Supreme Bishop of Fontaine

Werner: "Go away, do you understand the rules? I've told you the source of the goods, so I'm not going to continue my business anymore."

Werner: "Trade secrets, trade secrets, do you understand?"

Paimeng couldn't help but look at Ying and said with his hands spread out, "This person has such a bad attitude..."

Ying didn't give up immediately: "Regarding the price...can it be cheaper?"

"You're asking the price whether you want to buy it or not?" Werner frowned, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. Did those people from Jiulisu ask you to intercede for them? Oh, it's not up to them. I won't give a penny less."

Paimon said dissatisfiedly: "Why is it like this?"

Werner drove them off directly, "Let's go, let's go. Tell Jiulisu and the others that they should thank me for buying the goods from me. Without me, they can't even complete their mission."

Paimon looked at Ying helplessly: "What should I do? There's no way I can communicate with him."

Ying didn't say anything, but turned her head slightly to look in the direction she had come from before. Sure enough, she saw the Supreme Bishop walking towards her.

(I took the lead, and he already understands the situation. So, I wonder how he will solve this problem?)

While Ying was thinking this, Werner also noticed the newcomer and frowned again: "Why is it so lively today? Are you here to see me again?"

Ye walked in front of Werner, nodded slightly, and saluted him: "May the wind god fool you."

"Uh...uh..."

Werner opened his mouth, seemingly unsure how to respond. After a long pause, he managed to utter the same words: "May the wind god protect you, stranger. What can I do for you?"

"Let the wind lead you."

Ye looked at him with calm eyes and said in a calm voice:

"It was the wind that led me here, to guide the people of Mondstadt who have lost their way back to the right path."

Chapter 103 Borrowing a Knife

"you you…"

After hearing Ye's words, Werner felt dry-mouthed.

"You were asked to come by Kurisu and the others, right? Do you think I'll give them an advantage by saying a few words like that? I'm telling you, no way!"

Werner seemed to have convinced himself, and the more he spoke, the more confident he became.

"No matter how much you say, the price of Crystallized Bone Marrow won't drop?"

However, after hearing what Werner said, Ye was completely broken down with just one sentence.

"—Do you intend to die in a foreign land and have the wind unwilling to carry your soul back home?"

“I…I…I…!”

Werner's face was pale, he knelt on the ground with empty eyes.

"Don't be like this. I told you I'm following the wind's guidance." Ye helped him up with a single hand. Although his voice was calm and peaceful, it made people feel at ease. He said softly, "Freedom shouldn't mean being accomplices to a tiger just for the sake of survival and being ungrateful. Apologize and make amends to Kurisu and the others. Lord Barbatos loves his people deeply. He will forgive you with a smile."

“You’re such a fool!”

Alicia couldn't help but said with contempt:

"He can push people to this point with just a few words, and still make them feel grateful to him. This kind of man... only I can control him!"

"Hmph, I finally see. Ellie is really after the High Archbishop's body."

"Although I am greedy too, I am really amazed by such blatant greed."

"Did you see that, Mr. Qi? Hurry up and get Alicia into the game and pair her up with the Supreme Bishop! Otherwise, you might get caught out at any moment!"

"The Supreme Bishop is mine! He is mine!"

No matter how the audience in the live broadcast room shouted, at this moment, there was no doubt that the Supreme Bishop belonged to no one.

Because he hasn't entered the card pool yet.

Now is the time to show your presence.

Although Ye's presence has always been strong and he has been showing off his presence since the game was launched, his appearance count is still too low.

In short, there's too little interaction with players—or perhaps none at all.

Therefore, at the beginning of the 2.0 plot, Ye found an opportunity to appear directly, just to allow players to interact with him more.

After all, Genshin Impact is a card-selling game centered on the Traveler's experience. Any character that enters the card pool must have a relatively friendly relationship with the protagonist, the Traveler.

Whether it's Tartaglia, the Wanderer, or Arachino, these Fatui's executives or former executives also need to be whitewashed if they want to enter the card pool and have a relatively friendly relationship with the Traveler.

But someone like Rosaline, no matter how big her breasts are or how popular she is, she cannot enter the card pool.

——It has nothing to do with whether she is dead or not. After all, who says that you can’t enter the card pool if you are dead?

And it must be admitted that the night now... is a little dark.

