Original God's Dark Priest

Although Ningguang didn't specifically learn about the card thief, she was able to summarize a lot of information through her intelligence network: "Recently, a new type of card back has appeared on the market. There are very few of them, and the pattern is like a treasure chest.

Some poker players were willing to pay a high price to buy it in order to have a good start, so I casually investigated whether there was any commercial value in it.

At this time, news suddenly came that all the treasure chest card backs in Liyue were taken away overnight. I thought it was a merchant who wanted to hoard them, but after listening to the description, I realized that it was the thief you were looking for. "

I can only say that she is worthy of being Ningguang. Just by comparing and summarizing a few words with some information she has, she has already learned some things. I am afraid that there is really nothing that can be hidden from her in Liyue Harbor.

If Saphir and Zhongli wanted to set up a trap now as they did before, it would not be so easy to confuse Ningguang. After all, the exposure of their identities is one thing, and Ningguang's growth is also an objective fact.

In just three short years, Tianquan Star has become different from before.

Charlotte wanted to know more, so she asked, "Besides being rare, is there anything else unusual about this card back?"

"Unfortunately, I haven't purchased this kind of card back, so I can't answer your question accurately." Ningguang shook her head. "I only know that the workmanship is a personal item, so it can't be said to be very exquisite. This is why I didn't buy it."

After all, with Ningguang's identity, she naturally wouldn't pay attention to such things. It's already amazing that she could get this information inadvertently.

Charlotte was not too discouraged. She understood Ningguang's thoughts and just sighed, "Hmm... the puzzles behind the card thief are getting more and more bizarre."

"It's okay. He likes talking to himself so much, one day he will tell all the secrets." Little Paimon comforted.

Looking at the confident Ying and Paimeng, Ningguang's eyes flashed with anticipation: "Every unknown journey is a puzzle. The inability to foresee the answer makes us enjoy the process more.

Just like this opportunity to meet all these foreign talents, it is a surprise to me. "

Ningguang spoke very nicely and gave Charlotte and Wan Ye enough face. It was not the first time she met Wan Ye, but it was the first time she talked to him, so today's meeting could be regarded as their first acquaintance.

After saying that, Ningguang left. After she left, Hu Tao looked at Wan Ye curiously: "So, Sister Beidou can also perform the Seven Summonings?"

"Well, Big Sister's card skills are among the best in the Southern Cross Fleet." Wan Ye nodded with a smile. He himself doesn't play but he likes to watch Beidou play.

After hearing this, Hu Tao became more eager to fight: "How about Brother Wan Ye introduce me to someone? I have admired Sister Bei Dou for a long time and have wanted to make friends with her, but I never had the chance."

"Okay, please show mercy to me when the time comes, Hall Master." Wan Ye nodded to indicate his agreement to the introduction.

In fact, in Wan Ye's opinion, there is no need for his introduction at all.

As one of the members who performed on stage at the Sea Lantern Festival two years ago, he had experienced the rehearsal in the Dust Song Pot and was naturally very clear about Zhongli's identity.

He was very clear about the relationship between Beidou and Saphir, the relationship between Zhongli and Saphir, and the relationship between Hutao and Zhongli. In his opinion, Hutao only needed to inform Zhongli, and it was not a big deal for her to meet Beidou.

However, considering that this involves some secrets that cannot be told, Wan Ye decided to act as a middleman himself. After all, many things will become different if they involve big shots, and Zhongli and Saphir are undoubtedly such big shots.

Wan Ye suddenly began to understand Zhongli. Why did he give up his identity as the Rock King and become an ordinary person? Power makes people obsessed, but it is lonely at the top. Being in that position must be very tiring. Now Zhongli probably just wants to have a good rest.

Thinking of this, Wan Ye thought of the general of his country and couldn't help scratching his head. The general really changed, but...

A trace of melancholy flashed across Wan Ye's eyes, but how could he pretend that the past had never happened?

So let it be, leaving Inazuma is the best choice.

While everyone was talking at the meeting, Safir had already returned to the Yanshang Tea House. The decoration of the Moonlight Tavern would not be completed for a while, and she was too lazy to stay there and wait, so she simply returned to her base camp and planned to take a rest.

However, when she arrived at the Yanshang Tea House, an uninvited guest was already waiting for her there.

Seeing Chu Yi who was trembling a little and his subordinates who were left here and were now half-kneeling on the ground, Saphir narrowed his eyes and looked at the thin man sitting at the top.

