Reisen Riou was floored. He'd studied Raiden Ei's Thunderous Yougou Divine Machine for ages, barely grasping it. This is a demon god's power? So unfair. His elemental control improved, and hand-crafted chip precision rose slightly.
Rushing, he upgraded the server, expanded memory, and added a long-range signal device. A receiver and storage unit at the Shogunate would allow remote data access.
After the server work, a Shogunate conscription notice arrived.
No debate—off he went.
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The Shogunate was Inazuma's ruling heart. The Tri-Commission were its arms.
The Tenryou Commission, overseeing martial affairs and security, was Raiden Makoto's priority—largest, most talented, and strongest, its headquarters at Tenshukaku's base. The Shogunate was a military state, and the Tenryou Commission's status soared.
"Here's your office," said an Okuzume, all LV40+ Electro Vision holders. Rare elsewhere, Vision wielders were common here. In the Land of Thunder and Eternity, Electro Visions dominated, most conscripted into the Okuzume.
"Thanks," Reisen Riou said, taking a parcel and eyeing his workspace.
As a specially conscripted scribe, a mid-to-high-ranking civil officer, he wasn't a lowly clerk. His job: distill documents for Makoto's review. Per the Okuzume, paperwork was tedious, filled with flattery and hidden truths.
He commanded three enforcers from the Tenryou Commission and a dozen clerks, mostly from the Kamisato clan. They were diligent but couldn't make documents concise or pleasing.
The Kanjou Commission handled commerce, propaganda, and minor crime or youkai issues. Unresolved matters went to the Tenryou Commission for security or military aid, requiring Makoto's approval. Inter-Commission requests needed paperwork, forming Inazuma's major affairs.
Clerks filtered documents, prioritized by urgency, for scribes to present to Makoto. Okuzume then delivered processed documents to the Tri-Commission or local offices.
With Okuzume guidance, enforcers, and clerks, Reisen Riou began. Ritou's messier affairs had prepped him well. The Thunderous Yougou Divine Machine, an external brain, boosted efficiency, though less potent than his Ritou clone.
He scanned documents, extracted key points in a second, reformatted them into briefings, and moved on. After sorting by importance, urgency, and date, he used Electro sparks to print briefings on blank paper, signed them, and directed clerks to organize and input data.
Work that took a dozen clerks a month, he finished in half a day.
The Shogunate had hundreds of clerks—some handled local magistrates, others the Kanjou or Tenryou Commissions. Reisen Riou's team managed Tenryou-Kanjou exchanges. His ties with both—having mentored the current Tenryou head and hailing from the Kanjou—made him a perfect fit.
"Here's my briefing. Review it for gaps," he said, sharing it with the clerks.
They'd never seen such a format. It was simple: one sentence stating when, where, what happened, who was involved, and the impact.
He had clerks reorganize documents per the briefing, packed a new copy in leather paper, and handed it to an enforcer escort. With time nearing, he prepared to present the day's documents. The enforcer, weaker than him, was procedural.
The briefings, though concise, tallied a dozen pages monthly. The Okuzume inspected them for safety, then passed them back, signaling others to let him through.
Alone, he approached Makoto.
"Fifth Scribe Reisen Riou greets Lady Narukami."