Upon hearing his question, Yukari nodded and replied,
"Yes, I've decided. When the time comes, I'll just bring everyone over. If there are some who don't want to come, that's their choice. As for where they want to live, they can decide that themselves. I won't interfere. Just hope you can be a little more accommodating when the time comes."
She was planning to merge all of Gensokyo in at once and couldn't be bothered to pick specific places. If anyone wanted to build their nest somewhere, they could do it wherever they liked. Who knows, maybe some of them would even prefer to live in a human city?
"Alright! So, should I send you back now?"
Takumi was a little surprised at Yukari's suggestion but didn't say much. It didn't really matter how they wanted to liveeven if they wanted to move to the opposite continent, that was fine. There was definitely more than enough space here for everyone.
"Sorry to trouble you."
Yukari nodded. With everything settled on her end, the next step was to return and discuss things with the others in Gensokyoand on the moon, too.
Seeing this, Takumi immediately took out a new spatial bracelet.
"I'll lend this to you for now. Just remember to return it later. I'll send you back now, so take the bracelet with you. It's very spaciousmore than enough to fit all of Gensokyo."
Takumi had already prepared the tools for her. All Yukari had to do was put everyone into the bracelet. Maybe some would even want to bring their whole house with them, so Takumi had specially made a bracelet big enough to hold a country.
Upon hearing this, Yukari sincerely expressed her gratitude.
"Thank you! If you need anything in the future, just ask!"
Now that she would be entering Takumi's world, she was basically going to be one of his people. If Takumi ever needed help, all he had to do was say so.
Seeing Yukari like this, Takumi said nothing more and simply put her into the bracelet, then sent it to Houraisan Kaguya.
Takumi: [Exclusive red envelope for Houraisan Kaguya.]
As soon as the red envelope was sent, Kaguya claimed it. No surpriseshe'd probably pulled another all-nighter.
Houraisan Kaguya: [All settled?] [Alright, I'll let her out!]
Seeing that it was a spatial bracelet, Kaguya was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized it was Yukari.
Takumi: [Yeah, just give the bracelet to Yukari.] [@Zhongli, old man, I'm coming over now!]
After this simple reply, Takumi tagged Zhongli.
Zhongli: [Received!] [Don't forget Keqing.]
Zhongli reminded him, making sure Takumi wouldn't forget about Keqing.
Takumi replied to Zhongli in the group, then vanished from where he was and headed to the construction site to find Keqing.
Keqing was already up and at work. Takumi appeared right beside her.
His sudden arrival startled Keqing.
"Takumi, can you not just show up out of nowhere? You really startled me!"
Keqing was a little annoyed. Sudden appearances were just too scary.
"Sorry!"
Takumi laughed and continued,
"I'm about to head to Teyvat. Your Rite of Descension is about to start. Zhongli asked me to take you back, so make the arrangements."
Keqing's eyes immediately lit up.
"Alright! Just a moment!"
With that, she turned into a streak of lightning and disappeared to take care of some things.
Watching her vanish, Takumi rubbed his chin. All the elemental power in Keqing's body had already been converted to Honkai energynot a trace of elemental power left. Takumi could sense this clearly. The Holy Saint had given Keqing a bottle of superpower awakening serum, which sped up the transformation of her energy.
Looks like Keqing really liked using Honkai energy.
While Takumi was thinking about this, Keqing returned.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Takumi glanced at Keqingshe was now carrying a big bag filled with who-knows-what. Most likely, her Vision was already packed to the brim; otherwise, she wouldn't need the bag.
"These are things I brought for Ningguang and the others. So there's a lot."
Keqing seemed a little embarrassed. She had bought quite a lot of things from Takumi's place, mostly books, clothes, and accessoriessome were gifts for Ningguang and Ganyu.
"Emm That's fine. Just head inside. I'll let you out once we get to Teyvat."
Takumi looked at her, a bit amused, then opened another imaginary channel and let Keqing go in first.
Keqing said nothing, slung her big bag over her shoulder, and went straight into Takumi's imaginary space.
Once Keqing was stored away, Takumi spent 1,000 points to open the portal to Teyvat. He could have saved those points and sent only his consciousness, but he didn't. There was no needif he flirted with girls that way, it would always feel like it was just a clone doing it. Better to just go himself, even if it cost a thousand points. He wasn't short on points anyway.
At this moment in Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Zhongli was leisurely sipping tea. Hu Tao, who had just come back from working overtime, was fuming at the sight. She'd been up all night working, yet here he was, relaxing early in the morning!
