"I may be offended, but believe me, it's just a matter of facts."

Rama's words were calm: "A few years ago, your father Cripps used the evil eye to repel the demon dragon Usa, he only used it once, and then he consumed all his life force. ”

"You then placed the Vision on the Knights, and left Mondstadt with the Evil Eye to find trouble with the Fatui."

Then he was almost killed.

The background of this plot is that Diluc wants to find out why his father Cripps has such a thing as an evil eye, so he leaves the Order to find the truth.

And the Fatui executive awaits all those who thirst for the truth.

Those who came before them either chose to join the Fatui or were consumed by darkness and could not take the truth with them.

Diluc was the latter, but he was saved.

To be reasonable, the reputation of the Fatui is really bad.

In the story of the Inquisition in the Fontaine plot, one of the evidences presented by the water god is that the Linny brothers and sisters have a relationship with the Fatui, and then all the Fontaine people in the audience immediately issued "No wonder they would do such a thing" and "It's the Fatui who are playing ghosts, I feel the least surprising answer".

A person's reputation can be very bad, but it is so bad that the other party thinks that it is not strange for you to do anything bad just by hearing about your identity, which is already outrageous.

The man who saved Diluc claimed to have watched him for a long time and thought he was a fighter of faith, so Diluc joined the situation and succeeded in becoming a high-ranking person.

He was indeed talented, and the Order, or anywhere, was quickly looked up to and given him the power to hold him to higher responsibilities.

"You shouldn't know that." Diluc was silent for a moment, "But it doesn't matter, the past is in the past. ”

His reconciliation with Jean was conditional.

He wanted Jean to give him the de facto authority over Mondstadt to fight the Fatui, and Jean had an obligation to him.

Diluc will become a knight of the Knights of Favonius, and perhaps in the future, he will become the new vice-captain.

Just as Rustan was to Elendrin, the two of them shine together for Mondstadt.

It's all in the past, including the fact that my father was forced to die in an accident.

Diluc reached out and rubbed his Vision, his face calm.

"There's a very important question here." Rama smiled and asked, "Do you know the demon dragon Usa?" ”

"A powerful monster that caused trouble for Mondstadt a thousand years ago, and was finally repelled by Vanessa." Diluc replied, "If nothing else, the Anemo God must have chosen Vanessa, just as Sora had defeated the Dragon of the East Wind above Mondstadt. ”

Everyone acknowledges Vanessa as a hero.

But it takes strength to fight off the dragon.

Especially after the incident in the air, the high-level officials of the knights also realized that they were afraid that Vanessa was able to repel the demon dragon back then, and it was the wind god who was behind it.

The Aeolus did not approve of the choices of nobles such as Lawrence, but he naturally did not like to personally intervene in the battles between the people of Mondstadt, so he trained heroes of his own free will to stand up.

"If only you agreed with that." Rama thought for a moment, "Let me offend, do you really think that an ordinary person can fight off the demon dragon Usa by risking his life?" ”

Diluc's eyes were cold: "I'm afraid what His Excellency Rama really said is, 'An ordinary person deserves to do such a thing'." ”

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that." Rama waved his hand, "But as far as I know, Mr. Clips did not pass the test of the Knights, and he did not have the talent to become a knight. ”

It takes talent and strength to become a Knight of Favonius, and Clips simply doesn't have that talent.

So he later trained Diluc in the hope that Diluc would become a perfect Knight of Favonius.

In his early years, Diluc did fulfill his wishes, but after the death of Cripps, Diluc gave up his previous creed.

"A person who has no talent in martial arts only needs to risk his life to be able to repel the demon dragon." Rama smiled gently, "Don't you think this thing is exaggerated? ”

"Ordinary evil eyes really don't have this ability." Diluc doesn't deny it, "But there's a hierarchy of evil eyes. ”

If the Evil Eye issued to the Fatui and the Kogishima soldiers had this level of ability, the Fatui should have a stronger suppressive power.

