After Takumi finished dinner at home, he went out to look for Kevin.
At this time, Kevin was staying with Qianjie, Kosma, and the others.
When Takumi arrived, they were sitting in a tavern drinking wine.
Well, it was still Diluc's Tavern.
Diluc was also there.
Looks like everyone was having a good chat.
Seeing this scene, Takumi slowly raised a question mark.
What kind of scene is this?
Takumi muttered to himself.
Then he walked over directly.
Seeing Takumi arrive, Kevin was not surprised.
Instead, he gestured for Takumi to come and sit down.
"I've discussed it with Mei."
"She basically agrees with what you said."
"Sending some people over from our world."
Kevin spoke directly and explained the situation.
He knew why Takumi had come.
When Diluc, who was tending the bar, heard this, he instantly felt as if he had heard something unbelievable.
People being sent over from another world?
What kind of situation is this?
Diluc looked at Takumi with a subtle expression.
But he didn't ask much.
Instead, he continued doing his job.
Mixing drinks for these people.
He got along quite well with Kosma.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed here.
Takumi didn't care what Diluc was thinking.
After all, these matters weren't really secret.
Hearing Kevin's words, Takumi nodded.
"Good."
"In that case, I'll trouble you a bit more."
"Speaking of which, Liyue really lacks talent right now."
"If you need any help, I can also provide support here."
Takumi wasn't surprised that Dr. Mei agreed.
He was actually a little happy.
This way, things would be much more convenient.
Kevin heard Takumi's response and, after thinking for a moment, spoke again.
"I really do need help."
"Vill-V needs two cores."
"The core of the Herrscher of the Void and the Herrscher of Ice."
"I told her about it, and she decided to design a new Divine Key for me."
"One that can carry many people at once."
"It needs to rely on the cores of these two Herrschers."
Kevin wasn't being polite and stated his needs directly.
If they relied on transporting people one by one, the speed would be too slow.
He needed something with much greater capacity.
So it was better to rebuild it entirely.
If the two cores were provided to Vill-V,
she could easily create a device that could accommodate many people.
Takumi nodded.
"Is that all?"
If so, it was quite simple.
It could be done easily.
It wouldn't take much time.
"That's all."
"Su and I will handle the rest."
To be precise, Su would handle it.
When the time came, Su could ignore other distractions.
Kevin would just focus on fighting.
With that, the matter was settled.
After confirming there was no further help needed, Takumi stopped asking.
After ordering a glass of wine from Diluc, Takumi looked at Qianjie.
"Mr. Qianjie, I've already arranged the shop you need."
"You can start business at any time."
"It was already a restaurant to begin with."
"Just buy some pots, pans, and equipment, and you can use it directly."
Recalling what he had said before, Qianjie wanted to open a ramen shop.
Takumi had already asked Nuwa to handle it.
Everything had been arranged.
Now it was time to inform Qianjie.
Hearing Takumi's words, Qianjie nodded.
He didn't say anything.
People who preferred to act rather than talk were like that.
Takumi chatted with Kevin and the others for a while.
Diluc had been listening nearby.
In the end, he couldn't help asking Takumi.
"Are you serious about bringing people over from another world?"
"Is Liyue really that short on people?"
This was what Diluc was most curious about.
Takumi had been discussing manpower with Kevin nonstop.
Talking about teachers and other roles.
It sounded suspiciously like human trafficking.
As someone who valued justice, Diluc couldn't ignore it.
So he asked directly.
Hearing Diluc's question, Takumi nodded.
"Liyue really is short on people."
"Our current development speed is too fast."
"Towns are being built one after another."
"This has caused shortages in management everywhere."
"If it weren't for artificial intelligence helping out, the shortage would be even worse."
"There's no choice but to bring people over from another world."
"Besides, Teyvat's territory is expanding now."
"So bringing in more people is the right choice."
"Honestly, Mondstadt should also speed up its manpower training."
"By the way, Venti went to Sky Island before, but he probably didn't tell you anything…"
As he said this, Takumi rubbed his chin.
Venti, who never took things seriously, probably didn't explain anything clearly to Jean.
In other words, other nations had already started accelerating talent cultivation.
After all, Teyvat was expanding.
There would definitely be many new areas to build in the future.
They would need a lot of manpower.
But because of Venti, Mondstadt had been left in the dark.
Given his personality, that was entirely possible.
When Diluc heard Takumi's explanation, he slowly put down his wine glass.
Good grief.
Diluc was completely stunned.
Their own Anemo Archon had forgotten to mention something so important?
"Explain it in detail."
"Teyvat is getting bigger?"
"What exactly is going on?"
Diluc truly didn't know about this.
So he wanted a clear explanation.
Takumi nodded.
He then explained everything in detail.
Including the elemental barrier.
Otherwise, did Diluc think that thing just appeared easily?
After listening to Takumi's explanation, Diluc's expression darkened.
"It's fine if Mondstadt doesn't want such an Anemo Archon."
"It's time to collect debts."
"I understand."
"Can I trouble you to inform Jean about this?"
"You should talk to her directly."
Diluc was speechless.
From now on, if that guy dared to come here for even a drop of wine, he'd be refused.
Takumi nodded.
"No problem."
"It's just a small matter."
"Nuwa, send the content of our conversation to Jean."
"Let her know about it as well."
After saying that, a pleased smile appeared on Takumi's face.
Then he suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Diluc."
"What do you think would happen if Mondstadt replaced its Anemo Archon?"
As soon as he said this, Kevin and the others immediately looked over.
Replacing the Anemo Archon?
Was he planning to kill that guy?
Hearing Takumi's words, Qianjie fell into deep thought.
Should he help Takumi take care of that guy,
in exchange for Takumi helping him open a shop?
Hmm.
That sounded reasonable.
No one knew what Takumi's next plan would be.