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"The reason you and Father died was ultimately because our Shinri family was too weak."
"If only our Kamisato family weren't so weak!"
"If it weren't for the fact that the Heavenly Commander and the Imperial Commissioner had no bottom line when it came to profit!"
"If it weren't for General Thunder's aloofness and indifference towards us!"
"How could our Kamisato family have fallen to such a state?!"
"Mother, please tell your daughter, did I do something wrong?"
"Have I done anything wrong?"
“Our Shenli family is getting better.”
"If things continue to develop like this, our Kamisato family will eventually become the number one family in Inatsuma. At that time, neither the Kujo family nor the Hiiragi family, neither the Gujin clan nor anything else, will be able to harm us."
"No one can hurt you anymore, no one can take you away from me!"
"I did all this for you! For the sake of our Kamiri family?!"
"Mother, tell me, did your daughter do something wrong?!"
Seeing Ayaka Kamisato's somewhat obsessive appearance, Kayo Kamisato felt a pang of heartache.
she knows.
This is the true face of my daughter...
perhaps?
The faint sense of unfamiliarity she felt in the past was genuine; it was all a disguise for Ayaka Kamisato. The Ayaka we see now might be the real Ayaka, or perhaps not.
all in all.
Both his daughter and Lin Jiu'an were probably reborn.
Kazuyo Kamisato already understood.
In her previous life, she and her husband must have died together in the "Five Thunderbolts Extinction" incident ten years ago.
The death of a loved one, immense pressure...
This is what caused Kaori Kayo to change from the cute and innocent girl she once was into what she is now. Even after her rebirth, she pretended to be innocent in front of her for a full ten years until today when she rarely scolded her, and only then did she lose her temper.
Or perhaps, they couldn't keep up the act any longer?
What happened between them in their past life is quite obvious.
Their daughter did some excessive things to Lin Jiu'an, which has caused their hatred to continue to this day.
Seeing her daughter like this, Kayo Kamisato finally felt a pang of heartache and gently hugged her.
Feeling her mother's soft and warm embrace, Ayaka Kamisato also burst into tears.
"Mother, did I do something wrong?"
"Can I tell my mother about my past life?"
Ayaka Kamisato was silent for a moment, then gave a negative "hmm".
I don't want to tell my mother.
"only."
"The grudge between him and me is much greater than the grudge between Ningguang or Mondstadt and the others."
"Therefore, it is impossible for him to let me go, or let the Kamiri family go."
Then, Ayaka Kamisato looked up at her mother with a pitiful expression.
“Ayaka did all this for you, Mother, and for the Kamisato family.”
"Mother, tell Linghua, did Linghua really do something wrong?"
Seeing her mother's distressed expression, Ayaka Kamisato suddenly gave a sad smile as she spoke.
"Alright, daughter, go see him."
"If his daughter dies, he might let the Kamisato family and his mother go."
Then she murmured, "This is for the best..."
Hear this.
Kazuyo Kamisato hugged Ayaka Kamisato even tighter.
My mind is completely free of any other thoughts.
No matter what Linghua did, she was still her biological daughter and her most important family member. Now that things had come to this, there was absolutely no way she could abandon her precious daughter, so the only option was for Lin Jiu'an to die.
"Don't say such things again. How could your mother and brother possibly abandon you?"
"Your mother isn't blaming you for doing something wrong."
"Just please discuss this with your mother before doing things like this in the future, okay?"
Ayaka Kamisato sniffed and nodded pitifully.
"I'm just... scared..."
"I'm sorry, Mother."
Kayo Kamisato smiled helplessly and gently wiped away the tears from Ayaka Kamisato's eyes.
After a while, the mother and daughter separated and sat down at the table again to review Ayaka Kamisato's plan.
Ayaka Kamisato's plan was quite simple.
After witnessing the fates of Ningguang and Mondstadt's people, Ayaka Kamisato realized that she would not fare well if she fell into Lin Jiu'an's hands, so she decided to strike first.
They made Lin Jiu'an the target of everyone's hatred, thus uniting the Kujo family and the Hiiragi family to kill Lin Jiu'an.
As long as this is the case, no matter how strong Lin Jiu'an is, he is still ultimately a 'human'.
Yae no Kami and Raiden no Kami would never stand idly by and watch their three magistrates be destroyed by an outsider. Even if they failed, when Raiden no Kami took action, Lin Jiu'an would die whether he lived or died.
