Poseidon in Arknights

"The lounge is just ahead, Liz, what are you planning to do?"

“Of course we just walk in!” Nightingale smiled, though it seemed she hadn’t smiled like that in a long time, and her smile looked a little stiff.

"I wanted to give them a surprise."

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"Oh my god, so that's how it is." Gavial nodded, his gaze sweeping over Nightingale. "Oh, that's great, even though it startled me."

"No way, how can I be the only one who gets scared~" After thinking for a moment, Gavial suddenly grinned mischievously, then took out his phone and started a barrage of text messages.

[Green-skinned Doctor: Everyone, if you have a moment, come to the break room. I have something to discuss.]

[I don't want to get sick today: Is there something urgent? If I come over, it might take a while.]

[Green-skinned doctor: Hmm, Xuyu, take your time, no rush. Don't rush things with your health.]

[Susuru: Okay, I got it, but it doesn't seem like anything urgent.]

[Hermer: What's wrong? If there's something you need, just say it.]

[Day x of thinking about the PhD student: What's wrong? What's wrong? Is there anything funny to watch?]

[Hibiscus: Hey, what's going on? Still no one's queuing up today? Oh, by the way, has Dr. Gavial eaten?]

[Furong: I still have some leftover nutritional meals here. I don't think I've seen Dr. Gavial come to the cafeteria.]

Upon seeing this message, Jiaweier surprisingly felt a chill run down his spine. He wondered whether the arrival of the Hibiscus Nutritional Meal was a cause for celebration or something else entirely.

To prevent such a future from happening, Gavial quickly typed.

[Green-skinned doctor: Oh, never mind then. It's four in the afternoon, of course no one's lining up, Little Hibiscus. Besides, I'm not hungry right now, so the nutritional meal is fine too.]

[Green-skinned doctor: As for what it is, you'll find out for yourselves when you come and see for yourselves. Hurry up!]

After sending the message, Gavial breathed a sigh of relief, still smiling as he put his phone away: "It's such a shame that only the two of us know about this good news~"

"Oh, right, speaking of which," Gavial said, looking at Nightingale because of Hibiscus. "Nightingale, are you hungry? Would you like some snacks or something?"

“We were planning to have afternoon tea, and…” Yuzuki shrugged, “quite a few medical operators saw us on the way here.”

"Ah, afternoon tea..." Gavial stroked his chin, picked up the schedule next to him to check it, and then looked at Yuzuki and asked tentatively.

"Oh, Dr. Yuzuki, if it's not too much trouble, could the group for afternoon tea be a little larger?"

"You want to join in too?" After thinking for a moment, Yuuki looked at Nightingale and saw Nightingale nod. Then Yuuki looked at Gavial and nodded. "Sure, happy things can certainly be celebrated with a happy party."

"But I have to go now, otherwise, when a lot of people come, I might not be able to keep up."

Gavial nodded: "Then I'll have to trouble Dr. Yuzuki."

“I can help with that too,” Ansel said, raising his hand to indicate that he could lend a hand.

"Although I'm not very good at making afternoon tea or desserts, I should be able to help out."

“Then I’ll trouble Ansel.” Yuuki nodded, then patted Nightingale’s head. “Wait a moment, Nightingale is right here. Let’s chat for a bit.”

"Mmm." Nightingale nodded.

After nodding, Yuuzuki looked at Gavial and said, "If we're not back by the time everyone arrives, let's send a message and tell you roughly how many people are there."

“That’s hard to say,” Gavial shook his head. “Some people might be busy right now and won’t see the message until later, so you might have to do a little more.”

"Don't worry, we can definitely finish the food. If all else fails, I can call for help."

"Foreign aid?" Yuuki looked at Gavial with some surprise, but since Gavial said there was no problem, Yuuki simply nodded, "Okay, I understand."

"Then let's go, Ansel."

——————Rhodes Island·Dining Hall·Kitchen——————

"Here you are, Miss Yuuki." Ansel handed the beaten egg mixture to Yuuki, then looked at Anderchel beside him, "Anderchel, is there anything you need?"

