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Teyvat.

"He's so precious, Anin, should I buy Mora from the Seven Summoners this month?"

"I say... Boss, can you please not learn this?"

Jiu Qi Ren held her forehead helplessly. Every time she wanted the eldest brother to learn a little bit of the good things in the Tianmu, such as Miss Jizi's communication skills... he would make a fuss and go play cards. But this strange habit of speech was learned quite quickly.

"But, this is really exciting, Shinobi!" Ichito said excitedly, "I can imagine that the man speaking is definitely a dashing figure who is no less handsome than me. Maybe he's also a gang member?"

The two were chatting when suddenly gang member A Shou came back dejectedly.

"Ah Shou? Shouldn't you be in Tianlingfuxing now?"

Jiuqi Shinobu remembered that not long ago she had specifically looked for someone from the Tenryo Bugyo. She had talked her lips off, but she finally found a simple job for A Shou: helping the Tenryo Bugyo record the people and forces that had appeared in the sky.

But seeing that he looked so sad, Jiuqi Shinobu guessed that something must have gone wrong.

"A Shou, did the Nine Tengu bully you? What the hell is that? He even dared to bully people from my Huanglong sect?!" Huanglong Yidu was immediately furious.

"That's not the case, Boss. Black Swan just mentioned that woman named Huang Quan... Kujo Sara said he wanted to check out some information about Huang Quan, but guess what? All the information about her disappeared! It's like she's haunted!"

"Disappear?" Jiuqi Shinobu frowned.

"Yeah, it's weird! I copied all the information, but the column about Huang Quan is blank! Not only that, all the information related to Huang Quan has disappeared! And I just can't remember anything about her..." A Shou said aggrievedly, "...She said I was lazy, and in a fit of rage, she fired me."

"...So you've been slacking off?"

Mamoru shook his head like a rattle. "Absolutely not! Sister Shinobu, you can believe me on this. Besides, that Yomi is a very, very strange person! Not only can I not remember her, but everyone in the Tenryo Bugyo has more or less lost their memory about her! Some can't remember her experiences, and some can't remember her face!"

"It is said that this matter has been reported to the general and the chief priest Yae... I even doubt that the general and the chief priest can remember it."

After Mamoru's words, Kuki Shinobu realized that even she herself knew very little about Yomi. Aside from her appearance and her identity as a Commander... everything else seemed to have been blurred by the water. No matter how hard she tried to recall, only a vague image remained in her mind.

Although he couldn't recall more details, Jiuqi Shinobu's brows gradually relaxed.

"A messenger who 'shouldn't exist', so this is what it is like..."

Chapter 393 Pinocchio (Part 72)

"Gold Dust held his forehead in pain and stumbled along the streets of Pinocchio."

"You look really bad. Or is this just your acting?" Latio couldn't help but scoff.

Although pale, Shajin forced a smile: "I didn't expect you to have the nerve to see me."

"I thought this was what you wanted. After all, I did what you said—'faithfully fulfilled my duties,'" Latio said. "If you can't hold on any longer, remember to let me know."

"The genius of the House of Commoners is planning to collect my body? Oh my god...it's an honor."

"Everyone in the Strategic Investment Department must be eager to receive the news of your death. Don't forget, you will never see them again. This task now falls on me."

Shajin adopted a more relaxed tone. "Alright, please go and deliver the message now. Just say, 'Shajin is fully prepared and will be available for entry in seventeen system hours.'"

"How arrogant! How do you plan to complete your mission while being imprisoned by Harmony?"

"My conversation with Sunday convinced me that there was a traitor in the family, and that the secret of Pinocchio lay in that person's hands... I took this opportunity to put all the cornerstones back in their proper places."

"Gold Sand's tone was quite confident and cheerful. If you ignored his current tired and weak demeanor, he would probably raise his voice even higher in triumph."

"And now I've even managed to get my gift money back. Things haven't been this smooth since I stepped into the Daydream Hotel... Just watch, I'm just one step away from victory."

-

Is it wrong to seek encounters in a dungeon?

"Ah? No, Shajin... cough cough cough..."

In the tavern, Hestia nearly choked on her wine when she heard Gold Sand say she was just one step away from victory, and she started coughing violently. Bell patted her back gently and quickly advised the God to take it easy.

"He, he, he... is he crazy? What trump card does he have to support him saying such things? His own foundation has been confiscated, and Miss Toppa's is gone too. Where does he get the confidence from?"

She looked at the bag of gift money in Shajin's hand with a look of disbelief on her face. "He's not really planning to use the gift money to win hundreds of billions of credit points at the casino and buy Pinocchio outright, is he?"

If it were someone else, Hestia might not believe it, but Gold Dust… she couldn't say.

