Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 353 Trial Part 1

On Fenrir Island, in a hospital funded by the beasts, two figures were talking around a specially made extra-large hospital bed.

On the hospital bed in front of them, a blond man lay motionless on his back, his body covered in bandages. His round belly pushed the white medical blanket high, almost touching the ceiling of the ward.

Quinn was awake, but his eyes were still closed, and his consciousness was still somewhat hazy.

My memory ends at the moment Obe inserted the card into that strange box; after the eerie blue light and the earth-shattering roar, all that remained was darkness.

He tried to struggle in the darkness, but he was like a fish stuck in asphalt, unable to move, until he heard two voices intermittently reaching his eardrums.

"In a rush... Knight System... Body... Pineapple Pineapple..."

"That...fat uncle...?"

"...to become...a sacrifice."

"...No, this...is cruel?"

"This is...a necessary...sacrifice; the only option is to give up."

"No!! Don't give up on me, Doctor!"

The chaotic thoughts that had been like paste were swept away, and Quinn suddenly opened his eyes and jumped straight out of the hospital bed!
boom!
The low ceiling was pierced through, and the doctors and patients on the floor above, who were undergoing examinations, stared in horror at the head that had suddenly appeared on the floor, and then...

Eeya—! *n
The piercing scream shattered the entire building, making the "No Talking" signs hanging in the corridors shake violently.
……

"Hey~ Fatty uncle, are you alright?"

Ten minutes later, looking at Quinn, whose old wounds had not healed and who had suffered new ones, Osie, who was squatting next to his head, poked the bump on his head with her finger and asked with some concern.

If she remembered correctly, the gynecology department was located above their floor.

Ok……

No wonder there are so many scratches~
Although this Beasts First Hospital was originally built to treat the wounded of the Beasts, thanks to the strong financial support of the pirate crew, the doctors they hired were not only highly skilled, but also equipped with the most advanced medical equipment... As a result, over time, many townspeople also preferred to come here for treatment when they fell ill.

Initially, as a field hospital, the First Beast Hospital focused only on emergency and trauma surgery...

But later, as more and more people came to see the doctor, especially as the town's residents gradually became the main force seeking medical treatment, all sorts of difficult and complicated diseases were brought up... Of course, those green Pele also followed.

Upon learning of this, Wright simply decided to expand the hospital and increase its enrollment.

He not only recruited all the original doctors in the town, but also brought in doctors from many other specialties, turning the Hundred Beasts Hospital into the island's premier general hospital. Even the legendary gynecologist West Gate was invited to practice there.

With its excellent medical resources, complete diagnostic equipment, and the ever-flowing drug supply from the Beasts Hospital, the First Hospital of the Beasts instantly became a monopolistic industry on the island after the reform.

From knife wounds and gunshot wounds to broken hands and legs, to loss of appetite and irregular periods... in short, whenever people on the island get sick or injured, the first place they think of is the First Hospital of Animals.

It has evolved from being fully funded by the Hundred Beasts' finances at the beginning, to receiving half funding later, and now it is self-sufficient, bringing a large amount of extra income to the Hundred Beasts every year.

Every so often, several corrupt deans and vice-deans had to be executed, which was making Wright increasingly anxious.
……

"Hiss~ No, don't poke it."

"These women are really ruthless!"

"If my handsome face were to be disfigured, it would be a loss to the whole world!"

Quinn slapped Ossie's fingers away, rolled up from the ground, covered his face, pulled out a small mirror from somewhere, and began to examine the wounds on his face.

"Wow~ I can still be vain~ Looks like I'm really alright."

Ossie, who was slapped away, was not angry. Instead, she handed the flowers in her arms to the other person.

"Alright, it's good that you're alright~"

Here, have some money.

"Huh? Flowers?"

Quinn put down the mirror and looked somewhat blankly at the 'flower' that Ossie had brought... The green leaves were covered with a layer of silvery-white fuzz, as if they had been hit by frost, or as if they were infected with some kind of mold.

That's so unlucky!
This doesn't look like flowers that should be given to a patient at all. No, this thing doesn't even have flowers; it's just a bunch of leaves!
Watching Quinn blankly accept the 'flower' he'd casually plucked from the flowerbed outside the hospital, Ossie nodded in satisfaction, then smiled at Obey standing nearby:
"It looks like the chubby uncle is alright now, you can relax, right?"

"Heh~ I've never cared about him. I'm just worried that if he dies, we won't be able to find a suitable test subject."

