On the Ark.

Elder Kieran was slightly taken aback and looked at Lin Ye: "What special abilities does he have?"

Lin Ye was slightly taken aback and looked at Nian: "What special abilities do I have?"

"Doctor, stop pretending." Nian walked up to Lin Ye and patted him on the shoulder. "At a time like this, for the future of Rhodes Island, just offer up your virginity... your hands. Have you forgotten your magical hands?"

To be honest, if Lin Ye hadn't been so badly outmatched by Nian, he would have definitely given Nian a good beating.

"His hands?" Kieran also looked at Lin Ye's hands. "Is there anything special about them?"

"This hand has touched the body of the God of Kalan, so it received the God of Kalan's blessing!" Nian grabbed Lin Ye's hand and said nonsense with a straight face, "So this is the light of the righteous path, which can dispel the evil power in your body!"

Lin Ye strongly suspected that Nian had recently watched some cringeworthy tokusatsu drama to say such cringeworthy things!

However, he roughly understood what "year" meant.

Is Nian trying to say that his special ability can help Kieran dispel the demonic power within him?

Does his ability still have this effect?

Kieran, naturally, didn't believe it either: "How is that possible?"

"Why don't we just try and see?" Nian said. "Why don't we just let him touch your body?"

Touch Kieran's body...

Looking at Kieran's face, Lin Ye suddenly felt nauseous, so he quickly said, "Uh, if you don't want to believe it, there's no need to force yourself. We can find other ways."

However, Kieran had already taken Nian's words to heart. After a moment's thought, he decided that it was a worthwhile experiment and nodded, "Since you've put it that way, let's give it a try. If you can really dispel the power within me, I'll be the first to sign the contract at tomorrow's elders' meeting."

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly: "This..."

"What are you dawdling about for!" Kieran glared at Lin Ye. "If you can't get a good feel for me, I absolutely won't sign!"

Lin Ye: "..."

This feeling...why does it feel so much like...unspoken rules?

Lin Ye glanced at Nian, who was suppressing a laugh, gritted his teeth, and then walked towards Kieran. At this moment, Kieran seemed to be half-believing and half-doubting Nian's words, his eyes filled with the contradictory emotions of expectation and doubt... To be honest, such contradictory emotions would probably be very attractive in a girl's eyes, but seeing them in the eyes of this old man Kieran, Lin Ye only felt his hair stand on end.

But he couldn't show any displeasure, so he forced himself to remain calm and walked behind Kieran.

"What should I do?" Lin Ye asked Nian.

Nian said in a serious tone, "Just touch the God of Kalan the way you usually do."

Lin Ye's teeth were almost grinding to powder.

When did he ever touch the Messiah?

You bastard, you damned Nian beast! If Messiah were here, would you still dare to be so arrogant?

It's true what they say: when the cat's away, the mice will play.

Lin Ye, whose status was that of a quail, was indignant about the monkeys of that year, but there was nothing he could do about it.

But of course, he wouldn't do what Nian expected, groping Kieran. He simply placed his hands on Kieran's body as if giving him a massage, and then gently kneaded him. Kieran slowly closed his eyes, seemingly sensing something.

To be honest, Lin Ye really hoped that Kieran would jump up immediately and tell him, "Bullshit, you're completely useless," so that he could apologize and leave right away. However, Kieran didn't. Lin Ye squeezed for a full minute, but Kieran didn't react. Lin Ye thought he had fallen asleep and was about to let go when Kieran suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Lin Ye's hand with his wrinkled hands, while opening his eyes at the same time.

"It works! It really works!" Kieran's voice became hoarse. "I can definitely feel it! The power in my body is slowly disappearing! It really does work!"

Lin Ye, whose hand was grabbed by Kiran, felt extremely embarrassed: "Yes, it's good that it's useful."

He tried to pull his hand away, but Kieran held on tightly, seemingly because he was too excited, a stark contrast to how he looked a minute ago.

“Stay here!” Kieran said. “Your hand makes me feel safe, just like my late wife’s… So stay here, stay by my side.”

Lin Ye's expression froze.

Then the two heard Nian say slowly, "You old geezer, you want to steal the husband from the God of Kalan?"

Chapter 640 I Won't Touch a Male I Don't Like

Lin Ye felt that if his transmigration experience were a novel, then by now the author would have changed, and the label would have been directly changed from harem to BL (Boys' Love). But even if it was BL, Lin Ye really couldn't accept someone like Kieran. When Kieran excitedly grabbed his hand, he really wanted to ignore Kal'tsit's warning and slap him across the face.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking; a good doctor would never be violent towards a patient.

probably.

