Before Yukinoshita Yukino could say anything, the scales on her hand felt slightly warm. Then, in her eyes, the lump suddenly twisted, and a strange human face emerged, showing a silent, hideous grin at the girl...

Chapter 296: Contagion.

When Yukinoshita Yukino wanted to take a closer look, Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly stopped her.

"Okay, don't get too close to me."

"At this point, sister, are you still saying this?"

Yukino looked at Haruno, who had already put on her clothes, in disbelief.

In fact, Yukino had felt in the past that although her sister seemed very affectionate on the surface, she always kept a vague sense of distance from her.

It's just that in the past, Yukino felt a certain degree of inferiority because she couldn't catch up with her sister, so she didn't hate the other person's sense of distance, but instead thought it was normal.

Now that she had stepped half a foot into the supernatural realm, although Yukino still couldn't get rid of that feeling of inferiority - or rather, because she had no talent for magic, so in front of Li Mo and other people in the Ministry of Magic, that feeling of inferiority was a little heavier - but at least she no longer had the idea of ​​keeping a distance from her sister.

So when she saw that Haruno was already terminally ill and was still resisting her approach, Yukino's sensitive heart couldn't help but feel a little hurt.

"It's not what you think..."

In a sense, Yang No, who knew her sister quite well, saw that Yukino was about to cry beneath her pretended strength. Knowing that she had misunderstood, she couldn't help but sigh: "This thing might be contagious. At this point, it's best to keep a safe distance from me."

"Contagious...wait, didn't the news say this thing isn't contagious?"

Yukino frowned.

"So you're too naive, Yukino. Do you still believe the news from the island country?"

Yang Nai changed to a more comfortable position without any concern, leaned on the hospital bed, and said calmly while basking in the sun.

Yukino knew very well that her sister must have her reasons for saying that.

Thinking of the hideous face on the lump, Xueno pulled out the accompanying chair and sat next to Yangno despite her objection.

"I want to know what happened."

"I've already said that at this point, does this matter still matter?"

Yang Nai looked at her sister who had suddenly entered a rebellious phase with dissatisfaction. She said earnestly: "I am already very happy that Xiao Xue Nai can come to visit me. Otherwise, we can talk about the rest over the phone--"

"Then you won't be able to hear the truth."

Xueno rejected her sister's request without any hesitation: as for the phone, she could hang up whenever she wanted, and the rhythm of the conversation was completely controlled by the other party. Such negotiations would definitely not achieve the desired goal.

"Yukino!"

Haruno shouted in a stern voice that was rare even in Yukino's memory: "Listen to me and get out!"

Yukino's chest heaved violently, obviously angry at her sister's tough attitude, but she also understood very well that Haruno said that because she was worried about infecting herself. For a moment, she didn't even know where to vent her anger.

However, after being criticized by Li Mo so many times, Xue No has become quite good at adjusting her mood.

She quickly regained her composure and looked at Yang Noi lying on the hospital bed. Although she tried her best to hide her appearance, it was easy to see that she had become much more haggard. It was obvious that she was not able to accept the fact that she had a terminal illness as calmly as she appeared to be.

I'm afraid that in the few short days since the diagnosis, she has already felt fear, pain and despair, and finally, like her usual self, she once again put on the mask of "coexisting peacefully with the impending death."

"Don't worry, I can guarantee that no matter whether this strange disease is contagious or not, I will be fine."

Xue Noi comforted her. After weighing the pros and cons, she continued, "Although you may not believe it, this disease may not be incurable..."

"Don't take any chances—"

“It wasn’t a fluke.”

Yukino interrupted Haruno, who was trying to persuade her, and said firmly, "'I'll be fine' is just stating the facts."

Because just now, she had activated the three [Scales] that Li Mo gave her.

Now she can resist, isolate and reject everything she doesn't want.

Be it disease or curse, everything is no different from a speck of dust in front of [Scale].

Yang Nai looked at the expression on her sister's face and suddenly felt that she seemed a little unfamiliar.

