Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

"Hoffman!"

After passing by the group of citizens who were still chatting, it wasn't long before Sora and Paimon arrived near the Knights' headquarters, and Hoffman was already standing there waiting for them. Seeing this, Paimon greeted him from a distance.

"Oh, it's you." Seeing the two people coming, Hoffman immediately went over and said, "Thank you both for your cooperation.

Last time we talked about the "Night Hero"... Is there any other information you can provide?"

"I'm really sorry, I really don't have any other information here." Kong spread his hands and shook his head. Since he promised Diluk to help him hide his identity, Kong would never tell Hoffman anything about him.

"Really..." Although Hoffman was a little disappointed with Sora's answer, he actually expected it. After all, this elusive "Night Hero" wouldn't be so easy to find. "That's a pity."

"But speaking of which, can I ask what happened?" At this time, Sora continued, "Why are the Knights suddenly so persistent in finding the "Hero of Darkness"? And since his deeds have been circulated in Mondstadt for a long time, why do they have to look for him at this time?"

"That's right. You should provide the necessary information before asking questions. I neglected the etiquette of a knight." Hoffman quickly said to Sora in an apologetic tone, "Actually, the thing is... you guys take a look at this first."

After saying that, Hoffman took out a piece of note of medium length and showed it to the two of them.

"Wow, what ugly handwriting!" The moment Paimon saw the note, he couldn't bear to look at the handwriting on it. "Hmm, take a closer look... It seems that there are many places that I can't understand."

"Indeed, although it is a 'common language', many parts are written like 'secret code'." Hoffman nodded, "If you only read the readable parts, you can roughly understand it...

This is the declaration of war from the Abyss Cult to the "Heroes of Dark Night."

Although each country or region in Teyvat has its own language and writing system, at the same time, there is also a "Teyvat language" and a matching "Teyvat writing" circulating around the world, which is the so-called "universal language". Even the World Tree uses this writing when recording something in the form of writing.

Generally speaking, it is far more important for a Teyvatian to learn the "common language" than to learn his own local language, because at least in this way, whether he speaks or writes, people from all over the world can understand what he means, and thus communicate with them normally.

This is like the difference between Mandarin and dialects in the past. If two people from different regions speak dialects, it is highly likely that neither of them can understand what the other is saying. But if they communicate in Mandarin, there will basically be no such problem. The same is true for writing, which is the importance of "writing the same words".

"Does that mean the 'Dark Night Hero' has been completely targeted by the bad guys?" Paimon asked.

"That's right," Hoffman affirmed. "So if possible, we hope to discuss countermeasures with him as soon as possible. After all, this is not just a matter for the Dark Night Hero, but also a matter for the entire Mondstadt."

"Okay, thank you for sharing the information," said Sora. "I'll keep an eye out for it if I get a chance."

"Well, if you find anything recently, please feel free to come and see me." Hoffman thanked Kong and then turned and left. After all, he still had a patrol mission and couldn't stay here all the time. He could only return to his post as soon as possible after discussing everything with Kong.

"A declaration of war from the Abyss Cult?" After Hoffman left, Paimon immediately showed a worried expression, "Master Diluk is in trouble now, let's go and inform him!"

"Yes." Kong nodded and agreed to Paimon's words. After all, although Kong knew that Diluk was very strong, since the Abyss Cult dared to openly challenge him this time, it meant that the other party must have their confidence. Moreover, he could be considered a person standing on the same boat with Diluk, so Kong felt it was necessary to inform him.

Afterwards, they went to [Angel's Gift], and after learning from Charles that Diluk was not there, they turned around and rushed to the Dawn Winery without stopping.

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(Knights' Headquarters, Leader's Office)

"Qin?"

"Well……"

"Hey, Qin? What's wrong with you?"

"..."

"Qin!"

"Ah!" After hearing Lisa's last cry, which was raised an octave, Qin finally came back to her senses from her dazed state, "What...what happened?"

"What's wrong? I wanted to ask you what's wrong." Lisa rolled her eyes at Qin in annoyance. "You looked like you were still sleepy when you came to the office this morning. You didn't even hear me when I called you several times just now."

"Ah, this..." Qin finally realized what was wrong with her. But when she thought of the reason, her face suddenly turned red with double meanings -

Just last night, she was lying in the bathtub, fantasizing about herself and Diluk doing all kinds of unspeakable things like the characters in the novel, and she had unknowingly exhausted her strength and energy, and then fell into a deep sleep in the water.

At about midnight, the water in the bathtub had already cooled down, so Qin was woken up by the cold. Although she left the bathtub in time, quickly wiped her body and put on a thicker nightgown to avoid catching a cold, the coldness made her unable to sleep for half the night.

Therefore, it is very normal for her to feel so sleepy in the morning due to lack of sleep.