After all, this is sacrificing oneself for the sake of the solstice.

Sacrifice one person a day in exchange for one minute to be able to repel the power of the demon dragon Usa.

If human lives are weighed on the scale, it can only be said that this transaction is really worth it.

But both Rama and Diluc knew that the lives of ordinary people were not worth the price.

If you want to gamble your life, you want to sit on the table of fate to fight, and the owner of the table will only sneer and say, "You are also worthy".

Gambling depends on the price of life, and ordinary people's lives do not have the price of being on the table.

"The Evil Eye is the squeezing of life force in exchange for power, and if we describe it as a tool, it requires the user to provide life energy, and then convert it into observable combat power."

For example, elemental power, such as a more powerful physique.

"So the core that determines the explosive combat effectiveness is very clear, the total amount of life force provided, and the energy conversion rate of the machine."

The total amount of vitality depends on the person.

Diluc and ordinary Kaizon Island soldiers can't always be of the same rank, and it would be too difficult to be the same.

Transformation efficiency, this is the level of the tool, that is, the level of the evil eye.

This is probably the reason why the rebels on Kogi Island received free assistance from the Fatui in the later period.

The Fatui need cannon fodder to provide data and then make better tools to ensure that the same amount of life force can be converted into higher combat power values.

The tools provided for cannon fodder can't also be used by executives, which is too insulting.

"That's what I'm curious about." Diluc took a deep breath, "The level of manufacturing of the evil eye used by my father is very high, maybe even this level exclusive to executives. ”

Since it is a tool, I dare not say that it can be manufactured in batches, but the Fatui can't only have the resources to make eleven evil eyes.

Cripps is using the evil eye of the executive rank, which does not mean that he is the top of the Fatui.

But there is no doubt that he must have some connection to the upper echelons of the Fatui.

Otherwise, who gave him this evil eye?

This is also the truth that Diluc pursued back then.

He wants to prove his father's innocence and heroic death, but the evil eye is stuck in his throat, reminding him that Cripps must have some connection to the Fatui in some way.

There are three or six or nine kinds of tools, and good tools and bad tools are certainly not the same effect.

"Then leave this issue aside, I'm not interested in Mondstadt's housekeeping." Rama spared it out at the right time.

To continue the conversation would be to question Cripps's position, which will only anger Diluc.

There's no need, whether he's betrayed or loyal, he has nothing to do with Rama, so why care.

"I'm not going to tell you what the Fatui want to do." Rama retracted his smile and spoke seriously, "When I was in Sumeru, I once had a business with Tartaglia and I got what I wanted, and the price was that I kept it a secret for them. ”

"The Fatui have such a bad reputation that they should not be surprised that anything evil has anything to do with the Fatui is not surprising."

"But I can't let my reputation be so bad."

Rama said, "Besides, the cost of breaking the contract is so great that I'm not sure I can afford it. ”

Diluc bowed slightly.

That is, Rama knew a secret related to the Fatui and had already collected hush money from them.

This secret is crucial, and once he exposes it, he can only die for everyone to see.

That's really crucial.

"So, the plan that Tartaglia is dealing with has something to do with the plan you know."

"As long as I stop it, I will definitely be able to make the Fatui pay a bigger and heavier price."

Diluc knew what he knew.

"I didn't say anything," Rama waved his hand, "don't guess. ”

"I also have to cooperate with the Fatui, and this kind of thing must be done with a correct attitude, give the other party what they want, and only take what they should take."

"If you guess, it will affect Mondstadt at that time, but if it affects me, it will be a big problem."

Rama sticks to the bottom line.

It's not that his moral values care about these things, it's just that you have to let your friends or enemies have a basic level of faith.

They are able to get what they want from you.

It doesn't matter how you got it.

It doesn't matter if you can take it or not.

The important thing is that they can get it.

