Poseidon in Arknights

"So cute~"

There's no reason not to take advantage of a tail that's offered up, and Yuuzuki didn't hold back at all, giving it several pats.

"Alright, we're still outside. I'll let you touch her later when I have the chance." Seeing Hong's aggrieved expression as if she had been bullied, Xi Yue patted Hong's head and said softly.

"Mmm." Hong nodded quickly.

Hong likes to touch her mother's tail, but she knows her mother has said that if her mother's tail is exposed, it might cause trouble.

Hong doesn't like trouble that her mother doesn't like, so she actually knows that Xiyue definitely won't let her touch it now.

Hong didn't want to cause trouble for her mother, so all her grievances just now were an act. Hong was just waiting for Xiyue to say that she would touch her after that.

"I have a feeling you've been waiting for me to say this. Never mind, Mom's going to buy some things. What do you want for dinner? I'll buy it for you on my way back."

"Meat~"

"Okay, okay, I knew that's all you'd say. Be good in your room, okay?"

"Mom, Hong understands."

………………

"Lappland, your family will not let you get away with this."

"Hahahaha...cough cough."

After laughing twice, Lappland coughed up two mouthfuls of blood. Despite being an elite member of the family, Lappland was covered in wounds, bleeding profusely.

One of them even risked his life to deliver a powerful punch to Lappland's chest at the last moment.

Lappland might be glad that the opponent had brass knuckles instead of a dagger or other weapon, otherwise the outcome would have been unpredictable.

However, if that person really had a dagger in his hand, he might not have had a chance to get close to Lappland.

"Sigh, it's such a pity you almost killed me."

Lappland struggled to her feet and used the strange weapon in her hand to cut down the last one who was still breathing.

"Phew, cough cough, I was a bit too overconfident, cough cough cough!" Lappland looked at the little bit of blood that had just been spat out.

“This is not good…” Lappland gently touched the spot where she had just been punched.

Sure enough, the moment I touched it, a sharp pain that had just been suppressed by adrenaline swept over me.

"It's probably broken, and it likely pierced through my lung. That explains why it hurts when I talk."

Lappland tried her best to suppress her breathing, not wanting heavy breathing to worsen the wound in her lungs.

"He needs treatment as soon as possible, but he can't go to the hospital; his family will definitely be watching him."

Lapland looked around, and against the dark sky, the neon lights from the hotel were so dazzling.

"The hotel should prepare some medical supplies for guests in special circumstances. While they probably won't have a scalpel, a fruit knife will suffice."

Lappland is not a doctor; she knows absolutely nothing about medical ethics or medical standards.

.........

Lappland arrived at the rooftop of a small building next to the hotel. The building was not tall, only three stories high, but it was located inside an alley, making it very secluded and unlikely to be discovered.

Lapland certainly couldn't enter through the hotel main entrance; that would be tantamount to walking into a trap. Entering the hotel through the guests' rooms would be a more reasonable solution.

Lappland steadied her breathing, leaped with all her might, and grabbed onto a drainpipe on the hotel wall. The sudden impact caused her to cough up a little blood again, which fell onto the nearby window.

'Heh, if someone living here were a coward, wouldn't they be terrified seeing this?'

Lappland looked at the masterpiece that had just been created on the window and smiled maliciously, then casually pushed the window next to her.

'Is it locked? Then…' Lappland noticed that the window on this side was locked, so she didn't want to spend more effort to unlock it. Instead, she checked if the window next to her was also locked.

"Wait, is that a first-aid kit?" Just as Lappland was about to look at another window, she caught a glimpse of a first-aid kit on the table out of the corner of her eye.

'Is a homeless doctor living here? Lucky you.'

Looking at the medical kit on the table, Lappland secretly thought she was lucky. Compared to the fact that heaven knows what the hotel's medical room might have, Lappland certainly hoped to receive more proper treatment.

'It looks empty, what a pity.' Lappland looked around the room carefully and confirmed that it was empty.

Lappland used her sword to gently cut the lock on the door and slipped inside.

Lappland walked around the room with an air of confidence. She wasn't afraid that the doctor would suddenly return. Most of those wandering doctors relied on bodyguards to practice medicine on the ground. They were respectable, but far inferior in terms of combat ability.

Even if she encountered a truly skilled homeless doctor, Lappland wouldn't be afraid. She wasn't refusing to pay, and those homeless doctors wouldn't mind.

However, just as Lappland reached for the medical kit on the table, she suddenly felt a surge of inexplicable fear that paralyzed her.

"Varied……!"

A dark shadow attacked Lappland from behind, knocking her to the ground.

"Oh! Wait, stop, stop!"

...............

Xi Yue hummed a little tune as she walked upstairs, took out her room key, and opened the door.

"Red~ I'm replying... What kind of pose is that?"