After hearing this, Kazuyo Kamisato sighed inwardly.
On the one hand, she never expected that her innocent daughter would turn out like this.
On the one hand...
"Too hasty."
Kamisato Hanayo rebuked, "Leaving aside the matter of the Kansei Magistrate, you have already been outmaneuvered by the Fools."
“Take Yae no Kami as an example.”
"I'm asking you, Ayaka, do you really understand Yae no Tsukasa?"
Ayaka Kamisato was taken aback.
She moved her lips slightly but didn't know what to say. She felt she knew Yae no Miko well enough, but her mother's question made her realize that she didn't seem to know her very well.
"Don't be fooled by Yae no Kyouji's gentle demeanor and ability to get along with everyone, especially his fondness for you."
"But do you know that when you were little, before you were even born, your mother and Yaegami were even closer?"
"But have you ever seen her actually do anything to help others?"
"To put it bluntly, to her, all of us, the three magistrates or Inazuma, are nothing more than her and General Raiden's dogs."
"If it's useful, then I'll help."
"But if it's useless, she won't even bother to look at us even if we all die."
"If Lin Jiu'an really gains the upper hand then."
"Do you think Yae no Kyoji will help us deal with Lin Jiu'an?"
"Or should we just stand by and watch?"
"Or perhaps they'd play the good guy and help Lin Jiu'an deal with us?"
Upon hearing this, Ayaka Kamisato felt a chill run down her spine.
Looking at her mother, who was unusually serious and earnest, Ayaka Kamisato realized that she was still too young.
"Then Mother, what should we do now?"
Kazuyo Kamisato sighed: "Things are simple in some ways, but difficult in others."
"The only person that Yae no Kōji cares about is General Raiden."
"Or rather, all she cared about was whether Inazuma was still General Raiden's Inazuma."
"so."
"Just let her know that Lin Jiu'an's existence poses a threat to General Lei Dian."
"However, these are all things for later. Right now, we need to deal with the Kansei-bu (military commissioner) first."
"Only by getting them to stand completely on our side can we make Yaezuki realize the threat he poses to Inazuma."
"But they and the Fools..."
Ayaka Kamisato suddenly fell silent as she spoke, then her eyes brightened slightly as she looked at her mother and said, "Mother, you mean..."
"Yes."
Looking at Ayaka Kamisato's insightful expression, Kayo Kamisato smiled, a smile that seemed to hold both helplessness and satisfaction.
"The Kujo family and the Hiiragi family cooperate with the Gujinshu for their own benefit."
"Simply put, if the Kamisato family offers more benefits, it's not impossible for the Hiiragi family to turn against them."
“Our Shenli family certainly cannot offer them benefits that would cause them to turn against the Fools, but we can certainly offer them benefits that would cause them to turn against Lin Jiu’an.”
"Compared to Inazuma and Mond, there are quite a few people who would be willing to let him die here."
Ayaka Kamisato's beautiful eyes gleamed slightly.
Kazuyo Kamisato continued, "And after that..."
"If we can deal with Lin Jiu'an without alerting the Eightfold Palace Master and General Thunder, that would be the best outcome. And now, there just happens to be such a person."
"Mother, you mean...?"
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"Ayaka Kamisato wants to see me?"
The "scattered soldier" looked at his subordinate who came to report with a puzzled expression, which made him almost laugh.
The Kamisato family has always been the "enemy" of the Fools in Inazuma.
Although this "enemy" was also something they created intentionally.
After all, in a sense, if the Kamisato family hadn't been helping Umijima all along, the magistrate of that land wouldn't have been unable to resolve the Umijima issue for so long, the war wouldn't have continued indefinitely, and some of their plans wouldn't have been able to be implemented.
But no matter what.
He never expected that Ayaka Kamisato would come looking for him.
"Let her in."
After a while.
A beautiful woman with fair skin and delicate bones walked in gracefully; it was indeed Ayaka Kamisato.
Upon entering, Ayaka Kamisato got straight to the point.
"The Kamisato family requests that you kill someone."
The stragglers were taken aback, then became even more curious.
"Oh, who?"
"Lin Jiu'an."
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"do not want!"
Ayaka Kamisato sat up abruptly, panting heavily, still shaken.
Looking at the dark yet familiar wall in front of me.
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