Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

"Huh...Huh...Finally solved."

The door of the tavern was pushed open, and Hoffman, who looked exhausted, walked in while panting heavily. Obviously, although the slimes were not very powerful monsters, given their size, it would definitely be very troublesome for the knights to deal with them.

"I just didn't expect that the Abyss Cult sent out only some slimes." At this point, Hoffman's tone was a little relieved, "I always feel that the Abyss Cult still underestimated us. Although Captain Jean ordered us to cooperate with the "Dark Night Heroes", although there are many of these slimes, there is actually no need for the "Dark Night Heroes" to take action. We can solve them all with just a few of us."

It was obvious that the knights, including Hoffman, had already regarded these slimes as the "troops" of the Abyss Cult to attack Mondstadt and challenge the "Heroes of the Dark Night".

It must be said that Diluk's move was indeed a brilliant one. This could not only send the knights away, making it easier for him to implement his plan, but also provide them with a false target, making them mistakenly believe that they had solved the problem, thus avoiding the exposure of his identity.

As for the "Diluc" who actually fought against the Abyss Cult guys, it goes without saying that it was Menma who used the Transformation Technique to transform into Diluc's appearance. Since Kaeya didn't know that Menma had the bug-level ability of "Transformation Technique", he would not immediately associate this matter with Menma. After all, this was not intelligence about the enemy, so Diluk was too lazy to share it with Kaeya.

Although... Kaia seemed to have come up with an even more outrageous possibility at this moment, and thus convinced himself.

"That's really amazing." After hearing Hoffman's words, Diluk said jokingly, "Why don't the Knights just change their careers and do some housekeeping services specializing in cleaning slimes? Maybe they will be more valuable than they are now."

"Mr. Diluk, please stop mocking us..."

After responding to Diluk with a wry smile, Hoffman turned to look at Sora and Paimon and asked quietly, "Traveler, Paimon, how is the matter I asked you to do?"

"Don't worry." Paimon smiled, "Master Diluk has never left here."

Paimon's words were sincere, because she did not lie. After all, the tricky part of the whole thing was not here.

"That's right." Kong also nodded, "Not only us, but all the drinkers in the tavern can testify to this."

"That's good." Hoffman nodded with satisfaction. He did not ask the drinkers around him again, because he believed that the Knight of Honor would not lie to him for no reason.

Although...his idea is not wrong.

In short, after this incident, Hoffman has completely dispelled his doubts about Diluk's identity. As for Captain Kaeya's order to keep an eye on Diluk, he just thought that Captain Kaeya was too suspicious. After all, everyone has heard or witnessed the "discord" between the two of them, so it is normal for Kaeya to find ways to make things difficult for Diluk.

Moreover, in normal times, many Knights of Favonius, including him, had also been subjected to various tortures by Kaia. Hoffman said that he had long been accustomed to such meaningless orders.

"Mr. Hoffman, this is the dandelion wine you ordered earlier." Diluk put a glass of wine on the counter and interrupted Hoffman's thoughts. "Drink it and go back early. Say hello to everyone in the Knights for me."

He saw all of Hoffman's little actions, so he didn't want him to stay here any longer, so he took out the glass of wine that Hoffman ordered before leaving and said these words in an undisguised order to leave.

"Ah... OK." Hearing the intention of sending him away in Diluke's tone, Hoffman scratched his head in dismay, walked to the counter, took the wine glass and drank it all. "I am so sorry, Lord Diluke, for disturbing you tonight. Then... I will go back to the Knights to report. Goodbye!"

After saying that, Hoffman turned and left the tavern. His departure also meant that tonight's events had come to an end.

"Hehe, the plan was successfully completed." Paimon floated to the counter and said to Diluk with a smile.

"Yeah." Diluk nodded, "You all worked hard, too."

"It's not hard, not hard." Paimon waved his hand. "Apart from setting up the 'element bait', all we did was just stay here quietly. It's not hard at all."

"That's right." Kong also came over, "We are not the ones who are really working hard tonight."

"I think I heard you guys talking about me there?"

At this moment, a familiar voice came from the staircase of the tavern. The three of them looked over there and saw Ma slowly coming down the stairs and walking towards the counter.

"Mr. Uzumaki, you're back." Seeing the real hero coming, Paimon immediately went to greet him.

"Yes, I came back after solving everything." Menma nodded, then looked at Diluk, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. The group of people from the Abyss Cult who attacked were all killed on the spot by the "Hero of the Dark Night". And there were no ordinary witnesses at the scene."

"I'm always confident in what you do." Diluk nodded, not surprised by the result.

As for Menma's hidden meaning, he had also heard it. Conversations between smart people often don't need to be so clear.

"Um... Mr. Uzumaki." At this time, Sora raised his own question, "Why did you come down from the second floor of the tavern after returning from outside the city?"

