Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

"The Harlequin" - This is the Fatui's first executive officer, the Ice Queen's first agent, the chief of the eleven executive officers, and also the most powerful one.

The Joker learned about the existence of the God-created puppet through the intelligence network, so he assigned the Doctor to go and investigate and decide whether to recruit the God-created puppet as a member of the executive team. At that time, the Doctor still had a strong desire to explore the nature of human beings, and he actually saw the puppet that looked no different from human beings, but was fundamentally not human. He became more excited than ever.

He wanted to use this doll to verify whether humans are truly unique and uncreatable. He used the pseudonym Escher and entered the sand dunes as a Fontaine craftsman.

According to records, it was Escher who improved the smelting technology, which greatly increased the efficiency of processing crystallized bone marrow. After Niwa fled for fear of punishment, it was Escher who organized emergency measures and led the purification of the Gokage furnace core, and later compiled these into a book and reported them to the Bugyosho.

But almost no one knows that although the smelting plan given by Escher will improve the efficiency of smelting, it will also maximize the display of demon pollution. The reason for the appearance of abnormal black smoke is fundamentally due to the dominance of Escher.

Niwa noticed all this and secretly sent people to Fontaine to investigate. He finally confirmed that Escher's identity was just a disguise. When the puppet went to Inazuma Castle for help, Niwa confronted Escher. With his identity exposed, Escher no longer disguised himself. He killed Niwa and cut out his heart. This heart was the one in the purification device.

It was pitiful and ridiculous. The puppet could never have imagined that the device he threw away and the heart he crushed with his own hands were exactly the heart of his best friend. Every time he saw the puppet in front of him believing in those things, he felt like he could hardly suppress the urge to laugh.

"I didn't ask you to interrupt, Dotore!" The skirmisher waved his arms, and surging lightning struck the doctor. Faced with such an attack, the doctor just waved his hands to disperse it, and even patted his shawl with a lingering aftertaste.

"Private fighting among executive officers is strictly prohibited. Are you trying to violate military orders, Scaramucci?" A flat voice came from the doctor's mouth, and he put away his previous smile.

"How can this be called a fight? An attack like that wouldn't even scratch your skin." The soldier withdrew his hand, his words tinged with disdain. "Or are you comparing yourself to those bugs? Only those bugs would be vulnerable to such an attack."

"It seems that there is no problem with the expression module." The doctor snapped his fingers, turned around and approached the direction of the Imperial Shadow Core again. The gloomy gaze from the puppet pierced the doctor's back.

The doctor remained unmoved. He walked forward silently, and the puppet had no choice but to follow slowly.

The story of the puppet did not end here, but both of them knew that after the child died, the puppet was completely discouraged, lost its home, and could not find any reason to live. So the puppet began to rebel against the god who had created it and abandoned it without authorization.

Inazuma has always attached great importance to the art of forging, and the "five descendants" who mastered the sword-forging technique passed down by General Raiden himself are the best among them. They all hold high positions in the shogunate. At that time, killing a swordsmith was regarded as an "act of declaration of war" against the local ruler.

In the perception of the Inazuma people, the Five Clans suddenly declined, leaving only the "Tianmu" branch, but in fact, it was the scattered soldiers who planned and implemented all this behind the scenes.

Later, the stragglers who had completely withdrawn from it wandered around the world and were eventually found by the Harlequin himself. He was attracted by the Harlequin's foolish behavior that overestimated their own abilities and officially joined the Fatui. He was sent to explore the abyss, repeating the cycle of being injured, repaired by the Doctor, becoming stronger, and then being injured again at the hands of more powerful enemies, until he reached the highest point and sat in the Sixth Seat.

As a result, he was given the code name "Skirmisher" and the nickname "Scaramsey", and his duties were changed from exploring the abyss to being on mobile standby - in layman's terms, he was the person responsible for finishing and even auxiliary work.

Just like this time, his job is to take over the lady's previous work, responsible for guarding the surrounding Fatui secret factories and being ready to receive new orders at any time. The real work of competing for the Heart of God will be left to the "lady" to carry out.

"Oh...? There seem to be some little mice." The doctor adjusted his mask. He looked at the vagrants who had come to the vicinity of the Imperial Shadow furnace at some point in time. He thought that they were probably a group of speculators who wanted to take advantage of the factory closure to find some "Yugang" - a high-quality alloy mixed with crystallized bone marrow, to sell for money.

