Life in Sumeru City is as peaceful as ever.

Although the Akademiya has been in constant disturbance recently, the Grand Bazaar has been closed.

But without the Grand Bazaar, life would have to go on, right?

Moreover, the new decrees issued by the Akademiya were all aimed at the dissemination of art and culture, and did not have much impact on the daily lives of the common people.

Therefore, the closure of the Grand Bazaar was slowly forgotten by the civilians who were busy begging for a living.

Of course.

Not everyone has forgotten about the Grand Bazaar.

For example, the vendors who originally set up stalls in the Grand Bazaar, the staff of the Grand Bazaar, and the actors who performed in the Grand Bazaar.

Among them is the Grand Bazaar's most famous dancer, Nilou.

This beautiful girl with red hair is the pillar of the Nezubayr Theater in the Grand Bazaar.

In the lower part of Sumeru City, a person can have no money and no knowledge, but it can never be said that he has not seen Nilou's dance.

Whether it's a well-informed scholar or a blood-licking mercenary, they're Nilou's most loyal viewers in their spare time.

People are never stingy with their praise or their rewards, and this has made the business of the Zubayr Theatre more and more prosperous, and even the merchants of the entire Grand Bazaar have prospered because of it.

Especially on the day of Nilou's performance, the entire Grand Bazaar would be congested with her audience.

It was only later that the Akademiya began to crack down on useless artistic practices, which also made the Grand Bazaar much more deserted, and the Zubayr Theater changed from its original glory to the current situation where it could not even make ends meet and could not even repair the theater.

Fortunately, Mr. Zubair, the owner of the Zubayr Theatre, is a person who truly appreciates art.

For the dreams of these actors, he willingly traveled around for the Zubayr Theater and struggled to maintain the operation of the Zubayr Theater.

It's just that.

Now, under the decree of the Great Sage, he has no chance to maintain the theater.

And the lost Nilou didn't show up for days.

Mr. Zubayr was so worried about this that he visited Nilou's house several times, but each time he dealt with him from Nilou's house, he became more worried.

Because he didn't find Nilou at all.

Worse.

The fallen leaves in front of Nilou's house were already thick, and it was clear that she hadn't been back lately, and she hadn't even cleaned the fallen leaves in front of her door.

"Nilou, you don't want to have an accident."

Mr. Zubayr, who had once again returned in vain, looked up at the high Akademiya and sighed heavily.

What Mr. Zubayr didn't know was.

In fact, as early as when the Great Sage personally went to the Grand Bazaar to issue a ban, a person approached Nilou and asked a question: "Do you want the art of dance to be passed on in Sumeru City forever?" ”

When she heard this, Nilou, who was already disheartened, decisively followed the man.

This walk is nearly a month.

No one knows where she has gone, or what she has done.

So where exactly is Nilou now?

Port Omos is exceptionally calm.

As a matter of fact.

Since the last time a strange traveler taught the son of the serpent Fakhro, there had been a brief period of peace in Port Ormos.

The mercenary groups that had been in the harbor all knew that the port of Ormos had come to a ruthless role, and even the eldest of Fakhro's sons, Lunia, was beaten up.

Out of jealousy, the mercenary groups entrenched here have ordered their younger brothers to pay attention to their words and deeds, and not to provoke people who should not be provoked.

This tranquility.

Until a certain nameless mercenary group looted a batch of goods from the Akademiya in a high-profile manner, it was completely gone.

Loot the Akademiya here in Port Ormos.

It wasn't just a slap on the face of the Akademiya, but it also threw the face of the Akademiya on the ground, spat a few mouthfuls of thick phlegm, and stepped on it several times.

So not only the thirty-man regiment responsible for maintaining order sent many people, but even two discipline officials came.

With such fanfare, it was to investigate this robbery.

However, the unexpected happened again.

Only this time the accident was no longer the cargo ship of the Akademiya, but the Akademiya investigation team that came to investigate.

The two Madracons were killed.

Now it's a big deal.

Even the leader of the Wind Chronicle, the Great Wind Judge Cyno, came to investigate in person.

With the action of this honorary Sumeru, the murder of the wind judge this time quickly found the murderer.

