However, after swallowing the bombs that "Klee" had thrown, Su Yuan suddenly felt a pang of regret and fear…
Although ever since arriving in Mondstadt, the rules of his death rewind had changed significantly, he still didn't know whether the restriction against triggering death rewind by committing suicide was still in effect…
If that rule still applied, then wasn't swallowing bombs on his own initiative essentially suicide?
Previously, Kokomi had gone to great lengths to prevent him from learning what was inside the pouch, painstakingly setting things up so he could exploit loopholes to commit suicide…
So now, to just directly eat the bombs—wasn't that a bit too reckless?
But since the bombs were already in his stomach, it was far too late to regret…
All Su Yuan could do now was pray that once the bombs exploded inside him and killed him, the death rewind would still be triggered smoothly…
Yet, after quite a while, Su Yuan was shocked to realize that the bombs he had swallowed had all fizzled out, showing no signs of exploding at all…
Just as he was puzzled, "Klee" suddenly spoke viciously:
"Brother Su Yuan, I didn't think you'd take such a risky gamble… Using saliva and stomach acid to extinguish the fuses and prevent the bombs from detonating!"
"Looks like ordinary bombs won't do a thing to you. In that case, taste the Dodoco Bomb infused with eerie power!!!"
As she spoke, "Klee" pulled out a Dodoco Bomb tainted with the aura of eerie power and hurled it straight at Su Yuan!
"The fuse of this ultimate Dodoco Bomb isn't so easily put out! Be blown to pieces in the explosion, Brother Su Yuan—that will be your most beautiful end!!!"
Hearing "Klee's" words, Su Yuan wore an expression of sudden realization.
So that was the reason? What a coincidence…
He hadn't thought that far at all.
Looking at the incoming eerie Dodoco Bomb, Su Yuan actually let out a sigh of relief.
This way, it shouldn't count as suicide, right?
"I hope today's rewinds are plenty… Best if I get nine in a row—that would be perfect…"
He muttered softly, just as the eerie Dodoco Bomb reached him—and exploded!
Su Yuan felt his flesh being torn apart, dissolved, engulfed by endless pain, light, and heat—then he completely lost consciousness…
..........
Su Yuan suddenly snapped his eyes open—once again, that familiar, heart-pounding sensation…
Feeling the sting in the palm of his left hand, he knew he had died once more…
He lifted his left hand and looked at his palm:
[Unfortunately, this is your first death today, but it counts as your second…]
[For unknown reasons, Klee has fallen into eerie state, so do your best not to leave her side and eliminate all abnormal circumstances…]
[Also, Klee's title of "Mondstadt's Strongest Combat Power" is not a joke…]
[Perhaps due to her racial advantage, her power after eerie state is abnormally strong—even eerie Eula is not her match…]
[Lastly, Eerie Klee seems to lack a clear goal; she's merely indulging in a game of killing people with bombs at will…]
[If you still cannot figure out the cause of Klee's eerie state this time, nor stop her from being controlled by the eerie force, then next time, kill Klee before she becomes corrupted…]
Staring at the intel message in his palm, Su Yuan sank into deep thought…
The first line—"first death, but counts as second"—must be referring to the extra rewind he consumed when he used "Conditional Insight" to learn Mona's eerie conditions…
And Klee had actually fallen into corruption last time?
It seemed the most urgent task now was to reach her side and prevent those bad things from happening…
But the very last line of the intel prompt left Su Yuan bewildered…
Wasn't this the first time his palm's intel had explicitly given advice for the next rewind?
Why, at this point, would the intel in his left hand mention the next time, even telling him to kill Klee?
Soon, Su Yuan had a bold thought—could it be that the intel in his palm knew how many rewinds he had randomly received today?
That would explain why it was warning him: once he failed and died this time, it would already be his last rewind of the day…
So next time, even if it means killing Klee, he would have to eliminate her as an unstable factor to ensure his own survival…
In other words, did that mean today's randomly assigned rewind count was only three?
But Su Yuan felt that Klee was still just a child.
Killing her to preserve himself—he truly couldn't bring himself to do it, nor would his conscience allow it…
If that was the case, then all he had to do this time was find the cause of Klee's corruption and stop her from falling into it!
If he didn't give it his all and try, how would he ever know if he could succeed?
"Aether, Paimon, I just received some new intel—Klee is very likely to fall into Eerie state…"
Su Yuan spoke to Aether and Paimon at his side:
"So, you two should head to the conference room and discuss things with Acting Grand Master Jean and Guild Master Cyrus. I'll go to Klee's side and find a way to prevent this from happening!"
"How could this be? Klee isn't a disobedient child at all," Aether said in confusion.
"Ever since she learned that her eerie condition was being forbidden from fish blasting, she's never once brought it up again…"
"No, Su Yuan, I'm going with you!" Aether said firmly.
"I can't let you face danger alone!"
"Paimon, then I'll trouble you to go to the conference room and discuss matters with Jean and Guild Master Cyrus. After all, you already know everything we planned to say," Aether turned his head toward Paimon and added.
"Mm… alright…" Paimon nodded.
"Even though I hate to be apart from you, Traveler, the situation is urgent—there's no helping it!"
And so, the group split into two teams.
Paimon headed for the conference room, while Aether and Su Yuan went together to find Klee.
"Honorary Knight big brother, Brother Su Yuan, why are you here?"
Seeing the two arrive, Klee greeted them with a sweet smile.
"Oh, so my two little cuties are here."
At Klee's side, Lisa let out a yawn and smiled as she spoke:
"Since you're here, I'll leave Klee in your care. I'm going to get a good rest."
"These past two days of sorting the library have completely worn me out…"
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