“Found you!”
Feng Yi followed the flow of elemental particles in the air and looked towards an unusual spot.
There, the elemental particles had gathered into a regular, curved dome.
Feng Yi walked towards it, muttering the incantation to dispel the illusionary barrier.
“Dispel!”
With a low shout, before the eyes of everyone present, a wooden box appeared out of thin air in the corner of the room.
Incredible!
“Hey, is this magic? It’s so amazing!”
The Shogunate soldiers watched this magical sight, dumbfounded. This trick of conjuring a box from nothing was far more impressive than anything they had seen at festivals.
“This isn’t magic, it’s genuine sorcery!”
Shikanoin Heizou stepped forward to explain.
Indeed, an illusionary barrier had been set up here. No wonder the soldiers had passed by this place multiple times without noticing anything amiss.
If it weren't for Lady Feng Yi sensing the anomaly and successfully dispelling the illusionary barrier, that big fish might have truly escaped.
“Get them!”
Kujou Sara waved her hand, ordering her subordinate soldiers to surround the area.
Several soldiers, weapons in hand, surrounded the wooden box, ready for combat.
Suddenly, the lid of the wooden box was thrown open. The soldiers were startled, and then they saw a person leap out of the box, attempting to flee.
The soldiers reacted quickly. With coordinated efforts, they soon subdued the person on the ground.
“Let me go, hurry and let me go! Kujou Sara, if you know what’s good for you, let me leave, and I’ll pretend this never happened. Otherwise, the head of my clan will never let you off…”
Hiiragi Daichi shouted belligerently, relying on his position within the Tenryou Commission and completely disregarding Kujou Sara.
Accustomed to his tyrannical ways, Hiiragi Daichi failed to realize how dangerous his current predicament was.
The clan head he depended on had recently been sent to the Shogunate prison by Kujou Sara and was now undergoing severe interrogation, likely to face execution on the scaffold soon.
“Take him away. Fulfill his wish and let him be imprisoned with his clan head.”
Kujou Sara glanced indifferently at Hiiragi Daichi, deciding to grant his wish to be reunited with his clan head.
“What? Impossible! This can’t be true! Hahahaha, it’s fake, it’s all fake…”
Upon hearing that Kujou Sara had captured his clan head, Hiiragi Daichi’s mind felt as if it had been struck by a hammer. His entire head buzzed, unable to accept the cruel reality.
How could the head of the Hiiragi clan, who controlled Inazuma’s finances, be captured by a mere Shogunate general?
Hiiragi Daichi believed that this was merely a torture tactic employed by Kujou Sara to extract information from him. He was convinced that as long as he kept silent, his clan head would find a way to rescue him.
With this thought, a smug smile spread across Hiiragi Daichi’s face. They thought they could deal with him using such tricks? They were underestimating him too much.
So utterly convinced, Hiiragi Daichi, believing he had seen through everything, would only meet his cherished clan head in the Shogunate prison a short while later…
“Now we really must leave. Goodbye, everyone. Itto, let’s go!”
Feng Yi waved to Arataki Itto and left the Delusion Factory without delay.
The sun had already set, and night had fallen.
“Boss Feng Yi, we’ll part ways here. Before some shops close, I’m going to get some ingredients for tonight’s Onikabuto pie party. By the way, Boss Feng Yi, do you want to join the Arataki Gang’s Onikabuto pie party? I’m not bragging, but it’s super fun!”
Arataki Itto invited Feng Yi in front of a shop that hadn’t closed yet.
“Next time, next time for sure. I have other things to do tonight…”
Feng Yi glanced in the direction of Watatsumi Island and politely declined Arataki Itto’s offer.
“Is that so? What a shame. Otherwise, Shinobu’s Onikabuto pie would make you so delicious you’d eat your tongue off!”
Arataki Itto lamented with a hint of regret, it seemed Boss Feng Yi wouldn’t have that culinary fortune today.
Feng Yi smiled, unfazed, waved goodbye to Arataki Itto, and then headed towards Watatsumi Island.
As he passed the Inazuma Message Board, he instinctively paused to take a look.
By the light of the flickering torches by the roadside, Feng Yi saw some interesting recent events.
In the center, a notice occupied three-quarters of the board.
The paper of the notice was still quite new, clearly indicating it had been posted recently.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be about the Vision Hunt Decree and the lifting of the Sakoku policy, informing the people of Inazuma about the specific adjustments to Inazuma’s governance.
More than ten decrees were adjusted, covering military, commerce, culture, and other aspects.
It was evident that Ei was serious.
At the top of the message board was a message about Arataki Itto challenging Kujou Sara to a sumo match.
A long time had passed, and the writing had become somewhat blurred.
This was a message left by Arataki Itto after he lost to Kujou Sara during the Vision Hunt Decree and had his Vision confiscated.
If not for Yae Miko, who wanted to watch the show, having people preserve this part of the message, it would have been erased by Kujou Sara long ago.
It was also because Kujou Sara refused the challenge that Arataki Itto called her “Kujou the Turtle.”
Feng Yi’s gaze moved down, and at the very bottom of the message board, he found some newly written messages, which were about Shikanoin Heizou.
It read: Seeking my foolish younger brother, Shikanoin Heizou, who calls himself a "detective." He is arrogant and disrespectful to his elders. Recently, he has gone missing again. Any who have heard or seen him are requested to provide clues.
This message was undoubtedly written by Shikanoin Nana.
Feng Yi immediately thought of Shikanoin Heizou, whom he had just met at the Delusion Factory. He felt that the young man was quite clever, and becoming a detective seemed like a decent path.
However, Feng Yi didn’t want to encounter him often.
After all, detectives who investigate cases are always active at various crime scenes, like harbingers of death…
The neighbors of Inazuma seemed unfazed by Nana’s message, with some commenting below: “Did this child get lost again?”
Shikanoin Nana replied: “He ran off to investigate another case again. I just hope he doesn’t hurt anyone else.”
Good heavens, so Nana wasn’t worried about Heizou getting hurt, but rather about others being harmed because of him.
Truly siblings.
Feng Yi sighed and set off again towards Watatsumi Island.
“Did you hear? Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun announced this morning that the Vision Hunt Decree has been canceled. Our resistance forces, who have persevered for so long, have finally achieved victory!”
“Our efforts have finally paid off. The Shogunate troops on the Nazuchi Beach battlefield have begun to retreat.”
As Feng Yi returned to Watatsumi Island, he found the soldiers of the resistance excitedly discussing the cancellation of the Vision Hunt Decree.
“Captain Feng Yi, Her Excellency Kokomi has ordered that if you return, you are to be notified immediately to meet her in the library…”