Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

"By the way Menma, I suddenly remembered something."

Inside the Kamui Space, next to a half-man-high platform made of earth escape technique, Hashirama was fiddling with Menma's blood-stained back with extremely clumsy movements while speaking.

“Shh… If you have any questions, finish this first… Uh ahhhhh!!! Be gentle with your hands!”

"Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry..."

(A few minutes later)

"MLGBZD, if something like this happens again, I will never ask you to do it even if I have my shadow clone to deal with it for me... It hurts me so much, you idiot..." Menma burned the blood-stained tissue in his hand with fire, and after wrapping the bandage again, he covered his lower back with his hand and uttered a sweet word while gritting his teeth.

"I've never done anything like this before. I don't have any experience at all..." Hashirama stood by and said timidly, but still tried to excuse himself.

"I don't have any relevant experience, so why didn't I make you almost die in pain when I was doing it to you, you idiot?!" Upon hearing this, Menma immediately yelled at Hashirama in annoyance.

"Uh...this..."

"I'm really impressed by your rudeness..." Shaking his head, Menma really didn't want to continue dwelling on this issue, otherwise he would probably be angered to death on the spot by the idiot Hashirama.

After a long time, Menma finally calmed down a little, looked at Hashirama and said, "What did you want to tell me just now?"

"Oh, it's about it." Hashirama pointed at the Outer Path Demon Statue not far away.

"What's wrong?" Menma didn't quite understand what Hashirama meant. "Didn't I tell you that this thing can only be dealt with after you have the Rinnegan?"

"Although it is true, it seems to have an ability that we can directly utilize without the help of the Rinnegan." He had always failed to understand what Menma meant, and today he finally saw that Menma did not understand what he meant, so Hashirama seemed a little proud.

"It can be utilized without the help of the Rinnegan..." Menma pondered for a moment, and after accidentally glancing at Hashirama, he suddenly thought of something, "You mean... White Zetsu?"

"Eh?"

Hashirama was stunned for a moment. How could Menma guess his thoughts so quickly?

"The main reason is that apart from this ability, I really can't think of any other ability that the Outer Path Demon Statue can use without the control of the Samsara Eye." Menma said, "Not to mention that you were standing in front of me and gave me a hint."

"I gave you a hint? When did I..." Hashirama, who was confused, was about to retort, but suddenly remembered his current identity and lost his temper. "That's right..."

The raw material needed to make White Zetsu with the Outer Path Demon Statue is not me...

Since the Ten-Tails can gradually transform all humans who are affected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi into higher quality White Zetsu, the Gaiden Demon Statue, as the predecessor of the Ten-Tails, or to some extent equivalent to the "skeleton" of the Ten-Tails, naturally retains some similar abilities.

However, this ability has naturally been greatly weakened. Unable to summon the sacred tree, unable to perform infinite moon reading, and even its own power and level are not that high, the Outer Path Demon Statue naturally cannot be like the Ten Tails, and cannot even directly devour human flesh for transformation.

However, cells like Hashirama's, which contain extremely strong vitality and growth potential, as well as a strong Yang-style chakra foundation and Wood-style abilities that are to some extent homologous to and close to the Divine Tree, can be absorbed by the Outer Path Demon Statue, and then gradually transformed into White Zetsu and born.

Although the quality of this White Zetsu is definitely not as good as the White Zetsu made by the Ten-Tails, it can be mass-produced at a relatively low cost.

Using the Ten Tails to mass-produce White Zetsu will cause who knows how much harm to humans it will cause. You can use the Outer Path Demon Statue and Hashirama's cells to mass-produce White Zetsu. You only need to prepare a fresh Hashirama, a scraping knife and enough food (dog head).

What's more, the world Menma, Hashirama and the Outer Path Demon Statue are in is not the Ninja World. Even if they can find a way to turn the Outer Path Demon Statue into the Ten-Tails, they don't know if they can use the humans of Teyvat to create White Zetsu, and in their opinion, it is relatively unlikely.

"In that case..." At this point, Menma's tone suddenly became dangerous, "Then do you want to give it a try?"

"Hmm?" Suddenly, feeling that the atmosphere was a little off, Hashirama shuddered and slowly turned his head to look at Menma. Since Menma was not wearing a mask at this time, the weird smile on his face was displayed in front of Hashirama without any hindrance.

"After all, we have to try everything. We are not sure whether this method is easy to implement or not, and whether the White Zetsu we create will listen to us."

While talking, Menma took slow steps, step by step, approaching Hashirama. Hashirama, who felt a little scared, took a step back involuntarily every time Menma took a step forward:

"Well... Menma... um... can we talk it over nicely?" Hashirama's panic was clearly written on his face. "You look like this... I'm a little scared..."

Hashirama recalled the time when Menma asked him for cells to extend the life of the Mangekyō. The feeling Menma gave him now was exactly the same as when he did back then, both of them looked like they were greedy for his body.

Unexpectedly, Menma didn't slow down his pace at all after hearing this. At the same time, his next words also showed that he simply stopped pretending and completely revealed his thoughts:

"When you transplanted the Sharingan into me just now, you made me feel so miserable..." If Menma was given a flashlight, his face would definitely scare a child to tears. "Before this, when I transplanted the Sharingan into you, I was too kind and didn't let you experience this feeling. But now, it's not too late...

"Hashirama, be good, come here, let me, your good brother, give you a good treatment, scrape, scrape, sha——"

"Don't come over!!!"

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"I didn't expect to find Dragon Tears in a place like this."

At this moment, in the Thousand Winds Temple, the group of monsters that suddenly appeared had been killed by several people. After dealing with these obstacles, Qin led everyone to find the Dragon Tear Crystal hidden inside the temple.

"As a knight, I am very confident in the skill of 'searching'." Qin said.

