My timeless tavern

Chapter 564 Alita

"Alita: Battle Angel".

Scrap iron city.

Compared with the tall, glamorous floating city of Salem, this place is poor, chaotic, dirty, barbaric, and like a ruin.

More than half of the people in the city have been transformed into cyborgs and live together with ordinary people.

Ide is a doctor who specializes in modifying and repairing mechanical torsos for cyborgs. He regularly goes to the garbage dump to look for useful mechanical parts among the garbage thrown away from Salem.

half a month ago.

While searching for mechanical parts in a garbage dump, he discovered the remains of a mechanical girl.

When he saw the remains, the girl was almost left with only her head.

Her face is made of delicate bionic material and looks almost indistinguishable from a real person.

Yide is experienced and can tell the difference between her and the bionic toy at a glance.

The remaining expression on her face proved that her brain was uniquely human.

What's more, the instrument in his hand has detected that the girl is not dead.

She still had some consciousness left in her brain.

Yide couldn't help but think of his deceased daughter.

He was originally born in Salem, the floating city.

Because their daughter was sick, the family of three was driven to the ground.

Yide was determined to save his daughter and carefully searched for various body parts for her, ready to transform her into a cyborg when the time was right.

In Scrap City, cyborgs coexist with ordinary people, enjoy the same rights, and are not discriminated against.

Those robbers who maliciously hunt cyborgs and use their artificial bodies to exchange for money on the black market will be hunted down by bounty hunters and even tried.

However, before Ide could receive treatment, a cyborg he had rescued before broke into his home. The cyborg went mad when Ide stopped him from looking for medicine, and killed his daughter.

His wife couldn't bear the blow and left him.

And this incident became an eternal pain in his heart!
So when he saw the girl's body, the first thing he thought of was his daughter.

He carefully brought the girl's head with a little bit of shoulders attached back to his clinic and installed the mechanical body he had prepared for his daughter earlier.

He has superb skills and the operation went exceptionally smoothly.

Only half a day later, the girl woke up.

But she has lost her memory and is like a newborn baby, curious about everything.

During the operation, Yide had actually discovered the girl's abnormality.

Her brain was traumatized, and the core of her body contained an extremely terrifying power.

Combining these, Yide vaguely guessed the girl's origins.

He didn't even want the girl to recover her memory.

Seeing this, he named her Alita.

It was also the name of his dead daughter.

He cares for Alita as if she were his daughter.

Under his care, Alita gradually became familiar with this world.

She showed great athletic and even combat talents.

This made Alita more curious about her own life experience.

But there was one more thing that puzzled her even more.

She had heard many people talk about looters on the streets these days.

Someone also reminded her to be careful and not to go out at night, mentioning that there were people who specialized in hunting down young girls and dismantling their prosthetic bodies, and that many girls had met with accidents.

She saw Yide leaving late every night, and she also saw that his body was covered in blood and his arm was inexplicably injured.

She asked Yide, but he evaded the question.

Ed has a secret!

Alita suspects he has something to do with the evil looter.

Yide treated her as his daughter, and she could sense it.

She felt grateful to the man who saved her life, as well as admiration for him as an elder.

But if the other party wants to do evil, she must stop him!
Alita pretended to sleep, but when she found out that Ido had left, she quickly jumped out of bed and quietly followed him.

The night is getting dark.

She followed Ide expertly, trailing him through the streets and alleys.

Alita's heart sank when she found that Ido was following a girl in red.

Seeing Yide chasing the girl in red, she was hesitating whether to show up, when suddenly she saw a series of gorgeous and incredible images flashing through her mind, followed by an invitation.

Space-time tavern?

Alita frowned, and seeing Ido not far away, she hesitated for a moment and decided to accept the invitation.

A moment later, there was a flash of light in front of her, and she was already in an unfamiliar place.

Waves of noisy voices reached her ears.

Looking at those people with different clothes and appearances, Alita's expression tensed up, her fists clenched subconsciously, and she looked around cautiously.

