On the Ark.

“Yes, it’s no exaggeration to say that I’m her idol,” Lappland said softly. “When we were together, I urged her to train every day. In order to catch up with me, she practiced harder than anyone else. At that time, I was telling her that it was unnecessary, and that she only needed to stand behind me in battle.”

"...So you're quite impressive after all."

“Of course.” Lappland sighed. “But I didn’t expect Texas to have fallen to this level in just a few years since she left me. It seems she still can’t live without me.”

Lin Ye was speechless. He suddenly felt that Lappland was a creature called a "simp," and a simp who was so oblivious to his own shortcomings that he had no idea what he was doing.

Only a sycophant who can move himself to tears is a good sycophant.

"No, I can't let Texas fall into this state!" Lappland suddenly stood up. "I'm going to turn her back to how she was before!"

"Huh..." Lin Ye looked up at Lappland, "What do you want to do?"

"Of course we're going to find her!"

Lappland was clearly the type to do whatever came to mind; once she made her decision, she didn't hesitate and turned to leave, chasing after Texas.

Just as Lin Ye was marveling at Lappland's decisiveness, he saw her quickly turn back.

"What's wrong?" Lin Ye looked at Lappland with a puzzled expression.

Without saying a word, Lappland grabbed the half-eaten sausage and chased after him again.

Lin Ye: "..."

When Lappland chased after Texas, she hadn't gone far, just outside the cafeteria entrance. There was a notice board, or rather, a suggestion board, where the cafeteria worker had left pens, hoping that Rhodes Island operators would offer their opinions on all aspects of the cafeteria. Many operators had left messages there, and Lin Ye had seen them as well.

Such as "Please provide *** all day long", "I hope you can hire me as a pastry chef", "For the safety of Rhodes Island, I hope the chef will never have to hire that guy upstairs who wants to be a pastry chef".

Right now, Texas is also holding a pen, leaving a message on it with a serious expression.

"We hope to be able to supply Pocky."

After finishing writing, he put down his pen, then pulled a Pocky stick from his pocket and put it in his mouth. As he turned to leave, he found a silver-white figure blocking his way.

"Hey, Texas, long time no see!" Lappland, still chewing on half a sausage, looked radiant. "What are you eating? Want to trade with me?"

Texas glanced at Lappland's sausages, then looked down at her own Pocky, and sighed softly.

……

Lin Ye didn't know what the two of them were talking about; he only dared to watch from a distance. He saw Lappland talking animatedly, while Texas looked utterly helpless.

Ten minutes later, the conversation ended, Texas left, and Lappland looked lost and forlorn.

Lin Ye immediately went over and asked what had happened.

Lappland glanced at Lin Ye and sighed softly, "She doesn't want to switch with me."

"Huh?" Lin Ye didn't understand. "Change what?"

“I offered to trade my thick one for her thin one, but she refused,” Lappland said.

Lin Ye: "..."

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ye asked again, "That's all you told her?"

"Hmm, what else?"

"You ran out to find her just to trade sausages for chocolate?" Lin Ye found it hard to believe.

Lappland looked completely bewildered: "I forgot."

Lin Ye: "..."

"Ah, life is truly as lonely as snow," Lappland sighed again as she walked past Lin Ye.

"Where are you going?" Lin Ye asked Lappland.

"sleep."

Lappland waved her hand and walked towards the training ground. In the moonlight, she looked like a lone wolf...dog.

Lin Ye had originally wanted to ask her again if she wanted to sleep on the fourth floor of the office building, but she didn't turn around even after he called her several times, as if she had lost her soul. Helpless, Lin Ye could only give up and hope that she could sleep more peacefully on the grass.

That concludes our first encounter with Lapland.

Lin Ye checked the time on his phone and realized it was already quite late. A lot had happened today, leaving him feeling a bit dizzy. He had originally planned to go find Skadi after finishing his sword practice, but Lappland's antics made him realize he didn't have time. Running back to the office building would mean it would be almost midnight. So, Lin Ye abandoned the idea of ​​finding Skadi and dragged his tired body back to his dormitory.

In the dormitory, Ansel was still awake, sitting on his bed reading a book. When he heard the door open, he looked up, glanced at Lin Ye, and said indifferently, "You're coming back later and later. Isn't Nightblade leaving the island tomorrow? Why has he been training with you for so long?"

Lin Ye sat on the bed and sighed, "Ya Dao went back a long time ago, but I met someone else."

"Who?"

"Lappland".

Ansel's brows furrowed immediately.

Seeing Ansel's reaction, Lin Ye smiled and said, "It seems you've heard of her."

“I’ve heard of her more than just heard about her.” Ansel closed the book. “I wrote all her medical reports.”

"is it?"

"Hmm." Ansel looked at Lin Ye and said, "I heard that Zilan entrusted you with the psychological screening of new recruits?"

Lin Ye nodded.

"Tsk, it seems you'll never get rid of these troublesome people," Ansel said casually. "But there's nothing to worry about, after all, you even managed to handle that guy on the fourth floor."

I've got Skadi sorted out?

Lin Ye tilted his head, feeling that there was something wrong with Ansel's words, but also that there seemed to be nothing wrong with them.