"Hmm... although they appear to be alive and well now, the demon's taint has already penetrated their very bones. Within a few days, they will fall into madness and then die." The doctor's mouth curled up again. "As expected, there is no shortage of short-sighted fools who have been blinded, no matter where they are."

"Leave these people to me." The skirmishers strode towards where the vagabonds were. The vagabonds also noticed the skirmishers approaching slowly. After warning them once, they fired crossbows at the skirmishers. The skirmishers blocked the arrows with their hands and turned them into powder under the rolling thunder.

This was a massacre whose outcome was doomed from the beginning. The raging thunder shattered everything, and from their unrecognizable bodies that had turned to charcoal, one could see that what they had witnessed before their deaths was great terror, and that they had also suffered fear and pain before their deaths.

"You really have a refined taste." The doctor shook his head, savoring the chaos before him. Facing this massacre mixed with venting of anger, the doctor felt even more pleased.

Chapter 82: As calm as the sea...?

"I, it's so interesting to listen to your stories. Oh, it would be great if M were here, she loves listening to stories." Alice's shadow spoke like this beside the gorgeous long table decorated with candles and flowers. She took a sip of tea leisurely, thinking that her work in recent days must have come to an end.

Considering the special nature of Alice's work, her leisure time is good news for the entire Teyvat.

"If M were here, she would definitely protest to you, Alice, saying something like, 'I've told you so many times, my fairy tales are not just simple stories! Don't have this stereotype about me!'" B leaned back in her chair. She seemed to be more relaxed in recent days, and her tone was much more relaxed than before.

Alice had previously asked B the reason, and B's answer was that her disciple had gone to Mondstadt and should have been there for several months now.

"This story about the three gods of Xumi is indeed interesting." R - that is, Rhinedot was dealing with the cake in front of her. She liked to cut off a small piece of cake at a time and savor it slowly. Usually, after eating a piece, it meant that it was almost time for her to rest.

"Although there's a lot of speculation involved, it still holds considerable significance. It's much more reliable than the current belief of the Ordinance Council that 'the Scarlet King is a tyrant.'"

"It's just a calculation based on the existing data and some of my discoveries." Amber was still quite humble. This was the... well... nth witches' tea party she had participated in. Ninety percent of the tea parties were initiated by Alice, and her rule for initiating tea parties was to do it at her own whim. Once, she even held it in the middle of the night.

As time went by, Amber's impression of the Witch Club changed from a powerful secret organization to a gathering of older women drinking tea and chatting - this was not her fault, as these people were really too casual.

But this is not a bad thing. It means that Amber is fully accepted and her network of contacts has expanded unprecedentedly.

"Come to think of it, I, are you in love?" Alice looked at Amber in between drinking tea, her eyes full of curiosity, which made Amber shudder subconsciously.

"...I don't remember telling you that?" Amber was a little dumbfounded. She gave up trying to hide it - she couldn't escape the eyes of these cunning people anyway.

"Don't underestimate women's intuition, okay? Especially my intuition." Alice waved her finger. Among the other people, after hearing the gossip about Amber's life, except for Rhinedot who remained basically calm, N and B both showed some curiosity, especially B, who was almost sticking to Amber.

"I don't know anything about this. Um... I, do you need me to predict your marriage?" As he said that, B took out the astrologer plate, and Amber hurriedly stopped him when he saw it.

"No, don't do divination, something bad will happen if you do it!" Amber's words were filled with urgency. She could still remember all the accidents that happened before. How could she allow B to do something like divining the fate of the gods - although with B's ability, there might not be any problems.

"Why is that?" B's eyes were filled with curiosity. "I didn't care that much before, but now I really do. It feels like a cat is scratching my heart - could it be that your partner has a special identity?"

"...It's God." Amber took a sip of tea and spoke with her eyes closed.

"It seems like the identity is related to some special power, or it's a special case like N..." When B was still chattering about her guess, Amber's calm words rang out, and her words also paused.

"...Ah?" B's eyes widened. Her words and actions made her seem a little out of control, but the others were not much better in comparison. Alice waved her hands and laughed, N looked like he was about to jump up, and even Rhinedot, who was the most steady before, now stopped holding the cup in mid-air.

"...Didn't you mention you went to Liyue before? Could it be that Liyue Rock God? No, no, the Rock God is too mature and steady to easily develop such mortal feelings. Could it be that Wind God? Oh, this is too bad! I can't place my heart on a playboy!"

B, who had reacted, spoke quickly, her words tinged with concern. Seeing this, Amber took a sip of tea, and then her calm voice sounded again: "It is Buyer, the God of Wisdom of Xumi, also known as the Little Auspicious Grass King."

