Poseidon in Arknights

This is full of detached infected tissue; it needs to be thrown into the incinerator immediately.

'Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever drunk the Doctor's blood before. Maybe I can trick him into giving it to me another day?' As he dragged his feet, Warfarin found something to amuse himself for the future, and then his sinister laughter reached Amiya's ears.

"Hmm?" Amiya tilted her head and looked at Warfarin, who was dragging his suitcase away. "I have a feeling that Dr. Warfarin is up to something again that will upset Dr. Kal'tsit."

——————Rhodes Island Dormitory Area——————

"Hmm~" The sunlight outside the window was a bit too bright, shining directly onto Texas's face through the glass. The bright sunlight, combined with the faint laughter in her ears, completely dispelled Texas's sleepiness.

So Texas sat up with messy hair and sleepy eyes, put on her slippers, and went to the living room. She then discovered that the faint laughter from earlier was caused by Exusiai.

"Watching a comedy so early in the morning?" Texas looked at the TV, which seemed to be showing a currently popular comedy.

"Um, sorry, did I wake you?" Exusiai turned her head to look at Texas behind her. "There's nothing much to watch, how about we watch a comedy?"

"Look at these two bugs, hahaha!" Exusiai, upon learning that Texas had risen, no longer suppressed her laughter, which became increasingly unrestrained.

"Honestly, it's so early, shouldn't you be buying some breakfast?" Texas glanced at the red and yellow worms on the TV screen. "Speaking of which, has Yuuki returned yet?"

"I don't know~" Exusiai shrugged. "I woke up this morning and figured I had nothing to do, so I just watched TV here. I haven't gone to check it out yet."

"I understand, I'll go take a look." Texas nodded. Judging from Exusiai's appearance, she probably hadn't gone to check next door. He was just asking casually.

"Okay, go ahead, go ahead. If Yuuki isn't here, remember to bring back breakfast~"

"You're so lazy, fine." Texas sighed, got up and went next door. As soon as she opened the door, a delicious aroma wafted over.

Texas raised an eyebrow at the aroma, not even needing to look, as if calling out to the house, "Good morning, Yuzuki."

"Good morning." Sure enough, as soon as Texas finished speaking, Yuuki's voice came from the kitchen.

"Texas, you've come at the right time. I was just about to have Red call you over for dinner." Yuuki came out of the kitchen carrying a pot of noodles. "Could you also call Exusiai over?"

"Okay, sure." Texas nodded. Life is just a doorway. Then, Texas led Exusiai into the room.

"Good morning, Yuzuki~" Tomorrow is looking at Yuzuki, waving and greeting her casually, "You didn't come home all night last night, luckily you left a water clone to cook for us, otherwise we would have had to eat bread last night."

“Last night I figured I’d already cooked dinner for you, so I just waited there.” Yuuki smiled at Exusiai. “When I came back, you were already asleep, so I didn’t disturb you.”

"Alright, Texas, and our little birthday boy." Yu Yue waved to the two of them. "Don't just stand there like idiots at the door, go wash your hands and eat."

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"I almost forgot, today is my birthday!" Exusiai, having finished her meal, lay back on the sofa and started watching TV. "Time really flies!"

"What kind of gift do you want? I can grant you one request today." Yuuki raised her hand and patted Exusiai's head.

"Anything is fine?!" Exusiai immediately turned to look at Yuuki upon hearing this. "Can I really make a request?"

“Of course, it’s your birthday today.” Yuuki nodded at Exusiai, whose eyes were practically shining, but she already guessed what Exusiai would probably ask for.

"Desserts!" Exusiai looked at Yuuki with shining eyes. "I want Yuuki to make me desserts today, all-you-can-eat! Is that okay? Is that okay? Is that okay?!"

"I knew it." Yu Yue looked at Exusiai, whose eyes were shining, with a bit of helplessness. "Okay, okay, I can make it. I'll satisfy you this once today. I'll make as much as you can eat today."

"Great!!!"

Chapter 84: Birthdays and Wishes

“Yuzuki, I told you, Exusiai only asks you for dessert.” Texas shrugged. “All Exusiai has left in her brain is dessert.”

"Who said that?" Exusiai looked at Texas and retorted with a serious expression. "How could that be? There are only desserts and guns."

"These are the only two ideas you have."

Yuuki patted Exusiai's head and stood up: "Alright, I understand. The makeshift kitchen in this room isn't capable of making desserts. I'll go see if we can borrow the cafeteria or something here."

—————Rhode Island Medical Center Office—————

Kal'tsit sat at her desk, pinching the bridge of her nose. She was waiting for a report, a very important report.

"Dr. Kal'tsit?" Amiya walked in with a coffee. "What's wrong?"

"I'm waiting for the report and figuring out how to negotiate next."

Amiya looked at Kal'tsit's worried face and asked, "Is it because of Dr. Yuzuki?"

“Yes.” Kal’tsit did not deny the source of her sorrow.

“But wasn’t that matter already resolved?” Amiya tilted her head. “Although Dr. Yuzuki was angry, her anger has subsided now, hasn’t it? Isn’t Dr. Yuzuki also looking forward to changes in the future of the Reunion Movement?”

“No, I’m not worried about that,” Kal’tsit shook her head. “I’m worried about something else.”

Just as Amiya was about to ask another question, the office door was pushed open again, and Warfarin walked in with a report in his hand.

"I've brought the things over to you. This surgery was truly a miracle, but I really don't want to admit that it was surgery."

Warfarin flipped through the report in his hand, his eyes filled with surprise.

