The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"call……"

Su put down the stethoscope, forced a smile, and softly comforted the children. Then he walked to Xi'er, looked at Mikael, and hesitated to speak.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

That was Qianjie carrying boxes after boxes of cabbage into the yard. These were all anti-entropy grain reserves - so where did Velvet spend all the funds!

"I'm sorry, Miss Xi'er, the director is also responsible for the work in the hospital, and I am the only intern doctor who has been sent here. Speaking of which, is your condition okay during this time?"

"Well..." Xi'er hummed a long sound, but quickly turned to smile, "It's much better. Except for being a little weak occasionally, Xi'er feels no different from before."

"Ah...that's good, that's good."

He turned his gaze to Mikael. Not sure if it was an illusion, but Mikael always felt that there was a more complicated meaning in that gaze.

"This gentleman..."

"Just call me Mikael."

Su's pupils trembled slightly.

"Okay, Mr. Mikael, can you lend me a moment to speak?"

Mikael rubbed Xi'er's head, and she just smiled with an unclear meaning.

Then, he followed Su to a secluded corner, and after making sure that no one was around, Su and Mikael spoke at the same time:

"Thank you, Mr. Mikael, for taking care of Xi'er..."

"I know Kevin..."

…

"Kevin!"

Su was not the awakened being who had gone through fifty thousand years of time. He pressed Mikael's shoulders hard and asked loudly: "Where is Kevin? Is he okay now?"

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Mikael just twisted his body and shook Su's hands away, "Kevin is fine now. He and Mei both work in a confidential department."

"Well... the secret department... and Mr. Mikael, too..."

"Ah no, I'm not, I'm out of there now."

Mikael tells the truth, lies are unnecessary because they will be exposed one day...

But...except for Alicia.

"It's okay..."

Su only sighed this sentence, and then his expression became serious, which made Michael realize that Xie'er's matter did not seem to be that simple.

"Mr. Mikael, could you please take in Xi'er for a while?"

"Well, of course you can, it's just..."

Mikael frowned, "You shouldn't be Xie'er's guardian, right? Besides, Xie'er also has her own home, right?"

"This is why I'm looking for you to communicate alone - something happened to Xi'er's home..."

"!"

Careful!

"Doctors like Director Farr cannot leave their posts at will, and Xier's parents have private doctors who need to come to their homes. Fortunately, in the field of this strange disease, the doctors with more senior qualifications are not as good as me as an intern. Doctors are so powerful, so I often go to their homes to give them... some treatments that are actually useless.

"After Xier's parents and sister left one after another, her mood has not been very stable. I can only serve as a psychiatrist while continuing to treat her illness... Ha, in fact, her illness does not require special treatment. , unusually stable...but her mental condition became worse and worse, until she suddenly disappeared.

"The first day she disappeared, the day before yesterday, everything was normal when I went to her house, except that she was not there. And the next day, yesterday, I wanted to try my luck at her house again, but there was a stand at the gate. There were two men in black. I didn’t dare to ask any more questions, because there were records of my coming and going in the villa’s surveillance system. If they were interested in checking, I was afraid that they would alert them.”

"Are you sure they have bad intentions?" Mikael tilted his head, "Are you sure they have bad intentions? And why? Also, I think Xier's mental state is not bad, except for being a little excited at the beginning yesterday. …At least I think she’s in good shape today.”

"Haha..." Su Gu laughed twice, looked at Mikael's eyebrows carefully, and shook his head.

His actions confused Mikael, but before he could ask any questions, Su spoke again:

"Xie's family is not as simple as you think. Her adoptive father and mother are relatively well-known entrepreneurs in Burindi City. Their factory often recruits a large number of employees...

"Well, how should I put it? In short, I have taken care of five patients. They all worked in the factory where Xi'er's adoptive parents worked. Without exception, they were infected with Honkai Disease, and they developed the disease faster than others. Even more severe, even if the limbs with purple lines are removed in time, it is too late to stop the disease, while most of the other patients can still persist for several months or even a year under normal circumstances. Like Xier, I think they can even survive for two or three years... …But all five of them died within a week.”

Michael's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and it wasn't until Su finished his last sentence that he raised his head in shock:

"A week? You mean a week?"

"Yes."

Mikael closed his eyes and walked around Su twice: One week, what a familiar time? How familiar is the speed of lesions? It is almost the same as the man-made lesions at Luluye's time.

It is true that when Honkai disease becomes more severe in the later stages, it is a miracle that the patient can survive a week, but now is still the stage when Honkai disease has just broken out, and there are many people who have survived for several years, which shows that the death rate in this week is so fast. Incredible.

At the same time, it also means how strong the Honkai energy radiation they were exposed to in the first place was!

Perhaps it cannot be arbitrarily attributed to man-made factors, but that must be the most likely possibility.

