[Ah? You're here too?]
[The Wanderer is here too. Now even if Storm suddenly appears I won't feel surprised.]
[The top three of the South Cross Martial Tournament gathering again, huh.]
[So when the Wanderer said he would definitely go to Inazuma, it wasn't just stating an attitude — he was serious!]
Paimon said in shock: "Wanderer? You actually came to Inazuma? I thought you were just saying it."
The Wanderer patted the dust off his clothes — it had stuck to him while hiding in the grass earlier.
Only then did he speak: "If it was just talk, I would have admitted defeat the moment I met Senior at the martial tournament."
"I said I have a reason why I must come to Inazuma."
"So even if it's illegal, you still snuck onto the ship?" Jun Mo Li said with arms crossed.
"I remember this behavior is called stowaway. In the latest version of Liyue's laws, not only is there a fine, but there's even a prison sentence of more than half a year."
"I know. After this matter is finished, I'll return to Liyue and turn myself in." The Wanderer said.
"So, Wanderer, even though you know this is a crime, you still followed us to Inazuma?" Paimon asked.
The Wanderer nodded.
"Knowing it's a crime but still coming — it seems this matter is really important to you." Lumine said.
"Mm. Because I received reliable intelligence that the Doctor recently appeared within Inazuma's borders." The Wanderer took out an envelope stamped with a pink fox head and explained.
"Whether it's the main body or a Segment, I want to personally tear that guy into ten thousand pieces."
Seeing the Wanderer's sharp gaze, Paimon couldn't help but shiver: "It's obvious you really hate the Doctor."
[If I remember correctly, the 20 Doctor Segments that the Fatui promised to Liyue all seem to have been handled by the Wanderer alone.]
[The Doctor's evaluation from Childe is pretty bad.]
[So does anyone know the reason why the Doctor is so disliked? I want to know if he violated some heavenly law.]
Lumine asked: "So, are you going to act together with us next, or alone?"
The Wanderer said: "Sorry, everyone. I plan to act alone."
"First, because our goals are different."
Lumine and Jun Mo Li's goals were both to meet Raiden Shogun — one to inquire about her brother's news, the other to witness the ultimate of a god's martial arts.
But the Wanderer's goal was to find the Doctor's whereabouts.
On this point, it would be better for both sides to act separately.
"Second, because of my personal reasons. It's not yet time for me to meet Raiden Shogun."
After the Wanderer finished speaking, azure flowing wind wrapped around him. With a flash, he disappeared in front of everyone.
[Ha? Not yet time to meet? So the Wanderer actually knows Raiden Shogun? Did he get to know her through Jun Bai?]
[The Liyue arc plot actually had a detail — the Wanderer isn't a local of Liyue, but was brought back from outside by Jun Bai and raised.]
[So the Wanderer is a pre-Sakoku Inazuma person? He's really a long-lived species.]
"Wanderer, Wanderer!"
Paimon called out to the Wanderer but received no response from the other party. She could only sulk alone: "Explain yourself clearly before leaving!"
Azure flowing wind appeared again. The Wanderer appeared in front of Paimon. The timid Paimon was almost scared.
"I have to remind you — the housekeeper from Yashiro Commission set a trap for you."
"The only way in and out of Ritou is managed by Kanjou Commission. People on Ritou have no way to reach Narukami Island through normal methods."
Then the Wanderer disappeared again. This time he really left. Lumine and Paimon waited a long while but he didn't appear.
Jun Mo Li crossed his arms, then gave a light laugh and shook his head: "Thoma played us."
Lumine, Paimon, and Yiya looked at Jun Mo Li, hoping to learn from Second Brother where this statement came from.
"We owe Yashiro Commission a favor and can stay on Ritou. And Ritou is under Kanjou Commission's management. So information about us must have already reached Kanjou Commission."
Jun Mo Li explained: "And Kanjou Commission won't let anyone on Ritou leave Ritou."
"So if we want to leave, we can only do so through illegal means to bypass Kanjou Commission."
"Since it's an illegal method, as long as Kanjou Commission reports the matter about us, within two days at most we'll appear on the Shogunate Army's wanted list."
"At that time, there's only one party we can turn to for help."
[As expected of Second Brother — so smart!]
[There were actually so many twists and turns in this.]
[Could Thoma, just a housekeeper, have thought this far?]
Lumine continued: "That would be Yashiro Commission. So what Thoma meant by 'wait until we reach Narukami Island before repaying the favor we owe now' was this."
"Yiyaduo, yiya ya..." (If there's no way to reach Narukami Island, we won't even have the qualification to repay the favor.)
Even Yiya understood.
"So what do we do now? Do we still want to go to Narukami Island?" Paimon asked.
"This is just my speculation. Whether it turns out this way remains to be seen." Jun Mo Li told Paimon not to be pessimistic.
"It's better to first ask the people on Ritou if there's any way to leave, then decide."
Lumine made the final decision for everyone's next actions.
Next, the group split into four routes and asked around Ritou for ways to reach Narukami Island.
However, the answers they got were either that there was no way, or that only with Kanjou Commission's permission could they go to Narukami Island.
After regrouping and discussing, they split into two routes again. Lumine and Jun Mo Li went to find Kanjou Commission, while Paimon and Yiya used their advantages to continue gathering intelligence on Ritou.
[Using advantages: acting cute.]
[That area is Yiya's specialty. Does it have anything to do with Paimon?]
Lumine and Jun Mo Li returned empty-handed. After being polite, the head of Kanjou Commission directly began making things difficult for outsiders like Lumine and Jun Mo Li.
Even if the other party chose to make things difficult, it showed that trying to reach Narukami Island through the Kanjou Commission route would be quite difficult.
So Lumine and Jun Mo Li could only choose to give up.
Before leaving, Jun Mo Li drew his sword and cut the Kanjou Commission residence in half with one slash.
In the physical sense.
Making things difficult for me? Then you'd better have your two eyes take turns standing guard at night. Because in the worst-case scenario we still have Yashiro Commission's protection, Jun Mo Li wasn't very worried about offending Kanjou Commission.
Yashiro Commission, which managed rituals, had the highest status. Tenryou Commission, which managed the Shogunate Army, had the greatest power.
So Kanjou Commission, which managed finances, could only be stuck in the middle causing difficulties for both sides — destined to offend neither.
Therefore, Jun Mo Li's attack was a bit heavier.
Only cutting the building without injuring anyone was already the result of Jun Mo Li controlling himself as much as possible. After all, that head of Kanjou Commission really was too difficult to deal with.