In Genshin Impact, I'm really not Muzan.

"You're really amazing. I didn't expect you to actually win." Hu Tao, who had long since fled Wuwang Slope, was surprised and delighted to see Liang Gongyou return.

Suzumiya Yu actually defeated Chi, and she escaped unscathed without any injuries. If this were to get out, it would probably shock everyone.

However, if they knew the person in question was Suzumiya Yu, they probably wouldn't be so surprised, since he already had a record of defeating a demon god before this.

"It's a little difficult, but it's alright. Fortunately, that thing is just a clone of the main body. If it had its full power, then the outcome would be uncertain." It was unclear whether Ryoumi Yu was being modest or telling the truth.

"Hey, you're such a humble hero who saved Liyue Harbor, aren't you? Can't you just stand up straight and say something like, 'That's right! I'm that strong!'"

"Saying things like that doesn't fit my persona at all." Ryou's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Oh dear, don't be so reserved about these kinds of personas. Even if you're embarrassed to say it in front of others, you can say it to me. As for the direction, I won't tell anyone else."

The battle had just ended when Kurumi started acting silly, which made Suzumiya Yuu completely unwilling to pay attention to her.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back to Liyue Harbor." Ryouji dragged his slightly tired body. He might not have been injured in the battle with Chi, but he had used up a lot of his strength. After all, he rarely fought with his full power.

"Hey! Don't go! How about this, if you don't have anything to do right now, why don't you come work as a temporary employee at our Rebirth Hall? With you here, the business will definitely be many times better than it is now... Hey! Let me finish! The benefits are great! Room and board included! Plus a salary!"

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Time flies like water, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Ryoumi behaved fairly well, after all, he had not yet found his next clear target.

He wouldn't meet with Old Master Zhong of the Rebirth Hall until he had collected 100,000 points to upgrade his combat system. Just a few days ago, Hu Tao even invited him to be a temporary employee of the Rebirth Hall. Wasn't that just asking him to walk into a trap?

Naturally, she was rejected, but the incorrigible Kurumi found out where Ryou was staying. In an attempt to win him back, she sneaked into Keqing's house, but ended up going to the wrong house and was almost killed as an assassin.

In the end, it was only through Keqing's personal intervention that the Sen'iwa Army released Kurumi. However, she didn't even get to see Suzumiya Yuu during this operation, which must have left her feeling somewhat resentful, and there might be a next time.

On this day, Keqing suddenly visited Suzumiya Yu's room and brought him some very outrageous news.

That means there are traces of Muzan Kibutsuji's activities. When she heard this, Suzumiya Yu almost couldn't hold back, because he is Muzan Kibutsuji himself.

To avoid being besieged by the immortals, Suzumiya Yu specifically ordered Rosalin and the others to reduce the number of their operations, which they obediently did. Moreover, their targets were mostly criminals such as treasure-hunting groups, so they shouldn't attract the attention of the Thousand Rock Army.

But what about now? Keqing actually said that Muzan Kibutsuji slaughtered an entire village. Yuu Suzumiya didn't let Rosalyn and the others do that, and by checking their memories, he discovered that none of the three of them had done it either.

In other words, someone else slaughtered the village, but who in Liyue would dare to be so arrogant? Aren't they afraid of being captured and wiped out by the immortals?

This unexpected event piqued Ryoko Yu's curiosity. He wondered what the guy's true identity was. Someone who could single-handedly slaughter an entire village must be incredibly powerful.

"Besides what you've mentioned, was there anything else at the scene?" Ryou asked. That guy slaughtered the entire village; there was no way he wouldn't have left any traces, such as residual elemental attacks.

“Well… there is one. We found some kind of attack traces at the scene. The power doesn’t seem to be elemental, but rather… some kind of substance similar to the starry sky,” Ke Qing said. This was the only clue she had at the moment.

Upon hearing this, Suzumiya Yu couldn't help but be taken aback.

A substance resembling the starry sky? He had seen such a thing before; the Abyss Apostles and Daines Reeb used it. It seemed to be a power beyond the seven elements.

However, so far, only members of the Abyss Order have been able to use that power. In other words, the person who slaughtered an entire village was actually a member of the Abyss Order?

But why would they do this? The Abyss Order is an organization that is at odds with the entire continent, but they don't need to do such a thing, do they? After all, it serves no purpose other than to draw attention to themselves.

Could it be... that they actually want someone to notice them? Who could it be?

At this moment, Suzumiya Yu suddenly remembered that the ruler of the Abyss Order was Sora, one of the twin protagonists, and Sora's sister, Luminous, was currently imprisoned in Inazuma Castle.

Could it be that Sora did this to get my attention? But that's unnecessary, and it doesn't seem like something he would do.

Or perhaps Sora has completely fallen from grace, and in order to save his sister, or even to kill Suzumiya Yu, he didn't hesitate to slaughter an entire village.

