Another tranquil day in the city of Liyue was occurring, just before in a large building, Blitzo, Moxxie, Husk and Angel had dropped large bags of Hilichurl corpses.

As they did, several mechanical arms came out of said building, grabbing the bags and opening them in a large treadmill.

The corpses were carried in several machines, where they were stabbed, poked, and sewed together before being yeeted in various types of Mr. Cyclops. One resembled a shiny rockstar.

« Hello. I'm Glamrock Mr. Cyclops! » the toy introduced himself.

« Man, it's machines like these that make me appreciate the industrial revolution and its consequences! » Angel commented.

« Please don't remind me of any of that. We literally ended up in a fistfight with Cloud Retainer for the right to settle a factory in this area. A fistfight that, mind you, nearly caused an explosion that would had put Project 596 to freaking shame! » Moxxie complained.

« Look, that shape-shifting whore needs to understand that now that Grampa Morax has gone to his retirement house, humans are in charge! » Blitzo replied. « And given the fact that we count as members of the human civilization in this planet, somehow, this means we can build shit wherever we want! »

« You truly comprehend the means of production, my Imp friend! » Sir Pentious declared, having come out of a shadow.

« Yeah, yeah. Potato potato. Where's our money? Could REALLY use for some bloody booze right now… » Husk asked annoyed.

« ASK AND THY SHALL RECEIVE! » Pentious exclaimed, as he pulled out a flame thrower, which started to shover the group with Mora.

« Okay…why the hell did you even invent a money thrower? That seems freaking useless…» Blitzo commented, half submerged.

« As an industrialist, I comprehend the needs of the people! And the people of Teyvat REALLY need a shit ton of money to prone you to do anything…» Pentious replied.

« Yeah, that's fair. I mean, crack's expensive! » Angel commented.

« Says the guy that hasn't seen a bloody joint ever since being stuck in Anime China. » Husk commented.

« Well the British are gonna come eventually! I need to be prepared financially! » Angel shot back. « Not that there is any need. Certainly don't need that shit to cope now that Val is rotting in prison. »

« Val? As in Valentino? THAT Valentino?! » Moxxie exclaimed surprised.

« Serves him right! Apparently Chairwoman Ninnguang had his ass sent to jail after he tried getting people into his shitty contracts! Daddy Zhongli helped in keeping him in check before faking his death. » Angel explained.

« Good for you. Man, he sounded like a piece of shit…» Blitzo commented.

« Anyway, mind if I ask you, where are your female companions? » Pentious asked.

« Girl only day. Shopping I assume, and I don't give a fuck about the tweeter mob, so yeah I assume as much as I want. » Blitzo replied.

« Hard to have a twitter mob in the…actually, in what century are we in on this planet? » Moxxie asked.

« Late 700? » Husk proposed.

« Yeah, that makes sense. » everyone commented.

Suddenly, however, the main door of the building opened wide, and a woman entered with a worried expression. « IMPS! YOU ARE REQUIRED IMME- » she exclaimed, before she noticed the production plant and, as such, the use of Hilichurl corpses to produce Mr. Cyclops toys.

The demons looked at her with a mortified expression. « You didn't see anything. »

« No matter! I require your assistance! » the woman exclaimed.

« Say the magic word! » Blitzo replied with a childish tone, before the woman equipped a money thrower and showered the group in money.

« Ya know, you could just say "Yes, I'll pay you" and keep your word, ya know? I mean it's tiring to always hear Moxxie choking on Morax's dick. » Blitzo commented annoyed.

A muffled "Fuck you" could be heard under all the money.

« Well at least Pentup guy invention wasn't completely useless. » Angel shrugged.

« YOUR EXISTENCE IS COMPLETELY USELESS! » Sir Pentious replied.

« Anyway, what do you bloody want? » Husk asked annoyed.

« Please, you've gotta help us find Yun Jin! » the woman exclaimed.

« Who the fuck is Yun Jin? It sounds like some sort of martial art…» Blitzo asked.

« A big diva here around Liyue. » Angel casually replied.

« So what happened? Did she get kidnapped? » Moxxie asked.

