Genshin Impact: Starting Guide - End of the World Qi Bao

The little rabbit rolled its eyes at Kiana.

"Paramecium actually thinks about this? I think you're even more abnormal than the villains in those stories."

"Hey!"

The little rabbit was speechless. =_=

"Okay, okay, to put it in a way you can understand, Kiana, it's like playing Dou Dizhu (a card game) with your cards revealed, or playing the rebel card in Three Kingdoms Kill. You've done those two things quite a bit too~"

"Nonsense! I've never done the second one. I'm usually the one who gets the peach, especially since you keep whipping my corpse!"

"Hey~"

"Don't imitate Wendy!"

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Pure Land of One Mind

Alicia looked around, and... apart from the shadow sitting cross-legged in the air, there was nothing around her...

Alicia pulled Mei along and quietly approached Kage.

Ellie waved in front of the shadow with her eyes closed, then whispered cautiously in Mei's ear.

"Ya~ Yi~ do you think Ying might have fallen asleep?"

Although Mei didn't want to spoil Airi's fun, she looked at the shadow that had opened its eyes and was looking at her...

"Alicia, is it possible that she's not asleep?"

"How could that be?!"

Ellie turned to look at the shadow.

"Um...it really is true, hehe?~"

Ying coldly watched the two of them.

"You two have come here to see me for something. If it's not important, please leave."

Ellie immediately hugged Ying.

"Hehe? Of course something's wrong~ Seeing such a cute girl like you looking so worried, Alicia won't be happy~ Smile~ Alicia is very powerful~"

"Um...can I let go?"

"No~"

How good are you?

"Wow, that's amazing! Such a cute girl! She can do everything!"

Ying found it a little funny.

"Can you prevent this tragedy from happening?"

Ellie seemed surprised by Ying's words, but it seemed she had been through a lot. The slight surprise in Ellie's eyes returned to a firmer look, and then she smiled at Ying.

"Tragedy is not the end of all stories, but the beginning of new hope, isn't it?"

Was it all just blind optimism?

"No~"

Ellie clung to Ying like a kitten, then rubbed against her waist.

"unreasonable!"

"Hehe~ I don't know what you've been through in the past, but that's all in the past, isn't it? New stories are still unfolding, so don't stagnate, or Alicia will be unhappy~ And your friends wouldn't want to see you, Shadow, such a cute and pretty girl, looking sad every day, right?"

Ying was somewhat puzzled.

"Friends...me? Heartbroken?"

"Of course, judging from your expression right now, it's as if my unhappiness is written all over your face. You weren't like this just a few days ago when we were having dinner at the Domination Theater."

Ying felt a little embarrassed, wondering when she had ever eaten so many "strange" and delicious things that she had never tried before, so she was naturally quite happy at the time.

"Let's not talk about the past..."

"Okay, look, Shadow. You yourself said that we shouldn't talk about the past, but you're not allowed to be sad about the past anymore, okay? If you're still unhappy, Alicia will get angry!"

"You? Are you angry?"

"Shadow, do you want to see me angry? How wicked of you! ~ What I said just now was a lie, I'm not angry with you at all ~ How about I tell you my story?"

Ying was somewhat troubled.

"Could you let go first?"

"If you're happier, I'll let go~"

"..."

Ellie looked at the speechless shadow, then let go of her.

"Okay, okay~ I'll let go, other people don't even get a chance to be hugged~ And, my dear Mei~ really, haven't you taken enough pictures~ taking pictures without permission is very impolite, did you even use a beauty filter~"

Mei silently held up her phone and sent the video to Juexi. Although she didn't particularly like Juexi, it was only because he was Kiana's boyfriend. Juexi was a decent person, and helping him out a little wasn't a bad idea. Otherwise, if Kiana found out, wouldn't she seem petty? Sigh, Mei thought a lot. She should still be nicer to Juexi; otherwise, it would be that idiot Kiana who would be embarrassed...

Mei looked at Airi with a helpless expression.

"I added a beauty filter (actually I didn't). You guys are busy, I'll go make you a bowl of beef noodles. I won't bother you two anymore."

"Okay, okay. I don't want the scallions in my portion~"

"Okay~"

After saying that, Mei left Isshin Jodo, since there was no kitchen in Isshin Jodo.

Ellie moved closer to Shadow again, but this time she didn't hug her directly.

"Would you like to hear their story?"

Ying closed her eyes and said nothing.

"Hehe, then I'll take that as a yes~"

……

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Juexi, upon receiving the video, displayed a despicable and petty demeanor.

"Hehehehehe~ Divine Child~ Watch me send you some good stuff~"

After talking to herself, Juexi forwarded the video that Mei had just sent to Shenzi.

……

On the other hand, Shenzi felt her phone vibrate but didn't check it immediately.

"Did you remember what I said, little one?"

Paimon scratched his head.

"I remember, but Divine Child, stop keeping me in suspense. Who exactly is that person?"

The divine child glanced behind the two of them and smiled.

"It seems like she's already behind you."

As soon as the divine child finished speaking, a serious voice came from behind them.

"Don't move! A wanted criminal dares to show up at the shrine so brazenly! Don't even think about doing anything funny. Just come with me to the magistrate's office and arrest her!"

Paimon took a step back in fear, and the traveler naturally shielded Paimon behind him.

"Kujo...Sora!"

As the two shogunate soldiers beside Kujo drew closer, the princess spoke the most serious words in a joking tone.

"Hey~ Have you all forgotten that this is Narukami Taisha Shrine? If you want to start a fight here, who will take the blame for disrespecting the Shogun?"

"This……"

The two shogunate soldiers looked at each other, both of them working for the government. They dared not make a move when so many people were being accused of this.

Kujo, however, was somewhat disdainful.

"Tch... Lord Yae no Kami, are you perhaps protecting these two wanted criminals?"

"We're just friends, there's no question of protection. Tell your men to leave first. We can talk things over."

Kujo waved his hand, signaling the two to step back, then walked up to the Divine Child and "inquired" in a humble yet assertive manner.

"Then, may I ask Lord Yae no Kami, is hiding a wanted criminal at the shrine also a sign of disrespect to the Shogun?"

The goddess smiled when she saw Kujo's angry expression. After all, as a member of the Thunder God's family, she was happy to have such a loyal general.

"Hehehe~ It's the same as always, Lord Kujo Sara. When it comes to loyalty to the Shogun, no one can match you."

(Skip the plot with one click if you want more updates, hahaha. Let's skip a bit of the dialogue between the Divine Child and Kujo; there's too much, and I don't want to copy it verbatim, even though I've already written a lot of filler, hehe~)

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Paimon felt a great sense of relief after seeing Kujo leave.

"You scared me to death! I never expected Kujo Sara to come here. By the way, Divine Child, have you found any evidence of the Tenryo magistrate's rebellion, as you mentioned earlier?"

The Divine Child waved his hand silently, seemingly surprised that Paimon would ask such a question.

"Why do you always ask these kinds of questions? Of course, there's no evidence of the Kujo family betraying the shogunate. I only thought of this because I couldn't convince Sara earlier."

Paimon scratched his head.

"Well... to be honest, it really is as expected."

"Alright, alright, don't rush. To get the evidence, we need an assistant. Now... let's go wake up this 'professional'."

Chapter 190 Wishing everyone happiness and good health on the last day of 2023.

Paimon and the traveler followed the divine child to the Guardian Forest.

"Divine Child, is the professional we're looking for here?"

"Don't worry, little one, we'll be there soon."