"Since the head of the hall has run away, I, as a guest retainer, have no choice but to step in."
"You're busy, you're busy."
Yuanxiang, suppressing a laugh, patted Zhongli's shoulder and whispered:
"After all, you're pretty free every day, so it's good for you to get some exercise. Don't worry about me. I've been out here for quite a while now, so I should go home and let you know I'm safe."
"That's all we can do for now, my friend. Let's meet again another day."
"Ok."
Genshou gave Zhongli a thumbs-up, then turned and left, intending to continue his journey to Mondstadt to see his beloved friend, Mr. Wendy. But just then, someone suddenly appeared from the side, their movements remarkably swift and decisive. They grabbed Genshou's hand and exclaimed excitedly:
"I've found you! I've finally found you, Mr. Gengo!"
"........"
Genjiro stared at Tadalia with a black line on his forehead, speechless at the layers of bandages wrapped around his head, and couldn't help but say:
"I hit your eye, and I used a clever technique. Are you trying to extort money by wrapping yourself up in such a scary way?"
"Right, I also think these straps are unnecessary, but my men insist on putting them on, it's such a hassle."
As he spoke, D'Artagnan quickly removed all the bandages, then looked at Genjiro and said:
"Well then, let's play another round. Let's have another match. I was wrong last time. I was too arrogant and violated a martial artist's taboo. Please forgive me this time and let me witness your strength. You are a true master. I admit defeat wholeheartedly!"
"Well... actually, you've already lost once again."
Gengo helplessly raised his hand and waved it, revealing between his fingers what was clearly Dattaria's Eye of God. The owner of this Eye of God was completely unaware of this. Gengo pried Dattaria's hand open, placed the Eye of God in his palm, and whispered:
"Let's have a friendly spar. It's more interesting when two people of similar skill levels fight. But if I fight you now, I'll just be crushing a noob. That's the truth. I won't care how you feel if I say it. So come back to me when you're stronger. Otherwise, it'll really be pointless."
"May I... follow you?"
D'Artagnan was silent for a long while, then looked up at Genjiro and said in a low voice:
“I can explain my thoughts to Her Majesty the Queen and ask her to remove me from my position as an executor, so that I can simply follow you as a Winterborn. You can order me around as you please, and if I have any complaints, you can send me away at any time.”
"No, I'm not qualified to take on disciples yet. Besides, the strong must forge their own path. What would it mean if you followed me? Wouldn't that mean you'd always be below me?"
Gengo rejected D'Artagnan's request without hesitation. To be honest, putting aside his identity as a member of the Fools, he was quite a martial arts fanatic, but unfortunately, Gengo had no interest in that area at all.
"Do your best. I hope that next time we meet, if we are unfortunately enemies, you will realize how you lost. Goodbye."
After saying those words, Genjiro vanished into Liyue on the wind, giving Tartaglia no chance to struggle.
Meanwhile, in Mondstadt, the bard was nowhere to be seen singing beneath the statue of the Anemo Archon, nor was the drunkard in the tavern, and no one was sound asleep in the temporary lodging. In the end, Genji learned from a little flower girl nearby that Venti had offended someone the night before and received a good beating. He then packed his things and left Mondstadt, saying that if he left, another friend of his would be coming, and he would probably get a lot of nagging, so he might as well just make a quick getaway.
359 Chi You
Wendy, that guy...
Gensou sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead. He then turned and left the tavern street, heading towards Mondstadt Cathedral. To be honest, he hadn't seen Barbara for a while. Although she didn't look very old, as the priest of Favonius Cathedral and an idol of Mondstadt, she had quite a lot to do every day. Nanoha told him that this priest idol had been so busy lately that she didn't even have time to spend her points.
but.....
Before entering Mondstadt Cathedral, Gensou saw that guy named Albert again, the same guy who called himself the leader of the Barbara Support Group and acted like a pervert. This time, however, he wasn't squatting next to the Church of Favonius as before, waiting for a chance to meet or interact with Barbara. Instead, he was seriously doing charity work. People nearby said that Albert seemed to have become like this after talking to Barbara. He said that as long as Mondstadt became better, Barbara would also become happier, so as the leader, he should set an example and take action for a better Mondstadt.