« No, she's just gone and disappeared. Now, of all times, just days away from the big performance. All she left was this short note...» the woman replied, before handing the note to the demons.

« If our audience doesn't get to see Yun Jin on stage, they'll start tearing the place down... I mean, what am I supposed to do, huh? » the woman added.

« Hate to getting you off the ride, honey, but she literally said she'll be back. » Angel shrugged.

« Look, when you're a megastar like Yun Jin, you gotta start taking things a little more seriously. Saying she'll be back doesn't give me a whole lot of reassurance when she's showing no regard for her own safety. » the woman replied. « Why does she have to go and practice somewhere so dangerous? What if something happens to her? What am I going to tell the audience!? »

« Well, since ya paid us and everything, we'll save your little diva. » Blitzo shrugged. « Not that we have much else to do. Osial sure is takin' his sweet time. »

« Wonderful! Oh, thank the stars... Please, you've gotta bring her back, safe and sound! »

« Fear not, madam! For I, Sir Pentious, have all the tools for a well-organized rescue operation! » Sir Pentious declared.

Xxxxxxx

At Lingju Pass, a woman was dealing with a small army of Hilichurls.

She had a fair complexion, rich red eyes with prominent red makeup painted at the corners, and hip-length jet black hair with purple highlights styled in a hime cut. He clothing consisted of a puffy, long-sleeved, knee-length dark purple dress with a white underskirt. Layered above her underskirt was a dark purple overskirt divided in the middle, split into five sections. Her dress had a white mandarin collar fastened with a red cloverleaf knot, as well as a detailed black corset-like belt studded with gold. Her Geo Vision was pinned on the left side of her cape and a gold geometric symbol of unknown origin on her right. Her legwear consisted of translucent lavender tights and a pair of knee-high, lace-up, dark purple boots.

Her most prominent accessory is a large dark purple hat. The underside of the hat had a white base with fluffy pom-poms in various sizes sewn to it, ranging from pink to bright turquoise to white. At the back of the hat were two turquoise, braid-like tassels slightly longer than her hair.

However, before she could enter combat, a massive snake tank emerged out of nowhere, crushing several Hilichurls. Then, coming out of the tanks were several armaments, including machine guns, cannons and missiles.

Then, coming out of the tank were the demons, all with massive bulging muscles that would make Arnold Schwarzenegger blush, all firing with comically large machine guns at the Hilichurls, killing them instantly.

With the Hilichurls dead, the demons tossed aside their massive muscles, and turned towards Yun Jin.

« Anime Maria Callas, I presume? » an annoyed Moxxie asked.

« Not quite. The name is Yun Jin-»

« Yeah, yeah, potato potato. We're here to fucking rescue you. Get on the fucking tank, Shinji. » Blitzo replied annoyed.

« Oh! I thank you, but I can assure that I had the situation under control. And besides, didn't I leave a note to Yunning explaining I was merely seeking inspiration? » Yun Jin replied.

« Yeah, but the bitch had a bit of a nervous fit. Paid us to get ya back to Liyue in one piece. » Husk replied.

« Also, "seeking inspiration"? I get it, opium is expensive, but it sure is a better way to get "inspiration" than field trips. » Angel commented.

« Well, this does help me put through the mindset of the Divine Damsel. Still, I suppose I had better return to Liyue Harbor for now. I'll only end up putting you in an awkward position otherwise. Goodness knows how you'd explain this to Yunning. » Yun Jin explained.

«…Dafuck is the Divine Damsel? » Blitzo asked.

« Tell you what. If you bring me back to Liyue in one piece, I'll give you free tickets for the opera. You're even invited to bring your friends! » Yun Jin replied.

« Oh, I'm sure Millie would love it! » Moxxie exclaimed.

« Yeah, sure. Worst case scenario I can sell it to folks in the streets. » Blitzo commented.

« Well, if that's the case, hop on, my dear lady! We shall reach Liyue at light speed, AND BEYOND! » Pentious exclaimed with a dramatic tone, as Yun Jin entered the tank.

But as he activated the tank, it's threads exploded, leaving everyone confused.

