Hu Tao was left speechless by Miyashiro's rebuttal; Qiqi's existence made Hu Tao's explanation seem somewhat weak and unconvincing.
Zombies, in the history of Liyue, have a traceable record. Generally, newly deceased bodies are used as materials to refine them into irrational zombies, and then the refiner gives the zombies specific commands, allowing them to act according to those commands.
Hu Tao considered this practice a desecration of corpses. In Hu Tao's understanding, corpses should be cremated and then buried peacefully.
Therefore, Hu Tao had attempted multiple times, calculating the exact inauspicious time to abduct Qiqi with coconut milk, intending to cremate her according to protocol and then place her in a pre-arranged tomb outside the city, a tomb Hu Tao had personally constructed.
However, each attempt was promptly intercepted by Baizhu of Bubu Pharmacy. Every time Baizhu arrived, Qiqi was already in a sack, with only her small head peeking out, watching Hu Tao diligently dig the pit for cremation with a puzzled expression.
After multiple attempts, Qiqi's not-so-bright little head would sometimes have a flash of Khvarena, recalling the specific times she should hide to avoid being caught by Hu Tao.
Perhaps Qiqi's strong will to survive touched Hu Tao, making her feel that Qiqi was not just an ordinary zombie. After thoroughly investigating everything that happened to Qiqi—the unexpected accidents, the Adeptus's mysteries, and various coincidences—Hu Tao became indecisive.
Since Qiqi wanted to live so badly, she naturally couldn't be forcibly buried. Ultimately, Hu Tao treated Qiqi as a rare and exceptional case.
But she never expected that now, someone would want to replicate Qiqi's path, to resurrect someone who had died hundreds of years ago, with only a few remnants of their soul left. This truly touched a nerve for Hu Tao.
However, the people who wanted to do this were a god of one nation and a Regent of another. As a humble Liyue person, she had no say in front of them.
Unable to do anything, Hu Tao could only put on a long face, looking at Miyashiro with a gloomy expression, hoping that Miyashiro's subsequent operation would fail.
Qiqi's situation was vastly different from Chiyo's. When Qiqi was on the verge of death, a Vision appeared by her side, attracting the attention of several Adeptus. Each of them then separated a wisp of Adeptus power and sealed it within Qiqi's body.
Strictly speaking, Qiqi had not completely died. Instead, with the blessing of the Adeptus's power, she became a unique zombie in the world, capable of giving herself commands.
Chiyo, on the other hand, had died hundreds of years ago, and her body had long vanished into the dust of history. If not for the Raiden Shogun's peculiar habit of collecting trophies, Chiyo's body would probably not even have left a trace.
To refine a zombie using only a right arm and a broken Oni horn—Hu Tao thought this was utterly impossible, a task harder than ascending to the heavens.
Hu Tao was not the only one who thought this. Even the knowledgeable Zhongli and Yae Miko found it incredible. However, ever since they met Miyashiro, he had brought them many unbelievable things, filling them with anticipation for Miyashiro's next operation.
The method Miyashiro was about to employ was the most overpowered and renowned Ninjutsu in Naruto—Impure World Reincarnation!
This super-forbidden Ninjutsu, designed by the Second Hokage and perfected by Orochimaru, was surprisingly simple in actual operation.
As a Naruto fan, Miyashiro naturally had a deep impression of this Ninjutsu, especially since Sensei Kishimoto had specifically arranged for Kabuto to explain the detailed operational procedure of Impure World Reincarnation, which gave Miyashiro a sense of 'I can do it too'.
Therefore, Miyashiro had privately researched this Ninjutsu extensively, but currently, he could only achieve preliminary results. As for the sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation, Miyashiro mostly used death row inmates. He even used the bodies of Hilichurls and even Abyss Mages as substitutes, as these two types of monsters were essentially once human. However, Miyashiro still failed.
This indicated that Hilichurls and Abyss Mages had mutated quite thoroughly.
Impure World Reincarnation is a type of Summoning Jutsu, a Ninjutsu that summons the souls of the deceased from the Pure Land of the afterlife to the Impure World of the living.
Despite being such an overpowered Ninjutsu, its usage conditions are very lenient, only two: first, a certain amount of the resurrected person's body as personal information material, and second, the soul needs to be in the Pure Land. As long as both conditions can be met simultaneously, there is a possibility of performing Impure World Reincarnation.
Considering that the continent of Teyvat has organizations like the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, the so-called Pure Land should refer to the land of beginning and rest managed by Hu Tao.
For souls that have let go of their obsessions and peacefully moved on to reincarnation, the conditions for Impure World Reincarnation cannot be met.
For Chiyo, who had died five hundred years ago, her soul was right in front of everyone. The difficulty lay in Chiyo's body. If Ei had not inadvertently collected Chiyo's right arm and Oni horn, there wouldn't even be a chance to perform Impure World Reincarnation.
Soon, Ei emerged from the Plane of Euthymia, and in her hand, she held a right arm that, despite being severed at the root, still tightly gripped a long sword, and a broken Oni horn.
Chiyo looked at her own right arm and Oni horn, a complex emotion surfacing on her face. If not for Miyashiro's reminder, Chiyo might have considered these a disgrace left in this world, representing her past corruption and fall due to monster infestation.
But she never expected that now, they would become the key to bringing her life. It truly was a case of misfortune being intertwined with fortune.
Miyashiro took the severed arm and broken horn from Ei's hand and examined them closely. Even after five hundred years, they remained remarkably lifelike.
It must be said, the Plane of Euthymia truly is a good place for preservation.
Ei watched Miyashiro's actions, feeling incredibly nervous, fearing that Miyashiro would say these things were useless. Giving hope only to then destroy it would be a very cruel thing for Ei.
Miyashiro nodded and said, "Yes! There are still many body tissues on this arm; we can try that Jutsu."
No sooner had Miyashiro spoken than he reached out behind him, extending his hand into a distorted space. To everyone's astonished gaze, a strangely dressed figure appeared before them, then was thrown to the ground by Miyashiro like trash.
Everyone looked at the figure on the ground, wondering who it was. Upon recognizing the person, Eula immediately exclaimed, "This, this is the Snezhnaya Diplomatic Ambassador from Mondstadt, Sergei! So you're the one who captured him?"
As the number one war criminal who assisted the Lawrence Family, after the Battle for Mondstadt ended, the Snezhnaya Diplomatic Mission stationed in Mondstadt was declared unwelcome by Mondstadt and frequently attacked by Mondstadt citizens. Out of necessity, Snezhnaya dispatched a new diplomatic mission to replace the original one.
However, the former Snezhnaya Diplomatic Ambassador, Sergei, mysteriously disappeared on his way back, presumed to have met with an accident. Because of this, Snezhnaya lodged a strong protest with Mondstadt, but Mondstadt did not acknowledge it, and the case became a cold case.
Unexpectedly, he had been secretly brought back to Inazuma by Miyashiro, which made Eula feel a little touched.
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