Chapter 197: Kitsune Saiguu and Raiden Ei! Lumine breaks into the prison!

Kitsune Saiguu?!

That was the Saiguu of the Grand Narukami Shrine, the Hakushin Kitsune matriarch, and the previous head of the Grand Narukami Shrine.

A legendary figure who went through the catastrophe with the god five hundred years ago.

Rumor had it that she had disappeared a long time ago, with no one knowing where she went.

She didn't expect her to appear so abruptly now.

Kujou Sara felt a flash of surprise; she couldn't care about the impropriety before the throne, her gaze locked tightly on the person behind.

She saw her in the priestess robes of a Saiguu, with fox ears almost identical to the current Miko, the only difference being that the visitor's fox ears were upright.

Her peach-blossom eyes, which shone with water, were charming, but also possessed the light of wisdom that could see through people's hearts.

With just one glance, Kujou Sara felt as if she were standing naked in front of the other party, with all her secrets seen through.

"Ho, so it's a junior of that girl Mitsuyo."

Glancing at her, Kitsune Saiguu did not have the respectful attitude toward the god that ordinary people had: "I've traveled through the seven nations these years and got a bit tired. Besides, my intuition told me it was time to return."

"Intuition?"

Raiden Ei's gaze froze, and the power of thunder flashed in her eyes.

Kujou Sara suddenly realized that the high-and-mighty Shogun had changed somewhat. If she had been a cold machine that had set everything up just now, she was now a truly majestic ruler.

Because Kitsune Saiguu returned, Raiden Ei, whose main consciousness woke up from her slumber, looked at her.

Five hundred years had passed, and not a trace of time had been left on either of them.

"You can also take it as a prophecy; if I didn't return, I would definitely regret it."

Raiden Ei frowned slightly; for Saiguu to say such a thing meant the result was absolutely very serious.

Could it be that the catastrophe of monster invasion from five hundred years ago would happen again?!

Thinking of this, she looked at Kujou Sara.

"Has there been anything unusual recently?"

The gaze from the god made the Tengu girl bow instinctively and reply: "Reporting to the Shogun, there has been no unusual situation."

"It has nothing to do with Inazuma; it has to do with you and me."

At this time, Kitsune Saiguu interrupted her speculation at the right moment.

Raiden Ei met her eyes that understood the world, and remained silent.

It has to do with the two of them?

She found it hard to imagine what could possibly have anything to do with them.

"Tell me in detail."

"Sorry, I can only foresee this much."

Kitsune Saiguu didn't seem to intend to pursue it, saying dashingly: "However, since the revelation told me so, I will wait patiently, and I will naturally know what the guidance of fate is."

Knowing the other party's temperament, Raiden Ei knew that asking further would be in vain.

"After returning, when will you leave again?"

Seeing an old friend with whom she had a close relationship return, even she couldn't help but feel a bit brighter, with a faint joy.

Back then, when they learned that she had been buried in the Abyss, both of them were hit hard.

She, who had succeeded to the position of Raiden Shogun, could do nothing, and after Saiguu suppressed the Abyss disaster, she left everything behind. Having found a successor, she left Inazuma City in low spirits, not knowing where she went.

During that time, she only appeared once or twice.

Thinking about it carefully, the last time she appeared was a hundred years ago.

"Perhaps I won't leave. Having disappeared for so long, I don't know how that child Miko is doing now."

Kitsune Saiguu sighed softly; a hundred years was too much change.

Inazuma not only issued the Sakoku Decree, but also established the Vision Hunt Decree, becoming a nation of eternity.

All of this was completely contrary to the "moment" that Raiden Makoto pursued when she was there.

What exactly made you become like this, Ei.

Speaking in her heart, even though Kitsune Saiguu knew the answer, Ei's change was really beyond imagination.

It was no different from being corrupted.

"You won't leave then..."

Raiden Ei's cold eyes flickered slightly, and she said: "Since that's the case, before you go to see that brat Miko, stay with me for a while."

"Okay."

Kitsune Saiguu felt like she was looking at a younger sister when she looked at Raiden Ei.

In the old Tenshukaku small group, she and Raiden Makoto were the big sisters, often indulgently letting Raiden Ei and Mikoshi Chiyo have their way.

Very perceptive, Kujou Sara, who had been silent, noticed that Lady Saiguu wanted to be alone with the Shogun and immediately said goodbye.

"Shogun, then I will take my leave."

After obtaining permission, the Tengu girl retreated from the Tenshukaku.

She had always felt that the Shogun was very lonely; now that she had an old friend to accompany her, perhaps it would be better.

And she herself should go to relieve the worries for that lord.

For example, resolutely implementing the Vision Hunt Decree plan.

"Remember that the person caught in Hanamizaka is in the Town Magistrate's Office. Since he can forge fake Visions, it means he has a lot of contact with Vision holders. I still have to pry the list out of his mouth."

Holding this thought, Kujou Sara headed toward the Town Magistrate's Office.

Of course, she didn't want to use torture and threats to force him, because corrupt evil deeds would only ruin the prestige of the gods.

It was already night, and when Kujou Sara arrived at the Town Magistrate's Office, everything was as usual.

Under the respectful greetings of the guards at the door, she entered the interior with a cold face.

It wasn't that she was arrogant and looked down on people, it was just that her temperament was cold.

After entering the interior of the Magistrate's Office, Kujou Sara suddenly found something wrong; the atmosphere was too quiet.

Although it was usually necessary to maintain silence, it was now abnormally quiet.

She frowned and quickened her pace without saying a word.

It wasn't until she entered the depths that she found the Tenryou Commission officers who were supposed to be guarding the place had fallen all over the floor.

"... here are intruders?"

While realizing the fact, she started running directly.

Soon, through the active prison stairs, Kujou Sara reached the deepest part.

There were more officers fallen on the road, falling into a coma, but their lives were safe.

In this way, the intruders didn't seem to be the murderous type, which eased Kujou Sara's tense heart.

Soon, arriving at the end, she saw a scene.

Two young girls and a small flying creature were confronting a team of officers.

Seeing her arrival, the intruders were very surprised, especially one of the young girls wearing a kimono.

"The shop owner from Naganohara?"

Her gaze instantly took in the whole scene. Originally, coldness rose in Kujou Sara's eyes, until she saw Masakatsu, who was seriously injured by the officers—the suspect she had caught a few days ago—and she felt anger.

"What on earth is going on?"

Without a doubt, the intruders were clearly here to save people; they naturally couldn't have hurt the prisoner.

Then there was only one answer left: these officers actually ignored her explicit prohibition against harming or teasing civilians in the name of law enforcement, and forcibly used private lynching, smearing the Shogun's name.

This teasing made her even angrier than the intruders breaking into the prison.