[Arataki Itto: Huh? What's with those looks? I picked 1!]
[Kuki Shinobu: Boss, you really are an expert at eliminating the wrong answers.]
[Kujou Sara was applauding.]
[Sangonomiya Kokomi: @Gorou, what did you pick?]
[Gorou: I believe this question uses the military tactic of letting the enemy loose in order to capture them. None of the previous questions were this simple. It deliberately lured us into considering Sayu and how plausible option 3 was, so 2 is the correct answer.]
[Sangonomiya Kokomi: Good analysis.]
[Gorou: It's all thanks to Lady Sangonomiya's excellent teaching.]
[Thoma: I picked 3. I stuck with the most straightforward reasoning. First, eliminate 1 and 4. Based on the logic of the previous questions, the answer is 3.]
[Ningguang: Both of you made good arguments. Looks like there won't be a second round.]
Of the four options, the three of them had picked three different ones.
[Yae Miko: There certainly won't be a second round. A certain little cutie finally got his first win today. Congratulations!]
[Gorou: ???]
[Thoma: ???]
Thoma and Gorou currently had one correct answer and one wrong answer each. Both had already answered correctly before.
His first win? Only a handful of people had yet to get a correct answer, and among those who had buzzed in, it could only be Arataki Itto.
Gorou selected 3. Incorrect answer. Punishment: Haunted Mine. Thoma selected 2. Incorrect answer. Punishment: Haunted Mine. Arataki Itto selected 1. Correct answer. Reward: five cartloads of children's happy snack gift packs.
[Yoimiya: ? Arataki Itto guessed right?]
[Kuki Shinobu: The boss actually guessed right? The Great Bake-Danuki really exists?]
The children of Inazuma were stunned again.
"Does the Great Bake-Danuki really exist?"
Everyone in the Elite Livestream Room was stunned too.
[Yoimiya: Lady Guuji, does the Great Bake-Danuki really exist?]
[Yae Miko: Of course. Inazuma has its Night Parade of a Hundred Demons-fox spirits, tanuki, bake-danuki, thunderbirds, and all sorts of other beings. I even visited the Great Bake-Danuki a little while ago. There are very few of them left, though, and they all stay in their own territories.]
[Arataki Itto: Hahahaha! I really am number one in the world! What did I tell you? @Kujou Sara, see that, Kujou Turtle? This is the start of my winning streak! What an amazing prize!]
Arataki Itto appeared on the livestream.
Five horse-drawn carts were piled high with snacks.
[Keqing: This reward... doesn't it seem a little ordinary...?]
It was very ordinary. At least, every adult thought so. It was a terrible deal.
[Yanfei: All five cartloads together probably cost only two hundred thousand Mora.]
But Arataki Itto was delighted. He scooped up an armful of snacks. "These are lollipops! Whoa, there must be at least a thousand! I've wanted to try these candies forever! And these, th-these... aren't these discontinued snacks?"
Arataki Itto said, "This is an absolute treasure!"
Arataki Itto was beside himself with excitement.
The entire Arataki Gang cheered beside him.
A-Shou shouted, "Hooray! Hooray! Long live the boss!"
A-Huang shouted, "Hooray!" He was genuinely thrilled.
Yuan Tai said, "Boss, you're amazing! We've never tried any of these before."
Only Kuki Shinobu stood to one side with her face in her hands.
But the children watching the livestream in Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma cried, "I'm so jealous! That really is a treasure!"
"My mouth's watering just looking at it!"
"That big brother called Arataki Itto is amazing!"
[Regular Livestream Room · Arataki Itto: Haha! I see lots of people are jealous of my treasure. Hehe, anyone nearby can come have some. Let's enjoy it together!]
[Kaeya: For Arataki Itto, this is a pretty good reward.]
[Ganyu: Anything that brings happiness and satisfaction is a treasure.]
[Ningguang: Besides, the livestream said early on that the more answers you get right, the better your rewards might be. This is only his first correct answer.]
[Kuki Shinobu: ...]
[Kamisato Ayaka: ...]
Gorou and Thoma were teleported to the entrance of the Haunted Mine, along with everyone else who had answered incorrectly.
"Ah... I don't want to go in."
"I regret it! I should never have buzzed in!"
Gorou took a deep breath. "I'm the general of Watatsumi Island. I'll walk in with my head held high!"
Thoma said, "That's right. I can't disgrace the Yashiro Commission!"
The two strode inside with their heads high, followed by more than ninety people. They had gotten this question disastrously wrong. Almost everyone had eliminated option 1 first.
In Inazuma, the Great Bake-Danuki was just a story used to fool children.
Who could have known the Great Bake-Danuki actually existed?
Now the children were happy, while these people were in tears.
"Let's go in together and stick close! With this many people, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
"Right, right! What's there to fear if we all go in together?"
"Hurry and follow the general of Watatsumi Island and Lord Thoma of the Yashiro Commission!"
It was a good idea, but-
"Aaaah!" All it did was make their screams more synchronized.
[Jean: Not a single person has come out of that Haunted Mine yet. Could something have happened to them?]
People from the other nations shared Jean's concern.
Just then, a small figure emerged from the exit.
It was Qiqi, dragging a blanket behind her.
Quite a few people lay on it.
Qiqi said, "Qiqi is exhausted. These people all fell asleep inside. Qiqi was afraid they'd get cold, so Qiqi dragged some of them out."
At that moment, Tartaglia also emerged, his legs trembling.
Tartaglia said, "I'm... Tartaglia, who gets... gets stronger every second. How could these zombies and ghosts possibly scare me?"
Childe's face was ashen and his legs were weak, but he forced himself to hold on. "The... the next question... I'm still buzzing in!"
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