Genshin Impact: This light novel author doesn't cross the line.

Lady Rosalyn looked at the person in front of her with haughtiness, her eyes filled with mockery and contempt.

To her annoyance, the traveler paid no attention and instead stared lewdly at her chest and legs.

"Rosalyn, I have a question I'd like to ask. How do I join the Fools' Order as an executive officer? I think I can help you assess your eligibility for a seat."

These words immediately broke Rosalind's defenses. "I'll take your mother's seat! Bastard!"

Meanwhile, D'Artaglia, standing next to Rosalind, smiled knowingly. There's a popular meme in Liyue right now: "Madam, I can help you with the seating arrangement." Those who know, know.

Just as Rosalind was about to teach the traveler a lesson, a deep voice rang out in the hall, "Madam, watch your manners. This traveler is my friend."

A handsome young man walked in. He was refined in demeanor and gave people a very reassuring feeling.

"Hmph!" Rosalyn suppressed her anger upon seeing the newcomer; there were more important matters at hand.

"As agreed, you should hand over the Heart of God, Morax!"

"The contract is complete. As you requested, I grant you what was promised." With that, Zhongli took out the yellow chess piece-shaped Heart of God and handed it to Lorinsa.

Paimon, standing next to the traveler, pointed at him with his little finger and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, so you're Lord Rock!"

"Yes."

Then, Zhongli frankly revealed that he had made a deal with the "God of Ice".

According to him, this was a "contract that ends all contracts" made at the last moment.

"How annoying! So I was just a part of your plan. How boring. I'm leaving!" The young master waved his hand, preparing to depart.

He had just pushed open the door when he discovered that the Liyue Seven Stars, led by Ningguang, had surrounded the entire Northern Bank with the Thousand Rock Army.

"Ningguang, what do you mean by this?" D'Artagnan looked rather unwell. He had just fought a fierce battle with the Traveler and was now very weak.

"D'Artagnan, don't be so nervous. We won't do anything to you. We're just here to settle scores with you."

"Settle accounts?" D'Artagnan was a little confused. "Settle what accounts?"

“You released the Whirlpool Demon God, causing great losses to Liyue. You should settle this score with us,” Ningguang said matter-of-factly.

At this moment, Tartaglia was completely devastated. Although no one had been injured in Liyue this time, the damage was immense. To deal with Oser, Ningguang destroyed the extremely expensive Jade Pavilion.

Ningguang took out a small pure gold abacus and began to calculate on her own. "The material cost of the Jade Pavilion is 100 billion Mora, the construction cost is 50 billion Mora, the cost price of all the items inside is 20 billion Mora, and then there are other expenses. The total is 200 billion Mora."

Two hundred billion Mora?

This is an astronomical figure for D'Artagnan. From now on, he would have to work as a gigolo day and night for at least a hundred years without taking a single day off.

"Well, let's settle accounts with the Northern Bank." D'Artagnan definitely can't pay this debt, so the Northern Bank is the only option.

“That’s what I was thinking too. But considering that the Northern Bank can’t come up with the money right now, Liyue can offer loan repayment services. Would you be interested in learning more?”

D'Artagnan had absolutely no interest in these things. "I'll have the rich Pantalone talk to him."

"Alright, but you need to sign a compensation agreement before you can leave Liyue."

Looking at the densely packed Thousand Rock Army outside and the Liyue Seven Stars rubbing their hands in anticipation behind them, Tartaglia knew that he couldn't escape his fate today, so he simply resigned himself to signing the compensation agreement.

He wasn't worried about how the Northern Bank would repay the money.

Chapter 23 Mission: Impossible

The sea surface shimmered, with waves rising and falling in the gentle breeze, like countless golden ribbons leaping across the water.

The warm sunlight pierced through the clouds and cast its rays onto the vast sea, creating a dazzling interplay of light and shadow.

The traveler stood on the deck of the Death Star, gazing at the coastline that stretched ever further into the distance.

Not far away, Maple Leaf was holding a lightning-type God's Eye, looking very confused. Logically speaking, after the holder dies, the light of the God's Eye should gradually dissipate.

The light from the "Friend's" Eye of God in his hand did not dissipate; instead, it shone even brighter.

Could it be that my friend is not dead? That's impossible.

I know my friend's character very well; he is a true samurai who is willing to sacrifice his life for his beliefs and ideals.

How could such a person possibly obey the Eye Hunting Order and hand over his God Eye?

……

Eight-fold hall.

Ueno Chiki walked over with light steps. As he got closer, he noticed that Kuroda's face seemed to have aged a lot, as if he had recently experienced a lot of hardships.

"Editor Kuroda, I'm here for this issue of 'Young Duck Dali,' thank you for your help."

Kuroda, who wasn't in a good mood, took a thin purse from under the counter and tossed it to Ueno Chiki.

Chiki Ueno opened the money bag and found that there were only 5,000 moras inside, which meant that only 50 copies of "Young Daliyah" had been sold. That was far too few.

It's worth noting that his first novel, "Husband's Softness and Ineligibility," sold a thousand copies in just half a month.

The difference between these two is too big.

"Editor Kuroda, is my book, 'Young Dali Duck,' really that bad?"

Kuroda shook his head. "It's not a problem with your book, it's a problem with Inazuma. You probably don't know, but the price of rice in Inazuma has skyrocketed again recently. Rice that used to cost 100 Mora per kilogram now costs 1,000 Mora per kilogram, a tenfold increase. The people are starving to death, who has the mood to buy novels to read!"

"A thousand moras per kilogram? Are they crazy? How can ordinary people afford such expensive rice?"

Ueno Chiki's expression was also not very good. He never expected that Inazuma's situation would deteriorate to this extent.

