Chapter 496

"She's finally played herself into a corner!"

"Not only is she going to ruin herself, but she's also pushing the entire Inazuma to the edge of a cliff!"

Hearing this, Kujou Sara immediately becomes anxious.

"Lady Guuji, what exactly happened to the Shogun?"

Miko takes a deep breath, slowly opens her eyes, and says somewhat helplessly:

"Actually..."

"The Shogun who has been staying in Tenshukaku is not the real Raiden Shogun."

"That... is just a puppet created by the real Raiden Shogun, Beelzebul, using her own Archon body back then."

"The real Raiden Shogun is in closed-door cultivation within the Plane of Euthymia..."

295. If Miko goes to Inazuma to undergo the Tribulation, Inazuma will sink.

Clearly, the fact that the Raiden Shogun is a puppet shocks everyone.

Ayaka and the others stare blankly at Miko, unable to react for a while.

The latter sighs and says leisurely:

"I didn't want to tell you about this, after all, it's not a past worth remembering."

"But now... my idiot friend, your real brat of a Raiden Shogun, has almost been killed by her own actions..."

As she speaks, Miko looks out the window; the leisurely white clouds seem to take her thoughts back to those years.

"People often say the Raiden Shogun is invincible and peerless in the world."

"But in reality, the real Raiden Shogun is not good at fighting, and among the Archons, she is actually considered to be on the weaker side."

"Because the Raiden Shogun was a twin Archon; the older sister was named Baal, and the younger sister was named Beelzebul."

"The sisters had been inseparable since birth; Raiden Shogun Baal, that is, Makoto, was the true first ruler of Inazuma."

"The Raiden Shogun in your impression should be Makoto."

"And Beelzebul, that is, Ei, was Makoto's shadow warrior in the past, responsible for helping Makoto, who was not good at fighting, clear away all enemies."

"Makoto was good at governance, Ei was good at fighting."

"The two worked together seamlessly; although Makoto was not good at fighting, she was very skilled at government affairs and handled them in an orderly manner."

"Makoto took great care of Ei; Ei did not like to show her face and was not good at government affairs, so in the history of Inazuma, there is no record of two Raiden Shoguns."

"Later..."

Miko pauses, a hint of sadness appearing in her tone.

"Five hundred years ago, during the Khaenri'ah war, which you know as the war of the pitch-black monsters."

"Makoto went to Khaenri'ah under the order of the Heavenly Principles and died on the battlefield."

"In the end, she only had time to entrust Inazuma to Ei."

"Over these years, Ei has lost countless friends and subordinates, and Makoto's departure was the final straw that broke Ei."

"Since then, Ei has become afraid of loss, afraid of death, and has become stubborn."

"She is not good at government affairs, so she created the Raiden Shogun with her own body to replace her in managing Inazuma."

"And she herself determined that only eternity is closest to the Heavenly Principles, and only eternity would prevent her from losing Inazuma, Makoto's final gift, again."

"Ei sealed herself in the consciousness space of the Plane of Euthymia, spending years in closed-door cultivation to resist erosion."

"And for the sake of eternity, the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree were born."

"I once tried to persuade her, but she has become too stubborn to listen to me anymore; in order not to lose me as a friend, she even wanted to seal me away eternally."

"That person has become somewhat paranoid after losing Makoto."

"Now..."

Miko sighs somewhat despondently and says with a headache:

"She's played herself into a corner..."

"The Raiden Shogun puppet has already developed self-awareness, but she still pursues the root code originally set by Ei."

"That is, eternity cannot be changed, and the Vision Hunt Decree and Sakoku Decree cannot be lifted."

"Inazuma must steadfastly pursue eternity."

"Even, in order to avoid doing something harmful to Inazuma due to erosion one day, she specifically set..."

"Once she violates eternity, it means the limit of erosion is approaching, and the Raiden Shogun must personally stop her."

"The Raiden Shogun inherited all of Ei's martial arts and power; her actual combat strength is not a bit weaker than Ei's, and in certain situations, she is even stronger than Ei."

"Just now, Senior Sister Miss Miss Shenhe helped me divine that Ei already has the heart to change the status quo of Inazuma, lift the Sakoku Decree, and urge Inazuma to welcome spiritual energy recovery."

"She also understands that this trend is irreversible and can only be accommodated."

"But the Raiden Shogun has already developed her own consciousness, and this consciousness is quite rigid."

"She believes Ei has been eroded and is currently fighting Ei for control of the body."

"Before long, she might completely suppress Ei within the consciousness space."

"This idiot, she's finally ruined herself!"

This series of shocking revelations leaves Kujou Sara and the others dazed, unable to react for a long time.

The Raiden Shogun they have believed in for so long is actually a puppet?

Furthermore, Ei is not even the original Raiden Shogun?

The real Raiden Shogun is already dead?

With so much information, their brains are overloaded, and they cannot react.

But a moment later, Kujou Sara's eyes fix, and she looks at Miko anxiously.

"In any case, Lady Guuji, the Shogun is in great danger now, right?"

Miko nods silently.

"The confrontation in the consciousness space is like a thousand years in an instant; moreover, if Ei is dragged into the Shogun's own consciousness space by the Shogun, Ei has absolutely no chance of winning."

"At that time, she will be regarded by the Shogun as a consciousness that has lost its reason due to erosion and will be erased by her own hand."

"When that happens, if you want to change the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree, you can only kill her..."

Hearing this, Kujou Sara sways, almost fainting on the spot.

"General Kujou, please stay calm."

Kokomi takes a deep breath and says in a deep voice:

"Lady Guuji, that is to say, the Shogun... Lady Ei intends to lift the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree."

"But she is currently just being controlled by the Shogun, making it difficult for her to act, right?"

Miko nods and says softly:

"Although Ei is somewhat paranoid now, she loves Inazuma deeply and cannot sit by and watch Inazuma be destroyed by spiritual energy recovery."

"Therefore, the only thing we need to do now is to save Lady Ei's consciousness, but..."

Kokomi looks at Miko somewhat despondently.

"Even the puppet Shogun is not someone we can fight against!"

As soon as she finishes speaking, Kujou Sara and the others look at Miko; Kujou Sara kneels on one knee with a pale face.

"Lady Guuji, I implore you to save Lady Ei! Inazuma cannot lose Lady Ei, nor can it be constrained by the stubborn puppet Shogun!"

"Lady Guuji, only you have this strength."

This scene immediately makes the surrounding people look over with curiosity; Miko hurriedly waves her hand to make her get up.

To be honest, she originally didn't intend to interfere; after all, even if Ei lifts the Sakoku Decree, if the knot in her heart isn't untied, their relationship won't return to what it was before.

But now, it's no longer a question of untying the knot; if she doesn't act, Ei will ruin herself.

Miko purses her lips and says softly:

"Things have come to this, I can only..."

"You cannot go."

Before Miko can finish, Jiang Yan suddenly interrupts her lightly.

"Sect Master..."

Miko looks at Jiang Yan somewhat troubled; the latter seems to have finished talking with Seeing Seeing Zhongli and is now sitting silently beside him.

"Ei is my good friend; she is in great danger now, and I cannot just leave her alone..."

Jiang Yan looks at Miko with gentle eyes and says softly:

"Precisely because of this, you cannot go."