Yes, Lady Funina!

This situation is not an isolated case. There are also holders of the Eye of God gathering in front of the embassies of the other five countries, but the number is not as large as that of the Fontaine Embassy.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Inazuma government has a good relationship with Fontaine. Even the Chain National Order can make a loophole for Fontaine. It is possible that the Eye Hunting Order can also make a loophole for Fontaine for the sake of the Fontaine Embassy.

Of course, they also know that the possibility of this is too low, but there is no other way. These desperate holders of the Eye of God can only try their best to see if they can find a glimmer of hope at the Fontaine Embassy.

"Ms. Linnet, you see..." the staff member said and looked at Linnet, waiting for her to make a decision.

After all, among all the Fontaine Embassy staff on the scene, Linnet had the highest status and the most special identity. The decision made by Linnet largely represented the opinion of Mr. Richard, who had the highest status in the delegation.

"What did Inazuma say?" Linnet did not rush to give orders, but asked about Inazuma's attitude.

"We have sent someone to ask, but have not received a response yet," said the staff.

As early as when this group of people gathered in the open space in front of the embassy, ​​the staff of the Fontaine Embassy had already sent people to ask the Inazuma officials how to deal with the matter. However, strangely, they have not received a definite answer until now.

"I understand. What are their demands?" Linnitt nodded and asked calmly.

“They hope that we can lend a helping hand and provide them with temporary shelter to prevent the Eye of God from being confiscated.”

"We can't go directly against Inazuma officials."

Although Linnet sympathizes with the plight of those people, it does not mean that she will fight against the Inazuma shogunate for these people.

After all, this is Inazuma's internal affairs. As guests from afar, the Fontaine delegation has no reason or position to interfere in this matter.

However, since there has been no definite news from Inazuma, Linnet is not in a hurry to drive these people away from the embassy.

"Tell them that as long as they don't interfere with the normal operation of the embassy, ​​they can rest in the open space at the door for the time being." Linette thought for a moment and added, "Ask the kitchen to prepare some food and water, but don't give them directly to them. Let them buy them with money. Don't sell them too expensively. Just sell them according to the market price."

"Yes, Ms. Linnet."

Under Linnet's instructions, the staff arranged the "refugees" at the door in an open space not far from the embassy gate, and then pushed out a food cart from the embassy, ​​which was loaded with some bread and water with prices marked on them.

With the supply of food and water, the holders of the Eye of God, who were originally frightened by the Eye Hunting Order, were temporarily comforted.

The action of the Fontaine Embassy was soon spread to other embassies. The embassies of the other five countries followed the Fontaine Embassy's approach and placed the people who came to seek refuge in the open space in front of their respective embassies.

Anyway, there aren't too many people, so it's easy to accommodate them. The total number of God's Eye holders who have come to the embassy for refuge is less than thirty.

After all, there are not many holders of the Eye of God, and there are even fewer holders of the Eye of God who live in Inazuma Castle and have no official duties.

The main target of this Eye Hunting Order is the holders of the God's Eye who are living among the people of Inazuma. It seems that the shogunate has no intention of confiscating the holders of the God's Eye under its own command.

"Also, send someone to Naruto Taisha Shrine to report what happened here to Lord Richard, and ask him to come back as soon as possible to take charge of the situation." Linnet continued to arrange the tasks.

The civil servants who were having a meal in the embassy also heard the noise outside. Faced with this emergency, they had to temporarily stop eating and return to their jobs.

On the other side, Richard, who received the news, also quickly returned to the embassy. Looking at the holders of the Eye of God who gathered in front of the embassy for "refuge", Richard first praised Linnet's handling method, and then issued a few additional orders.

1. Build a simple tent in front of the door, 2. Continue to send people to the general's mansion to inquire about the situation, 3. Strengthen the security of the embassy.

Faced with such a situation, the Inazuma shogunate was slow to take any action. Obviously, something unexpected must have happened, which took up most of the shogunate's energy, leaving them with no time to deal with the holders of the Eye of God who gathered in front of the embassies.

In fact, Richard could roughly guess about this incident. It should be that something went wrong on Haio Island.

When the isolation order was issued before, the Kaio Island expressed strong dissatisfaction, but due to the majesty of Ming Shen, they endured it. However, this dissatisfaction did not disappear with the passage of time.

