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Rather than office workers, they're more like a killer gang; Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals is indeed a heartless company.

Lin Lu took off his tattered light green hospital gown. Looking at his scarred body in the mirror, a subtle, bitter smile appeared on his lips.

He put on the clothes one by one in an orderly fashion, and they fit him perfectly, as if his measurements were never a secret to Kal'tsit.

Lin Lu looked at himself in the mirror again. Apart from his hair being too long and his face looking a bit childish, he was still quite handsome.

Just as Lin Lu bent down to put on his boots, a knock on the door suddenly rang out.

"Please come in," he said instinctively.

The sound of the door being pushed open was quiet, but there was no other sound, not even footsteps.

Lin Lu subconsciously raised his head, and his gaze inadvertently met those pink heart-shaped pupils.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"..."

The pink-haired little girl, Walper, who was holding a strange knife-wielding doll in her right hand and a medical record in her left, looked up at Lin Lu.

“My new name is…Witch Love.” The girl picked up the ominous-looking doll and said calmly, “This is Little Morty.”

Wu Lian looked at Lin Lu and asked, "Is the pre-employment physical examination done here?"

Chapter 80 What kind of thermometer is this?!

"Witch Love, Do Not Refine? What a good name."

Lin Lu smiled as he looked at the little girl in front of him, a thought forming in his mind.

For some reason, the girl's dress had burn marks on her left arm, but fortunately, the exposed skin on her arm was fair and smooth, without any serious burn marks; it was just damage to the clothing. Moreover, Lin Lu felt, perhaps it was just his imagination, that the girl's crop top paired with white stockings was rather tacky.

Do kids dress like this nowadays?

Lin Lu couldn't help but think of the Vanguard Operator Myrtle; to put it bluntly, she was just wearing a plastic bag inside out.

Lin Lu thought to himself, should he suggest to Kal'tsit that we buy some clothes for the children?

Heaven is watching what people do; even unscrupulous companies have a bottom line. This cannot continue.

“You’ve come to the right place. This is Rhodes Island’s medical ward. If you don’t mind, you can give me your medical report and I’ll take a look at it.”

Lin Lu greeted the girl, and to avoid being mistaken for a suspicious old man, he introduced himself: "My name is Lin Lu. I often come to the medical room; they all call me Doctor. I know a little about medicine, so I can do some basic tests for you first. It's okay; if you're tired after the checkup, just go to sleep. No problem."

"……PhD?"

Wu Lian's expression was calm, not at all like a child of her age.

She picked up little Moti and said to herself, "Little Moti, what do you think?"

Lin Lu saw this and a slight smile appeared on his lips. What's that? That's quite childish.

If only Amiya could learn from this child. Amiya is only a middle school student, yet she always acts like a little adult. Lin Lu sincerely hopes that she can relax a bit, do things she enjoys, and be less gloomy.

“Little Moti said that if you want to do something bad to me, you’ll walk out of this door sideways.” Wu Lian’s tone was calm, neither threatening nor joking, but simply stating something perfectly normal.

"Don't worry, I don't want to see Teemo's mushrooms either."

"It's Little Moti! Little Moti didn't grow mushrooms!"

Wu Lian was slightly angry, but she still handed her medical record to Lin Lu.

She was aware of the reputation of the Doctor from Rhodes Island, as everyone was talking about him today.

"Let me see. Hmm, the flu virus is quite serious lately. Let me take your temperature first."

"Okay...what's so good about it! What kind of thermometer is this?!"

The shadow of a black, rod-shaped object loomed over Wu Lian's panicked face, and she instinctively took a step back.

"Relax, relax, one shot is enough to measure body temperature. Come closer."

"do not want!"

Helpless, Lin Lu stepped forward, pressed down on the girl's pointed ear, and whispered, "Be good."

"Waaaaah!"

"Hmm...the body temperature is quite high, but children are usually quite hot, so it's normal."

Lin Lu put away the thermometer, looked at the temperature displayed on the ink screen, picked up a pen from the table at random, and wrote the data in the medical record.

He turned to look at Wu Lian, who was crouching with her head in her hands, and gave her a wicked smile, waving the thermometer gun in his hand that resembled a gun.

"Even if I'm a complete scoundrel, I wouldn't point a real gun at a little girl, would I? If there really is such a person, I'd be the first to shoot him... Want to try it out?"

Lin Lu deftly turned his fingers slightly, pointing the handle of the thermometer gun toward Wu Lian.

The girl glared angrily at Lin Lu, seemingly annoyed by her own panic, and snatched the thermometer gun.

She held the thermometer gun in both hands, quickly calmed down, and played with it with great interest. She even raised it and pressed the trigger twice in succession towards Lin Lu.

Her emotional shift was so rapid that even a mature and composed adult like Lin Lu was impressed. Lin Lu's gaze fell on the strange doll in her arms, which seemed to be threatening him.

Lin Lu smiled back, took the thermometer from the girl, and patted the medical record.

"Next, measure height and weight."

"Humph……"

Wu Lian followed behind Lin Lu, carrying Xiao Moti. She seemed to have seen something, her pink eyes narrowed, and she stared straight at Lin Lu's back.

She seemed to see a Sarkaz girl wearing a black and white dress with silver horns; it didn't seem like an illusion.

