Poseidon in Arknights

Kal'tsit looked at Skadi, who seemed oblivious to her presence, and took a deep breath: "Skadi?"

"Hmm?" Skadi heard someone calling her from behind, so she turned around and saw that it was Kal'tsit. She raised her hand to greet her, "Good afternoon, Dr. Kal'tsit."

Seeing that Skadi seemed to be normal, Kal'tsit was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Mon3tr beside her let out a warning growl, its crystalline spikes acting as arms constantly hooking at Kal'tsit, trying to make her retreat.

Kal'tsit subconsciously looked ahead, only now realizing what she had overlooked: the very thing right in front of her that she had unconsciously ignored and failed to look at.

Then Kal'tsit saw a girl wearing a black trench coat, holding a Specter nestled in her arms, gently stroking the hair of the girl in her arms.

It appeared to be a heartwarming scene, but Mon3tr behind Kal'tsit kept letting out terrified roars at the girl in front of her.

"Who are you?" Kal'tsit stared intently at Yuuki, who was holding Specter Shark. "You, who are you?!"

Chapter 58: The Doctor

Kal'tsit stared intently at Yuuki before her, a gentle-looking girl who made Kal'tsit feel as if she were drowning.

A newborn? No, Kal'tsit understood the moment she saw Yuuki that if a newborn were standing before her, she might actually feel fortunate.

The ocean-like atmosphere surrounding them was something no newborn could possibly have done; even Kal'tsit could feel the humidity in the air with the slightest twitch of her fingertips.

A behemoth? It doesn't seem like one. Kal'tsit has seen them before, but... the aura emanating from it...

That warm feeling, even without consciously trying, makes your whole body feel like it's being bathed in warm sunshine, making you want to relax and immerse yourself in the feeling.

Through Mon3tr, Kal'tsit could also sense that the Originium dust in the surrounding air was gradually receding, as if... being driven away.

Then, Kal'tsit saw Yuuki raise her head and meet his gaze with her azure eyes beneath her wispy hair.

The next instant, Kal'tsit felt her feet sink into the ground, as if she had fallen into a boundless and vast ocean, and a warm aura instantly enveloped her.

Kal'tsit tried her best to stay calm, when suddenly she felt as if she had been pushed, and heard Mon3tr's cry in her ear.

At the same time, Kal'tsit felt herself standing on the ground again, and the feeling of falling into the ocean seemed like an illusion.

Kal'tsit gently rubbed her fingers together, feeling the water droplets between them.

Yuzuki smiled at Kal'tsit and said, "Hello, Dr. Kal'tsit, my name is Yuzuki."

"I'm sorry, this child has caused a bit of a commotion." Yuuki stroked the hair of the ghost shark in her arms. "But could you please be quiet for now?"

Yuzuki turned her head slightly to look at Mon3tr, which was constantly roaring: "And you too, please keep quiet."

After letting out a mournful cry while being stared at by Yuuki, Mon3tr fell silent.

Seeing that the two had quieted down, Yuuki nodded, reached out and gently lifted the clothes on Ghost Shark's back, stroking her spine.

Kal'tsit stared intently at Yuu-yue. She was now absolutely certain that the other party was neither a newborn nor a giant beast; even a giant beast would have difficulty achieving what had just happened.

Moreover, that feeling of the very origin of life is something that no giant beast can possess. Kal'tsit had seen some giant beasts that wielded life as their power, and upon coming into contact with that illusory ocean, she could immediately discern the difference.

But if it's not a newborn creature, and not a giant beast, then what is it? What kind of heinous thing has been born on this land?

Ignoring Kal'tsit's gaze, Yuuki continued stroking Specter's back: "This is a terrible situation..."

Yuuki could sense that a large amount of high-purity Originium solution had been injected into the Ghost Shark's spinal cord. If all of that Originium solution were extracted, it would be enough to infect an entire city, or even just a single drop would be enough to cause hundreds of ordinary Terrans to develop severe infection symptoms.

This Originium solution completely and almost entirely replaced the Specter's spinal fluid. It could be said that if it weren't for the Deepsea Hunter's modification surgery, the Specter would have long since turned into a giant Originium crystal with powerful infection capabilities.

However, the Originium cells injected during the modification surgery have their limits. The Originium solution constantly infected Ghost Shark's nervous system, damaging her physical functions, including her mind.

Compared to other infected individuals, their Oripathy attacks usually follow a certain pattern, and they have time to catch their breath or take painkillers to combat the pain.

But Ghost Shark is different; she is constantly suffering from pain similar to an Oripathy attack, and even painkillers are almost ineffective against her because of her constitution.