After all, he was extremely bad in the last plot. Although this did not affect his popularity, on the contrary, his popularity soared again because of the powerful strength and strong style he showed with that "one finger" in the last plot. However, popularity is popularity, and such a bad character is obviously not suitable for entering the card pool.

Therefore, in version 2.0, Ye needs to clear himself.

How to wash white?

It's very simple. Stand in the same camp with the traveler, interact with the traveler more, help the traveler, and then swing the sword against General Thunder together and fight side by side, and you will naturally be cleared of all charges.

Of course, during this whitewashing process, Ye also needs to show his own charm.

He has always been presented to players as a wise man. Now, as long as he continues to strengthen this image and further demonstrates his gentleness, kindness, amiability, benevolence, and compassion, his image will naturally become more complete, right?

So, the night can be said to be extremely gentle to Werner.

Guiding him back to the right path in the name of the God of Wind, instead of giving him a just judgment in the name of the God of Water, anyone who sees this would say that the Supreme Bishop is truly kind-hearted!

Soon, under Ye's gentle persuasion, Werner confessed that he had betrayed the International Chamber of Commerce because he was tempted by a little bit of profit.

It was all the fault of the foot soldiers who were in charge of collecting taxes.

The foot soldiers told the merchants that the tax rate was already raised, and the extra "crystallized bone marrow" was stockpiled. When the merchants had no other way to find it, Werner would be asked to sell it to them at a high price - well, Ye was too lazy to say that he already knew the plot.

Even if he didn't know the plot before, after hearing what Kurisu said, he could still guess that this must be the case.

It's such an old-fashioned method, without any novelty at all.

"We still need evidence." Ying said seriously, "If we don't have evidence, they probably won't admit it."

However, Ye calmly denied it, "No need. The Kanjo Bugyo is corrupt from the top down. Even if they get evidence, they can only punish a few people at best. Then the Kanjo Bugyo will find ways to enrich themselves under other pretexts. This won't solve the fundamental problem."

“…We can’t solve the fundamental problem, right?”

Ying didn't know what to say. After all, the root of Inazuma's problem lay with General Raiden. If she wanted to solve the problem fundamentally, she had to make General Raiden realize his mistake.

"Or do you want to fight General Thunder right now?"

"Of course not. What we want to resolve is only the issue of Kanjo Bugyo, and we can solve it without involving General Raiden."

"How to solve?"

Ye glanced at Ying and said calmly, "Let the Kanjo Bugyo replace the chief, and then use this chief to do a large-scale reshuffle of the Kanjo Bugyo."

Ying: "…………Let's talk about finding evidence."

"Don't worry, I'll plan this matter, and you just need to be responsible for the operation."

"You want to order me around again?"

"Beautiful and kind-hearted Miss Ying, this is something only you can do."

"Well, tell me, what do you want to do?"

"First of all, Ying, your ability to travel to the outlying island must have something to do with the local tyrants, right?"

"We do know each other."

"Then please go find this local tyrant and ask him to deliver a letter."

"Deliver a message?"

"Yes, it's for the head of the Asada family, Sen'emon."

Looking at Ying, Ye said softly:

"I want to borrow her knife."

Chapter 104 Sen'emon

Alicia accepted the task and found Thomas with the letter given to her by the Supreme Bishop.

"Send a letter to Sen'emon?"

Thomas looked surprised.

"What made you think of sending a letter to Sen'emon?"

Ying said calmly, "In order to solve the problem of the Kanjo Bugyo, I need Sen'emon's help."

"Do you know Sen'emon?"

"do not know?"

"Then how did you come up with the idea of ​​asking her to help you?"

"Because she is the only one who can intervene in matters concerning the establishment of the law."

"........."

Thomas was silent.

After a few seconds, he nodded. "As expected of a renowned traveler, you've found a way out so quickly. You're right, only Sen'emon can intervene in the Kanjo Bugyo matter. I understand. I'll help you deliver this letter."

The plot dialogue ends, Thomas disappears, and a new task appears.

『Talk to the Supreme Bishop』

Alicia immediately went to find the Supreme Bishop again and entered into the plot dialogue again.

"Can you tell me now? Why is it that only Sen'emon is in charge of the Kanjo Bugyo?"

Hearing Paimon's question, Ye looked at her calmly and said calmly: "The ruling system of Inazuma is under the general of thunder and lightning, and the three magistrates are in charge of all affairs of Inazuma."