No wonder so many Inatsumi people betrayed their faith and resolutely joined the resistance.

Kuroda didn't continue speaking, but stared blankly into the distance.

Chiki Ueno tucked the purse into her bosom and walked along the sparsely populated street, her mind heavy with worry.

In a corner, he saw the contact symbols left by the Fools' intelligence agency, and immediately had new hope. Surely the organization would finally provide funding this time.

.......

The night was cool and still. Ueno Chiki lay in bed with her eyes open, waiting for Kodak to arrive.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that this guy finally arrived, accompanied by a young woman in a kimono.

"Code name 9527, I have good news for you. Starting today, you are the head of the Inazuma Fools' intelligence agency!"

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. Without your wise and brilliant leadership, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Kodok listened to the flattery with a look of satisfaction, greatly admiring Ueno Chiki's shrewdness.

"But I have some bad news for you. The Executor has caused too much trouble in Liyue, resulting in serious losses for the organization. The organization needs to compensate Liyue with a large amount of Mora. In order to save expenses, the organization has decided to suspend the allocation of funds for Inazuma Intelligence COVID-19 and ask us to find a way to overcome the difficulties ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Ueno Chiki was about to explode, her emotions running high. "Sir, is the organization just going to let us starve to death like this? Why should we bear the consequences of the mess the young master made? Overcome difficulties? Why don't they come and overcome them themselves?"

"Don't get excited yet. In order for the organization to continue operating, I have specially brought in a partner." Kodok stretched out his hand and guided his gaze to the woman beside him. "This is Mochizuki from Haizhi Island. She will provide us with funding from now on."

Wangyue nodded to him and said politely, "Hello, I'm Wangyue. I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration in the future." Her tone was gentle and friendly, which made people feel very good about her.

Ueno Chiki was cursing a thousand times in his mind, but that bastard Dok had sold him off to Haiji Island.

“Code name 9527. Tomorrow I will be leaving Inazuma to return to Shizuku. Everything in the organization is in your hands.” Kodok took out a piece of paper and stuffed it into his hand. “This contains the organization’s intelligence members and contact superiors. From now on, you will be in charge of the liaison work.”

Before Ueno Chiki could react, Kodak turned around and hurriedly left.

I thought Mochizuki would leave too, but she stood there with a smile on her face. "Code name 9527, come and join our Sea Island! All you need to do is provide information about the Fool Clan and Inazuma, and we at Sea Island will provide you with enough funding every month."

Chiki Ueno initially wanted to refuse, but then she thought about how her novels were not selling well, she was short of money, and with the price of food soaring, she would have to go hungry again if she didn't have a new source of income.

"Alright, I'll go with you."

Since he was already an inside man, he didn't care which side he was on.

Mochizuki was very pleased with his defection. She took out a money bag from her bosom and handed it to him, saying, "This is the funding that Haizhi Island is giving you. Work hard, and the funding will increase in the future."

The money bag felt heavy in his hand; Hai Zhi Island was really generous. At this moment, he finally understood why so many people would become traitors.

The enemy gave us way too much!

"Thank you for the funding. I will work hard to repay the organization."

Then, Mochizuki said a lot of encouraging words to Ueno Chiki, trying to "brainwash" him.

After Mochizuki left, Ueno Chiki looked at the bright moon in the night sky and felt very emotional. He wanted to reconcile with life, but life wouldn't let him go.

He is currently the head of the Jujutsu clan's intelligence agency in Inazuma, and also a spy planted on Umijima Island in both Inazuma and the Jujutsu clan.

He opened the piece of paper left by Kodoc, wanting to see what the Fools' intelligence agency was like.

As a result, he was completely dumbfounded after seeing the above content.

Currently, there are only two members of the Fools' intelligence agency in Inazuma: one is Kodok, and the other is codenamed 9527.

Kodok will be leaving Inazuma tomorrow, which means that he will essentially be the only one left in this intelligence agency!

Chapter 24 Ayaka: He is a very important person to me.

Walking back to the shopping district of Inazuma, the desolate scene before her eyes made Ueno Chiki sigh deeply.

The once bustling streets are now deserted, with almost all the shops on both sides closed.

The only thing that increased was the number of beggars on the streets. They wore tattered clothes, held broken bowls in their thin hands, and their eyes were filled with confusion and exhaustion.

Whenever a pedestrian passes by, they approach them and beg for alms, but most of the time they are disappointed.

It's hard to imagine that Inazuma Castle would turn into this state in just two or three months.

Last year was a bumper harvest year for Inazuma, so this situation shouldn't have occurred.

However, after the outbreak of war with the rebels on Umijima Island, the Tenryō Magistrate and the Kanjō Magistrate joined forces at the Imperial Conference and passed the War Tax Law, which stipulated that the Inazuma Shogunate could levy additional taxes on farmers during the war, with no upper limit on the amount of tax.

As a result, last autumn, the Tenryo Magistrate and the Territorial Survey Magistrate ruthlessly levied a 50% war tax on the farmers. Combined with the previous basic 11% tax, the farmers had to pay 60% of their grain to the shogunate.

This immediately caused a food shortage and a continuous rise in food prices.

Originally, all of this was still within the tolerance range of the Inazuma people.

However, many nobles saw a business opportunity and joined forces to drive up grain prices, causing them to surge tenfold in just two or three months.

The insatiable greed of the nobility became the final straw that broke the camel's back. Many people at the bottom of society could no longer afford such high grain prices and had no choice but to go out and beg.

Ueno Chiki clutched the twenty kilograms of grain he had just bought. As soon as he stepped out of the Twenty-Nine Items Store, he was surrounded by a group of beggars.

He ignored them and strode forward.