Genshin Impact Internet Cafe: From Wendy to Wendy

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Not long after the Internet cafe opened for business, most of the seats in the hall were occupied by customers.

When Ying and Paimeng, who had finally had a good night's sleep, walked down from the second floor, they saw that there were many more customers in the Internet cafe than yesterday.

"Oh no, let's find two empty seats quickly, otherwise there will be no seats left!"

Paimeng, who originally wanted to eat a bucket of instant noodles, didn't care about anything else. He directly pulled Ying, who was also frightened by the huge crowd, and rushed towards the few empty camera seats.

"Phew - luckily we made it in time, otherwise if we were a step slower, we would have to wait in line today." Paimeng looked at the Internet cafe hall that was completely filled with customers just after they sat down, and patted his chest with lingering fear, "Ying, you..."

Paimon turned around and was about to say something to Ying beside her, but she saw that Ying seemed to be attracted by something and was staring in a certain direction without blinking.

"Huh? Ying, what are you looking at?" Paimon followed Ying's line of sight, but apart from the huge crowd, he couldn't see anything special.

"Hmm..." Ying hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Nothing... I just felt like someone was staring at me just now... Maybe it was an illusion."

"Someone is watching?" Paimeng looked at the crowd of people staring at her and Ying Meng, puzzled, "Well... our presence in the game is so strong... It would be strange if no one is watching us, right?"

"No, it's not this kind of curious gaze, but..." Ying thought about it, but couldn't think of an appropriate adjective, so she shook her head and said, "Forget it, I can't sense it now anyway. Maybe I didn't rest well, so I felt it wrong..."

"Oh!"

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In the corner of the Internet cafe hall, under the respectful gazes of several young adventurers, 'The Great Adventurer Stanley' sat down.

"Good morning, Mr. Stanley!"

"Good morning…"

"Haha, good morning to you too, young people." Stanley greeted a few young people with a smile, but when he turned around and looked at the increasingly old himself on the black computer screen that had not yet been turned on, the smile on his face faded a little.

"Will there be the answers I want here?" Stanley turned on the computer, and his old face disappeared in the fluorescent screen. When no one was paying attention, he sighed sadly, "It shouldn't be. After all, apart from being a great adventurer, I am so inconspicuous... Even Lord Wind God would find it difficult to notice a nobody like me... Alas..."

This is Stanley's second time going online today, and his first time yesterday.

Because he is a bit old, it is very slow for him to adapt to new things like computers. But for some reason, although the progress is slow, Stanley forces himself to learn how to operate a computer in order to find an answer or for a persistence that he is not sure whether it is meaningful or not, and he stumbles through the third act of the prologue.

Stanley is also a rare person who firmly believes that everything Lord Wind God does has its own hidden meaning since the moment he first learned of Wendy's identity.

While the computer was turning on, Stanley poked his head out from behind the screen and secretly glanced at Wendy, who was behind the counter of the Internet cafe, being personally instructed by the mysterious boss Su on how to use the computer. His eyes trembled slightly: "Lord Barbatos... I have always believed in your existence..."

Perhaps it was because he was so close to Lord Wind God that Stanley, who had suffered psychological pressure for so many years, finally felt a rare sense of peace.

Stanley logged into the game and looked at the space named 'Legendary Adventurer Stanley'. Before he could figure out what to do, the screen entered a certain guidance state, leading the player to a certain interface and accepting a new task.

"This is..." Stanley looked at the task titled 'Chapter of the Song Fairy: If You Are Trapped in a Windless Land' in confusion, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

What's the name of this mission?!

Stanley's old and frail hands trembled slightly as some bad memories were brought back to him. It took him a long time to finally calm down.

"Maybe... it's just a coincidence..."

Stanley, who had barely convinced himself, remained silent for a long time, and finally started this new task with a determined face.

At the same time, many customers who completed the third act were confused by this "forced" legendary quest. However, this rare quest that the game forced them to accept still aroused their curiosity and made them want to see what kind of story this legendary quest told.

The mission begins.

The Traveler and Paimon are discussing the topic of "imaginary friends" in the square in front of Mondstadt's Westwind Cathedral.

After a few words, Wendy appeared out of nowhere and appeared in front of the traveler with an instrument made by Lisa that can see imaginary friends.

With the help of this instrument.

Players saw Nora, Flora, Timmy and Irene's imaginary friends one after another.

In addition to the little girl imagined by Nora and the puff fruit imagined by Flora, they were surprised by the 'ruin guard' imagined by Timmy and the 'Jin' imagined by Irene.