She felt that many eyes were focused on her.

There was curiosity in those eyes, as if they had seen a cyborg like her for the first time.

Alita felt a little hurried.

"Is this your first time at the tavern, sister?"

A voice suddenly came.

Alita turned around and saw that the person who spoke was a heroic woman.

The woman smiled and nodded in a friendly manner when she saw her looking at her.

"Can we have a drink?" The other woman with fox ears next to the woman raised her glass to her and said, "Would you like a drink?"

"We can come and chat together." said another girl.

She has a very well-behaved temperament, but Alita vaguely feels a terrifying hot energy from her.

"Thank you." Alita said to the few people.

She walked towards them quickly and sat in the empty seat next to them.

In addition to these three people, there was another girl who didn't speak, but had a bright smile on her face.

The fact that Alita let down her guard and walked towards them was closely related to the smiling girl.

He smiles so brightly, he can't be a bad person, right?

Seeing her coming, the woman who had spoken earlier had already casually taken out a wine glass and filled it for her: "This is a fruit wine with a very low alcohol content. Drinking a little can also beautify your skin. Don't worry."

Her action of taking out the cup out of thin air made Alita alert again.

She had never heard of such a method before.

Could it be the most advanced technology in Salem?

"My name is Hua Mulan, I am 28 years old. How old is your sister this year?" said the heroic woman.

"There should be more than three hundred." Alita said.

Hua Mulan's expression suddenly froze: "More than three hundred years old, not thirteen years old?"

She had purchased and drunk a lot of fine wines, and her ability was unmatched by ordinary people, but her eyesight was far inferior to that of Tushan Honghong and others at the same table.

Alita nodded: "When Doctor Ide found me, he said that the technology in my body should be before the Skyfall War, which was three hundred years ago."

"Technology?" Mulan tilted her head to look.

She couldn't tell Alita's age, but she could see her special body clearly.

Seeing her face full of curiosity, Alita tore off her clothes without any hesitation and said, "Dr. Ide's skills are very good..." "So you should be called a cyborg?" Mulan asked.

Alita nodded: "That's right."

"Will this be uncomfortable?" Hua Mulan asked carefully.

"No," Alita said, "My body is very flexible and can fight much better than an ordinary person without modification."

"Are you good at fighting?" Mulan became interested.

She actually likes fighting too.

Perhaps it was the habits she developed in the army that made her more competitive.

Before Alita could speak, Tu Shan Hong Hong interrupted, "Sister Hua, stop teasing her. How could she possibly beat you?"

"That's right." Mulan smiled.

Alita felt underestimated and said seriously: "I'm awesome!"

Just now when Tushan Honghong mentioned that she was defeated, a picture inexplicably flashed through her mind.

It seemed like the violent killing moves she had displayed during her training in the past, which made her secretly amazed.

Daenerys smiled and shook her head. She said, "You are very capable, but this place is different from other places. You can only realize your true potential after you understand this place."

"That's right," Hua Mulan also said, "We can compare our skills after a few days!"

She rarely encounters an opponent who enjoys fighting so much.

In the past, those who loved fighting were guys like Sun Wukong and Saitama, but Mulan would not seek humiliation from them.

"It would be best if you could change into a normal human body," Tu Shan Hong Hong said, touching her chin. "I can ask Yao Lao for you. He's very good at this."

"Or you can ask Master Taiyi to use lotus roots to refine a body for you," Daenerys said enthusiastically, "that would be great too!"

Hua Mulan nodded frantically: "The bodies made by Yao Lao are all very good. When practicing fighting spirit, one can make rapid progress."

Yingning, who had been silent the whole time, interrupted and said, "The body reshaped by the Seven-Colored Lotus is even better, and the appearance can be customized."

Listening to the conversations between several people, Alita looked a little confused.

She shook her head and said, "I think this is fine now."

In the memory that she had just briefly awakened, that powerful killing move required a strong body to perform.

With an ordinary person's weak body, it would be difficult to bring out its power.

