Special effects: Saving the world starting from becoming a Zergling

"What are you still thinking about? Do you intend to spend the night in my consultation room?"

After Hayakawa Rena left the consultation room, she realized that no one had followed her, so she immediately turned around and asked Kageyama, who was inside the room.

"I am coming!"

Kageyama snapped out of his daze, quickly glanced at the clock on the wall, saw that the hands had already shifted to 5 p.m., and hurriedly ran out.

The two walked down the third floor together, through the lobby, and straight out of the hospital.

"No way...?"

The receptionist nurse, lost in thought, caught a glimpse of Hayakawa Rena and Kageyama's backs and let out a gasp.

Rubbing her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things, she was instantly caught in a mental storm.

In her memory, even though Hayakawa Rena had this privilege, she never left work early.

Although her personality was quite eccentric, she was truly a model doctor at their hospital.

You can definitely find Hayakawa Rena as long as it's during working hours.

This was the first time she had ever seen Hayakawa Rena leave work early, not to mention that she recognized the boy next to Hayakawa Rena at a glance.

It was the same boy who had consulted her that afternoon.

"What's going on? Could it be... that Dr. Hayakawa has fallen for someone? Does she like younger men?"

After making a bold guess, she quickly pulled out her phone and started gossiping.

Gossip and gossiping are practically ingrained in human nature.

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Hayakawa was very fast; after leaving the house, she practically jogged away from the hospital, forcing Kageyama to jog to keep up.

Once the two could no longer see the hospital, Hayakawa Rena let out a long breath, her icy face thawed, and she smiled at Kageyama.

"I'm sorry, but I'm really annoying when I'm at work."

"understand."

"Now you are just like Dr. Hayakawa who once lent a helping hand in the dark alley."

Kageyama nodded, seemingly not too surprised.

But as an expert who has won numerous honors in the medical field, Hayakawa immediately noticed the hint of curiosity hidden in Kageyama's eyes.

"What an adorable child."

Hayakawa thought to himself, but his face showed no sign of it.

"Have you chosen a place to eat?"

"I'm open to going anywhere."

She raised an eyebrow at Kageyama and gestured for him to take a few steps back.

"What a contrast... She's so cold and irritable at work, but so warm and friendly in private."

Kageyama was thinking to himself, but he kept talking.

"Let's go to my friend's shop. My older brother is recuperating there, and he should be very grateful to you."

"Then why didn't he come in person?"

Hayakawa Rena asked with a hint of curiosity.

"...Just some personal reasons."

Kageyama pursed his lips, simply trying to appease Hayakawa Rena.

He was unwilling to involve ordinary people in their world; the struggle between Zerg, Protozoa, and humans was actually extremely brutal.

As a former member of ZECT, Kageyama knew very well that there were now a large number of insects living with humans, and it would be difficult to wipe them out if they did not expose themselves.

Keeping quiet is the greatest protection for ordinary people.

Seeing that Kageyama seemed to have something difficult to say, Hayakawa Rena smiled and didn't press him further.

Adults don't pry into each other's questions like children do.

Seeing Hayakawa Rena's expression, Kageyama knew that she was treating him like a child again!

This made him somewhat embarrassed and angry, and he asked Hayakawa Rena in a defiant manner.

"So, doctor, why did you wear black clothes back then, and why do you still wear black clothes now?"

"..."

This question directly touched on Hayakawa Rena's deepest wound, and after a moment of tension, she forcibly relaxed it.

"I told you, this is an adult secret, kids shouldn't pry."

She smiled at Kageyama, but Kageyama caught a glimpse of extremely suppressed pain in her eyes.

After Kageyama corrected his bad habits, he became somewhat naive, but don't forget that he was once an elite member of ZECT.

"I'm 20 years old, not a kid anymore, stop calling me that."

Kageyama realized he had made a mistake by speaking too quickly, so he subtly changed the subject, trying to calm Hayakawa Rena down.

"I'm 25 years old. Aren't you a child in front of me?"

Looking at this stubborn and arrogant child, Hayakawa Rena felt her sadness inexplicably ease and even wanted to laugh.

Comforting me in such an awkward way, doesn't that sound like something a child would do?

It's less like a child and more like her large, furry pet.

Kageyama looked slightly embarrassed; he really couldn't refute this time.

"Let's go, let's go, aren't we going to eat?"

Unable to win an argument with Hayakawa Rena, he had no choice but to change the subject, start walking, and lead the group forward.

He couldn't gain any advantage over this woman at all.

Looking at Kageyama's unsteady footsteps, Hayakawa Rena arched her eyebrows.

How could a 20-year-old be more cunning than a psychology master?

Her medical achievements far exceeded what Kageyama had imagined.

She had been deliberately provoking Ying Shan to get information out of him.

Kageyama was caught completely off guard and confessed without hesitation.

This explanation didn't require words; Hayakawa Rena could tell what Kageyama was thinking just from his body language and micro-expressions.

"You call me weird? You're weird too."

Reina Hayakawa thought as she followed Kageyama.

She had only briefly interacted with the two before, so she hadn't observed Kageyama and Yaguruma closely.

After spending half a day with Kageyama, she realized that this seemingly innocent boy actually possessed the perseverance and tenacity of a warrior.

That's a quality that can only be honed through battle; Hayakawa Rena had only ever seen this kind of aura in veterans.

"So, what exactly happened to cause its battered state and injuries?"

Hayakawa Rena thought to herself, becoming increasingly curious.

Like peeling an onion, she was drawn to the layers of mystery surrounding Kageyama and wanted to unravel the boy's secrets one by one.

Just as the two were heading towards the "Happiness" teppanyaki restaurant, a short distance away on the street...

Masato Mishima put down the newspaper that was covering his face, watched Kageyama and Rena Hayakawa leave, and gave a disgruntled snort.

He thought Hayakawa Rena was just using Kageyama as an excuse, but he didn't expect that she really had a date with Kageyama.

"What's going on? Why am I so unlucky lately? Nothing seems to be going right!"

All the arrest plans ended in failure, and even this dinner invitation to Hayakawa Rena was thwarted.

"We originally wanted to involve her in the plan, but it seems that won't work now."

Mishima was somewhat troubled. Without this master in the field of medicine, he would have to find someone else to replace Hayakawa Rena.

"Why is it that after all this time, my relationship with this annoying new brat is inferior to theirs?"

A deep sense of frustration overwhelmed him, causing him to sit on a roadside bench and begin to doubt himself.

He has never failed more times in his entire life than he has recently experienced.