After leaving Liyue Harbor, Su Yuan and Yelan headed north toward Wangshu Inn.
On the way, Yelan once again received intelligence from a ssenger pigeon with a blue bowtie.
"Verr Goldet says she seems to have seen signs of Xiao again..."
Yelan looked at the small note in her hand and said slowly:
"And this ti, Xiao actually asked for three servings of almond tofu..."
"Looks like fighting those monsters tainted by eerie corruption has drained him quite a bit..."
Su Yuan joked:
"After not having almond tofu for days, asking for three at once—he must've been absolutely craving it!"
But in the next mont, Su Yuan could no longer laugh...
Because up ahead, by the side of the path, there was a figure leaning against a sunsettia tree, seemingly waiting for their arrival...
If he wasn't mistaken, that mask, that outfit...
No doubt about it—that was The Doctor, Dottore!
And in the next instant, Dottore gave a faint smile and pulled out a strange-looking device, aiming it at Su Yuan and Yelan!
Imdiately, both Su Yuan and Yelan's minds were overwheld with a barrage of buzzing—
"Bzzz— Bzzz—"
That sound—so loud, so sharp—but sohow, it also made one feel an irresistible drowsiness...
"What... is this..." Yelan clutched her head, her speech slurring, and her body swaying unsteadily...
"So sleepy..."
Then, with a thud, Yelan collapsed to the ground.
But Su Yuan, despite feeling extrely irritated and uncomfortable under the influence of the strange soundwaves, remained fully conscious.
There were no signs that he was about to faint.
"Oh?" Dottore showed a puzzled expression, shutting off the device in his hand as he slowly approached Su Yuan.
"I had assud that this soundwave—developed by the Suru Akademiya to induce a dream state without resistance—only failed to work on gods..."
"Why are you still awake?"
"We already tested it, and it was highly effective even against the Descender—the Traveler..."
"But you, also a Descender... why doesn't it affect you?"
"Don't tell ... in so way, are you also a god?"
Dottore stared at Su Yuan in puzzlent, eyeing him up and down, and muttered thoughtfully.
"Dottore! What is your real goal?!"
"You already turned Fontaine into a complete ss—are you here to ruin Liyue next?!"
Su Yuan stared at Dottore nervously, shouting his question.
He hadn't expected to run into Dottore so soon...
And this ti, Neuvillette wasn't with him...
"Goal?" Dottore chuckled lightly and spoke slowly, "I believe I've said it many tis already. It's nothing more than satisfying that small, innocent curiosity in my heart..."
"And besides, Su Yuan, my dear friend... must you speak to like that?"
Dottore showed a slightly helpless expression.
"You have such a deep understanding of the Eerie power. And your mind... it's full of wild, imaginative ideas."
"I've said before—I hoped we could beco partners in academic exchange. That we could be close, inseparable friends..."
"Pah! Who the hell wants to be friends with you?!"
Su Yuan fired back without hesitation.
"What a pity..."
Dottore looked at Su Yuan, an expression of genuine regret crossing his face...
"You don't want to be friends with ... is it because you already have too many friends around you?"
"Then I'll kill all the friends you have now, one by one. And whoever tries to be your friend after that... I'll kill them too, without hesitation."
As Dottore spoke, he slowly began walking toward Yelan.
Su Yuan, suppressing the fear and tension in his heart, stepped in front of Dottore, raising his hands and blasting him with a fierce surge of Cryo and Hydro elental energy!
But it was completely useless—Dottore's strength far exceeded what Su Yuan could handle.
"Oh? No Vision, yet you can still use elental power? Is this one of the Descenders' special privileges?"
Sensing the Cryo and Hydro energy radiating from Su Yuan, Dottore spoke calmly:
"And this Cryo energy... it has the scent of a Fatui Delusion."
"Though I've mostly severed ties with the Fatui now, if you, Su Yuan, are willing to beco my dear friend—if you're interested in Delusions—I do have the ans to get you the highest-grade Delusion available..."
But soon, Dottore changed his tone.
"No, no... Delusions, elental power—those things are already outdated."
"Su Yuan, beco my friend. Join . Let us study the Eerie power together... and fully master it!"
Su Yuan looked at the scene before him, filled with frustration.
The gap in strength... was just too great...
As the Second Harbinger of the Fatui, Dottore already possessed strength comparable to that of the gods...
And now, he had even partially mastered the power of the Eerie...
Which ant his current power was likely even greater than when he had previously fought against the Eerie-corrupted Neuvillette...
But Su Yuan noticed a curious detail—Dottore had just referred to him as a Descender?
Until now, Su Yuan had only ever thought of himself as soone from another world...
Because, in his eyes, he didn't feel like he was worthy of the title "Descender"...
After all, not all those from other worlds qualified as Descenders—only those whose very existence was equal to an entire world, only those who carried a will strong enough to rival a whole realm, could be called a Descender...
Could it be that, in Dottore's eyes, he was that powerful?
Dottore gently pushed Su Yuan aside—his motion surprisingly gentle, almost as if he truly regarded Su Yuan as a friend...
Then, he approached the unconscious Yelan, gripped her by the throat with one hand, and lifted her high into the air.
He turned to Su Yuan and calmly said:
"Su Yuan, my dearest friend... I'll give you only five seconds."
"Tell your answer—or Yelan... will be eting her ancestors very soon."
"Five... four..."
At this mont, Su Yuan was plunged into deep inner turmoil...
Do I really have to agree to Dottore's demand and beco friends with this scumbag, bastard, demon?
Dottore probably already knows I could never truly be his friend...
But what he wants, more than anything, is likely just to see submit to him—he wants to see that helpless expression on my face.
But if I don't agree, Yelan will die at his hands...
Or... should I just die here and use a rewind, choose a different path, and avoid Dottore for now?
But it's only halfway through the day, and I only have one stable rewind left...
What if sothing even worse happens later?
"Three... two... one..."
"Don't agree to him!"
At that critical mont, a voice suddenly rang out from the distance, and a figure with ssy blond hair appeared!
He held a Dull Blade in his hand and charged straight at Dottore!
"Dottore! Take this!"
Su Yuan looked at the figure in both surprise and disbelief!
Holy crap? Aether? Wasn't he supposed to be in Suru? How is he here now?!
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