My obsession with role-playing seems to have distorted the world's aesthetic.

"Doctor... it really is you. You'd better pray that your subordinate isn't telling the truth, otherwise... the Fools really do need to suffer some losses."

The woman clenched her fists tightly, the veins on her pale knuckles clearly visible, while Xia Qing was already prepared to fight two against one.

Faced with the current situation, Qin and the lady exchanged glances and decided to deal with this sudden troublemaker first, and then properly discuss their problems.

The two attacked simultaneously, rushing towards Xia Qing. Facing the two charging towards her, Xia Qing assumed a fighting stance.

Facing attacks from both sides, Jean and Xia Qing controlled Bane's body to quickly defend, while Diluc borrowed Kaeya's sword and charged towards them.

"Hmph, not bad strength. This kind of power... Heh, you must be the guy who fought me before."

"With this power, could it be that you, like me, have also undergone human experimentation?"

Xia Qing said this after she directly withstood Diluc's sword with her wrist. Upon hearing the words "human experimentation," a cold glint flashed in Diluc's eyes.

"My strength today is all thanks to my own relentless efforts!"

Recalling his past training, a flame seemed to burn in Diluc's pupils, and in his heightened emotions, he increased the force of his blows.

Xia Qing controlled the puppet's wrist to block Diluc's sword once again. Faced with this situation, Diluc knew that it would be difficult to harm the enemy in front of him with his current state.

"System, give me some points!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Diluc quickly activated the "Strongest Idol Training System" in his consciousness, and after his power was greatly enhanced, Diluc unleashed three consecutive sword strikes.

With sword strike after sword strike, Diluc successfully left a red mark on Bane's hand with his first strike. The second strike had already split the red mark into a wound, and the third strike severed most of Bane's wrist.

"This is truly outrageous defensive power."

Seeing that Ms. Bane had taken all three sword blows, she sounded somewhat surprised. At that moment, Jean quickly reminded her, "Don't just stand there in a daze."

Jean, who had been manipulating magic for a long time, used wind pressure to pull Bane towards her location, while the lady, after hearing the warning, realized that they were in the middle of a battle.

Ice elements condensed into a long spear, and under the sunlight, the lady thrust it forward as Bane flew towards the harp.

At that moment, Xia Qing controlled Bane's body and grabbed Diluc with his backhand to try to block the attack, but it was obviously too late. Lady's ice spear pierced through his abdomen at that moment.

At this moment, Jean saw Bane grabbing Diluc and activated the second phase of Wind Slash, which blew Bane away.

However, just as Bane was blown away, Diluc was also grabbed by the collar.

"You are weaker than I thought. Where did you get the confidence to say such arrogant words when you were so weak?"

So what's your choice now? Tell me that everything you said before was fabricated, or tell me more about the doctor's secrets, and I might consider letting you go.

The woman looked at Bain and said this, and upon hearing this, Bain retorted righteously, "What do you take me for, Bain?"

Okay, that's what I was going to say in response, but I just wanted to survive.

Hearing Bain's words, the woman nodded slightly in satisfaction. In fact, from the very beginning, she had no intention of letting go of this person who turned a blind eye to human experimentation.

The woman had made up her mind; she would now use the ice spear in her hand to end the painful life of the experimental subject before her.

"Then there is only one answer, Your Excellency!"

As Lady Bane suddenly pulled Diluc, who was being held by the collar, closer, Jean's expression changed: "What do you want to do?"

"I swear allegiance to you!"

As soon as Bane finished speaking, he grabbed Diluc with both hands, lifted him high, and then slammed him down on his knees.

With an encouraging voice, Jean clenched her fists, ready to slash Bane with her sword, while the lady instinctively closed her eyes and took a step back.

However, he quickly felt at ease. Who was Diluc? He was someone who conspired with the young master to scheme against him, so there was naturally no need to be polite.

"Does it sound good? If it sounds good, it's easy to memorize."

The woman with her eyes closed turned to look at Jean not far away and said, "Now is not the time to turn against Bane, who is more numerous than we imagined."

Before turning against him, I can first consider taking away the Heart of God.

At this moment, the lady paused slightly, then asked in a somewhat complicated tone, "Does it sound good? If it sounds good, then you have good knees."

what?

The woman seemed puzzled by Qin's words and looked towards Bain's location with a confused expression.

What came into view was Diluc, who was half-squatting on the ground, looking at Bane with a blank stare as his knees were shattered and blood was constantly staining the nearby grass.

Just now, at the most crucial moment, Diluc silently used a technique called "system skill point allocation".

After temporarily increasing the hardness of his back by using the system that activated the second stage of transformation through the Idol Codex, his back didn't break, but Bain's knees did.

Looking at Bane's shattered right knee, he shook his head, then picked up the sword he had borrowed from Kaeya, preparing to deliver the final blow to Bane.

"Hey hey hey, isn't this Bane? Haven't seen him for days... why do you look so sluggish?"

But at that moment, a flirtatious voice came from beside Bane.

Chapter 626: Let's get down to business, Dvalin!

"who!"

The woman glanced around instantly, but she didn't see anyone.

The next second, a golden spatial rift suddenly appeared beside Bane, and a figure walked out from the rift.

