(Ningguang: As expected, Ms. Herta's collection is far beyond what we can imagine.)
(Beidou: Indeed! Although we're watching through a screen, those collections look extraordinary at first glance.)
(Mountain Shaper: Some of the collections seem somewhat similar to Liyue's artifacts.)
(Madame Ping: That is true, but looking at the descriptions of these collections, their effects seem to even surpass our artifacts.)
(Dori: Anything here could probably fetch a considerable amount of Mora if you just take one out.)
(Paimon: It would be great if we could also go and visit here.)
(Lumine: Even if Lord Takagi left behind an Astral Express in the Herta Space Station that can travel between Teyvat and the cosmos, Miss Asta and Ms. Herta wouldn't allow us to come to this place where the collections are stored without Lord Takagi's guidance, right?)
(Paimon: Ah, what a shame! Wait, what is that... Am I seeing things?!)
(Amber: Is that... is that a Wind Glider from Teyvat?!)
(Venti: A Wind Glider?! Does the Herta Space Station have something from Teyvat?)
"This... This is a Wind Glider?" Cloud Retainer stood before an exhibition counter. Her eyes were fixed on the dark wings displayed within. Her words successfully drew the attention of the other passengers.
"A Wind Glider? How could there be a Wind Glider here!" La Signora glanced at Cloud Retainer with a mocking frown. She walked toward her with elegant steps. However, after seeing what was displayed in the counter before her, she was also stunned in place, just like Cloud Retainer.
"There's actually a Wind Glider!"
"But why would a Wind Glider appear here? Could it be that someone from Teyvat once brought a Wind Glider to the outside world? Or perhaps, someone came to the Teyvat Continent and brought a Wind Glider here?" Cloud Retainer muttered to herself, subtly glancing at Lord Takagi. After all, Lord Takagi possessed the ability to travel between Teyvat and the cosmos.
"You're wrong about me there. I didn't bring this Wind Glider here," Lord Takagi shrugged. "Speaking of world-hopping, Alice can do it too. Perhaps this Wind Glider was something Alice once owned; it's not impossible."
(Klee: Eh! Is that Mommy's Wind Glider?)
(Alice: This... this Wind Glider shouldn't be one I've used or kept before.)
(Venti: Regardless, we've seen something quite remarkable this time.)
(Zhongli: Perhaps without our knowledge, people from Teyvat have already established contact with those outside the cosmos.)
(Yae Miko: Now it seems the possibility of people in the cosmos noticing us is even higher.)
(Sangonomiya Kokomi: I only hope that those who notice Teyvat will be people who are quite benevolent toward Teyvat, just like Lord Takagi.)
Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of Lisa, The Doctor, Nahida, and the others, Lord Takagi smiled with satisfaction. Immediately, he turned and walked up to a strange-looking handgun that was entirely yellow, with a large eye.
"Curio No. 752 'Rating Pistol'... Lord Takagi, are you interested in it?" Asta walked over to Lord Takagi out of curiosity.
"I heard this thing can score living beings within its range. I'm quite interested in it, possessing such a characteristic," Lord Takagi nodded and said.
"A gun that can score living beings within its line of sight? Does such a thing actually exist?" Cloud Retainer walked over curiously. The Doctor, Nahida, Lisa, and La Signora followed closely behind.
"This gun can indeed score a person. By the way, my score is 29," Asta explained with a smiling face.
"29 points? Could this be based on a person's strength?" The Doctor asked curiously.
"Well... to be honest, I'm not very clear either. I always feel like its scoring criteria aren't fixed. Strength, height, age, appearance, potential, etc., might all be potential criteria for its scoring," Asta spread her hands and said. "However, although I don't know what criteria it uses when scoring, I once heard Ms. Herta mention this Rating Pistol. She said that people who can be given a score aren't a big deal. What needs attention are those existences that cannot be scored by the Rating Pistol."
"In other words, people who cannot be scored by the Rating Pistol are perhaps those with extremely strong abilities and very mysterious identities. And those who can be scored by the Rating Pistol are probably people whose abilities aren't particularly remarkable," Lisa rested her chin on one hand and said tentatively.
"It is true that people who are given a score by the Rating Pistol can be said to be people whose abilities aren't particularly remarkable. But that's only something that can be said from Ms. Herta's perspective. For ordinary people like us, among those who can be scored by the Rating Pistol, there are also strong individuals within the realm of ordinary people," Asta smiled.
"Realm of ordinary people, huh..." La Signora pursed her lips and looked at Lord Takagi. "Lord Takagi, can I let the Rating Pistol measure my score?"
