Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 295 It’s time to get down to business, Russell

"Perhaps this is the power of my thinking?" Luo Lin spread his hands and said, "After all, at that time, there was a lot of my pollution in your body. Just as the Mother Goddess can control you through pollution, I can certainly use pollution to achieve my desired goals."

Russell: You seem to have said something horrible!
At this time, Russell finally remembered what he had been doing before, which made him subconsciously check the pollution status in his body. He found that the pollution in his body was actually in perfect balance as Rowling said.

At this moment, Russell no longer had to worry about being disturbed by the pollution, let alone being overtaken by the polluted personality. In a state of balance between the two, he could even completely pretend that the pollution in his body did not exist.

But for some reason, facing this thing that should have been a very happy thing, Russell could not feel happy at all. Instead, he felt an inexplicable heaviness and sorrow, as if he had gone through 81 difficulties in order to achieve this goal.

Wait, so what exactly happened during the treatment just now?
Russell looked at Rowling suspiciously, and then began to try hard to recall. As he recalled, some not-so-pleasant memories came back, making Russell's expression even uglier.

"Come on, drink more hot water."

At this moment, a cup of hot water was stuffed into his hand. Russell came back to his senses, looked down at the cup in his hand, and then looked up at Rowling. His expression was as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Rowling also held a cup of hot water in his hand. After feeling Russell's gaze, he looked at him in confusion.

Russell continued to stare at him. After several seconds, he raised his head and drank the geothermal water.

"Hiss, why is it boiling water?!"

Russell cursed out loud.

"After all, as the saying goes, drinking more hot water is not as good as drinking more magma. Considering that you are still half a patient, drinking magma is a bit too much, so I specially prepared boiled water for you." Luo Lin said as a matter of course.

"...Should I praise you for being thoughtful and considerate?" Russell's mouth twitched and he said unhappily.

"You're welcome." Luo Lin said this, put down the water cup in his hand, and looked at Russell seriously for a few seconds. After seeing Russell instinctively take a half step back, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, your emotional reaction is normal. It seems that you are finally not crazy anymore."

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it, but once he did, Russell couldn't help but ask, "How dare you say that? What on earth was going on just now?"

"Temporary madness, well, you can think of it as a unique characteristic brought about by my pollution." Rowling said frankly, looking at Russell with a hint of pride, he said:
"You're lucky to have met me. My specialty is curing temporary insanity. If you had met someone with lesser skills, you would have been permanently insane. You would have been a madman for the rest of your life."

"...Emmmm." Russell wanted to complain, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only say, "Didn't we agree that you can guarantee my safety?"

"Right, so you're not dead, are you?" Luo Lin looked at him matter-of-factly and said, "Even if you really go mad forever, you can't die!"

"...tyrant!" Russell looked at Rowling for a while and uttered these words.

"Don't worry, if I were a tyrant, I would definitely appoint you as the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department." Luo Lin glanced at him and said with a smile.

"Hiss!" Russell felt a chill on his back and instinctively covered his vitals with his hands. Just kidding, even with Beibei's supervision, he definitely wouldn't mess around again, but not messing around and having nothing are two different things.

"Alright! Stop looking so sad. Others might not be familiar with the crazy state, but are you? You've been stuck with the polluted personality for so many years." Rowling waved his hand, then looked at Russell and said, "How do you feel now?"

Russell then restrained his expression. After carefully examining his body, he smiled and said, "I've never felt better."

He hadn't felt this relaxed in a long time. He was completely unaffected by the contamination of the Outer Gods, as if he were truly just a pure and innocent Sequence 0. One must know that even when he was awake before, Russell still needed to suppress the contamination in his body. It was just that at that time he was able to suppress it and not be overtaken by the contaminated personality.

"It seems that the operation was successful and my method is effective." Luo Lin stared at him for a few seconds and nodded with satisfaction.

No matter how difficult the process was, at least judging from the results, his operation was very successful.

Russell instinctively shuddered upon hearing this, then seemed to have thought of something. He looked at Luo Lin and said, "Since the operation was successful, will you then operate on the Bound God Tolzner and Mr. Men?"

As he said this, there was a glimmer of anticipation in Russell's eyes, a glimmer of gloating.

Obviously, Russell was looking forward to having someone to be his brother in distress.

"Xiao Tuo's side is not available for the time being. My research on the Mother Tree is not as thorough as the Mother Goddess's. I need to find two more research samples to ensure safety."

Luo Lin shook his head, glanced at Russell, and said, "Bethel's surgery can indeed be arranged. With the experience of operating on you, I am now fully confident."

"Then I can go and watch... No, should I go and help out? Maybe they'll need my help! Mr. Men and I are more or less acquaintances..." Russell rubbed his hands and said expectantly.

Luo Lin glanced at him and saw that he wanted to watch the fun. He was not prepared to refuse. He smiled and nodded and said, "Okay. If nothing unexpected happens, I will perform surgery on Mr. Men during this full moon. That's when he will be most lucid. You can come and observe then."

There is a ready-made example like this. If there is any accident during the operation, you can review it on the spot.

Luo Lin thought very carefully.

Seeing how readily he agreed, Russell hesitated. But even if he hesitated, Luo Lin obviously wouldn't give him a chance to regret it. He could only suppress his doubts in his heart and said, "Since the operation was successful, can I be resurrected now?"

"It's better not to. I can't guarantee that your official Sequence 0 status won't affect the balance in your body. I need to do more research on this aspect." Rowling shook his head and reminded.

“…Okay!” Russell was a little disappointed, but not too disappointed. After all, even if he wasn’t resurrected, he could still exert the power of Sequence 0 to a certain extent. Although it wasn’t as good as a true Sequence 0, it was enough in this era when no true gods appeared.

(End of this chapter)