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Although she actually had an agreement with the young man a long time ago.

So when Inazuma saw this person, Rosaline actually felt extremely relieved.

Because maybe today, she can finally take off the hypocritical mask and no longer have to face the endless pressure from all sides, and disappear once and for all.

Needless to say, Inazuma is indeed a country with frequent thunderstorms.

The god of this country is indeed the God of Thunder.

In this way, choosing this place as her burial place seems to be in line with her wishes?

Rosalin thought so and looked sternly at the young man who had drawn his sword. After a moment's silence, she closed her eyes and raised her head like a swan.

It's like waiting to be killed.

But when the young man saw her response, he looked around again. In the end, Rosaline only heard the sound of him sheathing the sword that could be recognized at a glance - she didn't know whether there was any point in him hiding his identity like this - and then heard him say, "Although you look like you can't wait to be judged, you should still have a chat, right?"

Rosalin pondered for a moment, then finally opened her eyes, nodded, and said, "Okay."

At this moment, Shen Zhigui couldn't help but see in this person the traces left by the seductive "lady" in the past, or in other words, those years finally returned to this woman in another form, so her demeanor at this moment was no longer as innocent as he had seen her at the beginning, and naturally she was not like that "lady", with a hint of madness like Wu Zixu who wanted to dig up the tomb of the King of Chu and whip his corpse, but was calm and restrained, like a pool of lake water that has traveled a long journey to a foreign land without changing its clarity.

Of course, Shen Zhigui is not the kind of person who can really read people's expressions to this extent and thinks that he can judge a person's character in this way.

He always cared only about what was done, not what the person's original intention was.

So he just wanted to ask Rosaline about what she had been doing recently.

Rosaline seemed to be extremely distressed about her actions after waking up, but she couldn't find anyone to confide her troubles to. Now that she met the culprit who caused her current situation, she naturally reported everything to him in detail. Of course, Shen Zhigui was also aware of some news, such as the fact that the goal of the Fatui was the Heart of God. As for other things, Rosaline was in that position and had to maintain the mask of "Lady", so she couldn't do anything too extraordinary to help Mond.

Of course, she also thought that now that Tevarin, the Guardian of the East Wind, had awakened in Mond, she could actually surrender to the Knights of Favonius directly with the key intelligence of the Fatui. Even if the Knights of Favonius did not accept her words, they could take precautions as early as possible, and she would no longer have to walk on thin ice to mediate between the two sides.

But the more she learned about the Fatui organization, the more she understood Mond's current weakness, and the more she realized that if they broke off relations now, even if Tevarin returned, Mond would probably not be a match for the Fatui. So in the end, she chose to continue to be a "lady" and temporarily maintain the current situation, waiting for Mond to recover its vitality.

"So what you mean is that you didn't actually do what you said you would do and save Mond from the dire situation?"

Rosalyn nodded bitterly.

Although everything has changed, Mondstadt is still the hometown she loves. This may be the anchor that allows her to maintain herself as Rosaline, different from the other ladies. Therefore, she naturally feels extremely bitter about the fact that she can't do anything about it.

"But if that's the case, why did you say that to me in the first place?"

"Because I was too naive at that time," Rosaline just looked at the boy with calm eyes, "but now, I have recognized the reality, and the reality is that my arrival and appearance cannot solve any problems, so I want to get the judgment I deserve now and end it all, please, Mr. Shen."

Chapter 60: How Many Times in This World Have We Been Saddened by the Past (Part 2)

Shen Zhigui actually understood the person standing in front of him a little bit, because if he was seventeen or eighteen years old and was replaced by himself in his fifties or sixties to face all kinds of troubles and helpless things, he would probably want to die like he is now. Not to mention, this person in front of him also felt that the sins she committed in the "future" should be borne by the soul that occupied her body, or she did not think it was necessary for outsiders to distinguish between the two souls.

Of course, her tattered body is not worth lingering on.