It has to be said that the guiding role of idols is really powerful. And hasn't Barbara already figured out her responsibilities as an idol and as a priest of Westwind?
"To the great wind god... Eh? Gengo-san, you've arrived!"
Upon entering the West Wind Cathedral, Gengo saw Barbara praying. He planned to find a quiet spot to hide until she finished and then go over to say hello. However, to Gengo's surprise, Barbara, though seemingly with her eyes closed, was actually slightly open. After looking at him, she stopped, happily walked to his side, sat down with a "hey," and whispered:
"Mr. Gensou, how are things in Liyue? I haven't heard from you all day, it's really worrying."
"It's alright, at least my friend is alright."
Yuanxiang responded with a smile:
"I chatted with him for a while and lost track of time. I couldn't refuse his hospitality, so I stayed at his place. For a moment, I really forgot to send a message to the firm."
"It's good that you're alright. I'll send a message to Nanoha first."
Barbara patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she pulled up the chat box in the dimensional chat group and hurriedly told Nanoha Takamachi about Gengo's situation. She then looked at Gengo with a complicated and subtle expression, as if she wanted to tell him something. Seeing her like this, Gengo had already guessed what she wanted to say to him, so he smiled, waved his hand, and said softly:
"I already know. The responsibility for everyone's amnesia lies with me. I used some kind of power, and as the price, everyone forgot me. So... I'm very sorry..."
"how so......"
Hearing this answer, Barbara said softly, somewhat sadly. She hadn't expected this outcome. Just as she was about to say something more, Genji shook his head and changed the subject, saying:
"By the way, where's Klee? Is she still in her room working on the bomb? Does that girl still remember me? I need to go say hello to her."
"Um... Klee... went to fry fish."
At this point, Barbara's expression became subtle. She rubbed her temples and replied softly:
"My sister was supposed to have a day off today, but she went out to catch Klee because of this."
"...Where does that child's obsession with fried fish come from?"
Genji sighed, a wry smile on his face. Then, he placed his hand behind his back, and the power of 'Luna' materialized, creating a small Klee figure which he placed in Barbara's hand, saying softly:
"This is a small gift I prepared for Keli. Please give it to her."
"Okay, I will definitely give this to Keli myself."
Barbara carefully placed the figure away, and as Gensou got up to leave, the boy smiled slightly, flipped his hand, and another Barbara figure appeared in his palm. He gently placed it beside the original figure and said with a smile:
"This is for you. I hope you like it. That's all, I'll be going now."
Genji left after putting down the gift, without any intention of checking Barbara's reaction. How to put it, if he stayed any longer, he felt the atmosphere would become strange. He just wanted to thank her for taking care of Nanoha in the group chat, but if he made the atmosphere ambiguous, it wouldn't feel right.
There's another door to Gengo's home in Mondstadt, the one that opened automatically after defeating the giant slime. So, Gengo returned to the office quickly. However, when he opened the 'door,' he unexpectedly saw someone—none other than Venti, the bard who had been saying he was going to flee. The bard, still carrying a wine jar on his back, waved at Gengo with a smile, then walked over, put the jar down, let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from his brow, and pointed at the jar with a wry smile, saying:
"This... really was a mistake. At the time, I was only thinking about questions like, 'Is the old man still strong? How much of his strength does he have left? If I go over like this, will I get knocked away?' I didn't pay much attention to what the shopkeeper was saying. The shopkeeper was also busy dealing with other customers and didn't notice me. So, by some twist of fate, this misunderstanding happened."
"I understand, I understand."
Gensho put his arm around Wendy's shoulder and whispered:
"You may slack off a bit usually, but you wouldn't go so far as to cheat me on something like this. There must be some misunderstanding. Just calm down and think about it, and you'll understand. By the way, Zhongli didn't hit me too hard, did he?"
