Kamisato Estate...
"Ah? Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou truly is extraordinary!"
The head of the Kamisato Clan gave this evaluation of the middle-aged uncle's recent achievements.
It really was exceeding expectations by a wide margin.
"Let's not talk about that for now. Right now, we need to think about how to recruit people first. Talking about a blood change sounds easy, but actually doing it—the personnel records are all with the Kanjou Commission. Selecting talent is going to take real time..."
"I've never done this in practice either. No problem, let's start by going to the Kujou Clan and the Hiiragi Clan to collect taxes. We may not know everything, but at least we know that having money makes things easier..."
You've never done this either...
The middle-aged uncle pressed his hand to his forehead, instantly feeling as though a buff called "Blackening makes you ten times stronger, redemption makes you three times weaker" had descended upon him.
The head of the Kamisato Clan also looked a little embarrassed.
Who has ever actually carried out a major personnel overhaul? The Kujou and Hiiragi Clans have both been passed down for hundreds of years. Over that time, the Commissions have practically been molded into their shapes. Those positions are all tangled webs of family interests...
The Kamisato Clan had been weak for so long; in his generation, they had never carried out any large-scale blood change either.
This generation of the Kamisato Clan had nearly been the ones subjected to a blood change. If it had succeeded, at least they would know how it happened. The bad news was that the Kamisato Clan had come just a little short of being completely replaced.
Inazuma's future truly looked bright...
But no matter—it wasn't a problem. The middle-aged uncle still had a way.
"Eula, quick, set up the altar and prepare the ritual. I, the middle-aged uncle, want to consult Lord Rex Lapis."
Little Eula, who had been calmly grooming Kirara's fur nearby to relax, was instantly stunned on the spot.
Wait, middle-aged uncle, are you serious?
Handling Inazuma's national affairs by consulting the god of Liyue?
Little Eula looked at the middle-aged uncle's Vision of Anemo... which at some point had become the Anemo element from Mondstadt...
Fine, it wasn't the first time she thought the middle-aged uncle was a little too free-spirited.
Anyway, Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun had already said that seeing him was the same as seeing her...
"This... this doesn't seem quite right, does it?"
The head of the Kamisato Clan looked a bit embarrassed, but he had already picked up the documents in his hand.
It was the neighboring Geo Archon, Morax! A remarkably diligent god who checks for gaps and fills in deficiencies in his governed region every single year!
Then he looked at their own Raiden Shogun, who had been tricked to the point of losing her way...
The Kamisato Clan head gazed at the token in his hand that symbolized Inazuma's authority...
Mm...
After all, this was a god who had protected his own family. He was worthy of respect. And if they had been deceived, that was humanity's fault. So let this old man clean up the mess for the people of Inazuma.
"No problem. Right now, I am Inazuma's god. I already asked Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun before whether I could seek outside help, and she said everything is fully entrusted to me for management."
The middle-aged uncle placed the Rex Lapis cat-dragon plushie on the altar, wrote down the current situation they were facing, and even first wrote out the action plan that he and the head of the Kamisato Clan had prepared, submitting it to Lord Rex Lapis as if it were homework for review...
Not long after, the Rex Lapis cat-dragon plushie came to life vividly.
It then stretched out its fluffy little paw, picked up the documents, and began looking through them.
Finally, it nodded and took up a pen to write something on them.
After that, it flopped back down and returned to being an ordinary plushie.
The middle-aged uncle and the head of the Kamisato Clan excitedly picked up the documents to look...
They found that Lord Rex Lapis had simply written one large character on the file: "阅" (Reviewed/Read).
"Mm... what does this mean?"
The head of the Kamisato Clan asked in a somewhat uncertain tone, turning to the legendary adventurer who was comparatively more familiar with Rex Lapis.
"If my judgment is correct, Lord Rex Lapis is very satisfied. The two of us can now go all out without holding back."
"Good. Then let's get moving right now."