On how PhDs become human evil

"Reporting to the Minister's wife, the Moon Throne has been tested and ready. The dimensional observation device has been transferred to the Moon Throne and is linked with the transfer device. Dimensional transfer can be carried out at any time!" Kiryu Usagi stood up and reported.

"Very good! Everyone, go home and prepare. We will conduct the dimensional transfer in three days! In short, the operational objective is to recapture (or protect) the Doctor!"

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P.S.: What kind of ending do you all hope for for the main character and Cecilia? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments and sub-posts. Also, is my arrangement of Cecilia's feelings for the main character okay? It feels a bit like a romance novel. I don't know if it's good or not; if not, I'll revise it tomorrow.

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Interlude 81: A War Declaration by Several Women

Late at night, in the lobby of the St. Freya Academy dormitory, Chen sat alone on the sofa, as if waiting for someone.

Da da da—

The sound of high heels clicking on the floor came from behind. Chen said, "I knew you would come looking for me, Kal'tsit."

Sitting down opposite Chen, Kal'tsit got straight to the point and asked, "There's a question I didn't ask during the meeting today. May I ask it now?"

"What's the problem?"

"After dealing with the relationship issues between the Doctor and Cecilia, what are you planning to do?" Kal'tsit asked. "Although I can probably guess what you're thinking even if you don't tell me, I'll still listen to your answer."

"Heh, I thought you were going to ask me some questions." Chen chuckled softly. "I plan to bring Bai Jie back and marry him immediately, so you won't bother him again. I know he's very popular with women, but I still hope he's only mine."

With an expression of unsurprised surprise, Kal'tsit's face darkened: "You should know that no one will agree with your proposal, including Bai Jie. Besides, do you really think he won't be unfaithful after he gets married?"

As mentioned before, Bai Jie is the kind of person who unintentionally wins over girls' favorability. Even if he has no intention of flirting, his various behaviors always inexplicably attract girls, and Cecilia is the best example of this.

Bai Jie only wanted to support his family, nothing more, but Cecilia still fell in love with him because of that.

"...Indeed, although I don't want to admit it, his emotional intelligence is no different from that of an idiot, yet a bunch of women are blind enough to fall for him."

"Aren't you one of the people who have their eyes on him? Are you saying you're blind?" Kal'tsit said with a light smile. "Really, if I had known so many things would happen, I should have made my move when he posted his 'no longer single' announcement on Rhodes Island."

Chen frowned, realizing he'd heard a phrase he absolutely had to pay attention to: "A declaration of ending singlehood? What's that?"

"Ah, you didn't know that, did you? In the second year after Bai Jie arrived at Rhodes Island, he started pursuing some operators. Of course, he didn't win over any of them. The only one who made progress was Exusiai, but the two of them were just more than friends but not quite lovers."

"That idiot actually did something like that?" Chen felt it necessary to make Bai Jie kneel on a washboard after seeing him, since he could actually do something like that.

Recalling the commotion that had occurred on Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit laughed but couldn't help feeling a pang of regret. Back then, it wasn't that Bai Jie hadn't pursued her, but because of her indifferent pride, she watched helplessly as the feelings that should have been hers slipped away, leading to all the trouble that had ensued.

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While Chen and Kal'tsit were discussing in the hall, a discussion was also taking place in a dormitory.

"Exusiai, what do you think?" Skadi asked Exusiai, who was in the bunk above her, as she leaned against the headboard.

"Huh? Why are you asking me? There's nothing between me and the Doctor—"

“I like Doctor.” Skadi interrupted Exusiai before she could finish her sentence. “It was Doctor who accepted me, who was treated as a monster, and was willing to fight alongside someone like me.”

Skadi is not very popular among most regular operators.

On the one hand, Operator Skadi is a recluse and taciturn person who often avoids social invitations from other operators, resulting in the Rhodes Island operators having little understanding of her.

