Whose Nirvana (Part 3)
"Eh? Where's the kitten?"
The lid of the mini treatment cabin with a green light on was opened, and there was nothing inside.
"Where did it go..." Han Jiangxue stamped her foot. "Lin Yin was so badly injured, and it still wanted to run around."
Ah She, who was sitting obediently, shook his head and said that the kitten did not inform it and the stone man when it left.
"The kitten shouldn't run around." Yu Zhu pursed her lips. Her mind was focused on Lin Yin, and she didn't even have the energy to care about the kitten. "It's so smart, maybe it's trying to find a way to save the boss..."
Pah.
It was the sound of the hatch opening.
Everyone turned around——
As the blue light of the treatment cabin slowly faded, the black-haired girl slowly sat up. A treatment tube, still attached to the right side of her head and not yet fully released, made a subtle creaking sound as she moved.
"Boss, you're awake!" Shuijing almost pounced on him, but she was afraid of pressing on the part of Linyin that had not recovered yet, so she steadied herself.
Linyin blinked, feeling as if there was a layer of frosted glass between herself and the world, and all the sounds came from far away - she had a very long nightmare.
In the dream, I met the Lord of the Fantasy Beast Palace, and took the kitten from her, but lost Song Baiyue.
Hehe. Fortunately, it was just a dream. She smiled easily.
Looking up at the ceiling and walls, the entire room resembled a split capsule, pure white flowing from the curved ceiling to the floor without a single seam. And she, she sat inside a capsule-like thing.
etc.
Treatment cabin?
Is she hurt?
Linyin opened her eyes wide, and just as she looked down, she saw the bloodstains on her body that had not yet been cleaned up. When she looked up again, she noticed the strange expressions on the faces of the people around the cabin.
She was stunned.
Could it be that... all this is not a dream...?
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Sitting in the transparent blue bubble it spit out, the kitten was familiar with the route, bypassing various phantom energy ray nets, passing through countless gravity traps, and easily avoiding the mechanisms of the Phantom Beast Hall.
Finally, the bubble popped, and the kitten landed lightly on the ground, its paw pads touching the cold metal floor in perfect silence. It twitched its ears, hooked its tail, and with a push, the metal door slid open.
Inside the lab, it was time for the experimental mythical beasts to be released for fresh air. Dozens of them, each in their own unique form, raised their heads in unison, only to discover a strange little kitten, yet somehow, it felt familiar.
The kitten jumped onto the central laboratory table with ease and went straight to the refrigerator where the healing potions were usually stored.
"Roar--" A little lion roared weakly, not knowing why its companions did not try to stop this outsider.
Boo.
A green bubble slowly floated towards the mythical beasts. After it shattered, all the mythical beasts squinted their eyes in comfort.
A familiar smell! It's the boss! Whatever the boss does is right!
The phantom beasts all lay back and pretended not to see anything.
The kitten nodded with satisfaction and used its claws to pry open the cabinet door, only to find that it was empty, with only a few used syringes lying in the corner.
The kitten tilted its head in confusion. Who stole the potion and threw the used needle in it?
Unconvinced, I went in again to check, and indeed there was nothing.
After slapping the lab table with its tail for a moment, the kitten began rummaging through the cabinets and drawers around the house. Back when it was a mythical beast egg, it had witnessed countless cruel experiments on living subjects. Whenever a precious subject was on the verge of death, the potion in this cabinet would be used. The kitten didn't understand the side effects; all it knew was that it always saved the subject, so it took some back for Rin'in.
"Woo——" A rabbit bravely made a sound, signaling the kitten to look in one direction.
What? Is he hiding over there? Or is someone coming?
The kitten pricked up its ears alertly and looked in the direction indicated by the rabbit.
A silver deer was being restrained in an experimental chamber, its fur dull and its eyes wide open with nothing in sight. Countless tiny tubes had been inserted into its head, extracting something.
It's the Moon-Reflecting Deer.
Okay...it's an unexpected gain.
