With two flashes, Lumine and Paimon appeared inside the game space.
“Lumine, I promised to be your guide, so you have to protect me!”
Paimon immediately threw herself onto Lumine.
After witnessing what had happened earlier, she was filled with fear.
Making a fool of herself like that in front of so many people was too embarrassing even for her.
Lumine was also somewhat irritated.
What kind of sin had she committed in her previous life to be this unlucky?
Her powers had been sealed by an unknown god, she had been separated from her brother, and after finally awakening, she had somehow been selected by this ridiculously unlucky game.
She definitely didn’t want to end up like the previous two players.
She glanced at Kamisato Ayaka and Jean, who were still sitting in self-isolation nearby, and couldn’t help shuddering.
Kamisato Ayato only had one identification opportunity left.
He couldn’t waste it anymore.
And now that two more people had entered, weren’t they practically being delivered to him as test subjects?
After tricking his own sister earlier, he felt somewhat guilty.
He swore that he would find Fang Yue and beat him up properly to vent his sister’s anger.
“This young lady…”
“Stay away from me, you sister-tricking bastard!”
Lumine jumped three meters away and hid at a distance.
This guy even tricked his own sister.
Who knew what he might do to an outsider like her?
She had already decided to stay as far away from him as possible in the future.
Paimon also hid behind Lumine, repeatedly waving her hands.
“Go away, go away!
You’re a bad big brother!
Shoo…
shoo!”
Kamisato Ayato’s mouth twitched.
He stood awkwardly where he was.
Could this really be blamed on him?
It was all because Fang Yue was too cunning.
He had been planning to help his sister win.
Wasn’t giving the best things to his sister part of a brother’s responsibility?
Although the result had been somewhat different from what he expected, his intentions had been good!
Why were all of you still holding onto this?
[Arataki Itto: Hahahahaha!
I’m dying of laughter!
Brother Ayato is being rejected!]
[Barbara: Serves you right!
What goes around comes around.
That’s what you get for throwing your sister under the bus!]
[Fischl: Evil shall ultimately fall into the abyss.
The fruits of thy deeds are all born from the causes of the past!]
[Oz: My lady means, “Serves you right!”]
[Xingqiu: That’s quite an excellent translation.
Concise and straightforward.]
[Kamisato Ayato: Everyone, I only wanted Ayaka to win.
Do you really have to say this about me?]
[Xiangling: That’s not what you were doing just now.
@Sayu!]
[Chongyun: That’s not what you were doing just now.
[Kaeya: Exactly.
You weren’t trying to trick your own sister.
You were trying to use Sayu as a shield!]
[Kamisato Ayato: Ah…
I have no response to that.]
Although he hadn’t intended to trick Sayu, he had indeed used her as a shield.
The poor little girl just hadn’t realized it.
Kamisato Ayato looked around.
Seeing that no one else dared to make another identification, he was somewhat unwilling to accept the situation.
Was he really going to let Fang Yue win just like this?
“Everyone, are you really willing to let Fang Yue win?
Think about that smug look on his face.
Are you really willing to accept that?”
Lumine rolled her eyes.
“Why would I care?
It has nothing to do with me!”
As her loyal little companion, Paimon immediately expressed her stance as well.
“Don’t even think about using us as shields!
Paimon won’t fall for it!”
“Don’t look at me.
I’ve said from the beginning that I absolutely won’t participate in this game!”
Keqing’s attitude was firm.
All she could think about now was getting out of here.
She still had a mountain of work waiting for her.
Where would she find the time to play some ridiculous game of hide-and-seek?
Kamisato Ayato was dumbfounded.
Who was trying to use them as shields?
Why was it so impossible to communicate with these people?
“Sigh!”
Venti sighed and spoke.
“Fine, I’ll do it.
You guys can help me find some suspicious statues.
That should be acceptable, right?”
There was no other way.
Although Venti seemed to be fooling around, he hadn’t stopped investigating this unknown space for even a moment.
He might not usually care about governing matters anymore, but anything that could potentially threaten Mondstadt was something he needed to understand.
“If you want to investigate, do it yourselves.
Don’t involve me.”
Keqing still didn’t want to participate.
She returned to the stone pedestal and sat down again, looking determined not to get involved.
Lumine and Paimon looked at each other.
In the end, they nodded.
They could at least help with this.
Seeing what they were searching for, Fang Yue gave a sinister little laugh.
There was absolutely no way they could guess where he was hiding.
It was both safe and comfortable.
He could even smell a faint, pleasant fragrance.
Lumine reached out and touched one of the stone statues.
She discovered that the statue was slightly warm.
“Venti!
This statue is warm!”
The discovery shocked everyone.
They hurried over and touched it themselves.
Sure enough, there was a faint warmth coming from it.
“So, little bro, we’ve found you!
Are you coming out on your own, or should I identify you?”
Venti was certain that Fang Yue was inside.
Otherwise, why would this statue be warm?
When Fang Yue didn’t answer, Venti pointed at it.
“I’ll identify this…”
“Wait!”
His identification was interrupted.
Everyone turned around.
It was Jean!
Although she had been sitting in self-isolation, she was still aware of what was happening around her.
Lumine’s shout just now had been loud enough that she naturally heard it.
“The statue I identified earlier was warm too!”
Venti’s extended hand froze in midair.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If Jean hadn’t reminded him, he would have been in trouble.
He gave Jean a grateful look.
It seemed the Acting Grand Master of Mondstadt was actually quite reliable.
“I’ve figured it out.
I have to find Fang Yue and personally put an end to this farce!”
Jean walked over to the others and spoke with determination.
She had thought about it for a long time.
Since she had already completely humiliated herself, there was no way she was going to let Fang Yue win so easily.
“I feel the same way.
He bullied my sister.
I can’t just let him off either!”
Kamisato Ayato also declared his intention.
He was going to fight Fang Yue to the bitter end!
Seeing the two of them like this, Venti naturally had to join as well.
“Me too.
Then let’s work together.”
Paimon had never been particularly decisive.
Seeing everyone speaking so passionately, she became fired up as well and raised her hand.
“I’m in too!
I’m in too!
Watch me catch Fang Yue in one try!”
“Good!
Then let’s work together and catch Fang Yue!”
“Yeah!!!!”
“As long as we work together, there’s nothing to be afraid of!”
“Yeah!!!!”
Keqing looked at the group with a strange expression.
What were they doing?
Had they all collectively lost their minds?