Especially when Paimon in the game learned that Timmy's imaginary friend was a ruins guard, he was encouraged by the traveler to say "Let's explore the area ahead later!" This made some customers who had tried to go out of Mondstadt to other areas in the game but were restricted and heard Paimon say similar things feel amused.

"The maggots in front~ Let's explore them later!" Some customers even imitated Paimon's speech.

"Yue~ That's enough! I'm eating instant noodles!"

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The atmosphere of these scenes seemed relaxed, and there seemed to be nothing to worry about, which gradually made Stanley relax his vigilance.

"Hmm...it seems that what happened in the previous main mission was too tense and exciting, so Boss Su specially came up with this relaxing and enjoyable mission to let everyone relax their tense nerves, right?"

But just as Stanley was thinking this with a faint smile on his face, Irene in the game suddenly mentioned a name.

"...Oh, no, I was so focused on practice that I forgot what I was supposed to do... Honorary Knight, can you help me pass a message to Jack? Jack went on an adventure to the temple of the Lion of the South Wind with Mr. Stanley today..."

Ok?

Stanley?!

This famous Mondstadt adventurer, a living legend, is known to almost everyone in Mondstadt.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Stanley would be involved in this mission!"

"That's normal, after all, Mr. Stanley is a great adventurer who was able to return safely from the Sea of ​​Silence..."

"I guess the next plot will be the traditional plot where the reckless new adventurer Jack encounters danger and Mr. Stanley rescues Jack with his miraculous power, right?"

"Hey! Even though everyone knows what the subsequent plot will be like, there's no need to say it out loud. It will ruin everyone's expectations, right?"

"Uh... sorry, I spoke too quickly!"

While everyone was talking, no one noticed Stanley in the corner, who looked a little uneasy.

Temple of the Lion of the South Wind.

The players who already had some training level quickly eliminated wave after wave of monsters, came to the depths of the temple, and met Jack and Stanley.

But when they saw Jack and Stanley surrounded by a group of "very weak" monsters, and Stanley protecting Jack but not taking any action, they were all stunned.

At this time, Stanley still hasn't taken action. What is he waiting for? !

The puzzled player stepped forward and quickly destroyed all the monsters.

Coming to Jack and Stanley who were hiding in the corner, Jack just expressed his gratitude to the traveler and others for saving him, and Stanley on the side complained: "Mind your own business! There is no need to save him! Can't I, Stanley, handle such a simple situation?!"

"Uh..." The players were speechless after hearing this. They thought that if they hadn't taken action just now, Jack and Stanley would have been torn to pieces by the monsters, right?

At this time, people who have always respected Stanley, the legendary adventurer from Mond, finally noticed something was wrong.

It seems that Stanley, the great adventurer who has been telling everyone the story of how he once returned alive from the Sea of ​​Silence, is a little...unworthy of his name?!

Especially after they cleaned up the temple, they, at Wendy's reminder, used the detection props to see Stanley's 'imaginary friend' who was covered in scars but had a resolute face, they couldn't figure it out.

"Isn't it said that only children have imaginary friends, but adults don't? Mr. Stanley, what are you doing..."

"Could it be that...the story Stanley has been telling is...false? He has never been to the Sea of ​​​​Silence?!"

"Hmm... I don't know either. Let's just keep watching..."

And the following plot seems to confirm their speculation.

Although Wendy tried her best to defend Stanley for some reason, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the [Sword of Brilliant Courage] and [Shield of Glorious Will] that Stanley mentioned were nothing more than a rusty sword and a broken wine barrel lid!

"Uh...why do I feel like...Mr. Stanley is a liar?"

"Do I need to feel this? Isn't this just a straight-up liar?!"

"Now that you mention it, it suddenly occurred to me that Stanley has been telling everyone about his experiences in the Sea of ​​Silence for so many years, but he has never mentioned any new adventure stories... As a legendary adventurer, is this... possible?"

"Hiss...So, Stanley is actually a liar, not some legendary adventurer?"

By this stage of the mission, most customers had come to their senses and began to question Stanley.

Hearing the voices around him like "Stanley is a liar", "Stanley is not a legendary adventurer", "Stanley has never been to the Ember Sea", etc., Stanley, who had done the same scene and turned pale, looked around in panic. He wanted to explain to everyone, but now, even the young people who had been very respectful to him before, quietly moved away from him, as if they didn't want to listen to what he said.

Looking at the people who were unwilling to listen to his explanation, Stanley could only repeat over and over again in pale and powerless words: "It's not like this... It's not like this..."

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