"I should have stopped Mom from telling you about this..."

She muttered something and felt that she seemed to have become a lot weaker after she fell ill.

Seeing that Yukino had no intention of backing down, Yukinoshita Haruno had no choice but to tell her everything that had happened to her not long ago.

In fact, it was nothing special. It was just that the granddaughter of a business tycoon who had originally cooperated with the Yukinoshita family suddenly fell ill. So Yukinoshita Haruno, as a representative of the Yukinoshita family who relied on the tycoon's resources both in politics and business, naturally went to the other's home to visit the patient and expressed concern and hope for her recovery.

When we arrived at the other person's house, we found out that he was suffering from the recently controversial acute necrosis of connective tissue system.

So what he could express could only be changed to regret that she had this terminal illness.

It seems that there is no problem if we only get here.

But the key point is that when Yukinoshita Haruno visited the sick little girl, the girl who looked so fragile, as if she would disappear from the world like the foam in the Little Mermaid at any time, suddenly opened her eyes, her face full of pain.

"...Don't... come near me."

she said so.

At that time, Yukinoshita Haruno thought that the other party was just shy of strangers, or had a strange disease that made him resist visits from strangers.

But what horrified her was what the other party said next.

"It...it wants to go to where you are..."

The girl said in pain: "Quick, run away..."

Not long after this, Yukinoshita Haruno discovered a lump on her back.

I didn't take it seriously at first, but after just a few days, the lump grew to its current size at an alarming rate.

A few days later, someone said that a girl had grown on the lump, and Yukinoshita Haruno believed it.

Hey, could this be the truth behind the high mortality rate?

"Is this the time to make such a joke?!"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at her sister and said speechlessly.

"I've told you everything you wanted to know, so now it's almost time for the good kids to go home and sleep."

Yang No looked at Xue No, as if she wanted to imprint her sister's appearance in her eyes forever: "From today on, don't come here again unless there is something special—"

"My sister's illness may be curable."

Xue No suddenly interrupted her. The girl gently rubbed the [Scale Flash Mark] on herself that Li Mo had imprinted on her, and said with certainty, "If my confidence was only 50% just now, it's at least 80% now."

Chapter 297 Happy New Year.

The moment Li Mo walked into the hospital, the smell of disinfectant pierced his nostrils like an ice blade.

When I first sensed that Yukino had activated [Scale Flash Pattern], I thought she was in trouble. Just as I was about to rush over, I received a text message from her.

Well, in a sense, the girl was indeed in trouble. At least the girl seemed to have decided where to use the "favor" that Li Mo had promised her.

He glanced at the map of departments and inpatient departments on the wall, then turned and walked towards the corridor next to him.

The ceiling lights in the corridor cast a cloudy halo on the frosted ceiling, as if someone had poured the sticky sunset light of dusk into this dark white corridor.

Unlike the relatively popular diagnosis and treatment department, the inpatient department of the expensive private clinic is more deserted, and the only sound comes from the sound of rollers rolling over the floor tiles in the corner.

"excuse me."

A nurse pushing an instrument cart hurried past him on his right. The surgical forceps and bone saw on the cart frame made a crisp vibration when they collided. He could also faintly hear the monotonous ticking sound of the electrocardiograph in the ward not far away.

Li Mo never liked the atmosphere in the hospital, and this was especially true today. In addition to the low pressure created by the patients' worries about their future, there was also an inexplicable, indescribable malice flowing in the air.

He stopped and looked at the door in front of him.

Room 404 was exactly where Yukinoshita Yukino asked him to come.

It is also the source of the malice that permeates the air.

He did not rush in rashly - it was not because he was afraid of malicious intent. After all, something that even the [Scale Flash Pattern] he left for Yukinoshita Yukino could not break through, naturally posed no threat to him, the holder of the authentic magic spell [Scale]. Mainly because he was afraid of scaring off the source of the malicious intent, so that the other party would run away and he would have to engage in a chase that he was not good at - he just stood at the door and knocked on the door frame.