On the other hand, Skadi rarely cooperates with her teammates in battle. In most cases, Skadi will solve the mission alone and leave her teammates to clean up the mess, which has caused many operators to be dissatisfied with her.

Coupled with Skadi's cold and sarcastic remarks when rejecting others, and her somewhat cruel image on the battlefield, stories that demonized Skadi began to circulate among the operators.

Skadi herself didn't care, after all, she had always been alone. But Bai Jie was the only one who couldn't stand it and took the initiative to approach Skadi. He would often go to Skadi's dormitory to chat with her and would invite Skadi out for a stroll during holidays.

Skadi was born in the deep sea, and the world was dark to her. The appearance of Bai Jie was like the sunlight shining into the sea, allowing her cold heart to feel the warmth of humanity again.

When Skadi came to her senses, she realized that she could no longer leave Bai Jie. She had consulted Kal'tsit in detail and finally concluded that she had fallen in love with Bai Jie.

With her hands clasped in front of her chest as if praying to a god, Skadi said, "All I need is the Doctor. To be honest, I don't care what happens between the Doctor and Mother, as long as the Doctor has me in his heart."

On the upper bunk, listening to Skadi's confession, Exusiai remained silent for a moment, then jumped off the bed: "Excuse me, Skadi, I'm a little thirsty, I'll be going out for a bit."

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Next to the vending machine in the dormitory, holding a can of apple juice in both hands, Exusiai leaned against the wall. Usually the one who livens up the team's atmosphere, she was no longer lively and cheerful, but seemed to be preoccupied.

[Exusiai, thank goodness for your cover fire, otherwise the Ghost Leader would have gotten away again!]

[Here you go, Exusiai, a new gun! I bought it with my own money, isn't it cool?]

Sorry, Exusiai, I was trying to make you a birthday cake, but I messed it up.

[Exusiai, how about we go shopping tomorrow? Kroos got some new clothes.]

You want eight Guardian Guns? My savings can't handle that!

........

With her eyes closed, Exusiai could only hear the words she had exchanged with Bai Jie in the past, and Bai Jie's image replayed in her mind. Although they had only known each other for a few years, Exusiai felt more at ease with Bai Jie than with anyone else at Penguin Logistics.

Exusiai, I like you, so... will you be my girlfriend?!

As these words echoed, Exusiai recalled the scene from that day—it was her birthday, and everyone on Rhodes Island prepared a big cake for her. Bai Jie even wore that suit that didn't suit him at all for the first time. While everyone was having fun, he pulled her outside, hesitated for a while, and then loudly confessed his love to her.

Then she declined, feeling that remaining friends was good enough.

"At that time, Doctor must have wanted to cry." Exusiai vaguely remembered that when she saw Bai Jie the next day, his eyes were red and swollen, so he must have cried all night.

Since then, Exusiai noticed that Bai Jie had begun to keep his distance from her, intentionally or unintentionally. Although they were still very close, there was an indescribable sense of distance between them.

Exusiai, I hate this.

"Exusiai? What are you doing here?"

Just then, Exusiai heard a voice in her ear. She turned her head and saw Chen and Kal'tsit standing together looking at her.

Shaking the apple juice in her hand, Exusiai laughed and said, "I was thirsty, so I came out to buy a drink. What are you two doing here?"

"Ah, I just talked to Chen about Bai Jie's matter, and we've reached a preliminary decision on what punishment to give Bai Jie."

"Disciplinary action?"

"Because that guy is just too good at flirting, Chen alone probably can't handle it, so after we discussed it, we felt it would be better for the two of us to manage it together."

"Using such an excuse to steal my man, Kal'tsit, you're shameless enough," Chen said indignantly, never expecting to fall for your trick.

Kal'tsit gave Chen a provocative look and said, "This is just a reasonable means for a woman to pursue her own happiness. Falling for it only shows that you are still too young."

Listening to Kal'tsit and Chen's conversation, Exusiai suddenly opened an apple juice bottle, drank it all in one gulp, and laughed: "Hahaha, so this is how you plan to treat the Doctor, how interesting."