Upon hearing this, Lord Takagi smiled and nodded. "Of course! If the Rating Pistol measures your score based on strength, perhaps you can roughly calculate how much you've grown after stepping onto a Path through it. Of course, the prerequisite is that you can step onto a Path."
Saying this, Lord Takagi moved aside for La Signora. La Signora took a deep breath and stood before the Rating Pistol under everyone's gaze. The Rating Pistol's closed eye suddenly opened, spun around for a moment, and then locked onto La Signora standing in front of it.
"3 points!" A mechanical voice came from the Rating Pistol. After speaking, the Rating Pistol's eye even looked at La Signora with ill intent.
"3... 3 points?!" La Signora widened her eyes in shock. "Lord Takagi, it... This, this must not be scoring based on strength, right?" La Signora looked at Lord Takagi and asked.
"Well... we can try to figure it out using the process of elimination," Lord Takagi rubbed his chin and looked La Signora up and down.
La Signora: "Elimination method?"
Lord Takagi nodded slightly and said, "Speaking of height, you are considered tall among normal women. If we were to score you based on height, there's no way you'd get a 3. As for age, your age shouldn't be just a small score of 4. And in terms of appearance... I have to admit, your looks are excellent. If we don't consider personality, I believe many men would like a woman with your appearance."
Hearing Lord Takagi's words, La Signora felt a bit happy in her heart; after all, this was a compliment from someone with great power like Lord Takagi. However, thinking about the 3 points still above her head, her heart was once again shrouded in a shadow.
"As for potential and strength, I don't think you, La Signora, would want your potential to be only 3 points, right? If that were really the case, even with my help, the probability of you stepping onto a Path would be minimal. I myself don't think someone like you, who can be favored by the Tsaritsa, would only have 3 points in terms of potential. So, it seems that the 3 points really represent your strength," Lord Takagi said with a smile.
"Only... 3 points." La Signora pursed her lips and turned to look at Miss Asta. You know, Miss Asta had said earlier that her score was 29 points. In other words, if the basis for the Rating Pistol scoring Miss Asta was strength, Miss Asta was probably ten times as strong as her. Thinking of this, La Signora felt a wave of melancholy in her heart.
"You don't need to be so anxious. If you can step onto a Path, your strength will naturally increase," Lord Takagi said with a smile.
"Thank you for your comfort, Lord Takagi." La Signora raised her head again. Yes, even if the 3 points from the Rating Pistol represented strength, she had now arrived in the cosmos and had the opportunity to step onto a Path. Naturally, she also had the opportunity to change the Rating Pistol's score.
(Tartaglia: Do the points awarded by the Rating Pistol really represent La Signora's strength? She only has 3 points?!)
(Ningguang: Although La Signora is a Fatui Harbinger, in the Universe, a Fatui Harbinger is nothing. Therefore, even if her strength is really rated as 3 points, it's not a strange thing.)
(Acting Grand Master Jean: Indeed.)
(Lyney: I guess Acting Grand Master Jean of Mondstadt has a deep understanding of this.)
(Alhaitham: After all, Acting Grand Master Jean has been to the Universe and fought against the Fragmentum Monsters of Belobog. Her understanding of this is much greater than ours who haven't been to the Universe.)
(Tartaglia: I wonder what score the Rating Pistol would give me if I stood in front of it.)
(Keqing: You and La Signora should be about the same.)
(Tartaglia: I think I should be a bit stronger than her.)
(Arlecchino: La Signora's rating is 3, Miss Asta's rating is 29. If both scores represent strength, then this Miss Asta is really not someone ordinary people can provoke.)
"Huh! Why did my score become one hundred?" Suddenly, Miss Asta's exclamation attracted everyone's attention.
Lisa, La Signora, Nahida, The Doctor, Cloud Retainer, and the audience from Teyvat looked intently. They found that without realizing it, Miss Asta had taken the place where La Signora had been standing earlier, in front of the Rating Pistol.
"100 points?! Miss Asta, didn't you say earlier that your score was only 29 points?" When saying "only 29 points," La Signora's expression was a bit awkward. After all, she was a full 12 times behind this "only 29 points."
"Wait, I'll test again." Miss Asta adjusted her posture and stood in front of the Rating Pistol again. Everyone saw the Rating Pistol's big eyes look at Miss Asta, and then it announced Miss Asta's score: "100 points!"
Upon hearing this, Miss Asta rested her hand on her chin and began to think. "Could it be because of this?" Miss Asta murmured to herself and took out the Light Cone "But the Battle Isn't Over" that Lord Takagi had sold her earlier.
