Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 134 Oh my god, rebuilding the Jade Pavilion!

In the end, after all the twists and turns, we've come full circle back to this point.

But why is that? Kiana doesn't understand. Perhaps only her future self can give her the answer, but Kiana can't contact her now.

Ultimately, Kiana, who was completely baffled, had no choice but to accept the mission. Just as Kiana was worrying about how to complete the mission, at the same time, in that unknown space...

The future Kiana is angrily grabbing the collar of a red-haired man. Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that the man is none other than the captain, but he doesn't seem to be the captain.

"The Integration Group, didn't you agree not to interfere with my plans? Why are you going back on your word now?"

"Kiana, calm down."

The captain, or rather, the will-unified entity with the captain's appearance, calmly removed Kiana's hand from his collar.

"The reason I intervened is because it was the right choice. Isn't your constant interference in the past precisely to revive the captain?"

"But you must understand that the captain died willingly to serve as the vessel for my arrival, cleaning up your mess. Once something becomes involved with me, its future is fixed. Just as you are destined to become my companion (my kind), the captain is destined to become the vessel for my arrival in this world."

"..."

"Kiana, I respect your choice and allow you to interfere in the past as you please because you are my first and last companion. Of course, if that accident hadn't happened, the captain who once shared the cocoon with you might also have become my companion in the future."

"Now you realize that all you've spent hundreds of millions or even billions of years has resulted in just this one small change."

Doesn't this prove that my plan was correct?

The unified will looked at Kiana sadly and said, "Kiana, you must understand that that little change is not enough to shake my existence. This time, my actions were not only out of my own will, but also out of the will of the Captain that exists within my will. Neither I nor the Captain want you to do those useless things anymore."

"No, there is definitely still a chance, there is definitely still a chance... because I made a promise with him."

Kiana bit her nails, her expression gradually becoming ferocious, and her will inevitably teetered on the brink of collapse.

"Kiana..."

The Unified Will sighed heavily as it watched Kiana become increasingly hysterical. Didn't it also want to revive the captain?

Although the captain was just an ordinary human, and in the past he only regarded him as a bargaining chip to stabilize Kiana, his view of the captain gradually changed after He decided to stop observing them from a higher-dimensional perspective.

That's why He agreed to let Kiana share the power of the Cocoon with the Captain, and He even had to personally intervene to make it happen.

He was already imagining himself having two companions in the future, but the accident still happened...

Although the captain sacrificed himself to allow the Unified Will to descend into the mortal world through his body to resolve the accident, the price was that the captain's soul would forever become a part of Him.

The unified will understands that it is not the captain, and it does not believe that it can inherit everything from the captain, including emotions. Therefore, it chooses to stay away from Kiana and let the feelings from the captain gradually fade away with time.

Unfortunately, He still underestimated human emotions. No matter how much time had passed, the captain's emotions remained within Him. By the time He noticed this, He had already promised Kiana that He would no longer interfere too much with the past and let Kiana carry out her plan.

However, no matter how Kiana changed things after that, she couldn't alter the predetermined future. It wasn't until this time, when she chose to come to the source of the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of ​​Quanta to begin her plan, that things began to change slightly.

But this change was still not enough to alter the future. No matter how He observed the future, nothing changed. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, He took action.

This led to Kiana's current mission and resulted in the current standoff between Him and Kiana.

"Kiana, how long has it been since you observed the 'future'?"

Kiana fell silent. Yes, how long had it been since she had observed the future? Hundreds of millions of years! When she first started implementing the plan, whenever the past changed, she would use that point in time as a benchmark to observe the future. But the result remained unchanged, so she would discard that point in time and start over.

This plan was executed countless times, and with each failure, her fear grew stronger—fear that the future would remain unchanged. Over time, she stopped observing the future altogether; if she sensed anything amiss, she would resolutely abandon the plan and start over.

She began to change from who she was, and that was one of the reasons why the Unified Will made its move.

Just as the Unified Will was still trying to persuade Kiana, His habitual observation of the future brought Him a pleasant surprise.

The future has changed!

