Poseidon in Arknights

Exusiai, unlike Texas, was not so sad and rushed over without any regard for her image. Yuuki also released the water's restraints at the right time, causing the box to fall.

Although the weight of the box almost made Exusiai's hand become a sandwich between the floor and the box, and her face almost hit it, Exusiai didn't care at all, and rubbed her face against the box while holding it.

Is this a box for Exusiai? How could it be? This is clearly more than half a year's salary for her.

Exusiai gently placed the box aside, then suddenly exerted her strength and grabbed Yuuki's leg.

"Eh?"

"Thank you so much, you're like a second parent to me. What can I do for you? I'll give you a 50% discount."

Following Yuuki in, Sora and Croissant looked at Exusiai, who was clinging to Yuuki's leg, with a slightly speechless expression.

'You have no morals at all, Exusiai.'

'...Suddenly, I seem reluctant to admit it; we're just colleagues.'

Yuzuki smiled and looked down at Exusiai, who wanted to hug his leg. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and patted Exusiai's head.

'It really does float in the air. Although I've seen it mentioned in the system's information, this is the first time I've actually touched it to confirm it.'

'That said, the knowledge the system provides seems to be limited to research native to this world. The research doesn't explain why this phenomenon occurs, and I inexplicably feel an urge to dissect and study it.'

Exusiai, who was clinging to Yuuki's leg, suddenly shuddered and looked around: "I feel a chill run down my spine just now."

Texas walked over, grabbed Exusiai's ear, and forced her off Yuuki's lap.

"Don't cause trouble for others. Also, thank you very much for your help."

"Texas, that hurts!"

"Don't embarrass yourself."

Xi Yue waved her hand: "It's okay, I don't care. I took a quick look and it's a case of quite high-end wine. Losing this must be a very troublesome thing for you. It's understandable that she was so agitated."

"Of course, this is more than half a year's salary, Texas. Look how understanding they are."

Texas tightened her grip on his hand even more: "Do I need to remind you? If you hadn't done anything unnecessary yesterday, this wouldn't have happened at all."

"Stop pulling! Stop pulling! It's going to break! My ear is going to break!"

To ease the awkwardness, Sora, who was standing nearby, got a glass of water from the water dispenser and handed it to Yuzuki.

"Please don't mind them, they're not usually like this, they're all very reliable."

"It's okay. I can tell you two have a good relationship."

Just then, a magnetic male voice suddenly rang out: "Exusiai, I heard you lost my drink!"

Xi Yue looked in the direction of the sound and saw a penguin standing there.

"Hey, boss, wait a minute, listen, listen, let me explain."

"Explanation? What explanation? Do you know how expensive that case of wine is?"

"No, no, I've already found it. No, no, this young lady brought it in."

"Oh?" The Emperor's gaze shifted slightly, and then an indescribable penguin scream instantly echoed throughout the entire building.

"Why are you here?"

Compared to the confusion of the other four, Yuuki simply took a sip of water calmly.

"Just returning something. Hello, Your Majesty."

"...Hello." The Emperor looked a little embarrassed, although his penguin-like face didn't show much embarrassment. He then turned and glared at Is, who had appeared at the door at some point.

"Did you kid do this on purpose?"

"Boss, what are you talking about? I don't know." Is's face was expressionless, as if he really didn't mean it.

"You just wait, kid." The Emperor walked to the box containing the wine, reached out and opened it to check that there was nothing wrong with the wine inside.

"It seems there's nothing wrong with the alcohol. Exusiai, I'll let you off this time. Alright."

"Oh! Long live the boss!"

The Emperor ignored Exusiai's antics and glanced at the calm Yuuki beside him, nodding as if to confirm something.

"As for you, Yuzuki, right? Come and sit in the office."

Xi Yue raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled as to why the Emperor had only extended an invitation to him after observing him for a while.

Because of his race? That's highly unlikely. The Emperor wasn't just any ordinary ancestor; he was a beast lord like the Lord of Wolves.

Her initial scream upon seeing Xiyue was likely due to the discovery of his unique race, which was already a rare instance of the Emperor losing his composure.

In July, she looked up at the clock on the wall and confirmed that it was still early, so she followed the Emperor into the office.

The Emperor jumped onto the office chair, striking a pose like Commander Ikari: "You seem rather strange. Don't worry, I'm not interested in your identity as the Sea God."

Although your words and posture were cool, the way you climbed onto the office chair just now ruined your coolness, Mr. Emperor.

"To be honest, it's quite strange that I'm considered a sea god, since I've never been to the beach."

The Emperor didn't say anything about it: "Then let's leave aside the topic of that identity for now; it's not something that should surprise me."

"Really?" Yuzuki pulled over a chair and sat down.

"What I want to talk to you about is something related to your other identity."

"Another identity? Is it practicing medicine? However, although practicing medicine is rare on Earth, it seems even less worthy of the Emperor's attention than my other identity."

Dadi took a cigar from a drawer, lit it, took a deep drag, and said.

"Indeed, there's nothing surprising about practicing medicine, but before I explain, let's get back to the point. What I want to talk to you about is that I hope you will join Penguin Logistics as a medical practitioner."

Chapter 18: Trust in Medicine

"I'm sorry, I don't want to accept any invitations from any organization at the moment. If this is what Mr. Emperor wants to discuss, I'm sorry to disappoint you." Xi Yue stood up to leave.