"Is this a Light Cone?" La Signora exclaimed.
"Hold this for me," Miss Asta said, and without explanation, she stuffed the Light Cone into La Signora's hand, who was closest to her. Then, Miss Asta stood in front of the Rating Pistol once more.
Rating Pistol: "29 points."
La Signora: "The score changed!"
The Doctor: "A Light Cone."
Miss Asta took the Light Cone from La Signora's hand again and stood in front of the Rating Pistol once more.
Rating Pistol: "100 points!"
"As expected, is it the effect brought by the Light Cone? There is such a change between not carrying a Light Cone and carrying one. Indeed, 29 and 100 represent my strength," Miss Asta murmured to herself and looked at Lord Takagi with admiration.
More than three times! Although after gaining the right to use the Light Cone, Miss Asta felt that her strength had increased to a terrifying degree, but since the Light Cone was a weapon after all, not her own body, Miss Asta couldn't accurately judge how much her strength had increased. She had originally wanted to test it through actual combat when she had time later. Unexpectedly, she got the test result here at the Rating Pistol now. The test result was that her strength had increased by more than three times.
"Lord Takagi, you really sold me an incredible Light Cone. I've never heard of a Light Cone that can increase a person's power to three times this extent." Miss Asta looked at Lord Takagi with emotion.
"What, do you think you offered too little?" Lord Takagi said with a smile.
"Yes." Miss Asta nodded heavily. "This Light Cone not only increased my Imaginary Energy, it also comes with the ability to strengthen the Fire attribute attacks of me and my teammates. Just 10 billion credit points is completely insufficient to cover the value of this Light Cone. No, I must add another 10 billion credit points."
Saying that, Miss Asta began to look through her wallet.
(Paimon: 10 billion credit points?! This... how much money is this!)
(Acting Grand Master Jean: In the currency plan signed between Mondstadt and Belobog, the value of one credit point is approximately equal to the value of one Mora.)
(Paimon: So, that is to say, Lord Takagi's one Light Cone can sell for twenty billion Mora!!!)
(Tartaglia: Why do I feel like the bank behind me has suddenly lost value?)
(Pantalone: I'm truly sorry the bank lost value, Childe.)
(Tartaglia: ...)
(Pulcinella: When the Traveler embarked on their Path, they once obtained their own Light Cone. Perhaps even without considering purchasing from Takagi, there's still a certain probability of obtaining a Light Cone. However, such a Light Cone might not have the powerful effect of the Light Cone provided by Takagi.)
(Dainsleif: Furthermore, not everyone possesses the special characteristics of the Traveler. Takagi also mentioned that the Traveler is special, which is why they could obtain a Light Cone.)
(Xingqiu: As expected, if you want to purchase a Light Cone, you still need to buy it from Takagi. It's just that the price... is a bit headache-inducing.)
"That's strange, where's my card? Why is my card missing?" After checking her wallet, Asta's brows furrowed tightly.
"Is there a possibility that your remaining cards are with Arlan?" Takagi said with a smile.
"Oh right, I gave some cards to Arlan to hold onto before. Lord Takagi, please wait a moment, I'll have Arlan bring the cards over immediately," Asta said.
Takagi patted Asta's shoulder, stopping her from calling Arlan on her phone. "No need, 10 billion credit points is already more than enough. It's already equivalent to the bounty amount you could exchange for by capturing Kafka. Besides, this Light Cone is a Light Cone that carries your memory. It only has this effect when you use it yourself. Others using it won't have such a strong enhancement effect. So, the price you offered is already sufficient," Takagi said.
He hadn't originally intended for a single Light Cone to sell for 100 billion credit points. It was only because Asta wasn't short on money that Takagi accepted the black card she had given him earlier. Now that Asta wanted to add more money, Takagi absolutely didn't want to accept. He didn't need to truly rely on Asta, this rich woman, to live off her now.
"Since Lord Takagi, you've already said so, then so be it. Thank you, Lord Takagi." Asta smiled sweetly. "Oh right, since you don't want me to spend another 10 billion credit points to purchase a Light Cone, then would you be willing for me to spend more credit points to purchase the Astral Express you made..."
Before Asta could finish speaking, Takagi had already turned his head to look at The Doctor, Nahida, and the others.
"Do you also want me to use this Rating Pistol to give you a score?" Takagi asked.
"Lord Takagi!" Asta pouted, looking at Takagi with an extremely wronged expression.