In her eyes, Gold Dust is much crazier than the gods in heaven... No, to be precise, any god with half the mental state of Gold Dust would be locked up as a lunatic.

Lilyluka was equally curious. "Will he be planning to use even more drastic measures? Like, maybe contact Xing and have her deliver a message to Topa outside, telling the company's fleet to unleash a barrage of bombardment on Pinocchio..."

"The family is not a pushover. He was able to directly use the power of [Harmony] on his own that Sunday. It's hard to imagine that the family doesn't have other cards. What if the family has one or two envoys hidden in their hands? No matter how many fleets come, it will be useless." Bell shook his head.

"I still think Shajin won't use external forces—at least not now. If the company fleet arrives, it's unclear whether the family will survive, but Shajin himself will definitely not survive."

-

"It sounds like you're just recounting your story in a very condescending way."

"That's all I can say. Have you forgotten? You've already betrayed me, Professor." Gold Dust spread his hands, "Go wherever you need to go. I can't wait to see the company's fleet surround Pinocchio. You got what you wanted, didn't you?"

Latio didn't deny it. "Indeed, but what's the matter? Did you hide a beacon for calling for support from low-Earth orbit in that bag of gift money?"

Shajin smiled meaningfully. "Maybe that's why I'm still thinking about giving out money even when I'm about to die."

Latio gritted his teeth and said, "...You're completely crazy, damn gambler."

“Maybe I’ve gone crazy a long time ago, who knows?”

"..." Latio took a deep breath, then quickly pulled out a sealed metal container from behind him and handed it to Shajin. "Never mind. Here, take this. Open it when you're about to die. You'll thank me."

"What the hell is this... a doctor's order?" Gold Dust curiously examined the small object in his hand, but when he looked up, Latio had vanished."

"Every time, it's like he's vanished from the face of the earth."

Gold Dust took it in his arms: "...Oh, you understand drama, Professor."

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Cut the red eyes.

"What is this? A doctor's order? I think a magic sachet would be more appropriate, right?"

Tatsumi couldn't quite understand Professor Latio's actions. If he was going to betray Sagine, why did he help him? His position was a complete mystery, and he couldn't figure out what this man was thinking.

What was even more incredible to him was that even after such a betrayal, Shajin could still speak to him calmly. If it were him, he would probably transform on the spot and send this traitor back to reality immediately.

…Even if I don’t transform, I’ll at least give him two hard punches in the face.

"I'm afraid the professor doesn't really want to betray Gold Dust?"

Marin looked at Sha Jin, who was suffering from [Harmony], with a worried look on her face. Perhaps because of her childhood experience, she didn't dislike this domineering company executive at the beginning at all. Now, she felt disgusted with the handsome Sunday.

Nadezhda shook her head. "I'm afraid it's not that simple. If Shajin dies, the hard work will fall on him. He won't be able to recapture Pinocchio, so he won't be able to escape responsibility in the end, right? Or maybe... he's choosing to help Shajin again out of guilt for his betrayal?"

-

"You want me to solve a case, but you won't even give me a clue... You're incredible, you idiot with wings on your head." Shajin pressed hard on his temple, trying to use the pain to dull the impact of the sympathy. "But the way you're all so worried about that stowaway does confirm my 'guess.' From now on... let the company's wealth rain down equally on everyone."

"Gold Dust walked to a stage and found an ordinary woman who advocated pure beauty. She pressed a gem into her hand without any explanation."

The woman's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the nobleman before her. "Wow, what a beautiful gem! But why would you give such a beautiful gift to a stranger?"

“Because…I can’t bear to see people suffering from poverty in their dreams.”

Chapter 394 Pinocchio (Seventy-three)

"Gold Sand disguised himself as a reporter and gathered a lot of information from the people in the square by distributing gold. There were demons in Sulada, dangers in dreams, ghosts in nightmares..."

"Before I knew it, the bag was empty... Sand Gold began searching for the last lucky winner, hoping to give him a surprise."

"He found a Pipisi and was about to ask him when the influence of harmony came upon him—"

He felt his head pierced by countless steel bars, the cold metal violently stirring within his brain. The Pipisi in his sight distorted and twisted, and countless noisy voices, like fluttering venomous bees, pierced every inch of his skin with their stingers.

“Hmm…”

"Gold Saturn groaned, his knees slamming heavily against the hard ground. He subconsciously braced himself, even the sounds around him becoming muffled."

"Remember what I said? You Tsyganians are meant to stay under manhole covers..." The Pipisi had already circled behind him and taunted him mercilessly, "Look at you sneaking around! Sniffing here, sniffing there—"

"Golden Sand managed to stand up and turned around. Pipisi had already returned to his form as Hanabi."

"Is the bloody smell of Death so alluring, little peacock?"

-

A certain scientific railgun.