Just as Hu Tao was about to make a snarky comment, a spatial portal opened and Takumi walked out. Hu Tao was instantly stunned.
Chapter 207: Hu Tao: Yo, Mister, Are You an Immortal?
Hu Tao blinked as she watched Takumi step out from the void.
"An immortal?"
Hu Tao was a bit surprised. Had an immortal just appeared out of nowhere?
"Not at all, just call me handsome!"
"Hello, Hu Tao."
Takumi, emerging from the portal, was a bit surprised himself to see Hu Tao. What a coincidence.
"Handsome!! You're really not an immortal?"
Hu Tao played along and called him that. Was this handsome guy really not an immortal? If not, how could he show up like this? Hu Tao was truly curious.
"Really, I'm not an immortal! I'm here to see Zhongli."
Takumi looked at Hu Tao with some amusement. Hearing this, Hu Tao was taken aback.
"You're here to see Zhongli?"
"Heh~! Zhongli actually has friends like you? Tsk tsk~! Who would've thought? Are you one of Zhongli's new big suckers? That guy found a wallet among the Fatui, so lately he hasn't been sending any bills my way."
As she said this, Hu Tao looked Takumi up and down. Could it be that Takumi was the new sucker Zhongli had found?
Hearing this, Takumi rolled his eyes.
"Is it possible that I'm here to spend her money?"
Takumi looked at Hu Tao with a grin.
"You're here to spend Zhongli's money? Really?? Wait! If you spend Zhongli's money, isn't that spending mine?"
Hu Tao immediately caught on. Recently, Zhongli had been eating and drinking at her expense. Although there had been a wallet to help pay for him for a while, that wallet had already left Liyue, so she was footing the bill again.
"Exactly! I'm here to freeload off you."
Takumi said this openly and confidently. He was here to eat and drink for free!
Hu Tao rolled her eyes again.
"Go, go, go! I'm telling you, don't learn from Zhongli. He's shamelessyou can't beat him!"
Zhongli watched the two with a helpless expression. After a round of banter, he finally spoke.
"All right, Takumi, don't tease Hu Tao anymore."
Takumi really liked joking around with Hu Tao.
Upon hearing Zhongli's words, Hu Tao snorted and then looked at Takumi with curiosity. Zhongli's friends? Those were rare. Although Zhongli knew many people in Liyue, Hu Tao had met or at least seen most of them herself. After all, she was the most famous socialite in Liyue. Who didn't she know? She even knew which family would have a funeral next. That's why she'd never seen Takumi beforeespecially someone who could just appear like this. Takumi's identity was clearly not simple.
Hu Tao's curiosity was piqued. She moved closer and forgot about sleeping. Even though she'd just finished a cremation, she was now full of energy.
Takumi sat down, and Hu Tao followed. Zhongli poured each of them a cup of tea.
Hu Tao immediately took a sip to perk herself up.
Takumi glanced at her, then casually sent her a bit of energy. Instantly, Hu Tao felt even more awake.
"Huh? Not sleepy anymore? That's a nice trick! Can you teach me? If I learned that, even after a few more funerals, I wouldn't get tired."
Energized, Hu Tao was interested in Takumi's little trick.
"I'll teach you when I get the chance."
Takumi smiled and agreed cheerfully. It was just a minor spell after all.
Seeing that Takumi actually agreed, Hu Tao got even more excited.
"Alright! To thank you, I'll give you a discount!"
Takumi immediately declined.
"No thanks! I'm immortalI can't die."
He looked at Hu Tao, a bit speechless. A discount? He'd rather not!
Hu Tao, however, was surprised.
"Really? Immortal? And you still say you're not an immortal?"
Goodness! He said he's immortal but still claims not to be an immortal?
"I'm really not. Your guest consultant Zhongli is the real immortal, not me!"
Takumi shrugged, shifting the immortal label onto Zhongli.
Zhongli was speechless. Was Takumi trying to expose his identity? Still, Takumi only said he was an immortal. Maybe Hu Tao would accept it? She'd probably suspected for a while. Zhongli's appearance had never changed, and he'd watched Hu Tao grow upof course she'd have doubts.
"I knew it! He really is an immortal! Youif nobody said anything, you'd have kept it a secret from me, right?"
Hu Tao glared angrily at Zhongli.
"I wasn't hiding itjust figured you wouldn't believe me. Besides, hadn't you already guessed?"
Zhongli looked at her helplessly.
"I don't care! From now on, I'm docking your pay!"
Hu Tao glared at Zhongli, still angry.
