The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Click...click click!"

The fragments of the ritual urn at Yu Jin's feet trembled, and then, as if they came to life, they jumped back into his hand and combined to form a brand new ritual urn.

Ritual vessels are like that; they are vessels that never run out. Every breakage signifies a new beginning for these vessels.

"call……"

The demonic remnants, which had been spreading like headless flies, were once again drawn in by an invisible force and flowed back into the ritual jar in Ember's hand.

"Well……"

"What are you yelling about? Lie down properly!"

Ember held a handful of hypnotic arrows in his hand, and whenever he saw a Fool showing signs of waking up, he would give him a slap on the butt.

Before long, every single one of the Fools had a dangling arrow neatly placed on their buttocks.

Looking at the Fools who seemed dead before him, Ember's eyes darted around, and he said with a sigh:

"Go to sleep, because you won't have such good sleep when you become a cow or a horse."

Chapter 433 The Reasons for the Prolongation of the War

2024-01-19

An open space, a crowd of corpses, and embers sitting on the ground.

If it weren't for the lack of bloodstains around, it would really be similar to Ember's daily life before.

After waiting for a while, Yu Jin still saw no trace of Kanoin Heizo, so he stood up and shouted:

"Shinoin Heizo? Where have you been?"

He wasn't afraid of any reinforcements from the Fools. No matter how many came, he could just throw his "Hypnotic Jar" and they'd all be dead.

"here……"

The muffled sound came and went, and Yu Jin listened intently for a while before realizing that the sound seemed to be coming from underground.

"Wait!"

Ember responded loudly to Heizo Kanoin's shout, took a deep breath, and then threw a punch!

"boom!"

The wooden floor and the bricks beneath it cracked inch by inch, and an extremely complex "spider web" appeared on the training ground in an instant.

At the center of the "spider web" is a huge pit large enough for one person to walk through.

"I am coming!"

Without much hesitation, Ember jumped down.

"boom!"

The embers landed, and then they saw Kanoin Heizo huddled in a corner, trembling.

"Hey? What's wrong with you, kid? Are you scared of the fools here?"

Ember patted Kanoin Heizo on the shoulder and helped him up. Even so, Ember didn't see any Fatui members present.

"What the hell? The Fools' measly trifles? Do you think I'd be afraid of them if they weren't executors?" Shinoin Heizo retorted immediately upon hearing Ember's words.

He pointed to the ceiling, "What just happened up there? It looked like it was about to collapse."

Looking in the direction pointed out by Kanoin Heizo, Yu Jin saw a conspicuous "spider web" overhead.

With these cracks on the ceiling, it's no wonder that Kanoin Heizo was worried about a collapse.

"Don't worry about it, I blasted it out." Yu Jin waved his hand, indicating that Kanoin Heizo didn't need to worry.

He knew exactly how much force to use. Otherwise, with the power of the embers, a single punch wouldn't have only created a small hole.

The main concern is that Heizo Shinoin below will be affected.

“Is that so…” Shinoin Heizo took a few steps back, looking at the dense furrows above his head, wisely refraining from asking about the fate of the Fools above.

"By the way, how's your reconnaissance going?" Yu Jin looked around the training ground, which was almost identical to the previous level, scratched his head, and asked.

If it were him, he would have driven right there. Back then, Yu Jin also possessed a sincere heart that sought the right path through intelligence and wisdom.

However, after he encountered underground tombs and caves, he lost that sincere heart.

But now that Kanoin Heizo is here, there's no need for that.

"Three floors. There are three floors in total. We are currently on the bottom floor, which is also the most important floor."

“I reckon the person in charge here is right here.” Kanoin Heizo gestured with his hand, making a “three” sign.

"Not only that, I also got a lot of useful things, probably left behind when they encountered an enemy attack and retreated in a hurry."

With that, Kanoin Heizo led Ember to a shrine.

"A shrine?"

“What matters is not the shrine, but the things around it.”

Kanoin Heizo gazed at the shrine enshrining the Bare Seal. Despite it being the territory of the Fools, there was a shrine dedicated to the Thunder God.

It has to be said that this is a strange phenomenon.

"Using Inazuma's awe of the Shogun to conceal evidence? Quite clever, but my thirst for the truth far outweighs my awe of the Shogun!"

"Oh!"

With a single punch, he shattered the wood near the shrine and pulled a roll of parchment from the middle layer.