"Lunia, the leader of the sons of Fakhro, is the murderer, and they are responsible for the murder of the Chronicle and the robbery of merchant ships."

The people of Port Omos still remember the appearance of the young gale judge as he pulled the prisoner from the high platform to announce the results of the investigation.

As a result, this group of mercenaries who had been entrenched in Port Omos for many years was eliminated by the Akademiya, and no one in the group escaped, and all of them were arrested and returned to Sumeru City for trial.

Within a few days, the Disciplinary Officers returned to Port Ormos with great fanfare to arrest the people.

Their reasoning is simple.

Lunya had confessed a lot of things, and her men had told even more about it, and now the Chroniclers could be sure that almost all of the recent successes of merchant ship robberies in Port Omos were related to the mercenary groups in the harbor.

There is a witness.

Like tigers swooping into the sheepfold, the discipline officers captured ninety percent of the mercenary group in Omos Harbor, leaving only a few members of the thirty-man group who needed to maintain order.

However, due to the sharp reduction in manpower, the remaining members of the group of thirty can only cry without tears and continue to run back and forth between the city and the port tomorrow, and have no energy to maintain the local law and law at all.

Fortunately.

Port Ormos during this time is calm.

Nothing happened.

In a spacious and bright house in Port Ormos.

Nilou, who had been gone for a long time, brewed a pot of fine tea from Liyue Qiao Yingzhuang, and the moment she opened the lid, the smell of tea was refreshing.

Then she poured out a cup of tea and handed it to a handsome man leaning on the edge of the bed.

The man was extremely handsome, but his face was like tissue paper, without a trace of blood, and in the open placket of his shirt could still be seen a thick bandage wrapped around the place of his left breast.

He took the teacup from Nilou's hand, blew it lightly, took a careful sip, and let out a comfortable breath.

"Mr. Pantarone, your injuries don't matter."

Looking at the handsome man whose breath was still a little vain, Nilou said with some concern.

Yes.

Lying here was Pantarone, who had been seriously wounded after the battle with Cyno.

He was the one who brought Nilou out of Sumeru in the first place.

"If it's not in the way, at least it won't delay the rest of the matter."

Pantarone chuckled softly, then lowered his head and took another sip of tea.

Pantarone was as elegant as ever, and even with such a serious injury, he was able to maintain his image as a gentleman.

"Mr. Pantarone, when are you going to start carrying out the plan you told Mr. Alhaitham earlier?"

As she spoke, Nilou sat down in a chair and looked at Pantarone expectantly.

"Hehe, it's coming, it's coming, don't worry."

Pantarone changed his posture to make himself more comfortable, looked at the blue sea outside the window with a teacup, and said with a smile: "As long as that guy moves, we can do it here." ”

"That guy?"

Puzzled, Nilou asked, "Who are you talking about, Monsieur Pantarone?" ”

"Hmph, a bastard."

At the mention of this person, Pantarone's good mood disappeared without a trace in an instant: "Nilou, when you see this guy in the future, you must stay away from him, this is the most ruthless, greedy, and calculating bastard on the Teyvat continent, even if you are his collaborator, he will sell you for his own interests, and the person who cooperates with him will lose his family at least and lose his life at worst." ”

"Hiss——, so terrible, then, what's his name?"

"In Mondstadt, his name is Albert Sebastian, in Solstice, his name is Troy Schneitzwich, in Liyue, his name is Lin Feng, in short, you remember, if you meet someone who can match one of these three names, stay away, and no matter what he says, you should not say yes."

"Oh, okay."

Nilou nodded in understanding.

But what she thought in her head was, 'Can a person really have so many names?' ’

"Ahh

"Sneeze ——!"

In Huachengguo, Tighnari's house, Lin Feng sneezed several times in succession.

Looking at the people with strange eyes, he rubbed his nose slightly embarrassed and said, "It's none of my business, someone must be saying bad things about me behind my back." ”

"Ahem—"

Tighnari coughed lightly, "Don't talk about irrelevant topics during the meeting. ”

There were four people sitting in this room at this time.

In addition to Cyno, who Lin Feng and Tighnari were familiar with, there was also a sturdy gray-haired man with a handsome appearance.