"It's not that it's heavy, but it mainly focuses on preaching."
At this point, Wendy smiled sheepishly and looked at Gensou, saying:
"It's just that I thought that once the old man got angry, he would kill me without thinking, so I deliberately screamed louder to make him vent his anger faster. But I didn't expect that this would make me lose face. Oh well, I guess this is karma."
Wendy sighed wearily, covered her face with one hand, and said:
"I must be the most popular person in the tavern right now. Everyone who sees me will probably have something to say. No way, I can't let this go unpunished. I have to quickly write a song based on this and sing it in the tavern. Anyone who makes fun of me about this will have to buy me a drink!"
"You..."
Seeing Wendy's "I'm definitely getting this wine for free" expression, Gensho chuckled and shook his head, gently flicking the bard's forehead. He picked up the wine jar and said softly:
"Then I'll take my leave now. Let's play again when we have time in the future."
"Okay~~~ I'll let you hear the 'Wendy's Late Night Song' I composed then, hehe~"
Wendy made a funny face at Genjiro, watching the boy leave Mondstadt. After returning to the agency, Genjiro tasted the juice in the wine jar. It was sweet and sour and indeed delicious, and this time there was no alcohol in it at all.
Then things got simple: he was busy with renovations and commissions, and his days were quite fulfilling. After he was almost done with his work, he started trying to contact Da Dao Keji to ask if he had time to come back and visit.
Unfortunately, the contact information that Daido Katsumi left him last time was no longer in service. It was probably changed during the operation for the sake of secrecy. Although he could easily find his contact information through the 'Library', he decided against it. He didn't want to be a liability. Imagine Daido Katsumi was sneaking around, and he made a call, only to have the phone ringing in the air. Just thinking about that scene was terrifying.
Reading the newspaper.
As usual, Yuanxiang lay on the sofa waiting for clients to come to his door, but business had been really bad these past two days. And with the heavy rain today, the boy thought he probably wouldn't get any money today. He feared that luck had been conserved and all the money he was supposed to earn in the past few days had been taken away before school started.
In the following days, Gensou received a request, but it was posted by his neighbor, Granny Nara, who came to his door. The sky had turned overcast, and her leg was hurting again. She wanted Gensou to help her pick up her granddaughter from school. Do you think he could charge money for this request? Granny Nara had taken good care of him over the years. He would have been happy to go even if she had just mentioned it over the phone.
Since he was going to school anyway, he might as well bring Nanoha back with him. The rain came suddenly, and she probably didn't bring an umbrella. After saying goodbye to Aunt Momoko, Gensou set off with three umbrellas in his arms.
However, what bothered Genji was that on the way back, he kept feeling that Nanoha's gaze towards him was a little strange, as if she was looking at something. She wouldn't say anything when he asked, and the boy could only attribute it to the strange thoughts of a child and didn't dwell on it.
I'm taking a break now; there's definitely no business today.
After picking up the child, Yuanxiang glanced at the time and realized it was already dinnertime. He stood up and stretched a bit, then prepared to make do with whatever he could find. But then, he suddenly remembered someone: Raiden Mei. The girl had mentioned the last time they met that she wanted to try her cooking sometime. Since she had extended such a warm invitation, he decided to go and join in the fun.
Thinking of this, Yuanxiang opened the door without hesitation, intending to go in and mooch a meal. However, when he got there, he found that the dormitory was dark and the kitchen furnishings did not look like anyone had lived there in the past few days.
Have they gone on a mission?
Genji was curious and wanted to go out and ask someone he knew about the situation, but neither Himeko Murata nor Theresa were at school. In the end, Genji dressed up as a woman and asked a student from St. Freya, and only then did he understand what had happened.
Simply put, he did go on a mission, and it was a long-distance business trip to China. The purpose of going there was to deal with a rather troublesome enemy that had appeared in mythology.
In the legends of this world, on the distant land of Shenzhou, humanity lived in tribal communities, and civilization gradually took shape. One of these clans, the Youxiong clan, possessed an ancient divine weapon—the "Xuanyuan Sword." Legend has it that this divine weapon was bestowed upon humanity by ancient gods to ward off evil and protect humankind. The Youxiong clan revered it as a priceless treasure.