Just when Lin Ye was at a loss for how to end the situation, Nian fortunately came to his rescue.

The line, "You old codger, you still want to steal the husband from the God of Kiran?", though utterly absurd to Lin Ye, was incredibly effective. Kiran seemed to suddenly realize something, immediately releasing Lin Ye's hand, his expression gradually calming down. Clearly, he had some reservations about the title of Messiah.

"Are you really the old...companion of the god Kalan?" Kieran still couldn't say "husband" and "wife" as naturally as Nian, which showed the difference between them. Even though Nian had lived longer than Kieran, she was incredibly trendy, and you could hear all sorts of popular phrases coming from her mouth. She was practically a model of meme usage.

Although Lin Ye really didn't want to fall into Nian's trap like this, if he didn't use his Messiah identity to put pressure on Kieran, he really wouldn't be able to leave so easily today. So he chuckled and said, half-truthfully, "I do know Messiah... that lord, and we have a good relationship."

In Kieran's view, this was tantamount to an admission, and his attitude towards Lin Ye immediately changed again.

Although he couldn't be sure if Lin Ye was telling the truth, he definitely felt the warm and peculiar power emanating from Lin Ye's hand. Aside from the legendary god Kalan, Kieran couldn't think of any other power that could suppress the backlash from hatred.

Of course, if he knew Nian's true identity, his worldview would probably be completely reshaped.

“In that case, I won’t force you.” Kieran tried his best to make his tone sound neither humble nor arrogant. After all, he was an elder of Laterano, and even in front of the companion of God, he could not be inferior. But this still amused Lin Ye. You should know that it only took Kieran a few minutes to go from being arrogant to humble and dignified.

Is this the change that power brings? I love it!

“Then let’s get this straight,” Kieran said. “If you cure my ailment, I will have the Elders sign the contract you brought. From now on, we will cease trade with Rhine Lab and begin new business cooperation with Rhodes Island.”

"Can you represent the entire Elder Council?"

“No, after all, I’m not the only elder in the council,” Kieran said calmly. “However, I am in charge of foreign trade, and the other elders don’t care who we cooperate with. After all, there are no infected people in the council, because we believe in the gods, and the gods protect us.”

If your gods truly protected you, would you still be tormented to the point of near death like this?

Lin Ye felt somewhat disdainful of Kieran, who was quite concerned about his image, but he didn't say it aloud. He simply nodded, agreeing with Kieran's point of view: "You're right, may the gods continue to bless you."

Kieran frowned slightly. He felt that Lin Ye's attitude was as if he were standing next to a god, which was a great disrespect in Lateran. However, when he thought of Lin Ye's relationship with that god in Kalan, he chose to keep his mouth shut and not dwell on the matter, pretending not to have heard it.

Lin Ye hadn't expected that the task Kal'tsit had given him would be completed so easily... well, it wasn't exactly easy either.

The main reason is that I didn't expect it to be resolved in this way.

Thinking of this, Lin Ye couldn't help but glance at Nian beside him. He didn't know if Nian had stumbled upon this by accident or if she had planned it all along, but he thought it was probably the latter. After all, she was a shrewd woman who had seen it all, and she couldn't possibly be a naive and innocent girl.

However, while the Rhodes Island order issue was resolved, Lin Ye didn't forget an even more troublesome matter: Mostima. Lin Ye had originally intended to come here to investigate Mostima and the Abomination. As an elder, Kieran would certainly know more than anyone else, and moreover, he himself was troubled by the Abomination's power; there shouldn't be anyone more suitable than him.

Lin Ye, however, was unsure how to broach the subject. After all, the matter of Abomination and Mostima should be top secret in Laterano. Diana had told him that the vast majority of Laterano people were unaware of it. If Lin Ye, an outsider, knew so much about it, it would be hard not to be seen as malicious, and then he truly wouldn't know how to explain it.

Although Zilean agreed to sign the contract with Rhodes Island for his own health, which seemed like a misuse of public resources, it was based on the premise that Rhodes Island's contract was entirely sincere and beneficial to Laterano. However, if Zilean believes that Lin Ye harbors ill intentions towards Laterano, then the future becomes uncertain.

Therefore, after a brief moment of thought, Lin Ye decided to postpone it and not try to achieve everything at once.

If Kiran misunderstands, then all their efforts will have been in vain.

Although Lin Ye didn't feel that he had worked that hard.

