As soon as she finished speaking, Miss Kexi appeared in the corridor. She had long blue hair and wore a clean and simple black dress.

This was the girl Ella had met on the merchant ship earlier, who had participated in the ghost ship search and rescue with Ye Xiao.

"Okay... I guess I shouldn't have called you by your name. I've been calling you by your name a lot these past few days and I just realized it."

The plump female doctor scratched her head apologetically.

"It's nothing, it's not a big problem..."

Miss Kexi shook her head and gave Jenny a friendly smile. "This is my real name, which is actually unknown to the secret order I'm really hiding from."

"As for those people from earlier, avoiding them was just a precaution, but they themselves shouldn't have any hostility."

As Miss Kexi spoke, she walked to the window in the lobby, lifted the curtain, and peeked out through a small gap. She saw a crow sitting quietly on the clothesline, watching them. "Hmm... but it seems she has still caught her attention."

"Would it be bad if someone noticed?"

Jenny looked worried.

"That won't happen."

Miss Kexi lowered the curtains and gently patted Jenny's shoulder to comfort her. "Miss Jenny, thank you for taking me in. I hope it won't cause you any trouble."

"How could that be? I have never met such an excellent doctor as you."

Dr. Jenny nodded. "Everyone who comes here has some troubles on their hands. Since I accepted your participation, I was certainly prepared."

"In fact, I should thank you. Without your help, I probably wouldn't have been able to handle many of the patients I've encountered these past few days."

Miss Kexi smiled in response, “Speaking of which, I should probably go check on the patient in room six again.”

“Go ahead, I’ll go with you,”

Jenny sighed and followed Miss Kexi to her side. "I don't know what's going on, but recently more and more people are getting that pustular skin disease."

Could it be due to pollution from the steam plant?

Miss Kexi asked, “Many of the patients seem to work in factories… I’ve heard from some places that the fossil fuels being used in some steam plants are harmful to the human body.”

"I don't know either, but this has never happened before."

As the two talked, they arrived at a room at the end of the corridor. This clinic was relatively large and clean for the shantytown, but one could imagine that the environment was not very good.

This small room, known as "Room Six," was so simple and cramped. Although it was used as a ward, it was easy to see that it was converted from a storage room. In the stone-walled space without even windows, there was only a wooden frame covered with a dirty oilcloth that could barely serve as a bed, on which lay a patient whose body was half wrapped in bandages.

The part of the patient's body exposed under the bandage was covered with pale yellow pustules like a honeycomb.

"Oh, God of Light above."

Seeing the patient's appearance, Jenny clutched her chest and said, "Miss Kexi, I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you to go to the pharmacy on the second floor and prepare some more herbal medicine. His condition seems to have worsened a bit."

"no problem."

Miss Kexi nodded and went up to the second floor.

Although this clinic is the only one in the entire shantytown, it currently only has two staff members: Dr. Jenny and Miss Kesey.

Therefore, the second floor, accessible by the wooden stairs, was completely silent, with only two alchemy tables and several rows of wooden cabinets filled with various glass bottles containing strange and unusual materials.

Miss Kexi followed Jenny's instructions, found the ingredients needed to prepare the herbs next to a row of wooden cabinets, and then crushed them in a mortar with a wooden mallet.

Sunlight streamed through the slanted window covered with butter paper from the ceiling, casting a hazy glow in the empty room and illuminating Miss Kexi's solitary figure as she worked.

She had initially intended to hide in the clinic temporarily before heading west to Aslan.

But as she stayed for the next few days, she found herself gradually getting used to the days of helping patients with Jenny.

She is not actually a doctor, but she did have a dream of becoming one a long time ago.

Looking at the dark green herbal powder in the medicine mortar, Miss Kexi smiled. It seemed that she still preferred the feeling of saving people.

"If only I could have become a doctor back then..."

"What a surprise! Can these words really come from the mouth of a follower of the Mother of Arthritis?"

The cold voice that suddenly came from somewhere made Miss Dexie tremble.

She turned around abruptly, her brows furrowed, and exclaimed in surprise, "Who!?!"

The second floor was dimly lit, with the only source of light being the slanted window covered with oil paper. Apart from the dim light falling on the alchemy table against the wall where Miss Kexi was, the surrounding wooden cabinets were hidden in shadow, with only their outlines faintly visible.

