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"Besides, I think having someone to eat cake with her will make her feel better. A better mood will also help her recover. A healthy and joyful heart is the best medicine."

Hearing this, Strangling's pupils shrank slightly.Then it returned to its original state again.

Strangled for a while, a little absent-minded.

... It's not just Xiaoya.he thought.

He also waited for a long time.

I have been waiting for more than ten years...or in other words, I have been waiting for 28 years.

This is the first time in his life that someone is willing to sit down and eat cake with him.

"—Yo, Nobita."

At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open by someone: "Do you mind sharing your cake with more people?"

Before that, he didn't hear any sound from Strangling, so he subconsciously tightened his body, and the bottom of his pupils lit up with a golden glow.

But almost the next moment, he recognized the owner of that lazy and indifferent voice.

"...Bad one, what did you do just now?"

Hang Kill said coldly, but his tightly furrowed brows subconsciously relaxed slightly.

Although the relationship with this man is not good... But I have to say, this is a reliable bastard who is trustworthy and worthy of delivery.

If there is no inferior, I am afraid he is dead.His mana will always run out, his mind will always wear out, but those drones are endless.

It doesn't matter if he dies, but if he continues to resist, the ever-increasing explosive power may spread to the clinic and hurt Xiaoya who was just rescued by him.

——It wasn't that she couldn't get hurt, or that he cared about the girl so much.It's just that he just sacrificed his life to save her, if he was injured, died, or killed the doctor so that he couldn't get timely medical treatment, wouldn't he die in vain?

It's definitely not how important she is to him, it's just that he doesn't want the value of his life to become meaningless because of this.

Because of this, strangulation is very grateful to the inferior.

But he soon discovered that the inferior man did not close the door after opening it, but continued to walk forward.

Immediately after walking in was Strangling, who was somewhat familiar...but not too familiar.

It was the husband and wife of the Minister of Special Implementation—Ultramarine and Delphinium.

The most senior executive officers of [Qing] and [Cui] ​​are also the top executives of the Fuji Society.

And another identity of Qun Qing is the barber's most trustworthy friend... He is also one of the two founders of the Fuji Society, an important person who holds the same shares and is the number one shareholder.Without Ultramarines, the Fuji Society would not have been so easily laundered.It is also impossible for him to walk in the upper city of Happy Island openly.

but……

Why are they on Yongquan Island?

According to the previous statement, didn't they go to Sogo Island?

So Strangling bowed respectfully to the two: "Mr. Qunqing, Ms. Delphinium."

"You have to thank me, Mahavira."

The inferior shrugged, and opened the cake on his own: "I'm going to get you a sponsor.

"With the two of them, we can afford any level of surgery and how much money we have."

"Indeed."

Russell looked at Miss Mermaid who was lying on the bed, and gave her a gentle and pitiful smile: "If necessary, I can also come to replace her prosthetic body in person. I made a nerve connection for the delphinium's tail. It only took half an hour to solve it."

Hang Hang just frowned—because of Russell's age, it seemed too unreliable.In his perception, the best prosthetic doctor must be at least 50 or [-] years old.

If you are too young, you will suspect that you do not have enough experience and level; but it is not good if you are too old. If you are too old, your hands may shake and you may not have enough energy.

However, the prosthetic doctor looked at Russell in surprise.

"...Are you, Mr. Russell?"

He wiped his hands on his clothes, and extended his hand to Russell enthusiastically: "Xiaosheng has heard of your name—my code name is 'Zymogen'! 'Kwai Lily' is a wonderful invention! In the case of multiple neurons, the number of interfaces processed at the same time is doubled!"

"That's the result of me and my mentor..."

Russell said modestly.

"No, no, Xiaosheng knows that Ms. Sally Ruth is just a name! Ms.'s research direction is not to improve neural efficiency and safety. Her old man's research direction mainly focuses on network security. The prosthetic body is just a lady's interest... …she prefers to study groundbreaking, irreplaceable special prosthetics.

"As for 'Kui Lily', as the first batch of prosthetic bodies of the 'Astrologer Agreement', its thinking is obviously oriented towards the market—or rather towards users. Xiaosheng can feel that it is called 'Order' Beauty! The beauty that can only be discovered by researchers at Sogo University! Whether it is the hot-swappable switch of the same part or cross-type prosthetic body, or the integration of plug-ins, and the most important thing is to reduce mental loss... Currently, "Kwai Lily" It has been put into production for eight months, and the number of cyber psychosis caused by the addition of 'Kwai Lily' is zero! This means that its loss is lower than that of any prosthetic hand, and it can even reduce mental stress for users who are already on the edge of mental health— —”

The prosthetic doctor code-named "Zymogen" held Russell's hand in both hands, and talked about it endlessly.His eyes lit up.