“Snap! Snap!”
The kitten jumped over and mercilessly slapped the deer's face with two claws.
Yingyue Suzuka's dilated pupils finally focused for a moment, and she let out a weak "yo".
The kitten shook its paw in disdain, hesitated for a moment, then raised its front paw and bit hard. A drop of golden blood oozed out and quickly wiped it between Yingyue Suzuka's eyebrows.
In an instant, silvery-white light burst out from the deer's antlers, and the extracted light began to flow back.
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"The patient is recovering well and can go home after another 24 hours of rest and treatment."
The beautiful doctor closed the terminal and said, her anger still lingering. "However, with so many of you accompanying her, don't any of you know what accompanying is supposed to do? The patient just woke up and is so weak. How could you open the cabin and let her out? If I hadn't just happened to be passing by..."
Forehead……
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but the hatch had clearly been opened by herself, and Rin had sat up by herself...
But at this moment, the doctor was the boss. Even Belle didn't object, only slightly uncomfortably combing her hair, which she hadn't even had time to style. Linyin woke up, relaxed, and realized how unkempt she had appeared in front of everyone—it would be so embarrassing if she was recognized.
"Hey, this..."
The beautiful doctor looked at Rin's scan report and said, "This large shadow in the head... Is there something wrong with the machine?"
Linyin's face was still a little pale, but all her vital signs were stable. How could she possibly live a normal life with such a large thing growing in her head?
Due to limited funds, the machine had not been maintained for several years. She applied for maintenance several times but was rejected. Now, it finally broke down while she was using it.
The doctor thought for a moment and calmly deleted the scan records - the organizers of the ladder tournament have been in the news one after another this year, and the fact that the machines in the medical area have been in disrepair for a long time is not good news. In case it is exposed by this group of students, it is better to have less trouble than more.
After leaving the room, she dialed the voicemail, "The student from Thorn Flower Academy has woken up."
In the room, Rin realized that everything was really happening.
Song Baiyue bled a lot.
Song Baiyue was captured.
He was caught by the woman who was completely unable to resist.
She lost him.
Should I just listen to him and not participate in the competition?
He said they were invincible...
She had confidently, firmly, and fearlessly said she could do it. And then, he had accompanied her...
The towels handed to her silently, the slightly trembling hands when helping her adjust her collar... the tenderness that she had once casually placed in the corner of her memory now surged like a tide, almost drowning her.
"Are you okay?"
Belle sat down beside her bed, "You just woke up, don't think too much..." She was not good at comforting people, so she could only hold Linyin's hand awkwardly.
"Huh?"
One of Belle's hands was tightly held by Linyin. She was stunned for a moment and patted her soothingly, but she didn't expect to see the crystal water droplets on the edge of the bed.
"I'm sorry..." A voice so soft and transparent came out of Linyin's throat.
"Ah...what's wrong...why do you suddenly want to say sorry?" Belle was a little panicked. She bent down to see Linyin's expression, but Linyin avoided her.
Seeing that Linyin blocked her face, Linyin's movements were not fast now, but Belle didn't dare to pry her hands apart, so she could only surrender, "Okay, okay, I won't move."
Drops of water leaked from between her fingers. Linyin felt a dull pain in her chest.
I used to think I was sober and didn't take sides, but in reality I was indifferent and ignorant.
She actually thought that teaching Belle the Infinite Qi was repaying a favor. But what was the reality? Belle's feelings for her were just as sincere as those of Crystal and the others; she could clearly sense it.
——How can such feelings be repaid so easily?
If she hadn't been so indifferent, accepted Lan's olive branch, and shared information with Belle, with Lan's background and understanding of the Fantasy Beast Palace, perhaps Song Baiyue would not have been captured this time.
She was wrong, so wrong.
Seeing the two of them almost snuggling together, Shuijing pouted and wanted to whisper something. Yuzhu patted her and said, "Let them be alone for a while." She took Shuijing out of the ward.
