Guinaifen stared at the pocket watch in her hand in disbelief.
"Stop time..."
"But we only have less than two hours now."
Keqing added, "And if I remember right, this thing seems to have restrictions... From what I managed to pry out of Dominion, it seems that while it's activated, you can't inflict direct damage."
"How did she figure that out so well?"
"Because she was taken down by Liu Bai using teleportation, but Liu Bai doesn't have a teleportation skill. It only took a little deduction."
Even things Liu Bai never talked about, the Herrscher of Dominion naturally didn't know either. But Keqing had a brain.
She gathered a little information from all around and filled it into the framework she already had. There, the answer was revealed.
"...Also, using your hand on ○○ doesn't count as damage."
"...How do you know that? Did you deduce that from the Herrscher of Dominion's words too?"
"I happened to use it once before..."
Keqing's gaze darted away.
"But I returned it very quickly! I didn't really... Ahem! I was wearing gloves at the time..."
"..."
"Now we're accomplices, right?"
"Who's your accomplice?!"
Guinaifen rejected her sternly and prepared to press the pocket watch again.
"—Are you really going to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?!"
"...Ghk!"
Guinaifen's thumb hesitated for a moment.
"You've actually fallen for Liu Bai already, haven't you?!"
"Who would like such a terr-terrible... man?!"
"Give me a break! Firefly is probably the only one in this house who thinks you don't like Liu Bai!"
"—Do you have to insult Miss Firefly too?! You people are way too much!"
"That's because that guy hogged the toilet without taking a dump for a while and wouldn't let anyone else use it!"
Keqing loudly complained as well.
"Anyway! Guinaifen, your act