"I am the ultimate life form, a warrior of Mondstadt..."

The familiar opening remarks rang out again at this moment, and upon hearing them, most of the people present immediately understood the identity of the newcomer.

After all, he has to say this opening line every time he appears, and those in Mondstadt and Liyue who have seen him many times have basically memorized it.

"Aberdo, what are you trying to do by showing up at this time?"

Faced with the sudden appearance of the figure, Diluc silently gripped Kaeya's sword.

"It's just a deal. The evil spirit of Babel has something I want, and the price of that thing is just a convenient thing for me to deal with."

Of course, you don't need to consider me one of the Doctor's side; I'm just a Mondstadt mercenary passing through.

Abedo spoke slowly and deliberately, while Kaia, looking at his figure, was somewhat stunned: "Abedo, what are you saying?"

Wait, shouldn't Abedo be over at Dragonspine Snow Mountain right now? Why is he in Wind Dragon Ruins?

Kaiya suddenly realized the crux of the problem, while Abedo ignored Kaiya and gave Bane a cold look.

“Experimental subjects like you, who have lost their surplus value, have no reason to exist.”

After saying this, a flash of white light appeared, and then Bane turned to ashes in front of everyone.

"What kind of price could possibly be paid for the Doctor to enlist the help of an ultimate life form?"

He had tried to stop it, but it was too late. Diluc's tone was slightly doubtful, while Abedo made no attempt to hide anything and spoke directly:

"It's a way to quickly replenish energy at 4 a.m. If I learn that method, I'll undoubtedly have more time to carry out the Mondstadt's terrifying plan."

...?

"Wait a minute, what is our Mondstadt's terrifying plan?"

Qin stared blankly at Abedo, completely bewildered by the terrifying plan that this man, who seemed to be from the future, was talking about.

Compared to Kaeya, Jean, who had personally visited the Wind Dragon Ruins, undoubtedly knew more.

"This is not something you should know right now, Master Jean. You need not worry. Mondstadt's grand plan is only beneficial to us Mondstadt."

After saying this, Abelard looked at Diluc, and after thinking for a moment, he said:

"Since the Heart of God is still in your hands, it proves that you still have the potential to turn things around."

"Diluc, the righteous one, at least for now, you've shown potential that surpasses that of my other collaborator. Therefore, the Heart of God will remain yours."

Upon hearing Abedo's statement, Diluc immediately noticed the key point: "Another collaborator?"

“That’s right. Besides you, I’m looking for another collaborator, and that is your nemesis, Zhou Ke’er… well, the transliteration is a bit incomplete.”

If we were to describe him in the language of his hometown, "The Joker" would be a more fitting description.

Upon hearing this unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar voice, Diluc fell into thought and tried to pronounce the unknown word Xia Qing had mentioned.

"Joker... translated into Mongolian German means clown. With that hint, your nemesis's identity is quite obvious. So, I'll take my leave now."

Ultimately, one of you will be the key to saving the world. Will the Dark Knight's justice triumph over madness, or will madness triumph over the Dark Knight's justice?

As soon as he finished speaking, Abelard ran away before anyone could react, while Diluc was lost in thought.

After Xia Qing dispelled Abedo's illusion, she switched back to Michi's body consciousness, which had returned to Tvalin's side.

Xia Qing glanced at Dvalin beside him, who was slacking off and watching the show without any intention of taking action, and fell into thought. This "slacking-off syndrome" has begun to spread.

Let's get down to business, Dvalin!

Looking at Dvalin, who was merely observing and showed no signs of betrayal, Xia Qing wanted to say something like that, but before she could speak, Dvalin's voice rang out:

"Joker... an unfamiliar word, I don't know where it's from."

Xia Qing nodded in a gesture of tacit agreement: "I haven't heard of it either. It doesn't sound like Mondstadt or Liyue."

"Hmm, just looking at it like this doesn't seem right. Would you like some watermelon?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Qing took out a watermelon from her character space and it floated in the air. Everything in the character space was in the state it had just been put in.

Diablo's character card corresponds to a space filled with various things, among which watermelons, which are edible, are considered quite practical.

Xia Qing still can't understand whether she was out of her mind or why she put several large stone pillars in Diablo's character space.

The abandoned construction project on the Honkai side can just be left unfinished. Those few high-class-looking stone pillars are useless if you take them away; they wouldn't match the environment well as decorations.

As Dvalin turned his gaze to the watermelon, outside the Wind Dragon Ruins, Diluc was still pondering the true identity of the Joker.

"The clown... seems to be a comical character in a play, whose roles are mostly designed to make people laugh."

If we're talking about comedic characters, the clown…

As Diluc muttered to himself, he looked at the lady. If he hadn't misheard, the lady who was being used as a pawn by the young master and the doctor was probably just a clown in their eyes.

"The clown is right next to me!"

Seeing the woman, Diluc instinctively raised his sword, but the woman hadn't yet reacted: "Huh?"

"If you were the clown, that would be fine too."

After saying this, Diluc took a deep breath and sheathed his sword. The Fatui, his nemesis. It seems that he and the lady will become enemies in the future for some reason.

Although it's unclear what happened in the future that would turn this woman into her current nemesis, those things clearly haven't happened yet.