“What a strong child…” Yuuki patted Ghost Shark’s head. “Please bear with it for a little while.”

Yuuki slightly adjusted the position of the ghost shark in her arms so that it could lean against her better. Then, Yuuki placed her hand on the place where she sensed the least infection.

Then, to Kal'tsit's astonishment, Yuuki's hand seemed to become transparent as she reached directly into Specter's back.

"Ugh!!!" The moment Yuuki's hand reached in, Ghost Shark, which had been lying quietly in Yuuki's arms, suddenly sprang up.

"It's alright, it's alright." Yuuki tightly restrained the Specter from trying to escape her embrace. Yuuki's hand was gripping the Specter's spine, and if the Specter moved around, Yuuki might lose her grip, which could lead to serious problems.

Not fully awake, Ghost Shark instinctively wanted to get away from the place that was causing him pain, but when he realized he couldn't leave, he subconsciously wrapped his legs tightly around Yuuki's waist and hugged Yuuki with both hands.

To outsiders, it seemed like a heartwarming scene, but from Yuuki's perspective, Ghost Shark was using far too much force.

If Yuuki isn't mistaken, Ghost Shark might not be asking for a hug, but rather wants to kill whatever is causing her pain—that is, Yuuki.

If Specter's hand hadn't been stuck in place, he probably wouldn't have been hugging Yuuki; he would have put his hand directly on Yuuki's neck instead.

"Hmm?" Yuzuki looked down slightly at the ghost shark that was tearing at her neck.

Well, it seems her neck couldn't escape the Ghost Shark's clutches after all.

"Sigh..." Yuzuki sighed helplessly. She didn't mind Ghost Shark doing this, as long as it made her feel at ease.

Yuuki refocused her attention on the Specter's back; the patient was more important than her.

Yuzuki slowly guided the Originium solution into her liquefied hands, while simultaneously using water to gently peel away the fine Originium crystals clinging to her spine.

After treating a small area, Yuuki began to remove the infected tissue.

"Ugh...?" Under the torment of repeated pain, Ghost Shark gradually became more awake, but his eyes remained lifeless.

Yuuki noticed the Ghost Shark raising its head. At this moment, Yuuki had no time to be distracted; she had to help the Ghost Shark recover little by little from the infected tissue she had removed.

This job is incredibly tiring, but if it's not done properly, it won't be medical treatment, it will be an accident, just like Ghost Shark's legs that are now hanging limply.

After a while, Yuuki finally pulled her hand out of the Ghost Shark's body. Yuuki looked at the bright yellow substance in her transparent hand, which was the Originium solution that Yuuki had extracted from the Ghost Shark's body.

As for the Originium fragments that were cleared away, they were completely ground up by Yuuki with water and turned into fine dust, which Yuuki also carried away. Looking at the Originium solution in her hand, Yuuki casually flicked her wrist, and the water ball containing the Originium solution was flung out.

After finishing with the Originium solution in her hands, Yuuki removed the Specter that was still clinging to her and placed it on the hospital bed beside her.

"Hello, Miss Specter." Yuuki looked into Specter's eyes and raised her hand in greeting.

"Greetings to you, Ocean, my supreme Lord." Ghost Shark looked at Yuuki, his normally dull eyes now revealing a light of faith.

Yuuki nodded, then gently lifted Ghost Shark's left knee: "Don't be tense, relax your lower body muscles."

After a while, Yuuzuki nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, let's leave the first phase of treatment here. You need..."

"Thank you, beautiful doctor?" Just as Yuuki put Ghost Shark's leg down, Ghost Shark suddenly sat up, hooked her arm around Yuuki's neck and pulled her closer, then whispered softly in her ear.

Before Yuuki could do anything, Skadi rushed forward, looking at Specter lying on the bed with surprise: "Shark, you're awake?"

"Skadi, you've brought me back an amazing doctor." Specter smiled as Skadi approached, glancing at Yuuki beside her.

“She’s not…” Skadi opened her mouth, but couldn’t think of a way to explain.

“I know, I know, it’s really amazing…” Specter lay on the hospital bed looking at Yuuki who had gone out with Kal’tsit.

————Medical Department Corridor————

Yuuki figured that Specter and Skadi must have a lot to talk about, so she tactfully pulled Kal'tsit, who had been staring at her from the very beginning, out of the ward.

"Let me formally introduce myself." Yuuki took out her Penguin Logistics employee badge from her clothes. "I am Yuuki, a medical operator at Penguin Logistics. Nice to meet you, Dr. Kal'tsit."

