Chapter 225: The Fearful Doctor

Scaramouche stepped forward, looking at Lumine before him.

"Just like your friends in the resistance, no matter how hard you try, it all in vain."

"Like bubbles in water, brilliant for a moment, then facing destruction."

Scaramouche said as he gazed at Lumine.

"The more you lose, the more you want; the more powerless you are, the more you struggle!"

"Hahaha, what a farce, it truly makes me happy."

Scaramouche laughed as he looked at Lumine, but there was a hint of self-mockery in his words.

"Teppei..."

"He is not a powerless person!"

Lumine looked at Scaramouche, anger surging in her heart, gripping the Dull Blade, ready to charge forward.

"That enough, Scaramouche, don't forget our plan."

"That mysterious purifying power from earlier has already disrupted my rhythm."

The Doctor, holding a glass test tube containing purple liquid, walked up to Scaramouche and spoke slowly.

"Dotorre, what I do..."

"Is none of your business!"

Scaramouche frowned as he addressed the Doctor beside him.

"You, you are!"

Lumine exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the Doctor.

"Ah~ right, I forgot to introduce myself."

"I am the Fatui Harbinger, the Second Seat, Il Dottore."

The Doctor politely addressed Lumine.

"Also, I am the creator of the Delusions, and the god resentment in this factory was provided by me."

"It a comfortable feeling, isn't it?"

The Doctor asked Lumine with a smile.

"Delusions, so it was you!"

Lumine shouted angrily, pointing her Dull Blade at the Doctor.

She then swung her Dull Blade toward the Doctor!

But suddenly, Lumine felt a sharp pain in her head, causing her to stop and clutch her forehead in agony.

"Hahaha..."

"That right, that it! Be angry, be angry..."

Scaramouche mocked Lumine with a laugh.

"Anger is the best nourishment for the god resentment in this factory..."

Scaramouche looked up at the ceiling, spreading his arms wide as he spoke with a smile.

Suddenly, Lumine and Paimon felt a warm breeze, and a flash of white light passed before them.

All the god resentment in the Delusion Factory was blown away and thoroughly purified.

"Ah? It Qiu Bai!"

Paimon happily exclaimed, turning to see the frail scholar approaching them.

"Hmm?"

"A mere weak ordinary person dares to venture this deep?"

Scaramouche looked at Qiu Bai walking slowly toward them and spoke disdainfully.

"Uh..."

But Scaramouche didn't notice that the Doctor beside him actually took a step back after seeing Qiu Bai.

"Oh?"

"Isn't this Il Dottore?"

Qiu Bai looked at the Doctor beside Scaramouche with an amused expression.

"Mr. Qiu Bai..."

"Long time no see, what brings you here?"

The Doctor looked at Qiu Bai approaching, placing one hand on his chest and bowing, with cold sweat already dripping from his forehead.

This deity before him had erased one of his strongest segments, and knew the locations of all his other segments.

"Hahahahaha~!"

"Dotorre, you fear so much a mere ordinary person!"

Scaramouche laughed mockingly at the Doctor beside him.

"Shut up, Scaramouche, if you want to live."

"Just shut your mouth."

The Doctor warned Scaramouche beside him, sweating profusely.

"I never thought the great Il Dottore would fear an ordinary person."

"What a laughable joke!"

Scaramouche mocked the Doctor beside him.

"Doctor, how have you been lately?"

"Are you planning anything else?"

Qiu Bai frowned as he looked at the Doctor, completely ignoring Scaramouche, with a flash of coldness in his eyes.

"Mr. Qiu Bai, I've been well."

"As for plans, does helping the Tsaritsa plant crops in the winter count?"

The Doctor replied nervously, sweating.

"Helping the Cryo Archon plant crops in winter?"

"Hehe, not a bad idea. I imagine this plan will improve things in Snezhnaya?"

Qiu Bai said with a smile.

"But..."

"Why does the god resentment in this factory feel so familiar?"

"Just like Osial."

Qiu Bai narrowed his eyes as he spoke.

"That must be your imagination, sir..."

"How could Osial god resentment appear in Inazuma?"

The Doctor replied with his head slightly lowered, cold sweat streaming down.

"I see..."

"There nothing more for you here, Doctor. You may leave."

Qiu Bai slowly spoke to the Doctor who had bowed his head.

"Very well."

The Doctor turned around, not daring to look back, and walked straight out of the Delusion Factory.

The moment he left the factory, the Doctor exhaled deeply as if escaping from the hands of death itself.

"Inazuma can be left to La Signora and the others."

"I don't want to stay here a moment longer."

The Doctor said shakily, sweating profusely.

"Hehe."

A hint of a smile flashed across Qiu Bai face.

"Dotorre..."

Scaramouche frowned, murmuring as he recalled the Doctor terrified figure.

No matter how arrogant he was, he knew things weren't as simple as he had imagined.

The fact alone that Qiu Bai could frighten the Doctor deeply proved that Qiu Bai identity wasn't as simple as it appeared.

"Hehe, how pathetic, Dotorre."

"Seeing you like that just now makes me laugh."

Scaramouche mockingly said, looking in the direction where the Doctor had gone.

"It seems the Fatui aren't as harmonious as they appear."

"They even quarrel among themselves."

Paimon said confusedly to Qiu Bai and Lumine beside her.

With Qiu Bai present, Paimon sense of security had increased by more than one level.

"For Teppei vengeance..."

Lumine looked at Scaramouche angrily.

"Sigh... Didn't I say just now?"

"I'm merely executing the plan, not the true executor of this Delusion Factory."

Scaramouche sighed and said somewhat mockingly to Lumine.

"He right. This Delusion Factory was likely created by La Signora and Il Dottore together."

Qiu Bai said with his arms crossed, looking at Scaramouche.

"Hehe, at least this gentleman seems more perceptive."

"To scare away Dotorre, you must be quite powerful. I won't disturb you further."

Scaramouche smiled at Qiu Bai.

"Unlike some who are so stupid it's concerning."

"Hahaha~"

Scaramouche laughed mockingly, then transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared.

"That guy, is he calling us stupid?!"

"How infuriating!"

Paimon stomped her foot angrily, looking at where Scaramouche had vanished.

"La Signora, Il Dottore..."

Lumine deeply etched these two names in her heart.

This La Signora had previously slapped Venti in Mondstadt, was now executing the Delusion plan in Inazuma, and was also behind the war and the Vision Hunt Decree.

Unforgivable.

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