“No need to thank me.” Andrcher shook his head. “I can handle the rest myself.”

Why is Angerhill here? Well, actually, he was summoned by Ansel.

Ansel himself isn't very good at making desserts, and Miss Yuzuki has to be in charge of desserts for so many people, even if she had a clone, it would still be very troublesome.

Moreover, it's almost dinner time now, and there must be many people in the kitchen preparing the operators' dinner for tonight, so it's unlikely they can borrow a lot of space.

Then Ansel remembered Andercher, who was in the same A4 preparatory action group as him. As a Sarkaz, he was certain that Andercher's dessert-making skills were absolutely up to par.

And since the other party happened to be free of work that day, Andrcher readily agreed after receiving Ansel's call and learning the reason.

Ansel didn't listen to Andercher and went to rest on the side. Instead, he took the desserts that the two of them had made to a small food cart next to him.

Looking at the desserts that had already filled two food carts, Ansel turned to Yuuki and Andrei: "That should be about right, is it ready?"

"There's already so much, are we really going to be unable to finish it all?"

Xi Yue glanced back, thought for a moment, and nodded: "It should be about time. Hmm, Andercheir, what are you still doing?"

"Cookies." Anderchell turned off the oven. "They'll be ready soon. Well, there's really no need to worry about wasting them. Like Dr. Gavial said, I think I know who the outside help Dr. Gavial was talking about is."

“I think I know too.” Xi Yue nodded and looked at the sign at the kitchen door. “After all, it’s posted on the front door, so I can probably guess what it is.”

Then, Yuuki turned her gaze back to the black tea brewing in her hand, "I'm almost done here too."

“In that case,” Andersel set the oven timer, “just wait a little while, it’ll be ready soon.”

After putting away the desserts and cookies that the two of them had made, Ansel turned around and said, "Anyway, it won't make a difference if we take a little longer, let's take our time."

Chapter 203: The Banquet Ends

——————Rhodes Island, Medical Department, Lounge Area Corridor——————

"What does Gavial want from me?" Warfarin scrolled through her phone messages as she walked towards the lounge. Then, she sensed several familiar presences. "Hmm, they're all here?"

"Hmm, is Dr. Warfarin here too?" Su Su Luo's voice rang out as she walked over from another path.

"I'm here to watch the fun," Warfarin shrugged. "But as for Gavial, something good must have happened, right?"

“That makes sense.” Susuluo nodded, then noticed the door to the lounge next door. “Let’s go in first, and then we’ll find out what’s going on.”

"Hmm." Warfarin nodded, reached out and pushed open the door, and what came into view was a group of people gathered together, seemingly looking at something.

"What are you looking at?" Warfarin's curiosity was instantly piqued, and she immediately went over and saw Nightingale, who was surrounded by everyone in the formation and looked extremely shy.

"Hmm?" Warfarin looked at Nightingale, who was blushing and shy, surrounded by a crowd, and wondered what was so interesting about her. But then she suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

"Wait, Nightingale," Warfarin asked in surprise, "You...you can stand up?"

“Mmm.” Nightingale nodded. “With Dr. Yuzuki’s help, I can now walk a little. According to Dr. Yuzuki, my health will continue to improve.”

“That’s definitely a good thing.” Warfarin nodded, then looked at Shining beside him. “Shining, do you have Nightingale’s recent medical report? I’d like to see it.”

“Yes, Dr. Warfarin.” Shining nodded, then rummaged through her small bag and took out the report, handing it to Warfarin.

"Thanks." Shining accepted the report and thanked her before patting Hibiscus's head. "Alright, stop staring. Can't you see she's shy?"

Then Warfarin looked at Nightingale: "Nightingale, you shouldn't be standing anymore. You should sit down and rest. Your leg must have only just recovered, right?"

Upon hearing Warfarin's words, the other doctors who had been surrounding Nightingale immediately dispersed from her side and gathered around Warfarin, intending to look at Nightingale's test results together.

