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Chapter 70: Hu Tao Senses the Truth · Oct 08, 2026

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51 Chapter 51: Kujou Sara and Sangonomiya Kokomi’s Negotiation 2026-10-08
52 Chapter 52: A Tense Kokomi, and Beidou Who Cannot Return to Liyue 2026-10-08
53 Chapter 53: Hu Tao: ’Zhongli, Don’t Tell Me You’re on Your Deathbed?’ 2026-10-08
54 Chapter 54: Yelan, Now a Wage Slave for Yae Miko 2026-10-08
55 Chapter 55: Zhongli: ’I Really Am Morax!’ 2026-10-08
56 Chapter 56: Beidou: ’Mr. Zhongli, You Got Locked Up Too?’ 2026-10-08
57 Chapter 57: ’To Fall Into My Arms Is Already Cheap For You All’ 2026-10-08
58 Chapter 58: Kokomi’s Embarrassment at Arriving Without a Gift 2026-10-08
59 Chapter 59: Ei, the One Alluded To 2026-10-08
60 Chapter 60: Kokomi Arrested for Drinking the Gods’ Tribute 2026-10-08
61 Chapter 61: - 61: Raiden Ei Slaps Her Own Face Twice 2026-10-08
62 Chapter 62: This Prison Is Full of Talents 2026-10-08
63 Chapter 63: Raiden Ei Ties Herself in Knots 2026-10-08
64 Chapter 64: Tartaglia: ’You’re saying she’s the Raiden Shogun?’ 2026-10-08
65 Chapter 65: Getting Ei to Write the Tsaritsa a Letter About ’Poaching Talent’ 2026-10-08
66 Chapter 66: Ningguang, Frightened by the Raiden Shogun 2026-10-08
67 Chapter 67: Ningguang Personally Hosts Her Guests 2026-10-08
68 Chapter 68: Su Ran Hooks Ningguang, One Cast, One Catch 2026-10-08
69 Chapter 69: With an External Brain, Is Raiden Ei Just a Paramecium? 2026-10-08
70 Chapter 70: Hu Tao Senses the Truth 2026-10-08
71 Chapter 71: Raiden Ei: ’Let Everyone Know You’re Mine!’ 2026-10-08
72 Chapter 72: Clash Between Raiden Ei and the Lady 2026-10-08
73 Chapter 73: The Arrogance of the Lady and the Arrogance of the Genius 2026-10-08
74 Chapter 74: The Raiden Shogun Who Yielded Quickly Yet Acted Like a Yandere 2026-10-08
75 Chapter 75: Hu Tao: ’Was My Consultant Always This Brave?’ 2026-10-08
76 Chapter 76: Hu Tao: ’What? Your Target Is Actually Me?’ 2026-10-08
77 Chapter 77: The Disappearance of the Geo Archon 2026-10-08
78 Chapter 78: Ganyu, Words Left Unspoken 2026-10-08
79 Chapter 79: The Bait for Ganyu 2026-10-08
80 Chapter 80: Ei: ’What Snezhnaya? He’s Clearly One of Inazuma!’ 2026-10-08
81 Chapter 81: Making Ningguang Trade the Jade Chamber 2026-10-08
82 Chapter 82: Childe: ’My Colleagues Slack Off, and I’m the Only One Working Hard?’ 2026-10-08
83 Chapter 83: Ei: ’Fine, Fine, So That’s How You Want to Play It?’ 2026-10-08
84 Chapter 84: The Traveler Gets Reverse-Killed 2026-10-08
85 Chapter 85: Cloud Retainer’s Sudden Visit 2026-10-08
86 Chapter 86: Cloud Retainer: ’What? Compare My Mechanisms Against the Raiden Shogun?’ 2026-10-08
87 Chapter 87: Ei’s Righteous Argument 2026-10-08
88 Chapter 88: Granting Childe a Chance to Wield the Envoy’s Power 2026-10-08
89 Chapter 89: Ei, Who Longs to Walk the Path of Fate 2026-10-08
90 Chapter 90: Yelan, Who Kidnaps Kamisato Ayaka 2026-10-08
91 Chapter 91: Yelan Gets Played by Kamisato Ayaka 2026-10-08
92 Chapter 92: Yelan: ’Zhongli… is the Geo Archon?!’ 2026-10-08
93 Chapter 93: Tartaglia Borrows the Power of the Envoy 2026-10-08
94 Chapter 94: Osial’s Seal Is Broken 2026-10-08
95 Chapter 95: Ningguang’s Trump Card: ’Help me, Genius Sir!’ 2026-10-08
96 Chapter 96: The Red-Hot Keqing 2026-10-08
97 Chapter 97: Cloud Retainer, Who Dares to Rage but Not to Strike 2026-10-08
98 Chapter 98: Ningguang Seems a Bit… Interested 2026-10-08
99 Chapter 99: Raiden Ei: A Forced Melon Isn’t Sweet… But I Still Want to Eat It! 2026-10-08
100 Chapter 100: The Tsaritsa and the Raiden Shogun: The Battle for Su Ran 2026-10-08

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Hu Tao Senses the Truth

With the sharp instinct of a warrior, Raiden Ei immediately noticed a little tail following behind them.

