Even the True Doctor Isn't Exactly a Good Person?**
Inside the video—
After resolving everything, Xing approached the Dream Pool.
It shimmered gently, glowing like liquid starlight.
[Welcome to Penacony, esteemed guest.]
[Very soon, your greatest wishes will unfold before you.]
[Step into the Dream Pool. Forget the sorrows and burdens of life.]
[Close your eyes… let pleasant memories rise to the surface.]
[Repose… transcendence… sweet dreams everlasting.]
[Soon, the boundary between reality and dream shall dissolve.]
A soft, honeyed female voice echoed throughout the room as Xing approached.
An intoxicating fragrance filled the air.
Sleepiness washed over her like a tide.
Feeling the timing was right, Xing lay down into the Dream Pool.
Cold water rose past her waist.
Her ears filled with shimmering, distant whispers—
[Relax. Feel your body drift…]
[Focus on your breath. Imagine a paradise…]
[Imagine… a land of dreams.]
Slowly…
Little by little…
Xing drifted into slumber.
But—
As she sank into the dream, warped fragments—voices and images—flashed through her mind like broken film slides.
[Mikhail…]
[Come back… come back to me… (soft, eerie sobbing) Mikhail…!!]
A chilling whisper exploded in Xing's mind—
and suddenly, she felt her body plummeting downward—
Falling…
Falling…
Xing: "WHAT was that voice at the end?!"
Xing: "Why was it so creepy?? Who is Mikhail?!"
March 7th: "My scalp is tingling… Xing, ever since you stepped into Penacony, weird things have been happening one after another."
March 7th: "Is it possible… maybe… something unclean latched onto you?!"
Paimon: "UWAHHH! U-Unclean things?! Y–You mean… a GHOST?!!"
Hu Tao: "Ghost? Doesn't sound like one. If it was a ghost, I'd recognize it—
I deal with them all the time."
Huo Huo: "H-Hu… Hu Tao…? W-What do you do t-that you see ghosts so often?! (terrified trembling.jpg)"
Hu Tao: "Oh, nothing much. I run the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor."
Hu Tao: "Which you probably don't understand—simple version? We handle funeral services."
Sucrose: "F-Funeral… services?! Then you… you deal with departed people every day??"
Guinaifen: "T-That's terrifying! I heard people in that business always get haunted! Ghosts take their lives as revenge!!"
Hu Tao: "Nah, those are just rumors."
Hu Tao: "Ever since I started, I've seen plenty of ghosts. Not a single one managed to touch a hair on my head."
Zhongli: "Teyvat's spirits are generally weak. But by universal logic… the ghosts of other worlds may be far more intimidating."
Hu Tao: "Hmm… fair point, Consultant Zhongli.
Honestly, I'd love to see what ghosts from outer space look like."
Huo Huo: "H-Hu Tao… please don't… that sounds so dangerous…"
At the Ten-Lords Commission—
Huo Huo shivered violently.
How could anyone be so enthusiastic about ghosts?!
Meanwhile—
"You little scaredy-cat. You think everyone's as useless as you?
Crying the moment you see a tiny ghost?"
"If you ask me, that Hu Tao girl is ten times more suited for being a Judge than you."
"If I followed her instead, I'd already be ruling the underworld by now."
Tail puffed up proudly as it mocked Huo Huo.
Huo Huo sighed, unfazed.
"You're right… I'm really not judge material."
Tail: "Ugh!! Talking to you is pointless! Stay useless then!"
Xueyi: "Fearless before ghosts, and experienced handling them…
You truly would suit a position at the Ten-Lords Commission."
Yanqing (Coldplume): "My sister speaks the truth. Hu Tao, if you ever visit the Xianzhou, you should see the Commission for yourself."
Hu Tao: "A Judge…?"
Hu Tao: "Sounds awesome!"
Hu Tao: "If I ever get the chance, I definitely want to check it out!"
"At last, Consultant Zhongli—someone recognizes my talents! They want me to be a Judge!"
Hu Tao bounced happily inside Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Zhongli's eyes brightened slightly.
"The Xianzhou… one of the major superpowers of the cosmos.
And they extended an invitation."
"This… may be a valuable opening."
If Hu Tao truly earned a position there, perhaps—
Teyvat could one day fall under the protection of the Xianzhou Alliance.
Back to the Video
The scene shifted.
Xing vanished from the screen.
Instead, the camera revealed another hotel room—
Inside were two people:
The True Doctor.
And… Sampo.
True Doctor: "Oh? I didn't expect the next segment to feature my conversation with this foolish gambler."
Furina gasped.
"Wait—so YOU were secretly meeting with Sampo?!"
"Does that mean YOU'RE not a good person either?!"
Lumine: "But the True Doctor helped us with explanations earlier… he seems like a good guy?"
True Doctor: "I do not consider myself a saint.
But I am certainly not a villain."
True Doctor: "Please do not lump me together with this idiotic gambler."
True Doctor: "To me, that would be an insult."
True Doctor: "As for why I was meeting with him…
Let's call it…
a matter of professional necessity."
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