Almost immediately after hearing Little Woos say that, Yuto's consciousness instantly returned to his body.
He suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the familiar ceiling, a look of confusion flashing in his sea-blue eyes.
"What the hell? 'Harmonizer'? Me? Is that true?"
Yuto slightly raised his head, staring blankly at the ceiling, momentarily at a loss for words.
Why was he so inexplicably linked to the people of Remuria?
After a brief period of thought, Yuto ultimately chose a more direct method to figure out his situation
—his personal panel.
Initially, the 'Race' section on his personal panel was marked with three question marks, meaning unknown.
If he really had some connection to Remuria... then his panel should now have a new definition for his race.
As Yuto spoke, he summoned his personal panel.
"Name: Yuto"
"Race: Unknown"
"Abilities: Electro Vision (?), 'Extremely Evil Skill: Law Enforcement Agency' (incomplete)"
"Identity: Highest Assistant Administrator of Fontaine, Sole True God of the 'Legitimate Rights' Cult"
"Current Popularity: 25000"
Looking at his personal panel, which still displayed "Unknown," Yuto slowly exhaled, as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.
Indeed, for Yuto, if he were truly defined as a Remurian... he would likely try everything to shed that identity.
Because as long as phobos existed, the consciousness of a Remurian could not belong to him, but would be controlled by phobos.
This meant that... once Petrichor opened, Yuto's consciousness, defined as a Remurian, would be governed by that damned thing.
First, his consciousness would slowly disappear, then his body would be encased in a statue completely unaware of the outside world, and finally... he would become one of the golems.
This was not the outcome Yuto desired.
And now, the light screen of his personal panel still defined his race as unknown, meaning none of his worries would come to pass.
However...
Although he considered himself not a Fontainian, whether he was a Pure Hydro Eidolon... he didn't know.
Thinking of this, Yuto slightly turned his head to look at Furina's room, which was only a wall away, sighed softly, and whispered a prayer:
"I hope what I said that day doesn't come true..."
After all, he still wanted to spend more years with Furina.
However, prayer is prayer, and encountering problems is encountering problems; for Yuto, work still had to be done.
As the Assistant Administrator of Fontaine, he always had to prioritize Furina and Fontaine's affairs before his own; this was his responsibility.
Since he sat in this position, he should bear the corresponding responsibilities, and this was something he could not avoid.
So... Yuto, as usual, arrived at the office fifteen minutes early to start work, preparing for The Knave Arlecchino's first visit.
...
While Yuto was still busy with his work, Nonomi's side had already exploded.
To be honest, she had originally wanted to complete her research and deductions about Yuto earlier, but there wasn't much specific documentation about Yuto himself, so she couldn't make hasty conclusions.
Although reasonable inferences could be made, but...
Well, actually, there was no 'but,' it was truly because she was lazy.
In the Genshin player community, the most competitive areas were the strategy and Abyss sections, followed by the fan creation section.
The story analysis section was at the very end of this competitive chain.
Many times, what these streamers responsible for organizing various story worldviews needed wasn't documentation, but inspiration.
Unfortunately, Nonomi had very little inspiration in the latter half of the entire version, which led to her videos being delayed.
And today, after watching the Version 4.1 'To the Morning Star in the Deep' preview PV... her inspiration struck.
The combinations in the PV were simple; aside from the usual Traveler and Paimon, there were only two complete combinations that appeared.
And Yuto appeared in both of these combinations, which meant...
Yuto was about to usher in his true moment of glory in Version 4.1.
After all, from a character portrayal perspective, Navia was the protagonist of Version 4.0, while Yuto and Neuvillette were more like a setup, hinting that something big was coming.
And these two were precisely the ones who appeared the most in the PV, so Nonomi believed her speculation was completely reasonable.
Not only that, at the end of the PV, the sentence from an unknown Melusine caught her attention.
"Yuto fell into the Primordial Sea due to rescue or something else... Interesting..."
Nonomi watched the PV with great interest, a guess already forming in her mind.
"Everyone, I bet fifty cents that Yuto definitely won't dissolve in the Primordial Sea. He will temporarily make us forget this character in a 'dead' state,
and then at a crucial point in the story, he will suddenly pop up and give us a big surprise."
Nonomi declared confidently, as if she had already traversed ten days into the next version.
"Ye Zhi is jinxing it again? How many full constellations and refinements this time?"
"Although Yuto said he isn't a Fontainian, he didn't say what his essence is. What if he can also be dissolved by the Primordial Sea?"
"Why do I feel like Yuto is going to become that 'sit-up' character from the other game..."
"Don't make that dark joke, Teyvat doesn't have Honkai Energy, you know!"
"But Teyvat has elemental power... it can also apply the formula."
Watching the increasingly off-topic bullet comments, Nonomi rolled her eyes helplessly, then complained:
"Hey, hey, hey! You guys stop jinxing it! Yuto is my favorite, of course I don't want to see him die like this, that's why I'm making this prediction."
"Also, this is a reasonable inference, not a gamble like last time. This time it's just fifty cents!"
Nonomi rolled her eyes helplessly, then began to organize information about Yuto's essence.
Although she speculated that Yuto's essence was the Electro Dragon King not in Inazuma, there was no basis for this, so it couldn't stand.
"I have a premonition that even if I don't correctly analyze Yuto's identity, just by making a sufficiently convincing reasonable inference..."
"I will become the new top streamer in the lore analysis section!"
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