Suddenly, the Sarkaz girl turned to Wulian and made a "shh" gesture, her smile bright and lovely.

"What's wrong?" Lin Lu asked.

Wu Lian stopped, looked up at Lin Lu, and glanced at the disappearing phantom.

She pursed her lips slightly, a vague emotion welling up inside her. Strangely, this time Xiao Moti didn't seem to want to take those emotions with her, which made her uneasy. All along, those emotions that could bring tears to one's eyes had only been Xiao Moti's sustenance, but this time they lingered in her heart.

Wu Lian said in a serious tone, "Memory carries destiny. Your destiny came to an abrupt end, so those evil spirits did not continue to haunt you, but their traces are still clearly visible... Doctor, please do not take my words lightly... The reason you can still stand here now is because the karma you formed in the past has protected you."

Wu Lian's expression was so serious, and her words were so heavy. It was hard to imagine that this girl, whom I had just met, would say such things to a stranger.

Most people would assume that a girl her age saying such things was just childish joking. But Lin Lu could sense her sincerity. When Wu Lian spoke, her hand gripped Xiao Moti tightly. It was like a wolf that had suffered the same wound warning another wolf—it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing.

"Don't worry. I assure you, even if the evil spirits of the past catch up with me, I will not lose this time."

Lin Lu couldn't help but smile and reached out to pat Wu Lian's head.

"What are you doing? Don't touch my head... Never mind."

Wu Lian initially wanted to refuse.

Unfortunately, Attorney Lin's methods were simply too skillful.

The indescribable comfort gave the girl, who was at a sensitive age, a sense of inexplicable peace of mind.

The girl's hair was very smooth, but Lin Lu only touched it for less than three seconds before he sensed a chilling killing intent.

The two knives in the hands of the teddy bear, Little Morty, gleamed with a cold light, giving Lin Lu the feeling that he was about to become a teddy bear in Five Nights' Harem.

"Alright, let's continue the physical examination. Give me this little bear."

Lin Lu had the girl stand on a medical examination machine that could simultaneously measure values ​​such as height, weight, blood pressure, and body fat percentage.

To ensure the accuracy of the data, he suggested that Wu Lian put aside all her belongings except for her clothes.

"No! Little Moti doesn't like it... at least not now... Little Moti doesn't like being held by other people, it will get angry. Yes, that's right, if you make Little Moti angry, something terrible will happen next, I'm not lying to you."

Wu Lian stubbornly refused to let go, but Lin Lu patted the medical record book and showed her the registered height of 138CM and the weight that was quite inconsistent with it.

The girl stared at the weight chart, lost in thought.

Sure enough, girls of all ages are unable to accept such a heavy reality.

With a heavy heart, Wu Lian handed Xiao Moti to Lin Lu, and at the same time took out a pom-pom, a button, a handkerchief, a handful of soil stored in a vacuum bag, a piece of a picture tube in a box, and an apple that looked quite fresh from the fluffy pink tail behind her.

God knows how she managed to hide things in her fluffy tail!

Wu Lian seemed to have thought of something, and handed the apple to Lin Lu with both hands.

"Here you go, apple. It's just extra material for casting; I don't like to waste it..."

Lin Lu subconsciously clutched his stomach, which was belatedly filled with hunger; he hadn't eaten for quite some time.

Thank you.

"Hey, what are you doing? Don't touch my head... never mind."

Wu Lian turned her head away, hiding her hands behind her back as she quietly grasped the Originium Arts trigger device.

Lin Lu glanced at the apple; it had been bitten, and the small teeth mark was clearly visible.

Chapter 81 Charmed

The plan is in place.

Watching the doctor bite into the apple without any suspicion right in front of her, Wu Lian unconsciously revealed a faint smile.

All along, the people around Wu Lian deliberately distanced themselves from her, resented her, and looked at her with the eyes of someone looking at a monster.

If she hands food to someone else, the other person might accept it, but only out of fear of retaliation for refusing, so they accept it reluctantly.

Xiao Wulian once lived on a small island in a lake in western Syracuse. Beneath her luxurious villa—or more accurately, underground—a thin layer of soil was covered with a large amount of visible activated Originium. The girl's prolonged exposure to this Originium environment, without her realizing it, led to the awakening of Originium Arts. Through daily water use, food, and contact with wounds, she caused infections, further exacerbating the rampage and loss of control of her Originium Arts.

Living under the hateful, fearful, and panicked gaze of others, Wu Lian's personality became taciturn, cold, and indifferent, but she was not without playmates.

Little Moti is her best friend.

For Little Moti's sake, Wu Lian has decided to take action!

Wu Lian quietly released her spiritual power, causing a magical resonance, and thus the colorless, odorless, formless, and invisible Originium Arts were created.

This is her magic, and it's what makes everyone fear her.

After all, magic involving the mind and spirit is always the most unsettling factor.

What no one, including Wu Lian, knew was... if the townspeople hadn't feared her from the start, the girl who hadn't realized she'd awakened Originium Arts might not have gradually become withdrawn and gloomy. Her initial uncontrollable fear wouldn't have spread to everyone in the castle, and the tragic vicious cycle could have been avoided.

For Wu Lian, the Doctor's unwavering trust in her truly made her feel the emotions that Xiao Moti didn't want to take away, which she had always hoped to obtain.