People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 531 The Divine Child: Although I've been lazy, slacking off, leaving my books lying around, and making fried tofu at the shrine, I…

In a very short time, the entire future of Inazuma was decided, and the confrontation that had garnered much attention from the outside world was also brought to an end with the cover-up.

Thanks to the initial official approval of the dessert shop by the Shadow, Yae no Miko, who walked into the Fuchi no Miko shop openly and without any worries about others suspecting that she was doing something strange.

Eating and drinking provided an outlet for the fatigue I had been feeling lately.

I ordered three plates of fried tofu while the cashier looked on with a puzzled expression. As a post-meal snack after dessert, I felt much more relaxed.
The pink-haired fox sighed and reluctantly began to complain about the work at the castle tower:
"Phew, Ah Ying has been corrupted by someone lately. Her ability to spot my slacking off is getting better and better. She even hides her desserts very well now, making them harder to steal each time."

"I originally thought that the little guy could replace me after he came, but I didn't expect there to be so many ungrateful people on Umijima and in the Shogunate."

"With more manpower, the workload has doubled. Now, my daily working hours are at least equivalent to a month's work at the shrine, and I can't even sneak around making fried tofu inside the shrine anymore."

The complaints grew louder and louder, and the entire fox was immersed in dark resentment.
I've finally found a place where I can confide in someone and take the opportunity to vent the pressure that's been building up inside me.
Even setting aside Aying, who always dragged her back to work, Shenzi still felt that her experience during this period was extremely terrible.

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"Sigh, the general has made far too many strange decisions over the past five hundred years. It wouldn't be any worse to just find anyone to replace him."

"If it weren't for helping Ah Ying build a good public foundation and preventing her from crying in despair later, I would have preferred to just leave now."

"The vast majority of ordinary people would never voluntarily worship a deity."
Even if Ah Ying had just come out to check every now and then, or written "I don't know" a few words on the report, it wouldn't have come to this."

For centuries before, the general's image among the people of Inatsuma was basically synonymous with the tyrannical shogunate, and the number of believers visiting the shrine was far less than that of Mondstadt, whose wind god had disappeared.

At the worst times, worshipping the Thunder God was often done to prevent the deity from harming oneself and one's family; it was essentially the treatment one would expect from a calamity god in legends.
Fortunately, the previous purge of the Heavenly Rank and the current disaster have changed many people's impressions of the gods, and the number of people enshrining statues of Naruto in their homes has increased significantly.

Otherwise, Ah Ying's number of followers would probably be less than that of the dead losers.
"Ah, the general's style of governance is indeed unique, and it is a typical case that can be written into textbooks throughout the seven kingdoms."

"I suggest that you persuade your Ah Ying to download some knowledge base from Xumi. Even the most basic general knowledge of governance should be of great improvement if you study it thoroughly."

A general's governing ability is closely related to her initial input and the knowledge she receives during training, but unfortunately, her creators provided absolutely nothing useful in this regard.

Over the course of hundreds of years, the puppet's martial prowess has increased at lightning speed, but its ability to govern has remained stagnant.

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"Oh well, I'm used to it. At least Aying has the advantage of being relatively good at fighting."

"That's all for my break, I'll stop here then."

"—Now that you're all here, aren't you going to meet your senior?"

"I should have told you about this a long time ago, but judging from your recent behavior, you seem to be avoiding seeing Chiyo and the others?"

After discovering that the pink-furred fox had taught Calibel how to make several plates of fried tofu, it promptly decided to leave.

Sensing the avoidance hidden beneath the surface reaction, Lin Feng pointed it out directly.

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"Heh, let's not meet for now. I've had a bad feeling about this."

"Although I am fairly conscientious in my duties as the head priest, aside from occasionally being lazy, carelessly leaving the collection of books, failing to organize the remaining ritual implements, and making fried tofu at the shrine."

"But in any case, it's always best to be prepared when meeting a senior."

His movements faltered, giving off a distinctly similar vibe to a student at the Faculty of Education being randomly checked on their homework by their tutor the day before the end of their vacation.

Lin Feng noticed a rare sign of tension in the pink fox.

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There are quite a few that can be ignored.