Although the final outcome has not been completely changed, the future is no longer immutable! Unexpectedly, his actions have altered the future, which is somewhat of an unintended consequence. So he told Kiana about his discovery.

Kiana, watching the Will Integration entity beam with glee beside her, fell into deep self-doubt. It wasn't that she suspected the Will Integration entity was lying to her; after all, knowing Him as she did, the simple-minded Him wouldn't choose to lie to comfort her. It was just that she had planned for so many years, failed countless times, and hadn't changed the future. And then Him intervened and changed the course of events—it made her seem incredibly naive.

Besides, she could observe the future on the spot to confirm whether He was lying, so the unified will did not deceive her, and the future really did change!

Now she had no choice but to include the Will Integration in her plans. Kiana, chin in hand, began to consider how to persuade the Will Integration to work for her.

On the other hand, after completing the first phase of the mission, Kiana and her team did not choose to immediately begin the next phase, but instead opted to relax and unwind.

During that time, although he was tricked by Yae no Miko into becoming an author and writing a light novel, his goal was to beat that light novel that wasn't published by Yae no Miko and didn't become the best-selling one.

To this end, Yae no Miko also brought in Sora, who had just resolved the crisis on Sea Island, as a second layer of insurance. Fortunately, both Kiana and Sora's light novels achieved great success. The result was that they were pressured to submit their manuscripts, and in a rather eerie, secret place no less.

The reason for doing this is that the author of the light novel, titled "True Ghost Detective Notes," wrote it while possessed, and the true author of the light novel is hiding in this secret realm.

According to Yae no Miko's investigation, the author who was possessed was unable to write a novel and ran to this area shouting things like, "Whoever can help me write a light novel that will be a bestseller," which is how he became possessed.

Therefore, Yae no Miko wanted to follow the author's method to lure out the mastermind behind the scenes. For certain reasons, the person ultimately chosen to be the possession target was Sora.

Kiana thus had the opportunity to witness Yae no Miko's terrifying ability to urge him to finish his work, and Sora, driven to desperation, was successfully possessed as planned.

What was unexpected was that Yae no Miko and the mastermind behind the scenes, who called himself Yurakusai, were old acquaintances, and the various strange events surrounding the True Spirit Detective Notes were nothing more than pranks by monsters conjured from the leyline memories of creatures like Yurakusai.

Ultimately, the whole incident was still a follow-up to the attack on the Rai-sakura tree. In the end, with the unconscious help of the Inazuma people, Yae no Miko held a long-awaited Hyakki Yagyō (Night of a Hundred Demons) to send off these yokai that were about to disappear.

After that, the impact of the attack on the Cherry Tree completely ended. After Inazuma had enjoyed a pleasant time, a letter from Liyue brought that pleasant period to a close.

This is a letter from the Seven Stars of Liyue. It says that with the Lantern Festival approaching, Ningguang has decided to rebuild Jade Pavilion and has issued a bounty. Anyone who can provide the three most important materials for rebuilding Jade Pavilion will be given three chances to ask Ningguang questions.

Sora, who had returned first, had already accepted the bounty. In addition to asking Kiana if she would also participate in the bounty, the letter also emphasized inviting Kiana to attend the upcoming Lantern Festival.

The letter also included a note at the end: "Recently, dangerous incidents have been occurring frequently on the seas within Liyue. If Kiana accepts the invitation, Ningguang will personally send Beidou to pick her up."

After reading the letter, Kiana thought it over and decided to go back to Liyue. It had been a while since she had seen Bronya, so she could take advantage of the Lantern Festival to have a good get-together with her and the class president.

However, there's no need to trouble Beidou so much. Since completing the first phase of the mission, a portion of her power has been unleashed again. Although the Herrscher of the Void's power is still limited, long-distance teleportation is no problem.

After briefly explaining the contents of the letter to Mei, Yae no Miko became quite interested. According to her, she happened to be interested in the martial arts novels of Liyue, and she could also visit Teacher Zhenyu and catch up with Sister Ganyu, whom she hadn't seen in a long time.

"I suspect the visit is just a pretense; you really just want to urge them to finish the manuscript, right?"