At the very least, Rama will be able to get more requests for cooperation.

Doing what he says is the character that Rama has set for himself.

It should be said that this is not a simple character, and Rama did stick to it like this.

"He also handed you a letter saying that Sora had blocked their plans·······" Diluc stood up, "I see. ”

"What do you understand?" Rama was careless.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with you."

Diluc's answer was very much in line with Rama's heart.

"That's great." Rama smiled and blessed, "Then I wish you a smooth journey." ”

Diluc got the answer.

Rama can't reveal his dealings with Tartaglia.

He has already received what he deserves, and he must fulfill his obligations.

It's always a bit troublesome to run such a thing as integrity, and it's too troublesome to run it after it's broken.

So Rama has to guarantee his integrity.

He didn't reveal anything about the secrecy with Diluc, revealing that he had a pact with the Fatui to keep it secret, and that breaking the pact would pay him most likely death.

Diluc then understood that what Tartaglia was doing must be the plan of the Fatui and even the Solstice.

He couldn't think of anything other than such a plan that would cost the Fatui to try to kill someone like Rama.

This was not a breach of contract, and it also gave Diluc enough information.

He didn't know the Fatui's plan yet, but he knew that it was vital to the Fatui.

And then that's enough.

Witnessing Diluc's departure, Rama then drafted a letter.

In the letter, he emphasized his friendship with the Fatui and expressed his willingness to reach a deeper cooperative relationship with the Fatui.

"If you continue to use the Fatui as test subjects, your friend's face will not look good." Rama stretched out his hand and rubbed his chin, "Where else is there enough chaos where human life is like a mustard, and their vitality is still relatively strong and strong?" ”

There really is such a place.

Inazuma.

"If you follow the timeline and settle the Rite of Invitation, Sora will stay in Liyue and Mondstadt for a while, and then meet Dainsleif."

"He can't cross the thunderstorm and must wait for the Southern Cross's help."

"But I have a good relationship with the Fatui, and I can use their relationship to reach Inazuma, and even if the cooperation continues, I can also use their network to conduct research in Inazuma."

Rama began to think about it in earnest.

He muttered in a low voice, "Although my research base in Mondstadt has been formed, there is nothing I can't give up except sugar. ”

"It's better to simply hand over the research base to the Knights of Favonius in exchange for the last supplies and Mora, and then go to Inazuma to establish a new research base."

There is not even a need to create a new research base.

The Fatui research base can also be borrowed.

With the financial resources of the Fatui, it was not difficult to re-purchase and even transport some precious materials and instruments across the sea in Inazuma.

Cooperation with the Fatui is always more beneficial than disadvantageous if you put aside their way of doing things.

The only problem is······

"The master of Mondstadt is the Knights of Favonius, and the Knights will protect me."

"But the master of Inazuma has already been in the same league as the Fatui, and opening a test base in Inazuma is equivalent to sending my life to the hands of the Fatui... Do they deserve this level of trust from me? ”

Rama smiled dumbly: "What do you think, this is the Fatui." ”

The thought of delivering trust only rolled through Rama's mind for half a second, and he immediately laughed at his greed.

The wealth is moving, and he will have a moment because of the benefits that the Fatui can deliver, and then he intends to try to entrust his trust······ How dare you trust the Fatui?

What a ridiculous idea.

"But there is no way for the machine to use alchemy, and if I don't go there myself, I will have the supplies there that I will not need at all."

Rama bowed his head in contemplation.

In Inazuma, far away from the mainland, it is not too much to say that life is in the hands of people.

It is impossible for Nahida in Sumeru to keep Rama who went to Inazuma, and to go is to bet that the Fatui only want to cooperate and not do superfluous things.

But is it possible?

This is the Fatui after all.

It's a big loss not to go, after all, Inazuma is the most chaotic place at the moment, a place where the war is raging, there will be more materials, and more people will need the experimental results.

So, what to do?

(End of chapter)