"After all, the second floor is more convenient." Menma spread his hands, "Firstly, Hoffman just left the door not far away, so I'd better not go through the front door at this time. Secondly... the door on the second floor happened to be open, so I came in from there.

As ninjas, we are used to flying over rooftops and walls, so we are also used to not taking the usual routes."

"The door on the second floor?" Diluk lowered his head and thought for a moment. He remembered that he had never opened that door before...

and many more……

After thinking of a reasonable explanation, Diluk's mouth corners suddenly rose a few pixels:

[I see... Hehe, Kaeya, Kaeya, you have been completely defeated tonight.]

Obviously, based on this detail alone, Diluk already understood what had happened on the second floor of the tavern.

"Well, now that all the problems have been solved, the whole thing is over." Menma suddenly said, "Master Diluk, can I order a drink?"

"My pleasure." Diluk brought out a glass of iced juice. It was obvious that he had prepared it for Menma a long time ago.

"Thank you."

When Menma took off his mask and drank juice, Diluk took out a bag of Mora and handed it to Sora and Paimon: "You helped me so much this time, this is a thank you gift."

"Wow! Thank you, Master Diluk!" Looking at the heavy bag of Mora, Paimon's eyes lit up and he reached out to take it while thanking him. He didn't even care that he almost dropped it to the ground due to the weight of the Mora bag.

"Master Diluk, you just gave us so many glasses of juice for free, and now this..." Kong hesitated.

"One thing is another." Diluk said firmly, asking the two to accept it. "The juice is just a reward for your previous favor, and this bag of Mora is my reward for your help this time."

"Okay." Hearing this, Kong no longer insisted and generously accepted Mora.

"Although I'm used to acting alone, it feels good to have your help." Diluk continued, with a hint of sigh in his tone, "Especially after hearing what Mr. Uzumaki said, combined with all this, I feel even more deeply about this.

If you need anything in the future, you can always come to me.”

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"I say, Master Diluk." Beside the counter, Menma suddenly raised his head and looked at Diluk, and spoke.

At this moment, Sora and Paimon had already left the tavern. As it was already late, most of the customers had already left, leaving only a few drunken drunkards, and Diluk and Menma who were still at the counter.

"Hmm?" Diluk, who was wiping his wine glass, turned his head and wanted to hear what Menma had to say to him.

"How's things going between you and Captain Jean?" Menma's expression suddenly changed from serious to gossipy, and he approached Diluk and asked.

“Uh…” Diluk’s face turned red. He had never expected Menma to say this. “Well… I’ve been quite busy lately, so… I haven’t been able to make time to meet her again…

And she is the same way..."

"Ah..." Menma sighed, "You two, it's really worth it for all of us to pair you up. Even in a place like this, you can still look so alike."

“……” Diluk lowered his head and remained silent, indicating that he didn’t want to talk.

"Let's not talk about Captain Qin for now. Apart from the winery business, the rest of your so-called busyness is probably just due to your part-time job as a Dark Night Hero."

"...Please don't call me that anymore." Diluk said helplessly. He didn't like the cliché and old-fashioned name "Night Hero" in the first place, and now Menma was teasing him about it. He felt tired when he thought about it.

"That's not important." Menma waved his hand and avoided the topic directly. "The important thing is that you should give yourself a vacation."

"But……"

"Mr. Cripps should have told you that he had come to see me."

"Uh...yeah."

"Actually, this is what he discussed with me—" Mian Mahjong told the conversation between the two men, "For the next period of time, the affairs of the winery will be fully handed over to him and Eze, and Charles will also take care of the tavern, and he will call Georg back to help as soon as possible.

As for the possible hidden threats in Mondstadt, leave them all to me and Hashirama to solve. You have seen my shadow clones before, and Hashirama also has similar abilities. With our clones, it is not a problem to find and solve threats in a large area and in a timely manner.

During this time, your mission... is to get along well with Captain Qin and try to resolve the last matter as well."

"Uh..." Diluk was completely speechless when he saw that everything in the future had been arranged so carefully and thoroughly by his father and Mr. Uzumaki.

Why do I feel like... you guys are more anxious about my life than I am? I can understand my father's side, but what's going on with you, Mr. Uzumaki?

Diluk knew exactly what Menma meant by "the last thing" but regarding Menma's unusual enthusiasm for it, Diluk thought about it but ultimately did not ask.

It is better not to ask about some things. After all, the thoughts of many powerful people are not something that ordinary people can guess. Anyway, Mr. Uzumaki is thinking about me, so I should not ask any more questions.

"You don't have to worry about Captain Qin." Menma continued, "I have already told everyone in the Knights through Miss Lisa to work harder recently and help Captain Qin share the tasks as much as possible.

Don't worry, with the premise of "giving Captain Jean time to prepare for love", I believe those knights will be very motivated to share the work with Captain Jean.