Kal'tsit glanced at the name tag on Yuuki's hand and the armband on her trench coat, wondering what kind of trouble the Emperor was up to this time, and then stepped back slightly and bowed, saying, "You know, that's not the identity I want to know."

Upon hearing Specter's address to Yuuki, Kal'tsit slowly formed a bold, even somewhat absurd, guess.

But as soon as this conjecture arose, a tremendous sense of trust in Kal'tsit welled up within her.

Yuuki smiled at Kal'tsit: "What if I said it's just as you think?"

"……ocean."

Yuuki looked at Kal'tsit and just smiled. The feathers on her head had somehow transformed into dragon horns, and the dragon tail behind her slid freely across the ground.

Kal'tsit looked at Yuuki's appearance and sighed. Her suspicions were confirmed, and Kal'tsit finally knew what kind of heinous thing had been born on this land.

The ocean, a vital component of the planet Terra, gave birth to a will.

Kal'tsit opened her mouth, as if she had a thousand words in her heart, yet she seemed unable to say anything at all.

“That identity isn’t particularly important to me, but of course it would be very important to you, right?” Yuuki switched back to her Liberi form, smiled at Kal'tsit who seemed hesitant to speak, and said, “For me, I’m more of a doctor.”

Yuuki patted Kal'tsit on the shoulder: "However, there is another problem you can rest assured about."

Kal'tsit was silent for a moment before nodding. Yes, the problem with Hai Si should be solved, but the problem is that now there is an even bigger problem!

"Okay, okay, don't worry about it so much. I'm a doctor, which is good for you all."

"..." Kal'tsit looked at Yuuki for a long time without saying a word, then sighed and nodded, "I understand. You are a doctor, which is good for everyone."

"Is that so?" Yuuki smiled, then looked around the corner of the corridor. "Looks like someone's worried about Dr. Kal'tsit."

Upon hearing this, Kal'tsit turned her head and saw a pair of brown rabbit ears peeking out from around the corner. Then, a girl peeked out from around the corner and looked at Kal'tsit.

"Amiya, how did you get in here?" Kal'tsit frowned as she looked at Amiya.

“Dr. Kal'tsit has been here for an hour and there’s been no movement. I’m very worried.” Amiya walked out from around the corner and looked at Kal'tsit.

“Here…” Kal’tsit wanted to explain to Amiya that it was dangerous here, but then she saw Yuuki beside her and said, “Never mind, it’s nothing. How much did you hear?”

"You heard everything, Miss Yuzuki's true identity." Amiya nodded to Kal'tsit and then turned to Yuzuki. "Hello, Miss Yuzuki or Miss Xinyi."

"Hello, Miss Amiya, just call me Yuzuki." Yuzuki smiled and extended her hand to Amiya, then looked at Kal'tsit, "Look, this little bunny knows more than you do."

“Hmm, little rabbit and stuff…” Amiya also reached out and held Yuzuki’s hand, “Please don’t call me that, Miss Yuzuki.”

"Okay~ I understand, Miss Amiya~" Yuzuki reached out and rubbed Amiya's head, then suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, I don't need this, do you want it?"

A clump of water floating in the air drifted over, and Amiya looked at it and asked, "Miss Yuzuki, what is this?"

"A small portion of high-purity Originium solution extracted from the Ghost Shark's body." Yuuki pointed to the bright yellow liquid in the center of the water clump. "I can't use this stuff."

“Hmm…” Amiya turned to look at Kal'tsit beside her. After Kal'tsit nodded, Amiya looked at Yuuki and said, “Then I’ll have to trouble you, Dr. Yuuki.”

Yuuki nodded, reached out and touched the water ball. The water ball quickly froze at the point of contact, trapping the Originium solution in the middle. Yuuki then casually tossed it to Kal'tsit.

After watching Kal'tsit catch the bag, Yuuki turned and walked back into the ward: "Then you two talk, I'll go see my patient."

Kal'tsit sighed helplessly as she looked at the ice puck, then put it in her pocket. As for its safety, Kal'tsit felt that even if she threw the ice puck into lava, it wouldn't melt, so there was no need to worry about it now.

“I really don’t know what to say to describe the madness of this land.” Kal’tsit looked at the ward. “Even the ocean has given birth to its own will.”

"I think Miss Yuzuki is a good person."

Kal'tsit nodded. She didn't doubt Amiya's judgment, but still cautioned, "But the good and evil of gods cannot be judged simply, Amiya."

“I understand, Dr. Kal'tsit,” Amiya nodded and said, “but as Miss Yuuki said, she is a doctor, which is good for us all.”

Chapter 59: Lure the Shark