Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 141 Executive Officer No. 8 - Lady

A group of soldiers dressed in black and wearing ferocious masks roughly pushed and shoved through the crowd, forcing their way in.

Upon seeing this, the onlookers began to scatter in panic, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire of this group of cold-blooded fools.

"Hey! You lot! Can't you see the Fools are up to something? Get out of here!"

The leader of the Fools, seeing that Lin Qiong and his group had not yet left, immediately shouted at them.

Although it's impossible to see the person's expression directly beneath the mask, judging from his current arrogant and domineering demeanor, he must really enjoy the feeling of intimidating others at will.

"How can you be so unreasonable? This is clearly a public area, why should we leave?"

Paimon glanced at Lin Qiong and Ying, and seeing that the two of them were there to embolden him, he put his hands on his hips and asked back defiantly.

"Huh!?" The leader of the Fools craned his neck in surprise, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

He then turned to his companions and burst into wild laughter: "Hahaha, are you guys joking?"

"Oh, wait a minute, I get it." The Fool's laughter stopped abruptly. As if he had just realized something, he reached into his clothes and groped around.

A short while later.

He tossed a few Mora coins at Lin Qiong and the other two, then gestured for them to leave: "You want money, huh? Go away, take it and get out of here, don't get in the way!"

however.

Before the Mora could land, a gust of wind suddenly enveloped them and blew them back towards the Fool.

With the blessing of this wind element, these Mora were fired like bullets at the leader of the Fools.

However, the person controlling this wind element seemed to have poor aim, only hitting a few other Fools standing next to him.

"Ugh!!!"

The few Fools who were hit directly by the high-speed Mora fell backward, lying stiffly on the ground.

Although their lives were not in danger, they are unlikely to be able to stand up for a while.

"...you!"

The leader of the Fools raised his hand, which was trembling slightly with anger, and pointed to the luminous figure whose fingertip was still wrapped with a trace of wind element.

It turned out that when that person threw out Mora, intending to humiliate Lin Qiong and the others, Ying used her wind elemental power to blow it back.

"You guys are really something, daring to attack the Fools!" the leader of the Fools roared. "Seize them!!"

At his command, the group of fools equipped themselves with blades and guns and charged menacingly towards Lin Qiong and his companions.

Seeing this, Ying immediately threw out a long sword and stepped forward to block Paimon and Lin Qiong.

at the same time.

Without anyone noticing, Wendy quietly gathered a wisp of wind behind him, ready to launch it at any moment.

"Wait a minute."

Just as a major battle was about to break out between the two sides, a cold female voice came from behind the Fools.

Upon hearing this voice, all the Fools instantly stopped what they were doing, straightened their backs, and stood at the standard military posture.

"Da, da, da."

The sound of high heels clicking on the ground grew louder as it approached, and the fools spontaneously cleared a path through the crowd.

Everyone looked up and saw a blonde woman walking gracefully towards them. She was dressed in an extremely exquisite Fools costume and exuded a cold aura.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Lin Qiong immediately recognized the woman's identity: she was the eighth seat of the eleven executive officers of the Fools—"Lady".

"Didn't I say before that we're not allowed to provoke trouble without cause?"

The woman walked to the front of the line, glanced at the fools lying on the ground, and a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.

The leader of the fools quickly bowed and explained, "But... Your Excellency, they attacked us first..."

Before he could finish speaking, the woman raised her purple eyes and gave him a cold look.

"!!!"

The man trembled under the glare, the words that were about to come out of his mouth were as if they were tightly choked by some force, and he kept opening and closing his mouth, but could only make "uh uh" sounds.

“This is…” Lin Qiong frowned, his gaze fixed on the Fool.

The body of the Fool was gradually covered by a thin layer of frost, and he was trembling uncontrollably. His mouth was slightly open, and he was making a soft panting sound.

"Help...help me...!"

A faint and indistinct sound was squeezed out of the throat of the Fool, and Lin Qiong could sense an emotion called despair in it.

But soon.

The rapidly spreading frost completely enveloped him, transforming him into a lifelike ice sculpture, standing silently in the square.

Seeing this scene before them, the other Fools simply lowered their heads and remained silent, as if they were already used to such sights.

After doing all this, the lady ignored Lin Qiong and the others, and instead turned her gaze to Wendy.

"Hmph, isn't this our Lord Barbatos, the God of Liberty? Why are you condescending to play the role of a bard?" the lady teased, a smirk playing on her lips.

Upon hearing her words, Luminous and Paimon, who were unaware of Wendy's true identity, both showed expressions of surprise.

Paimon, in particular, stared at Wendy with disbelief and exclaimed, "This guy is actually the Anemo Archon of Mondstadt?!"

He never imagined that the "singing" bard before him was actually Barbatos, the wind god revered by the people of Mondstadt.

In Paimon's mind, the gods of each country should be high and mighty beings, not like Wendy, who transforms into an ordinary person and integrates into people's daily lives.

however.

Upon hearing this, Wendy smiled noncommittally.

Ignoring the sarcasm in the woman's words, He lightly placed his fingertips on the strings and plucked them, asking, "Heh heh, what brings an executive under the Winter Queen to Mondstadt?"

"Could it be that you want me, the best bard in all of Mondstadt, to compose a beautiful poem for your queen?"

Wendy's smile didn't fade; in fact, it widened even more: "Sure, for your queen's sake, Mora can charge you a little less..."

But before he could finish speaking...

The woman's face gradually darkened.

A chilling aura emanated from her, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze under the influence of this power.

The woman's eyes, like two drawn blades, stared sharply at Wendy: "Hmph, put away your glib tongue, and now, hand over your Heart of God!"

Upon hearing this, Wendy paused for a moment, then turned to look at Lin Qiong beside her.

Seeing him pretending to know nothing, Wendy sighed softly, a hint of helplessness flashing in her eyes.

"Oh dear, you've come at the worst time. I already traded the Heart of God for wine," Wendy replied casually, spreading his hands.

Do you think I'd believe you?

A flash of incredulous rage crossed the woman's eyes. She stepped forward, almost touching Wendy's face, and gathered a powerful surge of ice element in her hand.

It seems she intends to steal Wendy's Heart of God.

Seeing this, Wendy neither flinched nor dodged, but kept her arms outstretched, letting the lady reach out to her.

Just as the woman's hand was about to touch Wendy, a sudden roar stopped her in her tracks.

"boom--"

As the sound rang out, a flame streaked toward the woman at an incredible speed.

Sensing the danger, the woman immediately jumped backward, narrowly avoiding the attack.

After landing, she first glanced at the charred remains on the ground where she had just stood, then looked up solemnly in the direction from which the attack had come.

Lin Qiong was holding a strange gun in his right hand, with a wisp of smoke rising from the muzzle.

He was playing with a chess piece-shaped object in his left hand, which was emitting a faint glow.

"Hey, is this what you're looking for?"