Chapter 50: Arlecchino: Dottore, unfortunately, Snezhnaya doesn't have a child like him.
「 Stelle asked the robots who had arrived and learned that Clara had actually gone to Rivet Town again for repair materials. Left with no choice, they had to return to Rivet Town to find her.
But shortly after arriving in Rivet Town, they found Clara cornered by a huge monster. The robot beside her was already in pieces, and the fireball accumulating in the monster's hand was already poised to strike!
"Not good!"
Bronya cried out in alarm. She subconsciously raised her rifle, but just as her finger touched the trigger, a figure was even faster than her bullet!
Seele's nimble figure was like a blue butterfly dancing gracefully on the body of the crack monster.
The scythe in her hand spun like the wind, instantly leaving several blurry afterimages in the air. It was as if time was frozen by her movements at this moment... As the butterfly began to flutter its wings, dense slash marks appeared on the monster's body.
"This girl is actually so powerful..." 」
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~Demon Slayer World~
Muichiro Tokito, the Mist Hashira, was carefully observing Seele's every movement through the light screen. Unfortunately, the light screen didn't have a rewind function; otherwise, he would have truly wanted to watch Seele's moves that killed the monster hundreds of times.
When dealing with the vagrants earlier, Muichiro only thought this girl was relatively powerful.
After all, defeating a few vagrants wasn't a praiseworthy achievement – something like that could be easily done by the Tsuguko they trained, even without the Hashira taking action.
But instantly killing a monster of this size, and in such a short time – it felt like just a blink of an eye, and the battle was already over.
People from another world didn't have breathing techniques, yet they could exert the potential of their bodies to this extent... Muichiro found it unbelievable.
Mist Breathing, Seventh Form – Obscuring Clouds, uses agile movements and significant speed changes to disrupt the opponent. When this technique is cultivated to the extreme, the opponent often gets the illusion of seeing clones.
He had used this technique when fighting Gyokko, but even after awakening his Mark, he could only leave one or two afterimages to confuse Gyokko.
He had also successfully cut off Gyokko's head with this technique back then.
He hadn't misread; the moment Seele made her move, seven or eight afterimages appeared around the monster simultaneously, and the slashes were unleashed almost at the same instant – the monster had no room to fight back until it died.
"I really want her to join the Demon Slayer Corps..."
Muichiro lay flat on the floor, his indigo eyes reflecting Seele's blue skirt like butterfly wings, staring blankly in a daze.
He really wanted to know how she did it.
...It would be great if she could teach me.
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「 Saved by the few, Clara was very grateful and said she would tell Mr. Svarog about this. She hoped that through this incident, the conflict between the Moles and Svarog could be eased.
"Speaking of Svarog, we are just about to go see him. Can you take us to see him?" Seele said.
Clara looked very troubled: "But... Mr. Svarog has always disliked communicating with others, especially everyone from the [ Moles ] "
"I know that, of course, but he has avoided talking too many times. This time, we insist on seeing him."
"But Mr. Svarog doesn't believe in human emotions; he only believes in the results of calculations."
Clara was very insistent on this matter. No matter how Stelle and Bronya persuaded her, she was unwilling to take everyone to see Svarog, fearing that it would cause a large-scale conflict and lead to injuries.
Finally, seeing that she really couldn't argue anymore, Clara found an excuse and ran off.
Seeing Clara's attitude, the few were also very troubled. After a simple discussion, they determined that they must first convince Clara; otherwise, even if they bypassed that door, Svarog would identify them as intruders, and conflict would be unavoidable.
"Clara repeatedly mentioned Svarog's calculation results..."
Dan Heng said after a moment of thought: "It is impossible to stop the disaster with only the people from the lower zone - those were her exact words, and the breaking point is here."
The power of the Moles alone is indeed not enough to solve the Stellaron crisis, but his calculations are outdated, and the new [ variables ] have not yet been added to the formula...
Stelle suddenly realized: "We are the new [ variables ]!" 」
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~Genshin Impact World~
"Such a clever child, she found the key to solving the problem in an instant."
In Snezhnaya, Arlecchino glanced contemptuously at the empty seat of the last Harbinger:
"In contrast to a certain fellow who only knows how to solve problems with force..."
"Potential is also one of the reasons Her Majesty values him."
A light footsteps echoed from the depths of the palace, accompanied by the man's cold and low voice. Dottore's mask slowly emerged from the darkness, his snowy cloak appearing sacred and pure under the moonlight.
The Second of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers - The Doctor.
Arlecchino subconsciously frowned.
If she hadn't become a Harbinger, she might have maintained some respect and recognition for this Second Harbinger, but after knowing about his "cooperation" with the former Knave, now she only wanted to personally send him to meet the previous Knave.
"What, are you also interested in Dan Heng?"
Arlecchino stared coldly at the masked man opposite her,
"Unfortunately, Snezhnaya doesn't have a child like him."
"Powerful, intelligent, calm... He is indeed a very excellent specimen, a rare material even when looking at the entirety of Teyvat. However, compared to him, I am more interested in Stelle."
Mentioning Stelle, Dottore's originally low tone gradually became high and excited. He took a deep breath and slightly raised his head.
When Stelle's image appeared on the light screen, the look in the Doctor's eyes behind the mask was more like appreciating a flawless work of art.
"A body capable of containing a Stellaron... Excellent, what a pity... What a pity she is not in Teyvat."
"You seem quite similar to that, Ms. Herta."
His intoxicated appearance reminded Arlecchino of the puppet lady at the space station, but in her opinion, Herta's personality was much better than that of her colleague.
"No, no, no. Although we are both seeking answers, that's Ms. Herta is clearly lacking."
Dottore extended his hand and gently tapped the black mask on his face. The crisp sound echoed in the empty room.
"In my opinion, she hasn't completely abandoned humanity - on the path of seeking answers, having humanity will only make experiments bound by restrictions."
Hearing this, Arlecchino just sneered:
"But have you ever considered it? That you might die because of this one day?"
"Heh, of course."
Dottore calmly turned around,
"As a scholar, I will consider the possibility of a result like 'death'."
"However... I am more curious about what kind of experiment would lead to such a result."
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