In a dark secret room, two figures met here gropingly.

The air around them seemed to be stagnant, until one of them spoke up to break the silence.

"Is the investigation clear?"

"Ah, although the cave has been enchanted, everything in it should be gone."

"That's good. This can delay it for a while. Has the man's identity been found out?"

"I heard some gossip from the shrine, saying that the person is a special envoy from Liyue, and he should be here for business."

As soon as these words came out, the secret room fell into silence again.

"Special envoy from Liyue? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I heard that the goddess was welcomed into the shrine and entertained by the witch."

"That should be no problem."

Mentioning the Shrine, another person immediately realized the accuracy of this matter.

Because even on Kaiji Island, except for the group of shrine maidens who take care of the shrine maidens, the number of people who have entered the shrine is not more than one hand.

Even Goro, the general in charge of Kaijijima's military affairs, has never entered, so one can imagine how difficult it is.

"Business... This year's coral and pearl harvest has been ruined. What else do people in Liyue want to buy? Those stinky fish?"

"No, I heard that the shrine intends to sell the Blood Branch Coral to Liyue in order to build a more solid and reliable trade relationship."

"What? Blood Coral? That little girl isn't crazy, is she?"

A man's exclamation sounded in the secret room.

Although blood branch coral and coral pearls are both known as the two specialties of Haiji Island, the former is different from the latter. The former is extremely valuable in Haiji Island and can be used to resist signs of becoming a holy land.

Therefore, the annual sales volume of Blood Branch Coral is extremely rare. Even their chamber of commerce can only control a small amount of supply exposed to the market, which can be said to be extremely scarce.

It is precisely for this reason that the guys from Narukami Island are willing to continue to maintain private trade relations with the Kaiji Island Chamber of Commerce.

Because Blood Branch Coral is also very popular on Narukami Island.

"Now that Blood Branch Coral is trading with Liyue, the supervision of the site must be stricter than before. In addition, the coral and pearl oysters have just been attacked... Do we really want to take action? Letting them sell is not a big deal, right?

."

"...No! This line must be cut off. If the shrine itself controls the channels for doing business with the outside world, then what use will our chamber of commerce have? And don't forget, if our bad things are exposed, we will be exiled overseas.

They are all the lightest. Do you want to go into the sea to feed the fish?"

As soon as these words came out, the other person was so frightened that he trembled and did not dare to speak again.

"Now that things have happened, we can only cut off the connection between the shrine and Liyue. It is best for us to control this line..."

"You mean...to stop this transaction?"

"Of course, and more than that, we also have to please the Liyue envoy..."

The two of them were discussing the next plan in a hidden secret room.

On the other side, although Bai Qiyun and Jiuqi Ren live under the same roof, they still have a sense of proportion towards each other.

"You sleep on the bed and I sleep on the floor. It's such a simple decision."

Bai Qiyun pointed to the small single bed and assigned a place to rest tonight just like assigning work.

Hearing this, Kuki Nin immediately jumped out, his boots-less legs swaying in the air.

"No, how can I let my boss sleep on the floor? Master Yaegomiya will deduct my salary when I go back."

"No, if you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who can know about this."

"This...ah..."

Seeing Jiuqi Ren's eyes that suddenly became erratic, Bai Qiyun instantly realized something.

He lowered his eyes and asked.

"That fox brought you something that can transmit information about the surroundings?"

"..."

Silence, only silence.

But this silence also answered Bai Qiyun's doubts in disguise.

Seeing this, Bai Qiyun stretched out his hand directly towards Jiuqin Ren.

"Give me that thing."

"..."

Still silent, for the first time in the face of Bai Qiyun's request, Jiuqi Ren did not execute it.

She stood there with her head lowered, as if she was weighing something.

But Bai Qiyun didn't have the patience to let her think about it slowly, and then directly opened the element vision to the maximum.

Sure enough, he found a small object wrapped in an elemental barrier in the small bag on Kuki-nin's waist.

Seeing that Jiuqi Ren didn't reply for a long time, Bai Qiyun directly reached out and touched Jiuqi Ren's small bag.

But in Kuki-nin's view, this was touching her exposed waist.

"Eh!"

Her expression changed and she subconsciously stepped back.

What is this for? Sexual harassment in the workplace?

But her movements couldn't be as fast as Bai Qiyun's. The young man's arm was like lightning as he reached towards the small bag and snatched it away from her body before Kuki Nin could react.

Of course, due to the movements, some skin contact was inevitable during the process.

But because it was so fast, even Kuki Shinobu himself didn't react.

All she saw was that her vision went dark, and something on her body was taken away.

"Don't make any noise, otherwise people outside will think I did something to you."

Bai Qiyun waved his hand to Jiu Qinren impatiently, then opened the small bag and held the small square object like a mechanism in his hand.

It took a few seconds for Kuki Shinobu to realize what had just happened.

She walked to Bai Qiyun's side with a grimace and protested.

"Hey... Mr. Bai, what you just did was a bit..."

"Shut up, you have been a miko, you should know not to disobey your superiors."

Bai Qiyun slightly released a hint of the coercion of the power of the stars, and a throb came from the depths of Jiuqi Ren's soul, causing her to shut her mouth instantly.

That's right, for all the shrine maidens in Inazuma's territory, Bai Qiyun's power is the most powerful command, even shrine maidens like Kuki Shinobu who have retired from active service are no exception.

Even if he wanted to do something outrageous, these shrine maidens would not be able to disobey him, not only the shrine maidens, but also the palace ministers of the shrine.

There is no other reason. It is simply because these shrine maidens swore an oath to the gods with their whole hearts when they took office, so they formed something like a 'contract' that cannot be broken during their lifetime.

This may be the invisible price of the high status of a miko, but the Inazuma God of Steel has never appeared before, so the price is almost nothing, and no one cares.

"Well..."

Being controlled by instinct and closing his mouth, Jiuqi Ren was a little unhappy, but he still thought it was Bai Qiyun's little trick and didn't think about the miko's oath.

Bai Qiyun squeezed the mechanism in his hand and used the remaining star power in his body to continuously pour into the mechanism.

In just a few seconds, the spell on the mechanism was directly broken.

Seeing this, Bai Qiyun couldn't help but snorted coldly.
Chapter completed!