"Captain... Capitano..." Saphir whispered the other person's name, his voice carrying a hint of solemnity that he himself did not even notice.

Capitano was flipping through a booklet, which should be a manuscript left by Saphir about the follow-up development. It involved matters about the development of the Abyss Palace and the exploration plan of the Layered Abyss.

Although it was not a particularly important secret, Safir felt offended when someone was holding it in his hand and looking at it like this.

Capitano noticed Saphir's arrival. He put down the booklet in his hand, looked up at Saphir, and said without any emotion: "Aurora, how long have you not been back to winter?"

"Didn't you go to Nata? You chose to cross the entire Xumi to come to me, just to ask me such a boring question? And..." Saphir glanced at the booklet that Capitano casually placed on the table, and quickly moved his gaze to the mask on his face, "It's not in your style to casually flip through a lady's notes."

Capitano made a sound that sounded like a happy laugh in his throat, and then said, "You can take back your little secret at any time, and I will pretend that I didn't see it."

After saying that, he picked up the booklet and threw it to Safire.

Safire took the pamphlet and walked to the opposite side of Capitano, pulled out a chair and sat down, put his right leg on his left leg and crossed his legs: "You all step back."

She had a feeling that the captain would not come here just to talk about some irrelevant topics, and it would be better if what he was going to say was not heard by a third person.

The group of fools who were originally half-kneeling and trembling on the ground immediately fled out of the room as if they had been pardoned, leaving Saphir alone to face Capitano.

Seeing them fleeing in panic, Saphir took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, somewhat helplessly: "You scared my men."

"Sometimes, the situation is urgent and I don't have time to take care of these small details." Capitano explained lightly.

Safir frowned. Was the other party waiting for him to speak?

And what is an emergency? Where is the emergency now?

As if he understood Saphir's confusion, Capitano did not keep him in suspense and asked directly, "How is the matter with Xumi going?"

"Almost. I'll send someone over to the Ganlu Flower Sea. I won't go there myself. I will consider going to Fontainebleau later." Saphir answered in detail.

Capitano hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Go to Fontaine? As far as I know, that country doesn't seem to welcome you very much. If you go there as a criminal, it might bring some obstacles to Arlecino."

The meaning of these words was almost like telling Safir not to cause trouble. Alecino was capable enough and did not need other executives to cooperate with her. It would be unnecessary for Safir to go there.

Hearing this, Saphir was not angry. She shook her head and said, "You don't understand. Fontaine's prophecy is very tragic. If I have a chance of redemption, it must be there. This is my tempering, an opportunity, and something I must do."

"Opportunity..." Capitano seemed to have heard a joke, "Becoming a god? Your appetite is a bit big, Aurora. Although you are the body of a demon god, you have thrown off your own shackles. Why do you have to tie yourself up?

God’s love for the world is a cruel curse. You should understand this truth.”

"Yes, I should understand, but you also said that God loves the world..." Saphir showed a bitter smile on his face, "The so-called throwing away of shackles is nothing more than going to another sea of ​​suffering and sinking. I have never been freed, and the mark engraved in the depths of my soul has never been erased. I am still the same me."

Capitano was silent. He said this to Safire on a whim, just to test the other party's attitude, but he got this answer.

He already knew about Saphir's identity. As the first executive officer of the Fatui, he was by no means a brave but foolish warrior. He was just not particularly interested in anything, so he was indifferent.

After a while, he continued, "Columbia has already told me what you want to do in Fontaine. I can more or less guess what you want to do, but I still want to say that some prices don't have to be paid. Fontaine doesn't have tempers."

"This is not a price, and I am not firewood. This is a sin, a redemption, and a punishment." Saphir said, crossing his legs in a different position, leaning forward, looking straight at the man in front of him who was completely covering his face. "Cause and effect will always come true, and retribution will come. We will all have our final destination, or perhaps, the end."

"Since you have made your decision, I wish you all the best." Capitano said no more and ended the topic.

He is not a man who procrastinates. He will not force changes on things that Safire has already decided.

After convincing Capitano, Safire nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Okay, the small talk is over. Tell me your real purpose. Is it to deliver a message or to make a threat? Or both?

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if it was any other executive officer who showed up here, but you were dispatched for such a small matter. If I hadn't done everything perfectly, I would have really thought you were here to execute me."