Perhaps this physical condition indeed exacerbated her disappointment with reality, making her feel deeply the despair of approaching death, so she felt that she was powerless to do anything, at least she could not see hope in the short term?

So Shen Zhigui pondered for a moment and said, "But even if this is the case, you should be able to realize that you don't have many years left to live, right?"

"Birth, aging, illness and death are the laws of nature," Rosalin said calmly, "Although time will not give everyone the same number of years, it will eventually take everyone's life equally. But dying of old age is not the happy ending that people like me deserve, so I should be judged."

"But do you think that the meaning of trial is just to let you face death with peace of mind?"

Shen Zhigui's words immediately stunned Rosalin: "What... do you mean?"

"Procedural justice lies in that when someone commits a crime, that person's crime is exposed to the public, and the fate of that person is told to others, so that they can be warned. If they commit the same crime, they will also receive the same fate. No matter who executes this procedure, what is displayed is naturally the majesty of the system behind the executor that extends to that person. The majesty of the system is established, and the same case can be repeated, which naturally can warn the world—"

Shen Zhigui just looked at Rosaline calmly and said:

"You said you deserved a trial, so you should care about procedural justice. As for the result, the 'lady' had been doing evil for hundreds of years. Her final awakening was just a sudden awakening at the end of her fate. Whether she died of old age in a hospital bed or was assassinated in private, such a result would not serve as a warning to the world, because everything was covered in darkness. The whole process might be just a corner of the power struggle among the top leaders and a topic of conversation after dinner. The most that could warn the world is 'karma, retribution'. But such words have been passed down for thousands of years. Do people really believe them?"

Although Shen Zhigui's words were a bit confusing, Rosaline was not stupid. She understood what Shen Zhigui meant. He was simply saying that if she wanted to get a real trial, she must stand up and confess to "her" crimes. She should be executed in public. That would be the real trial, and it would serve as a warning to those who, like her, relied on their divine eyes and extraordinary powers and therefore felt that they did not care about worldly moral concepts and committed evil.

But Rosalin felt that such a scene was unacceptable to her just by imagining it.

Although she believed that she must be tried, that was only because she felt she had to be responsible, not because she truly believed she was a "lady." She felt suffocated just by imagining the scene of her standing up and facing the condemnation of thousands of people on the execution ground.

She looked directly into the boy's calm eyes and wanted to take a step forward and say that she was willing to do as he said, but her feet seemed to be locked by a tremendous force and no sound came out of her dry throat.

Finally, she could only lower her head and said helplessly: "So what do you want?"

"So you're not as righteous as you think you are?"

Shen Zhigui just said.

Rosalin just exhaled the heavy air in her chest: "Don't ask about my heart anymore, and don't say such things anymore. You just need to tell me what to do. Anyway, I have no power to change the reality, let alone face myself. In this case, how can I do anything? Since you don't want me to die now, you must think that I am still useful, right? Then just say it directly, but..."

She raised her hands and pressed them on her towering peaks, looking at the boy nervously. Only at this moment, Shen Zhigui could still see that she was still that innocent girl: "Let me make it clear first, I won't do that kind of thing."

"That kind of thing?"

So Shen Zhigui pretended to be confused and asked.

"It's about selling your body. There is no contract between you and me regarding that. I'm not the kind of person who would agree to anything when I'm desperate."

Rosalin just looked at the boy's face, which seemed a little ordinary because it was covered, and said.

Shen Zhigui shook his head: "I'm not so hungry that I would eat anything..."

"What do you mean by being hungry and not choosing what to eat? I..."

But Rosaline was more or less aware of her broken face behind the mask, and the young man in front of her had also seen her face under the mask, and suddenly she couldn't say anything extra. At this time, she was more or less sober. She was indeed no longer the beautiful self of seventeen or eighteen years old who thought that all men in the world would covet and please her.

Of course, the boy in front of me probably wouldn't try to please me at any time, right? The women around him didn't seem to be much worse than me when I was young.