"Oh! Really reliable." Paimon praised her. Although he didn't know how Qin was doing on weekdays, she was the first to discover this Dragon Tear Crystal, so Paimon would naturally agree with Qin.

"The key to this technique is to find what you want to find without even realizing it." After hearing Paimon's praise, Jean shared her own experience, "For example, you didn't intend to find it at all, and you just casually looked around, and suddenly found it under the table."

"...Huh?" After thinking it over carefully, Paimeng suddenly realized that something seemed amiss. Isn't this "method"... just what is called letting fate take its course?

"Also be careful not to look too hard, because the harder you look, the harder it will be to find it." Qin continued, "Use the corner of your eye to accidentally see that thing..."

"This doesn't seem to be much of a skill!" Paimon couldn't help but complain in the end.

"It's very useful." Qin said, "When my little turtle went missing, I used this method to find it back."

Hearing this, Paimon was stunned, a little bit unable to believe his ears: "...Captain Qin, have you ever raised a little turtle?!"

"What's wrong? Little Paimon?" Qin felt a little strange about Paimon's reaction.

Paimon, who was simulating the scene in his mind, was a little stunned: "No...it's hard to imagine...what a shocking scene this is."

"?"

"Anyway, it doesn't fit the image of Captain Jean... Oh, Master Diluk should understand, right?"

Paimon turned to Diluk, intending to ask for his opinion. But Diluk shook his head at her.

"Can't understand."

Then, as Paimon looked even more shocked, Diluk said, "I also had one when I was a kid. There's nothing strange about it."

"you also--?!"

Paimon's face was full of questions and he felt that his worldview was about to collapse. He didn't expect that people like Jean and Diluk, who were serious, high-ranking, or wealthy, had once... raised turtles? Paimon's walnut-sized brain really couldn't combine the image of the two with "people who raise turtles", who are generally gentle and delicate in the eyes of the public.

However, let's not talk about Paimon's brain crash. Just after Diluk said that he had raised a turtle before, Jean's face suddenly turned red again.

Originally, this topic was nothing special, but having just experienced that incident, Qin became a little uncomfortable whenever she thought about Diluk.

Coincidentally, the little turtle that Diluk mentioned "as a child" was the one he and Qin raised together.

In addition to the fact that they were seniors and juniors in the Knights, they could actually be considered childhood sweethearts. This was normal, after all, both the Gunnhild family and the Leggenfind family were both "Mond nobles" and "a family of knights with a good family background", and they had a relatively harmonious relationship with each other, so the younger generations of the two families would often communicate with each other.

This is how Diluc and Jean got to know each other when they were young. They were playmates when they were children, and when they grew up, they became colleagues in the Knights. The relationship between the two became closer and closer during the many years they spent together, and a seed of special feelings was planted in Jean's heart.

The fact that she is now a girl who likes to read romance novels alone and longs for a sweet love is closely related to her past.

Although things happen unexpectedly, Diluk's personality changed drastically because of the incident between the dragon Ursa and the Inspector General Ilok, and he quit the Knights and became a different person from her, but the feelings in Jean's heart have never changed. The unique way she called Diluk "Senior" is a reflection of this.

Although they later became "Captain Jean" and "Master Diluk" respectively, Jean had to suppress this feeling in her heart with shackles for various reasons. But today, with Diluk's unintentional handholding, the shackles loosened up a lot.

After all, aren't some accomplishments achieved slowly and unintentionally?

It's a pity that neither Menma nor Venti is here. Otherwise, they would definitely choose to take advantage of the situation and assist Jean and Diluk.

However, although they are not here, Sora is here...

"Captain Qin, why is your face so red?" Sora, who had noticed this a long time ago, asked her, "You were like this before at the Fatui base. Are you feeling unwell?"

"Eh?!" Qin didn't expect to be noticed by Kong, so she was shocked, "No... No..."

"If you have anything to say, just say it. Otherwise, it will affect your condition." At this time, Diluk also said to Qin. It was impossible for him not to notice the movement here. "Don't say it's because of the heat this time. I don't believe that as the acting leader, you will blush like this because of the temperature or the amount of exercise."

It has to be said that with a cold personality and never actively considering such things, Diluk was indeed quite slow to understand Jean's condition. Now, even though Sora and Paimon had noticed something was wrong, Diluk simply thought that Jean just had a physical problem and didn't tell them.

"Um... Captain Qin doesn't seem to have any health problems." Paimon whispered to the air quietly, "It looks more like..."

"Shh..." Kong made a gesture to keep quiet, "Don't say anything about this..."

“I… I…” Seeing Diluk walking towards her, Jean’s face instantly turned redder. She stammered and couldn’t utter a word. She even couldn’t help but take a step back. “I… I’m not…”

"Don't keep it to yourself. Do you want us to worry about your situation?" Seeing that Jean couldn't explain anything, Diluk couldn't help but frown. He was really worried that something was wrong with Jean. Even if he hated the Knights, he wouldn't stand by and watch them die or really take advantage of them, especially since this person was Jean.

However, after hearing Diluk's words, Jean, whose mind was already extremely confused, for some reason automatically took Diluk's words out of context:

[Senior Diluk... is worried about me...]

Things that seem ordinary can have completely different meanings when understood differently.

[He is worried about me... Could it be... Could it be...?]

At this moment, Diluk stood in front of Qin and put one of his hands on Qin's hot forehead: "So hot? Do you have a fever?"

What he didn't know was that this action, which seemed rather presumptuous to outsiders, became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

As waves of "steam" emerged, Qin, who had already been defeated by her own thoughts, suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of shame in her heart, and then she slowly collapsed against the wall beside her...

"Eh? Captain Qin!"

"Qin! What's wrong with you?!"