Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

(Liyue Harbor, Hall of the Rebirth)

"Master Hu, I have some urgent business to attend to and need to go out immediately. I hope you can approve it."

Inside the Wangsheng Hall, a tall man with a mature and steady appearance and an imposing manner was talking to a bored girl lying on a table in front of him. This girl was the current and 77th head of the Wangsheng Hall, Hu Tao.

After hearing the tall man's words, Hu Tao, who was wearing a Qiankun Tai Gua hat and dark brown Wangsheng Hall master's uniform, raised her head lazily, revealing her plum blossom eyes that were filled with the word "boring":

"Zhongli Keqing, don't you just want to go to a brothel to drink tea, walk the birds, and listen to music? When you did this before, I never saw you come to report to me first."

“No.” The tall man named “Zhongli” shook his head, his tone very serious, “I just observed some strange phenomena in the heaven and earth, which may have some impact on Liyue, so I plan to go over and investigate and deal with it myself.”

"What could possibly make you so anxious?" Seeing Zhongli's face, which was still calm but still revealed a bit of anxiety, Hu Tao immediately became interested. After all, she had rarely seen Zhongli's guest official have such emotions. "Do you need me to help you?"

"That's not necessary. I can go alone." Zhongli shook his head. "From a common sense point of view, although as a Liyue person, we should take responsibility when encountering such a thing, this matter has nothing to do with funeral after all. You are not good at this, and you may be in danger if you go rashly. As it happens, I know a little about this, and I believe I have enough strength to solve it, so I can go alone."

Although these were all excuses, they could not be considered complete excuses. After all, if Hu Tao really went with him, even if he did not consider the "leak of secrets", he was indeed worried about Hu Tao's safety.

"Guest Zhongli, now that you mention it, I'm even more interested." Although Hu Tao said this, she did not stand up. "However, since you said it would be dangerous for me to go, I'd better not go and cause more trouble. I'll continue to guard the Wangsheng Hall. After all, although there are no orders now, there's no guarantee that customers will come. If they come and we're not here, wouldn't that be neglecting the customers?

By the way, for the same reason, you should also remember to go early and come back early."

After saying that, Hu Tao lay back on the table, took out a set of cards that should be played by four people, and started to amuse herself. After all, she was idle anyway, so she might as well find something to do.

"Of course." Zhongli nodded, then turned and walked out of the door of the Hall of Rebirth.

[Guest Zhongli really knows a lot.] Hu Tao couldn't help but think as she looked at Zhongli's back, but then her face turned bitter, [Although, the various bills he sends back every day are also really a lot... According to the current financial situation of Wangsheng Hall, it seems that they can no longer support him...

I hope that after he finishes his work, he won’t be fascinated by some so-called antiques or operas on the way, and then come back with a bill again...】

……

(After a while, in the Qiongjiye area, Mingyun Town)

Looking at the not-too-deep puddle in front of him, located next to an abandoned mine, and the figure lying next to the puddle with half of the body submerged in water, Zhongli couldn't help but frown.

After leaving the Hall of Rebirth and walking out of Liyue Harbor, and coming to a place where he was sure there was no one around, he used his divine power to bless himself and rushed to this place at full speed. After all, such a "meteor" that obviously did not belong to this world fell on the land of Liyue, and he could not ignore it.

It was obvious that the girl lying beside the puddle was the so-called "meteor" just now.

Although he had seen such a "meteor" once before, and two of them, he did not pay much attention to it because they eventually flew over Liyue and fell in the neighboring Mondstadt area. But now, the same thing happened again, and this time it really fell in Liyue, so it was something he had to take care of.

[Counting the previous time, the total time has been less than two months. Why are there suddenly so many people from other worlds coming to Teyvat recently?

Has the world, or space, become so fragile? Or...】

After thinking about this, Zhongli couldn't help but look up at the sky with a solemn expression. To be precise, what he was looking at was not the entire sky, but the "island" above the sky that was full of mystery, taboos and dangers.

Since the girl showed no sign of waking up, and Zhongli could not clearly sense whether the energy contained in her body was a threat to Teyvat, he decided to temporarily seal her with his own power. As for how to deal with her in the future, that would be left for the future.

Neither letting the girl go rashly nor getting rid of her directly seemed to be a good choice. After all, he did not know all the information about her, and did not know whether she would pose a threat to Liyue, and what the consequences would be if he did so. Therefore, after much thought, sealing her temporarily was the most appropriate approach.

Thinking of this, Zhongli began to mobilize his divine power once again, attempting to seal the girl on the spot.

Soon, four roughly rectangular ridges filled with divine power and pure rock elemental power rose from the ground, with the girl's position as the center, distributed in a square at the four corners. Then, a four-sided rock element barrier gradually formed between the ridges, connecting the ridges in pairs while sealing the tops at the same time, as if forming a cubic box, locking the girl inside.