Had she not sensed no hostility, she would have already struck.

”There’s a spy,” she whispered to Su Ran.

”Hm?”

Su Ran turned around but saw nothing suspicious.

Still, he was surprised.

Even I didn’t notice, yet she did?

As expected of a god who clawed her way through the Archon War—her senses are razor-sharp.

”That brown-haired girl with the twin tails, brown clothes and a hat—she’s been following us.”

With Ei’s hint, Su Ran finally caught sight of the ”spy.”

That outfit, that hat, those twin braids... that adorable face paired with a less-than-striking figure—

The Hall of Rebirth’s master, Hu Tao.

At the moment, Hu Tao wasn’t approaching them.

Instead, she feigned browsing stalls, but her gaze kept drifting their way.

No wonder Ei had noticed.

”You really think a spy would be this clumsy?”

A proper spy would have acting skills and stealth.

But Hu Tao’s attempt at tailing... was laughably amateur.

Maybe it was so bad I didn’t even register it.

”Even so, we shouldn’t be careless.”

Ei thought back to how, right after arriving in Liyue, they were invited by Ningguang for ”tea.”

She would no longer underestimate mortals.

”Then let’s lose her.”

Though Hu Tao was cute, Su Ran wasn’t eager to meet her just yet.

”Huh? Where’d they go?”

With just one turn, Hu Tao lost sight of them.

”Ugh... I should’ve just gone up to say hi.”

Zhongli had been gone for some time now, with no word of his return.

If those two knew his whereabouts, Hu Tao could’ve at least eased her worries.

As for gifting coffins as souvenirs?

She honestly saw no issue— business was business, after all.

”Forget it. I’ll just wander around. Who knows, maybe I’ll bump into them.”

After all, this was a grand festival.

No need to kill the mood with funeral package promotions.

Still, she wasn’t used to these past days with no orders.

Without Zhongli’s tabs, the Hall’s accounts looked healthier— yet the place felt much emptier.

And those two...

”Could Zhongli have gone to Inazuma?”

Thinking of Ei’s attire, Hu Tao grew more and more suspicious.

That excuse about ”visiting an old friend” didn’t sound simple.

Zhongli was a Liyue man through and through.

Could he really have acquaintances in Inazuma?

Or maybe... he heard of Liyueans missing there, and went alone to rescue them?

What started as a random guess, the more she thought about it, the more it seemed to line up.

”Don’t tell me... he’s gone to do something reckless?”

A chill gripped her.

She’d long grown used to life and death.

But Zhongli was still young.

The thought of black hair sending off white hair— it sat wrong with her.

”No. I have to find them and ask.

Zhongli can’t just die without anyone knowing why!”

The carefree Hu Tao was gone.

She began combing the streets with rare seriousness.

But with the festival crowds so thick, even two people as distinctive as Su Ran and Ei

were hard to pick out.

Meanwhile, inside the Northland Bank—

”Rosalyne, you won’t believe this. I saw the Raiden Shogun.”

Tartaglia’s words carried both excitement and unease.

”The Raiden Shogun? What would she be doing in Liyue?”

For the Fatui, the Archons’ Gnosis were the goal.

While not all Archons’ faces were known, Raiden Shogun’s certainly was.

Rosalyne didn’t doubt his recognition— but she could not fathom why Inazuma’s deity would appear during the Rite of Descension.

Especially this year, when things were anything but ordinary.

”She was brought here by the Genius.”

Tartaglia scratched his head.

Even he didn’t understand how the Genius could lure the Shogun herself.

Perhaps that was why his own rank had not risen so quickly.

That title wasn’t for nothing— the ”Genius” truly used his brain.

Otherwise, why not just call him ”the Warrior”?

He clearly could fight, after all.

”The Genius...”

Rosalyne’s brows furrowed at the name.

”Then the Electro Archon’s Gnosis is already in hand?”

For the Shogun to be with the Genius, rather than holding him in Inazuma, made the power dynamic plain.

From what she knew, the Raiden Shogun was not one to leave Inazuma.

If she was here— it meant she was under his control.

So even gods can be mastered by mortals?

The Electro Archon wasn’t so impressive after all.

”And where are they now?”

Power was one matter.

The Gnosis was what she truly sought.

”Probably enjoying the festival.

When I saw them, he was feeding her.

But... I may have exposed his identity.”

Tartaglia sighed.

The man was the Second Harbinger.

He had no authority over him, let alone the mind to decipher his schemes.

”Still, he told me to prepare a feast at Liuli Pavilion tonight.

He has other plans.”

Rosalyne’s expression shifted.

”Then tonight, I’ll join as well.”

Since arriving in Liyue, she had noticed the Geo Archon’s vessel missing.

Perhaps he intended to reveal himself only after the contract was fulfilled.

But for now, meeting the Genius came first.

”...Should I inform him in advance?”

Tartaglia’s voice was careful.

His earlier mistake—exposing Su Ran’s identity— already weighed on him.

If another slip ruined the Genius’s plan, he would never forgive himself.

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