Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

Chapter 36 You... don't seem to be human.

On the hospital bed in the medical room, Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes, gazing unfocusedly at the alloy ceiling directly above him.

"Ouch...it hurts so much..."

After using the dangerous trigger and entering an out-of-control state, the damage to the body is automatically shielded, and you won't feel it at all.

Upon regaining consciousness, the pain from all the wounds, big and small, surged into Jiang Ning's brain, stimulating every nerve in his body.

Jiang Ning raised his hand to his forehead, rubbing his temples with a grimace.

"This is... the medical room? Why am I lying here? Where is the Doomsday Beast?"

Jiang Ning looked around, rubbed his eyes, and made sure he wasn't hallucinating.

"Strange...Is my memory fragmented?"

Jiang Ning slowly sat up, looking down in confusion at the clean white sheets and the tightly wrapped bandages around his body.

Just as Jiang Ning was wondering what was going on, the door to the medical room suddenly opened.

Laira slowly walked into the medical room carrying a stack of towels.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and the towel in Leira's hand involuntarily fell to the ground.

"Yo..."

Jiang Ning scratched his face awkwardly, just about to raise his hand to say hello.

Laira rushed to Jiang Ning and pressed him back down as he had just sat up.

"Don't move! Your vital signs have just returned to normal!"

Jiang Ning was suddenly pushed back onto the bed, looking at Leila with a bewildered expression.

Why am I here?

Why are you here?

Where are the Doomsday Beasts? How's the Black Tower Space Station doing?

Laira pulled a chair from the corner of the room and sat down on the edge of the bed. Then she took a fruit from the fruit basket on the bedside table and slowly peeled it with a knife.

You have too many questions.

"Be quiet. I'll let you know after the medical staff examines you."

Laira adjusted her glasses and then pressed the call button above the hospital bed.

While the medical staff came in to examine Jiang Ning's physical condition, Leila slowly told Jiang Ning about what had happened before.

"The Doomsday Beast is dead. It's unbelievable, but you really took care of it."

"oh."

Jiang Ning put his hands behind his head and answered casually.

In this way, he roughly understood.

It seems that a dangerous trigger side effect occurred during the battle, causing it to switch places with itself and take down the Doomsday Beast.

""oh"?

"It seems you're not surprised about dealing with the Doomsday Beasts?"

Laira narrowed her eyes and looked up at Jiang Ning.

"Tell us honestly, what exactly have you been doing behind our backs?"

Whether intentionally or not, the gleaming silver light from the fruit knife in Leira's hand shone directly onto Jiang Ning's face, somewhat dazzlingly.

"Well…"

Jiang Ning turned his head away guiltily and scratched his cheek.

"Would you believe me if I said... it's just a regular enhancement device?"

Leila sneered and spoke again.

"What about the railgun?"

They kept saying they could evacuate and told me to fire without worry, but what happened?

"Wasn't there a slight accident...?"

Jiang Ning's voice gradually lowered.

He was indeed in the wrong, after all, he hadn't expected the side effects of the dangerous trigger to take effect so quickly.

"Someone keeps telling others to cherish life, but he himself is rushing off to his death like an idiot."

"Great hero, didn't you consider how worried I was about you?"

Laira rolled her eyes at Jiang Ning and teased him with a resentful tone.

Jiang Ning was stunned for a second, then turned over, propped his head up with one hand, and looked at Leila with a wicked smile.

"Oh, when did you become so concerned about me, you silly woman? Have you suddenly had a change of heart?"

Leira paused in the fruit-peeling motion and slowly stood up.

"Hey...you silly girl, don't do anything stupid..."

Seeing this, Jiang Ning hurriedly pulled the blanket up to cover himself completely, as if that would give him some sense of security.

Laira picked up the half-peeled fruit, a fierce glint in her eyes, and shoved it into Jiang Ning's mouth.

"Bastard! Big liar! You jerk!"

I worried about you for nothing! I can't shut you up!

"Ugh! Ugh ugh ugh ugh..."

Jiang Ning was caught off guard by the sneak attack. He tried to speak, but his mouth was blocked by the fruit pulp.

