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Lin Lu suddenly had a very ominous premonition.

This is probably the sense of crisis of being about to be hunted.

Amiya?

Lin Lu cautiously approached and touched Amiya's shoulder.

"Don't scare me, Amiya."

"Um……"

Amiya slowly raised her head and turned to look at Lin Lu.

In her clear, azure eyes, a bewitching heart seemed to shimmer.

Run, Linlu, Run!

Lin Lu instinctively wanted to turn and run, but black chains that emerged from the phantom bound his wrists and feet, forcefully stopping him.

"PhD……"

Amiya then hugged Lin Lu tightly, pressing her forehead heavily against his back.

"Why won't you just look at me properly..."

"I understand." Lin Lu's lips twitched slightly as he exclaimed, "Just Amiya!"

"Honestly... the doctor is talking about things I don't understand again."

Amiya muttered, "It's always the same, before and now. She always likes to say things that nobody knows."

Lin Lu was slightly taken aback. He slowly maintained the position of being held tightly, his thoughts drifting far, far away.

It seems someone else said that to him before; in my hazy memory, this was his response...

"Some things, if not talked about often, will slowly be forgotten. The human brain is the most unreliable hard drive; when you don't pay attention, some very important things will be treated as garbage. Crushed into pieces and swept to the deepest corner of memory. Gradually, you will forget more and more, until you forget the past, forget your hometown, and forget where you came from."

Ultimately, they couldn't find their way home.

Lin Lu said calmly, the self in that blurry memory seemed to overlap with the present, the only difference being... the person he was confiding in had changed.

Who was I saying this to back then?

Just as Lin Lu was experiencing inexplicable palpitations, he found his legs becoming heavy.

Looking down, he saw that he had acquired a new leg accessory: a disheveled Wu Lian was hugging his leg.

Given her height, she could easily bury her face below Lin Lu's abdomen.

"Amiya! If you don't let go of me, something terrible is going to happen! That child is looking for a thermometer! Let go of me! HA NA SE!!"

Lin Lu shouted suddenly, but Amiya seemed not to hear him. She hugged him tightly and fell silent, pondering the meaning of the doctor's words.

"Amiya? Amiya! My zipper's undone! Amiya! She's coming out! Someone, someone help me! I'm being molested!"

"What's all the noise about? Can't you be quiet at night?"

Kal'tsit frowned as she walked into the medical room, and she could hear Lin Lu's useless voice all the way down the corridor.

"--hiss."

Kal'tsit slowly held her breath.

She first glanced at Lin Lu, who was bound and played with, then looked at Wu Lian, who was panting with her head down, and Amiya's hands pressed against Lin Lu's chest and abdomen.

"Kal'tsit! You've come at the right time, hurry..."

"Mon3tr!!!"

Chapter 83 Senior Alumni

"Ugh... It's so bitter, and the taste is so strong."

Amiya savored the taste of the emergency sanity serum in her mouth, almost choking on it, and just wanted to stick out her tongue.

I really don't know how the Doctor could drink this stuff like a beverage. Sometimes he would even drink three bottles in a row after a busy battle, chugging away.

This high-dose emergency concoction, used to temporarily maintain sanity, can clear the mind of unnecessary clutter, but may cause migraines. Even the product information states that it contains a small amount of mustard extract; avoid contact with eyes. When the situation is so urgent that this product is needed to maintain alertness, there should be no time to read this information.

"Woooo..."

As Kal'tsit gently helped her put her clothes back on, Wu Lian sat on the hospital bed, her feet unable to touch the ground due to her height.

The girl stuck out her tongue like Amiya, hugged Little Moti and cried uncontrollably, her tears wetting her cheeks, and Little Moti also became teary-eyed.

After being forced to take the Emergency Sanity Potion by Kal'tsit, Amiya and Witch regained consciousness and woke up under intense stimulation.

Wu Lian couldn't remember what happened after the spell backlash; she just felt very cold and cutely sneezed a little.