“All indicators are approaching normal.” Warfarin shook the papers. “It looks like the toxins have been completely removed.”

"Indeed, the numbers are approaching those of a normal Sarkaz." Himer adjusted his glasses. "There might still be some muscle atrophy, but with proper care, it can recover."

"I wonder if it can serve as a treatment model." Warfarin stroked her chin. Since it was Yuuki who did this, she really couldn't say whether Nightingale's treatment method could be used as a medical model.

After all, that last time, the surgery where he wrote about treating Oripathy and read about dissecting anatomical structures, is still fresh in his memory.

If possible, patients with muscle atrophy or minor lower limb nerve damage will have more hope for treatment.

After all, if Nightingale's case can be cured, there's no reason why the same treatment shouldn't be applied to other patients. The only question is whether it's universally applicable.

If it's like last time, where it's entirely due to Yuuki's own abilities, then there's nothing that can be done.

Wait, speaking of Yuuki, Warfarin looked around and realized that an important person was missing: "Hey Gavial, do you know where Yuuki went?"

“Miss Yuzuki is going to make the desserts for the party later,” Gavial replied casually. “She’s been gone for a while, but I think she won’t be back for a bit longer.”

“I see.” Warfarin nodded. “Indeed, this is a good thing, and it’s worth having a small get-together. It seems we can also have dinner together tonight.”

Hibiscus, standing nearby, twitched her ears slightly: "Eating only desserts isn't good for your health, I still have... mmm!!!"

Before Furong could finish speaking, Jiaweier, who was standing behind her, covered her mouth and said, "Alright, alright, today is a good day, today is a good day, so don't worry about your nutritional meals."

Shining smiled at the harmonious scene before her, picked up her phone, opened the group chat, and suddenly noticed that the chat interface displayed...

[Lingguang has received your video.]

"Looks like Lin Guang has already arrived at the mission location." Shining smiled as she looked at her phone. "He must be very happy, right?"

——————Columbia Wilderness Pioneer Rest Stop——————

This is a pioneer rest stop in the Colombian wilderness, a unique resting place for Colombian pioneers, and also a newly established central station.

Its function is to serve as a central station for distributing and storing various supplies, similar to several smaller outposts in the surrounding area.

Of course, there was a signal tower here, used to transmit useful information from the pioneers back to the nearby mobile cities of Colombia.

Of course, this is a newly established site, and it's fair to say that apart from the buildings and cell towers, nothing else has been built yet.

Just then, a convoy of trucks drove out of the wilderness and pulled up next to the rest stop. Lin Guang jumped out of the passenger side of the lead truck.

"Oh, so you're Rhodes Island, the new winner of this year's bid?" A man walked over from the house, glanced at the sign on the truck, and then looked at Nearl. "Is everything here?"

"The goods have all been delivered." Lin Guang patted the side of the truck bed, then handed the delivery slip to the man in front of him. "Please sign the delivery slip."

"No rush, let's check the goods first." The man waved his hand and turned to shout towards the station, "Hey, a few people, come help unload the goods."

As the man's voice faded, several pioneers emerged from the house. Seeing them come out, the man looked at Lin Guang and said, "You've had a hard time escorting us along the way. You can rest for a while in that little house over there."

"Let's count them, it'll be done soon."

"Hmm." Lin Guang nodded, his gaze sweeping over the rest area and the towering signal tower. "I'd like to ask, is that signal tower currently operational?"

“Sure.” The man nodded. “Otherwise, how would I know you were coming? Do you want to use it? Well, consider it a perk for our partners; at least you can use it for free today.”

"Thank you." Nearl nodded, leaving a few necessary operators behind to help them check the goods, while Lingguang led the others toward the house over there.

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"Once they finish unloading, we can go back to Rhodes Island." An operator stretched, feeling a bit uncomfortable from the wilderness these past few days. "When we get back, I'm going to take good care of my tail."

"Come on," another operator joked. "With your laziness, you'd probably just give it a quick rinse and call it a day if you actually bothered to take care of it properly."