"'Ganyu' pulled her hand back, while Su Yuan clutched his abdomen tightly and collapsed to the ground, trying to stop the bleeding…
When… When did Ganyu fall to the eerie state?
And how did I not notice at all…?
'Mr. Su Yuan, don't you think… talking about someone's dark past in front of others is a disgraceful, shameful thing to do?'
'Ganyu' looked at Su Yuan with pitch-black, blood-red eyes, opening her bloodstained mouth and snarling viciously:
'People have pride… dignity… What you did just now really embarrassed me… put me in a tough spot…'
In that moment, Su Yuan finally understood—so it was because earlier, in order to gain Ganyu's trust, he had called her "Wang Xiaomei" and "Tumbling-Down-the-Mountain True Lord"..."
So this was the condition for Ganyu's eerie state…
As soon as someone brought up her dark past, she would mercilessly exact a brutal punishment…
Su Yuan suddenly felt a wave of sorrow—he had only just arrived in Liyue, and now he was about to die here?
What's worse, he only had 0.6 chances left to rewind.
What would happen after his death was completely unknown…
In this dire moment, Su Yuan remembered the emergency pouch Kokomi had given him.
Surely this was what she meant by a desperate, life-threatening situation, right…?
Thinking this, Su Yuan reached into his inner pocket, intending to pull out one of the pouch to see what it said…
But the next moment, "Ganyu" didn't give him the slightest chance—she sliced off Su Yuan's hand right at the wrist!
Good grief… Su Yuan was at a loss for words.
He didn't even know what to say anymore…
Kokomi… when you designed this emergency pouch, did you ever consider a situation like this?
The pouch can't be opened early, but what if the moment truly is desperate—you're paralyzed, or your movements are restricted, completely unable to even open the pouch—what then?
Sigh… Su Yuan let out a deep sigh in his heart.
If even that remaining 0.6 chance isn't enough to trigger a proper rewind, then… could it be that his journey through Teyvat was going to end here, for good?
"Su Yuan… pay the price for what you've done!!!"
"Ganyu" roared furiously, her bloodied jaws opening wide as she lunged straight for Su Yuan's head!
In that moment, Su Yuan's heart was flooded with a mess of emotions—sorrow, fear, panic, helplessness, despair… and countless others…
He shut his eyes, ready to embrace what he thought would be the final moment of his life…
But… five seconds passed… ten seconds… thirty seconds…
Su Yuan realized that his head was still intact, and his body wasn't in any pain or discomfort…
So, he slowly opened his eyes—only to find that Ganyu had seemingly withdrawn from her eerie state.
Her eyes were closed, and her whole body was curled up on the grass of Yujing Terrace, breathing softly with a gentle rise and fall—clearly fast asleep…
Uh… well then… Su Yuan was once again at a loss for words, but at the same time, he felt a wave of relief wash over him like someone who had just narrowly escaped death.
Then, it suddenly clicked—Ganyu was known to have a habit of taking afternoon naps.
In fact, it was said that her body had an incredibly precise internal clock, and once it hit her nap time, she would fall asleep instantly—no matter the place, no matter the situation.
And reportedly, she'd sleep so deeply that not even a group of hilichurls dancing next to her could wake her up…
While many called Ganyu a workaholic, her level of sleep quality was honestly something most people could only dream of…
Su Yuan could only sigh—this was a stroke of luck amid misfortune.
Even a Ganyu who had been corrupted by the eerie force couldn't escape her habit of taking afternoon naps…
But Su Yuan also knew that his crisis was far from over.
He had lost a hand, and his abdomen was still bleeding uncontrollably…
Even though he was trying his best to apply pressure and stop the bleeding, the blood loss was already causing his consciousness to fade…
So, with his mind growing hazy, Su Yuan dragged his weakened body forward, step by step, hoping to find someone who could help…
In the end, just before completely losing consciousness, Su Yuan saw the silhouette of an elderly, kind-looking figure approaching him…
"You poor child… such terrible injuries…"
"I may not be skilled in the art of healing, but at the very least, I can use this thread of Adepti power… to ensure your life is not in danger…"
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After Inazuma had gradually returned to normal, a merchant from Ritou wanted to visit the Grand Narukami Shrine to draw a fortune slip and see what kind of business might prosper in the near future…
But when he arrived at the Grand Narukami Shrine, he was met with a horrifying sight…
The entire shrine grounds were soaked in blood, with severed limbs scattered everywhere—it was a scene straight out of a living nightmare…
The merchant immediately reported the incident to the Tenryou Commission, and when their officers arrived at the scene, they too were utterly shocked by the carnage…
Without a moment's hesitation, they reported the matter directly to the Shogun in Tenshukaku…
Soon after, Raiden Ei and Kujou Sara arrived at the site.
"All the shrine maidens of the Grand Narukami Shrine… have been slaughtered," Raiden Ei said, her brows furrowed deeply as she took in the blood-soaked scene before her.
" Kujou Sara, do you have any leads on this matter?" Raiden Ei asked, turning to the woman beside her.
"Such a brutal method, and with strength like this… Could it be Dottore's doing?" Kujou Sara pondered aloud.
"No, it shouldn't be Dottore."
At that moment, a figure stepped forward from the Tenryou Commission's ranks…
"Su Yuan has already left Inazuma. Dottore would have no reason to do something like this..."
He crouched down, scanning the blood-soaked ground carefully.
Then, with two fingers, he pulled out a few strands of blood-stained, brownish-yellow fur.
"Kujou Sara, this morning in Inazuma City, you encountered Su Yuan and General Gorou from Watatsumi Island, didn't you?"
"That's right," Kujou Sara nodded.
"Then the situation is quite clear now. The one who killed the many shrine maidens of the Grand Narukami Shrine is the same kind of person who killed my cousin, Kano Nana—someone who has been corrupted and controlled by the Eerie power."
"General Gorou of the Watatsumi Army… he's probably already been corrupted and controlled by the Eerie power…"
"Otherwise, as the general of Watatsumi Island and one of its key figures, there's no way Gorou wouldn't understand the consequences of his actions…"
"Shikanoin Heizou, as expected of the Tenryou Commission's genius detective," Raiden Ei remarked with admiration.
However, what Raiden Ei was more concerned about now was—where had that pink-haired little fox gone?
There were countless dismembered corpses around the Grand Narukami Shrine, yet that little fox was nowhere to be seen…
Although Su Yuan had told her before leaving that, according to Gorou, that little fox wasn't actually Yae Miko…
If Gorou had already been corrupted by the Eerie power by then, then naturally, his words couldn't be trusted at all…
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