On the contrary, with the gradual implementation of the isolation order, the lives of the residents of Kaio Island, who lost their important economic source of foreign trade, became increasingly difficult. The more difficult people's lives became, the deeper the resentment of the people of Kaio Island towards the shogunate.

Originally, the sense of belonging to Inazuma was not strong in Kaio Island, and the troubles brought to Kaio Island by the closed-country order had already quietly sown the seeds of rebellion. But just as the closed-country order was about to be lifted due to the interference of Yae Shinto, they suddenly came up with the 'Eye Hunting Order'.

This hunting order was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely making the people of Haio Island lose confidence in the lifting of the isolation order. Having lost hope, Haio Island decided not to endure it any longer.

Thinking that if you don't let me live, then you won't have an easy life either, the people of Kaio Island decided to follow the example of their ancestors and launch a magnificent rebellion against the shogunate.

The resistance army came into being.

In fact, this resistance army has existed for a long time, but it has been developing in the dark and has never been in the open.

With the issuance of the Eye Hunting Order, the people of Kaio Island finally realized that blindly giving in would not make life better, and decided to completely devote themselves to the great cause of resisting the tyranny of the shogunate.

Sure enough, on the third day after the Fontaine mission arrived in Inazuma, they received news from the shogunate.

The Coral Palace on Haio Island officially announced the establishment of a resistance army to resist stupid government orders like the "Eye Hunting Order".

This officially announced the start of the Inazuma Civil War.

In fact, the rebels had already engaged in battle with the shogunate army at Nashiki Beach yesterday. Because the incident happened suddenly, the shogunate army was obviously at a disadvantage and was once attacked by the rebels to the Tadashi Sand and approached the Kujo Jinya.

Of course, the shogunate army was no pushover. With the subsequent deployment of troops, they finally stopped the offensive of the rebels. The main battlefield is currently near Tatarashi Sand.

"Excuse me, can the safety of our technicians at the Tatsuma Sandama Steel Forging Factory be guaranteed?" Richard asked the active general of the Tenryo Bugyo, Kujo Sara, while sitting at the negotiation table.

The sudden appearance of the rebels not only disrupted the situation in Inazuma, but also disrupted the original itinerary plan of the Fontaine mission.

The meeting with the head of the Inazuma Shrine, Ayato Kamisato, was postponed indefinitely. As the head of the Fontaine delegation, Richard also came to Kujo Jinya and initiated diplomatic negotiations with the shogunate army regarding the technical consultant for the Tadashi Sandama Steel Factory.

"Sorry, we can't guarantee it." Facing Richard's questioning, Kujo Sara did not choose to cover up or be perfunctory, but admitted the matter straightforwardly.

In Kujo Sara's opinion, Tadashi is currently in the midst of war, and Tadashi's Tamagotaki factory is located near the war zone. In this case, she really has no way to guarantee the safety of Fengda's technical consultant.

Kujo Sara's straightforwardness also surprised the Inazuma officials and Fontaine officials who were present. Obviously, they did not expect that this extremely young-looking general would directly admit that the shogunate army could not guarantee the safety of Fontaine's technical consultant.

No, even if that's the truth, you could at least use a more euphemistic way of saying it.

Richard's expression did not change at all. He continued to ask, "In this case, how do you plan to ensure that our interests are not harmed?"

After thinking for a moment, Kujo Sara replied, "We will send a special rescue team to the Tadashi Sand Factory to carry out rescue operations."

"What should we do if the rescue operation fails and our personnel suffer casualties?" Richard continued to ask, obviously not satisfied with the plan proposed by Kujo Sara.

"If that situation really happens, we will give you corresponding compensation." said Kujo Sara.

Richard was not satisfied with this statement. He stared into Kujo Sara's eyes and said, "I need to remind you that life is priceless, Lord Kujo Sara."

"I have no intention of interfering in Inazuma's internal affairs, but in my opinion, the current war is completely avoidable. Since the rebels' demand is to revoke the 'Eye Hunting Order', why doesn't the shogunate satisfy them and end this farce before things get to the point of no return?"

"This is impossible, Mr. Richard." Kujo Sara shook his head and said, "It was the General who issued the 'Eye Hunting Order', and only the General can revoke the 'Eye Hunting Order'. All we can do is to carry out the will of Ming Shen."

