Overturned Tower

"Cake or something..."

After hearing Xiaoya's words, Hangsha frowned and murmured in a low voice.

No need to buy me that kind of thing - that's what he originally wanted to say.

But he was just silent for a moment, and then he saw Xiaoya's shining eyes.

"Ah, as for the cake, I actually want to eat it..."

Xiaoya clasped her hands together and closed one eye apologetically: "I really want to eat their luxurious durian cake - but I can't eat it by myself. It's too big! It's not good to waste things... Now I can satisfy my craving with the excuse of thanking Mr. Strangler. I’m really grateful!

"Oh, by the way... Mr. Strangler! Can you eat durian?"

"...Anything is fine."

Hangzhou was silent for a while and replied in a low voice.

"Is it okay to eat it, or do you like it?"

Xiaoya asked in turn.

When it comes to cake, her eyes seem to be shining: "If you don't like eating it, you don't have to eat it with me. Their strawberry ice cream cake is also a must-have. It is said that it uses real strawberries frozen into powder and then seasoned. Then I made it back into the shape of a strawberry! Wow, I really wanted to eat it after seeing it in the video - but it would be too wasteful for me to buy it by myself - "

"... Long-winded."

Strangulation frowned, closed his eyes and whispered: "You just buy it. If you can't finish it, give me the rest."

He was already used to eating leftovers anyway.

As for cakes and stuff...

Maybe I still had some thoughts when I was a teenager, but now I no longer have such naive thoughts.

"Cake" never represents happiness.

It represents nothing, and all the beautiful connotations attached to it are nothing but false echoes and self-fulfilling prophecies. It is like devotion to the gods. Rather than praying to God, it is better to say that you are praying to yourself.

But now that Strangler thinks of it, he can only feel the pain.

But even so, he will not lose his temper.

If he had been bound by the way of "anger" before, he might have been angered by this... But now, he has been cut off from his past self. Now that he is rational, he can sense Xiaoya's kindness and tenderness.

Because of this, even if he felt like vomiting just thinking about the cake, he would never show it in front of her.

Strangler has such self-confidence - even if his body instinctively wants to vomit, his ability to control his body allows him to not even frown during the whole process. Not to mention eating cakes and durians... Even if he had to eat shit, Hangzhou would never waver, let alone show the slightest fear.

His pride was not something superficial.

"So, is it durian cake? Or strawberry cake? Or there are other styles, I remember some others, let me check..."

"Just strawberries."

Hangzhou closed his eyes and interrupted: "Just the strawberry cake."

This is definitely not the strawberry cake he bought back then, so he felt a little nervous about the name...

But he was a little annoyed by the noise, so he quickly asked her to leave.

For some reason...she would get strangled by just being here. He felt as if he had lost the hunter's patience, and his emotions could easily become out of control.

Probably because...

...because of what?

Strangler was stunned.

He subconsciously wanted to give meaning to his actions, but he couldn't even remember why he treated her differently.

"Okay, strawberry cake - I want to buy a big one! It will definitely be enough for Mr. Strangler to eat!"

Xiaoya didn't sleep much last night, but she looks very energetic now: "I remember Mr. Strangler is here to find someone... I can leave some for Mr. Inferior! Although I don't know what happened to him, but If something bad happens, just eat some cake!”

"...It's hard to say whether he is still alive or not."

Although in his own heart, he firmly believed that the bad guy must still be alive.

But for some reason, when Xiaoya so categorically believed that even the inferior ones were still alive, Hangzhou felt that he had to make a point to feel comfortable.

This behavior is also irrational.

Why am I like this...?

Strangulation fell into confusion.

Could it be that I regard her as my protector, so when she puts forward a certain opinion, I want to seize the right to speak based on the leadership consciousness? In other words, I actually look forward to the survival of the inferior in my heart, but I prefer to say pessimistic thoughts on my lips, hoping that she will refute me and establish my true desired position from another angle. Lower your expectations to avoid frustration? Or...

Strangler kept a straight face and seriously conducted a psychoanalysis on himself.

Either one seems possible. But none of them seem completely right.

After waiting for Xiaoya to leave, the prosthetic doctor who was silently making nerve connections chuckled and said, "The heart may not be beating too fast, Mr. Strangler. You can relax a little."

"...I'm sorry. I was nervous."

"That's not the case...forget it, it doesn't matter."

The well-informed prosthetic doctor smiled and was noncommittal.

He changed the topic lightly: "Actually, common sense... We generally recommend that amputation and prosthetic installation should be separated for a period of time. Because amputation will always damage the vitality, it is best to adjust it and wait until you are full of energy... This way, cyberpsychosis is less likely to occur.”

