Original God, if I am beaten by them, I will become stronger

"That's right," the old man replied.

Walnut was a little confused: "Then why didn't I see you during the day?"

"Is that a question?" the old man replied, "I went to see Miss Barbara's concert during the day."

Hu Tao was stunned for two seconds and complained inwardly: Is this what it means to be old but not old at heart?

"I never expected to encounter something like that. In the past few decades, Mondstadt has never had such an accident except for the Wind Dragon incident!" The old man who was guarding the grave said to himself, "Fortunately, the great hero was there and rescued Miss Barbara. Unfortunately, there were too many people, and I am old and my eyesight is not very good, so I didn't see the great hero's appearance."

Lin Qiu brought the topic back on track and asked, "Has there been any unusual situation in this cemetery in recent days?"

"If there is an abnormality, of course it is the nameless grave." The old man guarding the grave said, "That night, I had just finished my patrol and counted the number of tombstones, but the next morning I found an extra nameless tombstone."

"An unknown tombstone?" Hu Tao knew it was the one she saw in the morning.

The old man continued, "But when I reported this, the church organization responsible for managing the cemetery said that the procedures for this land and the grave were very complete and legal. How could this be possible? The tombstone clearly appeared overnight!"

Lin Qiu and Walnut looked at each other.

"Can we go in and take a look?" Walnut said.

It doesn't matter if she is rejected, she can just climb over the wall to get in, but she should still ask first out of politeness.

"Come in," said the old man.

It was a bit beyond Hu Tao's expectations. She didn't expect that the old man actually agreed.

The old man also noticed Walnut's confusion and explained, "In Mondstadt, you can come to visit the cemetery whenever you want. There is no time limit. Besides, you two have been talking to me for so long, it doesn't seem like you are here to rob the tomb. Why should I stop you?"

So, Lin Qiu and Walnut entered the cemetery.

They went straight to the nameless tombstone.

Lin Qiu drew Yin-Yang runes on the ground near the tombstone to detect what was buried underneath.

But something strange happened.

After probing for more than ten seconds, Lin Qiu looked up at Hu Tao and said, "It seems to be blocked by something. I can't detect the structure below."

"If there is indeed a problem, then there is no need to think too much about it. Let's get ready to take action!" Hu Tao stretched out his hand to Lin Qiu.

"What are you doing?" Lin Qiu asked.

"Use your ability to take out magical gadgets anytime and anywhere to summon a shovel." The girl from the Hall of Rebirth said, "I will dig up this grave and see what's underneath with my own eyes!"

Lin Qiu held his forehead with his hand and said, "Are you doing this to the grave keeper who let you in?"

"That's not what I mean, hero." Hu Tao straightened his head and said with a righteous look, "There is an unidentified object in the cemetery now. If I allow this threat to exist, I will be letting down the old man guarding the grave!"

What Hu Tao said seemed to make some sense, but Lin Qiu couldn't let her do whatever she wanted.

"According to the old man, no dangerous incidents have occurred in such a long time." Lin Qiu thought for a moment and said, "It proves that this place is relatively stable. We just dug it up without knowing the truth and caused danger. Isn't it terrible?"

"That seems to make sense." Walnut thought about it and agreed, "So, what are you going to do?"

Lin Qiu touched his chin, thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the church first and look at the registration content and information of this tomb. It can at least serve as a preliminary clue."

"Well, that's a good idea indeed." Walnut patted Lin Qiu's hand, "But can you touch your chin when you are thinking?"

"The question now is how to contact the church? Should we go find Captain Qin?" Lin Qiu said.

So far, the cemetery matter has nothing to do with the doctor. It is just Kurumi's own curiosity. If she were to ask Captain Qin about this matter, she would of course agree. But seeing Captain Qin's overworked face, Lin Qiu really couldn't bear to trouble her anymore.

Lin Qiu and Walnut temporarily left the cemetery and left the remote area of ​​Mond, while talking about things about the cemetery.

Walnut suddenly remembered something and said, "That Miss Barbara is not only an idol, but also a nun in the church, right? We can use her power."

"That's fine. I can chat with her for a while and fix her mentality." Lin Qiu said, "Although I don't know the specific reason, I think Barbara must be worried..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Qiu grabbed Hu Tao's arm and went into the flower bed by the roadside.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing again?!" Master Hu complained.

"Shh! Look over there." Lin Qiu whispered.

Following Lin Qiu's line of sight, Walnut saw Barbara sitting alone on a bench not far away, drinking a spicy drink similar to milk tea with a melancholy look on her face.

"What is she doing?" Lin Qiu asked.

"I don't know. My advice is that you shouldn't try to guess what a girl is thinking." Walnut said with a knowing look, "Instead of making wild guesses, why not just ask her directly?"

While the two were talking, the twin-tailed Mond idol was still drinking the spicy drink with a melancholy look on her face while looking in the direction of the Knights' headquarters.