"Isn't the efficiency of gold dust in obtaining information too primitive?"

In the academy's dessert shop, Shirai Kuroko bit into the spoon of his strawberry parfait, frowning, "Shouldn't he go to the casino first and win more, then send a few people to help him investigate?"

"...Your behavior isn't exactly modern, is it?" Misaka Mikoto gave her a sullen look. "You have to consider time! Time! Seventeen systems, how long do you expect him to waste in the casino? Besides, someone imprisoned by the Harmony Boundary can barely even speak. How do you expect him to win?"

"Kuroko...even though he's a senior executive at the company, he's still a human being after all, not an envoy. Don't overestimate his physical abilities."

Misaka Mikoto stared at the cheerful girl in the sky with some wariness. For some reason, although the girl looked cute, the moment she spoke, she felt like she was being plotted against.

She gives a completely different feeling from Sunday. Hanabi is like a director. She knows everything about the play and then guides the actors to the positions she expects, or to start a conflict, or to exit... No one can escape her arrangement.

"Hanabi's aggressiveness is still as strong as ever," Kuroko sighed. "Seeing Sagine's current state, she must be very happy, right?"

Misaka Mikoto couldn't help but sigh, "Well, Hanabi has been making fun of him the whole time, but... Sagane must be eager to meet her. Once he's spent all his money, Hanabi will be the only one of Pinocchio willing to bring him information."

-

Gold Dust snorted coldly, "...It's you. I should have guessed it. After Mockingbird's death, the [Stand-In] who appeared on TV was you, the Masked Fool."

"Hanabi smiled brightly. She walked over to Shajin and said jokingly, "I heard your family has cast a spell on you? Hey, I gave you such a direct hint... 'Make friends with a mute'. Listen, it's just such a simple sentence..."

"What happened? Not only did you screw up, but you also ended up losing yourself. You were allowed to be friends with a mute, but you weren't allowed to become a mute yourself. You really let down their kindness."

"Gold Sand's voice dropped. '...What do you mean?'"

Hanabi changed her tone to a lighter one: "You know better than me, who was it that had to watch helplessly as the songless bird died before her eyes? Of course it was you, little peacock~"

"Gold Sand said word by word, 'I'm asking you... what does it mean to be mute?'"

""…oh?""

"Fool, why do you think I'm carrying this tattered bag around handing out cheap jewelry?" Gold Dust took a deep breath, looking down at the smiling girl before him. "I'm doing this for you. The more awful I look, the more likely I am to lure you out... I've been waiting for you for so long. For all my hard work, won't you reward me with an answer?"

"Why should I help you?"

"Don't you wish for chaos in Pinocchio? I can do that. I just need to prove one thing: when you told me to find the 'Mute'... were you really referring to the 'Mockingbird'?"

"…" Hanabi closed her eyes and spoke meaningfully, "…What if I say 'no'?"

Gold Sand nodded with satisfaction. "Thank you. This is the first time I've heard this word sound so familiar."

-

Sword Art Online.

"Kirito... I don't quite understand. What exactly do they mean?"

Asuna was stunned by the conversation between the two people on the skylight. What's the point of talking about dumb or not? Who are they talking about?

"If the mute is likened to the deceased, then that means the deceased Hanabi was initially predicting wasn't the robin, but someone else," Kirito thought, his chin in his hand. "But besides the robin, the only other person is Firefly. In other words... Hanabi initially predicted Firefly's death, and the robin's death was an accident."

As for the other information in the conversation between the two, Kirito didn't quite understand it. Their way of chatting was too obscure, and a lot of information seemed to be said, but also seemed not to be said.

"But why was Hanabi able to predict... and even know so much information in advance?"

Asuna was even more confused. It seemed that this fool lady had been in Pinocchio for a long time. She not only had a deep understanding of the family, but also had a good understanding of all the forces involved.

When arriving in an unfamiliar area, intelligence is often the most important thing...even more valuable than money. Fireworks reminded her of the real-life information dealers who only appear in TV dramas. She might not be able to change the situation herself, but she could manipulate everyone through intelligence.

So the Fool is such a powerful character?!

Asuna even had a vague premonition: Miss Fireworks was very likely to be the final boss and the final target of Xing and others.

-

"Of course I did. I underestimated you. What's the point of pressing it?" Hanabi asked with a smile.

““Let me tell you—[Mute], there were originally two people who fit this definition. But Robin is dead, and the other one… [She] is still in Pinocchio, but you probably won’t find her anymore.”

"Hanabi's words were like a shot of adrenaline, and a hint of color finally appeared on Sakin's pale face."

"Fool, I am now completely certain that I have been on the right track from the beginning and have never deviated. I only lack two things: first, the meaning behind the truth; second, the method to reveal it."