Leila only withdrew her hand when Jiang Ning lay slumped on the hospital bed like a broken doll, his mouth smeared with juice.

Jiang Ning raised his hand to remove the "weapon" from his mouth, looking utterly hopeless.

"This is outrageous... How could they be so cruel to a wounded soldier like me..."

Jiang Ning turned his head and looked at Leila with a resentful expression.

"Is it really that serious... I just said it casually, and you're already all red with anger?"

"roll!"

Jiang Ning wisely shut his mouth.

After a while, Jiang Ning seemed to remember something and spoke again.

"By the way, since I failed to evacuate... how did I get back?"

Jiang Ning was completely baffled.

Looking at Jiang Ning's clueless expression, Leila sighed helplessly.

"You should thank Lady Black Tower. If she hadn't stopped me in time, you would have turned into a wisp of ashes drifting in the universe long ago."

"Lady Black Tower? She's back!?"

Jiang Ning sat up abruptly from the bed, no longer showing any sign of laziness.

"Tsk, what a loser..."

Leila glanced at Jiang Ning with disdain.

"Oh right, Ms. Black Tower asked me to tell you to go to her office as soon as you wake up."

"Since you seem to be alright, go quickly. You know Lady Black Tower's temper."

Jiang Ning casually agreed, rolled over and got out of bed, quickly put on his shoes and rushed out of the ward.

"Hey! You've come to the wrong place! The office is on the other side!"

Leila hurriedly chased after him, shouting in the direction Jiang Ning had gone.

…………

Inside the Black Tower office.

Daheita stood side by side with Ruan Mei, with Jiang Ning's Build Driver and other props on the table behind them.

However, their focus was not on this pile of things, but rather on the test data displayed on a transparent, suspended screen.

"Isn't it interesting?"

Nguyen Mai broke the silence by speaking first.

Do you think your experiment subject, Mr. [Name], knew about this?

"Just ask him when he wakes up."

The Great Black Tower spoke without a care in the world.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a crisp knock came from the office's metal door.

"Ms. Black Tower? You were looking for me?"

Daheita and Ruan Mei exchanged a glance, then Daheita snapped his fingers.

The office's alloy doors rose automatically, and Jiang Ning curiously and slowly moved into the office.

Although it's the Black Tower's office, the Black Tower hasn't yet developed the "Simulated Universe" project, and the entire office can even be described as desolate.

There was an office desk, and the rest of the walls were adorned with portraits of several world-renowned geniuses; nothing else.

But just by the two people standing there in the office, Jiang Ning felt as if he were facing two towering mountains whose tops he couldn't see.

To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen the Black Tower Lady in person.

Hehe... She's so pretty ( ´¬`).

Daheita turned around and waved to Jiang Ning.

"What are you doing standing there when you get here?"

"Hurry up and come here. Do I, this genius, have to come and invite you myself?"

Jiang Ning treaded over discreetly.

Daheita smirked and tossed a test result report to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning picked up the report and looked at it over and over again.

Aside from the fact that the name was his own, all the other statistics left him somewhat bewildered.

"Lady Black Tower...this is...?"

Daheita glanced at Jiang Ning with disdain, then turned and pushed Ruan Mei forward.

"Explain your major to him."

Jiang Ning scratched his head, bewildered, wondering what could be so important that could pique the interest of two geniuses at the same time.

Ruan Mei was not impatient at all. She stepped forward patiently, pointed to the data on the report, and her voice was like the melting snow in early spring.

"Mr. Jiang Ning, I must apologize to you first."

While you were in a coma, I took it upon myself to conduct a comprehensive examination of your body.

Jiang Ning waved his hand.

"It's okay, I don't mind, you don't need to..."

"However, there's one discovery that I find quite interesting."

Ruan Mei interrupted Jiang Ning's nonsense.

"First of all, I am a scholar. I believe in my profession and in the research data I have obtained."

However, based on data analysis, Mr. Jiang Ning...

"You... don't seem to be human?"

"???"

"Don't be so quick to doubt."

Just as Jiang Ning was about to ask further questions, he saw Ruan Mei pull out a sealed glass tube-shaped container from behind her.