Theoretically speaking, this possibility does exist. After all, the moment Kong joined the Abyss Order, his mind became twisted. He was no longer the traveler who once traversed various worlds, but a villainous leader who would stop at nothing to overthrow the laws of nature.

The environment can change a person's mindset, and Yuu Ryoumi is very clear about this. When she first traveled to Teyvat, she also wanted to be a good person.

But as time went on, he discovered that people could not accept his monstrous existence and instinctively rejected the ghost species.

Over time, as her mindset changed, Suzumiya Yuu stopped fighting to protect others and instead became an absolute demon king, slaughtering all living beings by any means necessary to become stronger.

"Are you planning to have me investigate this matter?" Ryou asked. Keqing had found him and told him about this, so she must want him to help investigate.

The result was similar to what Suzumiya Yu had expected, but there were some differences.

Keqing intends to investigate the matter himself, only wanting Suzumiya Yu to assist him, since in a sense, Suzumiya Yu is the best candidate to deal with Kibutsuji Muzan.

Chapter 204 A Useless Investigation

Suzumiya Yu wanted to know what kind of person the Chiiwa army mistook for him was, so he immediately accepted Keqing's invitation.

Ultimately, he couldn't refuse Keqing at all, because he had stayed behind to deal with Muzan Kibutsuji. Now that Muzan Kibutsuji had appeared in Liyue, if he ignored it, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

The massacred village was located in Dihua Island, a place with a fairly good location. Unfortunately, it is now just ruins, where countless souls wander, trying to find release.

Suzumiya Yu and her companions rode at full speed, arriving at their destination in a day and a night. Accompanying them was a squad of Thousand Rock Army soldiers, all of whom were her most trusted subordinates.

This shows just how much Keqing took this incident seriously. After all, it involved an entire village that was slaughtered. Even Suzumiya Yuu had never done anything like that.

"Investigate the surrounding area, and notify me immediately if you find any clues." After arriving at the destination, Keqing gave the instructions.

The entire village has been reduced to ruins. There's no sign of any survivors, not even a single intact house can be found.

What surprised Suzumiya Yu was that the surfaces of the houses that had been reduced to ruins were covered with many neat sword marks. Could this be the work of someone who knew how to use a sword?

The fact that Muzan Kibutsuji is known to use a sword further reinforces the belief that he was the one who slaughtered the village—it's a completely fabricated charge.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it. After all, Muzan Kibutsuji's reputation is terrible throughout the entire continent, not just in Liyue and Inazuma. His name has long been known throughout the countries of Teyvat.

Many people felt anxious and feared that Muzan Kibutsuji's next target would be them, but only Yui Suzumiya knew that Muzan Kibutsuji would be staying in Liyue for a long time to come.

"Is this what you mean by the power that's like the starry sky?" On a rock in the corner of the village, Ryou Miyako discovered a black substance.

The surfaces of those substances were shimmering with patterns resembling a starry sky, making one want to reach out and touch them. However, Ryou Miyako did not do so, because a member of the Chiiwa Army had already tried it before.

As a result, his entire arm was corrupted by that force, and he is now lying in bed unable to move. Moreover, that force is further corroding his body, and if it comes into contact with his heart, he will be finished.

"That should be it, but these things are not any of the seven elements, and there is no record of them in ancient books, so I don't know what they are."

Keqing stroked her chin, pondering Muzan Kibutsuji's current location. Had he remained in this area, or had he gone elsewhere to escape pursuit?

If she doesn't reappear for a long time like last time, that would be troublesome. After all, as the person from Yuheng Star, she can't stay outside every day. Yuehaiting still has a lot of things to deal with.

Suzumiya Yu looked at the substances expressionlessly; apart from this stone, there were no other such things anywhere else.

What does this mean? It means that these things were deliberately left behind by the perpetrator so that the investigators would find them. It's incredibly arrogant.

I don't know what those immortals were thinking. An entire village was killed, were they really going to just stand by and do nothing? That's hundreds of lives lost.

Suzumiya Yuu may not be qualified to say these things, but he cannot tolerate anyone impersonating him to commit crimes.

Before setting off, he had already sent Rosalyn and two others to investigate, but there has been no progress yet. After all, the three of them can only operate at night, which is a fatal limitation.

But it doesn't matter, Ryou Miyako doesn't plan to rely on the three of them for this, she just wants to try her luck.

He refused to believe that there was anything he couldn't handle. As long as it wasn't the gods of Sky Island or the evil god of the Dark Outer Sea, who else could make him feel fear? The Seven Gods and that genius alchemist from Kanria were out of the question, because they wouldn't easily show themselves.

There aren't many clues right now, but what is certain is that the massacre of the village was indeed carried out by the Abyss Cult. They probably did this to lure Suzumiya Yuu over so they could carry out their encirclement and annihilation plan.

To their surprise, Suzumiya Yu arrived with Keqing and the Thousand Rock Army, which made it difficult for them to make a move, or rather, they didn't know how to do it.