A bead of cold sweat appeared on her forehead. Leaning against the alchemy table, she nervously scanned her surroundings. "Stop hiding! Come out here if you dare!"

"Pfft hahaha!"

A high-pitched laugh, melodious yet tinged with madness, echoed in the room. "Who would have thought that the executioner of the Samuel Order would ever live in fear?"

"Have you been living a peaceful life for too long, making you really think you can live like an ordinary person?"

"Shut up, I'm not a member of the Secret Order!"

Miss Kexi's Adam's apple bobbed slightly. "I don't know who you are, but if you're looking for revenge against the Samuel's Order, I'm not the person you're looking for!"

"Is that so, Miss 'Dr. Dort'?"

"Do those people who have their organs removed while lying on your operating table think the same way?"

The moment she heard the name "Dort," Miss Kexi's beautiful face turned deathly pale. "I... but I never did those things! I am..."

"Actually, they were spies planted in Loren by the Federal Duchy of Tedeh."

The voice, seemingly both deranged and melodious, continued, "I know, don't worry, Dr. Dort, I know you better than you think."

Miss Kexi's expression softened somewhat. "Since you know about this, then..."

Before she could finish speaking, a cold glint suddenly flashed from behind her.

Bright red blood splattered onto the alchemy table in an instant, but fortunately, at the critical moment, Miss Kexi, who was also quite skilled, rolled on the ground to avoid the deadly blade, leaving only a deep red wound on her snow-white back.

She knelt on the ground, astonished to see a figure shrouded in a black cloak slowly emerge from the wall like a ghost.

Beneath her pale mask emanated a high-pitched, ethereal voice, brimming with murderous intent, belonging to a young girl.

"But that doesn't mean... your sins can be wiped clean, Dr. Dort. Pay the price for your filthy soul!!"

Chapter 119 Hatred

"Ok?"

Ella, who was walking with Van Helsing and the others, suddenly frowned.

Through the crow familiar perched on the clothesline under the eaves of Jenny's clinic, she vaguely heard some strange noises.

Without much hesitation, she let the crow flap its wings and fly to the top of the clinic, landing above the only slanted window.

The crow lowered its head, but its vision was blocked by a thin layer of oil paper pasted on the inside of the window, and it could only see some blurry shadows flashing.

But then, a sharp sound of a wooden cabinet overturning and glass shattering suddenly came from inside the window, along with a scream that sounded like a cry for help.

The sound was clearly not right, so Ella stopped worrying and simply waved her hand. Several raven familiars that had been lurking in the vicinity immediately soared into the sky, forming a small black storm that rushed down from above.

"Snapped"

The glass window shattered with a crash, and several crows scurried into the house.

Inside, on the old floor lay a collapsed wooden cabinet and shards of glass gleaming white. A glaring, bright red bloodstain ran down to the base of the wall. A pale-faced blue-haired girl, clutching her abdomen, sat slumped there, blood gushing uncontrollably from between her fingers like a burst dam.

A figure draped in a cloak stood before the girl. From the wide, black sleeves, a strange blade, made of white bone, emerged, with beads of crimson blood still dripping from its edge.

The moment she saw the crow burst through the window, a glimmer of hope finally shone in Miss Kexi's almost dimmed eyes, who was already severely injured. "Save me!"

She had no time to consider any further explanation, even if it might arouse suspicion from the Raven Manipulators.

"Heh, you're in pretty good luck."

A chilling laugh emanated from beneath the cloaked figure's ghostly white mask. Then, the eerie figure actually stopped attacking Miss Kexi and instead turned its head slightly, its eerie gaze meeting that of the raven familiar.

In that brief moment of eye contact, Ella, through her shared experience with the raven familiar, saw what appeared to be endless hatred in those dark eyes.

“False saint, your hypocrisy is disgusting.”

"You've gained your empty fame by trying to save these scumbags, but I'll drag your soul down to hell sooner or later!"

Good grief, why does this guy hate me so much?

Ella was slightly taken aback. She had only been in this place for a few days, so where did this inexplicable deep-seated hatred come from?

And how did she even know that the crow familiar was mine?

Before Ella could make a move, the cloaked figure uttered those two harsh words and then instantly dissolved into a pool of blood, falling onto the solid ground and disappearing without a trace.