At the same time, a large number of ochre-colored runes appeared on the ground, quickly crawled onto the girl's body and formed something like a chain that imprisoned her body.

After all, sealing a seal is not as simple as just setting up a barrier.

Since the girl is currently unconscious and naturally will not resist, Zhongli's process of sealing her is particularly smooth.

But just when Zhongli thought everything was over, a burst of black and white light suddenly emanated from the girl's body. Then, three light balls formed by black and white light, but with different specific proportions, emerged from the girl's chest one after another, and then began to attack the barrier.

"!!!"

Zhongli was very surprised because the three balls of light broke through the barrier without much effort and then quickly rushed away into the distance.

"stop!"

Zhongli quickly threw out a rune condensed by divine power, trying to stop the three fleeing light balls. But who would have thought that the power contained in the light balls was unexpectedly strong, and they easily broke free from the divine power rune and continued to flee in the direction they had just gone.

Seeing this, Zhongli wanted to chase after her, but after turning around and seeing the broken part of the barrier, he gave up the idea and started to repair and reinforce the barrier instead. After all, if he abandoned this girl who had no strength or anything else to chase after the three strange balls of light, and she woke up and broke the barrier and ran away, wouldn't he have worked in vain?

If you give up chasing, maybe you can still leave one behind.

Fortunately, the girl still showed no sign of waking up, and the power contained in her body did not seem to be as strong as the three light balls, so the barrier was quickly repaired and reinforced.

Finally, he took a look at the direction in which the light group was escaping, and after using his divine power to sense it, he found that their current route and final destination seemed to be Mondstadt. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Zhongli gave up chasing them completely.

After all, these strange things clearly wanted to go to Mond, which meant that there must be something there that attracted them, and it was very likely the two "meteors" from last time. Since Mond had not experienced any major incidents that were difficult to deal with, it meant that these things should be safe, or at least that guy Barbatos could handle them.

Moreover... Zhongli had a premonition that perhaps before long, he would be able to encounter these special powers again. And by that time, the girl he had sealed would also be able to face her final fate.

Thinking of this, Zhongli took one last look at the sealed girl, and set up restrictions nearby this place to prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering or monsters from harassing them. Then he turned and left Mingyun Town and walked towards Liyue Harbor.

Although Mingyun Town was ordered to be abandoned by the Liyue high-level officials with the termination of mineral mining operations, and normally no one comes here, we cannot completely relax our vigilance and fail to prepare any backup plans.

[I don't know whether this incident is a blessing or a curse for Liyue, or even for the entire Teyvat...] On the way back, Zhongli couldn't help but think in his heart, [Those three powerful forces that escaped, although there are also some peaceful and docile parts, the feeling they give me is that they seem to be darker and more terrifying than the power of a place like the Abyss.

Alas, I hope everything can go smoothly...】

Although his plan was about to be implemented, the fact that he was concerned about the safety of the entire Liyue had never changed. Moreover, at least for now, he was still the patron saint of Liyue - "Emperor of Rock" Morax.

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(Mondstadt)

"Do you feel it, Hashirama?" On the street, the two people who were walking on the road suddenly stopped at the same time. Then, Menma said to Hashirama.

"Of course." Hashirama nodded with a slightly serious expression, "It's definitely the breath of chakra, and three of them.

In addition... I always feel that it is something similar to muscle memory that comes with my current body, which allows me to feel at the same time that two of the three chakra auras seem to be very familiar to me. "

"Me too." Menma continued, "Although this has nothing to do with muscle memory, I can sense that there is something very similar in one of the chakra auras and my right eye."

"What do you think this means?" Hashirama asked, feeling a sense of crisis for no reason.

"I don't know either." Menma shook his head. "First of all, we can rule out that guy's handiwork. After all, even if he really cracked the secret of chakra, he couldn't do this. Even if he studied it for ten lifetimes, it would still be impossible."

"I think so too." Hashirama agreed. "If it is really his work, then these auras should be similar to ours or completely different, instead of having this familiar feeling that seems to come from our memories."

"Let's go out of the city and take a look." Menma finally decided, "After all, they are approaching us quickly, so it would be best if we can contact them as soon as possible."

"Row."

So, the two of them planned to leave the city directly. But just as they were about to leave, they ran into the somewhat exhausted Sora and Paimon.

"Hello, Mr. Uzumaki, Mr. Senju." Even though he was in a hurry, Kong still did not forget to say hello to the two of them.

"Sora, what are you in such a hurry to do?" Anyone could see Sora's urgency at a glance, so Menma couldn't help but ask.

"Alas... Captain Qin is exhausted, so Barbara and Kaia asked me to help the Knights with something." Kong was a little helpless. "Just now, Miss Lisa and I delivered the tax report to Mr. Charles. I thought the matter was done, but Mr. Charles asked me to check on a batch of goods that have not been delivered yet.