At sea.
Jun Bai, flapping his flame wings and advancing all the way toward Inazuma, called out to the system: "System, are you there?"
[I'm acting as the camera.]
"Can you let me see the footage you're recording?"
Because of Jun Bai's existence, the plot had been going wild since the Liyue arc.
Therefore, the Traveler's foreknowledge didn't exist for Jun Bai.
No foreknowledge, then at least he needed to have a God's-eye view like players in the real world.
Otherwise, if an unexpected situation occurred, Jun Bai would be caught off guard.
The system didn't respond, but directly projected a semi-transparent panel in front of Jun Bai.
Inside was the experience of Lumine and the group after arriving at Ritou, and even the comment section was on the side.
"Did you project this from a lucky audience's livestream room in the real world?"
Jun Bai complained.
Ritou, pier.
After Thoma introduced the matters related to Inazuma's Three Commissions to everyone, Lumine and Jun Mo Li already had a preliminary understanding of Inazuma's political structure.
Kanjou Commission managed finance, Tenryou Commission managed military, and Yashiro Commission managed rituals.
In Teyvat where divine authority was supreme, in terms of status, Yashiro Commission was undoubtedly above Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission.
So after learning that Thoma was the housekeeper of Yashiro Commission, Paimon's thinking became active.
Paimon directly proposed that their group wanted to stay in Inazuma, hoping Thoma could help out of kindness.
"Of course, it's fine if you don't help us."
Paimon added.
Thoma listened to Paimon's request and didn't immediately agree. Instead, he asked back: "Can I interpret your meaning as you wanting to stay in Inazuma?"
Lumine shook her head: "No, we just want to travel in Inazuma."
"Travel? It seems you are that Traveler who resolved Mondstadt's dragon disaster and saved Liyue."
"If your and this swordsman's idea is to have a relaxed and pleasant journey in Inazuma, then my suggestion is to give up directly."
Thoma shook his head.
[Relaxed? Pleasant?]
[Still missing "sunny." It seems the screenwriter for Inazuma's plot isn't that old friend. That really lets me breathe a sigh of relief.]
"Give up? I took a week-long sea voyage here not to hear this."
Jun Mo Li frowned: "Before advising people to give up, I hope you can provide a suitable reason."
"Otherwise such advice will be meaningless."
Thoma nodded: "What this gentleman said makes sense."
"The reason I want everyone to give up is because once you enter Inazuma, there will be no chance to leave again."
"Now the island we are on is called Ritou. It was originally a deserted island, but now..."
(This segment is the author's secondary setting, otherwise it can't be rounded out.)
Thoma gestured for everyone to look behind him. Inazuma-style buildings stood on Ritou.
"It should have been a deserted island, but now it's a small village." Jun Mo Li noticed that the Ritou Thoma mentioned was different from the Ritou they saw now.
Thoma nodded: "This village was not established by Inazuma's residents, but by residents from other countries who accidentally came to Inazuma."
"Since a hundred years ago, when the Shogun promulgated the Sakoku Decree, Inazuma's outer sea has been shrouded in thunderstorms all day long."
"People inside can't get out, people outside can't get in. The only ones who can freely enter and exit are Liyue's merchant ships."
"Therefore, once someone drifts to Inazuma from outside, they have no possibility of leaving Inazuma for the rest of their life."
[Kaedehara Kazuha: I got out, although I didn't drift to Inazuma from outside.]
[A lifetime — for Liyue people it's not friendly.]
Paimon frowned and asked: "Can't they leave through Liyue's merchant ships?"
"They can, but the premise is being able to avoid the Shogunate Army's inspections, and never planning to return to Inazuma for life."
Thoma explained: "Having already entered the nation of Eternity, if one chooses to leave, it already doesn't conform to the definition of Eternity. This is the Shogun's original words."
"Therefore, whenever Liyue's merchant ships transport grain over, the Shogunate Army will conduct inspections on Ritou to prevent anyone from leaving Inazuma at this time."
"In addition, if the Shogunate Army subsequently discovers someone has left Inazuma, that person will be wanted by the Shogunate Army for violating the Sakoku Decree."
"Once discovered, at best they will be imprisoned in Tenryou Commission, at worst they will go to Tenshukaku to face Musou no Hitotachi directly."
[Then wouldn't Kaedehara Kazuha be chopped as soon as he comes out?]
[After all, it's both the Sakoku Decree and the Vision Hunt Decree.]
Jun Mo Li pondered Thoma's meaning and said: "It's not that there's no chance to leave, but the difficulty of leaving is very high?"
Thoma nodded.
Lumine thought that even if she chose to stay, she could leave without going through Liyue's merchant ships.
After all, judging from Teyvat residents' reactions, they wouldn't use teleport waypoints.
So Lumine said: "I have a reason why I must meet Raiden Shogun, so I want to stay."
Paimon naturally agreed with Lumine.
Yiya didn't speak, but her hand holding Lumine's never loosened. This was already enough to show her attitude.
Jun Mo Li looked at Yiya and said: "The matter of not being able to leave, we'll talk about it when needed. But at least for now, I have to fulfill the responsibility of a guardian."
[This person is Yiya's guardian.]
[Second Brother is indeed Yiya's guardian, but if Second Brother is the guardian, then what about us?]
[Fiancée (shy.jpg)]
[Jun Bai: What kind of demon! How dare you covet my little one who's not even two years old! Look at the gun!]
Seeing this, Thoma knew he couldn't persuade this group.
He could only say: "For the sake of Big Sister Beidou delivering supplies to us all these years, I can help you this once."
So Thoma had everyone wait behind him. After the Shogunate Army finished inspecting all the supplies on the merchant ships, he took out the token of the Yashiro Commission's White Heron Princess, asking the Shogunate Army to give face to Yashiro Commission.
The Shogunate Army acted as if they didn't see the four people and directly returned to continue inspections.
Although Yashiro Commission didn't hold power, because it managed ritual affairs, its status among the Three Commissions was the highest.
The White Heron Princess was also renowned. Her face, the Shogunate Army would naturally give.
Even with the Sakoku Decree, human relations and worldly wisdom still needed to be remembered.
"Since you all chose to borrow Yashiro Commission's name to stay in Inazuma, then you owe our young lady a favor."
Thoma put away the White Heron Princess's fan and said.
"Then I don't know — what kind of price do we need to pay to repay this favor now?" Jun Mo Li asked.
"This... I'll tell everyone after you all arrive at Narukami Island." With that, Thoma turned and left.
Watching Thoma walk away until he disappeared from everyone's sight, Jun Mo Li then looked toward a patch of grass nearby:
"The stranger has already left. Still not planning to show yourself?"
"Mr. Stowaway?"
As soon as Jun Mo Li finished speaking, Yiya directly opened her mouth and sprayed a mouthful of fierce flames toward the grass.
A wind blade appeared from the grass, blowing away Yiya's flames, then a youth walked out from within.
It was the Wanderer.