Su might not know that the specific principle of Honkai disease was radiation, but any doctor with a normal mind would not be able to detect this abnormality.

"So, in fact, it was for this purpose that you chose to go to Xi'er's home to provide home treatment, right?"

Mikael points this out keenly.

But Su didn't refute.

"Then I have another question: Su, why are you telling me this? Are you asking me for help?"

"certainly."

its not right? Apart from his name, Mikael did not provide any more personal information. From what Su could see, such as Qianjie, who seemed not to be bullied, and the boxes of cabbage, Mikael felt that If it were him, he could only guess that he was the "boss" of a gang in Twilight Street.

And the boss of Twilight Street is nothing if he leaves Twilight Street.

"you know me?"

"Ah, to be precise, yes. In fact, I started to doubt you when I first saw you, and then your name matched the one in my memory. But I still can't confirm that you are the one in my impression. Mikael – until you mentioned Kevin.”

"Kevin? That's it."

Mikael remembered that Su lost contact with Kevin after the third Collapse. That was probably after the Luluye incident, and Kevin once mentioned himself to Su.

It's just that his appearance is a bit ordinary, and his clothes are nothing special. The name "Mikael" is not a bad name, there are definitely many people with the same name, and there is no white emergency food around, so it is difficult to let him go. People recognize it immediately.

"So what does Kevin think of me? I also said that I have left that secret organization now, why don't you ask me? What if I am a very evil person?"

Su smiled and shook his head: "I believe in Kevin's judgment. Although he is stupid, he can never be wrong about people. After all, he boasted that he could catch...ahem! In short, in his description, you are a A calm and reliable senior. And then again, I don’t need to know why you left the organization. I just need to know that you have no ill intentions towards Xi’er.”

"No malice, that simple?"

Michael was very surprised, and Su who was asked by him was obviously even more surprised.

He laughed twice at himself: "Maybe, maybe you and I look at the problem from different perspectives. You seem to think that it is normal for people to treat each other with kindness and sincerity? In my opinion, this It is indeed rare, and rare means scarce.”

Mikael gave a bitter smile, probably because he had been with Ellie for so long that he had forgotten to speculate on the world with the greatest malice...

"Anyway, I hope you can help with the investigation, mainly to see if you can sneak into Xier's house and find some evidence. Let me be blunt, I can't give you any reward, but... this matter may be special to you. meaning.”

"Special meaning?"

"Um……"

Mikael pursed his lips. He had one last question, but he had already found the answer before he spoke:

"Su, why are you wading into this muddy water? Investigating this kind of thing will not do you any good."

"Well! Can't you speculate on me with the greatest kindness like you just did?"

"Mr. Mask! Mister Mask!"

The two of them were attracted by the noise at the same time, and turned to look at Qianjie who was surrounded by children in the yard, trying his best to appear indifferent.

"Look, although your partner looks fierce, he seems to be very happy inside now?"

"Step aside!"

Qianjie said impatiently, holding a box of cabbage on his shoulder.

But the children had no intention of letting him go, so he could only throw the box away and stack it perfectly on top of the previous wooden box.

"Oh oh oh! Mr. Mask is so awesome!"

A little girl jumped up and thrust a shabby rag doll into Qianjie's hands.

"Mr. Mask! Come play with us!"

Qianjie's rough hands suddenly tightened their grip, deforming the rag doll, but then quickly let go.

He didn't speak anymore, just let the children make noise around him, until he was exhausted, and was persuaded by Apponia to go back indoors and start preparing dinner.

And Xier was sitting under the eaves, leaning on her hands, watching all this with a smile, until the sun set at dusk, and the sunset twinkled in her blue eyes.

"In my hometown, there is a saying that hanging a pot can help the world. Our ancestors believed that studying medicine can save the world's suffering. I still believe so today. Mr. Mikael, tell me, who is the patient? What you see in front of you If these children are patients, then what are those...?

"So I can't condone a practice if it exists.

"I can't bear the trampling of these fresh and glorious lives, nor can I bear the trampling of my ideals... So, please, Mr. Mikael, I am willing to pay any price, I just ask you to help me this time, Let me see the truth."

"well……"

The dim light particles were floating, spinning, and beating in the air, but Mikael, who was already familiar with this, knew that it was just the so-called Tyndall effect.

You see, in the face of knowing the truth, how romantic it is to use light and shadow, but after knowing the truth, it is just a cold term.

and……

"You are still just as stubborn... Su, do you know what I once said to Mei? Since you want to know the truth, you have to bear the pain caused by the truth."

Su and Mikael stood side by side, both facing the setting sun. The difference was that Su stretched out his hand blankly to grasp something. From Mikael's perspective, he did indeed grasp a bunch of Light, but the light soon became like quicksand and running water, irretrievably dissipating from the fingers.

"So, what is Mei's choice? Well, I know...Kevin's vision is indeed as accurate as ever."