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

She looked around, only to find that the familiar figure had disappeared.

Could it be that she secretly followed Brother Qin Ye to see the Doctor?

Doesn't that mean...?

Can I go all out with the cleaning from now on?

Chapter 136 Trust or Distrust?

"Your new research institute is quite impressive, Dortore."

Qin Ye pushed open the door without hesitation and walked into the [Doctor's] research institute.

The man wearing a light blue mask resembling a bird's beak was focused on preparing the medicine and had no time to pay attention to Qin Ye.

"Okay, so this is how researchers treat their bosses these days?"

The medicine in the doctor's hand was carefully sealed and placed in the medicine cabinet next to him.

"Oh? Let me see who it is. It's my dear Dionysus." Doughtore's voice was as calm and composed as ever.

"Now that you've returned from your mission, I suppose you'll be in charge of funding my research institute again?"

He strode to a chair, sat down gracefully, and gently closed the book that was on the table.

"What? Aren't you going to make a mark? If you forget where you are later, don't say I interrupted you." Qin Ye crossed his legs and placed his fingers on his knees.

"There's no need to worry about that. All the contents of these books are in my mind. As long as I see the cover, I can recall the contents at any time."

"It's a pity, if only you could use that brain of yours more for good." Qin Ye tapped his temple with his finger, his tone sarcastic.

"Oh, my dear Dionysus, weren't all the targets of human experiments provided by you?" Dottore shrugged, clearly unconcerned about Qin Ye's words.

"Hehe." Qin Ye's voice gradually deepened, and his gaze turned cold and sharp.

"Don't make me sound like you. The people lying on your lab table are all death row inmates or serious criminals who want their sentences reduced. I'm not going to use children or hardworking young people as your guinea pigs."

Dotole gently pushed with both hands to express his apology: "Hey, don't be angry. You know, for a researcher, the people lying on the lab table, regardless of their status or age, are all the same in my eyes."

He would never refrain from injecting his miraculous potion into a high-ranking official he had met before, just because the person lying in front of him was one he had met before.

Rather, this might actually pique his interest.

"In short, I don't want to waste time with your small talk. Now that the funding is back in my hands, you'd better not get any funny ideas about your experiments."

"Don't worry, I would have done it even if you hadn't said anything, after all..."

Dotole leaned back, relaxing against the chair: "If I displease you, Colombia won't let me off the hook."

"I really didn't expect you to be so afraid of the third seat." Qin Ye's tone was tinged with mockery.

"Heh, you know perfectly well why you, Pantalone, and Puccinella jointly funded the construction of my new laboratory."

Dotole looked at his residence, which was several times larger than before, and the books inside were comparable to those of a small library.

"Besides, my prime period footage isn't here, so I naturally have to give her some leeway."

"That's true."

Qin Ye smiled helplessly.

The other party's laboratory was originally built perfectly well, but it was destroyed by Colombia more than once. Although the reason is unknown, it is understandable that Dotole would back down.

After all, many valuable experimental materials and notes should not be lost because of this.

"So, you didn't come here just to chat with me, did you, Dionysus?"

Seeing that the two had finished their pleasantries, Dotole decided to get down to business. After all, he had a lot of work to do and didn't have time to entertain a man full of schemes and plots.

Especially since the other party also controls the lifeline of funds, although they have never been stingy, this feeling is not very good.

"It's nothing serious, I just wanted to talk to you about my past."

"What exactly do you mean?"

"Those were the days when I lay on your lab bench."

Upon hearing this, the Doctor sighed deeply, the wicked smile on his lips vanished abruptly, and he fell into deep thought: "If you want to ask about your past, unfortunately, I don't know either."

"Do you not know? Or do you not want to say?" Qin Ye observed the other party's every move.

“If I could, I would certainly tell you, even if Colombia kills me for it.” He stood up quickly, his tone tinged with fervor.

"Dionysus, tell me the truth, did you have any new experiences in Inazuma, or did my previous experiments on you yield results?"

His hands were pressed tightly on Qin Ye's shoulders, and he appeared extremely excited.

The seven elements appeared one by one in Qin Ye's hands.

"Sure enough!"

Dotore moved his face a step closer, silently admiring the elemental power in the other's hand.

Qin Ye clenched his fist, causing the power that the Doctor was obsessed with to vanish without a trace.

"You have to tell me why you're so excited, right?"

“That’s true, and you might even go further later.” Dotore turned around and rummaged through the lab table, taking out a leather notebook.

"Dionysus, do you remember the experiment I did for you and the skirmishers?"

"How could I possibly forget all those parts you took off me?" Qin Ye pouted, looking somewhat dissatisfied.

"You can't say that. I saved your life."

Dotore picked up his pen and carefully wrote in the notebook: "Please show me your elemental power again."

"I won't use it if you don't tell me."

"I won't tell you if you don't need it."

