Su Yuan looked into the little boy's red eyes, and along with his light blue hair, Su Yuan trembled all over in fear, stumbling several steps backward...
At last, Su Yuan remembered why he had found the boy familiar...
It was because this little boy's appearance was strikingly similar to Dottore!!!
It was just that he hadn't seen those iconic red eyes of Dottore earlier, which was why he didn't realize it at first!
"Dottore!!!"
Su Yuan shouted loudly:
"What is your purpose in luring me here?!"
"Dottore... I don't really like that name..."
The little boy pouted slightly, showing a somewhat displeased expression, and said:
"It was merely a new name bestowed upon me after I received the Tsaritsa's blessing and became the Fatui Harbinger 'The Doctor'..."
"Actually, I have my own name... but never mind, that name doesn't matter anymore..."
"Big brother Su Yuan, I believe I told you before—there is a common enemy between us..."
"By now, you should have realized it. That common enemy... is the Dottore that exists today."
"So, you're one of Dottore's segments?" Su Yuan asked.
"Do you also want to resist his control?"
"That's right..." the little boy nodded and replied, "As the segment of Dottore from his childhood, I refuse to let my future self become that kind of person..."
"The age gap is just too big—maybe that's what they call a generational divide..."
"So, between us, understanding is destined to be impossible..."
Looking at the boy's sincere expression, Su Yuan realized—he probably wasn't lying...
"But... all of Dottore's segments share their senses. If you're plotting all this, aren't you afraid he'll find out?"
"Oh, come on, big brother Su Yuan. Strictly speaking, I'm already dead, okay..."
The little boy smiled faintly and said:
"It's just that I died in Liyue, with regrets in my heart and unfinished business... That's why I've lingered here, wandering at the boundary between life and death, unwilling to leave..."
"I'm already a dead person. My physical body has long since ceased to exist. How could Dottore possibly sense anything from me through shared perception?"
"Erasing me in Liyue... that was the most fatal mistake Dottore ever made."
"So, what do you plan to do now? At best, you're nothing more than a ghost without a physical form..."
Su Yuan muttered thoughtfully:
"Still, that time-stopping ability of yours—if used well—it really is a powerful technique. How exactly did you manage to do it..."
"That wasn't time stopping at all... The laws of time aren't something one can master so easily..."
The little boy spoke:
"Big brother Su Yuan, the reason it seemed like time had stopped around you was simply because I was communicating with you deep within your consciousness. In the outside world, only a ten-millionth of a second had passed..."
"What do you mean by that?" Su Yuan asked, a bit confused.
"Communication within my consciousness?"
"Yes. Since I said I wouldn't hide anything anymore and would be honest with you, of course I'll tell you the truth..."
The little boy continued:
"I merely attached myself to you in the form of a spirit and quietly simulated that scene within your mind..."
"This..." Su Yuan was momentarily at a loss for words.
He had been possessed by a ghost—and hadn't even noticed?!
"Don't you think... what you did was really impolite?"
Su Yuan felt a bit uneasy.
If this little boy could possess him without him noticing at all, then… could he also access his memories without him noticing?
If that were true, then wouldn't all of his secrets be laid bare, completely exposed to someone else?
"Don't worry, big brother Su Yuan, I know exactly what you're concerned about…"
"Your body is quite special. Without your conscious consent, none of us can control your body—let alone peer into your memories."
"As for that, we'll talk more about it later. For now, let's go find Tartaglia and Hu Tao first…"
As the boy spoke, he began walking deeper into the boundary between life and death, motioning for Su Yuan to follow him…
The little boy seemed very familiar with the place.
Under his guidance, Su Yuan soon saw the faint, translucent soul forms of Tartaglia and Hu Tao…
As expected, they still held regrets in their hearts and lingering attachments to the world of the living—so they remained at the boundary between life and death, unable to move on...
"Aiya, this is really bad…"
Hu Tao seemed to blame herself a little as she said:
"My grandfather, and all the previous heads of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, all passed away without regrets. None of them lingered at the boundary between life and death…"
"So why is it that in my generation, I've dropped the ball? Am I the only head in the history of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to remain here after death?"
"Haha, life is full of regrets. It's that imperfection that makes it beautiful..."
Tartaglia chuckled and said:
"Still having attachment to the human world and being unwilling to leave—there's nothing shameful about that, really..."
"Sigh… Tonia, Anthon, Teucer, Father, Mother, my beloved family… it's a pity I'll never get to see you all again..."
"Director Hu, tell me—among the people lingering in the boundary between life and death, are there any martial arts experts from Liyue?"
"In the past, we weren't from the same era, so we never had a chance to spar or fight..."
"But now, that restriction's gone..."
"Even if I'm dead, the fighting doesn't stop!!!"
Watching this scene, Su Yuan didn't even know what to say anymore...
This Tartaglia really was a battle maniac in every sense of the word...
"Hu Tao, Tartaglia… sorry. I'm here now," Su Yuan stepped forward and greeted the two.
"Huh? Su Yuan?" Tartaglia's expression instantly turned to one of utter shock.
"Su Yuan, why are you here? Don't tell me… you died too???"
"Even with your power, in the end, you still couldn't defeat the eerie Qiqi?"
"Tartaglia, it's not like that."
Hu Tao glanced at Su Yuan and immediately corrected him:
"Su Yuan's body doesn't look like a translucent soul form at all—it's clearly a solid, physical body."
"He probably didn't die, but instead came here through some special method…"
Hu Tao then showed a somewhat puzzled expression and asked:
"But… normally, the method to enter the boundary between life and death is something only the successive heads of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor know about, right?"
"So, how did you get here, Su Yuan? Don't tell me… was it Zhongli? Has his knowledge really reached such an incredible level?"
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