【Kaeya: Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! Mu Chen, haven't you been to Mondstadt to have a drink in ages?】
【Mu Chen: It really was too fast. Won't the Wind God Barbatos be angry?】
Really too fast?
【Barbara: No, the Wind God Barbatos is very gentle and kind. He has broad shoulders and a generous heart.】
【Venti: Mondstadt is a city of freedom and pastoral music.】
【Signora: Humph, it's just too free and scattered.】
【Scaramouche: There is no pure freedom in this world. Even the wind will have a time when it can't blow anymore.】
【Diluc: If it weren't for you fools of the Fatui, a little more freedom wouldn't hurt.】
【Scaramouche: You have a strong opinion about us, Fatui, huh? But Mondstadt really isn't much of a threat.】
【Mu Chen: I've heard the Fatui's reputation since I arrived in this world. Seeing you, Scaramouche, I finally understand.】
【Scaramouche: I find the Traveler rather interesting. You, a time traveler, are quite ordinary. I hope you'll do something worthwhile, don't disappoint me.】
【Mu Chen: Special attention from a Fatui Harbinger? That's scary. Hope I don't become some kind of scholar at the Akademiya.】
【Scaramouche: What do you mean?】
【Diluc: Mu Chen, don't worry in Mondstadt, I'll take care of you.】
【Jean: The Knights of Favonius won't allow anyone to run wild.】
【Keqing: The Liyue Qixing will protect everyone's safety.】
【Yae Miko: What's going on? Mu Chen is someone who has helped this divine being. You're my guest in Fontaine.】
【Mu Chen: Thank you. I'm blunt and outspoken, please forgive me.】
Mu Chen's tactic is to retreat as a way to advance.
【Beidou: I like straightforward people. Wanna join my fleet?】
【Dehya: Me too. Come to Sumeru and join my team.】
Mu Chen used Scaramouche as a stepping stone to gain Diluc's favor and the impressions of others in the Mondstadt region.
It seems Scaramouche looked down on Mondstadt, causing Mu Chen to argue with him.
Mu Chen was originally in Liyue, and Keqing had a good impression of him. As one of the Seven Stars, she naturally had to speak up.
Finally, it's Yae Miko. Mu Chen wanted to hug her tightly and sing a duet. They don't even need to make eye contact.
【Yoimiya: I feel like things are about to get heated.】
【Nilou: Everyone, don't fight. Watch the livestream properly.】
【That Wright: Watch the livestream.】
The two heard the roar of a dragon in the forest.
Paimon and Aether pressed against the wall, turning their heads to look.
They saw Venti approaching Dvalin.
Venti: "Don't be afraid. Relax, I'm back."
"Isn't that the bard from the tavern?"
"It's him! That green-skinned kid who can really drink!"
"He can actually talk to the Stormterror?"
【Kaeya: Whoa, a big discovery! Isn't this the bard who always drinks at the Angel's Share? @Venti】
【Diluc: And owes a lot of bar tabs.】
【Lisa: A big discovery!】
【Keqing: Something's wrong.】
【Itto: Hahaha, he's been caught on livestream. I have a feeling, he's definitely connected to the Stormterror!】
【Tighnari: How can you feel it through the screen?】
【Yae Miko in a hot pan: This divine being's judgement is that he is definitely no good.】
【Hu Tao: Could it be!】
【Yoimiya: Could it be!】
【Mu Chen: Could it be that he's the mastermind!!!】
【Dehya: That's what I was thinking.】
【Keqing: I agree with Mu Chen.】
【Jean: @Venti, can you come out and explain?】
【Venti: Eh! Don't misunderstand, I'm really not.】
【Eula: Then how do you explain this livestream?】
【Venti: Eh, I can't hide it anymore. My devout followers, rejoice! Before you stands the Wind God Barbatos himself -】
【Amber: Ah?】
【Eula: ???】
【Sayu: The Wind God Barbatos?】
【Mu Chen: Do you believe him?】
【Paimon: No!】
【Barbara: No!】
【Kaeya: Sorry, I don't really believe you either.】
【Rosaria: You're always drunk at the tavern, always falling asleep on the street, and a few times you even got chased around by cats. You say you're the Wind God Barbatos?】
【Barbara: It's Barbatos, Rosaria.】
【Mu Chen: That's too flimsy an excuse. The Wind God Barbatos has a broad chest and shoulders, kindness and gentleness... This was said by the most devout Barbara.】
【Barbara: That's right, Barbatos has a broad chest and shoulders.】
【Zhongli: According to universal reason, a bard who is always drunk, sleeps on the street, and looks like that, doesn't really look like the Wind God Barbatos.】
【Venti: Why are you saying that too?】
【Mu Chen: You're Barbatos? I'm the Geo Archon then.】
【Xiao: Cough cough.】
【Ganyu: Eh?】
【Yae Miko: This Water God doesn't believe you either.】
【Venti: I'm really him, let's watch the livestream first. The story will prove me right.】
Aether's elemental fluctuations alarmed the Stormterror.
