“Yay!”
Seeing the quality increase, Paimon became excited!
Looks like her luck wasn’t bad after all.
Venti urged her from the side.
“Strike while the iron is hot, Paimon!”
The moment Fang Yue saw Venti’s expression, he knew exactly what this guy was thinking.
This guy was a true troublemaker in Teyvat too.
You think you can just take the reward and run?
No way!
Fang Yue also encouraged her.
“Venti is right.
Now is the perfect time to press our advantage.”
“That’s right.
We should go all in now.
I have a feeling the next one will definitely be a White Box!”
Kamisato Ayato chimed in as well.
After saying that, the three of them exchanged glances, revealing knowing smiles.
Lumine was dumbfounded.
Are these three really this shameless?
Three grown men teaming up to deceive a little girl.
Don’t you feel even the slightest bit ashamed?
“That’s right!
I’ll give it another shot and turn it into a Gold treasure chest!”
“Upgrade!”
[Upgrade complete.
Silver SR has been downgraded to Silver R.]
“Ah!
How could this happen?!”
Seeing the treasure chest get downgraded, Paimon was disappointed.
If she had known this would happen, she would have just opened it directly.
“This happens sometimes.
Besides, there’s nothing much left to downgrade now.
Why not try again?
This time it’ll definitely work!”
“Yeah!
There’s nothing left to downgrade anyway.
We might as well go for it!”
“Exactly!
We’re seeing this through to the end today!”
The three absolute scoundrels continued encouraging her, fully embracing the principle that watching someone else’s misfortune was never enough.
“I choose to upgrade!”
[Upgrade complete.
Silver R has been upgraded to Silver R.]
“Again.
Upgrade!”
[Upgrade complete.
Silver R has been upgraded to Silver SR.]
“Upgrade!”
[Upgrade complete.
Silver SR has been downgraded to Silver N.] This story is hosted at g.com.
“Pfft!”
Seeing the treasure chest return directly to where it had started, Fang Yue really couldn’t hold himself back anymore.
He burst out laughing.
This was even more satisfying than watching someone lose their pity pull in a gacha game!
Paimon stood there dumbfounded for a moment, unable to believe her eyes.
Did I just return to the starting point?
“Waaaaah!”
Unable to hold it back anymore, she burst into tears.
Jean glanced helplessly at the three of them.
These three are too shameless!
They had actually teamed up to bully a little girl.
But why did she feel a tiny bit of satisfaction inside?
Venti secretly chuckled and turned his head away.
There was absolutely no way he could let Paimon see him laughing.
He still wanted to maintain his image as a good person in front of Paimon!
Although Paimon couldn’t see him, everyone in the Intelligence Room could see everything clearly.
[Barbara: Venti is so mean!
He made little Paimon cry!]
[Rosaria: Kamisato Ayato isn’t any better.
After tricking his own sister, he’s now tricking Paimon!]
[Klee: Those adults are so mean!
Klee wants to use Jumpy Dumpty to blast them away!]
[Diona: That Venti is the worst!
He always reeks of alcohol.
He’s just as annoying as Diluc!]
[Diluc:….Caught in the crossfire…]
[Kaeya: Haha, I didn’t expect this treasure chest to be so much fun.
Watching someone else open a treasure chest is even more entertaining than opening one myself!]
[Zhongli: Humans are driven by greed.
If one can stop in time, the outcome will not be like this.]
[Ningguang: Indeed.
But how many people can actually bring themselves to stop in time?]
Ningguang understood that when something involved an element of gambling, it was difficult for people to control themselves.
Once they got one, they would want another.
This was one of humanity’s inherent weaknesses.
But at the same time, it was precisely this trait that drove humanity forward.
[Beidou: It’s not that bad.
At worst, you just start over.
The treasure chest isn’t destroyed anyway.]
[Albedo: I see.
After repeated upgrades, the more attempts there are, the greater the chance of a Black Box appearing.
At that point, a choice has to be made.]
[Xiangling: So that’s how it works.
I was wondering why the treasure chest kept going up and down.]
…..
Outside the Intelligence Room.
“Paimon, keep going.
Upgrade it one more time, but absolutely don’t touch it again after that!”
Lumine was actually the one encouraging Paimon now.
Since the treasure chest couldn’t be downgraded any further, they might as well upgrade it one more time and stop after that. Find the original chapter at g.com.
After sobbing a few times, Paimon still listened to Lumine and chose to upgrade.
As soon as she made her decision, the treasure chest changed.
After a flash of brilliant light, an exquisite, pure-white treasure chest appeared before everyone.
“This…
Is this the White Box?”
Venti’s eyes widened.
Paimon had actually obtained a White Box!
He had originally wanted to watch Paimon make a fool of herself.
But now, why was the clown suddenly him?
Venti swallowed nervously.
Paimon carefully opened the treasure chest.
A flash of white light appeared.
The treasure chest immediately upgraded into a dazzling Gold treasure chest.
Seeing the large SR displayed on the Gold treasure chest, the corners of Fang Yue’s mouth twitched.
I’m going to lose a lot here.
Although the maximum reward was still only 100,000 points, that didn’t stop his heart from aching.
“Oh!!!
Did you see that?
Did you see that?!
Gold SR!”
Paimon instantly became energetic again.
Her face was still streaked with tears, and she didn’t even bother wiping them away as she flew around excitedly.
Seeing this, the corner of Scaramouche’s eye twitched violently.
If he hadn’t been intimidated by how terrifying Fang Yue had just been, he would have wanted to smash Paimon with his hammer!
“Paimon, keep going!
Gold SSR is waving at you!”
Kamisato Ayato immediately began encouraging her.
He had already seen a White Box.
Now he wanted to see a Black Box too.
“Get lost!
I’m not falling for your tricks!”
This time, Paimon had learned her lesson.
She made up her mind that she absolutely wasn’t going to upgrade anymore.
“Paimon, that’s not what I meant.
Think about it, if you—hey…
hey…
hey!”
Before Kamisato Ayato could finish speaking, someone dragged him away.
It was Kamisato Ayaka.
She had finally recovered from her previous emotional state.
Seeing her brother once again behaving shamelessly, she immediately dragged him aside.
She then apologized to Paimon.
“I’m sorry.
My brother was being very rude.”
Paimon was in a good mood now, so she didn’t hold it against him.
Seeing Kamisato Ayaka like this, Fang Yue thought to himself:
Now this is the Kamisato Ayaka I know!
What the hell was that angry version before?
Was that Kamisato Ayaka?
No, that was Kamisato Tortoise!