Rosalyn just looked at the absent-minded look on that face and thought.

But at this moment, she heard the young man suddenly say, "Come to think of it, I can actually solve your body problem, and even restore your body to the time you want to return to, so that you can get the time that meets your expectations."

Rosalin felt as if some hallucination appeared in her ears.

She looked at the boy, wanting to ask what was going on, but she couldn't open her mouth no matter what, because from a standpoint, there was no reason for him to treat her, right? Not to mention, she had no reason to continue living, so the boy was probably just teasing her.

Thinking of this, Rosalin suddenly became calm again.

However, the next moment, the boy's words rang out again: "You feel that you are powerless to rewrite reality, so you feel that you can't save Mond from the water and fire, and you can't face yourself, so you don't want to stand in the spotlight, so you just want me to tell you what to do. But what if I say that what I am going to do has nothing to do with the Mond you want to save?"

"so?"

Chapter 61: How Many Times in This World Have We Been Saddened by the Past (Part 2)

"You feel that you are powerless to change reality because you feel that your time is coming to an end, right?" Shen Zhigui simply said, "So you feel that you feel deep despair in your unstable and dilapidated body, because that body can only give you a short time. Of course, there may be other psychological factors, but this factor is the decisive factor, right?"

Rosalin thought of her original mentality and compared it with her current mentality, and immediately just said, "Even if it is, so what?"

"But what if I say I can help you solve your physical problems?"

Shen Zhigui drew out the sword again, tapped the sword with his fingers, and said.

"But you said what you are going to do has nothing to do with Mond?"

Shen Zhigui nodded.

"So you're saying that you want me to do what you want for your own selfish desires, and you'll pay me personally, and the reward is that you might be able to alleviate or even solve my physical problems to some extent?"

Shen Zhigui continued to nod.

"why?"

"what why?"

"You can actually put it another way. For example, the Fatui are a notorious organization, and getting rid of them is a righteous cause. If you ask me to say that everything I do is a necessary sacrifice to achieve this goal, then I don't have to pay any reward at all, right?"

Shen Zhigui nodded:

"really."

"But why do you still say that?"

"Because maybe I don't really care that much about worldly morality?"

Shen Zhigui just said it casually.

"In that case, why did you consider the situation of the Knights of Favonius and not kill me directly?"

"Perhaps it's just because I want to please the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius and the guerrilla leader?"

"Is he the leader of the guerrilla squad?"

Rosalin couldn't help but correct Shen Zhigui's words.

Of course, maybe Shen Zhigui actually called out like that on purpose.

"In short, this is your current situation. If you can prolong your life, perhaps you can really do what you call saving Mondstadt from the dire straits. Of course, I think that to do that, it is probably still up to the Wind God himself or the Grand Master Falgar who took away most of the Knights of Favonius. But if you want to try, the prerequisite is that you have to temporarily obey my orders. Only then will I pay you the corresponding reward. What do you think of this deal, or contract?"

"It seems like you really think you are a Liyue person."

Rosalyn just said.

“I don’t think that alone is enough for me to call myself a Liyue person.”

Shen Zhigui just shook his head.

"But are you really so sure that I am Rosalyn and not 'Ms.'?"

"Even if you are, so what?"

Shen Zhigui suddenly sneered, and the atmosphere that seemed to have become somewhat harmonious before suddenly changed from the late spring with drizzle and light breeze to the severe winter with sharp winds and frost. The sharp edge from that young man, as if it was not real - it was really real, penetrated her tattered body and directly hit her overly sensitive soul. So Rosalind could only feel that her soul or personality was crumbling in an instant, and his behavior seemed to awaken the personality that originally controlled that body, but no matter how his edge lingered on the boundary of body and soul, the personality of that "lady" seemed to have really fallen into an eternal sleep, with no sign of response at all.

Soon after, the young man calmed down and turned back into his ordinary self: "It looks like your original personality will never wake up again, or in other words, it won't wake up in the short term..."