The Emperor took the cigar out of his mouth and tapped it on the ashtray: "Don't rush off yet, let's hear the terms first."

Xi Yue thought about it for a moment. The other party hadn't threatened him in any way, and since this was the other party's territory, he couldn't offend them, so he sat back down.

"The compensation is simple. Let's talk about the salary first. The base salary is 5 yuan per month, and the commission is calculated for each order, plus extra bonuses. If you encounter a customer with a bad attitude who attacks you during the delivery process, I will compensate you afterwards."

Yuzuki smiled and nodded: "That's a really generous offer, but I still don't really want to stay."

The Emperor put the cigar back in his mouth. To be honest, even Xi Yue couldn't understand how the Emperor was smoking; theoretically, the structure of his beak shouldn't be capable of smoking.

“I know that money doesn’t appeal to you. The only things you need money for are probably a few sets of clothes and fuel for your car. Eating is probably just a hobby for you, even if you have a wolf hunter to support.”

"You even know about being famous?"

Even if the Emperor were to say that he had a Lupo to raise, Yuuki wouldn't interrupt at this moment.

However, through Red's exploration, she is now able to control the aura that once terrified Lupo. From the outside, Red is just an ordinary Lupo.

This statement, given by Lappland herself as a test subject, is highly credible.

"Will this be a difficult thing?" the emperor replied casually, as the matter was not complicated to begin with.

“I won’t interfere with your medical practice, or rather, that’s why I want you to join me.”

"what?"

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiyue's face, the Emperor continued, "It must be difficult to carry out medical activities in various places, right?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"You should understand this better than I do, shouldn't you? It's difficult to carry out medical activities in various places, isn't it?"

Yuuzuki fell silent. Was it difficult? It was more like she was constantly being harassed during her medical procedures.

The situation like the last time he went to Syracuse was already considered good. Most of the time, Yuuki tried to go through the official channels, but he encountered all sorts of obstacles there. He was either required to go through various procedures and charged huge fees for each procedure, or he was simply kicked out.

Then they would repeat the previous steps, driving directly to the slums to secretly carry out medical activities.

Then they kept finding fault with each other, not only with officials, which almost led to their car being impounded, but also with the venue that they had worked so hard to set up almost being torn down.

Moreover, after treating the people, Xiyue couldn't just let them leave like that. She had to secretly take them to a safe place, otherwise the officials hiding nearby might use it as part of their KPIs and kidnap them.

Even Xiyue had to worry about being persecuted by some people with ill intentions.

For example, there are slum gangs trying to kidnap her, medical disputes caused by patients, and officials forcibly detaining people on fabricated charges.

Looking back now, Yuuki says it's truly admirable that she was able to persist in doing this.

"It must have been quite a difficult time, right?" The Emperor's voice interrupted Yuuki's thoughts.

"It was not easy at all; in fact, it was fraught with difficulties and dangers."

"This is the dilemma faced by the vast majority of medical practitioners. This land, as always, loves to devour people, especially those with kind hearts, and this is especially true for medical practitioners."

"Persecuted, obstructed, and even harassed by official organizations, and even falsely accused of being infected and thrown into prison for providing medical care to people in the slums." The Emperor's tone even seemed somewhat mocking.

"Yes, it's a truly speechless world, but that doesn't seem to be the topic we're discussing."

“Is that so? Well then, my other reward is that I will use all my resources to help you organize your medical events in any city you want to go to.”

"Hmm?" Xi Yue's thoughts paused slightly.

"You can go wherever you want and start your medical activities. You can even go to the gates of the Ursus capital palace to conduct medical activities and publicly treat infected people, that's fine too."

"Then, the military and police should be waiting outside my tent for someone to come out."

The Emperor paused slightly, then said nonchalantly, "Well, since I assured you that this situation wouldn't happen, the infected people who receive your treatment will not be harmed in any way until you leave. Not even the military or police, let alone the Emperor's personal guards."

"Of course, I don't think you would do something so complicated unless you're out of your mind, or rather, out of your mind. Of course, if you do do something like that, my promise is still valid."

"Ah, that's quite a reliable promise, Your Majesty, but it's not like I can't do something like that."

The Emperor did not deny it, and nodded: "As long as you reveal your identity as the Sea God and call up your group of little creatures from the sea, you can ask the whole world to let you heal you without any problem, but you did not do that."

As the Emperor spoke, he scanned Xi Yue's body and said, "It's strange, really. The scent on you is completely different from the others I've met before. The ocean scent is much stronger than theirs."

Xi Yue didn't offer any explanation, since it wouldn't make a clear explanation anyway, unless the existence of the system was exposed, which would require a whole host of explanations. In any case, they had already come up with a suitable explanation in their minds.

"That's a really generous offer. If it were any other doctor, they probably would have agreed immediately, right?" Xi Yue smiled and nodded. Such a generous offer would probably have made anyone eager to agree after hearing half of it.

"However, as the saying goes, one should not accept rewards without merit. Since the Emperor said it is not because of my other identity, but simply because of my identity as a doctor, I feel that I do not deserve such good treatment."

"Not good enough? You seem to have a slight misjudgment of your influence."

Three question marks made of water appeared above Xiyue's head. Influence? What influence does she have?

The Emperor glanced at the three question marks above Xi Yue's head that looked like she was trying to be cute, then looked down and took out two photos from his desk, tossing them at Xi Yue.