Dvalin roared in anger. Venti instantly disappeared.
"Holy shit!"
"Teleportation?"
"This guy was the Mondstadt tavern's three-year bard champion, he was hiding this deep all along!"
"We suspected he was the mastermind!"
"Me too."
The public livestream's comments exploded, no one believed Venti.
Even Zhongli joined everyone in watching the spectacle.
In the footage, Dvalin roared in anger and flew away.
Paimon: "Whew, almost got blown away!"
Aether: "Good thing we didn't get targeted by that dragon."
They found a glowing red stone on a large rock, they put it away. Just as they were leaving the Whispering Woods...
The screen stopped.
"The livestream stopped?"
"It stopped!"
「This week's question time, the Seven Nations' agents will start being drawn.」
「Agents who answer incorrectly will be punished, those who answer correctly will reduce the punishment for their nation.」
「Initiating the Seven Nations' competition mode, the nations ranked lowest will receive terrifying punishment.」
「This week's livestream Traveler Aether, Paimon are part of the Mondstadt team. Time Traveler Mu Chen is part of the Liyue team.」
All the agents' name cards in the agent livestream appeared on the celestial curtain.
A question classroom also appeared.
The classroom door opened, and the passage flashed.
「This week's livestream will draw three agents from each nation.」
"Drawing three unlucky souls."
"Answer wrong, you get punished, answer right, your country gets less punishment?"
"The nations at the bottom will all suffer."
"Haha, suffer together."
"All famous figures from each nation."
"Ningguang and Keqing are there."
"Jean and Kaeya are there."
"Nahida and Yae Miko are there."
"Seems like they've chosen the elites of each nation."
「Now starting to draw the Mondstadt agents.」
The name card of the person chosen enlarged and a voice accompanied it: "Dandelion Knight, Jean. From this moment on, my honor and loyalty shall be with you!"
【Amber: Jean has been chosen.】
【Sucrose: Please don't choose me.】
【Klee: What game? Can Klee participate?】
"Jean!"
"The acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius?"
"Such a cool blonde beauty."
Jean was teleported to the question classroom.
"She's even prettier in person than her name card."
"The comments are all turning the colors of each nation."
"Mondstadt people are really active with comments, the comments are a sea of light green."
"Mondstadt people, support her!"
The second person, with fiery red hair, handsome and charming: "Diluc of Mondstadt, I have arrived. I won't be entertained by idle chatter. If you want to make a big deal of things, then I'm interested."
"Diluc!"
"Who is this red-haired handsome guy?"
"The owner of Dawn Winery, super rich!"
"Ah! So handsome and rich? Prince Charming!"
The third person, a blonde Traveler: "I'm the Traveler, Aether."
「The Mondstadt agents are Jean, Diluc, Aether, and Paimon.」
Sucrose and Bennett were not chosen and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are the Traveler Aether and Paimon together?"
"They count as one person?"
"That little fairy doesn't even count as half a person, right?"
The camera cut to Liyue, everyone was getting nervous.
The first one to stop was Mu Chen: "I'm Mu Chen, a time traveler, nice to meet you all."
"Who is he?"
"Don't know him."
"You Liyue people don't know him?"
"Not knowing him is normal."
"We have so many people in Liyue, it's normal not to know him."
"To be chosen as an agent by this terrifying livestream, he must have something special. The livestream said earlier, the Traveler is counted as Mondstadt, the time traveler is counted as Liyue."
【Yae Miko: This divine being has a feeling, Mu Chen is observant, we can refer to his observations.】
【Mu Chen: No no no, I'm really not good at this.】
【Yae Miko: Hmph, you can't escape this divine being's eyes.】
【Nahida: I agree with this.】
Mu Chen thought to himself, Yae Miko is still the cutest, the type who would sell you out and then help you count the money.