Genshin Impact: I, the Winter's Executor, am forced to work.

"Phew..." The two breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

So it turns out they were just afraid of losing face. That's scary.

“Oh dear~ Shadow, you’re not good at interrogation, and I need to focus all my efforts on the restoration of Narukami Shrine. The head of the Kamisato family also has a lot of follow-up work to do. Only my younger brother Qin Ye can take on this important task.”

Seeing that the two of them had led the focus astray, the Divine Child quickly pressed his advantage.

Kage frowned, clearly wavering, but still unwilling to give in easily: "Then let's postpone the time until you have time, or we can give it to Kujo Sara."

"Oh dear~ They're all from the same family, how can they trust each other?"

“The Kujo family’s prodigy, his loyalty to me is obvious to everyone.”

“Kage, you don’t understand, do you? What we need to do most now is to give the people of Inazuma an explanation. You and I both know that Kujo Sara is loyal, but the people obviously won’t believe it. They might even think that Kujo Sara is trusted so much because the Tenryo magistrate is still deceiving the shogun.”

Seeing that the other party was about to refute, the priest continued, "Including what you said about postponing the time, that is impossible. The people of Inazuma urgently need an explanation. They trust and respect you, but that doesn't mean they will treat you with the same attitude. Do you understand what I mean?"

It can be seen that Ying is not as full of hatred towards Qin Ye as one might imagine; on the contrary, she is surprisingly tolerant of him. This is also the reason why the Divine Child decided to act in this way.

An eerie silence fell over the scene.

"...If I don't see the corresponding results, I won't give you another chance next time."

Ying felt that even if she wanted to settle scores now, she would be fooled by the two of them working together.

So... let's talk about it next time.

She turned and left, deciding not to ask any further questions.

Seeing that the shadow had already disappeared into the distance, Qin Ye and Shenzi exchanged a smile, their expressions becoming even more arrogant.

"As expected of Qin Ye's younger brother, this merchant's order is a real lifesaver."

"Not at all, not at all. If it weren't for Sister Miko's idea of ​​using Kujo Takayuki to divert attention, this would have really been a mess."

"After all, the little girl from Coral Palace is still useful, and besides, she's saved us from so much trouble. We should give her a taste of what's good for her. As for this list of yours, are you serious?"

Qin Ye shrugged: "Of course, I am a merchant from Zhidong, specializing in lacquerware. It's really heartless of my sister to drag an innocent person like me into this war."

The fox laughed heartily, "My brother is right. I will carefully review this list and guarantee you a satisfactory answer. Also..."

She pulled out a purple Heart of God from who-knows-where: "Sister is never one to go back on her word. It's yours now."

Qin Ye took the small chess piece, relieved, and nodded in satisfaction: "In this way, my mission is completely accomplished."

The drama of Inazuma has now come to a complete end.

(Author's note: The next chapter will be a summary of the Inazuma Project. Also, putting everything else aside, the background music in Sumeru is really catchy. It's just that the desert wasn't opened yet. Is that my problem? Why did we have to explore the maggots from before later?)

Chapter 121: Is there such a code?

Wuyouting Private Room

Four executives and one adjutant stood around the kotatsu (heated floor stove).

"Tsk tsk tsk, I really didn't expect that the lady, the captain, the doctor, and the puppet started plotting for the Heart of God so early, but you, the little twelfth seat, got the first chance."

The soldiers lay comfortably on the tatami mats, their hands behind their heads.

"What do you mean? You look down on your partner? You, a sixth seat, don't even have the qualifications to plan, all you do is talk big?"

The young master sat beside the short boy, arms crossed, legs together, eyes closed, seemingly resting. Upon hearing this, he opened one eye and looked back, his tone displeased.

"Since you know I'm the sixth seat, show some respect, eleventh seat." The soldier showed no sign of anger, crossed his legs, and chuckled.

"That was in the past when I was weaker than you. As for now..."

"What? You want to have a 'duel before the emperor' when we return to winter?"

"I advise you to take this seriously, otherwise you'll lose face if you lose."

Seeing the two of them start arguing again, Qin Ye helplessly pinched the bridge of his nose.

Why is it over here? Just start fighting already, hurry up, I want to see it.

The girl seemed completely unconcerned, stretching her little feet into the kotatsu and leaning back against Qin Ye. The warmth and comfort made her face flush slightly, and she felt quite content.

But this action startled the soldiers and the young master, who retreated a little.

I don't know why... but I have a feeling that things will turn very bad if I run into the other person.

"Tatiana, aren't you going to stick your legs in?" In front of someone, Columbia resumed her intermittent way of speaking.

Tatiana placed her legs together on her right side and looked down at her long, slender legs.

"I won't need your help for now, thank you for your kind offer."

If you put it in, the little kotatsu will be too lively.

"Um...no need, don't be so polite."

The people sitting on either side of the kotatsu were in completely different states.