"It's truly a miracle. If only her 'surgical' procedure had been a little more standardized." Warfarin looked at the data above, her tone full of admiration, even though she had some reservations about the surgical procedures that Yuuki had performed before.

But the data convinced him that the surgery was effective and highly successful. A miracle happened to warfarin, even though the 'surgery' was... well, brutal?

Moreover, the method is not replicable, but that does not prevent warfarin from regarding it as a miracle.

Warfarin slammed the report on the table: "If there's nothing else, I'm leaving. I'm going to catch up on some sleep; you guys really wore me out last night."

"...Okay, go and rest."

Kal'tsit watched Warfarin leave, then picked up the report on the table, looked at the data, and fell silent.

Kal'tsit sighed and put down the report: "Just as I thought, things have gotten complicated."

"What's wrong, Dr. Kal'tsit?" Amiya asked curiously, leaning forward to pick up the report.

[The person being tested]: Confidential

【Gender】: Female

[Race]: Cathens

Height: Not measured

[Infection status of Ore Disease] Based on the medical test report, the patient has been confirmed as infected.

Comprehensive physical examination: No relevant tests were conducted.

Diagnostic analysis: Imaging results show that the operator's internal organs have clear outlines and no abnormal shadows are seen. The detection of Originium particles in the circulatory system is abnormal, indicating signs of Oripathy infection. At this stage, the operator can be considered to be infected with Oripathy.

[Somatic cell fusion rate with Originium]: 1% (originally 54%)

He's practically halfway to his coffin.

[Originium Crystal Density] 0.009 u/L (originally 0.72 u/L)

You can decide what to do with this yourself. However, after a large-scale blood transfusion, it seems to be quite normal? It's estimated that their blood Originium concentration and fusion rate will increase in the end, but the extent of the increase is uncertain.

—Warfarin

P.S.: Don't worry, the test data wasn't entered into the system this time, so no one will know. The copy you have is the only one available. If you want to delete it, remember to burn it yourself.

[The person being tested]: Confidential

【Gender】: Male

[Race]: Sarkaz

Height: Not measured

[Infection status of Ore-borne disease] Based on the medical test report, the patient has been confirmed as infected.

Comprehensive physical examination: No relevant tests were conducted.

Diagnostic analysis: Imaging results show that the operator's internal organs have clear outlines and no abnormal shadows are seen. The detection of Originium particles in the circulatory system is abnormal, indicating signs of Oripathy infection. At this stage, the operator can be considered to be infected with Oripathy.

[Somatic cell fusion rate with Originium]: 2% (originally 74%)

To be honest, it's almost a miracle that he survived the surgery.

[Originium Crystal Density] 0.009 u/L (originally 1.02 u/L)

You can decide what to do with this yourself. However, after a large-scale blood transfusion, it seems to be quite normal? It's estimated that their blood Originium concentration and fusion rate will increase in the end, but the extent of the increase is uncertain.

—Warfarin

P.S.: Don't worry, the test data wasn't entered into the system this time, so no one will know. The copy you have is the only one available. If you want to delete it, remember to burn it yourself.

"Miss Frostnova and Patriot seem to be doing much better." Amiya smiled as she looked at the data, which unequivocally proved the effectiveness of the surgery and the significant extension of their lives.

"Is that so?"

"What's wrong, Dr. Kal'tsit?" Amiya tilted her head. "Isn't this a good thing? Even if it can't be replicated, at least the infected people on this land have new hope."

“A new hope…” Kal’tsit sighed. “If only it were that simple, Amiya.”

"Well, why?"

"Nothing's wrong." Kal'tsit shook her head. "How's the Doctor doing?"

Amiya thought for a moment. Ever since the Doctor was rescued from the desk by Yuuki last night, he had been in a hurry to find a room to rest in. After that, Amiya went into the room and didn't come out all night.

"You probably slept very well?"

Kal'tsit nodded: "Is that so? The Doctor is still unaware of many things on the island. Take her out for a walk, don't let her stay cooped up in the room."

"Okay, I got it!" Amiya nodded, shook her rabbit ears, and left the conference room.

Kal'tsit watched Amiya's departing figure, sighed, and picked up the two reports from the table again: "New hope? But this land is not yet ready to welcome this hope."

As an observer who witnessed the surgery firsthand, Kal'tsit knew perfectly well what Yuuki had done: the principle behind completely removing the infected tissue was not complicated.

Surgical excision of infected tissue was a way to remove Oripathy in its early stages, but it was eventually abandoned because the surface Oripathy would simply grow back quickly after being removed.

Extensive removal of infected tissue inevitably necessitates the use of Originium Arts for recovery; otherwise, the person being removed may face amputation, loss of most bodily functions, or even death on the operating table.

However, if Originium Arts is used as a means of recovery, the Originium energy of the healing Originium Arts itself may affect the Originium content in the patient's blood, which may result in the patient's infection symptoms becoming more severe.

That's almost a vicious cycle, so tissue removal surgery is currently only used for the temporary suppression of acute orthophyte disease hyperplasia.

However, Yuuki used a different method; her tissue restoration relied entirely on the power inherent in the concept of the ocean's nourishment of life.

That didn't belong to Originium Arts, and for a moment Kal'tsit even felt that it might not just be the power of a giant beast.

Of course, none of that matters. What Kal'tsit is truly afraid of is that Yuuki will use this power recklessly, not out of malice, but out of a kind desire to save others.

Especially since such goodwill came from the hands of a god who truly had the power to submerge the entire land in a vast ocean.

Yuzuki could undoubtedly completely cure Oripathy. If the area of ​​contact were larger, and the area of ​​regeneration were larger, she could even recreate a body from scratch.