Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

(At the same time, on the other side)

"You are also interested in him."

Shortly after watching the carriage carrying Diluk and Cripps drive into the city, Lawrence was visited by Sora and Paimon who were trying to gather information along the way.

"Hey, to be honest, I'm one of the witnesses of the "Hero of the Dark Night." Seeing that the two of them were obviously very interested in this, Lawrence also put on a proud look and planned to share his previous experience with them.

"Wow, I've found the right person now." Seeing that he was finally going to get useful information, Paimon couldn't help but say, "So who is the "Dark Night Hero"? "

"Hey~ Don't be impatient, let me tell you slowly." Lawrence raised his hand to signal Paimon to be patient, and then he told the story of that day. "I was on patrol that night and was attracted by a little noise. I hurried over to check. I saw a group of people sneaking around as if they were plotting something.

So I quickly hid myself.”

"Hey, aren't you a guard?" Paimon couldn't hold it in any longer and complained loudly. As a Knight of Favonius and the guard of the main gate of Mondstadt, Lawrence's actions really shocked Paimon.

"And at this moment, 'that man' appeared." Lawrence didn't care about Paimon's complaints and continued to narrate. "He was dressed in a black robe, perfectly hidden in the night. To those evil people, it was like a nightmare that came quietly."

"Wow..." After hearing Lawrence's vivid description, Paimon no longer dwelled on Lawrence's previous strange behavior, as if he was immersed in this experience.

"Guess what I did at this time?" When it came to this point, Lawrence's narration came to an abrupt halt, and he asked the two people questions and asked them to guess.

"Well... run away quickly?" Kong suddenly said this, making Lawrence, who was still pretending to be mysterious, embarrassed.

"I didn't do anything bad, why are you running away?"

"So we're going to help?"

"Well... not really. In front of the Dark Night Hero, I might just be a burden, and I know this." Lawrence shook his head, "So... I went to the Knights' dormitory."

"So, you think the 'Hero of the Dark Night' will be someone from the Knights?" Hearing Lawrence say this, Kong quickly guessed what Lawrence meant.

"Yes, for someone like him who has a sense of justice and is willing to protect Mondstadt, it is only natural for him to join the Knights Templar, right?" Although Lawrence nodded, he sighed immediately afterwards, "But in fact... it seems that I was too smart. After checking the dormitory, I didn't find any signs of anyone going out."

"So they are people other than the Knights Templar?" Paimon said.

"Yes." Lawrence looked somewhat helpless, but more puzzled. "But I can't understand...why didn't such a person join the Knights? With his strength, it should be easy for him to make a difference in the Knights."

"After all, you still don't know the identity of the 'Night Hero'." Paimon was immediately furious. He thought he could finally get useful information from Lawrence, but who knew that in the end he still got nothing.

"Don't be so disappointed. At least the scope has been narrowed down, haha." Lawrence smiled heartlessly and waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing. "Why don't you go to the flower shop and ask. I heard that there was a girl who had received help from him before."

The so-called "flower shop" that Lawrence mentioned was actually Flora's stall "Flower Language" at the city gate. However, since hers was the only place selling flowers in the entire Mondstadt, everyone in the city simply called it a "flower shop."

At this time, although Flora, the "store manager", had already left work, Donna, who worked at "Flower Language", was still sorting out the goods. It just so happened that the person that Sora and Paimon were looking for was her, so the two of them walked directly in the direction of "Flower Language".

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And what is the "Dark Night Hero" that Sora and Paimon are thinking about doing at this moment?

[It seems that this is the direction...]

After touching a small spot of dirt on the wall and carefully feeling the breath contained in it, Diluk couldn't help but frown.

[The guys from the Abyss Cult... actually dared to sneak into Mondstadt?] His eyes revealed a hint of ruthlessness, [It seems that the lesson you learned from the last Wind Dragon incident was far from enough...]

This stain looked very familiar to Diluk, and it was obviously left by an unknown Abyss Mage. Since this kind of filth appeared, it meant that the Abyss Mage had used his power here, and did not completely clean up the traces afterwards.

Putting aside the question of what they are trying to do by exerting their power here, just talking about the issue of dealing with traces, Diluk feels that there are doubts: since they dare to send people into Mondstadt to lurk, it means that the lurking Abyss Mages at least have a certain strength in anti-reconnaissance, and they will definitely not make such a low-level mistake as leaving a little filth behind.

Then there are only two possibilities: either it was left here intentionally by the Abyss Mage, and it is unclear whether it is a mark or a bait; or it was disturbed by some unknown external factors at the time, and there was no time to clean up the traces.

[No matter what the reason is... you, don't even think about escaping today. ]

Thinking of this, Diluk drew out the Greatsword of Zephyr and chased in the direction where the clue extended.

As for why he didn't use "Wolf's End"... Diluk said that it was not worth using such a legendary artifact to deal with such a small mouse that crawled out of the gutter.

