At the entrance of Qingqiu Terrace, when they saw Jing Yuan, many gazes involuntarily shifted to Leon.
Why does this person… give off the demeanor of a Master Diviner from the Divination Commission?
Leon maintained his squinting eyes state, with an expression of "what are you all looking at me for?"
Jing Yuan couldn't help but smile: "Everyone seems quite surprised. Why did I leave and then return?"
Stelle: "You know, General, the surprised person does not include me."
"Hahaha, indeed." Jing Yuan deeply agreed.
Even as a guest, Leon was well aware of what had happened in Fyxestroll Garden.
If he, as the General of the Xianzhou Luofu, knew nothing about it, that would be too much of a failure.
"Thank you all for your hard work. Next, follow me to meet that Heliobus."
The group arrived in front of Cirrus.
The current Cirrus was surrounded by flames of different colors, and one could vaguely recognize them as the previously subdued rebellious Heliobi.
Huiyan, Azhuo, Xiyan, Rongju — all of them were there.
"The slow-witted Ten Lords Commission Judge has finally returned?"
Cirrus crossed its arms, its arrogant gaze sweeping over everyone one after another.
When it paused on Leon and Stelle for a moment, there was no longer the fear from not long ago.
Stelle was quite curious about what exactly gave Cirrus the courage to change its face without any hesitation.
At the thought of Cirrus overestimating itself and trying to take down Jing Yuan, who was an Emanator of an Aeon, she wanted to laugh.
Cirrus's gaze finally landed on Tail, carrying a familiar sarcastic tone.
"Aiyo, isn't this Lord Tail?"
"Seeing you become a watchdog again, congratulations are in order."
"It's just a pity that after the last lesson, I have completely given up on including you in my plans."
"Even if it's the most powerful fragment of Ignamar, after gaining unnecessary emotions, it's still just trash."
Tail already belonged to the irritable type. His tone sank: "Who are you calling trash?"
"Saying you, not convinced?"
"You, who only knows how to hide in dark corners…"
"Wait, Tail."
Stelle suddenly spoke.
Tail: "What?"
Stelle said with a smile: "Don't you think Cirrus is right? Trash is indeed talking about you."
"What did you say?!"
Tail was greatly astonished. Even with his violent temper, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Why did this girl suddenly team up with Cirrus and start scolding him together?
Hmm? Wait—
Tail seemed to realize something and let out a hearty laugh.
"Hahahaha, you're right. Indeed, trash is talking about me. Which trash exactly can't accomplish anything and can only rely on schemes and plots to scheme against others? It's really hard to guess."
Cirrus's expression also slowly darkened, and it fiercely glared at Stelle.
"What are you looking at?"
Stelle glared back unceremoniously.
"If today's main character wasn't us, I would definitely make you understand what it means to carry several floors with one bag of rice."
Having said that, if Cirrus didn't know better and provoked Leon, even gods couldn't save it.
In the long years of the past, Leon had constantly been enduring loss.
He valued the companions around him more than himself.
In other words, if Cirrus provoked Leon, there might not be any major consequences, but if it provoked her, it would be different—
The risk would skyrocket exponentially.
Cirrus truly didn't know these things, and it was impossible for it to know.
Right now, its confidence was bursting, and it had long kicked the word "apprehension" out of its dictionary.
"What are you looking at?"
Cirrus glared back at Stelle without thinking.
Stelle crossed her arms, and an inexplicable smile appeared on her face.
Go on, keep acting.
When Leon can't hold back anymore and makes a move to teach you a lesson, you'll cry but won't have time to cry.
In the player perspective, at this moment the camera focused on Leon, and they personally witnessed the corners of his mouth slowly curving upward slightly.
In 2D works, when a squinting-eyed character shows this kind of expression, it means they are on the edge of making a move, or even have killing intent.
The more Stelle looked at Cirrus, the more displeased she became. She considered whether to add more fuel to the fire.
①: [Continue provoking Cirrus.]
②: [Stop arguing with Cirrus.]
"Do these two options have differences in the subsequent plot? Can those who know give a little spoiler?"
Ah Xian asked the live stream audience.
[Summary: Provoking Cirrus is related to Leon, not provoking is related to Jing Yuan.]
[To be precise, the person who takes action is different, and the plot duration and performance are also different.]
[Only one thing is the same: the result of beating Cirrus is the same, the difference lies in the degree of misery.]
[Unfortunately, unlike Genshin Impact's invitation events, you can't review previous choices. Sometimes choosing wrong is quite annoying.]
[This is the value of what Kafka said. If you have the chance to make a choice, don't let yourself regret it.]
[That being said, who could have thought that the plot options would actually make a difference?]
[What do you mean who could have thought? The difference between Leon and Dan Heng's different branches in the opening plot wasn't big enough?]
Ah Xian got the answer and unhesitatingly chose to provoke Cirrus.
There was no plot choice review in the game, but video creators who make these have everything.
It didn't have much impact.
Stelle raised her eyebrows, twisted her small mouth, and activated her scumbag trait domain.
"AUV, my son. Since your gaze can't leave Mom for even a moment, why don't you return to Mom's embrace?"
This sudden line made countless players' eyes go black, and they couldn't help but laugh out loud.
[Query the script team's mental state.]
[That sarcastic tone is simply divine. The CV's performance is god-tier, not exaggerating.]
[Too hard to bear!]
[Actually, this segment's auditory experience still belongs to the male lead being overpowered. The lethality and mockery of "do you want to return to Dad's embrace" is obviously stronger.]
"Be good. Stop being naughty. Kneel down and properly admit your mistake. Mom will forgive you, this bad child."
Some players tried to immerse themselves in Cirrus's perspective, and their fists immediately hardened.
This tone wasn't just asking for a beating in the ordinary sense…
Cirrus was so angry that it trembled: "Bastard! I'm going to take your life!"
A ball of green, slimy flame with one large single eye burst out from the Ming Chai's body and drilled into Stelle's body at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
Stelle's body suddenly stiffened, and her body surface began to emit faint flames.
"Hahahahahaha! Little ghost, I'm going to burn up your body and let you taste the flavor of death!"
Stelle discovered that her body was out of control, but only her mouth was still free. She opened her mouth without any fear.
"Death—when will it arrive? I've been waiting so anxiously…"
"???" Jing Yuan's eye corner twitched beside her.
He had just prepared to make a move to help when he suddenly sensed that the peaceful aura of someone behind him instantly turned ice-cold.
Oh no…
Someone's reverse scale had been touched. Someone was going to be finished.
Even Jing Yuan couldn't help but shrink his neck.
It seemed there was no need to take action personally; someone would naturally deal with Cirrus.
"Bad, quickly save Stelle!"
Huohuo's attention had been on Cirrus the whole time. Seeing this sudden change, her little face instantly turned deathly pale.
Guinaifen was similarly scared pale, obviously not expecting Cirrus to suddenly change its possession target.
Sushang was about to rush forward, not knowing how to help once she got there, when Jing Yuan timely stopped her.
"Don't be anxious. Just watch…"