As a response to that, Sir Pentious analysed the transmission, and soon found out what happened. « Oh drat. Too many Chilli Churros body parts mixed with the machine…. »

« Yeah, that's on me. Shouldn't have convinced ya to ran over that Chilli Churros orphanage…» Angel commented.

«….You…..WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- »

Xxxxxxx

Back in Liyue, the demon girls were enjoying their girls only day off, before they noticed a hole in a street.

« Blitzo, what have you done this time? » an annoyed Loona asked.

In response, came the voice of a nearly insane Yunning. « I shouldn't have trusted them. I should had asked the help of the Millelith, aren't these demons incredibly dangerous in handling jobs, what was I thinking, will she be all right, so dumb, why would I had done something so foolish….»

As she continued to ramble and walking in circles with enough intensity to have created a hole, Charlie simply pulled a rope to get her out. « Uh…ma'am? Are you all right? »

« No… » Yunning replied, as she exited the hole. « Our megastar, Yun Jin, had disappeared, so I sent the demons to retrieve her, but they haven't come back as of yet…. »

« Not to worry, they'll recover her in a jiffy. Just give them time. » Millie reassured the woman.

« Will she be all right with them? » Yunning asked concerned.

« Don't worry. They're not degenerates. Or at least not THAT kind of degenerates. » Vaggie replied.

« See? So why don't you calm down a bit, my dear? » Charlie tried to calm Yunning.

« …You're right. If theatre teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our future, with quiet dignity and grace. » Yunning replied.

But as she said that, a massive explosion could be seen outside of Liyue, everyone taking a stance, with Vaggie pulling out a spear.

As she witnessed the explosion, Yunning broke down in a maniacal laughter, before charging at Vaggie, wrestling for control of the spear. « SONS OF WHORES BASTARDS! I'LL GET THEM FOR THIS! WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME!? WHAT DID THEY DO TO ME!? »

« NO! We still need them against Osial! » Vaggie tried to reason with the crazed woman.

« I DON'T WANT TO LIVE! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE! »

As the scene unfolded, Alastor came out of nowhere, before rolling his eyes and looking at us, the audience in this whole messed up story. « Quiet dignity and grace. » he commented sarcastically.

« Oh... mama...»

Xxxxxxx

Meanwhile, back at Lingju Pass, Blitzo was writing a diary with a serious look on his face, whilst his companions were massacring Hilichurls.

« February 14th of God only knows how long we've been stuck in this planet. We've been stuck in this tank for half an hour. Food and ammunitions are still abundant, and morale his high. We will get out of this mess with no doubt. No one of us is gonna die a horrible death. We'll be able to get this Ying Yang chick out of this mess in no time. The only reason I'm writing this is because I'm bored as shit and I'm trying to get some emergency in this story. Also holy shit this reminds me of bootleg Vietnam somehow. Anyway, if you read this diary, I have a musket for self defence, since that's what the Funding Fathers intended. Get the fuck our of my propriety. Unless it's you, Moxxie, Millie, Looney or Emegency Food. Then yeah, I guess you can read this thing…»

« Boss! Are ya done writing that thing!? I'm getting bored of manning the machine gun! » Moxxie complained.

« Oh, grow a pair, it's only been half an hour! We're not THAT desperate! » Blitzo shot back.

« Yeah, but still. This has been our longest engagement against Chilli Churros we had in a while… » Moxxie noted.

« I mean, most of them are just ugly freaks and jokes, so I get where yer' coming from… » Angel commented.

« Can somebody pass me some booze? I'm getting bored…» Husk asked.

« You REALLY aren't taking this situation seriously, aren't you? » Yun Jin asked.

« It's Chilli Churros, their purpose in life is dying horrible, comical deaths. » Blitzo replied.

« Truly, you are kind spirits, aren't you? »

« Oh, stop whining, Anime Maria Callas, and try to get some "inspiration" from this gunfire. » Angel replied, as he gunned down more Hilichurls.

« Truly inspiring, I'll tell you that…» Yun Jin commented.

« AND it is done! The tank has been fixed! » Sir Pentious declared.

« And the Chilli Churros have been exterminated! Let's get out of this dump! » Blitzo declared.