Kiana accurately guessed Yae no Miko's inner thoughts. She recognized this Zhenyu teacher, after all, the real identity of Zhenyu teacher, the author of "Chenqiu Shijian Lu", was the second young master of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce... cough cough, I mean the second young master Xingqiu.

Although he himself did not want his acquaintances to know about this, if Yae no Miko came to his door, his friends would probably know the next day that he had written a novel.

After all, the fact that Yae no Miko, a member of the Inazuma God's familiar, would personally visit the second young master of the Flying Cloud Merchant Guild would likely spread throughout Liyue within hours. As for the reason for the visit, it wouldn't be difficult for those who wanted to know to find out.

So Kiana was pondering whether or not to stop Yae no Miko from visiting Xingqiu. After all, stopping her would help Xingqiu conceal his identity as a novel author, but who would make up for the pleasure she missed?

In the end, Kiana kindly reminded Yae no Miko, but whether Yae no Miko listened or not was none of Kiana's business.

After Yae no Miko made some simple arrangements for the shrine and Yae-do, Kiana opened the portal and set off.

In an unnamed alley in Liyue, a purplish-black portal slowly opened, and three exceptionally beautiful women emerged. One of the pink-haired women curiously surveyed her surroundings before turning to the silver-haired woman in the group with a smile.

"I never imagined Miss Kiana possessed such abilities. It seems Miss Kiana had been hiding her true strength all along!"

Yes, these three women are Kiana and her companions who came to Liyue from Inazuma. Kiana just shrugged at Yae no Miko's exclamation and didn't seem to want to explain.

"Alright, Divine Child, we've arrived in Liyue now. If there's nothing else, I'll head to Yujingtai first."

Something's wrong? What could possibly be wrong with her, the Eightfold Divine Child? Nothing in the world is as important as her researching the Liyue novel market.

Just as Yae no Miko was about to say goodbye to Kiana and the others and go their separate ways, Gan Yu appeared at the entrance of the alley.

"By order of the Seven Stars Condensing Light, Gan Yu has come to invite you all to Yujingtai Yixu."

"Oh my, isn't this Sister Gan Yu? Long time no see!"

Gan Yu replied casually, "Yes, it's been a long time, Divine Child."

"Sister Gan Yu is so cold. It seems that our relationship has faded after so many years."

As she spoke, Yae no Miko gently wiped away non-existent tears with her sleeve. Gan Yu tilted her head in confusion at Yae no Miko's behavior.

"We weren't particularly close to begin with, and it's work time now, so it's not good to let too much personal feeling get in the way."

"Okay, okay, let's have a good chat after Sister Ganyu finishes her work to further our relationship."

"Understood." Gan Yu nodded and agreed to the invitation from the Eighth Divine Child. "Then please follow me."

Before long, Gan Yu brought Kiana and the others to Ningguang's location. After all, Kiana had specifically chosen a small alley close to Yujingtai as their landing point so that Ningguang could send someone over quickly.

Kiana hadn't expected Ningguang to act so quickly. Less than ten minutes after Kiana teleported over, Ganyu arrived with Ningguang's orders.

Upon seeing Ningguang, and noticing Fu Hua, Bronya, and Kiana standing beside her, they immediately understood what was going on.

It seems that Fu Hua and Bronya sensed the unique power fluctuations of the Herrscher of the Void and informed Ningguang, which allowed Ningguang to react so quickly. Keep in mind that Kiana had anticipated that Ningguang would have to wait until they went out on the street to receive their message, and then it would have taken at least half an hour to send someone to bring them over.

However, the fact that Fu Hua and Bronya are here indicates that the reconstruction plan for the Jade Pavilion is not simple.

After all, based on her understanding of Ningguang, although the Jade Pavilion was indeed important to Ningguang, it seemed less important compared to Liyue.

Rebuilding the Jade Pavilion would be time-consuming and laborious, and with the Laminar Abyss currently closed, it would be no easy task. Unless absolutely necessary, Ningguang is unlikely to choose to rebuild the Jade Pavilion at this juncture.

Just as Kiana had predicted, Ningguang had come to her with a matter she wanted to entrust to her, and the Jade Pavilion was being rebuilt precisely for this purpose.

And this matter is...