Behind?
Lumine, who hadn't heard the sound Kaito mentioned, followed behind him with a confused look.
"Hah!"
Just a few steps later, Lumine finally heard the sound coming from ahead.
It was clearly the voice of a young man, and he seemed to be in the middle of doing something.
Is it a fight?
Hearing the chaotic noises ahead, Lumine couldn't help but think this.
At this moment, Kaito had already quickened his pace, rushing forward.
This seems to be Xiao's voice...
Is he eliminating those remnants of the gods here?
Although Kaito hadn't pulled Xiao for his collection before crossing over, he still recognized his voice.
And after recalling the concept of the gods' remnants, he found that he seemed to faintly see something like black and red mist in the air—just like the situation Acheron and Miko had seen on that island before.
However, at that time, the scene Acheron saw was obviously much more concrete than what he was seeing now.
It seems that completing the mission this time gave me some of Acheron's abilities...
Thinking this, Kaito continued to speed up. Then, behind a small hill, he saw that familiar figure.
That's right, it was Xiao. At this moment, lying in disorder around him were some Hilichurls that seemed to be emitting black gas.
"Who?"
After Kaito and Lumine arrived, Xiao immediately turned around, staring at them vigilantly.
"We are not enemies."
Seeing Xiao like this, Kaito immediately indicated they were not enemies.
Obviously, Xiao's condition was not very good right now; he seemed very exhausted.
"It's so late, do not come to this place. Go back."
After carefully scrutinizing Kaito and Lumine, Xiao turned and left after leaving this sentence, quickly disappearing from sight.
"He... left?"
Looking around, Lumine said this with some hesitation.
Actually, she was very curious about that young man's identity.
Obviously, that young man was no ordinary person.
Hmm?
Why do those Hilichurls feel a bit different?
At this moment, Lumine noticed that the Hilichurls lying on the ground seemed a bit different from the ones she had seen before.
But as for where they were different, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Don't go over there, Lumine."
Just as Lumine wanted to get a closer look at the situation, Kaito stopped her.
"What's wrong? Kaito."
Stopping and turning back to look at Kaito, who was slowly passing her, Lumine was obviously a bit confused.
After all, no matter what, those were just Hilichurls, and dead ones at that. It should be fine no matter how you look at it.
One had to know, the Hilichurls she usually dealt with could be described as piling up like a mountain.
"They are different."
Pausing for a moment, Kaito continued, "But actually, there's no difference. Of course, that's for me. For you, it's better not to touch them."
After speaking, Kaito waved his hand slightly towards the fallen Hilichurls, and then a gust of wind blew past their corpses.
"Disappeared?"
Watching the Hilichurls before her eyes slowly disappear as if disintegrating, Lumine couldn't help but voice her surprise.
She didn't understand what exactly had happened.
"What's going on? Kaito, why did they do that?"
Continuing to gaze at the Hilichurl corpses that had now mostly disappeared, Lumine asked Kaito this question.
And just as Lumine was feeling surprised, Xiao, hiding to the side, also showed a rare look of astonishment on his face watching all this.
He didn't expect that this young man would actually possess such an ability. This was simply beyond his imagination.
"It should be called purification, I guess. Just purified them," Kaito said somewhat uncertainly after thinking for a moment.
Actually, he wanted to use another way of saying it: that he killed them.
But after thinking about it, he felt using the word 'purify' was better.
Just as he thought, he now possessed part of Acheron's abilities.
"Purification?"
Stunned for a moment, Lumine obviously didn't expect Kaito to also have an ability like purification. Then she continued, "Feels like you really have a lot of abilities, Kaito."
"It's alright."
Smiling, Kaito looked towards Liyue Harbor and said, "I wonder if we can still catch up to have a meal with Mr. Zhongli? I feel like he's already eating."
"Mr. Zhongli? Is that the Geo Archon?"
Recalling previous events, Lumine said this somewhat uncertainly.
Mr. Zhongli?
When did Rex Lapis have this name?
And they know Rex Lapis?
At this moment, Xiao, who was still hiding to the side, was stunned.
He didn't expect Rex Lapis to actually have this name, and that these two people actually knew Rex Lapis. Either of these facts was enough to surprise him.
"Yes, He's retired now. I don't know if He has time to have a meal with us." Kaito nodded.
However, at this moment, he wasn't in a hurry to take Lumine directly to Liyue Harbor, because he wanted to see if Xiao would show himself again.
Of course, he just wanted to see. If the other party didn't want to come out, he would pretend not to know Xiao was still watching them from the side.
"You know Rex Lapis?"
Just then, Xiao revealed his figure from the side.
Originally, he just wanted to see what these two people were going to do, but as a result, he learned of such a matter, so he could only come out.
"We know him."
Kaito nodded again.
Originally, he thought Xiao knew about him, but it turned out he didn't.
But it didn't matter. He didn't know before, but now he does.
"Then you and..."
"If you have things to do, go do them. I know where Mr. Zhongli is."
Seeing Xiao was about to say something else, Kaito spoke up.
He knew Xiao was always very busy, so it was better to let him and Lumine go find Zhongli themselves.
Anyway, once he arrived at Liyue Harbor, he would know where Zhongli was; he didn't need anyone to lead the way.
"Alright."
Continuing to look at Kaito and Lumine, Xiao—wondering what he was thinking—disappeared from their sight again after leaving this sentence.
"He... left again? Why does he always appear suddenly and leave suddenly?"
Looking around again and confirming the other party was really gone, Lumine said with some confusion.
For some reason, this person gave her a very strange feeling.
"He's just like that." Regarding Lumine's complaint, Kaito smiled.
"So, Kaito, do you know him?"
Seeing that Kaito seemed to understand that person very well, Lumine asked this question.
But obviously, that person didn't know Kaito.
"Sort of, but he doesn't know me." Thinking for a moment, Kaito replied.
It could only be said that he knew the other party unilaterally.
After that, Kaito continued, "Let's go, let's go find Mr. Zhongli for a sit-down."
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