Genshin Impact: What, the one we need to save is Focalors?

Yide gazed at the airheaded girl before him, feeling utterly speechless. The fact that the Fatui would send her to negotiate... one could only say the Tsaritsa was truly "blessed."

"What about the land then?" he pressed immediately. Columbina's expression became increasingly embarrassed. She mumbled softly, "I forgot where it was too." Yide was now completely at a loss for words.

Columbina also felt her answer was inadequate and hurriedly added, "But, I know those things aren't what you're really after." Yide's heart skipped a beat; Columbina had hit the mark. Money, land, and the Fatui's interests in Inazuma were not what he wanted.

He asked in return, thoughtfully, "Besides these, what else can Snezhnaya give?" After Columbina pondered for a moment, she confidently declared, "Any condition is within Snezhnaya's consideration."

Yide proposed without hesitation, "My condition is to become a god."

After hearing this, Columbina's expression immediately stiffened. "This... Snezhnaya is also powerless to do." "Didn't you say earlier that any condition was within Snezhnaya's consideration?" Yide's tone revealed clear dissatisfaction. "Then, if becoming a god isn't possible, providing me with a divine body shouldn't be difficult, right!"

Columbina's expression was even more awkward. "This isn't possible either." Yide felt greatly disappointed. He said contemptuously, "Can it be that Snezhnaya can't even do this?"

Columbina seriously corrected him, "Snezhnaya is capable of doing it, but must not. Because creating gods violates the existing order of the world. Once that boundary is crossed, it will surely attract the Heavenly Principles' severe divine punishment."

When Yide heard these words, it was as if a clap of thunder sounded in his mind. He suddenly realized that his previous plan had a fatal flaw. If he rashly attempted to forge a divine body, that would undoubtedly be digging his own grave. Since a divine body cannot be directly created before the Heavenly Principles are removed, then there is only one choice left.

He then remembered Dottore's god-creation plan in Sumeru. If Shouki no Kami, the Mechanical God created by Dottore, were not a false god, then the Heavenly Principles would surely inflict severe punishment upon Sumeru. By then, hundreds of thousands of mortals in Sumeru City would become innocent sacrifices. Dottore was actually so indifferent to life, so utterly deranged.

A sharp glint of cold light flashed in Yide's eyes. Next, he proposed his condition to Columbina: "Have Dottore's segments come one by one to try and kill me."

Columbina's face was full of astonishment. Her little head couldn't figure out why Yide would propose such an unbelievable condition. "Yide, has life been too good for you lately? Are you looking for some discomfort?"

Yide was somewhat speechless. The reason he was doing this was to accumulate experience points, but he couldn't state this explicitly. He could only nod and admit, "Yes, I'm just bored anyway, might as well find Dottore's segments to relieve the monotony."

Columbina revealed a look of disgust. "Honestly, Dottore is as nauseating to me as filth in a toilet. I really didn't expect you'd be willing to play with something like that. Well, never mind. Since you insist, then, on behalf of Her Majesty the Tsaritsa, we agree to your request." Yide: "....."

Afterward, the two discussed the specific cooperation matters, agreeing that every half a month, a Dottore segment would be sent to attempt to kill Yide, and the relevant information would be revealed to him in advance. After all matters were agreed upon, Columbina left Yide's office.

As she just stepped out of the office doorway, she unexpectedly met an acquaintance in the hallway. Although his face was the same, his demeanor was completely different from the past, making Columbina even begin to doubt her eyes. "Scaramouche?" she blurted out, filled with doubt.

Thunderclap glared fiercely at her and said angrily, "Columbina, stop calling me that utterly stupid name. I'm called Thunderclap now."

"Why?" Columbina asked, puzzled. "Isn't the name Scaramouche quite good? And it was personally given to you by the Tsaritsa."

Thunderclap's face immediately darkened. He said irritably, "Don't you know the true meaning of Scaramouche in ancient Snezhnayan?"

Columbina replied after a moment's thought, "It means 'coward'."

Hearing this, Thunderclap said nothing, turned around, and left, unwilling to say another word to her. Columbina felt utterly innocent. She had clearly said the right thing, but why did Thunderclap look so angry? Besides, the name "Scaramouche" wasn't wrong either; he was originally a coward who was unwilling to face his past.

Columbina shook her head helplessly. With light and elegant steps, she slowly walked out of the office building. At this moment, Thunderclap walked into Yide's office with a frustrated look.

" Director, my body has fully recovered," he said respectfully. "Now I can perform tasks at any time."

Yide pondered for a moment. "You must have met Columbina just now," he said. "Your next task is to receive and monitor her."

After hearing this task, Thunderclap asked bitterly, "Can I get a different task?"

Yide smiled slightly. "Of course you can. The toilets in our office building happen to need a cleaner."

Thunderclap sighed helplessly. "Then I'll choose to monitor Columbina."

"Thunderclap, for this month's performance review, I'll give you an excellent rating. Work hard, and soon you'll get promoted and get a raise, becoming a senior agent of West Factory, codenamed Pangolin!" Yide was painting a rosy picture for him.