“How long is a short time?”

"Three to five years, maybe. But she still has a little bit of her spirit or 'prototype' in your body. I guess she will be there to witness your end and laugh at your demise at the end of your life, right?"

At this moment, Rosaline suddenly felt that the evil "lady" was like a sister to her.

Although she definitely didn't want a sister like that.

But having someone who can always accompany her at the end of her life is like a family member to her no matter what.

And today, all her relatives have disappeared.

She probably didn't have the energy or time to build new interpersonal relationships. In fact, in her current situation, she couldn't establish any new connections with anyone. Of course, if she insisted on looking for someone among the Fatui, she might still be able to find one, but everything the Fatui did made her sick. However, she had to continue to play the role of "Lady" and stoop to steal information. Unless the Fatui completely disappeared, she was afraid that she would never be able to truly stand in the sun with her true self.

Of course, she had never thought that she could get such qualifications before.

But now Shen Zhigui's reappearance has shaken her thoughts:

If she was afraid of being a "lady" and being judged in the spotlight, then if this young man really healed her body as he said, then after destroying the Fatui and atonement, could she start her life anew?

But only at this moment, she could not convince herself, because how could she atone for the sins she committed in her "past" life? Moreover, those who had passed away, how could she prove that her atonement could be accepted by those who had passed away?

Therefore, even if she accepted the contract, it would only give her enough time to help Mond.

So she could only look at the boy firmly and said, "I agree to the deal you mentioned."

Shen Zhigui immediately raised his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "What does that sentence say? The contract has been signed, and those who break their promises should be punished by eating rocks?"

Although Shen Zhigui felt that this was a bit strange.

However, this sentence is said to make Zhongli look at the two parties who made the agreement. Although he is not sure whether Zhongli will really make the person who breaks his promise eat stones or turn him into stone like the immortal in Hulao Mountain, it is not bad to use it as a witness.

I just don't know if he can still do this after handing over his Heart of God.

"Come to think of it," Shen Zhigui asked after Rosaline said this, "You Fatui are collecting the Heart of God. This should be the order of the Queen of Winter, right? What exactly does she want to do with the Heart of God?"

Is it like what was said on the Internet in the previous life, fighting against the abyss and the law of nature?

But the Heart of God is essentially a prop issued by Heaven, right? Isn't the Queen of Winter afraid that there is some low-level authority hidden in the Heart of God?

However, Rosaline did not give a definite answer. She just said that the Queen of Winter promised her to bring her a pure white kingdom.

what is this?

Shen Zhigui said this secretly in his heart, but he was actually not surprised.

Chapter 62: Sea Ghost Investigation Report (Part 1)

Although the issuance of the "Eye Hunting Order" made the conflict and confrontation between Narukami Island and Umi Island more intense than ever before, and even caused Umi Island, which originally did not believe in Narukami, to openly rebel against the shogunate and establish a resistance army, causing the two sides to be on the verge of a war, but it must be said that from the outlying islands to Narukami Island, and even the front line between the resistance army and the shogunate, there have always been groups like "Umiranki" everywhere.

Of course, in reality, the nature of the Sea Luangui is different from that of a tightly organized group like the Fatui. They do not have a recognized leader, and are usually just some warriors who become bandits in groups of three or five, making a living by robbing and killing. Of course, some gangs have developed to a certain stage, and even set up camps like the Hillcloaks, but such Sea Luangui gangs are often attacked by the Tenryo after they become stronger. So it can be seen that although the existence of the Sea Luangui will inevitably lead to the fall of some down-and-out warriors for various reasons, in fact, smart Sea Luangui will never think about expanding their group, or in other words, the Sea Luangui that have expanded to a certain extent probably want to be recruited.

Although after being recruited, most of them were sent directly to the front line to serve as consumables.

So why bother thinking about those trivial things? Isn't it good to enjoy life while you can?

Shuichiro is such a clever sea devil.