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([Wind Embrace] Room)

Although Jue, Wendy, and Brize were still doing their best to take care of the two people lying on the bed, they had no idea - the two people in front of them seemed to be lying there motionless, but in fact... in their respective consciousnesses, they had no idea how long they had been fighting.

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"boom!"

As the sound of metal clashing was heard, the two fighting figures suddenly separated and each retreated a few steps to the back.

This was Menma's consciousness space, but unlike before, it had already turned into a desolate and cold battlefield. Although there were no other people around, and there were no mountains of corpses or seas of blood, the solemn and terrifying atmosphere did not weaken even a little bit.

"Tsk..." Looking at the figure standing opposite him, with whom he had just fought for countless rounds, Menma couldn't help but be on his guard.

At this time, the robe he was wearing had long been damaged and disappeared in the previous battle, and even his body had several scratches and bruises from being hit.

On the other hand, although Menma had hit the man opposite him several times, it was impossible to judge the extent of his injuries because his entire body was covered in a blurry black color.

"You have managed to hold on until now, which is beyond my imagination." At this time, the man suddenly spoke, "You are just an ordinary person who has obtained this power, but you can fight with me for so long without being obviously at a disadvantage..."

His voice was very strange and varied. In just half a sentence, it included a variety of sounds such as crisp, vicissitudes, and smoke. It was hard to believe that it was just one person speaking. Moreover, the language he used was Japanese. If Menma had not learned Japanese without a teacher after becoming like this, he would not have understood what the other person was saying.

"Hehe, don't underestimate anyone." Menma sneered and responded in Neon language, "I don't know how many people have suffered great losses because they underestimated their opponents. Wasn't it the same for you in the past?"

"..." The black shadow was silent for a while, and then said in a fierce tone, "Then let me see if you have such strength, so that I can continue to pay attention to you!"

After saying that, the black shadow rushed over again, raised the sharp stick-like weapon that stretched out from the palm of his hand and stabbed straight at Menma.

"No need to test it anymore!" Menma waved his sword to block the black stick, and then stretched out his other hand to grab the black shadow. However, when Menma's hand touched the black shadow's body, he grabbed nothing.

At the same time, the black shadow also flashed to the side and then kicked over with a whip-like kick.

However, Menma had anticipated all of this. He used his elbow to relieve the opponent's force, then slammed down hard.

The black shadow was somewhat helpless. He used the same trick again to make Menma's attack miss. He then stepped aside and threw out a large shuriken: "Your Taijutsu method is completely unsystematic... but it can suppress me. I have to admit that you do have some skills."

"If we are just restricted by rules and regulations, then where will progress come from?" Menma kicked the large shuriken away and stepped on it, looking directly into the other party's eyes and said, "Nothing is unchanging, including the so-called rules and traditions."

"Although what you said makes some sense, but..." The black shadow suddenly disappeared from the spot and then appeared behind Menma, "Don't you know that you shouldn't look directly into the eyes of Uchiha?"

"Shh!"

As the black stick passed, a bleeding wound suddenly appeared on Menma's back and he fell forward. But before he really fell, his body turned into a phantom and dissipated on the spot. It was obvious that this was neither a clone nor a substitute, but an illusion.

"I have the same ability now, so you don't need to teach me a lesson!" The real Menma appeared behind the black shadow and slashed it down fiercely with a knife.

The black shadow turned around and used the black stick to block the numb ninja sword, but at the moment of blocking, his hands and body immediately trembled uncontrollably.

"Tsk... supernatural powers?" After forcibly deflecting the attack, the black shadow felt a little indignant, "I didn't expect that you would also learn this ability from that guy."

"It's always good to have many skills." Menma shook the ninja sword with a few small cracks on the blade, and continued to prepare for the fight after using a small amount of supernatural power.

"Well... the game of playing house ends here." After the black shadow said this in a calm tone, he suddenly used a large amount of chakra, and then several thorny trees instantly emerged from the ground behind him, like thorns.

Menma's eyes were stern: From just now, the shadow was just fighting him with physical skills and weapons. But now, it was obvious that the shadow was going to start fighting for real.

In this case, there is no need for me to hold back any more!

"Wood Release: Cutting Technique!"

Following a loud shout from the black shadow, a large number of thorns flew out from the thorn-like branches and flew towards Menma.

"Humph." Menma ignored them and rushed towards the shadow with the wooden thorns. At the same time, a spiral wheel condensed on his left hand that did not hold the knife, and it became more and more condensed.

The wooden spikes quickly hit Menma, but just like when Menma used physical skills to deal with the black shadow before, all the wooden spikes passed through Menma's body without causing any damage.

"That's not how you use Kamui..." The black shadow felt a little disdainful, and did not stop firing the wooden spikes, just watching Menma rushing towards him. When Menma finally came to the right range, he finally virtualized himself again, trying to avoid Menma's attack, and suddenly increased the speed of firing the wooden spikes.