The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

"Yes, but it's such a strange layout. Why do you want to hide the office area behind that to increase the mystery?"

With that said, the two of them had already walked in...

After hitting dead ends again and again, Ying and Paimon finally came out of the maze and entered the office area, but they saw this scene——

Knox was lying on a hammock, holding a book that he knew was a light novel from the cover in one hand, and enjoying it with a candied haws of sugar in the other hand. Sitting in front of the desk was a man who was in a similar situation to Alhaysen below. , Nasida is writing furiously, and next to her is Kelai who is helping Nasida...

Chapter 137 Apologizing

"Wow! What's going on? Didn't Ling become the dean and take charge of all Xumi's affairs? Why does it look like it's Nasida and Kelai who are working!"

Originally, he wanted to complain about the inexplicable maze of bookshelves behind him, but seeing the scene in front of him, Paimon immediately forgot about the maze.

Hearing the sound, Nasida and Kelai both stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the entrance to the office area.

"Ying and Paimon, you are here!" Cole greeted them with a smile.

"Hello everyone, I've been missing for a while." Nasida also waved to them.

As for Knox, he just glanced sideways and then looked away.

Ying led Paimon and walked inside. He looked at the pile of documents on the large and imposing desk and twitched his lips: "So why is Nasida handling these?"

Nasida smiled and said: "Because he and I are now in a state of shared thinking. It seems that I am processing, but in fact we are cooperating. I am responsible for reading the information, and he is responsible for processing the feedback, and then I will implement it. .”

"Well... to put it simply, the spirit is lazy, right?" Paimon said with an air of understanding the essence of the matter.

Ying nodded in recognition, then came to the hammock, paused before saying to Knox: "I heard that you have unlocked two more seals..."

"Ang, what?" Knox threw the finished candied haws of sticks into the trash can not far away.

"Another two-sevenths of the souls have dissipated...?" Ying said in a complicated tone.

Knox closed the book, threw it aside, turned to look at her with a sigh: "So? What do you want to say?"

"Feel good?"

"It's very good. Thank you for your concern. But compared to me, I think you should care more about yourself. It's not bad to walk around in hell. After all, looking at your posture, you are addicted to it?" Knox said sarcastically. road.

"..." Ying was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Paimon immediately came up to smooth things over, "Um, I married her just to save you..."

Knox glanced at her, and Paimon immediately covered his mouth with an expression that said, "I won't say anything."

"Actually, Paimon is right, Yingying also wanted to save you. The situation was really urgent at that time. Maybe in a few seconds at night, your body would have completely collapsed and there would be no body support... You should also know the consequences." In such an atmosphere, the only one who dared to speak was Nasida.

Knox curled his lips boredly, sat up from the hammock, and looked at Ying with a calmer gaze, but his voice was still cold: "How is the injury?"

"Much better!" Ying said quickly: "Basically recovered."

"Yeah, you're lucky. You're lucky this time." Knox said this lightly, similar to the cruel words that "a villain who failed to kill the protagonist" would say.

After saying that, he said as if he just remembered something: "If that's the case, what's the reason for you coming here?"

"Just came to see you..."

"Then I saw it, is there anything else?"

"……Gone."

"Then go back and rest, or you can go to another country if you want."

"...I just agreed downstairs to Alhaysen to help convince Disiya to join the Order to manage new recruits."

"Oh, I forgot that you also have a nosy hobby, so why don't you take a walk?" Knox jumped out of the hammock and went to a machine next to him to get a glass of juice. He took a sip and seemed to feel that He raised his eyebrows as if the taste was not good enough, and then noticed Ying and Paimon who were not moving in the corner of his field of vision. He couldn't help turning his head and asked curiously: "What? Are you waiting to stay for dinner?"

At this time, Ying seemed to be aroused by Knox's attitude. She stared at Knox's eyes for a long time, hummed softly, jumped lightly and sat on Knox's hammock, feeling angry. Pandao: "I'm not leaving."

Paimon looked at Ying, then at Knox over there, and smiled sheepishly at him twice, then floated to Ying's side and sat down together on the exquisite hammock.

