Inside the Palais Mermonia.
Furina stood alone before a mirror, raising both hands to the corners of her mouth.
She pulled them into a smile, then touched the mirror, seemingly talking to herself.
"How much longer do you need?"
"I'm so tired!"
"Is this the right way to smile?"
"If someone else were doing this, they would surely do a better job than me!"
"At least everyone wouldn't think their god was someone like this!"
"But you're the one who chose me!"
Then she chuckled softly again, as though comforting herself.
"But don't worry."
"I'll keep going. Until the prophecy comes, I absolutely won't give up!"
Suddenly.
A screen appeared before Furina without any warning.
It gave her quite a fright.
"What is this thing?"
[Short videos have been broadcast to Teyvat!] [Furina has joined the livestream.]
"What are short videos?"
Meanwhile.
Neuvillette, who was working through documents, looked at the screen that had abruptly appeared before him and heard a voice announcing that he had joined the livestream.
He frowned. What was this? He had never seen it before.
Hydro energy gathered around him and blasted toward the screen, but the screen remained unaffected.
"Is this some sort of divine artifact?"
Neuvillette set down the documents in his hands and stared curiously at the pitch-black screen before him.
"This is a Statue of the Seven. This god represents the wind!"
At that moment.
Outside Mondstadt.
Lumine was placing her hand on the Statue of the Seven. As she did so...
The previously dull Statue of the Seven burst into brilliant light, and an orb of light as airy as the wind slipped into Lumine's body.
"Oh! Did you feel the elements of this world?"
"It looks like you can gain the power of [Anemo] just by touching a statue!"
"People in this world can't possibly obtain power as easily as you!"
Paimon floated beside Lumine, speaking in delighted surprise.
Lumine was also quite amazed. "That's downright uncanny!"
"Hey, calling it uncanny is really disrespectful to the gods!"
Hearing Lumine's words, Paimon...
Was just about to tell Lumine that she needed to show respect for the gods in this world.
Just then, a mechanical voice rang out in Lumine's and Paimon's minds.
[Short videos have been broadcast to Teyvat.] [Lumine has joined the livestream.] [Paimon has joined the livestream.]
Paimon covered her little mouth and stared wide-eyed at Lumine. "Did you hear that?"
Lumine nodded, wondering to herself, What are short videos?
Inside the Knights of Favonius library.
Lisa had just put a book on a shelf when she heard a voice ring out in her mind.
Even with her extensive knowledge, she was at a loss for the moment.
Looking at the screen that had suddenly appeared before her...
She thought for a moment and decided to discuss it with Jean first.
Lately, the Fatui had been growing increasingly brazen in Mondstadt, and their actions had become more and more excessive.
Coupled with the recent dragon crisis, even the usually optimistic Lisa was being extremely cautious now.
Sure enough.
The moment she pushed open the office door...
She saw a grave-faced Jean, who seemed to have guessed why Lisa had come and shook her head before Lisa could speak.
Sumeru.
Inside the Sanctuary of Surasthana.
Nahida sat bored on a swing, Dendro energy gathering in her hands as she played cat's cradle by herself, looking at the screen that had suddenly appeared before her.
As the God of Wisdom, she was very curious, and there was also a trace of excitement in her heart.
Nahida no longer knew how many years she had been confined here.
When she was bored, she could only secretly help others through the Akasha to feel like a god.
This seemingly small screen...
What was it?
Inazuma.
Inside the Plane of Euthymia.
Ei sat cross-legged within.
She pondered what eternity meant, but for some reason, images of Tricolor Dango kept appearing uncontrollably in her mind.
She shook her head.
She shook the Tricolor Dango out of her mind.
Just then.
A voice rang out in Ei's mind.
[Raiden Ei has joined the livestream.]
Ei opened her eyes and looked at the pitch-black screen before her. Without any unnecessary words or hesitation...
She slashed at it.
But, looking at the screen, which had not budged at all...
"What is this thing? How can it be so sturdy?"
Beneath the Sacred Sakura, Yae Miko looked at the screen before her and murmured to herself, "Ei, is this the eternity you seek?"
At the same time.
Notification after notification rang out in the minds of people across Teyvat, and a screen that only they could see appeared before each of them.
[Rosaria has joined the livestream.] [Barbara has joined the livestream.] [Venti has joined the livestream.] [Razor has joined the livestream.] [Bennett has joined the livestream.] [Eula has joined the livestream.] [Albedo has joined the livestream.] [Timmie has joined the livestream.] [Noelle has joined the livestream.]
The people of Liyue also found this voice strange.
[Zhongli has joined the livestream.] [Chongyun has joined the livestream.] [Yun Jin has joined the livestream.] [Tian Tie Zui has joined the livestream.] [Madame Ping has joined the livestream.] [Yaoyao has joined the livestream.] [Shenhe has joined the livestream.] [Azhdaha has joined the livestream.] [Yanfei has joined the livestream.]
Inazuma.
[Raiden Ei has joined the livestream.] [Yae Miko has joined the livestream.] [Kokomi has joined the livestream.] [Kuki Shinobu has joined the livestream.] [Gorou has joined the livestream.]
Sumeru.
[Nilou has joined the livestream.] [Nahida has joined the livestream.] [Dunyarzad has joined the livestream.] [Dehya has joined the livestream.] [Collei has joined the livestream.]
Fontaine.
[Neuvillette has joined the livestream.] [Furina has joined the livestream.] [...]
Far away in Snezhnaya, the Captain, the Damselette, and others also joined the livestream one after another.
Other nations were no exception.
[Heavenly Principles attempted to join the livestream.] [Heavenly Principles has been kicked out of the livestream.] [Venti: Something strange seems to have just floated past.] [Arataki Itto: I saw it too! What the heck is Heavenly Principles?] [Klee: Klee knows! Anyone who gets kicked out must be a really, really bad person.]
People could chat in the livestream, but there were not many comments yet.
Everyone's mind was a complete jumble. Faced with this thing that had suddenly appeared, no one knew what to do for the moment.
Suddenly.
The screen stirred, its black surface flickering once.
An image appeared on the screen before everyone's eyes.
Everyone saw the title that appeared in the video.
["Masquerade of the Guilty"]