Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 741 Legendary Fountain

"Inhale, then..."

"Take another breath."

"Yes, keep it up, keep inhaling!"

"Don't stop, believe in yourself, you can do it! Inhale!"

Monica looked at Beatrice, whose cheeks were puffed out, and nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, breathe!"

"puff--"

A torrent of pollution surged forward, covering an entire fan-shaped area of ​​ground as Beatrice slowly turned her head.

“Yes, you are the most talented one among this group of patients.”

Monica stood with her six hands behind her back, offering her comments with an air of nonchalance.

"If it were an ordinary doctor, they could only cure your illness, but a legendary doctor like me can help you transform your disease into strength!"

"Beatles, can you imagine how you would use this breath control ability?"

Beatrice, who had finally finished vomiting, scratched her head upon hearing this: "Hmm, recharging several steam engines at once?"

Monica was taken aback, her composure faltering, before she snapped, somewhat exasperated, "That's all you could think of?! With such an amazing talent, all you could think of was fueling a steam engine?"

Hughes was standing on the outskirts of the testing ground, listening with great interest to Beatrice and Monica's conversation.

Logically, Monica should be giving Beatrice rehabilitation training right now, but...
You recovered just like that?

To be honest, Hughes was quite interested. He felt that Beatrice's fountain ability had some great use, but he couldn't think of how to use it for the time being.

This is the perfect time to let Monica expand on our ideas.

However, as Monica said, using this ability to replenish energy is indeed a bit of a waste; Beatrice is indeed a bit conservative.

According to Hughes, this would definitely be top-notch for combat. What superhumans fear most is pollution. Beatrice's pollution breath has a wide range and long range, and it's easy to control the direction. It's also sudden when used—it just opens its mouth and sprays out at the drop of a hat.

Sure enough, Monica said with great distress, "Beatles, stop thinking about steam engines! Your abilities have much greater uses!"

"Take that roller coaster ride we had before, for example. If you exhale backwards when I step on the gas, using the reaction force to propel our car, wouldn't it fly even faster?"

Hughes: "."

As expected of a legendary doctor, he doesn't do anything normal at all!

Beatrice scratched her head, looking a little confused. "But I think that was pretty fast back then."

"Not enough, still not enough!" Monica stretched out her three hands on her right side and gently shook her fingers. "Our car isn't some old thing like a steam engine; it's an internal combustion engine, a new energy source!"

"The most important thing for new energy vehicles is that they have to fly fast!"

"Next time I'll add a button to the steering wheel, so when I press it you'll accelerate backward in sync, reaching the maximum speed!"

"This way, there are two accelerator pedals on the car, and we can also remove the brake pedal, which is a good way to reduce weight."

Hughes couldn't stand it any longer and quickly pushed the door open and went inside.

He was afraid that if Monica continued talking, she would really corrupt Beatrice.

There aren't many normal people left in Castel now; we'll save as many as we can.

Beatrice was startled to see Hughes enter and hurriedly tried to tidy herself up—she had been practicing her breathing techniques and was somewhat disheveled. She hadn't cared much before, but Hughes' arrival suddenly made her a little concerned.

Monica, however, had fewer reservations. She walked confidently to Beatrice's side, put her hands on her hips, and patted Beatrice's shoulder with her other three hands.

"See? I've cured her illness!"

"Healed?" Hughes looked doubtful. "Are you sure? Wasn't she just spraying me with saliva?"

"I've healed most of her, and I deliberately kept those spitting abilities hidden." Monica said smugly. "She used to be just an ordinary pope, but now she's a legendary fountain!"

"I think even an ordinary pope is quite powerful," Hughes thought to himself.

But he didn't say it aloud. Hughes knew he absolutely couldn't encourage Monica's arrogance, otherwise she might come up with some ideas that could sink Castells.

"Boss, are you here to see her fountain show? Or is it about the tsunami generator? Let me tell you, it was thanks to me that the tsunami generator was brought under control!"

“Neither.” Hughes glanced at the smug Monica. “I’m here to see Beatrice.”

Beatrice shuddered, looking at her disheveled appearance, and awkwardly began to dig her toes into the ground.

Monica's eyes widened as well: "What? You're finally going to throw her into the stellar reactor? Nini was right!"

"What did Nini say this time?"

"She said, Boss, you're actually an evil god, and the furnace is your altar. To make the machine run, you need the noblest blood—"

Hughes: "???"

"If Isabella is imprisoned in the energy center of Bloodharbor, Beatrice has to be imprisoned in the stellar furnace. Every time a new furnace is built, an empress has to be consumed!"

Hughes: "?????????"

Beatrice was stunned. She turned to look at Hughes and asked, "Are you... are you going to throw me into the furnace?"

"No, I didn't! She's making this up!!"

"Moreover, the Blood Harbor's furnace is inferior to the Stellar Furnace, so Empress Isabella is sufficient. However, the Stellar Furnace contains an evil god from the deep sea, making it necessary for Beatrice, who also holds the position of Pope, to go there. Poor Beatrice, thinking she had escaped her constraints, little did she know she had fallen into an even greater conspiracy, which is—"

"What's that?"

"I don't know, Nini's update stopped here yesterday, it doesn't go any further."

Hughes's expression immediately became extremely complicated. He turned to Ash, who was protecting him, and said, "Nini is trying to sow discord between Castel and the Holy Mir Empire. Arrest her and put her in solitary confinement. She's not allowed to leave until she finishes writing the following!"

"Isn't she spreading rumors? And you even made her write it?" Ash rarely questioned.

"We should confirm this, just in case she's right."

Beatrice visibly shuddered again.

She suddenly felt that Castel was also somewhat terrifying; Hughes must be a legendary lord.
After getting Monica away and finally calming down the farce, Hughes finally brought Beatrice back to his office.

Old Connor served the two a cup of hot tea, placed an oil drum in front of Beatrice, and then left the room, closing the door behind him.

Ignoring Beatrice's complicated expression as she looked at the iron bucket, Hughes asked directly:
"Beatles, how much do you know about the extraordinary?"

"There should be quite a few, right?" Beatrice withdrew her gaze. "I received systematic training from the Candlelight Society on [Investigators], and I also read quite a few books in the Forbidden Library."

"That's perfect. Do you know of any being stronger than the [Named One]?"

(End of this chapter)