"Whether you want to leave or not, you will fall down if you don't." Knox rolled his eyes and jumped out of the floor-to-ceiling window with a big hole in his hand while holding the juice.

This move shocked both Ying and Paimon.

"Hey! Wait!" Ying was anxious, quickly left the hammock, and jumped down.

"Wait for me!" Pamon floated out of the window, not forgetting to wave goodbye to Nasida and Cole inside.

But when Ying and Paimon came down, they were dumbfounded. They jumped from the window above and found the streets of Xumi. There were people everywhere, and when they looked around, there was no trace of Knox.

"Well, where did he run? He disappeared in the blink of an eye..." Pamon scratched his head and muttered: "Could it be that he used that strange black flame to jump through space again?"

Ying didn't answer, but kept her gaze fixed, and saw a silver-haired figure wearing a long black dress already in the distance. She reminded Paimon "over there" and sped up to catch up.

But they tried hard to catch up along the way. The figure was obviously just walking normally, but they couldn't catch up anyway. It wasn't until Ying and Paimon were both panting from exhaustion that they saw someone in the woods not far ahead. stopped.

But Knox was not the only one who appeared there. Opposing him were a dozen fools led by a blue-haired young man.

"That's...Doctor!?" After seeing the appearance of the leading young man clearly, Paimon couldn't help shouting: "Why do the two sides look so tense? Isn't Ling also the executive officer of the Fools..."

Before he finished speaking, Ying had already rushed forward. Paimon did not dare to neglect and immediately followed.

"Haha, Knox, long time no see. I heard that you have recently gained power in Xumi. Piero was worried that you didn't have enough manpower, so he specially sent some elites to follow me when I came, at your disposal."

[Doctor]'s tone was like that of two old friends who hadn't seen each other for a while. After he said this, the fools behind him all saluted Knox: "Have you seen [the deceased] before?" grown ups."

After saluting, they left behind Dotore and stood aside to quietly watch what was going on between the two executives. They were not directly subordinate to Dotore or Knox, just as Dotore had done before. It is said that [Harlequin] Piero sent them here to assist [Dead Man] Knox in taking charge of Xumi, and their direct boss is naturally the general officer [Harlequin].

As for the specific purpose of [Doctor] coming this time, they were not sure. They just heard that Lord [Doctor] had angered Lord [Decedent], and this time he came to apologize in some way...

So, while they had almost the same expressions of horror as Ying and Paimon, Knox stepped forward with a chuckle, and strangled [Doctor]'s neck with a friendly expression.

"Don't think you can get away with just sending a slicer~" Knox said softly towards the face of the dead [Doctor].

Chapter 138 Trust

He threw the [Doctor's] body aside like a piece of trash.

Knox's eyes passed over Ying and Paimon, looking at the frightened members of the Fools with a sinister look, and said in a low voice: "Everything in Xumi has nothing to do with the position of the Fools, no matter what Piero has given you. Whatever the mission, give it to me and forget it immediately. In Operation Xumi, you only need to obey my orders, and those who disobey will die."

Seeing the second-ranked executive [Doctor] simply die in the hands of the zero seat, these elites of fools who had just come all the way from the Winter Solstice were completely dumbfounded and could not even deal with it. Knox's words generate feedback.

"Did you hear that?" Knox asked coldly.

"...Yes...Yes!" Someone reacted with excitement, and hurriedly bent down and said with utmost respect: "Understood, don't worry, Mr. [Dead], Mr. [Harlequin] warned us before we came, everything in Xumi All actions are subject to the arrangements of [the deceased]..."

Knox waved his hand: "Disband, go to the embassy to register. I will notify you when it is needed."

"Yes!" The fools dispersed as if they were granted amnesty, and soon disappeared from Knox's sight.

Knox waved his hand casually, and a jet-black flame fell on [Doctor]'s body. The flame turned into a fire snake in an instant, and swallowed up [Doctor]'s body almost instantly, turning it into ashes.