Even Wendy, setting aside the facts, is a truly majestic deity.

What else is there to remove? Do you want to remove a little more?
I was so speechless that I didn't know how to react for a moment.

It's clear that what this guy said is still only a small part.
It's fair to say that since Inazuma has become what he is today, it's no loss for Miko to bear some of the responsibility.

"Then let's wait and see. Remember not to waste the fox fur that gets plucked."

"If you really do manage to wait until the end of this special period, you'd better pray that Chiyo and the others have other things to do, otherwise it would be nice to knit me a blanket out of wool."

Although this guy is much stronger than he looks, sometimes strength alone doesn't guarantee safety.
Thinking that he could at least make an extra fox fur scarf to give to the Tree King, Lin Feng decided to look forward to the day the exam would end.

Two days later, on the north side of White Fox Field, in Konta Village.

Unaware that Inazuma was about to face a similar abyss invasion as Nata, Goro, who was already exhausted, was patrolling the area with his squadron.

With monsters rampant, in order to minimize the pressure on defenses, almost all the humans in Inazuma gathered at the southern tip of Narukami Island, except for the remote islands under the jurisdiction of the Kansei Magistrate.

Inazuma Castle, Hanamizaka, Shirofuno, Konta Village
The defensive line is constructed in a near-semi-circular shape, making this the outermost edge of the defensive perimeter. Fortunately, both White Fox Field and Hanamizaka are arable, and the surrounding sea area is protected by previously deployed thunderstorms. In terms of the scope of the defense and the resources available, Inazuma is fully capable of sustaining a long-term campaign.

I don't know when those endless monsters from the outside world will disappear, nor do I know when I will be able to successfully return to Haiqi Island.

If we take the dark calamity of five hundred years ago as an example, the worst outcome might be that this situation would continue for decades or even centuries. In the course of a long war, the relationship between the people on both sides would become an issue that must be considered.

Full of confidence, he accepted Lord Coral's important task of promoting exchanges between the two sides, having already achieved good results through the resistance members of Narukami Island in the previous period.
However, since the reorganization of the military, Goro's recent work progress has been exceptionally unsuccessful:
"—General Goro, the Eleventh Squad recently openly challenged the Twelfth Squad again, and they almost came to blows while on duty."

They've already made a pact in front of the public to determine who wins the next monster-hunting expedition by the number of monsters they've killed.

"Those shogunate guys mocked Umijima as a defeated force insignificant to the situation, and now the other squad members are furious."

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Having received similar intelligence countless times, Goro, somewhat dazed, let out a deep sigh.

It's unclear who was in charge of the personnel reorganization, but it's quite a coincidence that the two teams with the strongest rivalry were placed together.
Today, it's one of their own troublemakers mocking the Shogunate army as useless cowards who cower at the sight of monsters; tomorrow, it's the other side provoking them by bringing up their hiding place on Narukami Island.
The vast majority of the personnel in the Tenryo magistrate and the Shamonu magistrate were quite decent; under the leadership of Kujo Sara and the head of the Kamisato family, they were relatively friendly.

However, those who originally belonged to the guards of the Kanseibu and a few extremists, after being incorporated into the army, have made it a daily routine for them to mock each other with Haigijima.

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"Daisuke, notify the Tenryo magistrate and the Sha magistrate as quickly as possible, and suppress their confrontation according to the previous procedures."

"After I get back, I will ask Lord Coral Palace to prepare an emergency plan for the next conflict that may occur during their duty."

"Regardless, our priority is to ensure both sides conduct their current patrols effectively; this is the only area where problems are absolutely unacceptable."

Instead of blocking, it's better to guide. The warriors on Umijima Island and some members of the shogunate army were not convinced of each other's loyalty. With a lack of junior officers, direct orders could no longer solve the problem.

Under heavy suppression, the bloodshed that was about to erupt was transformed into a contest of numbers of monsters hunted to prove oneself, which, in the current situation, is the least destructive form of confrontation.

After punishing countless ringleaders, it turned out that everyone seemed to have similar ideas.
I have absolutely no idea why these two teams are full of extremists, and why their confrontational attitudes are so terrifyingly strong.

