Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

He then took out a red and white spherical object from his pocket. Upon seeing this mysterious thing he had never seen before, D'Artagnan could not suppress his confusion and asked Pantalone what it was.

"This is……?"

"Before setting off, I found the container that Dortore was using for research. It has extremely strong attraction and restraint for 'elemental creatures'. Its purpose is a related concept for enslaving and dominating 'elemental creatures'. In layman's terms, you can also call this thing a Poké Ball."

"Besides being a special weapon used to restrain and enslave 'elemental creatures,' this thing also possesses a certain degree of restorative properties for 'elemental creatures.'"

"This is because this special container itself has the ability to attract 'elements'. Based on this special reason, the container itself can easily become an 'element source' under certain conditions."

"In this case, even if an 'elemental creature' has just disappeared, it can be revived by using this container, because 'elemental creatures' themselves have a strong degree of immortality."

After explaining the function of the red and white spherical container in his hand, Pantalone added a sentence.

"Of course, this is also achieved through 'imaginary internal energy'. Otherwise, even if Dotole wanted to do this, it would require a little trouble."

After listening to Pantalone's explanation, D'Artagnan seemed to be deep in thought.

He could not possibly be unaware of the name Dottore; that was the second-ranking executor of the Fools, known as "The Doctor."

It was precisely because of the executive officer "Doctor" that he possessed this powerful strength. As one of the recipients of the "modification surgery," he naturally knew that the special energy used in this surgery was "imaginary internal energy."

It is precisely because of the highly efficient and clean energy source of 'imaginary internal energy' that things that would have required a great deal of financial, material, and human resources to accomplish in winter were almost quickly achieved with the help of 'imaginary internal energy'.

Of course, this doesn't mean that without 'imaginary internal energy', Zhi Dong couldn't do all of this.

The existence of 'imaginary internal energy' undoubtedly allowed the Fools to bypass many troubles and directly achieve the result they wanted.

Without the 'imaginary internal energy', it would probably take several more years to reach the current level.

After hearing Pantalone's explanation, D'Artagnan couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

"'Imaginary internal energy' really can do almost anything, but speaking of which, why is it red and white? It seems a bit different from the aesthetic sense of the 'Doctor' himself, as I remember him."

After expressing his thoughts, Tartaglia suddenly noticed the shape of the Poké Ball in Pantarone's hand and couldn't help but wonder.

Pantarone simply played with the red and white Poké Ball in his hand, a meaningful smile on his face.

"These are just some of my personal, unique aesthetic preferences."

This made D'Artagnan look at Pantalone with a puzzled expression.

However, Pantaroni did not explain anything about this. The reason why he designed the Poké Ball to be red and white was just a little bit of his personal quirky taste.

However, people in this world probably cannot understand this kind of fun.

Therefore, Pantarone didn't need to explain anything. He simply looked at the spot where the Water Sprite had disappeared, then threw out the Poké Ball in his hand and began his capture.

As the Poké Ball's effect activated, the water elements that had dissipated in the air seemed to be drawn back by something, attracting the remaining fragments of pure water spirits that should have completely vanished.

Finally, as a ball of water gradually took shape, it was completely absorbed and swallowed by the Poké Ball into the seemingly ordinary red and white sphere.

After the Poké Ball successfully captured and retrieved Lotia, Pantarone walked up to the Poké Ball, picked it up again, and said to Tartaglia behind him.

"Let's go. We haven't gotten our hands on the remains of the Lord of Light Strategy yet. We've only accomplished a small part of our goal. The real purpose of our trip is yet to come."

After listening to Pantalone's words, D'Artagnan nodded in agreement.

They then followed Dadalia and headed deeper into the mountains of Khentii.

Just as D'Artagnan caught up with Pantalone, he suddenly noticed that Pantalone had stopped inexplicably. Then, his gaze suddenly turned to a certain direction in the mountains of Qingce, and he stared at that corner for a long time.

This puzzled D'Artagnan, who then turned to Pantalone and asked him a question.

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, let's keep going."

Pantalone smiled slightly after hearing Datalia's call, but said nothing more.

While urging Tadalia to keep up, Pantalone also glanced meaningfully in a certain direction in the distance, as if someone were there.

But he didn't say it aloud; instead, he led Tadalia forward.

……

Meanwhile, atop a mountain in a faraway place.

A crane-like immortal who could speak human language was looking at the young immortal beside him, who had his arms crossed and wore a mask that looked like a fierce ghost, and asked him a question.

"That merchant from the Winter Solstice seems to have discovered us. Shall we stop them?"

In response, the young immortal gently shook his head and said...

"It's alright, that's something the Emperor tacitly approved, let them go."

This answer silenced the crane-like immortal. After a long while, she turned to the young immortal before her and asked him a question.

"If it were you taking action, what are your chances of taking them down?"

"...I can't say."

Faced with the young immortal's answer, she couldn't help but show an expression of utter astonishment.

She knew perfectly well that the young immortal before her was the only one of the five Yaksha generals who had protected Liyue for a thousand years, and the most bloodthirsty of them all. Among all the immortals still existing in Liyue, he was also the most powerful.

Even someone like him would give such an evaluation, how could she not be astonished?

Just as she was in astonishment, the young immortal also gave his evaluation.