"I don't have time."

Strangulation whispered: "I came here on a mission... I must regain my combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

"Mr. Strangler is such a good employee."

"Ah."

Strangler sneered: "I made a promise, sooner or later he will betray me...that boss."

When he was about to speak out, he swallowed the name of the godfather again.

For some reason, he always didn't want others to know that he was serving the Godfather.

"Talked to your boss?"

"Yes."

Hangzhou replied calmly: "Because I am destined to betray."

From the moment he was rescued by Tovatus, he decided that sooner or later he would repay the favor for that elf.

And from the moment when the godfather and Tovatus confronted...Strangler knew that sooner or later he would severely betray the godfather.

But he had warned - he had warned many times.

But the prosthetic doctor's casual words made Strangler frown: "Can betrayal declared in advance really be considered betrayal?"

"As long as there is a consequence of betrayal, it is betrayal."

Hangzhou refuted without hesitation: "It has nothing to do with motivation, preparation, or process. Betrayal is a job that only needs to judge the final result...In the face of the result, there is no stupidity, wit, kindness, or evil in the process and motivation. In any sense.”

"You are still a consequentialist."

"I always have been."

Hangsha closed his eyes: "Let's change the topic."

The talkative prosthetic doctor is also very calm: "Back to the prosthetic problem - performing the operation in two times will actually have its shortcomings. Not only is it a matter of time, but you must first adapt to the feeling of missing an arm. Getting used to the feeling of growing arms again... That will inevitably cause a physical imbalance in the two arms. Many tasks that require a high degree of coordination with both hands will take a long time to return to the previous state. About two twenty-one days.

"And there is another thing that is difficult for you, Mr. Strangler, to adapt to. That is 'weight'. Missing an arm will cause your body's center of gravity to shift... And if you get the prosthetic body back after a month, There will be another offset. This will seriously affect the balance. Think about it this way, you only need to bear some cyberpsychosis risk of less than 3%, and you can save so much time... Isn't it also very cost-effective?"

"You really talk to people when you see them." Hangzhou said sarcastically.

"In order to reassure patients. We work very hard and want to convince patients that their choices are correct, so we can only tell part of the truth."

The prosthetic doctor responded casually while inhaling the cognitive enhancer and making nerve connections.

He said softly: "Cost and performance-price ratio, risks and results... How many choices are there in the world for the 'only good'? Isn't it always the best of two good things, and the lesser of two evils? Since you can't choose the 'only good' ' option, at least it can make them less regretful."

"…really eloquent."

Hangzhou was silent for a while, and sighed in a low voice: "Are you aquatic creatures so good at talking?"

"Besides Xiaoya and me, has Mr. Strangler greeted any other aquatic creatures?"

"Well, I know two gentlemen whose spiritual relatives are whales. There is a 'baleen whale' on Happy Island, and I also met a 'baleen whale' when I first came here."

"...Strictly speaking, a round-headed whale is not entirely a whale."

"Um?"

Strangler remembered: "He did say something like, 'Sure enough, I look like a whale, right?' He looked very pleased with himself."

"Because the round-headed whale...that is, the short-limbed pilot whale, is actually an animal of the Delphinidae family. It is a whale in a broad sense, because it is an animal of the Cetacean order. But it is not entirely a whale, because it is a member of the Delphinidae family. .”

The prosthetic doctor said casually: "It just looks like a whale, is like a whale in size, and behaves like a whale. So people called it a round-headed whale."

"Let's put it this way... If there is a 'werewolf' in this world, he is actually completely different from the humans that wolf spirits are related to. But he looks like a human, behaves like a human, and has the same social interactions as humans. So is he fully human?

"Some people think it is because they are consequentialists; some people think it is not because they are essentialists. But in general, everyone can say that they are right. But they are not entirely correct."

"You are so careful with your roundabout talk. Are you so afraid of offending others?"

Strangler sneered: "If there really is a werewolf... he looks like a human, feels like a human, and kills like a human - then he is a human. I don't think there is so much, can he be a meal?"

"So you are a consequentialist."

"I think most people are the same as me. How can there be so many philosophers who are full of food and discuss the essence..."

"Because just to survive, you need to do your best."

The prosthetic doctor sighed: "Probably because of this...the legend of the 'werewolf' became so popular."

"...What legend about werewolves?"

Strangulation frowned: "Elaborate."

It’s still a chapter of three thousand words——

I feel a little refreshed again, so I’ll try to start double updates tomorrow!

It should be almost done!