Seemingly knowing that killing Miss Kexi would not be so easy after Ella's raven familiar appeared, the cloaked figure didn't even bother to finish her off and simply disappeared.

Several crows hurriedly flew to Miss Kexi's side, who was on the verge of death. She had a grotesque crisscross wound on her abdomen, and the excessive blood loss meant that ordinary medical treatment was no longer possible.

Without further hesitation, Ella manipulated her raven familiar, covered in tiny tentacles, to flap its wings and graze onto the girl's soft, blood-soaked abdomen.

Unexpectedly, Miss Kexi seemed to know what the crow was trying to do, and consciously moved her hand away, exposing the bleeding wound.

Then, accompanied by Miss Kexi's painful groan, the crow burrowed its head into the bloody gash in her belly, flapping its thick wings, and gradually squeezed its body, which was about the size of two fists, inside.

The dark blue ends of her hair rested on the girl's pale face, which was covered in cold sweat. Dense, tiny tentacles emerged from the wound on her swollen abdomen, gradually weaving the torn flesh together like a loom.

On the other side, Ella also stopped and said goodbye to Van Hessin and the others before darting into a side alley.

"Hey!"

Van Helsing was about to offer a reminder when Orfindo, who was with Ella, stopped him, saying, "Detective, please don't worry about it. We'll just go ahead."

"...Are you sure it's okay? This area is a refugee community, after all, it's not very safe."

"If the young lady says not to follow her, then there's no need."

Since even the other party's entourage had said so, Van Hessin couldn't say anything more and could only send the remaining people to the location of Liam's "uncle" provided in Jenny's file.

Ella found an empty alley, casually opened a portal, stepped inside, and arrived on the second floor of Jenny's clinic.

Miss Kexi, who was sitting against the wall, had completely "digested" the healing tentacles. Her abdomen, under her tattered clothes, was flat and smooth, and it was hard to believe that such a terrible wound had just existed.

Upon seeing Ella appear, Miss Kexi forced a smile on her slightly flushed face. "Thank you for your help... Your Excellency."

"I've seen you on a merchant ship. Just who are you?"

Ella crossed her arms, her crimson eyes peering scrutinize through her veil. "Who was that person just now?"

"It's a long story..."

At this point, Miss Kexi knew she couldn't hide it any longer. "But please let me deal with Miss Jenny first."

Before he could finish speaking, Jenny's shouts came from the stairwell.

"What happened, Miss Kexi?! I heard a loud commotion upstairs!"

"Something unexpected happened..."

Miss Kexi originally intended to say that she had just tripped and fallen, but after looking at the mess around her and the blood all over the floor, she felt that the excuse seemed a bit too fake.

"What happened? Do you need my help?!"

As Jenny spoke, she walked up the stairs. Taking advantage of this, Ella used Teleportation to lock onto a raven familiar that had flown to the roof with an anchor point and slipped up.

The portal from Lucyville has no distance limit, but you still need to gesture with your hands and make a stepping motion; the teleportation illusion has a distance limit, but at close range, you can activate it instantly by simply saying a word, which is much more convenient and agile.

"Oh God of Light! What has happened here?!"

As expected, Jenny screamed upon seeing the mess on the second floor, but she quickly noticed Miss Kexi leaning against the wall. Ignoring the shards of glass scattered on the floor, she ran over with a worried expression, "Kexi!? What happened to you? Are you alright!?"

"I'm fine... There was an attack here. Jenny, you should go report it to the police station right away. I'll go downstairs and bandage myself."

"Oh my god, how could this happen?! Oh no, your clothes are covered in blood! Let me bandage you up..."

"I'm okay, I'm really okay, Jenny! Quickly report to the police station, don't let the criminal get away!"

Miss Kexi persuaded her at length, even standing up and taking a few steps, before Jenny finally felt relieved and hurried out to find the police station.

Chapter 120 Secret Envoy of the Duchy

After seeing Dr. Jenny leave, Ella used Teleportation to return to the second floor.

"So, can you explain the current situation? I have this feeling that you seem to know me quite well?"

Miss Kexi met Ella's sharp gaze and shrugged helplessly. "Let me tell you about the person who just attacked me... As far as I know, she is probably the 'Ripper' that the Royal Police are currently looking for."

"how do you know?"

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