Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

But he wasn't qualified.

Wei Yanwu slumped onto the sofa, his eyes somewhat dejected, but his tone remained firm:

“Talulah is no longer the person you remember. I will not let you see her. That kind of tragedy should not be repeated.”

As Wei Yanwu finished speaking, a figure in a black cloak appeared in the office, blocking Chen's escape route.

Chen looked at the black raincoat, his angry eyes gradually turning cold:

"Finally, you abandoned even the last pretense and let this group of people appear directly in front of me."

Now, what are you going to do?

"Will they treat me like one of those infected, killing me and then just dumping me in Lungmen's sewers?"

“You’ve been blinded by anger. I hope you can calm down, Huijie.”

Wei Yanwu stood up and tried to approach Chen.

The next second, Chixiao was drawn from its sheath, and sword energy swirled on the blade.

The figure in the black cloak stood between the two, using his body to withstand the sword energy.

Blood droplets dripped from the black raincoat of the mandarin duck and shattered on the office floor.

Wei Yanwu tried to push the black raincoat away.

But this time, the black-clad man defied him and stubbornly stood still.

"Lord Wei, her emotions are dangerous."

"I can risk my life to save her. I can't guarantee she'll have all her limbs intact, but I can at least give her a way to live..."

"I told you to get out of the way!"

The man in the black raincoat slowly retreated.

Wei Yanwu stepped forward, placing his face unguarded in front of the Crimson Sky Sword:

"Huijie, I didn't expect that you would be able to successfully control this Crimson Sky Sword at this time."

You surprised me, but you can't go. I don't want any more tragedy to happen before my eyes.

"I don't trust you."

As soon as Chen finished speaking, he brandished the Crimson Cloud sword and made his move without hesitation.

Black Cloak was shocked and was about to step forward to stop him.

But Wei Yanwu stubbornly stood still, letting the sword energy pierce towards him, then brush past his ear, cutting off a few strands of hair.

“If you can’t even bring yourself to hurt me, how can you be so cruel to Talulah?” Wei Yanwu stared directly into Chen’s eyes. “If that’s all the determination you have, I will never let you leave this room today.”

“Wei Yanwu, this sword has people who deserve to die, and people who deserve to be protected.”

Chen took a deep breath, his eyes filled with determination, and assumed a starting stance.

Wei Yanwu's pupils contracted slightly: "Hui Jie, you want to use the Cloud-Splitting Sword?"

Chen did not answer, but stubbornly began to demonstrate his sword skills.

Seeing this, Wei Yanwu no longer hesitated and raised his hand to interrupt her: "In your current state, you absolutely cannot use it!"

"I've made up my mind!"

Chen gave a low shout and charged straight at Wei Yanwu.

Then, taking advantage of Wei Yanwu's attempt to grab the Chixiao sword, she suddenly turned around, put away the Chixiao sword, and ran away, disappearing into the hole that Qi Yan had smashed open.

Everyone present was stunned for a moment.

Until Chen's figure completely disappeared from everyone's sight, Wei Yanwu opened his mouth in a daze:

"Pfft... Hahaha!"

The doctor could no longer hold back and burst into uncontrollable laughter, clutching his stomach.

Wei Yanwu's expression immediately turned extremely ugly.

Noticing the change in his expression, the doctor forced back his laughter and tried to keep his tone steady as he said:

"Governor Wei, you don't need to worry. Based on Officer Chen's flexibility just now, I think she will definitely be fine."

"Of course, Rhodes Island also offers bodyguard services; Governor Wei is welcome to inquire."

Wei Yanwu took a deep breath, trying his best to suppress the urge to throw the doctor out of the hole as well.

He took out his terminal, edited a message, and sent it out.

After doing all this, he returned to his seat with a gloomy expression.

"Please don't take what just happened to heart. Officer Chen will not interfere with your operations, I can assure you."

“I only believe three-tenths of Governor Wei’s guarantees, but of course I do believe your promise to provide us with a certain amount of Lungmen currency.”

The Doctor paused mid-sentence, seemingly remembering something, and looked at Kal'tsit beside him: "I remember you mentioned before you came that you wanted to borrow something from Governor Wei."

Wei Yanwu looked at Kal'tsit and said seriously:

"I have absolutely no intention of lying in this collaboration. Rhodes Island is welcome to offer anything I can provide."

Kal'tsit didn't speak, but slowly got up. Under Wei Yanwu's increasingly confused gaze, she called Amiya and the Doctor and turned to walk outside.

“Ms. Kal’tsit, what exactly do you mean?” Wei Yanwu asked through gritted teeth.

Kal'tsit turned around and said calmly:

"Officer Chen has already taken what I wanted to borrow, but don't worry, I won't snatch it from her. It's just that out of courtesy, I need your permission for some things."

And you just agreed.

Chapter 096 A Map

Hoshiguma sat on a step at the edge of Lungmen, fiddling with a terminal in her hand.

She placed a huge Prajna shield beside her, and gently tapped it with one hand.

The roar of a motorcycle quickly approached her location.