"What other crimes are there? Let me see..." Shinoin Heizo unfolded the parchment and began to read it carefully.

"The situation in the Inazuma civil war is still unclear. The longer the war drags on, the more advantageous it will be for me..."

"To expand the needs of the resistance [Evil Eye], incite the intensity of the war, and promote the determination of both commanders to wage a protracted war..."

"I hereby request that all my colleagues assist Second Lieutenant-General Nathan in his work to extinguish any hope of a swift victory for the Coral Palace Army..."

"Remember, do not give either side of our foolish group any excuse to infiltrate!"

The more Kanoin Heizo looked, the more distorted his expression became. He had initially thought this war was an internal conflict, or even a unified eruption of long-standing contradictions.

But now it seems that this war was a complete joke.

The course of the war between the two sides was actually swayed by the Fools, a mere external force.

“The Fools, I knew they were here!” Ember saw nothing but the three large words “The Fools” on the parchment.

Very well, it's time to let the Inatsume people experience what the "diligence" of the Shichifumi people really means!

“Not surprising, the Third Commissioner…” Shinoin Heizo tapped the wooden board in front of him. He saw the crystallized bone marrow scattered everywhere and shook his head.

"The longer the time goes on, the bolder they become. I just wonder how the commune magistrate is doing."

With a sigh, Kanoin Heizo carefully put away the parchment in his hand. If the magistrate of the shrine was still relatively clean, perhaps he could give these things to Ayato Kamisato, the head of the Kamisato family.

The only one who can bring down the Three Commissioners is himself. As a detective, that's all he can do.

"Why do I feel like your Inazuma people are all useless from top to bottom? There are so many traitors among them?" Yu Jin complained after hearing Kanoin Heizo's mutterings.

Two of the three major national institutions are flirting with the Fools; if it weren't for Thor overseeing things, Inazuma would have collapsed long ago.

"How would I know? My home is just a small village. You're asking me about important matters? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Kanoin Heizo was also having trouble understanding Inazuma's upper echelons. How could he tell if one of them was a mole?

"Forget about that. Didn't you say this was where the leaders of the Fools were? Where did they go?"

Yu Jin took out his notebook and made a few notes about the Shogunate and the resistance, then asked a question.

"As for this..." Shinoin Heizo looked down and saw the Tomoe Seal in the shrine. He stretched out his hand, and a Tomoe Seal formed from lightning flew out of the shrine and circled around him.

Looking up and around, Kanoin Heizo saw a wooden door engraved with three huge Tomoe Seals.

As he approached, the Tomoe Mark on his body indeed automatically embedded itself into it.

“It should be behind this door.” Kanoin Heizo looked at the bright third of the door and did not look for the other Tomoe Seals.

Instead, he turned to Ember behind him and asked, "Do you want me to find the other two 'keys,' or will you come directly to me?"

"Which one is faster?"

"It depends on your strength, Ember. This door is quite thick; I definitely can't force it down."

Heizo Shinoin tried to gather his elemental power and punch it, but it didn't leave even the slightest mark.

It looks like a door made of wood, but it is harder than ordinary steel.

"Let me do it."

Yu Jin pulled Shinoin Heizo behind him, then lowered his center of gravity and threw a punch!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of steel clashing was incredibly jarring, mixed with the sound of doors being torn apart.

With each punch Yu Jin threw, a deep dent was left in the door. Sensing someone violently breaking down the door, the Ba Seal engraved on the door immediately unleashed a torrent of lightning.

In an instant, the entire gate was stained purple.

But this still couldn't stop the door from collapsing. At first, the embers left dents, but later they turned into holes.

"Boom!"

With the final punch, the entire gate was completely transformed. It looked as if it had been torn apart by countless wild beasts, with sharp nicks and slits of varying sizes forming jagged edges, like growing blades.

"Huh? You're the one in charge?" Yu Jin was slightly surprised. Because standing in front of him was none other than the Lady of Hidden Mirrors.

"Just a friendly reminder, don't use illusions on me."

Chapter 434 The Embers of the Lost Knight

2024-01-20

"It seems this isn't the first time you've opposed us, the Fools." Upon hearing his words, the woman in the mirror opposite Yu Jin immediately realized that these two were likely repeat offenders.

“There are too many to count.” Yu Jin waved his hand and led Kanoin Heizo swaggering into the even more gloomy secret room.