"But I still have to remind you, that girl named Lappland is quite dangerous. You'd better stay away from her and not have too much contact with her."

"I feel like I've heard you say that so many times before..."

Anser retorted angrily, "If you don't want to hear it, then don't. Do you think I want to talk about it?"

Lin Ye immediately waved his hand: "No, no, no, I was just joking. You can say whatever you want, just say whatever you want."

Ansel glared at Lin Ye, initially not wanting to say anything more, but feeling it was inappropriate to hide it, he finally asked, "Do you know about Lappland's background?"

"Background? You mean race and place of birth? Isn't that written in the information?"

"There are also some that are not written down."

"Hmm? Which ones?"

“The Lappland family may no longer exist,” Ansel said. “She may be the last member of the family.”

Lin Ye was stunned.

“You can’t tell, can you?” Ansel said slowly. “I’ve also met Lappland, and her personality makes it hard for me to associate her with the suffering she has endured. It’s hard to imagine that she is someone who has lost her family forever.”

"……what is going on?"

“I don’t know the specifics either. Dr. Kal’tsit knows more, but not much. Syracuse is just too chaotic. There are many examples of large families that have thrived for hundreds of years being destroyed in a single night,” Ansel said. “A person who can remain so ‘optimistic’ after experiencing such a tragedy is, in a sense, more troublesome and more dangerous than the one on the fourth floor.”

Lin Ye fell silent.

"That's about it. The rest depends on you, since this is your job now." Ansel lay down, turned off the light, and went to sleep.

……

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Author's note: Another 6,000 words today, still 28 chapters owed.

Chapter 208 Lin Ye's New Weapon (Part 1)

The next day, Lin Ye took some bread and went out in a daze.

Yesterday was incredibly busy; by the time everything was finished, it was almost midnight. After a few hours of sleep, it was time to get up and go to work. Lin Ye felt extremely exhausted, especially since he hadn't had a good night's sleep in a while. Back in Longmen, it was a different story—he nearly lost his life twice, so how could he possibly sleep? The two nights back on the island, the night before last he was worried about whether he'd been infected, and last night he barely slept at all. So much so that when he washed his face, he could see the heavy dark circles under his eyes in the mirror; he looked like a panda.

I don't know if continuing like this will lead to neurasthenia.

He began to miss the first few days after starting his job, when he could sleep until noon. It was even more comfortable than when he was a veterinarian in Chernobog, and he could even sleep during work hours... Hmm, thinking about it now, it seems like he can sleep during work hours too, since there's nothing much to do anyway.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye's mood, which had been somewhat down because he hadn't woken up properly, improved considerably.

"Huh?" Lin Ye stopped and stared blankly at the sanatorium in front of him. "How did I end up here?"

Whether it was because he wasn't fully awake, or because of habit, or both, Lin Ye didn't go straight to work. Instead, he wandered into the sanatorium, where Nightingale lived, in a daze. A month ago, he used to come here almost every day, but he rarely came afterward.

Lin Ye thought for a moment, since he was already here, he might as well wake Nightingale up and go have breakfast together.

So he went up and knocked on the door. Furong opened the door and looked at Lin Ye with some surprise: "Dr. Lin, what brings you here?"

"I'm looking for Liz. Is she still not up?"

“Miss Liz went to work a long time ago, she went with Sister Shining.”

Lin Ye was taken aback: "You went to work?"

“Yes… By the way, why did you use the word 'just'? It’s almost time for work, isn’t it?” Furong looked Lin Ye up and down, then asked with a slightly puzzled tone, “And you, don’t you have to go to work today…”

Lin Ye: "..."

As Lin Ye left the sanatorium, he felt deeply ashamed.

Even Nightingale got up early for work! And she left an hour early! Just an hour ago, Lin Ye was still dreaming in bed.

Originally, no matter how late Lin Ye woke up, he would always think that there was a Nightingale who woke up even later than him, and since he had to take care of her, waking up a little late wasn't a big deal, right? But now, that self-comfort was useless. Even the Nightingale knew to get up early for work; only his waking time was equivalent to his work start time. This deeply hurt Lin Ye's fragile heart, especially on his way to work, when he could hardly find anyone else who had just woken up like him.

Um?and many more.

Lin Ye suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

There really are people who just woke up!

The other person was Lappland, whom Lin Ye had met the previous night. Lin Ye had initially wondered if Lappland might have actually slept on the grass in the training field all night, but now he knew that Lappland had indeed slept on the grass last night. Because there was a lot of grass mixed in with her hair and tail fur, and she was wagging her tail and scratching her hair as she walked, so grass fell along her path.

Lin Ye stopped and called her name.

Lappland stopped, her previously confused gaze instantly turning wary, like a wolf spotting its prey. Then she glanced at Lin Ye, the wariness vanishing instantly, replaced by confusion and doubt. She tilted her head: "Who are you? How do you know my name?"

Lin Ye: "..."

A few seconds later, Lappland remembered and pointed at Lin Ye, exclaiming in realization, "Oh, it's you, that quack doctor from last night!"

"You're the quack doctor!" Lin Ye roared.

Lappland tilted her head: "Oh, I seem to have remembered wrong... So what do you do again?"