Hoshiguma looked up at Chen, who was fully armed on the motorcycle, and suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

"Is it funny?"

Chen stopped the car, not at all surprised that Hoshiguma could guess his route out of Lungmen.

She glanced at the Hannya shield beside Hoshiguma, her tone somewhat complicated:

Are you going to try and stop me too?

Hoshiguma did not give a direct answer, but instead started talking about Wei Yanwu:

"Actually, Governor Wei is a pitiful person; he is not a bad person."

Chen's expression was somewhat strange: "I was just called naive, and I never expected to turn around and see a fool who is just as naive as me. You actually used good people and bad people to describe Wei Yanwu."

“Indeed.” Hoshiguma chuckled. “Governor Wei is hard to describe with such simple words. He is too complicated. His experiences make him unfathomable, and his identity also forces him to be unfathomable.”

Chen's brows furrowed.

She asked curiously, "Why are you suddenly acting like you know Wei Yanwu very well?"

"No, I don't know Governor Wei well. I just heard some stories about him recently."

Hoshiguma looked somewhat wistful: "Perhaps when you have time, you can find an opportunity to have a good talk with him, to talk to him as a family member."

Chen's eyes flickered slightly.

She guessed the reason for Hoshiguma's change.

After the doctor arrived in Lungmen from Chernobog, he asked her for Hoshiguma's contact information. It's likely that he said something to Hoshiguma at that time.

Chen didn't care about any of that; she had more important things to do right now.

"Hoshiguma, move aside."

"What if I say no?"

Hoshiguma reached out to the Hannya shield beside her.

Chen gritted his teeth and forced himself to speak fiercely:

"Then I'll have no choice but to go through it myself."

Your answer saddened me.

Hoshiguma pulled a piece of paper from under the Hannya shield and slowly unfolded it.

Chen looked intently.

"What's this graffiti?" she couldn't help but ask.

Hoshiguma chuckled and teased, "A map even harder to understand than a book written in the heavens, recording the terrain and enemy distribution within the core city of Chernobog."

"...Qi Yan gave it to you?"

"To be precise, it was Dr. Rhodes Island who sent it to me via email, and I had to print it out myself," Hoshiguma laughed. "I studied the contents of this for a long time before I could figure it out. With this kind of drawing ability, if Qi Yan were to serve as a vanguard at Rhodes Island, he would probably be killed by his teammates."

Hoshiguma spoke in a relaxed tone, and even seemed to be in the mood to joke.

Chen, however, sensed something unusual in her words.

Why did he give you this map?

A chill ran through Chen: "Did he anticipate that I would make this choice?"

Hoshiguma looked at Chen with a strange smile: "Yes, whether it's the old truths buried by time or the trajectories of events that haven't happened yet, they're all under his control. I even feel that he's like a god who looks down on this land."

A brief silence fell between them.

Chen Qiang forced a smile and said, "I never thought you'd be so childish one day."

Hoshiguma didn't refute, but simply held up the map in her hand, gesturing for Chen to come and take it himself.

Chen suppressed his smile, pushed his motorcycle over, took the map, and then walked straight past Hoshiguma without stopping.

Suddenly, Hoshiguma called out to Chen from behind: "If you encounter danger, you can try shouting for Qi Yan to save you, and he will appear."

"You're crazy, do you really think he's a god?" Chen frowned and turned around.

But when she saw Hoshiguma's expression, she couldn't help but be taken aback.

There was a hint of... pity on Hoshiguma's face.

“Even if he really is a god, he is a wounded and pitiful god.” Hoshiguma said with a sigh, “I never thought that such a guy would cry so bitterly when he was drunk.”

"...So what does this have to do with me? You two are drinking buddies who can get drunk in front of each other without worry, but I'm not. He doesn't seem to like me very much."

“You actually tried to use logic to judge the truth from a madman.” Hoshiguma picked up the Hannya Shield and faced the Guardian team that was rushing towards them from a distance. “You can trust him. He is trying to integrate into us ordinary people. He will choose to save in order to save others.”

"baffling."

Chen muttered something to himself and pushed the motorcycle up the steps with all his might.

Ahead lies the path leading to the outside of the Dragon Gate.

Behind them, Hoshiguma smiled and waved, stopping the Imperial Guard team.

After stopping the Royal Guard team, Hoshiguma suddenly turned her head, looked in the direction Chen had left, and slapped her forehead:

"Oh no, I was so busy chatting that I forgot to explain the map to her. Do you even know how to read it?"

"Qi Lin, I...I didn't mean to try and keep you..."

Warfarin tugged at Qi Lin's clothes, her face full of pitiful expression.

If Qi Lin hadn't known the person's true character, she would have truly been captivated by that beautiful face.

“Compared to your blood magic, I think I’m more suited to Gavial’s medical methods,” Qi Lin said coldly. “I’ll come back to see you often, provided you throw away that damned book.”

"No! That's the only way I can save my life!"

Warfarin immediately burst into tears.

While crying, she tried to wipe her tears on Qi Lin's clothes.

Qi Lin's eyelids twitched, and a scalpel formed of ice crystals appeared in her hand.