Jiraiya's Heroic Stories: Genshin Impact

"What? What? Are you going to risk your life? That's totally unnecessary!" Paimon's eyes widened. Why did he suddenly have to use such a scary skill?

Unexpectedly, Jiraiya just laughed and wanted to reach out to touch Paimon's head, but this guy was too timid and hid far away, so he could not reach him at all.

"Don't worry, although this technique is very dangerous, if you just perform it without using it, nothing will happen."

"Then why did you summon it out?"

"It was just a sudden inspiration. For the souls, the God of Death should be the existence that they dare not approach, right?" Jiraiya said as he walked towards the crowded group of dead souls.

As expected, when the dead souls saw the terrifying death god on Jiraiya, they immediately retreated in fear, trying to avoid him as much as possible. Even if they fell off a cliff, they were unwilling to face the death god.

Fortunately, they are already dead souls. Otherwise, Jiraiya would still feel a little guilty.

"Well, that means Paimon doesn't dare to get close to it. It looks too scary!" Paimon said, still following Jiraiya carefully. He forced himself not to look at the god of death, and just kept moving forward.

With the help of the God of Death, Jiraiya and Paimon walked into the interior almost unimpeded, and kept looking for Kurumi along the way.

It shouldn't be too difficult to find a living person among all the dead souls. But Jiraiya and Paimon had searched almost the entire border, but they still couldn't find Kurumi.

"Could it be that...Hu Tao has already crossed the border?" Paimon said worriedly, his eyes unconsciously stopping at the other side of the border.

Although Jiraiya is not sure what it means to cross the boundary between life and death in this world, life and death should not be mixed up no matter which world it is.

"Let's go." Jiraiya finally stepped into the final boundary, and Paimon also mustered up his courage and dived in.

The opposite side was not as eerie as imagined, but rather looked like a bunch of old buildings. It was more like a transparent ordinary village.

At the moment of crossing the border, the Death God attached to Jiraiya turned into smoke and disappeared. Perhaps it was because they were both in the underworld, and the Death God, as an outsider, should not appear here.

Wandering in this underworld village, the two soon spotted Walnut.

At this moment, Hu Tao was just kneeling on the ground in a daze, looking up, not knowing whether he was looking at the turbid sky.

Looking at that appearance, he had lost his former clarity and purity. It was as if he had lost his soul. The head of the Wangsheng Hall, who was responsible for ghosts, had lost his soul. Would it be a big deal if this was made public?

Paimeng looked around again and again, but there was no sign of Yingmei.

"It looks like he has achieved his goal and left. We are still too late." Jiraiya said as he took Paimon towards Kurumi.

At this moment, Hu Tao was still kneeling on the ground, not moving, but she kept muttering: "This is all my fault... Grandpa, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to everyone in Liyue. I am a sinner..."

I repeated it over and over again, I don't know how many times I read it.

"Walnut? Are you okay?" Paimon greeted cautiously.

But Hu Tao was still kneeling there, still repeating her apologies, as if she had not listened to Paimeng's words at all.

This really made Paimeng anxious. According to what the immortals said, this place should be very dangerous now. He should run away as soon as possible.

But now even if I pull Walnut, I can’t pull him away…

"What should we do?" Paimon turned his gaze to Jiraiya again.

Jiraiya was decisive. He walked forward and pulled Kurumi up.

"You lecherous sage, you can't be so rude to girls!" Paimon hurriedly wanted to step forward to stop Jiraiya.

Unexpectedly, Jiraiya raised his hand and slapped Kurumi in the face.

Snapped!

Paimon was shocked by the slap. He had been wandering in Teyvat with the traveler for so long, but it seemed that nothing like this had ever happened.

"Look into my eyes!" Jiraiya shouted at the dazed Master Hu.

Even though Kurumi wanted to escape, Jiraiya still straightened her face and forced Kurumi to look into his eyes.

"Remember, it's not your fault that you miss someone!" Jiraiya said, staring straight into Kurumi's eyes.

That look seemed to have power, the power accumulated from decades of life experience!

"It's me... I opened it..."

"It's not your fault that you miss someone!" Jiraiya kept repeating the words.

"I'm sorry to the immortals who entrusted important tasks to the Hall of Rebirth..." Kurumi was still trying to avoid Jiraiya's eyes.

The power of those eyes was too heavy, so heavy that Walnut didn't have the courage to look directly at them.

But no matter how hard Kurumi tried to escape, Jiraiya's powerful hands still held Kurumi's cheeks tightly, making it impossible for her to break free.

"It's not your fault that you miss someone!"

"I'm sorry. I didn't carry forward the business of Wangshengtang as my grandfather entrusted to me, and I did something like this..."

"It's not your fault that you miss someone!"

"I...I know! I know! I just want to see him again! I don't have any relatives anymore. Everyone has said that I am an orphan since I was a child.

When my father passed away, he lay in a coffin. When my mother passed away, she also lay in a coffin. I thought that if I lay in a coffin, I should be able to see them again, right? But I didn’t…”

Is this why Hu Tao slept in a coffin when she was a child? The people of Liyue regarded this as a topic of conversation. Paimeng looked at Hu Tao with pity and felt a little sad.

It turns out that I don’t understand Hu Tao, who always seems to be extremely optimistic and indifferent to life and death.

People who are overly optimistic are often avoiding sadness...

"Later, grandpa also passed away. The house was empty every day, so lonely, so lonely... Then he showed up. He loved Hu Tao and he didn't hide from Hu Tao because of her identity.

I...I love him as much as I love my grandfather. I can't stand being alone anymore, so he can't leave!"

As Hu Tao spoke, he suddenly burst into tears. His crying was so tragic and sad.

Paimon had known Walnut for so long, but she had never seen Walnut cry, and she had never even thought that Walnut would cry.

But Jiraiya, who had only met her a few times, was able to see through Kurumi's disguise. Perhaps this is the difference in life experience?

Jiraiya gently comforted Kurumi who was crying loudly in his arms, and sighed a little.

Being overly optimistic is often a way of avoiding sadness. Why does Jiraiya know so much? Naruto is also such a person, but why does Jiraiya know Naruto so well? Because I am the same.

"Bihuo... I missed you so much..." Kurumi said finally before falling asleep in Jiraiya's arms.

"Bihuo? Bihuo? This name doesn't seem to be the first time I've heard it."

Paimeng vaguely remembered that the woman from the treasure-stealing group had also muttered this name. When there is a chance in the future, he still has to find out about this person.