After a while, Yukinoshita Yukino walked out of the room.

"What is the specific situation?"

He looked at the girl and found that she didn't seem to have any worry on her face. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Didn't they say your sister is sick? Why don't you look worried at all?"

Is this really just fake sisterhood?

Yukinoshita Yukino methodically told Li Mo in detail about her sister's condition, including how she became infected.

In fact, when Yukino first thought that Yangno was suffering from a terminal illness, she was indeed worried and anxious. After all, she didn't know whether Li Mo's supernatural power could cure other people's diseases.

However, when she realized that her sister was not sick but was possessed by some strange thing, she felt relieved.

Perhaps for ordinary people, being possessed by this supernatural being is a more unsolvable situation than being sick.

But for Yukinoshita Yukino, who knew about the existence of Li Mo, a powerful weapon against supernatural special attacks, solving strange things has a much higher success rate than curing diseases...

"A lump with a human face..."

Li Mo touched his chin. It seemed that the source of the malice should be the thing that Xue No mentioned. The overflowing malice should be this weird way and medium to find or "infect" other people.

In that case, this thing probably isn't the type that can grow legs and run away.

"How is your sister?"

Li Mo said: "I don't really want to involve other Muggles in our world, so I definitely can't show her the treatment process... If it really doesn't work, then I can only..."

He stretched out his palm and made a knife-like gesture, gesturing to chop her off. "We'll just have to knock her out first."

"You still have this..."

Apparently, Yukinoshita Yukino had also seen the kung fu movies from the University of Tokyo. After all, at one point in time, martial arts movies from Hong Kong and Taiwan were quite popular in this island nation: "Is it really that scary to remove putty?"

“Although I haven’t put it into practice, I think it’s pretty much the same.”

Li Mo said confidently: "As long as I chop him one... three... no, at most fifty times, I can definitely knock him out!"

"Rather than being able to knock her out, I'm more worried about her cervical spine..."

Xue Noi held her forehead with her hand and sighed helplessly: "There's no need to do such unnecessary things. My sister has already taken the medicine and is asleep."

"That's great."

"The expression on your face wasn't 'great' at all, but rather one of regret that you didn't get the chance to do it."

"What evidence do you have?"

"Anyway, put your knife down first."

After entering the ward, the two people's childish argument came to an end.

Li Mo looked at the girl on the hospital bed. Compared to the girl he saw at the Founder's Festival, the sleeping Yukinoshita Haruno was less sunny and cheerful than she pretended to be, and her pale face showed a hint of fragility.

After a moment of silence, Li Mo looked at Xue No beside him.

The girl gave him a questioning look in return.

"No, there's no point in me looking at her face. Show me that lump on her body!"

Seeing that he and the other party had no tacit understanding, Li Mo helplessly pointed out: "Could it be those two on her chest?"

"...Although it was indeed my fault for being a little slow to react, I don't think it's appropriate to tell dirty jokes at this time."

"No, I'm just stating the facts. As your sister, it's normal for her to be suspected of having two lumps on her chest, right?"

"Can I hit you?"

The girl whose reputation was harmed glanced at Li Mo and said.

"Then my favor will be repaid."

Li Mo turned his face to the side, facing the girl, with an annoying look as if saying "Come on, come here and hit me".

Yukino took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling slightly.

But that's how it is in a seller's market. No matter how angry she was, she had to swallow her anger for the time being. She puffed out her cheeks like a squirrel, turned over the soundly sleeping Yukinoshita Haruno, lifted up her hospital gown, and revealed the lump.

Beneath the surface that ordinary people cannot see, the hideous face on the lump seems to be roaring and shouting something.

It was indeed a bit scary at first glance, but Li Mo didn't react to it. He just took off his glasses and activated the truth vision - it was not difficult to deal with the opponent, whether it was to cut off the opponent through [scales], or to burn the opponent with [candle], or even directly turn it into a snake.

But that would just be 'curing a strange disease'.

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