"Hu Tao, you misunderstood. It wasn't Zhongli who brought me here..."
Su Yuan pointed to the little boy beside him and said:
"It was the young Do… anyway, this little boy, he's the one who brought me here..."
"Oh, so this is the mysterious little boy you mentioned to me and Zhongli before?" Tartaglia nodded thoughtfully...
"Tartaglia, Baizhu and I didn't understand the situation clearly and made you rush in so hastily, which caused your death..."
Su Yuan looked at Tartaglia apologetically and said:
"Although I really wanted to save you, I was truly powerless..."
"Forget it, forget it, no use dwelling on the past..."
Tartaglia smiled, but there was still a trace of sadness on his face...
"Su Yuan, if possible, please don't tell Tonia, Anthon, and Teucer, or my family about my death..."
"At least, wait until they grow a bit older and their mental resilience is stronger…"
"Mm."
Su Yuan nodded, then looked at Hu Tao and asked:
"Hu Tao, so what exactly happened back then? When and why did you fall into the eerie state?"
After thinking for a moment, Hu Tao replied:
"At that time, I heard there was some trouble over at the Bubu Pharmacy, so I immediately rushed there…"
"The moment I saw the Millelith soldiers turned into zombies by Qiqi's eerie power, I lost my memory…"
"When I woke up again, I found myself already at the boundary between life and death…"
"I just talked quite a bit with Mr. Tartaglia, and it turns out this is what it means to be controlled by the eerie power…"
"Yes, Su Yuan, when we arrived at the Bubu Pharmacy's gate and met Hu Tao, she was actually already controlled by the eerie power, just pretending otherwise all along…"
"The moment you saw those Millelith soldiers turned into zombies, Hu Tao, you fell into the eerie state. So what exactly triggered your eerie state?" Su Yuan fell into thought and murmured to himself...
"Forget it, Su Yuan. If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it!" Hu Tao said.
"Anyway, I'm already dead, so my eerie state won't hurt anyone anymore..."
"Big Brother Su Yuan, Big Sister Hu Tao, I want to ask you both a question..."
At that moment, the little boy beside them suddenly spoke up:
"Do you think the body comes first, or the soul?"
"Or to put it another way, which is more important—the body or the soul?"
"Th-That… is indeed a question worth pondering..." Hu Tao said.
"Big Brother Tartaglia, Big Sister Hu Tao, I want to ask you another question. Since you both have regrets and nostalgia, are you planning to stay here at the boundary between life and death forever?" the little boy asked again.
"Ah… there's nothing we can do about it. Our bodies have already died, leaving only these souls wandering here…"
Hu Tao sighed, sounding a bit helpless as she said:
"Although in some special cases, we can transform into ghosts and take a look at the outside world…"
"But only our closest loved ones and those with spiritual sensitivity can see us, and we have little power to interfere with the affairs of the living…"
"Moreover, as time passes, we will forget more and more, and might even turn into malicious spirits…"
"The only way is to quickly adjust our mindset, let go of our attachments, and move on to the afterlife—that's our only true resting place…"
"There's really no need to be so pessimistic, Big Sister Hu Tao…"
The little boy smiled and said:
"Simply put, the reason we can stay here at the boundary between life and death is mainly because this place is special…"
"We don't have to enter the afterlife and lose everything, yet here we can be nourished by the yin energy and retain our memories…"
"In fact, besides this place, there's another soil, another place that can become our refuge…"
"And I've already personally tested it — it's absolutely feasible!"
Hearing the little boy say this, Su Yuan suddenly had a strange premonition.
Could this little boy be talking about himself?
"Su Yuan's constitution is very special; it can embrace everything like a vast ocean…"
The little boy looked at Su Yuan with a mischievous smile and said:
"We can attach our souls to Su Yuan's body. I believe it wouldn't be any worse than staying here…"
"W-What… is that even possible?" Tartaglia widened his eyes and looked at Su Yuan with an expression of disbelief…
"When we were in Liyue Harbor, people always said I was quirky and full of tricks…"
Hu Tao looked at the little boy, not knowing what to say…
"Now, compared to you, I feel like you're the true king of tricks…"
Hu Tao continued:
"Possession by spirits isn't something that has never happened in Liyue…"
"But such situations can never last long…"
"After all, once all the yang energy is drained, the host naturally dies, and the ghost loses its place to cling to, so it has to look for the next target…"
"But if that happens, wouldn't it just turn into a malevolent ghost…"
"Even if this method works, by attaching ourselves to Su Yuan, wouldn't it really cause some harm to him?"
"I actually think this is a feasible method."
Su Yuan said seriously:
"After all, I owe you all something. If this can make up for it even a little, it would make me feel better inside…"
"Besides, I've gone through something similar before when I was in Inazuma…"
"The Raiden Shogun Beelzebul has no physical form, only a consciousness. Her consciousness once attached to my body, controlling it, and I didn't feel any discomfort…"
"The situation should be similar, you could say it's comparable…"
"Anyway, let's first try attaching to my body…"
Su Yuan said sincerely:
"If anything unexpected happens, I can just send you all back to this boundary between life and death, right?"
"A real man doesn't fuss over such small matters!"
Tartaglia stepped forward first, came up, patted Su Yuan's shoulder, and said:
"Since you said it yourself, Su Yuan, then I won't refuse either!"
"I'm also very curious—what's it like for you, controlling Su Yuan's body and fighting against experts?"
Su Yuan smiled.
He felt that Tartaglia made this decision simply because, here at the boundary between life and death, there was no one to spar or fight with, and he was feeling a bit bored.
He just wanted to go out and enjoy controlling Su Yuan's body in battle.
Su Yuan looked at Hu Tao, reached out his hand, and smiled as he said:
"Hu Tao, attach yourself to me and come out with me…"
"To make up for regrets, and then, like the past leaders of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, die without regrets!"
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