"..." B's hands, which had been waving continuously, stopped in mid-air. Her expression became strange for a moment, and a long silence enveloped the long table.

"Pfft...Hahahahaha!" Finally, Alice broke the silence. She looked like she was trying hard to hold it in before, but this time she simply couldn't hold it in anymore. She threw her ladylike temperament aside and laughed out loud.

"...I didn't expect you to have such a preference." It was N who spoke. She was surprised by Amber's preference.

"Wait wait wait! Little Auspicious Grass King is only 500 years old, right? It's very old for a human, but still very young for a god, right? This is molesting a minor--!" B has never cared much about her temperament, so she was very relaxed at this time, and her tone was very exaggerated.

"...She was the first one." Amber picked up the teacup, her eyes dodging and slightly turning her head away. She had no confidence about this. Although it was indeed Nashida who took the initiative, she did do those things, didn't she?

"Oh, oh, oh, it's consensual between the two of you. Stop gossiping." Alice waved her hand nonchalantly. "If you're planning on getting married, let me know. I'll prepare something special for you."

"...Let's talk about it later." Amber's eyes became even more evasive. She had obviously thought about these things in her mind before, but why did it seem so strange when Alice said them now?

"...I can use my professional skills to prepare some potions that will allow you two to have children - no one is better at this than an alchemist who specializes in black earth magic." Rhinedot put down the teacup and made her own promise.

“…Say it again!”

The witch's tea party finally ended with Amber's teasing. After leaving it, Amber felt exhausted both physically and mentally. She took a breath and walked out of the room, started to make tea and prepare snacks. A guest would be arriving later, and there were some serious matters that needed to be discussed.

Amber didn't have to wait long. A few minutes after the hot water was boiled, there was a knock on the door. Amber walked quickly forward and opened the door. It was Tinari outside.

Tinari greeted Amber, and Amber exchanged a few words before taking Tinari to sit on the sofa in the living room, and then took the tea from the kitchen.

"Long time no see. How have you been?" Amber put the teapot on the table and poured a cup for Tinari who was sitting opposite her.

"It's not bad. The Ministry of Education has sent in more personnel, and with the help of the Death Zone Tumor Observation Device, the prevention and control of the Death Zone is going very well. It can be said that it is truly on the right track." Tinari picked up the teacup and answered Amber's question. "But let's get down to business. What happened to my teacher in your letter?"

"Hmm..." Amber did not answer immediately after hearing this. She first sensed her surroundings and confirmed that there was nothing unusual before she began to explain.

The explanation didn't take long, and Tinari's expression changed again and again as Amber spoke.

"...I've felt that the teacher has been a little too quiet lately, but I didn't expect this to happen." Tinari's expression grew serious. He knew that Amber wouldn't lie to him about such a thing. "Those sages...are they so bold as to go to such lengths?"

"After all, who would have guessed that the reason the Little Auspicious Grass King hadn't appeared in a hundred years was because he was imprisoned? And those sages even wanted to create a new god to replace him."

"It's puzzling and infuriating." Tinari sighed and shook his head. "You're telling me all this because you want to do something, right? If you need anything from me, just tell me."

"Ah..." Amber was silent for a moment. "Actually, there's no use for your skills at the moment, Tinari. I'm saying this partly because it involves your mentor, and I think you need to know. Also, I want to bring you here first—you might be needed in the future."

"If you need my advice then, don't hesitate." Tinari nodded after hearing this, and as these things were over, silence enveloped the two of them.

Amber glanced at the room of Aji and Cole, drinking tea and thinking about something - yes, another reason why she invited Tinari today was about the matter between the two girls.

She had an extraordinary ability to perceive, so sometimes she couldn't help but notice the overly intimate behavior between the two... Frankly speaking, it felt quite strange to pretend not to see it after seeing it. I wonder if this can be considered as an early understanding of the feelings of a mother watching her daughter enter puberty.

"...I'm dating someone I like." Amber finally decided to start with herself. She looked at Tinari. Tinari was stunned when he heard that. It was not because he was surprised that Amber was dating, but because he did not expect Amber to suddenly say such a thing under such circumstances.

"That's great, congratulations. When will you take me to meet him?" Tinari quickly calmed down. He showed a gentle smile and congratulated Amber from the bottom of his heart.

"The subject is a female." Amber said so, and Tinari was stunned again.

