Chapter 188

That's right, the person in front of him is Diluc.

For Dottore, Diluc is a very important experimental material, but later Diluc was always within Mondstadt. Even if he wanted to capture Diluc, he didn't dare to act rashly.

Barbatos, that guy, usually slacks off, but as the second oldest of the Seven Archons now, if one really goes to provoke him casually, that is courting death.

Dottore dares to fish in troubled waters and capture some Mondstadt children for experiments, but he dares not directly capture Diluc for experiments.

Even the previous "Darkfire Case" and the matter of the magic dragon Ursa were actually Dottore testing Barbatos's bottom line, and at the same time wanting to see if Barbatos had awakened.

It was just unexpected that at this time, Diluc actually stood in front of him. If he captured the other party, Barbatos would also have nothing to say.

After all, this is Sumeru!

Diluc also bumped into him himself.

"Dottore, as soon as I see you, old and new hatreds well up in my heart. This time, you are dead." Diluc held the Wolf's Gravestone greatsword, gritted his teeth, looked at Dottore, and said coldly.

At the same time, an extremely powerful aura erupted from his body. This aura also stunned Dottore. He was still curious before why Diluc would run in front of him at this time.

Isn't this sending his head?

At the beginning, he should have understood the gap between the two sides. It would be rare enough for Diluc not to hide from him.

As a result, at this time, he actually took the initiative to bump into the door.

Isn't this courting death?

It was just unexpected that after not seeing him for a few years, Diluc's aura seemed to be much stronger than imagined.

If one only looks at the aura, Dottore would find it hard to determine whether Scaramouche before becoming Shouki no Kami, the Prodigal, would be Diluc's opponent now.

Simply incredible.

"Interesting, it seems you have new secrets on you. But it doesn't matter. This time, I will definitely investigate your secrets one by one." Dottore's gaze toward Diluc was full of desire and greed.

He had a premonition that if he could capture Diluc and investigate the secrets on Diluc, he would gain a lot of amazing knowledge.

Such intuition had never been wrong.

"Hmph, you can say that after you survive!" Diluc snorted lightly and slashed directly at Dottore.

Facing Diluc's attack, Dottore also emitted a very strange and eerie stance, which caused the attack that was originally going to slash at Dottore to be forcibly twisted in direction, making Diluc's sure-hit attack miss.

And after Dottore forcibly twisted Diluc's attack, he also stretched out a hand to grab Diluc's neck.

Seeing this, Diluc twisted his body, forcibly broke free from the special stance Dottore imposed on him, and pulled away from the other party.

Looking at Dottore like this, Diluc's expression also became extremely solemn.

A new ability he didn't know!

This is not the ability Dottore used when he fought Dottore last time. It was an ability similar to wind. Now, what is this? Distorting space and reality?

This is impossible. If Dottore were so powerful, how could he use Sumeru? He would have already been doing research in Snezhnaya himself.

It seems to be gravity...

At this time, Diluc also planned to test Dottore first.

Diluc took a deep breath, his body shot out again, and he attacked Dottore. This time he was prepared. Even if Dottore's special stance continued to land on him, it changed Diluc's attack direction a bit, but after failing twice, Diluc was fully prepared and began to fight Dottore at close range.

"Hahahaha, Dottore, I have become a god~.!" Just as the two sides started fighting, Shouki no Kami, the Prodigal, not far away let out a wild laugh.

This smile also made Dottore's expression turn black. Sure enough, Scaramouche, this guy, is mentally ill.

"Do you call that becoming a god? In any case, I don't feel you resemble a true god at all."

"It seems that because your strength progressed too quickly, your state of mind couldn't keep up. This experimental subject is a failure."

"However, this brat Diluc does have something to him. The Doctor senses something else on Diluc; it seems somewhat like the adeptal arts of Does Does Liyue, yet it is different. It looks more like a different cultivation system."

"Interesting, this is truly too interesting." The Doctor's expression grew increasingly manic.

If he could research these mysteries, he too would be able to become someone who changes this world.

"Raiden Ei, I shall launch a new Archon War." Suddenly, Scaramouche burst into wild, manic laughter again.

【Mu Yang: "Raiden Ei, what is your take on this?"

Raiden Ei: "Unable to control his own power, he has already lost himself within it. The choice to abandon him back then was correct. An Archon War? Hah, based on what he has?"

