Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

"What are the Fatui doing here? This place is so close to the gate of Mondstadt..." Looking at the group of Fatui hiding in plain sight, Klips's expression became very solemn. "I have a feeling that this is definitely not a good thing."

"That's what I was thinking," Menma said. "In that case, why don't we just go over and investigate. Hashirama, walk lightly, and we'll follow quietly."

"clear."

So the three of them quietly went down the small hill where they were, and while ensuring their concealment, they caught up with the team of Fatui at a relatively fast speed.

Menma and Hashirama even used transformation techniques to create a lot of bushes and branches on their bodies to act as ghillie suits. The use of this otherworldly ninjutsu really surprised Cripps, a native of Teyvat.

Soon, the three of them caught up with the Fatui and followed them at the same speed at a suitable distance behind them. However, none of them said a word along the way, which disappointed Menma and Hashirama who wanted to steal information through their conversation.

However, this disappointment did not last long, because as they walked, the three saw a man appear in front of the Fatui. The man was just dressed as an ordinary businessman, but looking at the appearance of the Fatui, the three knew that this so-called "businessman" was the target of their action.

"Are the goods ready?" At this time, a Fire Debt Collector who was the leader of the team of Fatui asked the man.

"Everything is ready. Please follow me, sirs." The merchant answered calmly, and then led the Fatui in one direction. "I have imprisoned them all in a cave, and the sirs can inspect the goods directly on the spot."

[“They”? Imprisoned?] Hearing these two words, Menma was shocked. [Could it be that the so-called “goods” that person said he would give to the Fatui were actually people?]

The "merchant" and the Fatui had never expected that there were three people following them. They had never expected that these two simple words would reveal the content of their "deal".

Soon, the "merchant" led the Fatui to a hidden cave entrance. The debt collector, as the captain, left two musket guerrillas to guard the door, and then led the others to follow the "merchant" into the cave.

"What should we do?" Seeing this, Krips asked Menma. He believed that these two powerful benefactors would definitely find a way to solve all this.

"You stay here and wait for us, Mr. Cripps. Hashirama and I will quietly break in from the front." Menma made arrangements quickly. "I think it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with them."

Although the words "quietly" and "frontal assault" don't seem to fit together, Klips believes that the two can definitely do it in a way that he doesn't know.

After remembering the location of Cripps, Menma used the ninjutsu - camouflage to hide himself and Hashirama, then quietly walked towards the cave.

[Disappeared?!] Seeing Menma and Hashirama disappear in front of him like that, Cripps was very surprised at first, but when he thought about their strength and endless mysterious methods, he gradually became accustomed to it.

Although the Ninja Technique - Camouflage cannot hide one's own scent, on the one hand, neither of them has any strong smell, and on the other hand, the Fatui's sense of smell is not as sensitive as that of a dog, so the two are not worried about this matter.

Sure enough, when the two men came up to them, the two musket guerrillas still hadn't noticed them and were still standing there motionless, scanning the front.

Menma gestured to indicate that they would deal with each of them one by one, and then he and Hashirama walked behind the two Gun Rangers respectively, and then suddenly attacked at the same time.

"Well!……"

The guerrilla soldier felt the wind in his ears and realized something was wrong. Just as he was about to shout, Menma covered his mouth tightly with his hand. Then, a deep bloody wound cut by the kunai appeared on his neck. He struggled silently and weakly for a few times before he died.

The musket in his hand had been snatched away by Menma and thrown aside long before his throat was cut, which naturally eliminated the possibility of him firing a warning shot.

At the same time, another guerrilla soldier had also been dealt with by Hashirama. However, compared to that, his situation was much better: he was only slashed on the side of his neck by Hashirama's knife, and he fell to the ground unconscious before he could even react.

After revealing himself and confiscating the two men's firearms and evil eyes, Menma said, "Didn't you just kill him?"

"Ah? Um... I..." Hearing Menma's question, Hashirama suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

"what happened?"

"I... I still don't really want to kill anyone... I can forget about killing those slime hillbillies before, but if it's about really killing someone... I've never done such a thing..."

"Ah..." Menma sighed, "I know what you are worried about, but you have to remember one thing: when facing the enemy, they will not care whether you dare to kill people or not. As long as you don't kill them, they will kill you and the people around you."

"But... well, okay..." In the end, Hashirama still forced himself to suppress his emotions and prepared to really kill someone. Although... this was too painful for him, who was kind and had never killed anyone in his two lifetimes.

Menma also knew this, after all, he had been through the same thing. But he was not going to say anything more to Hashirama, after all, the more he said, the more mistakes he made, and who knew if his words would have any impact on Hashirama's courage.

Afterwards, the two used camouflage to hide themselves again and slowly walked into the cave.

"…This is the entire quantity of this batch of goods. My Lords, if it is convenient for you now, you can just take them away." Not long after they left, the two heard voices coming from deep in the cave.

"Well done, Chayevich. After we bring them back, I will ask the executive officer for a reward for you."

"Thank you, sir. After all, this is all for the great cause of Her Majesty the Queen..."

[Chayevich?!] Hearing this once familiar name, Menma was surprised and confused, and a surge of anger suddenly burned in his heart, [I knew that you were indeed a spy sent by the Fatui... Since I have caught you here, you can forget about returning in one piece!]

In the game, Chayevich is definitely an NPC that many players particularly hate. Menma once suspected that he was sent by the Fatui, but unfortunately he was unable to take action against such NPCs at that time.

And now, since Chayevich himself has met Menma in the real Teyvat, and his identity as a person sent by the Fatui has been confirmed, it is impossible for Menma to let him go, both morally and logically.

When they reached the right distance, they looked deeper into the cave: they saw several wooden and iron cages of different sizes placed on the sides, all of which contained pale and skinny people. Although there were men, women, young and old, most of them were children who looked like they were no more than ten years old.

In the middle of this pile of cages, Chayevich and the group of Fatui continued to talk.

"What should we do, Menma?" Hashirama came over and asked quietly, "If a fight breaks out here, it will easily affect those people in the cages."

"Hmm... this is easy. You stay here quietly while I go outside to create some noise to lure them out. When most of them come out, preferably all of them, you use Wood Release to partition the cave in the middle and surround them from behind. Then I'll take action outside and attack them from both sides.

If someone insists on guarding and refuses to leave, then you should first use Wood Release to kill the person who is left behind, or at least imprison him, and then block the cave."

"Huh... no problem!" When he thought that someone might really be killed on his hands, Hashirama took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and said in a firm tone.

"action!"

Following Menma's order, Hashirama retreated to a corner in the middle of the cave and continued to observe the situation inside. Menma picked up the two captured muskets and two evil eyes and ran back out of the cave.

Looking at the evil eye in his hand, Menma remembered what happened to Cripps and decided to inject a small amount of chakra into the evil eye to see if he could mobilize the power of the evil eye.

The result made Menma very satisfied: after the chakra, which is a combination of physical energy and spiritual energy, entered the evil eye, the evil eye consumed it as a substitute for vitality. At the same time, a large amount of fire elemental power emerged on it, using the evil eye itself as a medium for Menma to use in any form.

Seeing that he was able to use the Evil Eye to manipulate the elemental force so smoothly, and that the elemental force seemed to be easier to master than he had imagined, Menma knew that this could be studied in the future as a development direction that could enhance his own strength.

So, he hung the activated evil eye on his body, picked up two fire guns with both hands and poured the fire elemental power into them. Then he raised his hands and pointed the guns at the sky that was gradually entering the night:

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."