written by you?"
Kujou Sara opened the envelope and looked at the contents in shock.
"This is definitely my handwriting... but I honestly have no memory of writing this letter..."
"See? Didn’t I say so earlier?" Arataki Itto chimed in.
"Kujou Sara just doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would write a letter asking for help from outsiders."
Everyone present fell silent—confused and a little fearful.
If Kujou Sara wasn’t the one who wrote the letter, then who did?
And what was the true purpose of that mysterious person who sent it?
Could it be... that they just wanted to lure all of them to Inazuma?
"Everyone, since we can’t figure it out for now, then let’s not dwell on it. There’s no point wasting too much time and energy on this," Su Yuan said.
"Even if we’re aware something’s wrong... we’re already in Inazuma. That much can’t be changed."
"You’re right—Su Yuan has a point," Aether nodded in agreement.
"Kujou Sara, let’s exchange information now and share what we know!"
Then, Su Yuan told Kujou Sara everything they knew about the Eerie phenomenon.
"I see... So the reason Her Excellency, the Shogun, is acting so strangely... might really be due to the Eerie," Kujou Sara murmured.
"And just as you said, Su Yuan, the condition that triggered my Eerie transformation... might be failing to carry out, or being unable to complete, the mission she gave me with full dedication..."
"And once I completed the task, I naturally came out of the Eerie state..."
"So now, if we want Her Excellency to put an end to the Vision Hunt Decree, the most important thing is to find out what caused her Eerie transformation in the first place..."
"But the current problem is... we haven’t actually seen Her Excellency, the Shogun, herself in a long time..."
"She’s been staying inside Tenshukaku all this time, issuing commands to us through flashes of lightning..."
"She continues to collect new, rare eye-bearers and uses them to construct a new Statue of a Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed God..."
"We’re honestly not even sure what condition Her Excellency is in right now..."
Hearing this from Kujou Sara, Su Yuan and the others actually felt a bit relieved.
Since the Raiden Shogun had been holed up inside Tenshukaku all this time, it at least meant they didn’t have to worry about accidentally locking eyes with her just yet.
"In that case, I think we need to head over to the Grand Narukami Shrine and see if Yae Miko might be able to help us..."
Su Yuan pondered for a moment before continuing,
"But with Inazuma’s current situation, there’s no way Yae Miko hasn’t noticed something is wrong... so why hasn’t she done anything about it?"
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