Genshin Impact: Joining the Genius Society-Chapter 246: Nahida Has Been Captured

"What an unlovable little one..."

After Su Ran withdrew from the Akasha system, he discovered that the little "shuttlecock" had followed the residual traces and directly broken into the space station’s internal system.

Fortunately, he had whitelisted her beforehand.

Otherwise, this little shuttlecock would’ve been identified as a virus and erased on the spot.

At this moment, Nahida was facing Su Ran in the form of a virtual projection.

"Why did you invade the Akasha system?"

Surrounded by an entirely unfamiliar environment, Nahida remained extremely cautious.

Especially the starry void outside—it looked real.

Through these advanced technological constructs, she could clearly sense that this level of technology was far beyond anything Teyvat currently possessed.

But this man was a bad person!

He had left something terrible behind in Sumeru!

"Because I’m a Fatui," Su Ran replied casually.

"And Fatui doing bad things—isn’t that only natural?"

He reached out and poked Nahida’s cheek.

Although he couldn’t physically touch her, Nahida—appearing as a virtual projection—could feel the sensation.

In other words, she could be bullied...

but had no way to fight back.

"Fatui...? Why... why do you do bad things?"

Unable to resist, Nahida could only endure his intrusion into her consciousness.

Her awareness was now trapped here.

The path back had been sealed.

She had become fish on a cutting board—completely at his mercy.

"If I didn’t do bad things, I wouldn’t have joined the Fatui."

Faced with Su Ran, who treated evil as something self-evident, Nahida could only express her defiance through her unwavering gaze.

She had no other options.

She had originally just wanted to find him.

But after barging into his domain, she realized how impregnable it truly was.

There wasn’t a single exploitable flaw.

She felt regret—and powerlessness.

Especially after learning that Su Ran had left behind a whole series of troubles in Sumeru, her anxiety only grew stronger.

"Let me go back!"

"Nope~"

Su Ran smiled.

"It’s actually quite nice having such a cute little shuttlecock on the space station.

When my staff get tired, they can come take a look at you and relax."

Although Su Ran didn’t like how Nahida would later deal with Scaramouche, at least from an external standpoint, Nahida was undeniably adorable.

And since those events hadn’t happened yet, there was no reason to comment.

"Looks like the space station was invaded. Do you have any idea what happened?"

Ningguang had received the alert the moment Nahida broke in.

Even though the station hadn’t officially begun operations yet, she already possessed station-master-level authority.

That was why she was able to receive system notifications.

However, the presence of a whitelist left her confused.

She could only guess that this was Su Ran’s doing.

"It’s this little shuttlecock"

Su Ran stepped aside, revealing Nahida.

Ningguang frowned deeply.

She knew Su Ran liked beautiful women—but this was just a child.

Had he really sunk that low?

"Lesser Lord Kusanali of Sumeru," Su Ran explained.

"She crawled up the network cable and made her way into our space station."

Ningguang immediately dismissed her earlier thoughts.

If it was the Lesser Lord Kusanali, then the one who truly needed protection...

was Su Ran himself.

"But space station technology shouldn’t be something a mere god could interfere with."

A mere god.

Hearing those words, Nahida felt her heart sink.

She had never imagined that in these people’s eyes, the Seven had fallen to the point of being described with the word mere.

Did they truly feel no reverence at all toward gods?

Even if she herself was weak—

what about the others?

The Geo Archon of Liyue.

The Electro Archon of Inazuma.

The Anemo Archon of Mondstadt.

The Hydro Archon of Fontaine.

The Pyro Archon of Natlan.

Did none of them matter in these people’s eyes?

"I left a gap when I invaded Sumeru. She found the chance to slip in."

Ningguang looked at him in silence.

Now she finally understood what had happened.

And judging from the state the Dendro Archon was in, she could guess that Nahida had already been restrained.

Otherwise, Su Ran wouldn’t be this calm.

"So how do you plan to deal with her?"

Ningguang wasn’t a citizen of Sumeru.

She had no innate reverence toward the Lesser Lord.

And since Nahida was an intruder, she naturally felt no goodwill.

Even if Su Ran were to eliminate her on the spot, Ningguang wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.

At most, she’d sigh and think:

So even gods are this fragile.

"The ornamental fish haven’t arrived yet," Su Ran said casually.

"So let’s have the Lesser Lord serve as the station’s mascot for now."

Nahida: "..."

This was worse than killing her.

This was humiliation—absolute humiliation.

Not a shred of dignity left.

"You... you wicked heretics and villains!!!"

Clenching her tiny fists, Nahida glared at the two of them.

Even when her own people had imprisoned her, she had only felt confusion and sorrow.

But the existence of Su Ran and Ningguang—

filled her with rage.

"Isn’t this a bit too risky?" Ningguang frowned.

"She is the god of an entire nation. Even if you’re not worried, but..."

She felt this was improper.

It could easily spark conflict.

Snezhnaya might not care.

Inazuma might not fear the consequences.

But Liyue?

Liyue would inevitably come under pressure.

Especially now that the Geo Archon had retired.

"Small issue."

Su Ran reassured his future rich benefactor. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"I’ve already invaded Sumeru’s Akasha. With a single thought, I can control every Sumeru citizen wearing an Akasha Terminal."

"And as for the Akademiya—from top to bottom—not a single one slipped through the net."

Ningguang: "..."

This has officially crossed into supervillain territory.

She suddenly felt a bit guilty.

After all, deep down, she was still a kind-hearted person.

And that hesitation—

Nahida noticed it immediately.

But she said nothing.

Because she knew— this man was the true embodiment of evil.

That woman, on the other hand...

might still have a chance at redemption.

"Your evil schemes will never succeed!"

Ningguang was momentarily confused.

What evil scheme?

"What exactly is our evil scheme?" she asked instinctively.

"There isn’t one," Su Ran shrugged.

"I don’t have any plans in Sumeru. I just caused a little trouble."

Rainforest.

Desert.

Either too many mosquitoes or unbearably dry.

Why would he bother making grand plans there?

Messing around a bit was enough.

Seeing him refuse to admit anything, Nahida could only list his crimes:

"You used the Akasha to control the people of Sumeru!"

"I just left a backdoor," Su Ran replied calmly.

"Besides Alhaitham, no one’s actually been controlled."

Nahida couldn’t understand how tolerant he could possibly be.

"I trapped all of Inazuma in a dream, denying them even the right to die.

I imprisoned the Geo Archon of Liyue and made him sit in a cell."

"I even created a Propagation Emanator capable of destroying all of Teyvat."

"Compared to all that, what’s wrong with leaving a backdoor in the Akasha?"

Nahida instinctively shrank back.

Compared to those atrocities, calling him a wicked heretic was practically a compliment.

What kind of ultimate source of evil was this guy?!

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