"But I'm here! I can totally fill in as the enemy and help you with the test~"

"You? I need guinea pigs, not huskies~" "Do you know how much effort it takes me to make a belt? If you, with your heavy-handed nature, chew it up, how much time will that waste?"

"I don't care, you secretly made a knight's belt behind my back, you have to get me one too."

"How about I give you a whole squeeze drive so you can squeeze the air out of your head?"

"..."

……

"Hmm? The wind seems really noisy today~"

Having been urgently recalled to the island, Taolong, on his way to his destination, noticed that the direction of the Beasts Hospital seemed unusually noisy today.
After vaguely hearing gossip such as "Oh my god~ the dean's silver chrysanthemums have been pulled up~", "Shocking! The vice dean's daughter encountered a pervert in sunglasses during her examination~" and "Gynecological expert Dr. West was so frightened that he couldn't see patients, and dozens of women blocked the door shouting for a refund!", Taolong shook his head.

"I never imagined that after so many days away, the island would have become so depraved..."

"It seems that people are unsettled because they know the pirate crew is about to relocate."

Tao Long pondered this in his heart, then smiled again.

Putting aside these people, isn't my own heart also in turmoil right now?
Three days ago, he had just wiped out Yasuke's gang and hadn't even had a chance to catch his breath when he received an urgent message from King, asking him to return to Fenrir immediately.

Tao Long had never encountered this situation before. On the way, he asked Jin, but Jin only said that it was Kaido's order, and it seemed to be specifically aimed at him.

This feeling of being singled out by the teacher and sent to the office after class made Taolong very uneasy.

The anxiety reached its peak when they were told upon arrival on the island that they were not being taken to the council chamber or any other place, but to Ra's residence.

Could it be that they're looking for Miss Rai instead of Kaido?
She hasn't been involved in anything for a long time, and she's hardly ever been seen at any official events with the pirate crew these past few years... Why is she contacting me now?

The sensation of being pulled by the taurine is actually quite wonderful.

When Ra was first admitted to the pirate crew, he was immediately given the status of a senior officer... This was unprecedented in the Beasts.

Many people were indignant about this and wanted to test this young lady, who was rumored to never lift a finger, according to the rules of the pirate crew. Among them, the most indignant was Takayuki himself.

At that time, he was still in his most ambitious and impetuous stage, believing that with his strength and achievements, he would definitely be the next executive in the pirate crew.

Now, Taolong couldn't suppress his resentment at having his coveted cadre position suddenly snatched away by an outsider, a little girl who was completely unknown and only ten years old.

But this resentment and indignation vanished completely the moment he saw La.
What an incredible person he was!
Taolong still remembers the feeling he had when he first caught a glimpse of that golden figure from afar—stunning, perfect, sacred, majestic…making it impossible for him to have any thoughts of being its enemy, whether psychologically or physiologically.

That was beyond my reach; no matter how much time I had, I could never even touch its back.

After that, he lost to Skipgate and once again missed out on the position of executive. Disheartened, he completely fell into despair, stopped participating in any battles, and spent his days drinking in taverns.

That was the darkest moment of my life. I lost all my fighting spirit and ambition, and all I wanted to do was rot away, rotting into a piece of dregs that no one wanted to look at.

But in that darkest moment of his life, a faint ray of light saved him.

When the golden feather, symbolizing a cadre position, was delivered to Taolong, its warm light pulled him out of the mire of self-abandonment.

I felt affirmed; someone like that actually affirmed me!
Tao Long clearly remembers that at the time, his mind went blank for the first time, and then he was enveloped by a huge sense of joy and accomplishment... He ran into the street almost like a madman, shouting to everyone he met that he had become a cadre.

After learning about the rules for ranking cadres, and knowing that his position might change hands and that his own feather might be taken away, he began a self-torturing training regimen.

Even though he knew that all the feathers held by the officers stationed on the island were of the same standard and no different except for the numbers on them, Taolong was determined not to let anyone touch the feather that belonged to him.

For him, the golden feather engraved with the number 'one' was special; it was the light from that feather that revived him from his decay.

Ra's feathers had become a part of his life and soul.

Grasping the half-golden feather pinned to his collar, Taolong returned from his memories.

He had somehow passed through the bustling hospital and streets and arrived at the back gate of a simple courtyard.

He saw a figure in a pastoral-style dress tending to the fruits and vegetables in the middle of the plant and vegetable patch that seemed to have broken free from the constraints of the seasons.

From behind, she looked like an ordinary country girl, her long, golden hair casually tied up, everything about her seemed so ordinary yet beautiful.

"...Gurgle~"

"Miss La, I'm here."

(End of this chapter)