After settling the order, Lin Ye gave Kieran a couple more massages before leaving.

Although Kieran was reluctant because his chronic illness hadn't been completely cured, Lin Ye wasn't stupid. First, the illness wasn't easy to cure, and second, what if Kieran changed his mind at tomorrow's elders' meeting if Lin Ye cured him first? Lin Ye didn't really trust Kieran's character, and Kieran obviously understood Lin Ye's concerns, so there was a tacit understanding between them.

Although Lin Ye didn't want to have any unspoken understanding with this old man.

After leaving Kieran's residence, Lin Ye couldn't wait to ask Nian, "How did you know he had the chronic illness left by Hatred in his body?"

"Of course I could tell."

Lin Ye realized he had asked a pointless question, so he asked again, "You said the Messiah has the ability to eliminate this intractable disease, do you have it?"

“Of course,” Nian nodded. “It’s not that difficult.”

Lin Ye was taken aback: "Then why didn't you help him?"

Nian glanced at Lin Ye and spread his hands: "You want me to serve him?"

"Uh." Lin Ye thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Then it's better if I go."

“That’s right.” Nian casually put her hand on Lin Ye’s shoulder. “I would never touch a male I don’t like.”

Chapter 641 The Cheap Sister Who Came to Our Door

"You actually reached an agreement?" Huang looked at Lin Ye in astonishment. "How did you do that?"

Lin Ye coughed twice and said calmly, "Is it that difficult? I just explained to Elder Kilan the benefits that cooperation with our island could bring, and Elder Kilan happily expressed his willingness to persuade the council of elders to sign the contract and start trade cooperation with us."

"That's...that's it?" Huang was still somewhat incredulous. "Just that simple?"

"It's that simple."

Huang didn't really understand this aspect; she was a combat specialist. But Andreich, being a Lateran, was different. He knew very well that Elder Kieran was definitely not someone to be trifled with, and Elder Kieran himself had considerable business dealings with Rhine Labs. Even if Rhodes Island's products and prices were better than Rhine Labs', Elder Kieran wouldn't abandon Rhine Labs so easily.

The timing of his meeting with Lin Ye today clearly showed that he didn't care about the cooperation with Rhodes Island and was obviously just going through the motions. But Lin Ye managed to change Elder Kieran's mind in just a few hours, which couldn't help but surprise Andrej.

So he couldn't help but ask Lin Ye if he had promised Elder Kilan all the benefits, or if he had made further concessions in the contract.

“Doctor, although it’s not really appropriate for me to say this,” Andre said quite seriously, “we really can’t make any more concessions on the contract. The Laterano order is indeed very important to Rhodes Island right now, but if it’s not handled well, and other buyers also try to lower prices like Laterano did, our future deals will become even more difficult.”

Upon hearing Andercher's words, even Huang, who was clueless about business, realized what was going on and raised an eyebrow: "You gave that person a bribe?"

Lin Ye quickly raised his hands and said, half-jokingly, "No, absolutely not. The contract is the one that Kal'tsit drafted at the beginning. I wouldn't dare to sign any unequal treaties on my own. Kal'tsit would kill me if I did."

Ansel, standing to the side, rubbed his forehead, speechless. "What do you take Doctor Kal'tsit for?"

"I just said it offhand."

"Why would Elder Kiran..." Andercher was also puzzled.

Then, Nian slowly said, "Because he was subjected to unspoken rules."

Everyone's expression immediately changed, and they subconsciously looked at Nian.

After all, Nian was the only one who went with Lin Ye to Elder Kilan, and she was a woman.

"It wasn't me who was sexually harassed," Nian said innocently, looking at Lin Ye. "It was him."

Lin Ye really wanted to seal Nian's mouth shut with duct tape.

Fortunately, Nian was generally perceived as unreliable, so not many people believed her. They just needed to know that Lin Ye hadn't compromised on the contract, which saved Lin Ye the trouble of explaining.

Then all that's left is to wait for tomorrow's elders' meeting to formally approve the contract.

Although Lin Ye was more concerned about Mostima's situation, Mostima made it clear that he didn't want him involved and wouldn't give Lin Ye a chance to contact him, so Lin Ye was helpless. He decided to get a good night's rest first. He hadn't slept well for several nights in a row, after all, too many things had happened recently. Now that he had finally resolved a major issue, if he didn't seize the opportunity to get a good night's sleep, his nerves would probably snap.

So he didn't even eat lunch and went straight back to his room to sleep.