"How can this be possible? You are too weak!" Tushan Honghong shouted.

Alita was a little unconvinced and asked, "Are you guys really that powerful?"

The competitiveness in her words made Mulan smile.

Daenerys and Tushan Honghong looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Even Yingning's expression looked a little strange.

"Do you want to try it?" Tushan Honghong smiled maliciously.

"Okay!" Alita's expression became solemn.

A strange place, strange people...but she won't show any fear!
Even though she has lost her memory, her heart is still filled with an indomitable fighting instinct.

But before she could make any move, she suddenly found that the wine in the glass turned into a sharp sword, which instantly floated in front of her.

What was even worse was that she felt a powerful energy locking her down and she was unable to move.

Alita felt a fatal threat.

She naturally didn't know that because of the rules of the tavern, the other party couldn't really kill her.

But the despair of being on the verge of death and having no power to resist made fear flash in her eyes, and a series of memories from the past flashed through her mind.

"How is it?" Tushan Honghong waved her hand and the wine fell into the glass again.

"What kind of method is this?" Alita could not hide the surprise in her eyes.

"This is called magic." Tushan Honghong said with a smile, "Want to learn it? I'll teach you!"

"I……"

"Just call me sister." Tu Shan Honghong said again.

"Sister." Alita still called out.

She longed for this powerful force.

"Don't tease her!" Daenerys shook her head and said with a smile, "If you want to learn magic, just save money to buy wine. Honghong is best at matchmaking for others."

"Pulling the red thread?" Alita wondered, "Is it amazing?"

"It's fate!" Yingning smiled.

Alita looked at Tushan Honghong in surprise: "Wasn't that what you did just now your best move?"

"Of course." Mulan answered quickly.

"It seems that I am really weak." Alita suddenly felt a little discouraged.

"That's because we came here early," Hua Mulan said with a smile, "If you come to the tavern, you will be as good as us sooner or later, or even stronger!"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you..."

Hua Mulan slapped her forehead and introduced the people beside her one by one, then asked: "What about you, what's your name?"

"My name is Alita," Alita said, "This is the name that Doctor Ide gave me."

"Shouldn't your parents have named you?" Hua Mulan wondered.

Alita lowered her head and said, "I have lost my memory."

"What's going on?" Hua Mulan asked.

Alita recounted how she was revived by Dr. Ido and what happened afterwards.

After hearing about her experience, several people showed sympathy.

"Do you want to restore your memory?" Tushan Honghong asked.

"Do you have a solution?" Alita's eyes brightened.

Tu Shan Honghong nodded: "Actually, I saw it a long time ago, but I'm not very good at this kind of thing. If I were to be more cautious..."

She looked around and her eyes quickly locked onto Jigong.

Jigong had just arrived at the tavern, but Tushan Honghong was a very outgoing person and didn't know what politeness meant.

She knew that Jigong could definitely do this.

Even though he had never bought fine wine to enhance his strength, as the reincarnation of the Arhat Subduing the Dragon, his magic power had long been restored, and his strength was much stronger than that of ordinary gods.

Besides, there's no need to trouble other people with such a small matter.

"I'll call someone for you," she said.

Before Alita could say anything, she saw Tushan Honghong swishing away with her fox tail.

After a few breaths, she dragged a sloppy monk over.

"This is Jigong..." Tushan Honghong introduced.

After she finished speaking, without waiting for the two to greet each other, she quickly introduced Alita and finally asked: "Ji Gong, can you help her restore her memory?"

"Don't be anxious!" Jigong said with a smile.

He picked up the palm-leaf fan and waved it gently at Alita.

Alita suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing on her face, making her mind clear.

Deep in her mind, it was as if a door was opened, and past memories flew towards her like fluttering butterflies.

Seeing Alita's expression become confused, Jigong said to her, "Don't disturb her", said a few words to a few people, and turned and walked away.

This was indeed a piece of cake for Jigong.

But for Alita, it was a huge surprise.

(End of this chapter)