Takumi watched their argument with amusement. Suddenly, he remembered something and brought Keqing out.
Keqing, surprised at first, quickly bowed to Zhongli.
Zhongli saw Keqing and wanted to stop her, but it was too late.
"Your Excellency!"
Hu Tao, who'd been furious just a moment ago, was instantly stunned.
"Huh? Your Excellency? Where? Keqing, why are you here?"
She was still processing everything.
Where was Your Excellency?
How did Keqing get here?
Just now, Takumi hadn't opened the imaginary spacehe simply pulled Keqing out, as if she'd appeared out of thin air.
Zhongli looked helplessly at Takumi. Why release Keqing at this moment?
Takumi just shrugged.
Keqing, however, reacted quickly.
"It was Your Excellency who just brought me over!"
Keqing said it without a hint of embarrassment. Yes, it was Your Excellency who let her come.
Hearing this, Hu Tao was full of questions.
"Your Excellency let you come over?"
She couldn't quite believe it.
"Miss Keqing, go take care of your business first. Handle what His Excellency asked you to do."
Zhongli finally spoke.
Hearing him, Keqing nodded.
"Alright! Takumi, Mr. Zhongli, I'll be off now."
Keqing said goodbye, then turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared on the spot.
The scene left Hu Tao dumbfounded.
Eh? When did Keqing get so strong?
"Looks like Keqing's training paid off! She's changed a lot over there."
She'd only been gone a few days, and her strength had already increased so much?
Not bad at all. Honkai energy was really effective. If he went over to Takumi's world, maybe his own strength would improve too?
Chapter 208: Thank You, But No Need!
When Takumi heard Zhongli say this, he immediately smiled and said,
"Of course. She's learned a lot."
After saying this, Takumi stopped and didn't dwell on the topic any further.
Instead, Hu Tao grew curious.
"Where did Keqing go to study? I haven't seen her around lately! Did His Excellency send her away?"
Hu Tao was really curious. At such an important time, Keqing wasn't in Liyue? That was what puzzled her most. The Rite of Descension was about to begin, and yet one of the Qixing, Keqing, had gone elsewhere. Even though she had just returned, it still felt odd. The other Qixing were handling the ceremony this year, and Hu Tao also noticed how fast Liyue had been developing lately.
"Yes, she was sent to another world. If you're interested, I can take you there, too. You can become very strong over there!"
Takumi smiled at Hu Tao. Was she interested? If so, he'd take her along.
Hu Tao was stunned by this.
"Another world? Seriously?"
She was shocked. Keqing had actually gone to another world?
"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, ask Zhongli."
Takumi passed the buck to Zhongli, who could only nod helplessly.
"That's right."
Now Hu Tao was even more shocked.
"Does that mean you're not from this world either? Like those who descend upon this world?"
In Teyvat, it was known that there were outsiders, but someone who could freely come and go was new to Hu Tao. Yet here was one right in front of her.
Takumi nodded.
"Exactly! I'm not from this world."
There was nothing to hideTakumi admitted it outright. Hu Tao took a deep breath and said,
"Let me process this for a second!"
Seeing this, Takumi let the matter drop and started chatting with Zhongli. Not long after, someone tagged Takumi in the group chat. He opened the chat and received a red packet from Himeko.
Himeko: [Exclusive red packet for Takumi.] [March 7th and the others are inside. Please look after them.]
Takumi: [OK!]
After replying, Takumi claimed the red packet. Just as Hu Tao was about to say something, she saw Takumi pull out a bracelet from thin air. She blinked in surprise, and the next moment, Takumi released two people from the bracelet.
"We're out, we're out! Takumi, we meet again~!"
March 7th and Stelle were both excited as they were let out. March 7th greeted Takumi, and Stelle nodded to him.
"Here we are again. By the way, do you two have so much free time? You came all this way just to see the Rite of Descension? Himeko herself couldn't make it, yet you two had the time?"
"Of course! The train isn't departing right now, so we thought we'd come check things out."
She glanced at Zhongli and Hu Tao.
"Mr. Zhongli, and youI'm March 7th, and this is Stelle. Nice to meet you both!"
March 7th cheerfully introduced herself and Stelle.
"Hello! I'm Hu TaoHu as in eating a lot, Tao as in peach!"
Hu Tao perked up at the sight of March 7th and Stelle, especially March 7th. She felt they'd get along well.
"Everyone's here now. Let's go out and take a stroll. Director Hu, if you're not going to rest, come along."
Zhongli set down his teacup and stood up. With everyone assembled, it was time to head outthe streets were still bustling.
