Chapter 22: Agent Vier
Sasuke didn't bother with the guy who slipped away.
At this point, Sasuke has basically decided, this is the game set up by this guy Kaeya.
This guy used his current "popularity" and Paimon's big mouth to spread the word about the so-called Arcadia ruins.
And his purpose is most likely the Treasure Hoarders that he mentioned in passing.
The Treasure Hoarders have been on the rise lately, and the Adventurers' Guild is the easiest place to get information about the ruins.
It only took a few days to figure out the characteristics of his own combination, and it's a pity that this kind of guy is not a ninja.
Paimon was still immersed in the role of a treasure hunter, and asked Sasuke with some distress:
"Alas...... Looks like the Adventurers' Guild doesn't have any clues here. ”
"But this is also an inevitable thing, after all, it is a place where such a powerful divine sword is hidden."
"What now? Sasuke, I'm a little lost. ”
Sasuke didn't care, so he found a place to sit at the open-air wine stall.
Although it is a wine stall, it also sells some non-alcoholic drinks.
He ordered two drinks, one of which was a sweet flower and fruit drink for Paimon.
And in the recent period of getting along, Sasuke has probably figured out what Paimon likes.
Paimon loves a lot of things, all kinds of food, mora, sunshine, flowers, sweet fruits, etc., and this sweet flower as an ingredient and a variety of juices to mix the drink is perfectly in the middle of Paimon's good ball area.
Sure enough, the moment Paimon took the drink, all the confused and troubled expressions on his face dissipated, leaving only a big smiling face.
"Wow! Sasuke, you're so nice, but I haven't helped you find Excalibur yet, so you invited me to drink juice, how embarrassing is that? ”
That being said, I didn't drink less than I drank at all.
"It's okay, wait for clues from Kaeya."
This made Paimon anxious and put the juice aside.
"No! If Kaeya had a clue first, wouldn't the Excalibur be found and taken away by himself? Then we, we ...... No, I don't. ”
"But this itself is his grandfather's Excalibur, isn't it?"
"Forehead ......"
Paimon scratched his head.
"It seems to be."
"We don't have a clue here, and this is also his grandfather's divine sword, so what's there to worry about?"
"It's better to continue waiting here, and you can hear a little news about other ruins, even if you don't have a divine sword, it would be a good harvest if there was news related to the Wind God Pupil."
"Hmm...... Well, listen to you, Sasuke, you're smarter after all. ”
The old god of Sasuke was there, and he put his energy into the conversations of the adventurers around him who came to rest.
He was only relatively familiar with the outskirts of Mondstadt at the moment, and the adventurers often had a lot of information in their conversations that he didn't know.
For example, there is now talk of a place called Dadaupa Valley, where there are several hilichurl camps, and hilichurls have been very irritable lately, and are not suitable for exploring there.
……
After the afternoon passed, as Sasuke expected, Kaeya came to the door by himself.
"Oh! Are you getting any good news here? ”
Sasuke got up and went back to the alley where he and Kaeya had spoken before.
"We were able to inquire about the Adventurers' Guild for an afternoon, but we still couldn't find any clues."
Paimon replied.
"Whew, of course."
Kaeya said.
"Huh?"
Paimon tilted his head.
"Nothing, I mean, how can you have the joy of getting a treasure without experiencing some setbacks?"
Kaeya was surprisingly open-minded, as if the treasure had nothing to do with him.
Sasuke saw through it, but he didn't say it.
Sure enough, Kaeya spoke next:
"By the way, it just so happens that I have some news on my side."
"I just sent someone to the underground intelligence exchange...... It seems that someone there knows about the ruins of Arcadia. ”
How else could there be such a place in Mondstadt?
Sasuke looked sideways.
I don't know if it's really there, or if Kaeya is talking nonsense.
Paimon took the bait again and asked eagerly:
"Really? Where is the man? ”
"Don't worry, according to the rules of the exchange, they will arrange for an informant to contact us to prevent information leakage."
"The informant, I've asked her to meet in the Whispering Forest."
"So what are you waiting for? Don't you want to see her? ”
Paimon asked.
Kaeya looked a little helpless.
"Hey, hey, Paimon, I'm the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius, and when I meet this kind of underground organization, it's known that I've caught the handle, and the impact is not good."
"Oh, when you say that, it seems to be."
"I'll go with Sasuke to help you, and we'll help you bring the information back."
"Then I would be grateful to have Lao Erren help me run."
Kaeya put one hand on his chest and gave a knightly salute.
"Of course, I will also reimburse you for the cost of intelligence."
The Whispering Forest moves to the north of Mondstadt, exiting the southeast gate of Mondstadt, crossing a bridge and walking for about half an hour.
And on this bridge at the southeast gate of Mondstadt, there has always been a strange kid named Timmy, who is particularly fond of feeding pigeons and ducks near Mondstadt.
Sasuke once went out of town to hunt hilichurls and ran a little in a hurry, and he complained once after disturbing the pigeons he fed.
……
Sasuke, who arrives in the Whispering Forest, sees a group of hilichurls chasing a woman, dressed in Mondstadt-style clothes, and asks for help when Sasuke arrives.
Sasuke used the physical technique of three to five and divided by two to solve this group of hilichurl miscellaneous soldiers.
The rescued man patted his chest, calmed down, and complained:
"Huh...... It's really unlucky, I knew that I would encounter this kind of thing when I went out of the city, so I shouldn't have helped him like this. ”
"Thank you so much, you're almost in big trouble, you're much more reliable than those Favonius Knights."
Paimon crossed his hands on his hips and snorted.
"That's, it's a small matter, after all, Sasuke is a hilichurl killer, and he hunts hilichurls every day, and there is no pressure on these miscellaneous soldiers at all."
"Hilichurl killers?"
The man looked at Sasuke with some confusion.
"I seem to have heard your information, it turned out to be you! I was expecting the nickname Hilichurl Killer to be a fierce weirdo who wears heavy armor and never reveals his own face......"
"Hey! Sasuke isn't that kind of weirdo! ”
"I know, I know, but I didn't expect to be saved by the connector."
"Oh? So you're the informant......? ”
Paimon was surprised.
"Hehehe...... I didn't know how to repay you, but in that case, I just gave you the information for free and made a friend. ”
"Those of us in the intelligence business know the importance of making more friends."
Kaeya didn't even talk nonsense this time?
This person is really in the intelligence business, so it means that Mondstadt really has a so-called underground intelligence exchange?
That's good news.
"Thank you, I think we'll have a lot of intersections in the future, my name is Sasuke Uchiha."
"Vile."