"...These are personal freedoms. Although I am quite surprised that you, Nafi, actually like women, it doesn't matter. I won't look at you strangely because of this." Tinari closed his eyes and shook his head, indicating that he didn't care about these. After opening his eyes again, there was more tolerance in his eyes.

"Well, I feel much more at ease after seeing that you, Tinari, don't look at me strangely because of this." Amber relaxed a little and breathed a sigh of relief. Now she was at least confirmed that Tinari was indeed more open-minded in this regard, so she felt much more at ease.

"Really... why does it feel like a meeting between the parents of both sides?" Amber felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward.

"Hahaha, how could I let this affect our friendship? Don't worry, as long as you are happy about this, I will sincerely congratulate you." Tinari's smile grew even wider. "Thinking about it, should I prepare some gifts for the next time we meet?"

"I should prepare something, but not for me..." Amber took a deep breath. She was silent for a moment and finally made up her mind, "Tinari, I have to apologize to you for this."

"Huh? Why are you apologizing all of a sudden? What happened that made you feel like you need to apologize to me?"

"Something's wrong with the relationship between Cole and Naira." Amber said this after drinking the tea in the cup.

"..." A long silence fell, and Tinari seemed to be frozen. He had watched Cole walk all the way here. It would be a lie to say that their feelings were not deep. Although the two of them called each other master and disciple, they were actually half-relatives.

From this, Tinari understood the feeling of a father facing the fact that his daughter was in love - the key point was not that his cabbage was taken away by someone else's pig, but that it was abducted by another cabbage. This... this...

"Calm down for a moment and have a cup of tea." Amber filled Tinari's cup with tea. "We'll talk about this later—and no matter what the outcome is, let's not affect these two."

"Hmm..." Tinari picked up the teacup and took a big sip. He took a deep breath and tried hard to calm himself down.

Chapter 83: Evil Eye

"...I think I still need some time to calm down. I will come to visit again in a few days." After about half an hour of explanation and discussion, Tinari was silent for a long time. He finally stood up and responded like this.

"In principle, I shouldn't interfere with Cole's decisions, but she's still young. Her tragic past has led to some character flaws and a lack of good times. I'm worried about her because of this. I'm worried that she might have made a mistake or been carried away by a momentary impulse."

Tinari held his forehead and sighed deeply, while Amber stood up and said that she understood very well. She had also experienced the mentality of not wanting to interfere too much in the choices of relatives, but at the same time being really worried that relatives would go astray.

"Actually, there is one last thing, and it is also the biggest problem at the moment - Cole's demonic scale disease seems to have worsened a little. I am developing an inhibitory drug for this disease, and it has entered the clinical trial stage. I may need your help." Amber frowned slightly and said so.

Cole probably didn't notice these changes, but Amber could sense them. Although at this stage it was just some mild weakness and insomnia, it was proof that his internal organs could not support it. The magic scale disease would erode the internal organs, making a person weaker and weaker until he died of organ failure.

By the middle stage of the disease, the failure of the internal organs will be irreversible, which means that the damage will be permanent. Fortunately, Cole is still a long way from that level.

"Do you want to use my credibility to try to persuade some patients with demonic scale disease to serve as experimental subjects?" When it came to the business, Tinari suppressed his previous doubts. His mind worked quickly and it only took him a moment to understand why Amber asked him for help. Although Amber had in-depth research in this area, he did not have enough status in the Xumi medical community. Therefore, when it came to requesting resources, Tinari had to step in.

"Then please give me some details about the details of Cole's Demonic Scale Disease."

"Yeah." Amber nodded. She explained to Tinari her understanding of the demonic scale disease and Cole's specific symptoms at this stage.

"Although the symptoms are mild, this is not a good sign. If things continue like this, Kelai might have to temporarily drop out of school and stay home to recuperate. And you're well aware that once Demonic Scale disease reaches a critical point, the damage it causes is irreversible."

"Hmm..." Tinari nodded with a slightly serious expression, "I'll be there later... No, there's no time to lose. I'll take you to the Xumi City Health Center now. Zakaria should be there by now. I'll explain the reason to him. It won't take too long."

"Yeah." Amber nodded. She didn't have anything to do in the short term. Nashida was not at home. She went to the Grand Bazaar on a whim and should be watching a performance right now - as usual. Amber didn't intend to disturb Nashida's personal time. She was happy to see Nashida enjoy her own time.