"Perfect? ​​Is this really possible?" Capitano did not comment, but said, "Well, I am here to bring you a message. It should have been Tartaglia who came, but after thinking about it, I decided to come here in person to bring you the Queen's original words."

At this point, he suddenly took out a dark mask and handed it to Saphir: "Wuxin Mask, without this, it will still have some impact on your strength, right?"

Looking at the pitch-black mask handed over by Capitano, Saphir had a blank expression on his face and did not take it.

Capitano saw that Saphir didn't answer, but he didn't get angry. He just put the mask on the table and said calmly: "I know you don't want to rely on external forces, but acting on impulse won't solve any problems."

"This is not an impulsive act..." Saphir clenched his right hand and shook his head, "I just..."

“The Black Sun, the Red Moon, the Seven Kingdoms, the Sky Island, the Abyss, and the forces outside the world, we cannot do without any of them. Now that the connection with Xumi is cut off, we must make up for it from other aspects. The World Tree must not be lost.” After Capitano finished speaking, he disappeared.

Only Saphir was left staring silently at the dark Wuxin mask on the table.

The Queen's words were not difficult to understand. Among the Fatui executives, Capitano represented Nata, Dotore represented Xumi, Columbia symbolized Sky Island because of her fairy identity, and Arecino's bloodline represented the Red Moon Dynasty of Kanreya.

As the mayor of Solstice, the rooster Pulcinella naturally represents Solstice, while the representative of Fontaine is the last work of Alain Guillotin, the president of the Fontaine Academy of Sciences: the puppet Sandogne.

Scaramucci, who had already left the Fatui and was "executed" by Sapphire, is the representative of Inazuma, and Rosalin, the lady in the eighth seat, is the representative of Mond.

The representative of Liyue is Pantalone, who has always been at odds with Saphir, and Piero is the representative of the Black Sun Dynasty of Kanria.

The remaining two, Tartaglia and Saphir, are a little special.

The martial arts that Tartaglia learned from the Abyss made him inextricably linked to the Abyss, while Saphir was a force from outside the world.

This is the power symbolized by all the Fatui executives, and it was probably decided at the very beginning.

And now, Rosaline has returned and Scaramucci has faked his death and escaped, but neither of them has affected the Fatui's power in various countries. Only Doltore has run into a big problem, and all of this was caused by Saphir, so Barnabas will definitely ask about it.

This means that even if the World Tree deleted everything about Dottore, Barnabas would still be aware of it.

Although Safire had expected this, he still felt uneasy after knowing this, because the person who came to inquire about this matter was Capitano.

Although Capitano said that the person originally arranged was Tartaglia and that he came here on a whim, Safire would not easily believe this.

Maybe Capitano really made this trip on a whim as he said, but what if not?

Does this mean that Barnabas has begun to guard against her? If he sent Tartaglia, it was probably just to bring a message, and there was no other meaning. But if he sent Capitano, it meant that he might take action, which was at least a warning.

Even the possibility of hunting them down cannot be ruled out.

But then again, Capitano's words that were meant to cover up something are indeed worth pondering. He came here on a whim to bring a message...

It is possible that Barnabas himself did not mean that, but Capitano still followed the advice of others and made the trip. This is very intriguing. Who suggested this action?

What is the other party's intention? Is it to provoke or to provoke?

To drive a wedge between her and Capitano?

Or, is it to sow discord between her and the Queen?

This is intended to push her to the opposite side of the Fatui and get rid of her as soon as possible.

Saphir's eyes turned slightly cold, and the bug behind the scenes could no longer sit still.

After learning about the Severe Winter Plan, she and Alechino understood that some conflicts would probably be exposed, but Saphir did not expect that the beginning of the conflict was actually a trap set by Capitano, and it seemed that Capitano did not seem to know about it, otherwise, he would not have made such a statement, which was redundant.

If he didn't say it, Safire would really think that Barnabas was planning to turn against her. In this case, she would not dare to wear this heartless mask. Who knows what kind of conspiracy is involved?

But since Capitano said this, it means that he really didn't know about it, or he knew about it but didn't mind being used and just reminded Safire implicitly.

Saphir rubbed her brows. She felt that the plan to go to Fontaine should be put on the agenda. In any case, it would be safer to stay with Alechino. In this way, no matter what happened, they would have someone to take care of them.

As for Nata...

Saphir was a little hesitant. It was not clear whether Capitano was an enemy or a friend, so she could not trust him casually.