Russell coughed lightly: "That's no big deal. It looks like a miracle, but in fact it's just that the patient installed a bunch of conflicting protocols and plug-ins. Those conflicting parts are the ones that are most likely to cause mental stress. The Astrologer Protocol All I can do is organize the 'desktop of consciousness', block out what I don't need, and integrate what I need into my own framework."

"This is already remarkable, Mr. Russell...Sorry, I mean——if Xiaoya can hand it over to you, it will be fine! May I ask where you are now?"

"It doesn't have to be handed over to me."

Russell smiled and said: "After all, I really don't know how to perform soul modification surgery. Eliminating the characteristics of soul relatives is essentially the same as adding traits of soul relatives. It belongs to high-tech biotechnology, and it still has to be handed over to Ampoule Biomedical. professional.

"As for where I work..."

"——This lord's codename is 'Qunqing'," Hang Hang said suddenly, "he is one of the two founders of Fuji Society."

"...So that's how it is, that's how it is!"

Zymogen hammered his palm, as if realizing something: "When I said why they pulled me, they would say 'you can meet your idol in the future'——Mr. Russell, you are my idol! Xiaosheng created it just for you Impressed by the beauty of the concept, he switched from the Ampoule Group to the Fuji Society!

"Excuse me, is there anything you want to come to Yongquan Island? Xiaosheng can introduce many people for you—"

"Ah, I'm here to see Mr. Strangled's love affair."

Russell said with a smile: "Let's see what kind of person Mr. Mahavira's first love is. Then come and reimburse the medical expenses for my subordinates..."

Similarly, it is also to eliminate tragedies and fulfill wishes.

If you can't even bring happiness to those around you, how can you bring hope to the world?

"If you really want a pair of legs, Xiaoya. I will find the best doctor for you.

"—So, can you share some of your favorite cakes with us uninvited guests?"

Chapter 99 So strangulation gave up betrayal

"...D-Of course!"

Hearing Russell's words, Xiaoya subconsciously showed a look of joy.

But she suddenly thought of something, glanced at Stretch, with a hesitant and worried look in her eyes: "It's just..."

Russell knew what she was worrying about.

"Don't worry, it won't bother me in any way."

He smiled gently, and said, "Because I am not short of money at all, and I don't need such a thing as 'money' at all. Strangling...... Or, Mr. Mahavira does not need to pay any price for it."

Of course, Hang Ling knew that "Ultramarine" did have the capital to say such things.

But he is somewhat instinctively allergic to this kind of pure kindness——Mahavira grew up in a hostile environment since he was a child, if he easily believes in anyone's "goodwill", he may fall into an irreversible disaster because of this. In the abyss.But now, with his not-so-stupid brain, he can clearly understand that the present is different from the past, and the environment he lives in is fundamentally different from before...

However, things like instinct are not easy to change easily.

He didn't want to be like a hedgehog showing off his spikes, which were useless and would only hurt his friends, but he couldn't help himself either.So he will choose to stay away from the crowd...

Normally, he would unconditionally reject Qunqing's kindness.

Any favor will come at a price—even if the other party has no intention of asking for it, strangulation still needs to find an opportunity to repay the favor and repay the favor.And the heavier the kindness, the harder it is to repay it. If you look for things like "spiritual relative modification surgery" in high-end matches... Even with the knowledge of strangulation, you know that the surgery fee will cost at least hundreds of thousands of credits, and even more than seven figures.This is not counting finding connections with good doctors... It is said that priceless contacts are more expensive than valuable surgery fees.

How could he repay this kind of favor?

He doesn't want to die.So he dare not ask for it.

...But now, this matter involves Xiaoya.Strangling has never done anything for others in his whole life.In order to protect Xiaoya, she sacrificed her life—this was the first time in her life.

For the first time, I didn't retreat, but stood to the end.

It's like some kind of sunk cost.He thought, since Xiaoya had been saved by him at the risk of his life, if she couldn't get happiness, the risk he had paid would be in vain.Even if it's just to make the risk she has paid more valuable, Xiaoya should live with a more magnificent posture.

She wants to get a pair of legs.

——Ashamed to say, strangled really can't appreciate the "fishtail" aesthetic.He is ashamed of his vile and vulgar thoughts...but he really wants to see Xiaoya has a pair of beautiful and fair long legs.And just being aware of the hidden desire in his heart made him angry with himself.

What a beast, me bastard.he thought.

His inner desire overlapped with Xiaoya's thoughts, and he couldn't refuse Qunqing's kindness no matter what.This gave him the illusion of being bound and putting a collar around his neck.This made him feel a touch of sadness... Once upon a time, he would mock those who were pinned down by the company like this?

