"Mr. Li, I know it's you. We already compensated Sumeru back then, didn't we? Isn't this a violation of the spirit of our agreement?"
The Doctor spoke into empty space.
Hearing the Doctor's words, Scaramouche caught on as well and said angrily:
"You mean that bastard adventurer who's always sticking his nose into everything!"
Inside the Unobservable Barrier, Nilou could clearly guess that they were talking about Li Qiuzhi.
So she looked at the young adventurer beside her and said:
"Oh, Mr. Adventurer, it seems they've figured out it's you."
"Haha, that's fine. They've already been pulled into the imaginary world, anyway. Getting out won't be so easy."
Li Qiuzhi smiled and continued:
"Nilou, stay inside the barrier for now. I'll go meet them."
"All right."
Nilou knew she wasn't strong enough to help. Staying inside the barrier rather than going out and causing trouble was the best choice.
The Unobservable Barrier had merged with the imaginary world in sync, so Li Qiuzhi didn't need to do anything like step outside it.
He only needed to let the Doctor and Scaramouche see him.
In the deep, empty starry sky, a figure slowly appeared before the two Fatui Harbingers. It was Li Qiuzhi.
"Long time no see, you two."
Li Qiuzhi greeted the Doctor and Scaramouche.
"So it really is you!"
Given Scaramouche's temperament, he would already have charged over to teach Li Qiuzhi a lesson if he hadn't known he couldn't win. And because of this damned imaginary world, he couldn't connect to Shouki no Kami.
That made him even less of a match.
"Mr. Li, isn't this rather inappropriate?" The Doctor's expression was hidden behind his mask as he spoke calmly.
"Unfortunately, if you weren't secretly stirring up trouble here, I'd practically have forgotten about you. Why would I