"To carry out the will of Ming Shen..." Richard looked at the Tengu general in front of him thoughtfully, "The will of the gods has always been difficult to guess. How do you know that the 'Eye Hunting Order' must be the will of 'Ming Shen'? And not the selfish desires of some people?"

"What do you mean?" Kujo Sara frowned.

"Nothing, I just wondered if the emergence of the 'Eye Hunting Order' was the result of some people or some groups deceiving the general, and some people interfered with the judgment of your general, causing him to make a wrong judgment."

Kujo Sara's pupils shrank, and then he asked in a cold voice: "Mr. Richard, do you have any evidence?"

"These are just some of my personal speculations, and there is no solid evidence."

"Since there is no evidence, please do not make groundless speculations, Mr. Richard."

"In short, we will resolve the safety issues of your technicians as soon as possible, but we would like to revoke the 'Eye Hunting Order' and please do not mention those groundless accusations and conspiracy theories just now."

After saying this, Kujo Sara stood up and left the table, and the negotiations were declared over.

Richard couldn't help but shrug when he saw this. Although the negotiations ended unpleasantly, his purpose of coming here had been largely achieved.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, you just need to wait for a while and they will naturally take root and sprout.

After finishing the negotiations with Kujo Sara, Richard returned to the Fontaine Embassy. Compared to the war in Tamashii Sand, Inazuma City seemed no different from the past except that the streets were a little deserted.

A few days later, good news came from the front line. Under the leadership of Kujo Sara, the shogunate army successfully recaptured Tadashi Sand and pushed the front line back to the vicinity of Nashiki Beach.

The Fontaine technicians at the Tsuchiya Sunadama Steel Factory also returned to Inazuma Castle safely. After all, the purpose of the rebels was to fight against the tyranny of the shogunate, and there was no reason to embarrass the technicians from Fontaine.

After all, doing so would bring no benefit other than creating an enemy for the rebels.

With all the technical personnel returning safely, the Fontaine Mission had no reason to continue interfering. Richard stayed quietly in the Fontaine Embassy these days, occasionally strolling around Inazuma Castle and visiting the Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed Statue built in front of the General's Mansion today.

You can see that the base of the statue is inlaid with God's eyes. There are not many of them, probably only about ten.

It is worth mentioning that since the emergence of the resistance army, the holders of the Eye of God who had originally gathered in front of the embassies for "refuge" have gradually dispersed, leaving only a few people still hiding from the shogunate army in front of the embassy gates.

Among those holders of the Eye of God who left, some joined the resistance, while others handed over their Eyes of God after being persuaded by their families.

And those eyes of god that were confiscated were embedded one by one on the statue of the god with a thousand hands and a hundred eyes in front of the general's mansion.

Richard noticed that there were a lot more eyes on the statue today compared to yesterday. It should be that the pressure on the front line has eased a little, and now the shogunate army has finally spared the energy to execute the Eye Hunting Order.

As the number of God's Eyes increased, Richard could clearly feel that the statue with a thousand hands and a hundred eyes had become a little different. The elemental force around it became increasingly strong. Among these elemental forces, Richard also felt the existence of another force.

He just moved a little closer to the statue, and he heard a lot of chaotic voices in his ears. The closer he was to the statue, the clearer the voices became.

Because of Richard's identity, and the fact that he had been coming to view the statue these days and had never done anything extreme, he even successfully stopped a criminal who intended to destroy the statue.

Therefore, the guard in charge of guarding the statue did not stop Richard like he did with the others, but allowed him to reach out and touch the base of the statue.

The moment Richard touched the statue, he knew what those sounds were.

It is the [wish] of others.

When many wishes come together, they become a special force. This force does not have strong destructive power, but it can influence people's hearts.

Richard tentatively called it willpower, and all of this willpower came from the holders of the confiscated Eye of God.

This made Richard think of a saying: when a person's desire is strong enough, the sight of God will be projected upon him, and the Eye of God will represent that person's wish.

Now it seems that this statement is not groundless.

Still somewhat reliable.

Richard had an inexplicable intuition that when these wishes reached a certain level, perhaps the will of the gods would be shaken.

If that's the case...