Click!

Exusiai crushed the apple juice can in her hand and threw it into the trash can, then looked at the two of them and said, "Could I join you too?"

Upon hearing this, Kal'tsit and Chen immediately cast intimidating glances at Exusiai. If looks could kill, Exusiai would probably be dead by now.

Despite the intimidating gazes of the two, Exusiai neither flinched nor avoided them, but instead met their gazes head-on.

"I see, so you're serious, Exusiai." Chen said coldly, "A three-way standoff, huh? It does look a bit like a war."

“Um… actually there are four.” A soft, sweet voice came from the darkness, and Skadi came out. “I came out to check on things because Exusiai hadn’t come back, and I didn’t expect to hear something like this.”

Upon seeing Skadi, Kal'tsit was slightly surprised before revealing an expression of expectation: "I almost forgot, Skadi, you also like the Doctor."

At this moment, the atmosphere in the corridor became tense because of the four women.

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Section 82, Chapter 18: Doctor: Heartbeat crisis, give me another heartbeat?

Lately, Hojo Emu and the others have been exhausted. Although Cecilia has joined as a strong teammate, the team of only four is struggling to cope with the increasingly frequent onset of game-related illnesses. Often, they have just finished treating one patient when another one appears.

This situation intensified after the release of a certain game, to the point where people had to be out every day.

This game is "Kamen Rider Chronicles" published by Genmu Company. It is the "ultimate survival game" in which ordinary citizens transform into Kamen Riders and engage in a life-or-death duel with their lives as the stakes. - That's how the creator, Dan Kuroto, described it.

Incidentally, due to disagreements, Dan Kuroto was killed by Parad, a humanoid bugster who was his collaborator. He has now been resurrected as a bugster and remains in CR as an assistant.

Kamen Rider Chronicles was launched under the leadership of Ren Amasaki, the new president of Genmu Company. Although no news was released before its release, it quickly became a trend. Now, if you walk down the street, seven out of ten people will be players of this game.

In the computer emergency center, looking at Hojo Emu who was radiating weakness, Bai Jie crossed his legs and said, "You feel tired already? You're still far from being a Kamen Rider."

"Senior...you really know how to make sarcastic remarks." Hojo Emu said with a wry smile, "If it were just dealing with bugsters, it would be fine, but the enemy is inciting the players, portraying us as rare characters carrying rare items."

In order to prevent Emu Hojo and the others from hindering the game's progress, Ren Amasaki released the following message through the official platform: Emu Hojo and the others possess rare transformation items, which can be obtained by defeating them.

Anyone who has played games knows how attractive rare items are to players. As soon as this news came out, Hojo Emu and others' medical efforts were immediately met with great resistance. The players, who were addicted to games, not only didn't appreciate it, but instead attacked Hojo Emu and his team, and even had their game cartridges stolen.

Of course, most gamers are ordinary people who lack adaptability. If they suddenly use level 10, 20, or even 50 cartridges, the result will be that they die after being infected with a large number of bugster viruses.

"Hey, senior, have you ever experienced being misunderstood like this?" Hosho Emu asked helplessly.

"I've said it so many times, this is your era now. We seniors can't interfere. The only reason I'm here is to deliver food to Cecilia. If you encounter difficulties, solve them yourself. Have some energy, young man!"

Seeing Bai Jie's indifferent attitude, Bao Sheng Yongmu knew that relying on him was hopeless.

"Beep beep!"

Suddenly, the phone inside the CR rang. Hojo Emu almost reflexively rushed to the phone and answered, "Hello, this is the Computer Emergency Center—what!?"

Halfway through his sentence, Emu Hojo looked at Hakuge, who was leisurely drinking tea, and said, "Senpai, something terrible has happened! Miss Cecilia has been captured!"

“Lead the way, I’ll take him to see God.”

Bai Jie instantly put down his teacup, took out the Divine Key cartridge, and wore an extremely kind smile, with a faint crimson gleam in his eyes.

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