"The shrine magistrate oversees rituals and the arts. For example, all personnel related to the shrine, except for the Yae Shrine Priest, are managed by the shrine magistrate. Furthermore, cultural and entertainment industries such as book publishing also fall under the purview of the shrine magistrate. It can be said that the shrine magistrate is the administrative body closest to the people. Simply put, the shrine magistrate oversees "ritual" and "culture."

"The Tenryo Bugyo is responsible for managing Inazuma's internal security and enforcing the Raiden Shogun's orders. He is in charge of nearly all of Inazuma's shogunate forces. Simply put, the Tenryo Bugyo is in charge of both "military affairs" and "security."

"As for the survey and implementation... the word 'finance' is enough to explain everything."

"The 'Evaluation Office,' formed by these three magistrates, is the highest administrative body in Inazuma, aside from the Raiden Shogun."

"General Raiden can't manage Inazuma's affairs every day. Therefore, if you want to report certain matters or proposals to General Raiden, they must first be reviewed by the Evaluation Office. As long as two of the Three Bugyo veto it, no matter what kind of report it is, it will not reach General Raiden."

Paimon began to understand. "You're saying that if we want to deal with the Kanjo Bugyo, we have to get the order from General Raiden himself. And if we want General Raiden to give the order himself, we have to report the matter to the Assessment Office first. But the Assessment Office will definitely reject it. Why? Are the She Bugyo and Tenryo Bugyo also in cahoots with the Kanjo Bugyo?"

"That's not the case."

Ye Dandan said:

"The head of the Kamisato family, Kamisato Ayato, who holds the helm of the shrine magistrate, is a man of calculations yet also a man of integrity. Kamisato Ayaka, the eldest daughter of the Kamisato family, is even known among the people as the White Egret Princess. Her reputation is even greater than Kamisato Ayato's. Under the leadership of these two, the shrine magistrate has not strayed from the right path. It can be said that the fact that Inazuma has been able to maintain a semblance of stability until now is entirely thanks to the efforts of the shrine magistrate."

Ying noticed the hidden meaning in Ye's words: "Where is the leader of the Tianling Bureau?"

"As for the Tenryo Bugyo, the middle and lower ranks also have no problems. Whether it's maintaining public order in Inazuma, investigating crimes, hunting for the Eye of God, or sending troops to quell rebellions, the Tenryo Bugyo have performed their duties very well. Precisely because the Sha Bugyo are still quite clean, the middle and lower ranks of the Tenryo Bugyo are also quite clean. Therefore, the Kanjo Bugyo, from the top down, haven't dared to go too far. They only dare to wantonly oppress foreigners, and don't dare to take action against the people of Inazuma's own country."

"Does it mean that the top leaders of Tianling Mingxing are equally evil?" Paimeng finally understood everything.

"Yes, as far as I know, the Social Commissioner has submitted numerous proposals regarding Inazuma's current situation to General Raiden, but each one has been rejected by both the Kanjo Commissioner and the Tenryo Commissioner during the evaluation process. While the Tenryo Commissioner is relatively uncorrupted at the lower and middle levels, the highest echelons of the Commissioner are in cahoots with the Kanjo Commissioner. Under these circumstances, dealing with the Kanjo Commissioner is practically impossible."

"So, the Sen'emon you asked us to deliver the letter to, is she capable of handling this matter? What does the Asada family do? They shouldn't be the Three Magistrates, right?"

"The Asada family is merely a family of executioners directly under the Raiden Shogunate. While they don't fall under the jurisdiction of the Three Bugyo, they're no more powerful than the Three Bugyo. Rather, within Inazuma, whether it's the Kamisato family, who are the shrine bugyo, the Kujo family, who are the tenryo bugyo, or the Hiiragi family, who are the kanjo bugyo, they're all far more senior nobles than the Asada family."

Ying frowned slightly: "Then..."

"The person I asked you to deliver the letter to is the current head of the Asada family, Asada Sen'emon."

Ye said decisively:

"The one who can solve this problem is not the Asada family, but only Sen'emon."

Just as these words were spoken, suddenly, an animated short film was inserted into the plot.

The woman who appeared once in the previous version but was already famous in the eyes of players - Sen'emon appeared on the screen.