……

After a period of buffering, most players finally reacted to the news of the Emperor's murder.

Although I don't want to believe this bad news, the facts are right in front of me.

While they were grieving, they couldn't wait to start the next plot, wanting to know whether the plot would reveal who "murdered" the emperor.

Ningguang didn't leave since she didn't find Su Li. After comforting the very sad Keqing, she just stood behind Keqing, obviously determined not to leave until she found the murderer who murdered the Emperor.

"Ying, what should we do? We seem to be considered suspicious persons in the game!"

While Paimon was controlling the travelers to avoid the search of the Thousand Rocks Army, he looked bitterly at Ying, who also had a bad expression on his face.

"I can only run away first..." Although those who are involved are often confused, those who are not involved can see things clearly. Ying, who was separated by a screen, knew that at this time as long as she explained to the Qianyan Army or the Liyue Seven Stars, the possibility of her being the murderer would naturally be ruled out. However, the game did not give her the option of explanation at all, so she could only follow the plot, avoid the Qianyan Army's search first, and then make long-term plans.

But I don’t know if it’s because Ying in the game had bad luck. He hadn’t run far when he was surrounded by two groups of Qianyan troops, one from above and one from below, at a step.

Just as Ying in the plot drew out his sword and prepared to escape by force, a frivolous and somewhat familiar male voice came from outside the screen.

"Miss, be careful not to move."

As the voice fell, an orange-haired young man appeared in front of Ying with several water arrows, and then knocked out all the Qianyan soldiers on the scene in a few seconds.

what--? !

Ying subconsciously looked at Tartaglia, who was sitting next to Zhongli and staring at the screen with a dazed look on his face. He thought, if he was not mistaken, the orange-haired young man who helped him out of the predicament in the screen should be the one next to him, right?

Who is this person? !

Why should he help himself out? !

At this time, cold sweat broke out on Tartaglia's forehead. Although he was relatively low-key when he came to the Internet cafe, his orange hair and clothes that were not in the Liyue style still attracted a lot of people's attention.

As soon as they saw his figure appear in the game, many customers who were wondering about something, as well as Tianquanxing who was standing behind Yuhengxing not far away, looked over with inquiring looks on their faces.

If he had not just knocked out the Qianyan Army in the game and didn't do anything else, he estimated that Tianquanxing would have asked the Qianyan Army patrolling around to capture him long ago.

just now.

Tartaglia watched himself in the game running away with the Traveler, and he only hoped that his in-game self would be smarter and not expose himself so easily...

“…Ah! By the way! Who are you, young man?”

"You can call me [Young Master]..." Hearing Paimon's question, Tartaglia in the game did not hesitate at all, especially after Paimon misunderstood the meaning of his name, he explained enthusiastically, "...[Name] is just a code name, just like...the [lady] you met in Mondstadt..."

"[Madam]...[Sir]...Are you the Fatui's executive officer?!"

Fatui Executor?!

The crowd, who had just finished the main storyline in Mondstadt and had no good feelings towards the Fatui executive lady who had taken the Wind God Barbatos, all looked at the orange-haired young man in the corner of the Internet cafe with strange expressions.

"I know who murdered the Emperor!"

"I think I know it too!"

"Is there any need to think about this? With the behavior of the Fatui, if they hadn't murdered the Lord Emperor, I would have been stoned to death on the spot!"

Ningguang came to Tartaglia at some point. Looking at Tartaglia who was scratching her head awkwardly, she said calmly, "Tell me, is there anything else you want to say?"

"Uh... I... I didn't do anything!" Tartaglia looked very innocent. "Are people from the Fatui not allowed to come to the Internet cafe to surf the Internet?"

“That’s not what I’m talking about.” Ningguang stared at the changes in Tartaglia’s expression and said in a serious tone, “Did you, the Fatui, do anything to murder the Emperor? Or did you do it?”

"This... I don't know this! Didn't the murder of the Rock King happen during the Summoning Immortals Ceremony in the game? It's not the Summoning Immortals Ceremony yet..." Tartaglia felt very aggrieved. Looking at Ningguang of Tianquan Star, who was about to capture him if he didn't tell the truth, he questioned, "Although I have certain strength as an executive of the Fatui, I don't think I can assassinate a 'Martial God' who has never abandoned his divine power so silently... Compared to me, it's you and your seven stars. The response to the murder of the Emperor is inexplicably weird and rough... So, what evidence do you have to show that this is not a play directed and performed by you, the Seven Stars of Liyue, with the purpose of... putting the blame of your 'killing the king and seizing the throne' on others?"

"You're talking nonsense! Anyone can plot to murder the Emperor, but we Seven Stars will never have any unfavorable thoughts towards the Emperor!" After hearing what Tartaglia said, Keqing, who had been silent, suddenly raised her blood pressure.

“Oh? Really…” Tartaglia chuckled, not taking Keqing’s surging lightning elemental power seriously at all, and said in a deep voice, “But why did I hear that at the Summoning Immortal Ceremony last year, you, Yuheng Star, one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, did not show enough respect for the Geo King Emperor?”

"you!"

Keqing's eyes were burning with anger. If Ningguang hadn't remained calm and pulled Keqing back, there might have been a big battle between the Seven Stars of Liyue and the Fatui executive in the Internet cafe today.

"Okay, what are you guys arguing about?" Su Li, who had just returned to the Internet cafe, smelled gunpowder all over the room. He looked at Keqing and Tartaglia, who were on edge, and understood what had happened in an instant. Seeing that the tense atmosphere had eased a bit because of his appearance, he smiled and said, "Since there is no evidence to show who was involved in the murder of Emperor Rock, why not continue with the plot? Isn't it too late to settle the score after the truth comes out?"

Su Li's words made Keqing and Tartaglia stunned. They thought that indeed, when everything is unclear now, if they argue about right and wrong, there will always be one side that will not accept it.

Not to mention...the Emperor has not been murdered in reality.

Since we already knew in advance that such a terrible thing would happen at the Immortal Summoning Ceremony, whether Liyue made preparations in advance or reported the matter to Emperor Geo, wouldn't it be possible to avoid this incident with a high probability?

If that’s the case, then what’s the point in arguing about who’s right and who’s wrong now?

"Hmph! The [Young Master] of the Fatui, huh? You'd better not fall into my hands next time!" Keqing glared at Tartaglia who was showing a grateful expression to Su Li, and returned to her seat angrily.

……

Zhongli, who had been sandwiched between Tartaglia and Keqing like a transparent man, relaxed his brows and quietly withdrew the rock elemental power condensed in his hands after seeing that Keqing and Tartaglia did not fight.

Since there was no fight, there was no need for him to take action.

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