"Qin, tell me the truth." Staring at Qin's pair of light dark circles under her eyes, Lisa teased with a gossipy tone, "Last night, were you mesmerized by the contents of those two books?"

"I...how can I..."

"That's because I'm fantasizing too much about you and Diluk." Lisa's smile widened. "Anyway, no matter what the situation is, it's definitely related to this."

"Hmm..." Qin lowered her head again. This time she really had nothing to refute, so she could only let Lisa laugh at her.

But Lisa didn't take the opportunity to laugh at her as she thought. Instead, she walked up to her and said in a mysterious tone, "You don't need to be so hungry. After all, it won't be long before you don't need to rely on your imagination alone."

"What do you mean by hungry or not..." Qin first said to Lisa, then looked at her with a puzzled look on her face, "Also, what do you mean by that?"

"Hehe..." Lisa didn't explain, but patted Qin's shoulder and said, "Just focus on your work in the next few days, because you will soon be able to have your "vacation" again."

After saying that, Lisa turned and left the leader's office, leaving Qin sitting in her seat alone, puzzled.

It's no wonder that Qin couldn't understand what Lisa meant. After all, people who didn't know the whole story naturally couldn't understand it, even though Qin was actually one of the protagonists in the incident. What's more, Qin was not like Lisa, who had a "Mr. Menma" to provide her with information related to this matter.

[Forget it, I won't think about it for now.] In the end, Qin shook her head and stopped thinking about it. [Lisa must have her own reasons for saying this. I'll just wait for the result.

I just hope...what she said wouldn't be something that would embarrass me...】

"Knock, knock, knock!" At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the office door, interrupting Qin's thoughts.

"Please come in." Seeing that the serious business had come, Qin quickly suppressed all her emotions, put on her proper appearance as the "acting leader" again, and told the person outside the door that they could come in.

"Report!" The office door was opened, and Hoffman walked in with the note, "Captain Qin, I have something important to report."

"What's the matter?" Seeing Hoffman's serious expression, Qin realized that it was probably not a trivial matter, so she also took a serious attitude and said, "Tell me."

"It's about the 'Dark Night Hero'..." Hoffman handed the note to Jean, "This is the declaration of war from the Abyss Cult against the 'Dark Night Hero'."

"Declaration of war?!" Qin was stunned for a moment, and quickly took the note and read it carefully. Although Qin couldn't understand the "secret code" part, she only needed to read the other parts that she could understand.

"I have asked the Honor Knight to collect information about the Dark Night Hero and try to find out his identity." Hoffman continued, "But I feel that it will be difficult to make any progress. Because judging from the Honor Knight's appearance, he doesn't seem to have found any clues about this."

"Indeed." Jean nodded. "The Dark Night Hero has been in Mondstadt for such a long time and no one has been able to find him. It is indeed difficult for the Honor Knight, who has been in Mondstadt relatively recently, to find him."

Having said that, in fact, in Qin's heart, she had already guessed the identity of the "Dark Night Hero". However, due to insufficient evidence and it having no impact on her, she never went to verify it.

Until... today when Hoffman came to report this to her.

"The Abyss Cult has come with ill intentions this time. If anything happens to the Dark Night Hero, it will only encourage the enemy." Hoffman said worriedly, "Moreover, the Dark Night Hero's personal heroism is really a loss of the authority of the Knights.

Captain Jean, we'd better find the "Hero of the Dark Night" as soon as possible and protect him, otherwise... this will have a strong impact on both the Knights Templar and the entire Mondstadt.

Although... there are still no clues so far..."

"..." After listening to what Hoffman said, Qin did not make a decision immediately, but fell into silence.

Hoffman was right, and if the Knights discussed this together, the result would most likely be the same. After all, the Knights of Favonius are Mondstadt's armed forces, as well as the symbol of national guards, leaders, and law enforcers. Allowing the existence of personal heroism such as the "Night Heroes" who do not belong to the Knights will indeed challenge the authority of the Knights.

It is also for this reason that if the "Hero of Dark Night" really accepted the challenge of the Abyss Cult and went to fight alone and won, it would definitely cause some Mond people to question the Knights who are in charge of all this, and turn to support this kind of personal heroism that is not in the interests of the Knights.

If the Dark Hero loses, it will be a slap in the face of the entire Mondstadt, and neither the Knights nor anyone else will be able to escape. Jean is now very fortunate that the Abyss Cult has not yet been informed by any ordinary citizen that it has issued a declaration of war to the Dark Hero, so no matter what the result will be, the Knights can take this opportunity to quickly block the news to avoid more possible trouble.

For the sake of Mondstadt, for the Knights Templar, and for the "Hero of the Dark Night" himself, there is nothing wrong with Jean giving the order to do so on behalf of the entire Knights Templar.

but……