As soon as Yuuki turned on the light, she saw Hong sitting on a silver-haired Lupo in the hallway, vigorously stroking its tail.

“Mom, she suddenly barged in.” Hong turned to look at Xiyue, then pointed to the broken latch on the floor by the window.

"Hmm, looking for me?" Xi Yue looked at the Lupo tribesman with bandages wrapped around his body.

"I don't know. I probably just saw the first-aid kit that my mother had placed on the table by the window. Hong subdued her and gave her wounds emergency treatment."

After all, Hong has been with her for almost a month, and Xiyue has taught her some basic bandaging methods, which are quite simple.

Xi Yue walked over, squatted down, and carefully examined the face of the person under the red robe.

"Lappland? What a coincidence."

"Alright, Red, put down your wicked hands. Look what you've done to its tail. Get ready to start first aid."

Hong decisively stood up, walked to the side, picked up the medical kit that had just been placed aside, and Xiyue waved her hand to conjure a ball of water, which then transformed into a bed board that floated in the air.

He then snapped his fingers, and two layers of light emanated from where his fingers touched.

As the light faded, the surrounding air seemed to become fresher, and the shadows on the ground that had been illuminated by the overhead incandescent light disappeared without a trace. Upon closer inspection, it seemed as if everything around them was emitting a faint glow.

[The Forbidden Land]

[Type: Skill]

[Effect: Creates a large sphere within which most airborne pollutants will be forcibly repelled.]

[Description: It can create a relatively sterile environment anytime, anywhere, making it an excellent aid in medical practice. With it, you don't have to worry about injured people getting infected by bacteria in the air during medical work in the field.]

[The Land Without a Trace]

[Type: Skill]

[Effect: Creates a large sphere. Within this sphere, the surfaces of all objects will be covered with a faint fluorescent layer. This fluorescence will not affect anything, but will instead minimize shadows from all light sources.]

[Description: Creates a shadowless environment anytime, anywhere, making it an excellent assistant for medical practice. With it, surgical work in the field will no longer be troubled by shadows.]

Price: 800 Medical Points

[D-grade medical rating available for purchase]

"Preparations complete, surgery to begin."

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"Well……!"

Lappland awoke from his coma, groggily trying to sit up but unable to move. Then he suddenly remembered what had just happened and tried to force himself to sit up, but the numbness in his body forced him to lie back down.

"The surgery has just finished, the anesthesia has just worn off, don't move, can you hear me? Do you understand what I'm doing?"

Did you snap your fingers next to your ear?

"Hmm, she seems to be conscious, Miss Lappland."

"you know me?"

Xi Yue put the pen back into the pouch on her chest: "A Lupo with silver hair, holding a weapon, covered in blood, seriously injured, but not going to the hospital."

With the file on her lap, Yuuki smiled and said to Lappland, who was lying on the waterbed, "Who else could meet all these criteria? Of course, it's you, Miss Lappland, the lone wolf."

"You're not simple either, Doctor. You even have a werewolf hunter by your side. But since you've guessed my identity, then I'll give it a try too?"

"Please."

"The blue-eared, feathered Liberian wandering doctor, oh yes, with a Rupo and a master of water manipulation." Lapland laboriously raised his hand and patted the waterbed beneath him.

"However, I didn't expect that Rupert, who was rumored to be following Miss Xinyi, would be a werewolf hunter."

Yuuki clapped enthusiastically: "Very accurate, Miss Lappland."

"Thank you for your medical care, but I must go now."

“If you want to act while your central nervous system is still under partial anesthesia, I don’t mind. Believe me, Miss Lappland, if you go that way, you will die.”

"Oh, choosing to save me might not be a good thing for Miss Xinyi either."

"First of all, you are my patient, and it is my duty as a doctor to be responsible for my patients. Secondly, I am not afraid of so-called families."

Lappland shifted her gaze back, looking in the direction from which the chilling gaze she had felt since waking up was coming from.

“That makes sense. After all, you have a werewolf hunter, and it seems the family didn’t come at all while I was unconscious. Were they scared off, or did they never even try to find this place?”

"The latter." Xiyue beckoned Hong over, telling her not to keep staring at Lappland, whose tail was already bristling.

Chapter 12: Lappland's Request

After realizing his situation, Laplante wholeheartedly chose to tank.

After all, Lappland had confirmed that when she tried to get up just now, she found that she could barely muster any strength.

In this situation, and with himself wanted by the entire city, he might really die a very ugly death, just as Yuuki said.

Moreover, Lappland stared blankly at the werewolf hunter nestled in Xiyue's arms, letting her stroke him.

If Lappland's tail hadn't still been ruffled, she really wouldn't want to admit that the wolf cub she was petting was a true wolf hunter.

"By the way, what exactly is the relationship between you two? Miss Xinyi, I never imagined that the Rupert who was rumored to be with you would be a werewolf hunter."