He thought he was noble, virtuous, and different.

Now it seems that he is just too selfish.Because I don't care about anything, so I have no weakness.

"I agreed for Xiaoya, Mr. Qunqing," he said suddenly, bowing his head slightly to Russell, "I really... thank you very much. Thank you."

Mahavira has never expressed his gratitude to people so formally and solemnly.

This "thank you" weighed more than a thousand catties in his mouth, and he felt like he was kneeling down, which made his face a little red.Fortunately, he has thick white hair on his face, temporarily covering up a little bit of embarrassment.

"If you really want to thank me, please answer my question sincerely, Mr. Mahavira."

Russell looked at Strangling, and said softly: "Please answer from the bottom of your heart, and tell the most truthful answer."

"I swear by my name," Mahavira said slowly after a moment of silence, "I will never lie to you."

"Mr. Mahavira, what do you think of the barber now?"

Russell asked with a smile.

The sly but not annoying smile on his face made Mahavira think he was talking to the barber.

... Ah, speaking of it, Ultramarine and the barber are close friends.

At this time, Mahavira realized this setting belatedly.Although he knew about this matter half a year ago, because these two people had never shown any intimate gestures in front of him, he subconsciously ignored it—or, in other words, he also regarded it as the "ultramarine youth" "The character set played by this hero.

In other words, Mahavir actually thinks that "ultramarine" and "barber" are not that familiar.

He just used a mentality of investment and protection to declare the barber as his friend and the relief society as his power.And there must be his own purpose in it - after all, the so-called "professional heroes" are nothing more than some "stars" and "businessmen".They don't do things that are not good.

But now it seems...they may be real friends.Just like myself and the inferior guy...

Mahavira was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "If you gave me this money to prevent me from betraying the godfather, then you may be disappointed."

"Oh?"

Russell raised his eyebrows and showed a gentle smile: "How should I say it?"

"You should have heard from the godfather that I have said to him many times - 'When he declines, I will betray him', so I am worried about him.

"That's not a lie, and it's not a duplicity."

Mahavira replied calmly: "Even so far, he has not been fully recognized by me. He is not domineering, ambitious and aggressive, nor aggressive enough—if I want to serve from the heart A certain lord, he should show me his almost absurd ambition. The kind of madness that will destroy the world if it is not ruling the world, and will never back down for it.

"Only in the hands of that kind of person can I get peace of mind. Because I can know that he will accept me no matter what-his ambition is too big, so as long as I am useful enough, no matter how bad I am, no matter what I do Whether he is respectful, he must respect me too.

"But... Godfather guy, he's too rational. Unlike us bastards who were born in the mud, his heart is clean but his hands are dirty. This kind of person will never give me a sense of security ...Because I'm not as clean as he is. If I can't change myself, he will eventually give up. He controls it under his command, like raising a watchdog—not to kill someone, but to To guard the gate.

"But I'm not stupid, Mr. Qunqing. I don't think I can change myself... If the watchdog kills the thief, he may be punished or even lose his life. Because that kind of me, at best, is just a dog.

"That's why I want to be king - if I am the leader, then I can give him enough trust, or the highest trust. Just like when he was under my command at the beginning. He will become my brain , I will give him all the power I can give him until there is nothing left to seal.

"—That's why I told him that I will eventually betray him."

Mahavira sighed slowly, as if smoking a cigarette.But he never smokes.

"But I will say this, it's not that I really want to betray him. I never planned to betray him. It's just a safety plan... If one day, someone wants to kidnap him to threaten me, I can escape calmly ——Because I have already declared that, this is not a betrayal. Because I have already declared that I will betray him, so we are not friends."

If it is because of this, the godfather is captured or kidnapped, and he doesn't need to risk his life to save him;

If the godfather is disappointed in him, or decides to punish him, he will not have any position to defend;

If the godfather decides to abandon him who has become useless, he can also pack up his things and leave without feeling sad;

If the godfather died before him, and he could do nothing—no need to feel pain and remorse over it.

——Because they are not that familiar.Because they are not friends, but hidden enemies.

"But I've given up now."

Hang Hang sighed: "I don't want to be a 'king' anymore. I am 29 years old this year, and some people even think I am in my [-]s or [-]s. But now, I have finally left my [-]-year-old boyhood.

"I don't want to care about any path, ambition, or spells. I don't have that kind of confused anger anymore, and I don't need to do anything in the name of the 'White Lion Group' anymore. I just want to have a good time." live...

"Compared with those lofty but empty 'great ambitions', I now have more things I want to do."

As he spoke, he subconsciously looked at Xiaoya.