NOVEL NEXT Chapter 4: Chapter 4: A Gift for Qiqi
Bai Luo was quite lucky this time, the dagger that he seemingly threw casually just now actually triggered a critical hit, and along with the critical hit, his passive ability was naturally activated.
[Passive Skill: Electric Shock
Normal attacks and critical hits inflict additional electric damage, stunning the target for 0.5 seconds.]
As Beidou was momentarily stunned in mid-air, she was instantly stripped of all her strength and elemental energy, this created the illusion that she was easily pushed back by his attack.
But if they were to engage in a real fight now... Bai Luo wouldn't necessarily be a match for Beidou.
It's not that he was weak.
First of all, he was well aware of his strength and weakness, as well as his combat style.
With his stealth ability, his specialties lay in assassination and dealing a huge amount of damage in a single strike.
If it were on land, Beidou would definitely not be his opponent, even if she was in her prime and was using her strongest ability and equipment to face him, he can easily erase her from the face of Tevyat in a single strike.
However, right now, they are at the sea, Beidou's most familiar battlefield, and Bai Luo's naval combat experience was much less than even the Fatui who were standing beside him.
Engaging in a head-on confrontation wouldn't be advantageous for him, all he could do was rely on his reputation to intimidate the opponent.
When Beidou mentioned the name Childe, he felt something was off, purely because the Harbinger Childe gave him a lot of headache when they were at Snezhnaya.
Nowadays, who in the entirety of Snezhnaya didn't know that the 11th Harbinger of the Fatui's Brigade, Childe, wanted to fight the 12th Harbinger?
At present, he feared nothing and no one, except for Childe coming to pick a fight with him.
After all, there was still a possibility of communication with the other Harbingers should they be at the brink of confrontation.
But Childe?
For that kid, the first thing that comes to his mind is to fight first, and talk later, any problem that arises could be resolved after the fight.
Actually, when Beidou claimed it was a misunderstanding, Bai Luo already had the intention to leave.
However, for another reason, he pretended to be angry and continued to engage with the other party.
Of course, it had nothing to do with so-called honor or the like.
Although he had just become the 12th Harbinger, everyone in Inazuma knew that he was the person with the least integrity and the least concerned about honor.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have trained so many Pyro Agents.
That was also one of the reasons why everyone was surprised that he became the new Harbinger.
The reason he was buying time was related to his other skill.
[Skill: Silver
Passive Effect: Perception Technique grants the user the vision of any nearby Vision holders in critical condition within a 3-kilometer radius. Additionally, it permanently increases defense penetration by 15% + 5 points.
Active Effect: Marks the target, allowing the user to gain the target's field of vision for a certain duration. During the marking period, the user cannot move, attack, or use skills and will automatically exit the stealth state.]
At this moment, Bai Luo was using this skill on Beidou.
To gain the target's field of vision meant he could perceive the opponent's position and effectively track them.
It was a god-like technique for assassination.
However, the progress bar had only reached 70%, making it difficult to fully charge before the battle between the two sides started.
So he had to think of another way to give the opponent an opportunity to allow the progress bar to continue charging, without letting his subordinates recklessly take action.
"You're from Liyue, right?"
In the tense standoff, Bai Luo suddenly spoke up.
And not only that, he spoke fluent Liyue dialect, with a slight accent from the southern parts of Liyue.
"Hmm?"
Even Beidou did not expect such a move from the other side.
After all, who would have expected an Harbinger from the Fatui's Brigade in Inazuma to speak such authentic Liyue dialect?
"Yes... I am. Are you also from Liyue?"
Judging from the exposed skin on the other party's neck, it was indeed a genuine Liyue native.
But when did Liyue produce such a powerful person? And how did they become a Harbinger in the Fatui's Brigade?
"I want to ask something about Qiqi of Bubu Pharmacy. How is she doing lately?"
"???"
Beidou became even more bewildered upon hearing his word.
Qiqi, the herb-gathering zombie girl from Bubu Pharmacy, is a known existence only to the people of Liyue.
Even if foreigners notice her, at most they would just marvel at her attire without paying much attention to her.
How does he know...
"She... She's doing fine, living a good life," Beidou replied, trying to process the information.
Bai Luo glanced up at the progress bar above Beidou's head and whispered a few words to the Fatui's Brigade member with braided hair beside him.
Although the person looked puzzled, they obediently replied and soon brought a wooden crate.
Inside the crate, there were sounds of bottles and jars knocking against each other, but it was unclear what they contained.
Under Bai Luo's command, the masked woman used the splashes of the waves to carefully deliver the crate to Beidou.
"What is this?" Beidou asked, looking puzzled as she glanced at the box placed before her.
"A gift for Qiqi. When the time comes, tell her... it's a gift from Xiao Bai."
"Xiao Bai?"
For some reason, Beidou's mind conjured up an image of Baizhu from Bubu Pharmacy.
Could this person be related to Baizhu?
No, that couldn't be right. This person's hair color was black, distinctly different from Baizhu's.
"Out of respect for Childe and Qiqi, I would consider today's incident settled. Don't let me encounter you again next time," Bai Luo said, grabbing a bottle of Dandelion Wine from the deck and saying some formal words before returning to the cabin.
And with that statement, the small friction between them was resolved.
Both ships unfurled their sails and sailed in different directions.
Bai Luo did this because the progress bar had reached 100%.
In his perception, the leader of The Crux became incredibly clear.
Even if they arrived in Inazuma, as long as she appeared within a certain range, Bai Luo would be the first to sense her presence.
As for whether he knows QIqi or not?
Truth to be told, he didn't know her personally, the reason he mentioned Qiqi's name in front of Beidou was because of her special status.
Qiqi was a zombie, and even if Beidou or Ningguang asked her, she would never remember who Xiao Bai was, after all, her memory was famously poor.
But if Beidou gave her the gift from him, Qiqi would definitely remember Xiao Bai, at the very least, she would write down the name Xiao Bai in her little notebook.
Because that name was...
"Coconut milk?"
On the Death Omen.
Beidou, who had changed the ship's course, didn't fully trust the contents of the box that Bai Luo had sent, So she opened it together with the alchemist on board.
After the alchemist's examination, they found that the milky-white substance in the box was just ordinary coconut milk.
Although Beidou knew Qiqi, she didn't know that Qiqi liked drinking coconut milk.
She still found it strange why the Fatui's Brigade Harbinger who claimed to be an Ausbilder would send Qiqi a crate of coconut milk.
"Then... Captain, should we still go to Inazuma?"
The one-eyed sailor looked at Beidou, who had resealed the crate of coconut milk, and asked tentatively.
"Not for now. Change course! We're heading back to Liyue. Something is off about this 12th Harbinger, and we need to bring this information back as soon as possible."
Glancing at the envelope with the Coral Palace emblem pressed under the weight on the table, Beidou gave her orders.
They could go to Inazuma anytime, but the intelligence had to be brought back to Liyue immediately.
Once the course was determined, Beidou leaped onto the lookout post, watching as the Fatui's Brigade ship disappeared into the thunderstorm, narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Xiao Bai, huh?"
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