Genshin Impact: I, the first water follower, makes players excited

Chapter 114 Thomas Rescue

Coincidentally, when the three of them arrived at the place that Kurisu mentioned, they happened to see the monopolistic businessman.

"Hmm? A strange face I've never seen before? New here... Hey! What are you doing?!"

Ying quickly grabbed Hines, who had already taken out his spear, with both hands and said to the merchant,

"We came to you to find out your source of goods."

"Source of goods?"

The businessman, who was temporarily out of danger, patted his chest, trying to suppress his heart that was beating in his throat.

"Are you the assassins hired by Kurisu's group?"

The heart that had not yet been calmed down fled again. The merchant's face was pale and he became more and more scared as he looked.

That blue-haired guy definitely wants to kill me!

Ying was stunned for a moment while holding Xines's hand, and then she nodded seriously.

"I didn't expect you to figure this out. Choose one: either tell me the source of the goods, or..."

Ying didn't finish her words and just loosened one hand. Hines understood what she meant and thrust his spear forward, stopping it steadily in front of the merchant.

"Gulu..."

The businessman swallowed, feeling the chill from the gun tip. His legs trembled slightly, but soon stopped shaking as he collapsed to the ground.

......

"As expected of Hines, simple and crude, it really wins my heart."

"Yeah, yeah, I thought there were a bunch of quests and dialogues waiting for me to go through later."

"The mission is okay, at least there are gems. As for those insignificant animations, they're pure shit!"

......

Things were simple after that, and the three of them successfully learned the cause of the incident from him.

"So it was Keijiro, the tax collector, who was behind this!"

Paimon had a look of "I see" on her face, and her performance also made Ying look sideways.

"Do you know this guy called Keijiro?"

"Of course I don't know him."

"..."

The merchant ignored Ying and Paimon's small talk and continued talking.

"When merchants ran out of crystallized bone marrow, Keijiro and the others asked me to sell the crystallized bone marrow I had collected."

After getting the information he wanted, Hines retracted his spear. He was just a pathetic puppet, and the one who really deserved to die was someone else.

Ying thought for a moment and asked,

"Do you have any other evidence? We want to solve this problem..."

The businessman disagreed. "Just you guys? How is that possible?"

Seeing that he was unwilling to cooperate, Hines reached out to take out his weapon again, but was stopped by Ying.

"...Mr. Puppet, if Keijiro and the others knew that you had betrayed the information, what would they do to you?"

"!!!"

The businessman thought about the possible punishment he might face, then knelt down at lightning speed.

"I'll tell you everything!"

......

"I'm a tough guy."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with that. After all, he's just an extra staff member, so it's reasonable for him to betray the organization."

......

In short, under the leadership of this businessman, the three people successfully found Keijiro, and followed his footsteps to find the account book hidden by Keijiro.

Cineus grabbed the merchant by the collar and threw him in front of the account book.

"Tell us, what is this?"

Under the threat of force from Chines, he checked the account book in front of him.

"Promise me that you won't kill anyone to silence them after I tell you!"

Hines took the initiative to put away his spear and walked away. Seeing the merchant heaved a sigh of relief, he said to Ying,

"This is indeed useful evidence. Every bit of it is evidence of Keijiro's guilt!"

Ying and Paimon happily took the account books and went to find Hines. The merchants who stayed there felt relieved and collapsed on the ground again.

The three of them quickly met up and wanted to tell Kurisu the good news that they had found evidence.

Coincidence happened again. When they arrived at Kurisu's house, they happened to meet Keijiro who came to collect taxes.

Chines: Is this the mysterious power of the East? No time was wasted.

Kurisu is begging desperately,

"We really have nothing left. If we continue like this, we will only lose money selling goods and will starve to death!"

But Keijiro didn't care whether they could survive or not, he only cared whether Mora was in his hands.

"Laws are laws, rules are rules. We must deliver the goods without any less. Why are there so many excuses?"

Keijiro looked at him with disdain, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a prelude arc, which made Paimon clench his fists.

Ying couldn't stand Keijiro's disgusting behavior either.

"You're the one who's not following the rules, aren't you, Keijiro..."

"...We've got your account books! We know full well that you've been hoarding goods and reselling them for profit. We're here to expose this to the public!"

What kind of person is Jiulisu? He is the president of the International Chamber of Commerce. It is impossible to say that he has no speculation about this matter. It's just that there is a lack of evidence. In addition, the other party is too powerful and he dare not become an enemy of them.

But now, there are kind-hearted people standing up for me, that’s great!

"What!? Is that so?"

Kurisu's face was filled with shock, and his acting was so good that if Hines didn't pay close attention he wouldn't be able to see his deeply hidden smile.

"This...tax issue...I...I..."

Keijiro was speechless, and Kurisu took this opportunity to pursue his victory.

"Ms. Ying, could you please let me have a look at the account book?"

Kurisu, who successfully obtained the account book, gave Keijiro a meaningful look.

"Mr. Keijiro, every entry in this account book matches the tax amount. I guess you have nothing to explain, right?"

"I heard that the magistrates value their reputation very much. If this matter gets out..."

Keijiro clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he looked at Kurisu who was holding the account book with a bit of pride.

"I heard it! You're threatening me!"

"Hmph! How do you want to deal with this?"

Before Kurisu could say anything, another samurai from the Kanjo Bugyo class came up to them.

"How can you be so noisy?! You outsiders really have no manners at all! Come on, take them all away!"

A group of warriors surrounded the few people, their hands on the hilts of their swords, ready to fight at any time.

Kurisu sighed. It was precisely because he had anticipated such a situation that he had been enduring it.

When Keijiro saw his companions coming to help him, he looked at each of them with vicious eyes, as if he wanted to remember their appearances.

Hines felt a little bored and wanted to summon his spear to get rid of all these scum, but he was gently held down by the person behind him.

Thomas passed by Cineus and entered the circle of the magistrates.

"Everyone, why are you all so serious? If you have something to say, let's have a drink together and talk it over. Everything will be fine~"

"What are you?"

Keijiro's expression was disgusting, and Hines' eyes narrowed.

“This is my name tag.”

The business card Thomas handed over was beautifully wrapped and seemed to have some fragrance.

"Oh? It's actually someone from the Society's Advisory Office?"