Chapter 415: Ch 415 : Challenge letter
[Special Intel: You have obtained an additional rewind attempt: +1]
[Current available rewind attempts: 2.2]
[55. New intel will be unlocked after surviving the 19th night.]
Hearing Aether’s anxious voice outside the door, Su Yuan quickly skimmed through the remaining intel prompts...
But something puzzled him—
Didn’t he witness both Hu Tao and Yanxiao’s deaths yesterday?
So why did he only gain one additional rewind attempt?
Was it because Hu Tao and Yanxiao’s overall strength didn’t compare to Madame Ping, so their deaths only counted as a single rewind?
Or... could it be that Hu Tao’s previous physical death had already granted him a rewind, and now that she died again in her spiritual form, it didn’t count anymore?
If that was the case, then maybe it didn’t matter whether a eerie person was strong or weak—
Witnessing their death only ever granted a flat +1 rewind, no more, no less?
With all this on his mind, Su Yuan finally opened the door and met up with Aether.
Aether and Paimon looked at him with disbelief, clearly confused.
"Su Yuan... Didn’t you hear all the noise outside? Didn’t you hear what we just said?"
"The Darknight Hero is dead! He was dismembered, and the killer even left a challenge letter behind!"
"Other people might not know who the Darknight Hero really is, but you and I both do, don’t we? That’s Diluc!"
"So why do you look like... you’re not worried at all?"
Su Yuan took a deep breath and slowly replied:
"Aether, Paimon... I know you’re panicking right now, but please—try to calm down first."
"Based on the new intel I received this morning... The Darknight Hero who was killed might not be Diluc."
"The intel told me: ’Diluc is the Darknight Hero, but the Darknight Hero is not necessarily Diluc.’"
Su Yuan briefly shared the new intel he had obtained that day with Aether and Paimon.
But even after hearing it, Aether still voiced his concerns:
"But Su Yuan... your intel didn’t explicitly say that the Darknight Hero who was killed wasn’t Diluc, right?"
"And the fact that he didn’t return at all last night—that’s already super suspicious!"
Su Yuan nodded and replied:
"Of course I understand that. But what I’m trying to say is. In situations like this, we can’t panic. We need to stay calm and think clearly. Let’s go check the scene for ourselves first."
After that, Su Yuan followed Aether and Paimon to the courtyard plaza of Dawn Winery.
It was already surrounded by a crowd of people...
And in the center of the open space— There lay a bloody severed leg, still wearing a boot.
Elzer, the steward of Dawn Winery, was kneeling beside it, sobbing uncontrollably:
"There’s no mistake... The design and make of this boot—it belongs to Master Diluc..."
"But... but this body part, and that challenge letter—it was all addressed to the Darknight Hero, wasn’t it? What does that have to do with Master Diluc?"
The maid Moco covered her mouth in shock as she spoke.
"Are you stupid? You still haven’t figured it out?"
"The famous Darknight Hero known throughout Mondstadt... is Master Diluc!" replied Hillie, the maid standing next to her.
"But... I thought Master Diluc wasn’t on good terms with the Knights of Favonius? Why would he go out of his way to do something like this?"
Moco said in confusion, before suddenly realizing something more urgent.
"Wait—what?! Master Diluc is dead?!"
"Ahem..."
The head maid, Adelinde, suddenly cleared her throat and calmly said,
"Ladies, as maids of this estate, mind your words and composure."
Aether turned to Su Yuan and asked:
"Su Yuan... how do you explain this now? Even Steward Elzer says it’s connected to Diluc..."
Faced with the scene before him, Su Yuan suddenly began to waver as well.
Could it be... that something really did happen to Diluc?
"May I ask... What exactly does that challenge letter say?"
Su Yuan asked. He had a feeling—that letter might hold the key to the truth.
"Here is the challenge letter..."
Head maid Adelinde replied as she handed a folded piece of paper to Su Yuan.
Upon seeing the very first line of the letter, Su Yuan’s pupils immediately contracted, his expression turning grim...
[Hello, my name is Aji. I’m a member of the Treasure Hoarders...]
[As a professional, my greatest strength — and my favorite thing to do — is helping others, teaching them how to hide themselves so well that no one can ever find them...]
[I’d long heard of Mondstadt’s famous Darknight Hero. Since no one has discovered his true identity for so long, I figured he must also be a master of stealth. So, I decided to challenge him...]
[But I didn’t expect him to be pathetically weak. He lost to me instantly...]
[So, I had no choice but to pass on everything I’ve learned in my life — to help him truly disappear...]
[Actually, the Darknight Hero isn’t dead yet...]
[I simply hid parts of his body throughout Mondstadt — there are six parts in total. If you can find them all, maybe I’ll return him to you!]
[To prove I’m not lying, I even removed one of his legs for you as a little demonstration...]
[Special note: that leg isn’t one of the six hidden pieces!]
[Accept my challenge and complete it — and you’ll save the Darknight Hero.]
[Otherwise... with my unmatched stealth techniques, you won’t even find his corpse.]
[Hahahaha...]
"Aether... didn’t you say the Darknight Hero was dead?"
Su Yuan turned to him and asked.
"Uh..." Aether scratched his head awkwardly.
"Well... I didn’t actually read the challenge letter closely. I came straight to you..."
"Doesn’t matter now..."
Su Yuan continued, voice heavy.
"This ’Aji’ from the Treasure Hoarders... I know him. I’ve seen him before — back in Fontaine."
"He’s one of those people... who’s been corrupted and taken over by the Eerie."
"Once you ask him to help you hide, the result is always the same— You get dismembered and your body parts are scattered all over the place..."
"Setting aside whether this Darknight Hero is Diluc or not, or whether he’s still alive..."
"What’s clear is: we can’t ignore someone like Aji — someone this unstable and dangerous."
"But if he’s so good at hiding," Aether said with a troubled look, "how are we supposed to even find him?"
"There’s only one way," Su Yuan said thoughtfully.
"We have to accept his challenge—search for the body parts hidden throughout Mondstadt..."
"Once we’ve found them all... Aji will most likely show himself on his own."
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