"..."

Okay, let's grant this researcher's small wish.

The elemental power surged once more, and Dotole would sometimes frown, sometimes have a flash of inspiration, and sometimes stand up and spin around in place, falling into a state of frenzy that no one could stop.

"Quite interesting. I never expected that energy that couldn't be manifested would appear as elemental force. If we can use this to further our understanding, or rather, to increase the user's control..."

Qin Ye listened to the self-talk that was making his head throb, so he simply closed his eyes and stopped listening.

"By the way, Dionysus, you have to promise me you won't tell Columbia what I'm about to say, otherwise if she comes knocking on our door..."

He shrugged helplessly: "You should understand, I don't want to see the lab blown up again."

"Don't worry, it just so happens that I was also thinking of asking you about her."

"What? Can't you go ask her? Oh!" Dotore suddenly realized, "You can't completely trust what she says, right?"

Outside the laboratory, a petite girl under the eaves was silently listening to what was happening inside. Upon hearing the doctor's words, her hands, which were tucked into her sleeves, suddenly clenched, her face showing resentment.

But the next second, Qin Ye's originally calm and magnetic voice suddenly broke down.

"No...uh..."

He paused briefly and then shifted his gaze to the side.

"Rather than that, I'm afraid that if I keep asking her questions, she'll think that I don't trust her."

At this point, both Dotole and Colombian paused in their movements.

The girl slowly released her grip on the Fools' coat with her other hand, and white mist rose from her mouth.

"Suddenly, it doesn't feel so cold anymore."

Chapter 137 The water is too deep, you can't handle it.

"It seems our third seat is quite capable. It's amazing that someone like you has such trust and goodwill towards her."

Tsk tsk, you know, apart from that little maidservant by Dionysus's side and that kid D'Artagnan, no one else can truly gain his complete trust.

The main reason is that he raised these two people from a young age, which is why they are like this.

"Just kidding. I can tell whether someone is sincere or not. It's just that, given my personality, trying to believe is a very difficult process."

“You know, I’ve known her for so long, and she’s always been cold and aloof, never smiling at anyone, and sometimes quite irritable. But she’s been much better since she came to you, and I have to thank you for that, Dionysus.”

Dotole smiled and shook his head, admiring his own laboratory once again.

Whether she was faking it or genuinely, at least Dionysus was able to seal away her madness, which was a completely good thing.

“In that case, I’ll explain it to you slowly. The reason Scaramucci took a lot of parts from you was because my experiments with you were in their final stages.”

"The final stage?" Qin Ye frowned.

Upon closer reflection, it seems that after that, Doutore began to give him a full-body examination, and the frequency of experiments did indeed decrease.

"That's right. Have you noticed that your control over elemental power has always been stronger than that of other Eye of God users? Even though you don't need the Eye of God anymore."

"That's true."

The excitement in Dotto's voice hadn't completely subsided: "That's because you possess power beyond that, but when you were young you could only use elemental power through the Eye of God because your body couldn't support that power."

He picked up a nearly full glass of water: "To put it simply, your body is in a worse state than this glass of water. The water represents the overflowing power in your body, which constantly replenishes and repairs your body. Once it disappears, you will perish completely. But it is precisely because it is used entirely to repair your body that you are almost one with it, and you are completely unable to mobilize it from your body."

Dotorai pointed to Qin Ye's Eye of God: "And the Eye of God, as a replaceable part, is an external organ that allows you to adapt to the elemental forces in the outside world, thereby creating a cycle with your body and mobilizing elemental forces."

"In other words, if I didn't have the Eye of God, I would just be an ordinary person with great inner strength but no outward appearance." Qin Ye felt that he understood it pretty well.

“Correct.” Dottore clapped his hands. “Perhaps you suffered some serious trauma a long time ago, which caused your power to be incomplete. Even now, the use of the seven elemental forces cannot allow you to unleash your true strength, which is also due to your weak body.”

The doctor reached out and picked up a reagent bottle from the table: "The experiment I did on you was to force your body to become stronger step by step in a short period of time, which caused a disorder in the power within your body, so the side effects... you naturally understand."

"Aren't you afraid I'll ruin things for you?" Qin Ye curled his lips, not expecting that he had been so cunning before becoming an executive officer; he himself hadn't even realized it.

"No, your body has a strong ability to regulate itself. The reason I conducted so many experiments on you was to observe the situation step by step. Now it seems that it's better to fill you up all at once."

"..."

Dotore shook his head: "When your body is forcibly catalyzed, this power will naturally reach a state of overflowing, which is why I removed your organs one by one. And this power is exactly what the skirmisher craves, so I did him a favor and transferred it to him."

"Could it be that my power is more suitable than the Heart of God?" Qin Ye couldn't understand.

"Based on my judgment, it's certainly not feasible now, but if you regain your power, it will probably be even more useful than the Heart of God."