The door of the ward suddenly opened, and Yuzhu and Shuijing walked out. Su Lian, who was sitting by the door, suddenly looked up and then quickly lowered her head.
He clasped his hands together against his forehead, with the veins on the back of his hands slightly bulging. He had been sitting like this for a long time.
Staring at the dried blood in the cracks of the floor tiles, it was the blood that flowed from Linyin's body... maybe, it was mixed with Song Baiyue's blood.
His heart was beating fiercely. He knew it was despicable, but Song Baiyue's whereabouts were unknown, and it was unknown whether she was alive or dead. Was it possible for him to... stand by her?
It would be better if he didn't come back.
This thought scared him and he quickly denied it.
Maybe Rinyin herself didn't understand her feelings for Song Baiyue, but as a bystander, he saw it very clearly.
No one can replace Song Baiyue.
But...what if, instead of replacing her, I just stood with her...?
Click. Another movement interrupted his unbridled desire.
The security door at the end of the corridor was opened, and sunlight leaked in. With the light behind her, Su Lian saw the figures of two people.
Teacher Fiona returned, accompanied by a person wrapped in mist.
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Fiana entered the ward with the vague human-shaped mist and opened her mouth, but when she saw that Linyin didn't even raise her head, she said nothing in the end.
A document was handed directly to Rinyin—
"Please sign this agreement."
The muffled electronic sound blurred the gender, but Rin was all too familiar with it.
"Peach?" She laughed sarcastically and looked up. "How dare Flora send you?"
Pinkie didn't answer. Seeing that Rinyin didn't take it, she handed the document to Fianna, "Teacher, you can sign it on my behalf. After signing, I hope everyone will abide by the agreement."
[In view of the unexpected circumstances that occurred during the recent events, after friendly consultations between the two parties, we have reached an agreement on relevant matters and will release a unified statement to the public to avoid unnecessary speculation and public opinion influence.
Unified external explanation:
1. Rinone suffered from physical discomfort due to food allergy, but is now fine after timely treatment.
2. Song Baiyue has withdrawn from the competition due to personal reasons and has completed the withdrawal procedures according to the normal process. As this is not the organizer's responsibility, no additional contestants will be added.
3. Regarding the injury incident of students at Lighthouse Academy, it has been verified that it was caused by several students accidentally falling down the stairs, and there was no fighting.
Both parties pledged to strictly adhere to the aforementioned unified statement and not disclose any other details of the incident in any form. Thorn Flower Academy pledged not to make any other claims against the Fantasy Beast Hall regarding this matter.
Huanshou Hall will bear all medical and rehabilitation expenses of the players involved in this incident.
The contents of this agreement and the true circumstances of the incident are confidential and shall take effect from the date of signing. The original is made in duplicate, with each party holding one copy.
Linyin took the document from Fiona and laughed out loud in anger when she saw the second clause of the unified instructions, "Since it is not the organizer's responsibility, no additional contestants will be added."
Fianna looked at Linyin, whose mouth was bleeding. The once cheerful and playful Dean of Research, now had a look of deep helplessness in her eyes. As a teacher, she should have protected her students, but now she could only watch them being tormented by the Fantasy Beast Hall.
Pinkie left.
Linyin raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth.
This is the Hall of Fantasy Beasts. One day they'll brag about destroying your life, and the next they'll casually tell you they don't care. You treat this as a gift, and yet you still don't dare to be ungrateful.
"It's okay, teacher," Linyin reassured Fianna. "There's nothing excessive in the agreement. There's no point in vying for public opinion with the Phantasmal Beast Hall now."
If public opinion could hold Flora in check, then Maotan from the Frost family wouldn't have to act like a clown and ask her for money to buy a kitten. In the face of absolute force, truth and reputation are as fragile as paper.
She could sign the agreement, but it wasn't over yet.
So what if her opponent is the Fantasy Beast Palace? Even if the gap in strength is as huge as a chasm, she will grind her flesh and blood into a ladder and climb up inch by inch.
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