Regarding Regarding Zhongli: "Speaking from a general rational perspective, in terms of combat power alone, he has indeed surpassed most of the adepti in Does Does Liyue.

He might even be no weaker than Osial."

Mu Yang: "Oh? Is Osial under Guyun Stone Forest that weak?"

Mu Yang felt that Scaramouche wasn't all that powerful, roughly on par with the level he was at when he obtained the Geo Archon's Gnosis.

Regarding Regarding Zhongli: "After so many years, due to erosion and being suppressed, Osial's strength has declined too much.

Back in the day, his strength was quite decent."

Venti: "Hehe, that was the overlord of the seas, and only you would say his strength was just 'decent'."

Mu Yang: "That's very Regarding Regarding Zhongli!"

Nahida: "Mr. Mu Yang, please make your move quickly. The commotion Scaramouche is causing is a bit too large; Sumeru City is already starting to shake violently."

Mu Yang: "Understood."】

This time, Nahida ultimately invited Mu Yang to help, even though she could have stepped in to deal with this Shouki no Kami, the Prodigal.

At worst, she could just simulate it a few more times. Shouki no Kami only possessed strength comparable to an Archon, not the status of a true Archon.

On this point, Nahida was still quite confident.

But at this moment, the most important thing in Sumeru was driving out the Fatui. She needed to coordinate the troops from the center to expel those Fatui, and this might even escalate into a war.

Therefore, she could only entrust Mu Yang to help.

To this, Mu Yang did not refuse. He detested both Scaramouche and the Doctor, and since he had encountered them both this time, there was no possibility of letting them go.

Perhaps many obsessed Scaramouche fans would think that Scaramouche was innocent, that those things weren't done by him, and that their "Scara-baby" was merely being used.

As long as Scaramouche knew those things were designed by Dottore, he would surely wake up to the truth, join the protagonist's side, and become a decent combat asset.

But while high-end combat power was lacking, Mu Yang stated he couldn't bring himself to do such disgusting things.

After all, he was the type who was so disgusted by Scaramouche's banner that he almost quit the game back then.

Before Scaramouche, he spent over forty thousand; after Scaramouche, he didn't even want to top up a single 648.

Now seeing Scaramouche, Mu Yang was also eager to try. This guy seemed like he would be very interesting to hack at; hopefully, he could be sturdy enough to take a few more slashes.

"Rip!" A bolt of lightning wrapped in blade energy descended from the sky, grazing past Shouki no Kami, yet the entire underground factory and the ground above were directly split in two.

"Who is it? Daring to ambush your great god." Seeing this, Scaramouche was not afraid; instead, he became even more manic.

While dodging and observing Diluc, the Doctor also turned his gaze toward the source of the attack. His brows twitched; he hadn't expected that this person would actually come to Sumeru.

If it were him, it seemed Scaramouche's value wouldn't be worth much.

As someone who had witnessed Mu Yang's combat power with his own eyes, the Doctor felt that Shouki no Kami wasn't enough for Mu Yang to dismantle.

Most crucially, could this clone of his escape?

Was it too late to run now?

If he couldn't escape, could he strike a deal with Mu Yang this time to buy his own life?

He didn't want to end up like that previous segment, which was directly slashed to death by Mu Yang for offending him.

"I heard you want to restart the Archon War?" Mu Yang's cold voice rang out.

"Hahahaha, how about it? Worship me, I have already become a god!" Scaramouche laughed regardless.

"Worship?" Mu Yang's expression was incredibly subtle. He glanced toward the Doctor's direction: "Dottore, when you were creating this guy, what exactly did you add inside? I've never heard of Forbidden Knowledge lowering one's intelligence! Your experiment is a failure."

"Is it a failure?"

The Doctor said helplessly: "I don't know either. It might be that the power surged too violently, leading to a runaway of power."

He indicated that this absolutely couldn't be a failure of his experiment; it was just that Scaramouche was too much of a waste, unable to even properly control such power—it was truly shameful.

As expected, this guy was meant to be discarded.

Even as an experimental subject, Scaramouche was full of flaws; he shouldn't have held expectations for Scaramouche in the first place.

"Bastard, are you blaspheming a god?" Hearing Mu Yang's words, Scaramouche became furious: "Wait, this blade is... what is your relationship with that old woman, Raiden Ei? Why do you have her weapon?"

By the end, Scaramouche's tone had become manic.

Old woman... you are going to die a miserable death!

— Author's Notes —

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