She immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "Please come in."
As Acting Grand Master Jean's words fell, the door was pushed open.
Acting Grand Master Jean was slightly stunned when she saw the person who entered.
"Albedo?"
Acting Grand Master Jean was a little surprised, her tone carrying a hint of confusion: "Is there something you need for the reconstruction of the Alchemy Workshop? I thought you were very busy, why are you here so late?"
After all, Albedo's Alchemy Workshop had just experienced an explosion.
During its reconstruction, given Albedo's personality, he should have been swamped with work.
However, Albedo, standing at the door, had a calm expression.
His golden eyes, deep as stars, shimmered with the light of contemplation.
He slowly walked into the office, closed the door behind him, and said in a calm voice, "There is indeed something very important."
Upon hearing this, Acting Grand Master Jean slightly dropped her casual demeanor.
Her expression became a little more serious as she quietly waited for Albedo to continue.
Albedo did not rush to speak, but slowly walked to the desk, lowered his head slightly to glance at the documents on it, and his gaze flickered.
Then he said in a steady tone, "Today, the Adventurers' Guild sent over a complete Whopperflower corpse."
Acting Grand Master Jean's movements suddenly froze, and the hand holding the quill trembled slightly.
She looked up, her brows tightly furrowed, a hint of astonishment in her eyes: "A complete Whopperflower corpse?"
—Whopperflowers, these mimetic plant monsters, are extremely difficult to capture and hunt.
Ordinary Adventurers usually pay a heavy price to escape when encountering a Whopperflower.
Even if a Vision Holder successfully defeats it, they often only obtain some scattered monster materials, making it impossible to bring back a complete corpse.
And now, Albedo was telling her that the Adventurers' Guild had received a complete Whopperflower corpse?!
"Who hunted it?"
Acting Grand Master Jean couldn't help but press for an answer.
Albedo paused, then said meaningfully, "Klee."
"..."
The room instantly fell into a very subtle silence.
Acting Grand Master Jean's expression immediately became even more astonished.
—Klee?
How could that be?
The Klee who spent all day thinking about blowing up fish?
Although Klee's bombs were indeed powerful.
But to say she could blow up an entire Whopperflower and leave its corpse intact.
This kind of thing was truly inconceivable.
Even if Klee possessed a Pyro Vision.
"...Are you sure?"
Acting Grand Master Jean asked tentatively, her voice tinged with disbelief.
Albedo did not answer, but slowly raised his hand, unfolded a piece of parchment, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Acting Grand Master Jean.
On it, was a rough dissection report of the Whopperflower.
It meticulously recorded the state of the Whopperflower's corpse, the extent of damage, elemental residue reactions, and other data.
"Acting Grand Master Jean, please take a look at this first."
Albedo's tone was calm, but his eyes were deep, as if hiding countless thoughts.
Acting Grand Master Jean suspiciously took the parchment, her gaze falling on the analysis report.
As her eyes scanned the text, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Finally, when she reached the analysis data in the last column, she suddenly stiffened.
—The elemental analysis report of the Whopperflower corpse clearly recorded:
"Residual energy type: Pyro energy accounts for 35%, unknown destructive energy accounts for %."
Seeing this, Acting Grand Master Jean's brow furrowed.
She immediately looked up at Albedo: "Unknown destructive energy? What kind of elemental power is this? Is this unknown power mixed in Klee's bombs?"
Albedo nodded and slowly said, "This is precisely the main point I wanted to discuss with you."
"During the dissection of this Whopperflower corpse, I discovered a very familiar energy residue. Do you remember the cause of the explosion at my Alchemy Workshop?"
"Of course, I remember."
Acting Grand Master Jean's expression was serious: "Because of Klee's bombs, the power of that explosion was unusually terrifying, far exceeding Klee's ordinary bombs. You explained at the time that the bomb underwent some uncontrollable change, and some destructive power was added to it. Could it be...?"
As she spoke, Acting Grand Master Jean thought of something, and her expression changed.
And Albedo's voice became slightly deeper: "Yes, and now, I can confirm one thing—this destructive aura on the Whopperflower corpse is exactly the same as the explosion energy that destroyed my Alchemy Workshop."
Acting Grand Master Jean's pupils suddenly constricted: "Exactly the same?"
It should be known that the aura left by the explosion at Albedo's Alchemy Workshop was exactly the same as the aura left at the scene where the Fatui elites in Mondstadt died.
Even the residual explosion power near Starfell Lake in Mondstadt was suspected to be the same force.
Now Albedo said that this power had appeared again?
And it appeared on the Whopperflower's corpse?
And the Whopperflower's corpse was brought back by Klee?
For a moment, Acting Grand Master Jean's mind was a little muddled.
Albedo looked slightly to the side, his tone steady: "This energy is not naturally formed, nor is it Pyro or ordinary monster ability, but... some unknown, highly destructive power. It has now appeared in Mondstadt City, on Klee's bombs, on the Whopperflower's corpse, and even near Starfell Lake."
Hearing this, Acting Grand Master Jean took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
Her mind quickly processed the current situation.
—This destructive energy first appeared at Starfell Lake.
—The second time, it appeared at the scene of the Fatui's death in Mondstadt City.
—The third time it appeared was in Albedo's collapsed Alchemy Workshop.
—The fourth time was on the Whopperflower's corpse.
And the Whopperflower's corpse was brought back by Klee, proving it was Klee's harvest.
What did this mean?
It meant that this unknown power was entirely man-made!
Acting Grand Master Jean's breathing quickened.
Her mind rapidly recalled the events of the past few days: continuous monster anomalies, the mysterious deaths of Fatui elites, the explosion incidents within Mondstadt City... all the clues seemed to point to Klee and Klee's bombs???
Acting Grand Master Jean was somewhat astonished.
The culprit was Klee?
"When did Klee master this power?"
Acting Grand Master Jean was incredibly shocked.
Albedo: "?????"
Albedo: "..."
Hearing Acting Grand Master Jean's words, Albedo suddenly fell silent for a moment.
Then he rubbed his temples: "It's my fault for not being clear. Klee did not master this power, but it is suspected to be mastered by an Adventurer."
"He and Klee have been playing together these past few days, and he helped modify Klee's bombs, which resulted in such power."
"Who?!"
Hearing this, Acting Grand Master Jean's pupils suddenly constricted, and her eyes instantly sharpened.
"Lin Mo."
"Lin Mo?"
Acting Grand Master Jean frowned slightly, repeating the name, her eyes showing some confusion and doubt.
This name was not unfamiliar to her.
In fact, at one point, she had considered recruiting this person into the Knights of Favonius.
In Mondstadt City, there weren't many Adventurers who could make a name for themselves with swordsmanship.