Then in 2717 BC, disaster struck, and tribes living on the land of China were attacked one after another by monsters from the "Nine Netherworlds".
However, when the monsters of the Nine Netherworlds invaded the Youxiong clan, the "Xuanyuan Sword" failed to protect the clan. The clan leader at the time, Shaodian, was unable to unleash the power of the Xuanyuan Sword and could only send his daughter, "Ji Xuanyuan," away with the sword, leaving him to face the fate of extermination alone.
But how far could a frail girl fleeing alone go? Pursued by the monster, she quickly became exhausted and finally collapsed to the ground. Just as she was about to despair, strange "tattoos" appeared.
The tattoo granted Ji Xuanyuan the power to wield a sword. The pearl on the sword would change according to her will, allowing the Xuanyuan Sword to unleash the power of wind, fire, earth, water, sky, and thunder.
After activating the power of the divine sword, the young woman, wielding the Xuanyuan Sword and her beloved bird Jingwei, defeated Chiyou, forcing him to retreat into the Nine Netherworlds. Upon hearing this, the people flocked to her, forming a new tribe and honoring her as the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor then descended into the deep sea to reach the Nine Netherworlds, where she fought Chiyou to the death. In the end, she sealed Chiyou away with her own life.
In reality, that sword was one of the backup plans left by Dr. Mei of the previous generation's anti-Honkai organization "Moth of Fire". The twin girls responsible for guarding the tenth divine key "Xuanyuan Sword" were named Cangxuan and Danzhu. The girl named Ji Lin had her holy mark, which was imprinted in her bloodline, awaken the moment she picked up the Xuanyuan Sword, and strange tattoos appeared, giving her the power to control Honkai energy.
What's complicated is that those monsters from the Nine Netherworlds are actually Honkai Beasts. The reason they appeared in the early stages of civilization is because Cangxuan and Danzhu imparted knowledge beyond the current era to the humans of the present age, causing the rapid development of civilization to lead to the premature arrival of Honkai, and even the birth of Judgment-class Honkai Beasts.
As can be seen from their names alone, the Judgment-class Honkai Beasts have the ability to cause large-scale natural disasters, as well as enormous sizes that exceed the range of known species, and it is extremely difficult to truly eradicate them.
With their terrifyingly large size and indestructible armor, most of humanity's existing attack methods are unlikely to cause substantial damage to the Judgment-class Honkai Beasts.
On the other hand, Judgment-class Honkai Beasts all have multiple central cores, and even if one of the cores is destroyed, it cannot stop its actions.
Only by using a weapon of the Divine Key caliber to destroy all its cores and deplete the Honkai energy within it can the Judgment-class Honkai Beast be stopped from functioning.
This requires not only powerful weaponry, but also the concerted efforts of a large team. This is why Theresa took away so many Valkyries and even activated the Hyperion, an airship, to support the operation.
The reason why Genji knows so much is partly because of Wendy's incident, which gave him access to Schicksal's data. Durandal didn't mind letting him freely access the data Schicksal had given her, and Theresa also granted him access to the Far East Branch. As a result, Genji has come into contact with more knowledge about Honkai.
According to current records from Schicksal, only two Honkai Beasts of the Judgment level have appeared: one is the giant dragon Benares, which appeared during the Second Siberian Honkai Outbreak, and the other is Chi You.
As for the truth of that myth, Gensou naturally learned it through 'Hua's' memories. When the Judgment-class Honkai Beasts appeared, Hua, who was then called 'Red Kite', was far away and unable to take action. As a result, Danzhu and Cangxuan died in battle, and Ji Lin sealed Chiyou with her own body. By the time she rushed back, everything had already settled down, and there was no room for struggle.
Therefore, it's unknown what Fu Hua's feelings were at this moment, or what her emotions were when facing the burial place of her old friend.
Never mind, since we're already here, let's go take a look.
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