After incapacitating all three of them, Ying withdrew her elemental power and slowly walked towards the young man who had just been defeated.
"Waaaah... My wife... my daughter... I'm so sorry..."
Looking at the man lying on the ground, lamenting his own powerlessness, Ying knelt down and patted his back.
"Well, it might not be of much use now, but please accept my condolences."
"Waaah... He's not... wrong... I... I... I'm just a... coward who runs away and abandons his family... I can't even... even avenge them..."
Seeing the young man sobbing and confessing his woes on the ground, Ying felt great sympathy for him. However, at this moment, comfort seemed to be of no avail, so...
"Yes, you are a coward, a coward who cannot even protect his own family. So even if you temporarily gained power, it wouldn't change that fact."
Upon hearing Ying's emotionless words, the young man cried even more piteously.
Ying quietly watched him until his tears ran dry and his eyes became vacant.
"I... I'm sorry... for them... sorry... for them."
The young man kept repeating these words. He looked at the spear beside him, couldn't help but pick it up, and pointed the tip at his own body.
"Sorry... sorry... I need to go... go apologize to them..."
Just as he made up his mind and was about to thrust the spear into himself, Ying reached out her hand at the opportune moment and grasped the hilt of the spear, which was about to send him to the netherworld.
"You are not worthy of apologizing to them now. What you need to do now is to live the rest of your life with your guilt..."
"I... am a beast..."
Ying: "Yes, you are."
"Even though I gained power... I still cannot avenge my family..."
"Yes, you're right."
"A person like me... can't do anything..."
"Yes... but not entirely."
Ying's tone gradually became more emotional, and she looked at him earnestly.
"You can take revenge. Your enemies are right behind you. You are a weakling, and even with power beyond theirs, you still couldn't defeat them. But they are even more useless than you now, because they can't even kill themselves and can only be slaughtered like fish on a chopping block."
"The opportunity for revenge is right before your eyes. Do you think it's more important to go join your family than to avenge them?"
"I..."
"Also, think about your wife and children. Would they want you to go down to them voluntarily? Would they want to see their cowardly husband?"
"They..."
Seeing him lost in thought, Ying let out a light sigh.
"Alright, I've said what I needed to say. Now it's time for you to repay my life-saving grace."
"Life-saving... grace..."
The young man raised his head, mechanically repeating Ying's words.
"Of course. If it weren't for me, you would have been killed by them long ago."
Ying said matter-of-factly, then seriously stated her question.
"Please tell me who gave you that item that resembles a Vision. If you don't know his name, you can describe his appearance or attire."
"Vision... I don't know... I only know... Of course, I was hiding behind a tree in pain... and then... that eye suddenly appeared beside me... and then... someone spoke in my ear... but no matter how I looked, I couldn't see him..."
"He told me... if I wanted revenge... to pick up the item on the ground... he would grant me power... the power of revenge..."
Although she had expected it, Ying couldn't help but frown upon hearing him say it.
Is this all there is to it? I didn't expect to get much from him, but the person who can cause such a thing must be Scaramouche. After all, he seems to be the mastermind behind this power for now.
I didn't expect these Delusion devices to be so terrifying. Perhaps they would be slightly better for the strong, but for these commoners, even if they burned through their entire lives, it would be useless for them to resist those who possess Visions.
With this thought, Ying resolved to disrupt the Fatui's plan. She looked at the young man kneeling on the ground and said,
"I have other matters to attend to. These three are yours to deal with. Do you want to be a man for a moment, or a coward for a lifetime? Now, the choice is in your hands."
With that, Ying activated her Anemo powers and soared into the air, flying towards the sea without hesitation.
"Coward... man... I..."
The young man looked at the three lying on the ground, repeating Ying's words. After an unknown amount of time, he finally stood up and walked towards them...
The camera returned to Ying...
Ying flew rapidly towards Watatsumi Island, contemplating her next move.
"Hmm... Although I'm not sure if my elemental power is enough, I can't delay any longer. I need to meet Lumine as soon as possible."
"Why is Scaramouche giving ordinary people that dangerous power? Is it to test the capabilities of the Delusion, or does he simply want to make the Shogunate forces frantic over this item, thereby facilitating his acquisition of a Vision?"
The Shogunate forces... If I remember correctly, I heard from Bai before that due to Raiden Shogun's Vision Hunt Decree, a new faction has emerged in Inazuma.
"If I were Scaramouche... I would definitely take advantage of the conflict between the two sides."
But with Raiden Shogun present, the Shogunate forces' power would likely be insufficient.
"If Scaramouche could mass-produce that power..."
Then he could supply these Delusions, which can greatly enhance a person's strength in a short period, to the army opposing the Shogunate, allowing them to neutralize each other. When both sides are weakened, the Fatui can then appear to clean up the mess.
"Although this is just a theory, ultimately, as long as we capture Scaramouche, the Fatui's plan can be thwarted."
"Although Inazuma's map is vast, it would normally be like searching for a needle in a haystack to find Scaramouche hidden in the shadows, but I am an exception."
For some reason, I seem to have an inexplicable attraction to that Scaramouche fellow. Several times he wanted me to become his person. ≡￣﹏￣≡
"So even if I do nothing, that guy will come to me on his own..."