I still remember back last July when this quest debuted. Everybody was rushing to get the new story. And then they all hit this roadblock where Ei stomped them into oblivion. For some the shock was temporary. You die once. You prep. You go in and get the job done. Others though I saw "fail compilations" of this because as soon as the abilities were locked people panicked and thought they were fighting the final boss of Genshin haha
But anyway you get through that and the rest of the quest is pretty fun. But looking back it starts out a little off right? You guys still remember in Act 3 when we have to set off the fireworks and then the Tenryou guys were after us so we needed to rush back inside the teahouse to avoid detection? You know how right after Thoma saves us from the Shogun in the same exact place we would set off the fireworks that he stops OUTSIDE of the teahouse to have a chat with us? Hmmmmm 
Back when this came out we were all new to Inazuma so at least for me I know I totally thought we ran really far away. I didn't realize how close the teahouse was until the next part.
The next part is us running from Narukami on our little boat to Kannazuka where the Tenryou are based and then we go and eavesdrop to figure out where the resistance is. And here's the thing. The trigger to load the next cutscene is right on top of the Tenryou samurai. You'd think since the scene even starts with us a fair distance away that that's where it would load in lol. But on top of that the fact that we're so far means there is no chance we heard what they said. It's not like they were shouting and I don't think Elemental Sight gives us improved hearing haha
After that we eavesdrop on people who were running away from the fighting. But we still stay far away from them so since there's only a total 3 people on the beach you'd think they'd immediately be sus that some kid is watching them from afar. Especially since it's not like there's anything we're hiding behind. We're just standing out in the open.
Finally after saving our boy Teppei we get to the base and suddenly Gorou already received word about someone messing up the 100th Vision Ceremony. That just happened but the way he says it it's like they knew about it for days and our infamy had already gone viral. So I was thinking you know if we just took the messenger's route we would already be at that base. Days ago probably lol
Then we get to the archery section and wow for the first time Ganyu's amazing power actually screws you up. I had to switch back to Fischl. I suppose what I could have done is aim high so the Charged Shots didn't hit anything but that might actually be hard mode for that section. Any of you guys use Ganyu for it? 
Ok those were all fun little things about this act. But then we reach the big one. We find that the defenses of the resistance base are compromised and that the Tenryou were informed about it and attacked that area. Teppei realized that meant there was a traitor. We never talk about this again and I've only seen 2 reddit topics on it. And the worst part. Some people think Teppei himself was the traitor lol
But anyway the better idea I saw from them was a guy named Nathan. He's actually one of the Fatui spies brought on from Kokomi's "mercs" and "anonymous supporters." But he's not the traitor. Looking at all the information of his involvement he's just responsible for the Tatarigami infecting the people on Yashiori and also the events of Kokomi's Character Quest. BUT that could all be an afterthought by itself. Thing is Nathan's Quest called Clean House only appeared by v2.2 long after the Archon Quest and Kokomi's Character Quest. It was a nice way to tie many of the major Inazuma World Quests together: Tatara Tales about the Mikage Furnace, Orobashi's Legacy dealing with the Tatarigami and Kokomi's Character Quest where they oust the remaining Fatui forces (even though they didn't really 
) from Watatsumi all end up being a Fatui operation that Nathan played a major role in.
Without any other mention about the traitor though I suppose we are meant to just shove Nathan into that role too but it is a significant plothole for the Archon Quest which is again another reason on a list of many reasons why it's pretty clear this story was changed.
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