Hu Tao recalled what Lin Qiu had told her in the morning, and she suddenly understood something.

"I have realized it!" she said in a slightly raised voice.

Lin Qiu asked in confusion: "What did you realize?"

Kurumi put on an expression like a great detective and said slowly, "You seemed to have told me that the leader of the Knights is Miss Barbara's sister, right?"

"Yeah." Lin Qiu said.

Walnut continued to ask, "You seemed to have said that this morning, because Captain Jean trusted the hero, when you went to rescue Barbara, she asked all the knights to strengthen the defense of Mondstadt and did not send anyone to assist you in rescuing people."

After all, the demonized Lin Qiu ran so fast that even if we sent people to help or cavalry to chase him, the horses were not strong enough to catch up with Lin Qiu, not to mention that he was jumping over the wall to save people.

Walnut summarized the information and said, "Then it's very clear. Miss Barbara didn't know the process in between. After what happened in the morning, when Barbara was rescued by you, she found out that her sister didn't send a knight to rescue her. What would Barbara think at this time?"

"She had a fight with Qin?" Lin Qiu said.

"Yes, that's it." Walnut concluded, then scratched his head, "In fact, it may have something to do with this hall master. This hall master took her lifesaver."

"Then let's go up and make things clear." Lin Qiu planned, "Resolve the misunderstanding between her and her sister, and then ask her about the church."

"Well, that's how it should be." said Walnut.

So the two of them crawled out of the bushes together.

However, the problem arose. When the two of them crawled out of the bushes together, Barbara happened to look over here and saw this slightly shocking scene.

She's running away again.

Lin Qiu couldn't let the misunderstanding get deeper, so he immediately activated his inherent time control and came to the side of the Mond idol at a speed that was almost teleporting in the eyes of ordinary people.

"Miss Barbara, listen to me. Captain Qin didn't ignore you. This morning, she didn't use other knights just because she trusted me." Lin Qiu explained everything directly. "After all, I can run and fly so fast that ordinary knights can't catch up with me."

At the same time, Kurumi quickly moved closer and added, "Also, this hall master and Lin Qiu found something very wrong in the cemetery tonight, and we need your help."

The accumulation of information made Barbara's brain freeze a little. It took her a long time to understand what happened.

“So that’s how it is. I wronged my sister…” The girl with the blonde twin ponytails lowered her head slightly and muttered to herself. Then she looked up at Lin Qiu and the others and said happily, “Although I don’t know what happened, if you need any help, I will definitely help if I can!”

Walnut was very happy. Just as she was about to explain what happened, Barbara's expression suddenly changed. She ran into the bushes where she had been before in the forest hill.

Lin Qiu and Hu Tao stood there in a daze, not understanding what Barbara was trying to do.

They looked around and found the reason that prompted Barbara to escape - Captain Qin.

For some unknown reason, the acting leader who was almost permanently in the office actually left the Knights.

Meanwhile, Barbara, hiding in the bushes, was confused: Why should I hide from my sister?

Maybe it was an apology, an apology for not being nice to my sister after I misunderstood her in the morning.

"Is there anything wrong, Captain Qin?" Lin Qiu asked.

Qin, who was walking in the distance, seemed not to see Barbara.

Jean replied, "There has been some progress in the investigation and intelligence gathering regarding the Knights."

However, while there was progress, Qin was forcibly "driven out" by the members of the Knights, who asked her to rest for a few hours before returning to work. As a result, she met Lin Qiu halfway.

Qin asked, "I'm sorry, hero, to interrupt your date with this lady."

"Don't bother me, don't bother me." Lin Qiu said, "It's almost coming to an end."

Because he only promised Walnut to accompany her to the cemetery, and now they have come out of the cemetery.

Qin showed some joy on her face and invited, "Then, after sending this lady home, let's go back to the Knights. I want to show you the information."

For Captain Qin, walking around twice is enough to complete the rest.

Lin Qiu was thinking: Barbara is hiding now and doesn't want to show up. If he goes with Qin, it would be like making Barbara's happiness just now go to waste - when she heard that she could help the great hero, a sincere joy appeared on Barbara's face.

If I choose to reject Qin...looking at Captain Qin's overworked face, it would be really hard to refuse.

Lin Qiu’s thoughts led him to a conclusion: I want both the Mond sisters!

He walked straight to the edge of the bushes, grabbed Barbara's hand, and pulled her out of the bushes. He planned to explain the cause, process, and outcome of the incident in front of Qin and take them together to act.

Chapter 149 Spray, Barbara (4k)

Lin Qiu pulled out the Mond idol hiding in the bushes and asked her to face her sister.

The sudden accident made Barbara a little overwhelmed, and Jean was even more confused. They had no idea how the hero could suddenly turn into a living person.

Lin Qiu took Barbara and came in front of Captain Qin, explained the cause of the incident directly, cleared up the misunderstanding, and laid out the problems of both sides on the surface.

