Now, from the Traveler's mouth, Scaramouche learned that the Doctor intended to harm his believer.
In the movie, Scaramouche was in the most arrogant phase of his life right after becoming a "god," so his response was:
["The 'Doctor' has always been arrogant and ignorant. A mere human still trying to interfere in a new god's affairs even now."]
He roasted whoever he saw. It was clear he was quite dissatisfied with the Doctor's actions, but he had no intention of confronting the Doctor right now—after all, they were still on the same side.
Scaramouche believed he wouldn't be so easily provoked into turning against the Doctor.
["Just with those few words, you want to use my power to get rid of the 'Doctor'? You're being a bit naïve. But I'm willing to give you a gift, just like I did for Haypasia…"]
At this point, Scaramouche still didn't know what the Doctor had done. Otherwise, he would have charged at the Doctor screaming long ago.
Whether he could win or not didn't matter—he had dared to charge at the Irminsul, let alone the Doctor.
It was just a pity that Scaramouche still didn't know about the Doctor's actions. Right now, he still thought he and the Doctor were on the same side, just with a strained relationship.
In the scene, Scaramouche spread his arms in a "look at me, I'm a god now" pose, like "praise the sun," and said:
["Both good and bad things can be called gifts—that's the tyranny of a god."]
As soon as he finished speaking, lightning erupted everywhere. Whether it was the Fatui or the Traveler and the others, everyone was indiscriminately struck by thunder—that was the "tyranny" of a god!
In a sense, Scaramouche really had given them a "gift," because outside, Tighnari and Dehya were about to be overwhelmed by the Fatui's human-wave tactics.
The thunderstorm appeared without distinguishing friend from foe, forcibly shattering the Fatui's advantage. With no choice, they were forced to retreat.
The scene was incredibly cool: the sky was dark and stormy, lightning raged, and the many Fatui surrounding Tighnari and the others were helpless against this "heavenly wrath."
With just a few words, he could affect the weather and force the Fatui to temporarily retreat. After becoming a god, Scaramouche truly seemed to carry immense pressure.
But the real Scaramouche watching this scene found it hard to look at. He really wanted to burn the book—too bad it wasn't a book.
Why was it hard to look at? Losing the fight was one thing, but another reason was that this scene was practically "black history" to him now.
And this "black history" was now being seen by several of his former colleagues sitting right beside him.
Tartaglia didn't hold back at all—he kept mocking Scaramouche openly, making Scaramouche's face grow darker and darker.
"The first Harbinger to be defeated was you, right? What was your name again? Toy salesman?" Scaramouche started firing back.
The two began bickering like that, but Tartaglia wasn't the one who bothered Scaramouche the most. The one who really made Scaramouche's head hurt was the person behind him.
Who was sitting behind Scaramouche? That's right—Raiden Ei. This scene being seen by Beelzebul was the last thing Scaramouche wanted.
Ei sat behind Scaramouche, blinking as she watched the scene in the movie.
On average, she was even worse than that lightning eagle.
As she thought this, she felt her face hurt—someone was pinching her cheek.
Ei didn't resist, because the person pinching her was Raiden Makoto.
"How did you teach her to turn out like this?" Raiden Makoto scolded gently. She had come from far away.
Fortunately, the gods were in the very back row, so she could walk in from the back without disturbing anyone.
Look at the Raiden family members who had appeared so far: Ei was a stubborn mule who caused problems for Inazuma, and Scaramouche was also a stubborn mule who caused problems for Sumeru.
It's all my fault—I didn't teach my little sister properly. It's just a pity that "I have three sins" was stolen by Yae Miko. I need to think of something else.
Raiden Makoto increasingly agreed with Lucian's words: she really should have educated Ei more strictly.
She never expected that Ei would also fall into Lucian's calculations.
These master and disciple truly loved and killed each other, constantly giving each other extra training.
On the other side, Nahida frowned and said to Scaramouche: "A god should not be tyrannical."
Scaramouche remained silent. Not refuting meant he had already acknowledged the statement.
Among the gods who had appeared in the story so far, there really wasn't a single tyrannical one. Even the "villains" Osial and Decarabian were gods who sacrificed everything for their people.
It was just that their actions might have been perceived as "tyrannical."
It was useless for the current Scaramouche to understand this now—he wasn't a god anymore.
The same went for the story: once the Traveler used her fists to teach Scaramouche some "principles," he would no longer be a god.
But that was later. Right now, in the story, the Traveler was still taking care of Tighnari—the lightning earlier had injured him too.
Tighnari was more worried about Haypasia than himself. Even with his injuries, he insisted on checking on Haypasia first.
Only after confirming Haypasia was unharmed did he finally relax, sitting on the ground and listening to the Traveler explain what had just happened.
This behavior was too heart-fluttering. If Haypasia didn't feel anything, it was probably because she truly categorized Tighnari as a friend.
Whether Haypasia's heart fluttered or not was hard to say, but plenty of viewers' hearts did.
Although it was very wrong, watching the weakened Tighnari—especially hearing his weak voice—the audience felt a little excited…
Audience: Just to clarify, I'm not a pervert, but this really… I'm not a pervert, okay.
It wasn't just the audience who got excited—even Paimon in the story was a little excited, though her excitement came from a different angle.
After hearing about the Traveler's recent experience, Paimon thought of something and got a bit excited:
["Then if the 'Doctor' shows up, will 'Scaramouche' zap him with lightning?"]
If those two fought each other, we wouldn't have to fight! Paimon was happy—she was actually quite scared.
Scaramouche really didn't like the Doctor; he even felt the Doctor didn't deserve to be on the same level as him.
In truth, the Doctor wasn't just on the same level as Scaramouche—most of the time he was stepping on Scaramouche's head. Scaramouche's dissatisfaction was real.
The moment Paimon thought the two might fight when they met, she got excited. She loved watching enemies turn on each other!
Unfortunately, the Doctor had already left by ship. It seemed there would be no chance to see that scene.
Although it was a bit of a shame, the plan had at least succeeded. With the Doctor's departure, his influence on Sumeru seemed to vanish as well.
They safely arrived at the Grand Bazaar and reunited with the others. Dehya reported everything that had just happened.
In Dehya's report, one thing was mentioned: Tighnari had been injured.
[Cyno immediately asked: "…Who did it?"]
Who did it? Hard to say—it could be blamed on the Fatui, or it could be blamed on Scaramouche.
[Dehya hesitated: "Uh… this question is a bit… Traveler, do you think I should say the Fatui or 'Scaramouche'?"]
[The Traveler thought for a moment: "Better say 'Scaramouche'."]
Scaramouche naturally took the blame. You have to attack the companion with the taunt.
Alright, now we can adjourn the meeting.