"Boss Feng Yi, come quick! Look what this great Oni discovered?!"
After dealing with the Fatui soldiers in the room, Arataki Itto stood by a small pavilion resembling an altar and waved excitedly to Feng Yi.
Feng Yi, with Ayin, walked over and found some cards in the pavilion detailing tactical orders.
The Pavilion Supervisor's Orders:
[The current situation of the Inazuman civil war remains unclear. The longer the war drags on, the more beneficial it will be for us...]
[To expand the 'Gnosis' demand of the resistance, instigate the intensity of the war, and promote the determination of both commanders for a protracted war...]
[All comrades are specially requested to assist the work of Second Class Naval Officer Nathan, and to sever the Watatsumi Army's hope of a swift victory...]
[In case of any unforeseen circumstances, assist Commander Nathan in escaping in a timely manner, and do not provide any excuse for Fatui infiltration to either side!] wap.kanshuwu.net
[This is a major matter to ensure the unfettered supply of 'Gnosis'. Remember, remember!]
Seeing this blatant evidence, Ayin's expression grew even more grim. During her seclusion in the Plane of Euthymia, the Fatui had indeed extended their reach into Inazuma.
Since the Snezhnayan infiltration and aggression came first, she would not show mercy. This evidence was enough to annihilate all Fatui influence within Inazuma!
"Who is this Nathan? He seems to have a pretty high position. If we catch him, can we extort a bunch of money from Snezhnaya?"
Arataki Itto suddenly became excited.
Once he caught this fellow Nathan, if Snezhnaya refused to pay, he swore he'd beat Nathan so badly his own parents wouldn't recognize him!
"Itto, don't even think about it. Nathan, that scoundrel, is a spy within the Watatsumi resistance. He operates under a guise of righteousness but does the most despicable things. Do you know about the tragedy of Himukai Village?"
Feng Yi sighed. Upon hearing Nathan's familiar name, the tragedy of Himukai Village immediately flashed in his mind.
It was a shame Nathan, that scoundrel, wasn't here. Otherwise, if Feng Yi didn't beat him to a pulp, he'd consider it a clean getaway!
In the previous life's game, on Inazuma's Yashiori Island, there was a small questline about Himukai Village.
Because Himukai Village was the closest village to the Maguu Kenki's mine, it was polluted by the Tatara Nagamasa's power, and most residents suffered from serious illnesses.
Himukai Village had one, and only one, highly skilled doctor – Yasumoto. His medical skills were so advanced that even the Tenryou Commission wanted to poach him.
However, since he was the only doctor on Yashiori Island, and the Tatara Nagamasa's power caused illnesses to spread among the islanders, Yasumoto decided to stay and continue helping the villagers.
Feng Yi greatly admired this doctor who upheld professional ethics and the spirit of a healer.
Later, the player collected some Naku Weed for Yasumoto. After receiving the Naku Weed, Yasumoto began experimenting on himself. Initially, he only tested small doses, but because the player provided an abundance of Naku Weed, on the last day, Yasumoto used a full dose of the Naku Weed medicine, and then...
Yasumoto vanished.
Compared to the Fatui Harbinger Dottore's human experimentation, Yasumoto's self-experimentation seemed exceptionally noble, but...
Yasumoto was a true man. While Feng Yi respected him, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of regret.
Subsequently, the player could find a treasure chest at the foot of the mountain and achieve the feat of "Witnessing Yasumoto's Final Outcome." Here, it could be discovered that Yasumoto, in his haste to create a cure, had consumed an excessive amount of Naku Weed soup and ultimately passed away.
Feng Yi felt that Yasumoto's increasingly frantic behavior might also be related to the maddening Tatara Nagamasa pollution. After all, Yasumoto was just an ordinary person and could also be affected. kanshu la.
Finally, the player obtained the "Apothecary's Notebook." The contents recorded within revealed that Yasumoto had long known that the Tatara Nagamasa's power was difficult to dispel. Therefore, he used cooked Kukouji grass as a "medicine" to deceive the dying villagers of Himukai Village, who were beyond conventional treatment, providing them with final solace.
However, before Yasumoto could find any solution, due to the pollution caused by the explosion of the Mikage Furnace, a group of not-so-bright resistance soldiers arrived. Deceived by that scoundrel Nathan, they further exacerbated the pollution, plunging the entire Yashiori Island into even greater suffering.
As the resistance was often at a disadvantage in their battles against the Shogunate forces, their morale was somewhat affected. At this point, a soldier named Nathan proposed:
"Let's go and dismantle the object used to suppress the Tatara Nagamasa's power on the island."
This group of soldiers, misled and incited by Nathan, were quickly brainwashed. They believed: "The reason our revered Great Serpent is not strong is because it is suppressed. As long as the suppressor is destroyed, the Great Serpent's power will be released, and our faith will be restored!"
Oh dear...
Feng Yi felt as if these soldiers' brains had been eaten by zombies. They weren't even as dim-witted as Arataki Itto.
As members of the Sangonomiya Shrine, didn't they know that the Great Serpent's power was suppressed because ordinary people couldn't withstand the Tatara Nagamasa's curse?
Had they never considered that the Great Serpent's remnant spirit might go berserk if the suppressor was destroyed?
[Following Mr. Nathan's method, destroy the Shogunate's suppressor and restore the dignity of our Great God...]
[If we fail, we will die in service to the Great God. If we succeed, we will retreat safely, but we must never reveal our identities, lest we implicate the Divine Priestess...]
[...None of the above is to be revealed to anyone, from the Divine Priestess herself to the comrades in each unit! Those who speak too much will be held responsible...]
According to the damp, wrinkled note obtained in the game, these soldiers, believing their mission to be noble, righteous, and heroic, were merely deceiving themselves.
Ultimately, under the leadership of the undercover Nathan, they destroyed the suppressor, causing the Yaksha's power to go berserk and the Tatara Nagamasa pollution to spread on a larger scale across Yashiori Island.
*Crack!*
Hearing Feng Yi's narration, Arataki Itto was enraged and smashed the small pavilion with a single punch. Compared to overt enemies, Arataki Itto loathed insidious schemers like Nathan even more.
"That guy named Nathan, if I ever catch him, I'll use this giant club to stab him to death!"
Arataki Itto said fiercely. After listening to Feng Yi's story, he was filled with anger and wanted to vent it on someone.
If he caught that scoundrel Nathan, hmph... Arataki Itto would make him realize that some things were more painful than death!
"A troublemaker?"
Feng Yi asked subconsciously.
Arataki Itto: ???
Arataki Itto looked at Feng Yi in confusion. That sentence completely stumped him. What did a "troublemaker" have to do with his giant club?