This is the helper that Lin Feng once suggested that Cyno go to, Alhaithham.

Clerk of the Akademiya.

A very idle clerical position, but every time he saw his muscular arms, Lin Feng couldn't help but think of a picture he had seen before.

[Brother, where did you train this muscle? 】

[I read a book in the library.] 】

"Poof—"

Thinking about it, Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh again.

Such a faux pas naturally made Tighnari start knocking on the table again: "Mr. Lin Feng, please be serious." ”

"Oh oh, okay, sorry sorry, I just accidentally thought of something happy."

Lin Feng waved his hand and motioned for Tighnari to continue.

Tighnari, who knew that his temperament was like this, shook his head helplessly, and continued the topic just now: "The location of the little auspicious grass king Alhaitham has been investigated, and now our problem is how to break into the heavily defended Jingshan Palace and save the grass god. ”

"And there's a very serious question, and that's the second executive of the Fatui [Doctor]."

The topic suddenly came to Doctor.

The people in the room all turned their eyes to Lin Feng in unison.

"What do you see me doing?"

Lin Feng leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "Aren't you guys thinking of ideas?" ”

He didn't care at all about the plan to save the grass god.

Including that he came to Huacheng this time, it was simply because Cyno found him and asked him to come, otherwise he should be in Sumeru City now to talk to Duo Torre about how to solve the matter between the two of them next.

This is the confidence that comes with strength.

When he first arrived in Sumeru, out of fear of Duotore, Lin Feng arranged a lot of things.

From restraining the god-making plan of the Akademiya to plotting against the high-ranking figures of the Akademiya, relying on these riotous operations, he has delayed the progress of the god-making plan to a large extent.

But that's no longer the case.

The power given by Apep was very strong, and Lin Feng, who was so powerful that he had seven divine powers, really felt that he had a hope of winning against Torre, and he didn't need to be afraid of him like before.

And with the power of the Primordial Grass Elemental in Apep, there was no need for him to force the relatively weak Grass God Divine Power, as long as he could keep the World Tree from withering.

Lin Feng's indifferent attitude made Tighnari shake his head helplessly again.

Cyno and Alhaitham couldn't help frowning, they couldn't understand what Lin Feng was thinking, Lin Feng was the one who took the lead in saving the grass god, and he gave a lot of advice, why did this guy suddenly look indifferent now.

But no matter what Lin Feng's attitude is, things still have to be said.

This time, it was Cyno who spoke: "I have cleaned up the port of Omos, and the eyeliner of the Akademiya has been replaced by my people, and on the day the plan is implemented, I can let my people rush to Sumeru City in the name of prisoners, and take over the defense of Sumeru City." ”

"Tighnari will go deep into the Akademiya in the name of submitting his research, find the key to the mechanical vault, and hide it so that Hazard will not have a chance to use it."

"We have also invited the Nilou dancer who has the ability to hold the Flower God's Birthday Festival, as long as our 'prisoner' obtains the right to operate the Void Terminal, we can let Nilou openly provoke the art ban that Azar just issued, so that when he meets Nilou, Eden will inevitably issue this ban again, ordering the soldiers to arrest Nilou, and our 'prisoner' will have the opportunity to tamper with this order and buy time for us to find the grass god."

"If all of our plans fail, then we need to be prepared to use force to force our way through the Akademiya."

"It's just that if we fail, you know the consequences."

Cyno looked around, and seeing that no one had raised any objections, he spoke again: "There is still a big problem in front of us. ”

"According to the Fatui executive who defected, there are now four Dortore in the Akademiya, and one of them is very strong, which is the biggest obstacle for us to save the grass god this time."

"Our plan is basically sabotaging his god-making plan, and he won't sit idly by."

"In other words, we need to face four opponents with super strength, and let me remind you in advance, I have personally experienced the strength of Torre, it is very strong, and I have no power to fight back."

"Therefore, if this problem is not solved, the chances of our plan failing are always high."

After saying this, the room suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

There are four more that can be hammered into Cyno's strength.

With their strength, they are not opponents at all.

Just when everyone was thinking about how to deal with Torre, Lin Feng, who had been silent, finally said something serious: "Leave it to me, and you go and do your own thing." ”

(End of chapter)