Chapter 377

Raiden Ei: He is really still alive!

"I see."

Chiyo struggled extremely hard to suppress her slightly trembling voice, barely maintaining calm.

Seeing her changing expression, Gorou expressed understanding.

I suppose she and her husband are very much in love.

Not willing to give up even with the slightest hope; that's really good.

This hateful war, can't everyone just make up and live together?

Cursing secretly, Gorou coughed lightly and said: "When that lord returns, I will take you to meet Sangonomiya-sama; they are always together, and then everything will be clear."

"Good."

Ending the conversation, Chiyo and Asase Hibiki came out of the base tent.

The two looked at each other and returned to their own location.

Chiyo immediately summoned her retainer Gao and told him: "Notify Kujou Sara that the blonde traveler who disrupted the resistance lord's ceremony is nowhere to be found, but according to my guess, she is likely active on the battlefield. Pay attention to the rear grain and fodder issues."

"Secondly, tell the Lord..." She paused, her eyes firmer than ever: "Found news of that person."

Receiving the order, the retainers didn't dare to delay and immediately found a way to convey the message.

Although not as strict as the Shogunate army's blockade, the resistance army's internal review was not particularly strict, but wanting to tip off was not a simple matter.

Waiting until late at night, they found an opportunity to place the message in a secret place for the Shogunate side to retrieve it themselves.

Shogunate army! Base camp!

Spending a whole night, the message from the resistance army side successfully arrived.

Looking at the instructions from General Mikoshi Chiyo, Kujou Sara, whose face was slightly pale, pondered for a moment and immediately ordered.

"Tell the people below to send more guards to the rear grain transport routes, and also..."

Issuing the order and confirming that nothing would go wrong, Kujou Sara then looked at the second blood-red sealed letter, which clearly said "To be opened by the Lord personally."

As the most loyal person, she naturally wouldn't peek at the letter presented to the Shogun.

Even to avoid accidents, she decided to send it back to the Tenshukaku on Narukami Island herself.

"During my absence, do not conflict with the resistance army. Also, be extremely attentive to the whereabouts of the blonde traveler; I don't want to receive disappointing news."

When in the army, Kujou Sara was very dignified, and her subordinates were all in awe.

Because she was simply too hardworking.

In daily martial arts practice, Sara's requirements for herself were almost harsh, and the training intensity was more than ten times that of ordinary soldiers.

Until late at night, the sound of her drawing the bow and pulling the string still echoed in the dojo.

On the battlefield, she was always the first to charge.

Rewarding merit and punishing faults, every link handled by Sara was handled properly, with few omissions.

Her every word and action were seen by the soldiers, and those who had fought alongside her all admired her greatly.

Thanks to this, her orders and words were obeyed by the soldiers with complete conviction.

After finishing the instructions, Kujou Sara rushed back to Narukami Island immediately.

Before noon, she arrived at the Tenshukaku.

For some reason, stepping into the Tenshukaku again, she found that the atmosphere inside had become different from the past.

It used to be cold and dead, with no changes, as if it had been like that since time immemorial.

Until recently, the Tenshukaku was sometimes irritable, sometimes floating.

Influenced by the Raiden Shogun, Inazuma City had frequently experienced clear-sky thunderbolts or simply rainstorms and thunder recently.

At first, the people of Narukami would be afraid, worrying about who had angered the god, but later they found it seemed to be just thunder and rain, so they let it go.

Perhaps only a few insiders knew the specific truth.

Inside the Tenshukaku!

"Shogun-sama, a letter from Chiyo-sama, please take a look."

Before Kujou Sara could present it, she saw Raiden Ei, who should have been cold and arrogant, look up almost impatiently and beckon.

The letter in her hand was immediately sucked over.

During this period, Raiden Ei's gaze stayed on Sara for a moment.

"You are injured?"

"Thank you for your concern, Shogun-sama; this is a bitter-meat play performed by your subordinate and Chiyo-sama, no major harm."

Grateful for the Shogun's concern for her minor injury, Sara was not as cold as she was outside at this moment, her gaze wandering and even somewhat shy and unnatural.

Perhaps only in front of the Shogun would she expose that part of her heart that she had cut off with her own hands, burdened with the duties of a minister, taking loyalty as her own responsibility, so that her own likes, dislikes, sorrows, and joys gave way to the great cause.

Hidden under her cold exterior was a heart as hot as dark fire and as jumping as ghostly thunder.

Raiden Ei nodded slightly and turned to look at the letter in her hand; she didn't dare to open it for a long time.

Kujou Sara could feel the Shogun's tension.

Several minutes passed, and the blood-red wax-sealed envelope was finally torn open.

Raiden Ei unfolded the letter paper; there was only a short line written on it, but the impact on her heart was extremely strong.

Her fingertips exerted force; the overly shocking fact made her unable to control her strength, and a crack was instantly torn around the letter paper.

Kujou Sara didn't dare to ask what it was that could make the Shogun so uncomposed.

But she saw the high-and-mighty god lost in thought, with some color appearing in her eyes for the first time.

The purple eyes that had lost their luster seemed to have found their former light, mixed with hope for the future.

"You are really still alive..."

Although Chiyo only said it was highly likely to be true, Ei had already taken this as the real result, or rather, was unwilling to accept even a tiny bit of false possibility.

Her heart, which had long been numb with pain, seemed to be able to perceive it; sorrow and joy intertwined in Raiden Ei's eyes, and Kujou Sara took one look and quickly lowered her head.

After an unknown amount of time, a voice finally came from above.

"Order: Inform Mikoshi Chiyo that once the specific location is known, convey it to the Tenshukaku immediately. I will go see him personally!"

The iron-willed determination shown in the words was moving.

Raiden Ei could no longer suppress the impulse in her heart; if she hadn't known what the situation was, she would have already set off.

For this reason, Ei ignored topics like the resistance army.

She didn't mention the official documents submitted by the Tenryou Commission at all, and the will of the Raiden Shogun puppet turned a blind eye to it.

As long as it didn't hinder eternity, she wouldn't care.

And Ei had been sleeping all along, only waking up recently because of inexplicable palpitations, and was completely unaware of this.

But next, she would deal with the Tenryou Commission and those who ate inside and out.

Coldness appeared in her eyes; daring to mess with her Inazuma, this crime would be washed away with their blood. ===== CHAPTER 379 =====