Chapter 19

Before starting the third life simulation, Kael had amassed over 400 attribute points. 

He hadn't had the chance to allocate them due to being interrupted by the system, but now he could put them to good use.

On the surface, 400 points seemed like a lot, but at a cost of 5 points per hour, he could only get 80 hours—just three days! 

He had to use them carefully.

[After the "Sakoku Decree" had been in effect for a while, another prohibition was announced, causing an uproar within the country.]

[The Raiden Shogun had issued the "Vision Hunt Decree"!]

[The decree commanded the Tenryou Commission to immediately hunt down and confiscate Visions from the populace.]

[The Tenryou Commission was granted authority to seize Visions by any means necessary!]

As expected, the Vision Hunt Decree had arrived!

[Utterly outrageous! You were furious upon receiving the news, completely shedding your usual refined, gentlemanly demeanor.]

[As someone who had come from a humble background, you deeply understood the significance of Visions to the common folk.]

[Visions could be seen as a form of grassroots defense.]

[In the wilds of Inazuma, there were monsters, Fatui, and wandering ronin.]

[Ordinary villages had no protectors from the Commissions. Enforcing the Vision Hunt Decree was tantamount to stripping them of their means of self-defense!]

[Unless the Commissions could deploy personnel to guard each village…]

[But where would they find so many people? Even if they did, they were too busy implementing the Raiden Shogun's new policies.]

[Depriving these small villages of their Vision-wielders was like leaving their doors wide open for bandits to pillage and plunder!]

[What's more, the Tenryou Commission had long since rotted to the core.]

[Putting them in charge of the Vision Hunt Decree was as good as handing every citizen a blade and telling them to die quickly and cleanly!]

[Though Kamisato Ayato and Kamisato Ayaka also felt the decree was unreasonable, they were aristocrats who had never experienced the common people's hardships. They couldn't fully grasp your anger.]

[Currently, within the Kamisato Clan, only Kamisato Ayato had a Vision.]

Based on the game's timeline, Kamisato Ayaka should have awakened her Vision by now. 

But with Kael's presence, she no longer needed to shoulder the Kamisato Clan's burdens.

Perhaps because of this, her conviction wasn't strong enough, so she had yet to awaken a Vision.

Kael inwardly apologized to Kamisato Ayaka once again. 

He really was a scumbag. 

He had deprived her of the chance to gain strength, taken her place in the family, and in the end, still treated her only as a sister, unable to give her any real affection.

[Kamisato Ayaka asked worriedly, "Brother, they won't come for your Vision, will they?"]

["Don't worry. As one of the three major Commissions, our Kamisato Clan is safe. They wouldn't dare touch me as the head of the Clan. However, we won't be able to protect every Vision holder in the family. We'll have to make some tough choices."]

[You said confidently, "Once this decree is implemented, the people of Inazuma will surely rebel."]

[Age 17: At first, Kamisato Ayato and Kamisato Ayaka were skeptical of your claim.]

[The people of Inazuma had always been humble and respectful. With the Raiden Shogun as the supreme ruler of the Shogunate, her authority had been unchallenged for years. They found it hard to believe the people would dare to resist.]

[But soon enough, your prediction was confirmed.]

[A rebellion sprang up on Watatsumi Island, and it spread like wildfire. More and more people joined the cause.]

[By the time the three Commissions realized it, the group had grown into a full-fledged resistance army capable of challenging the Shogunate.]