「Please choose: Who is the Darknight Hero?」
1: Acting Grand Master Jean2: Diluc3: Kaeya4: Eula5: Albedo
「Ordinary Live Room: Thirty spots available. Reward: 40,000 Mora. Punishment: Frog leap for two thousand meters」
「Elite Live Room: Jean, Diluc, Kaeya, Eula, and Albedo are restricted from answering and cannot be selected by the system. Two minutes for consideration」
[Amber: We can answer too? Wait... it couldn't be Acting Grand Master Jean, could it?]
[Keqing: In terms of skill, the probability of it being someone from the Knights is quite high.]
[Sangonomiya Kokomi: Based on values alone, Jean has the highest probability. However... a question is only worth asking if the truth is hidden beneath layers of deception.]
[Arataki Itto: Give me a hint! This young master doesn't know any of these people. Who is Diluc? At least I know Jean is some kind of Master.]
[Ganyu: Master Diluc is the owner of Mondstadt's Dawn Winery. His business spans the entire continent of Teyvat, making him Mondstadt's largest wine merchant. I have met him twice on business matters.]
[Arataki Itto: So he's rich? If this young master were that rich, I wouldn't bother with such troublesome matters.]
[Yoimiya: Everyone, I have a major discovery!]
[Yun Jin: Please, do share.]
[Yae Miko: Speak up, speak up.]
[Yoimiya: I was watching the chat in the ordinary live room just now. Many people from Mondstadt are saying it definitely isn't Master Diluc because he doesn't get along with the Knights. People of Mondstadt, is that true? Give us some info!]
[Venti: Yes, yes! I've heard all about it while drinking at Angel's Share. Master Diluc is quite dismissive of the Knights.]
[Amber: Though I'd rather not comment, that is essentially the case.]
[Diluc: Hmph. I indeed have no fondness for the Knights' way of doing things.]
[Arataki Itto: Haha! Doesn't that eliminate one wrong answer? Then who is Kaeya?]
[Kaeya: Apologies, but that would be me.]
Kaeya's camera appeared in the Elite Live Room, showing him standing at the tavern entrance.
[Arataki Itto: It couldn't be you, right? All dark and wearing an eyepatch... you look exactly like the type of guy who does suspicious things at night.]
[Beidou: I wear an eyepatch too. Does that make me a shady sailor from Jingfu Port?]
[Sucrose: Mr. Albedo... is Mondstadt's Chief Alchemist.]
[Yanfei: And finally, there's Eula, my good friend. Eula is incredibly strong! She once saved me from danger by cutting through two buildings with a single strike.]
[Eula: Yanfei, you're talking about me again. I'll remember this—mark my words, vengeance will be mine!]
[Yoimiya: How can you seek vengeance on a good friend?]
The countdown hit three, two, one...
「Ding—Arataki Itto has secured the chance to answer」
[Arataki Itto: Haha! This young master's hand speed isn't bad, eh?]
[Ningguang: I simply felt something was amiss, so I did not attempt to answer.]
[Tartaglia: My friend, it's all on you now. Eliminating a wrong answer for us is a good service.]
[Arataki Itto: According to my analysis, first we eliminate Jean and Eula. This young master believes the hero is not a woman. Next, we eliminate Master Diluc. That leaves Kaeya and Albedo. Albedo is an alchemist, so his combat power probably isn't much. Therefore, I choose 3: Kaeya!]
[Kujou Sara: Hmph. I didn't think you actually had a brain to use.]
[Arataki Itto: Haha, Kujou Turtle! Just watch me get the reward and be envious!]
[Yoimiya: A pity I didn't grab it. I wanted to guess Kaeya too.]
「Arataki Itto's answer is incorrect. Punishment: Consume one pound of beans」
[Chongyun: The answer is wrong?]
[Beidou: It's not Kaeya?]
[Ningguang: I knew it wouldn't be that simple.]
[Xingqiu: What? I had to wear a dress, and he only has to eat beans? What kind of punishment is that?]
[Paimon: Exactly! Paimon could eat five pounds!]
[Lumine: You only think about eating. You must have been a hungry ghost in a past life.]
[Kamisato Ayaka: You all might not know, but Arataki Itto is of the Oni race. Their greatest weakness is beans.]
In the ordinary live room, things became chaotic as the three people in Liyue Harbor who guessed wrong began their frog leaps.
"Aiya, Chef Mao, weren't you just laughing at me? Now look at you leap!"
"Iron Tongue Tian, you'd better keep crawling. You still have seven laps left, don't you? At least I have the stamina."
"Look at Jiayi jump! So fast. As expected of the Millelith."
Jiayi shouted: "While the rock stands, the mountain will not move! While the rock stands, the mountain will not move!"
While the onlookers were entertained, a small screen showed Arataki Itto on a hillside with a bowl of cooked beans in his hands.
Arataki Itto: "Beans... beans... This young master won't eat them! I'd rather die!"
He threw the bowl aside, but it remained suspended in mid-air.
「Detection: Arataki Itto has refused punishment. Commencing forced execution」
Itto found himself unable to move. "No... this young master won't... Why can't I move?!"
The bowl flew up, a funnel appeared, and the beans began to be poured directly into his mouth.
[Yoimiya: How cruel.]
[Chongyun: I'm starting to lose my desire to participate.]
[Albedo: We were all forced in here. There are no options to exit or opt-out. I have already tried various methods.]
As the beans went down, Itto let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
"It itches! It itches so much! I can't breathe! I'm suffocating!" He rolled on the ground in agony.
"I'm dying! This young master is actually dying! Mom... ah..."
He rolled from the hillside into the sea, the torment lasting for five full minutes.
[Gorou: So... so tragic. I definitely don't want to get an answer wrong.]
[Thoma: Neither do I.]
[Xingqiu: I will be having nightmares for at least a month.]
[Yanfei: It's okay, it's okay. Xingqiu, you looked quite lovely.]
[Xiangling: Yes, very cute!]
[Xingqiu: I can never show my face again...]
[Kujou Sara is currently clapping.]
[Hu Tao: Arataki Itto, are you alright? Do you need our services?]
Five minutes later, Itto lay sprawled on the beach.
[Arataki Itto: This young master... I... I can still hold on.]
[Jean: @Kaeya, please inform Lawrence that he is to transcribe the Knights' Code five times.]