In fact, Jean had wanted to talk to Barbara tonight, but the knight who was sent to deliver the message did not find Barbara in the church. In addition, the efficiency of the Mond knights is well known, so it is estimated that the knight who delivered the message is still looking for someone.

"Next, I may be a little talkative and nosy, please forgive me." Then, Lin Qiu said seriously, "Captain Qin, although work is important, Miss Barbara is still your family. You spend too much time on work."

"This is the duty of the acting leader, for Mondstadt..." The blonde knight said halfway, glanced at her sister, and then fell silent.

Lin Qiu asked back, "Miss Qin, think about it again. When the Grand Commander was in Mondstadt, was he so tired? No - there is a saying in Liyue, too much is as bad as too little. You should trust your companions more instead of doing everything by yourself."

Even though nine out of ten of the Mondstadt knights were just slacking off, as all the elite ones had been taken away by the Grand Commander on the expedition, the Knights Templar still had people like Kaeya and Lisa, who were reliable and could help Commander Jean shoulder the heavy responsibility.

Lin Qiu also took into consideration that during this period of time, Captain Qin probably had not gone on vacation to the island with Ke Li, so she was still in a very busy stage, or in other words, this period of time was the busiest period of her life.

Because of this, Lin Qiu couldn't bear to see the leader overworked and the sisterhood broken down due to the imbalance between work and life.

Although his words of persuasion to the captain contained a bit of sophistry, after all, the pressure of Mondstadt's political affairs before the captain's expedition was completely incomparable to what it is now, but out of guilt for his sister, Qin did not refute Lin Qiu's words.

"Spend more time with Barbara, Miss Qin." Lin Qiu suggested, "I will go with you to the Knights' headquarters to deal with the evidence, provided that you bring Miss Barbara with you."

In this way, there is no need to reject any of them and the effect of "I want them all" can be achieved. After all, for Barbara, being able to stay with her Prince Charming and her sister is already very happy. As for where to go or what to do, she doesn't care much.

Walnut, who was listening nearby, felt something was not right the more she listened, and complained, "Wait, something seems to be wrong. If the three of you go to the Knights, what will happen to me, the hall master, and what about the cemetery?"

"What's wrong with the cemetery?" asked the workaholic leader, his old habit coming back.

So, Hu Tao told Lin Qiu everything that was wrong with the cemetery and what she and Lin Qiu had just seen and heard.

Qin listened and said thoughtfully: "It seems that the matter of the cemetery does need to be..."

"Don't worry so much. Tonight, we need to deal with the doctor's attack and the things in the cemetery." Lin Qiu patted his chest and promised, "Leave it to me. I promise to handle all these problems properly."

After listening to Lin Qiu's speech, Qin and Barbara looked at each other and they chose to believe him.

……

Everyone came to the headquarters of the Knights Templar, where the evidence was stored. Now, the drone that attacked Mond Square this morning was placed here.

This was the only surviving drone, which crashed into the face of the statue of the God of Wind and was smashed to pieces. The rest of the drones were all burned to ashes by Lin Qiu's magic power.

A woman wearing a witch's hat and with a lazy look on her face was standing next to the drone.

At this moment, the Knights' Librarian named Lisa was a little tired of working overtime.

Seeing Lin Qiu and the others coming, Lisa perked up a little and said jokingly, "I'm not surprised to see Jean and the hero, but Barbara is here too, she's a rare guest - and who is this little cutie from Liyue?"

"It's my pendant." Lin Qiu said.

Walnut: "Hey!"

Qin went straight to the point and said, "Lisa, explain to everyone the problem with this machine."

"Hey, Qin is a little too cold. I've been working so hard overtime." After complaining, Lisa looked at the machine at her feet. "I extracted a lot of traces of ice elements from the surface of the machine, which means it has been in a cold area before."

A cold place... Lin Qiu had a vague idea in his mind.

"That is to say, I suspect these machines were manufactured in the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain." Lisa judged, "As for how they were transported from the snow mountain to here, that is another problem. It is not easy to sneak past the sharp eyes of the scout knights."

Through Lisa's words, Lin Qiu could determine why his skills in searching for Fatui executives could not find any trace of the Doctor.

This involves the issue of ownership of the Longji Snow Mountain.

According to the general concept of Teyvat, the snow-capped mountains should belong to Mondstadt, but in fact, Mondstadt does not station troops anywhere in the snow-capped mountains. At most, it only sends knights around the snow-capped mountains to persuade adventurers not to enter at will.

If I have to say something, it is the alchemist Albedo, who is stationed there to do experiments, and Eula occasionally goes there to take a bath.

Because of this, Lin Qiu was unable to locate the doctor.

The system probably did not determine that the snow mountain was within the territory of Mondstadt. If the doctor was hiding in the snow mountain, Lin Qiu could only find the doctor's whereabouts by going to the snow mountain in person.