That night, the official in charge of the Eye Hunting Order was woken up from bed by his subordinates, who said that dozens of God's Eyes had appeared out of thin air at his doorstep. After identification, they were all confirmed to be real, and the patterns on the God's Eyes also showed that these God's Eyes all belonged to the Inazuma region, and there were no God's Eyes from other countries to make up the number.

After hearing this, the official immediately put on his clothes and rushed to the scene. Looking at the pile of God's Eyes on the open ground, he muttered to himself, "So there really is such a thing as pie in the sky?"

Family members, who knows?

When I woke up, not only had all my work targets been achieved, but there was even a surplus!

This is a great achievement!

The official was so excited that he was shaking all over. He didn't care where these God's Eyes came from. He pointed at them and ordered in a trembling voice: "Quick, go and inform the craftsmen. Let's inlay these God's Eyes on the Thousand-Handed and Hundred-Eyed God Statue tonight. After the inlay is completed, I will report to the head of the family and ask for credit for you!"

When everyone present heard that they also had a share in the credit, they immediately became excited. After a night of hard work, they finally embedded all the eyes of God that "fell from the sky" into the Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed Statue before dawn.

The official in charge of the 'Eye Hunting Order', with the divine eye that had been specially released, trotted into the residence of the Tenryo Bugyo and met the current head of the Tenryo Bugyo - Kujo Takayuki.

That afternoon, news came from the general's mansion.

In a few days, General Lei Dian will hold the [Eye Hunting Ceremony] for the 100th Eye of God in front of the Thousand-Armed and Hundred-Eyed Statue to prove the interim results of the Eye Hunting Order.

As soon as this news came out, the entire Inazuma upper class was in an uproar.

How long has it been since the Eye Hunting Order was issued, and already a hundred Eyes of God have been collected?

Isn’t this too fast?

You must know that the main force of the shogunate army has been tied down by the rebels for some time, and can only allocate a small number of people to advance the progress of the "Eye Hunting Order".

However, even under such difficult conditions, he was able to collect one hundred Eyes of God so quickly. This Tianling Fengxing is truly a hidden dragon and crouching tiger.

Just as everyone was marveling at the high efficiency of Tianling's execution, some people discovered that the holders of the Eye of God who had gathered in front of the embassies of various countries had disappeared.

Nonsense, the Eye of God has been taken away, why is it still left in front of the embassy?

Those holders of the Eye of God who defected to the rebels were also a little confused. Before they even reached the rebel camp, the Eye of God disappeared.

Where did my huge divine eye go?

In response to this, Mr. Richard, who does good deeds anonymously, said that the Eye of God will not disappear, but will transfer. Look, isn't it transferred from you to the statue?

But Richard is not a devil. Since he has "borrowed" the Eye of God from these people, he will definitely return it. They just need to wait for some time.

This time, Richard didn't even need to wait for the hidden pawn planted by Kujo Sara to be activated. He could try to pry open the door of Isshin Pure Land and pull that willful guy out of the closed world.

When Yae Miko of Narukami Taisha heard that the 'Eye Hunting Order' had successfully collected 100 God's Eyes, a certain person immediately emerged in her mind.

"What is he doing? Why isn't he doing it as planned?"

Regarding Ying's autistic symptoms, Dr. Yaegamiko had already planned a treatment plan for him and selected a attending physician for him.

However, as of now, the attending physician selected by Dr. Yae Kamiko seems to have his own ideas.

Although Yae Shenzi had great confidence in the ability of the attending physician she had chosen, she still chose to speed up the original plan just in case, shortening the time required for the plan as much as possible and trying to match Richard's timeline.

By then, with a two-pronged approach and attacking from both front and back, there will be no patients that cannot be cured.

Thinking of this, Yae Shenzi first wrote a letter and sent it to the rebel base - the Coral Palace on Kaio Island, and then mobilized the spies planted in the Tenryo Bugyo and Kanjo Bugyo in the early years, asking them to prepare the evidence collected in these years and be on standby at any time.

After explaining everything, Yae Shenzi quietly went down the mountain and sneaked into the Fontaine Embassy that night, preparing to have a candlelight talk with a certain executive secretary-general.

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That night, the bright moonlight fell on the ancient land of Inazuma, and the whole city seemed to be covered with a layer of soft veil.