Tinari probably attaches great importance to Cole. In Xumi, the master-disciple relationship is very special. Master-master, it means teacher and guardian. Although not all masters and disciples are like this, Tinari and Cole are obviously like this. Therefore, Tinari hurriedly brought Amber to the House of Health.

Zakaria is the manager of the Xumi City Health Home and an experienced doctor. He has a good personal relationship with Tinari, so he explained the situation to Tinari and made a guarantee. Combined with Amber's own remarkable achievements, the deal was quickly concluded.

Zakaria and Amber agreed that he would watch and record Amber's experiment throughout to ensure that no accidents would occur, and Amber would also strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the clinical trial. This was a very reasonable request, and Amber naturally did not refuse.

Tinari and Amber tacitly agreed not to tell Cole about the magic scale disease, so Amber started running back and forth between her home and the Health Home.

……

"... Teppei, are you not feeling well?" Kaigi Island, a small island west of the Nameless Fort, had been previously invaded by pirates. Ying, who was appointed as the captain of the Swordfish Second Division of the Kaigi Island resistance army, led her team here, but when she arrived, she found that the pirates had been wiped out, and the one who took action was Teppei, the captain of the Round Eel Second Division.

Swordfish Squadron 2 and even the entire Swordfish Squadron is a mobile elite team. Each of its members is an elite who has accumulated a lot of experience from the battlefield and finally survived. Their quality is beyond reproach. Therefore, the Swordfish Squadron is generally responsible for handling various sudden troubles on Umijima.

Compared to the Swordfish Squadron, the Round Eel Second Division is just an ordinary team. If you have to say, its commemorative significance is relatively heavy, because the current admiral of Umijima, Goro, was once the captain of the Round Eel Second Division. Therefore, when Teppei was appointed captain and found out that it was the Round Eel Second Division, he was excited for a long time.

"Well, I just became the captain not too long ago, and I'm very busy and excited. To be honest, it was those pirates who wanted to go deep into Haigi Island. I couldn't sit still any longer, so I took action. Ying, you won't blame me, right?" Zheping scratched the back of his head, looking a little lacking in confidence.

"How can I blame you? You handled it quite well, didn't you? No one was injured, so it can be said that we have won a great victory." Paimon waved her finger, and her tone contained the meaning of "one should look at someone with new eyes after three days of absence". Zheping has changed a lot during this period of time.

The two first met Teppei at Nashiwa, and it was Teppei who brought them into contact with the resistance army. He was also the first resistance soldier to show pure kindness to Ying. He was a cheerful and optimistic young man. Initially in a logistics position, he was extremely eager to go to the battlefield and contribute to Umijima and his hometown.

There are many people like Teppei in the resistance army, which makes it seem full of humanity. Ying likes this kind of atmosphere very much, and it is probably because of this same passionate heart that supported Teppei to make some achievements on the previous battlefield. As a result, he was noticed by Xinhai and promoted to the captain of the Round Eel Second Division.

"Yes, compared to those, I am more concerned about your physical condition - I can understand Zheping's desire to do something for Kaigi Island, but if you don't get enough rest, it will be terrible when your body collapses." Ying gave some earnest advice, and Zheping smiled embarrassedly when he heard it.

"After all, I'm just an ordinary person. I'm not one of those powerful God's Eye holders who are watched by the gods, nor am I someone like you who can use elemental power without the God's Eye." Zheping sighed slightly. "This is not a complaint. I'm saying that ordinary people like me have to work harder to catch up with you."

"I also have a dream of becoming a general like General Goro!" Zheping's eyes were determined, and his courage made Ying look appreciative.

"Keep going, you'll be able to do it one day." Ying encouraged with a smile, "But you still have to take care of your body. A healthy and strong body will help you achieve your goals, right?"

"Okay, I'll pay attention." Zheping nodded. His firm expression didn't reveal whether he had listened or not. Ying, hoping that he would listen, took Paimeng back and prepared to report to Xinhai.

But when they passed Wanglong Village, they found Xinhai there. She was standing in front of a house, as if thinking about something.

Logically speaking, she should be in Coral Palace at this time.

"Xinhai, why are you here?" Ying came to Xinhai's side, and her words also brought Xinhai out of his concentrated state. "The pirates have been eliminated. It was Teppei who took action. Because the pirates suddenly prepared to go deep into Kaigi Island, he responded."

"I didn't expect that this kid is so strong now. I see that the two pirate leaders have a lot of blood on their hands. It's a blessing that the Round Eel Second Division can win without any injuries." Paimon explained in more detail, but Xinhai frowned when he heard it.