But as the tank prepared to move, another explosion occurred, this time destroying the tank, with everyone sent flying.

« Oh, what now!? » Blitzo cursed, before seeing a group of Fatui, leaded by a man with an eyepatch.

« Hello Imps. We meet again. » the man grinned.

« Do I fucking know you? » Blitzo asked annoyed.

« Remember the Holy Lyre!? »

« Oh yeah, yer the guy I shoved a dildo up his eyeball! » Blitzo exclaimed.

« Well I'm here to return the favour. » the man grinned.

« Kinky! » Angel commented.

« I'll be the judge of that. » the man pulled out the dildo out of nowhere.

« Can't you just take a joke?! » Moxxie exclaimed.

The Fatui looked at the group angrily, whilst Moxxie smiled nervously.

Xxxxxxx

Back in Liyue, Yunning woke up after some time. « Uh…what happened… »

« Oh god she's regaining consciousness…Oh hey ma'am! D-do not worry, I'm sure that miss Yun Jin will be here in a jiffy! W-we totally didn't just drug you to prevent you to commit mass murder or anything…. »

« …What? » Yunning asked, before another explosion occurred, and the group saw a panicking Yun Jin running at full speed, diving for cover.

Before they could ask her what happened, the "Platoon" theme played, as they saw the demons running from the Fatui in a dramatic way, almost in slow motion.

Then, after a while, the group fell to the ground as if they had been struck by bullets, even though they hadn't been hit once.

In response to this, Loona simply yeeted Nifty at the Fatui, the small demon landing on the leader's face, before she begun to stab and claw at him, the latter letting out a muffled scream.

Then, in a few minutes, all had been stabbed and carved by the crazed demon.

« Hey jackasses! Get up already! Isn't, like, Jin Jong Yun supposed to be the actor or some shit? » Cerri Bomb exclaimed.

« You call me like that again, and you'll be hanging from the Liyue Opera House. »

« Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me if somebody here watched Platoon! » Moxxie shot back.

« Meh. T's all right, I suppose. » Angel commented.

« W-well, brutality aside, I'm glad that you managed to recover Yun Jin…. » Yunning commented, before turning towards the actress. « Yun Jin! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Do you need to go to Bubu Pharmacy? »

« I'm gonna need some serious counselling, but other than that, I'm fine. You don't need to worry. When it's time to go on stage, I'll be there. » Yun Jin replied.

« Look, I get it — you like to go out exploring. That's fine. But do you really have to go off thrill-seeking this close to the show? » Yunning sighed. « You have to take better care of yourself, okay? For all our sakes. For the opera troupe and for your audience. »

« Well at the very least this exploration wasn't completely useless. I think I have an idea for our next show! » Yun Jin replied.

« Have you now? » Yunning asked.

« Indeed. If possible, I would also like to invite the demons to be part of it. what do you say? Pay will be good, as long as you know how to play an opera with more stakes than what we had to deal with…» Yun Jin proposed. « It will take some time to have the time to play the script. Perhaps a few days after the big show? »

« Could I also throw some of my ideas in the script? » Moxxie asked.

« Can't see anything wrong with it, as long as there is some resemblance of intelligence in it. » Yunning replied.

In response to this, Moxxie simply begun to walk towards Mondstadt, whimsical music playing in the background.

Xxxxxxx

After he had hitched a ride from a carriage, he had reached the Imps house in Mondstadt.

He then proceeded to enter his room, and open a safe, before holy light came out of it. As he looked at the content of the safe, Moxxie smiled happily.

Because inside the safe was the script for the movie "Platoon"

« I never thought you would be relevant again, my old friend. » Moxxie chocked a sob. « But you are needed. Once more. »

Xxxxxxx

Having hitched another carriage ride, Moxxie returned to Liyue, the movie script in his hands and with everyone looking at him confused.

« You will be most useful to Miss Jin. » Moxxie spoke to the script.

« …What is this feeling I'm having deep in my gut? »

« Regret ma'am. Regret. »

Xxxxxxx

Many thanks to Inanna for many of the suggestions for this chapter.

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