After doing this, Knox finally looked at Ying and Paimon, who were not far away with dull faces. When Knox's gaze was caught, Paimon hid behind Ying as if he was electrocuted.

"...Is it okay?" Compared to Paimon's fear, Ying looked very calm. On the contrary, her eyes were more worried: "Killing the [Doctor] who is also the executive officer will have no impact on you. ?"

Knox walked past her and said nonchalantly: "What impact can it have? It's just an insignificant slice."

"Slice?" Ying immediately turned around and followed closely to Knox: "What do you mean?"

Knox glanced at her: "What? Want to spy on the Fools' intelligence?"

"...No, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it." Ying curled her lips, as if she was unhappy that this guy was so defensive about her.

"It's okay to tell you. Dotore is a psychopath. He sliced ​​himself into slices from various time periods, so there are many Dotore in the world now. The one I just killed was just one of them." Knox said calmly.

"Eh? Is that so?" After hearing what Knox said, Paimon immediately became less scared. She moved closer to Knox again: "You were so scary just now. I thought you were so scared. It’s out of control..."

Knox glanced sideways at her but said nothing.

Ying grabbed Knox's clothes and asked in a low voice: "So you will stay in Xumi and not go anywhere?"

"Who said that? The Wine Festival will be in three days. I will go back to arrange things and plan to leave for Mondstadt..."

"Then I'll accompany you... I also received an invitation letter from the Mondstadt Adventurers Association before, saying that they were too busy with recent commissions..."

"You and Barbatos are together, and I have to go to Liyue in the meantime." Knox said.

"I haven't returned to Liyue for a long time..."

"..."

Looking at Knox's expressionless side face, Ying cautiously said, "Um... the new seal has been unlocked, have you recalled more memories?"

"...So what if I recall it, so what if I don't recall it? The past is just a passing cloud, isn't it good to look to the future?" Knox turned his face to the side and showed a meaningful smile.

Ying was stunned for a moment, but before he could say anything, Paimon retorted first: "How can you say that? Memories are also very precious. Just like the memories of my trip with Ying, it must be mine The most precious and precious treasure, the kind that will never be forgotten in your lifetime!”

Knox took a serious look at Paimon, but this time Paimon did not flinch. She raised her chin and looked at Knox with dignity.

After a moment, Knox smiled calmly: "That makes sense."

"Hehe!" Pamon laughed happily, and then couldn't help but ask: "Then did you remember more memories?"

"Yes." Knox said concisely.

"What about Ying?" Pamon asked excitedly.

"Have."

"Then..." Paimon became even more excited: "Then...then!"

As she spoke, she blinked and looked at Knox, who was expressionless, and then at Ying, who was indifferent. She didn't know what to say at the moment.

Ying didn't care about her, but asked Knox: "Do you know how to contact Kong? When we last met, my brother told me that he had an unfinished war with 'Tianli', and he was with you. Bar?"

"...I don't know, no matter how I contacted Sora, or whether he is with me, I don't know." Knox's voice was very calm, as if he didn't care at all, and he looked towards The outline of the building of the Holy Order is not far away: "As long as it doesn't block my way, anything will be fine..."

"..."

......

"This is probably what happened. After working for so long, I should give myself a holiday. I have made all the arrangements that need to be made. The clerk in Alhaysen is very competent and capable. It doesn't matter even if I leave for a few days. , with a god like you sitting in charge, it won’t collapse no matter what, that’s all.”

Looking at Knox who was sitting on the desk in front of her and saying this to her, Nasida nodded thoughtfully: "Okay, before you come back, I will try my best to deal with the things within my ability."

Knox smiled and turned to look at Cole, who had been staring at his profile quietly since just now: "Do you want to go to Mondstadt with me?"

Kelai's eyes widened slightly: "Is it okay?"

"You are employed as my personal assistant, not as the assistant to the Dean of the Order." Knox simply said, leaving his desk and jumping out of the crack of the "Battle Damaged Edition" floor-to-ceiling window next to him.

After landing, he looked up at Kelai above and said, "Jump down."