"Say, Mei... do I look like I'm stupid?"
Regarding the question Mei asked her, Miko simply smiled slightly and asked a question in return.
After all, for this kind of thing, she naturally knew what the consequences would be. Since she was already prepared to do it, that meant she had already thought through what kind of consequences she might face.
"You do!"
Looking at Miko with a flat expression, Acheron slowly nodded.
Miko: "???"
Originally, Miko was waiting for Mei to ask what preparations she had made. As a result, Mei didn't follow the script and directly said she was stupid; Miko couldn't tolerate this.
"How am I stupid? Mei, I am prepared, okay?"
"Then what are your preparations?" This time, Acheron asked just as Miko had expected.
"Well, it's actually quite simple. It's just that before She finds out, we use Her name to do things as much as possible."
As she said this, Miko couldn't help but laugh. She seemed to already be able to imagine Ei's expression upon discovering someone was impersonating Her; that would definitely be very interesting. Especially after seeing Mei—she simply couldn't imagine that scene.
Of course, as an accomplice, she would definitely be in for a world of trouble. But it didn't matter. With Mei and Kaito here, there shouldn't be any problem. When the time comes, she would just hide directly behind these two; Ei shouldn't be able to do anything to her.
However, she also knew that Ei actually didn't know anything about the situation on the front lines. But it didn't matter; She would know soon enough.
"This is your preparation?" Acheron realized that Miko's preparation was the same as having no preparation at all. Originally, she thought Miko had some backup plan, but it turned out she had absolutely nothing.
However, she wasn't worried. After all, her strength was not something the Raiden Shogun could compare to.
Wait! Miko's preparation... couldn't be me, right?
Suddenly thinking of this, Acheron felt that everything made sense.
"Are you planning to hide behind me when the time comes?" Before Miko could answer anything, Acheron had already spoken.
"Oh my, Mei guessed it."
Seeing that Mei had guessed her little scheme, Miko laughed, and then she continued, "Actually, the current Raiden Shogun doesn't know about the matters on the front line."
The Raiden Shogun doesn't know about the front line?!
Right... In the plot, it was indeed like that...
How did I forget? Was it because it was too ridiculous?
Hearing Miko say this, Acheron finally remembered that the Raiden Shogun did not know about the front line; before this, she had always assumed by default that the Raiden Shogun knew. After all, for something like war, the fact that a nation's supreme ruler wouldn't know was simply extremely ridiculous.
"Then after this fuss of ours, She must surely know, right?" Now Acheron seemed to understand why Miko was being so brazen.
"Yes, but if She knows about the front line, She will basically also know that you are impersonating Her. I really hope these two things could be separated."
Nodding, Miko spoke somewhat helplessly. Actually, she didn't want Mei to be exposed so quickly, but there was no helping it; right now, her plan could only be this way.
Moreover, being exposed a bit faster wasn't necessarily a bad thing, and conversely, it wasn't necessarily a good thing either, so she decided to just leave it at this and leave the rest to luck.
"So where do we go next?" At this point, Acheron returned to the original question. She didn't care what Miko wanted to do later; right now, she just wanted to know where to go.
"Let's go to the Kujou Army first. We'll go there to make them stop the war, and then we'll go to the Resistance's side."
Seeing Mei ask this question again, Miko answered in this way. She intended to first go to the Shogunate Army's side to announce the cessation of war, and then go to the Resistance's side to make them also stop the war, otherwise the 'Raiden Shogun' would make them face severe consequences. As for what comes after, that can be discussed later.
"Then let's go."
After listening to Miko's answer, Acheron walked toward the direction of Kujou Encampment. Since Miko hoped to go to the Kujou Army first, she would go there first.
*
Kujou Encampment.
"Lady Kujou, Her Excellency, the Shogun, and Lady Guuji have arrived."
What?!
Her Excellency, the Shogun, and Lady Guuji?!
Could it be that something happened?
Kujou Sara, who was in the camp thinking about how to thoroughly crush the Resistance, was extremely shocked after hearing her subordinate's report. She never imagined that Her Excellency, the Shogun, and Lady Guuji would actually come here.
"I understand."
Although Kujou Sara was endlessly puzzled, she still hurriedly stood up and walked outside.
Outside.
"Her Excellency, the Shogun... and Lady Guuji."
Upon arriving outside and seeing those two figures, Kujou Sara hurriedly bowed. However, she didn't know why, but the current Shogun seemed a bit different, though she couldn't quite say where the difference lay.
Hmm?
Where is Her Excellency, the Shogun going?
Suddenly seeing the Shogun turn and walk toward the outside of the military camp, Kujou Sara was extremely puzzled.
"Stop looking. Her Excellency's purpose for this trip is to have you stop the war. As for why, do not ask for now."
Looking at Kujou Sara, Miko spoke slowly like this. As for why Mei suddenly walked toward the outside of the camp, it was because she wanted Kujou Sara to think that Her Excellency had other matters to handle besides making her stop the war. Otherwise, for just a simple cessation of war, the Shogun would never personally come here to issue the order.
"Stop the war? Why?"
Not expecting to receive such an order, Kujou Sara was extremely puzzled and subconsciously asked why.
"For that 'why', you will have to ask Her Excellency, but right now Her Excellency still has matters to attend to. You should just wait here."
After saying this, Miko also walked toward the outside of the military camp. Because she felt that coming up with a reason might arouse suspicion, Miko simply didn't give a reason at all.
"I understand, but..."
"You do not need to worry about the Resistance's side."
Suddenly stopping her steps, Miko, not waiting for Kujou Sara to finish speaking, knew what she was going to say.
"Then I will wait here for Her Excellency's return."
This time Kujou Sara didn't ask anything more, only indicating she would wait here for the Shogun to return, and this was exactly what Miko wanted.
Alright... This side is settled... Next is the other side... Sangonomiya's Resistance!
Continuing to walk out of the camp, Miko silently thought this while looking in a certain direction.
I wonder what it is that Her Excellency and Lady Guuji need to do?
Watching Miko's retreating figure, Kujou Sara behind her couldn't help but think this.
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