The young master stopped mid-argument, as if he had thought of something.

"Speaking of partners, how did you end up working with Scaramucci?"

Why don't I know anything about this?

I kept the last sentence to myself, otherwise I would seem unsophisticated.

"Didn't you repeat what this kid said to me when we were on Haiqi Island?"

Upon hearing his companion's words, the young master blinked...

It seems there really was such a thing?

Qin Ye continued to explain to him: "He said he had his own arrangements in Inazuma and told me to stay out of trouble, but I sent so many missions between Narukami Island and Umijima Island, and not only were I not stopped, but it seemed that he was letting me go. I felt something was wrong at the time."

Tatiana's health had just improved, and although she really wanted to hear Qin Ye's explanation, her eyelids kept wanting to close. Seeing her condition, Qin Ye paused his explanation and put his arm around the girl's shoulder.

The other person smiled sheepishly and closed their eyes.

She tried to fall asleep.

"..." Oh no, this pillow is making my blood rush to my head and I can't fall asleep!

Qin Ye continued his explanation: "I learned about his release as early as Liyue, and I was wondering why Piero would release him at this critical juncture."

"..." The soldier curled his lip: "You make me sound like a wild beast."

Looking at the bewildered Tartaglia, Qin Ye said somewhat embarrassedly, "Actually, Scaramucci and I had some minor collaborations before, so we studied some codes and such out of boredom."

"signal?"

My partner and I don't have a secret code!

“Yes, you relayed the next sentence of the skirmisher to me, ‘He should understand that my seat is higher than his, but I certainly can’t use him. Instead, I want to be friends with him.’”

"What's wrong with that sentence?" Duck was still full of questions.

"Don't you think Scaramucci's words came out of nowhere?"

"Is it...abrupt?" The young master and the stragglers asked in unison.

Qin Ye shook his head with a smile: "You were too eager to pass on the message to me. Were you trying to put on an act for that prince of the abyss? With your personality, you shouldn't have continued to show weakness after hearing D'Artagnan's indifferent words. Instead, you should have said a few words to belittle him."

"So...so this is my personality?" The soldier suddenly realized.

"...Although it's a bit of hindsight, I guess the Abyss Prince never trusted you in the first place, right? Your departure accelerated his distrust of you, and he used you to achieve his plan."

Qin Ye recalled the scattered soldiers and the report.

"You told me that the king of the abyss trusted you to work for him, so the prince completely gave up and pretended to be stupid, so that the king would know that he was inferior to you in terms of strategy, and at the same time, that the reason why Inazuma failed was largely due to cooperating with his plan, which was impossible to achieve from the beginning."

Original origin...

The scattered soldiers thoroughly sorted out a series of reasons.

Qin Ye chuckled: "A good leader may not admit to his fatal mistakes in front of his subordinates, but he is certainly aware of them in his heart. That's why that prince's personal plan was very successful. At first, you treated him like a fool and tried to get information out of him, but you didn't expect to find out everything he wanted to tell you. In fact, you were treated like a fool all along... I won't say who it was."

"whispering sound..."

"Hey buddy! And then what? What's the code?" The young master was in a good mood as he watched the stragglers being teased.

“Read out the first four characters of each punctuation mark in the sentence that follows him.”

"Little Inari... oh, those four words, Little Inari, though in my heart, deep down, is there a problem?"

Qin Ye lowered his voice and gestured for the young master to come closer.

"You'll understand once you use the code. The first sentence mentions the equal status of executives, so you take the first character and string them together to form a sentence. The second sentence mentions the order, so you use the order of one, two, three, four, etc. The third sentence mentions that I am the last one, so you use the last character and string them together to form a sentence. Now try it again."

D'Artagnan, his mind starting to tumble over, pondered: "Be... careful... of... the... abyss? Huh?"

Qin Ye gave an awkward smile.

So Scaramche knew from the beginning that, given your personality, you would definitely report this to me as a joke, and he thought you were loyal to me... and that we brothers were of one mind.

"No, no!" Dadalia was about to slam his hands on the table and stand up, but when he saw the girls resting on Qin Ye's shoulders on either side, he suppressed his thoughts.

"Then why did you tell me to be careful of him in the first place? With such a code, aren't you two in cahoots?"

"Haha..." Qin Ye's laughter was a little awkward: "After all, he hadn't contacted me before. You can't be too careful, right? Didn't I personally go and talk to him before the final battle?"

"I see!" D'Artagnan clapped his fists together. "As expected, you were wary of him from the beginning and didn't fully trust him. I knew it!"

"..."

"..."

The stragglers and the fools remained silent.

There are some things... even though everyone knows them, it would be impolite to say them out loud.

"No wonder...back then."

Colombia nodded to herself, lost in her memories.

Chapter 122 This is my escape route

(Time returns to when the soldier and the young master meet on Narukami Island)

"what???"