After all, their original plan was to target only Suzumiya Yui, but now that so many people have joined the fray, they are at a loss as to what to do.

"The Abyss Order? I wonder just how strong that prince has become?" Ryou Miyako murmured to herself.

Five hundred years ago, Kong had already completed a journey with Daines Reibu, and his strength was estimated to have recovered to its peak. At that time, he was able to exchange blows with Tenri.

Suzumiya Yu didn't know if she could defeat him with her current strength. She just hoped that the Abyss Cult's massacre of the village wasn't orchestrated by Sora himself.

After all, apart from him, the rest of the Abyss Order members were basically small fry and not worth mentioning.

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"Lady Keqing, I'm very sorry, we found nothing."

From the evening of the first day until noon of the second day, the Chiyan Army found nothing. The village, now a ruin, was no longer worth investigating, and the perpetrator had probably already left.

Staying here would be a waste of their time. They'd be better off keeping an eye on other places, since there are many villages like this in Liyue, they just aren't shown in the game.

"Thank you for your hard work. If we still can't find any clues by the afternoon, then let's head back to Liyue Harbor. Just leave two or three people behind to continue the investigation."

Ke Qing issued the next instructions. Because the incident happened suddenly, she left in a hurry and had not yet figured out how to handle the affairs of Yuehai Pavilion, so she had to go back as soon as possible.

"Don't you have any clues either?" Keqing looked at Ryougumi beside her. Unlike the busy Chiiwa army, Ryougumi had been leisurely from the beginning, and it seemed that she had not seriously investigated at all.

“They didn’t leave any clues at all, so how am I supposed to find them?” Suzumiya Yu said. “Didn’t you realize that Muzan Kibutsuji did this simply to lure us here?”

"You mean..." Upon hearing this, Keqing immediately understood, "Muzan Kibutsuji caused such a commotion to lure us here to investigate, so that he could take the opportunity to leave and continue committing crimes elsewhere?"

Chapter 205 A Power Incredibly Similar to the Demon God

Keqing is quite quick-witted; she can understand what Suzumiya Yu means as soon as she speaks.

"You can understand it that way, and why are you so sure that the perpetrator of this crime must be Muzan Kibutsuji?" Suzumiya Yu asked.

"If it wasn't Muzan Kibutsuji, then who would do such a thing?" Keqing was starting to not understand what Suzumiya Yu meant. Everyone knew that Muzan Kibutsuji was currently active in Liyue.

Not long ago, there were constant reports about him, and this massacre of the village is probably also related to that devil.

"Let's learn to make good use of the clues we already know. Muzan Kibutsuji may be a being from outside the world, but the power he uses is elemental power. The energy we found before doesn't seem to belong to the category of elemental power at all."

Suzumiya Yu said these words not to clear his name, but to tell Keqing that one should not jump to conclusions too early and should be prepared for all kinds of unexpected situations.

What if she insists that the perpetrator is Muzan Kibutsuji, but then encounters someone else instead?

If the opponent is someone whose strength and abilities are unknown, then in most cases, Keqing will be the loser, because she has never been prepared to deal with unexpected situations, let alone thought of a strategy in advance.

Suzumiya Yu was like that before, and as a result, she almost died at the hands of Kage. She still remembers the intense killing intent of that slash very clearly.

So after that, before each action, Yuu Ryo would plan his escape route in advance, figuring out how to escape in case of an emergency, rather than choosing to gamble everything.

Life is the most important thing, and Yuu Ryou is well aware of this, so when faced with certain special circumstances, he will choose to abandon some necessary things.

"According to what you're saying... there is some truth to it, but how do you know that these powers don't come from Muzan Kibutsuji's minions?" Keqing realized another problem: Muzan Kibutsuji had several subordinates besides himself, which had already been confirmed.

Suzumiya Yu had fought Muzan Kibutsuji, so it wasn't surprising that he knew Muzan's abilities, but his subordinates were a different story.

Keqing had fought against Udagawa before. He also used elemental power, but the elemental power he used was very strange. It felt like a part of the power contained in it was a substance that did not belong to this world.

"You're right. Muzan Kibutsuji is a very cunning guy. In most cases, he won't do it himself, but will only order his subordinates to do it. This massacre of the village may have been done by his subordinates."

Ryou Suzumiya was surprised by Keqing's sudden change, but he wouldn't panic because of it: "However, I advise you to be prepared to deal with unknown enemies. Anything is possible, especially after you have seen higher-level beings, you will be even more afraid of the unknown."

Suzumiya Yu had fought against visitors from the Dark Sea and Tenri, whose divinity had been greatly weakened. They were very intimidating, especially Tenri. When Suzumiya Yu first saw her, she could even feel her body instinctively resisting the fight.

Because he subconsciously felt that he had no chance of winning, but what happened later was somewhat unexpected. Having lost most of his divinity, Tenryu's power was actually weakened to the same level as Suzumiya Yu.