Nahida had begun paying attention to Inazuma very early on.
After all, people from Mondstadt and students from the Akademiya were running around everywhere, still having to write logs when they had nothing to do. Fontaine had journalists observing Inazuma.
Snezhnaya and Liyue had merchants scouting business opportunities in Inazuma. Only Natlan had no one wandering around.
Teyvat is a whole, and for Nahida—this young god who had been locked in a small dark room by the Akademiya since birth to study diligently—the affairs of other nations were of utmost importance.
Inazuma, Liyue, and Snezhnaya had god rule; Mondstadt had freedom; Fontaine had law. Natlan wasn't very clear, but it was said a new Pyro Archon was leading...
Although she could only collect knowledge within Sumeru, she could use Sumeru's intelligence network as eyes to look out at the world.
So naturally, Nahida also knew that the Electro Archon's Eternity seemed to have caused a decline in the living standards of Inazuma's people...
Hm... it couldn't really be called a decline in living standards. To be honest, the people were living in dire straits.
Nahida didn't understand and didn't know why, when all were under god rule, Inazuma seemed to be the one in such deep water and scorching fire.
It couldn't possibly be that the Electro Archon didn't know how to govern a country, right?
Impossible, right?
Even if it were just a nation led by ordinary people...
Liyue's Seven Stars could replace her in governing Sumeru instead of the Akademiya; Mondstadt's free Knights of Favonius...
No matter how you looked at it, humans should be able to manage themselves well...
Hm, surely the original Electro Archon had some profound meaning that she, a still-immature god, couldn't yet see...
After all, both senior gods from Liyue and Snezhnaya managed things very well.
And there was also Greater Lord Rukkhadevata who had already departed...
The original gods were all innately skilled at governing nations. (Certain)
Nahida had always believed that the Electro Archon's Eternity must have some profound meaning.
Until that day...
Rumors spread that a strange figure, elected by the people of Inazuma, entered Tenshukaku.
No one knew his name—only that he was a middle-aged man in appearance.
People knew very little about him.
They only knew that before this, dissatisfied with Inazuma's darkness, he had drawn the polearm in his hand and single-handedly purged Inazuma's banditry in a bloodbath, all to restore a clear sky to Inazuma.
Inazuma's people respected him and voluntarily erected a plaque for him reading [Shura Anyakonsen-shou].
On the day this strange figure entered Tenshukaku to meet the Shogun, the sky flashed with lightning and thunder, showing just how furious Raiden Shogun had been that day.
But in the end, the sky returned to calm.
No one knew exactly what happened that day—only that afterward, the Shura Anyakonsen-shou became active in Inazuma's official circles.
And Inazuma, from that day onward, went from a sharp decline to a rapid climb.
Some said the Shura Anyakonsen-shou had used the polearm in his hand to block the Electro Archon's unintentional slash of no-thought, and thus the Shogun acknowledged him and allowed him to participate in her Eternity.
Some said the Shura Anyakonsen-shou had engaged in fierce debate with the Electro Archon's Eternity using the justice in his heart. Although midway the Electro Archon was angered by his words, in the end she was persuaded by the Shura Anyakonsen-shou.
Others said the Electro Archon actually didn't understand governance and had been shielded by her subordinates without knowing; the Shura Anyakonsen-shou had gone to discuss with the Shogun how to save Inazuma.
Of course, there were also unofficial histories claiming the Shura Anyakonsen-shou was actually a god himself, with some unclear relationship with Raiden Shogun from long ago. He had simply been traveling the nations five hundred years prior and had only recently returned to Inazuma.