Chapter 474: The Man Who Lost the Eye of God
"Well……"
Ying raised his hand to support his forehead feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and had to support himself on the stove with one hand to keep standing.
Seeing this scene, Liu Bai widened his eyes and looked at the fried egg on the plate that Ying had taken a bite of.
"Master Kitchen God, please don't die!"
Liu Bai cried out in grief.
Hearing Liu Bai's sad call, the Eightfold God Son who was hiding outside shook his ears slightly.
"I hope Ying remembers to write down the edict of succession..."
Yae Shinko muttered quietly.
"No problem..."
Ying shook his head and quickly recovered.
"It's just that the general is not used to it."
Ying recovered and explained to Liu Bai.
Liu Bai scratched his head. Although he didn't know who the general was, he didn't doubt it. Then he began to follow Ying carefully to make noodles.
However, the kitchen of Naruto-Taisha Shrine seemed to be out of noodles, so Ying had to pour out the flour and decided to teach Liu Bai how to knead the noodles on the spot.
However, just as Liu Bai was imitating Ying to pour out the flour, a sudden electric arc suddenly fell, and the poured flour was instantly blown away, covering the entire kitchen.
"...?"
Ying looked down at his hand. It seemed that the arc was not his own...
boom--!
Before Ying could figure out what was going on, a violent explosion occurred in the kitchen of Narukami Taisha Shrine the next moment, and even the sacred cherry tree was shaken a few times by the airflow caused by the explosion.
……
In order to fulfill Kamisato Ayaka's three little wishes, Ying and the others first went to Konda Village to help Mr. Teshima, whose God's Eye was taken away, remember the reason why he stayed in Konda Village.
Although he could not remember the lover who made him want to stay in Konda Village and wait for her, and everything about her was forgotten, Teshima still decided to stay in Konda Village.
After doing all this, Ying and the others returned to the vicinity of Inazuma Castle and met the second person whose God's Eye was taken away, a samurai named Kurosawa Kyōnosuke who served as the Tenryo Bugyo.
Moreover, this samurai was also an executor of the Eye Hunting Order together with Kujo Sara.
Due to the long-term isolation of the country, food in Inazuma was expensive and scarce, and many people could not afford to eat. They were in confrontation with Kurosawa Kyōnosuke over the issue of "relief food".
However, according to Kurosawa Kyōnosuke, he had no idea about the relief food, and there was no such thing as him embezzling the relief food.
Later, after their investigation, they found out that the so-called relief food was actually purchased by Kurosawa Kyōnosuke with his own money.
But even though Ying and the others told Kurosawa Kyōnosuke the truth, he, who had lost the Eye of God, was instead wondering why he had done such a self-inflicted thing.
Later, when he saw the words "benevolence and righteousness" engraved on the knife left by his father, he realized that even if he had to go into debt, he had to make others happy. This was his greatest wish.
However, after losing the Eye of God, he began to doubt the use of [benevolence and righteousness]. He put this into practice and used his own money to buy relief food. In the end, his Eye of God was taken away by Tianling Fengxing, and those who were helped by him were unwilling to understand him.
The most ironic thing for him was that he felt heartbroken when he drew his knife towards the people he was rescuing.
Unable to be a good guy or a bad guy, Kurosawa Kyōnosuke was completely confused.
"Hmm, those two people are in really bad condition. It turns out that losing the Eye of God is such a terrible thing..."
Walking on the streets of Inazuma City, Paimon held his head and spoke to Ying and Krevie.
"No wonder Brother Liu Bai gave me six bombs when he knew I had the Eye of God. This is to prevent the Eye of God from being stolen... Yeah, I'll buy some from Brother Liu Bai next time I see him."
Krevy touched the Eye of God hidden under her clothes and quickly made the decision.
"Fortunately, I didn't have the Eye of God from the beginning."
Ying spread her hands helplessly.
"Anyway, let's go find the next person. After we find the last person, we can go back to find Linghua. When we meet General Lei Dian, we can persuade her to take back the Eye Hunting Order."
After calming down a little, Paimon made this suggestion.
Ying and Krevie nodded, and the three of them began to look for the Meikyou Shisui-ryu kendo gym according to what Kamisato Ayaka said.
"Hmm, there are a lot of shrine maidens over there. I heard that the shrine maidens of Inazuma stay in the shrine. This is the first time I see so many people coming down the mountain."
Before they could find the Meikyou Shisui-ryu kendo gym, Paimon suddenly noticed four priestesses passing by on the street.
Hearing Paimon's words, Ying and Klevi also looked over curiously.
It was their first time to visit Inazuma, and apart from the shrine maidens wearing fox masks that they had seen on the roadside before, this was their first time seeing a shrine maiden.
There is only one god in Inazuma, General Raiden, and these priestesses are the ones who serve the god.
But Ying and the others also knew that people who served gods did not necessarily see them often. The nuns of the Mondstadt West Wind Church had never seen the God of Wind at all.
Or, I can't recognize it even if I've seen it...
So Ying and the others didn't plan to go up and disturb these priestesses.
"..."
The purple-haired priestess walking at the back turned around and looked at Ying.
Blonde, foreigner...
Intivat...
The purple-haired priestess seemed to know something, but quickly looked away.
"..."
The look in her eyes made Ying feel a little strange.
It seems that she is not an ordinary witch...
"Traveler, hurry up, the Mingjing Zhishui Ryu's kendo gym seems to be ahead~"
At this time, Paimon's urging voice brought Ying back to her senses.
"coming."
Ying responded and hurriedly caught up with Ying and Krevy.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the Mingjing Shisui Ryu's kendo gym.
A year ago, Meikyo Shisui-ryu was still a fairly prestigious school in Inazuma, but today the dojo is very deserted.
Outside the kendo hall, two disciples of the Mingjing Shisui school were talking about something.
"Junior sister, don't be too sad, Master will be fine."
"In the past, those guys who came to challenge the master, no matter how strong they were, were all beaten away by the master in the end, weren't they?"
Among Domon's disciples, a disciple named Junye was comforting his junior sister.
"But I'm still a little worried..."
"In the past, no matter how dangerous the situation was, Master never wavered, but in the past year..."
Another female disciple named Nanako said with some concern.
The impact of taking away the Eye of God on different people is also different. Ever since the leader of the Mingjing Shishui School, Domon, had his Eye of God taken away, he did not lose any memory, but his mentality gradually changed over time and he could no longer remain steadfast in his swordsmanship.
Because of this situation, the Mingjing Zhishui School declined rapidly within a year and was no longer as prosperous as it was last year when Kujo Sara came to confiscate the Eye of God.
However, few people in Inazuma are currently aware of the dangers of having the Eye of God taken away, so Domon's two disciples only thought that their master was possessed by evil spirits and planned to invite the shrine maidens from the Narujin Taisha Shrine to perform an exorcism ceremony.
"Excuse me, what happened here?"
Paimon couldn't help but move forward and ask.
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