Since the unspoken barrier between Miyashiro and Ayaka had been broken, Miyashiro was able to learn more about that night from Ayaka.
It turned out that Yae Miko had not only sought out Sara and Ayaka that night, but also Kokomi and Kuki Shinobu. It was even rumored that Yae Miko had approached Ei, who, in her shame and anger, slashed at Yae Miko, but Yae Miko easily dodged it.
However, despite her shame and anger, Ei ultimately decided that someone still needed to implement this matter.
The reason was simple: to prevent Miyashiro from being taken away by Shenhe from Liyue and never returning, Inazuma needed someone to become Miyashiro's tether. This was considered the last resort to keep him.
As for Yae Miko, she didn't care who Miyashiro slept with; she wished for as many people as possible, and ideally, Miyashiro would be a sharpshooter who could hit the mark with one shot.
However, for Miyashiro's four secretaries at the time, Ayaka, Kokomi, and Kuki Shinobu, were all thin-skinned. They found Yae Miko's suggestion truly unpalatable and dared not agree to it.
Among the four, only Sara, who was loyal to the Raiden Shogun, 'bravely' stepped forward and took the bullet for the other three. It's unknown if Sara was secretly pleased when she accepted this mission.
After hearing the full story, Miyashiro, although he understood the decisions of Yae Miko and Ei and could accept their use of a honey trap, it didn't mean that Miyashiro wasn't angry, especially at that mischievous fox. He would make her pay for it sooner or later.
Huh? Wait a minute!
Ayaka just said that she and Kokomi had been taking turns cleaning his body during this period, and tonight he just happened to run into Ayaka. So, in the past few nights, when Kokomi was cleaning his body, did she do something similar?
Thinking of this possibility, Miyashiro felt a headache coming on. As the saying goes: 'A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow,' but this rabbit of his had already eaten half the grass by his burrow. He wondered how long the other half could last.
Never mind, I'll take it one step at a time.
Meanwhile, at the top floor of the House of Daena in the Akademiya.
Inside Azar's office, a group of scholars stood nervously, the atmosphere extremely oppressive.
Smash!
A exquisite teacup was heavily smashed by Azar in front of everyone. This scene made the scholars present even more silent with fear. From Azar's ashen face, it was clear that he was in an extremely bad mood at this moment.
Azar coldly scanned the people in front of him and sternly reprimanded, "Who can explain to me why the Sabzeruz Festival's cycle ended so quickly, and why the collected dream energy is so little?"
The crucial second step of the God Creation Project was progressing extremely poorly. Not only was the duration of the Akasha's dream harvest unexpectedly short, but the total dream energy harvested by the Akasha was also far below expectations.
With such a small amount of dream energy, whether the Akasha, at its maximum output, could successfully extract the power of the Gnosis had become an unknown. If this step could not be completed, then the grand feat of God Creation would have no possibility of success.
None of the scholars responsible for the God Creation Project could explain these two reasons to him, and they remained silent with their heads bowed.
Azar, receiving no feedback, was furious and directly ordered the lower-level scholars who were working to get out. In the large office, only the four sages remained.
Azar sat at the head of the table, rubbing his forehead and frowning, "What should we do now?"
Anger aside, the Project still had to continue. After all, the God Creation Project had already cost Sumeru countless financial resources, material resources, and even intellectual power. If it were to stop now, how could these mad sages possibly give up?
Khajeh frowned, "The 'Sabzeruz Festival's Cycle' is a large-scale Project that the Akademiya has been preparing for nearly a year. The Akasha cannot perform it a second time in a short period."
The Spantamad School sage said, "Are we to postpone our Project for another year just because of this?"
The Kshahrewar School sage said, "Impossible. We cannot keep those two old fellows, Naphis and Iskander, under house arrest for that long. Some people from the Amurta School and Logic School have already noticed something is amiss during this time."
Azar said, "Hmph! Those from the Logic School don't matter, but the Amurta School is more troublesome. Amurta Academy is, after all, the largest and most populous of Sumeru's six academies, and that old fellow Naphis has high prestige. Their strength should not be underestimated."
Khajeh said, "Should we continue to harvest dreams silently, as usual?"
Everyone fell silent. To be honest, the reason they chose to carry out the 'Sabzeruz Festival's Cycle' Project, even at the cost of using all the citizens of Sumeru City as test subjects, was because they found the usual efficiency of harvesting dream energy too slow.
It was so slow that these elderly sages felt it was a 'lifetime achievement' series. Moreover, what they were doing, after all, violated Sumeru's six fundamental sins, and not all scholars could accept it. At least the General Mahamatra of the Akademiya would absolutely not agree.
Among the six sages of this generation, it was precisely because four of them agreed to this Project that they were able to execute it silently and, at the most critical moment, place the other two sages under house arrest, gaining crucial time.
Otherwise, just the leak of the God Creation news would be enough to bring down these radical factions.
While everyone was still pondering countermeasures, a sudden round of applause and mocking laughter echoed from the other side of the office.
A blue-masked figure appeared brazenly before the sages, sneering, "I never thought that you, as the highest rulers of Sumeru City, would have to hide like this to fulfill a small experimental requirement. How ridiculous. It seems that the Akademiya truly helped me by expelling me back then."
Khajeh, somewhat exasperated, said, "Dottore! You Akademiya outcast, what right do you have to speak so presumptuously in front of us?"
Dottore merely glanced at Khajeh, and Khajeh felt as if all the blood in his body was Frozen. His face turned extremely pale, as if his body would shatter into pieces the next second.
Dottore said, "You're the Haravatat sage, aren't you? I want to remind you that, at present, I am far above you pathetic mortals in terms of age, qualifications, strength, and status. It was I who gave you the opportunity to create a new god.
Therefore, I hope you will refer to me as 'The Doctor,' and not by my name!"
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