Goro felt that unless thousands of people were arrested at once, even if the conflict was interrupted in time, it would eventually recur in a worse form in the future.
"Phew, I heard that almost all the outsiders on the island have been evacuated by sea."
The head of the Kanjo Magistrate's family has inexplicably postponed his report to Narukami Island, and has even stopped commanding the Kanjo Magistrate's members at Inazuma Castle.

"Many people are now speculating that the criminal investigation officer of the Heavenly Territory is also involved, so the head of the Hiiragi family plans to delay in a special way."

"Some people say that Hiiragi Shinsuke planned to run away as soon as things went wrong, and then leave Inazuma with the wealth he had accumulated, so he was unwilling to leave the port."

He paused briefly, glancing at the team members behind him who had been helping him resolve the conflict between the two sides.

After thinking for a moment, Goro also shared what he had learned:
"According to Lord Coral Palace's speculation, these soldiers may not be purely hostile to the resistance, but have other purposes."

"The number of samurai belonging to the tax collection department of the Kansei Envoy is far greater than people imagine. They were previously responsible for collecting war taxes all over Narukami Island, but they themselves have never been on the battlefield. Their current situation is actually very bad."

"Therefore, in order to avoid continuing to be the focus of attention and to prove the necessity of the previous war,
Led by a small number of extremists, they chose to escalate the conflict between Umijima and the shogunate, portraying themselves as representatives of the shogunate.

Completely unwilling to think about these strange things, Goro himself gets a headache whenever political terms are mentioned, and can only mechanically repeat the information that Lord Sangokuni told him.

But regardless of the circumstances, the antagonism between the two sides is now a reality.

In this oppressive and closed environment, even the general public has been swept up in this fervent atmosphere, and the regional affiliations that had been gradually blurring have been re-divided into two distinct factions.
"Phew, tell everyone to get ready. I have a feeling their competition is going to cause trouble."

"Whether it's us or the enemy, the loudest voices come from soldiers who haven't experienced the battle at Nashiina Beach, and their tactical skills aren't outstanding."

It is probably precisely because they do not understand the terror of powerful monsters that they are stirring up conflict at this time.

The next time these two teams will go out to exterminate monsters together is in a day. If we inform Lord Coral Palace in advance to prepare, given the current strength of the enemies, it is unlikely that there will be any problems.

But even if the defense line doesn't fall into disarray due to their unauthorized actions at that time,
The act of simply determining a winner will undoubtedly exacerbate the rift between the residents of both sides.

"I wonder if Lady Coral Palace has any way to prevent them from winning or losing, or perhaps to diminish the difference between the losers and the winners?"

Otherwise, all the efforts made during this period would have been wasted.

It was foreseeable that conflicts would arise between the residents of both sides whenever they met, due to the outcome of this victory or defeat.
Even though they knew that a decisive victory would bring nothing but harm, the attention they received was so intense that a defeat would likely cause the people of Haizhi Island to lose face in the future.
Faced with the possibility of defeat, even Goro wanted to give his men pre-battle training.
"We can only hope that Lord Coral Palace has some brilliant plan, even if it's just that fox palace priest."

"If she can prevent this deterioration in relations, then Miss Sheena's proposal isn't out of the question."

A few days ago, a shrine maiden delivered a letter to him. The sender was none other than the pink-haired priest, and he was still hesitant about the invitation in the letter.

The contents of the letter were somewhat vague, and he didn't quite understand words like "idol." He only knew that it seemed to be asking him to write back and help soldiers and residents who were under too much pressure to resolve their psychological problems, which happened to be something he was very good at on Haiqi Island.

Although it's unclear why the proposal was accidentally misspelled as "Miss Sheena's Heart-to-Heart Column," the final reward was only said to be a surprise.

However, if the Great Goddess grants a miracle this time and can find a brilliant way to prevent the relationship between the two sides from deteriorating significantly, then it wouldn't hurt to lend a hand.
He imagined himself as the dashing and heroic General Goro, guiding the lost soldiers to regain their faith and winning their praise.

Although I felt a little embarrassed, as long as my reply could help the people and soldiers on both sides get along better,
Let General Goro's name serve as a beacon in their confusion, and let it spread further.
(End of this chapter)