Amiya quickly covered Wu Lian with a blanket, as the girl had been running a fever for quite some time, leaving large areas of skin exposed. But what Amiya didn't know was that the real reason Wu Lian felt cold was because she had briefly touched Lin Lu's mental consciousness…

"In other words, this is how things went, and the doctor did nothing wrong."

Amiya held the empty emergency sanity serum bottle, lowered her head sadly, and said in a deep voice, "We are the ones who did wrong."

"……I see."

Kal'tsit sat in the chair, legs crossed, brows furrowed.

She never expected that Wu Lian would attempt to mentally manipulate Lin Lu because of a doll.

This was something Kal'tsit could never have foreseen. She knew about Wu Lian's file and what kind of girl she was. For this young girl to open up so quickly, should we say he was truly worthy of that man, or should we say he was a ticking time bomb, destined to steer things in ways no one could predict?

“Witch, I hope this makes you understand. This is Rhodes Island, not Syracuse.”

Kal'tsit looked directly at Wulian, her tone slightly heavy, as if to teach her a lesson.

"Luckily you didn't harbor any hostility towards the Doctor, otherwise you would be like this now... sigh."

A more stern warning ultimately remained unspoken. Kal'tsit knew that Witch had no malicious intentions, but a word of caution was necessary. If she were allowed to continue this time, what if Witch used magic on other operators in the future? Kal'tsit's responsibility wasn't just for Witch; she had a duty to ensure the safety of every operator.

“Dr. Kal'tsit, I think Wulian has realized her mistake. I had a brief mental link with her, and I know she is reflecting on her actions.”

Amiya embraced the trembling witch and pleaded for her life.

Wu Lian lowered her head and murmured softly, "I'm sorry..."

"It's good that you can admit your mistakes and correct them."

Kal'tsit sighed softly, opened the medical record on the table, looked at the meticulously written characters, and gently traced them with her finger.

"That's fine for tonight. Go back and get some rest. Come to the infirmary again tomorrow. Amiya will take you to register your ID card, show you the girls' dormitory, and tell you which places on the Rhodes Island ship you can and can't go. Before you leave, both of you should have a warm drink to keep warm so you don't catch a cold."

"Thank you..." Wu Lian nodded obediently and said softly.

"You're welcome." Amiya smiled and ruffled Wulian's hair. She looked around and asked, "Dr. Kal'tsit, where's the Doctor?"

"...He went out on business."

Kal'tsit's hand holding the cup froze, and she casually avoided the topic.

Kal'tsit secretly added a calming drug to the hot drinks she prepared for the two of them.

She knew these two would need it.

-

The deck of Rhodes Island, on the familiar mast.

"Doctor, this outfit suits you very well. You look much more handsome than that gloomy black coat."

Warfarin, a senior alumna of Rhode Island Bridge University, said that if conditions allowed, she would have given Lin a thumbs up.

"He's not that handsome, even if you compliment me, I won't be happy."

Lin Lu waved his hand and struck a unique pose in the air with his feet off the ground.

Most people would probably injure their back if they suddenly twisted like that without warming up, but luckily he has an exceptionally strong back.

Lin Lu was able to pose in the air because Mon3tr, which was floating in the air, was affectionately hugging him, its inverted triangular, ferocious face pressing down on his head.

Mon3tr's heavy breathing brushed against Lin Lu's hair, making it slightly itchy.

If Lin Lu can achieve maximum synchronization with Mon3tr, he might become Terra's first Bio Rider, or he could impersonate a Stand user.

Warfarin asked in confusion, "Doctor, you were fine before, how did you make Kal'tsit angry?"

“I was forged in front of Kal'tsit.”

"what?"

A small question mark appeared on Warfarin's head.

"No, it's nothing, it's nothing, it's nothing."

The bitterness in my heart is something I keep to myself; there's no need to tell others.

"And what about you? What happened to you?"

Lin Lu observed Warfarin. In terms of binding techniques, the way she was restrained now was completely different from that afternoon. If Platinum had simply tied Warfarin up with a rope, made a knot, tied the other end of the rope to the mast, and then kicked her down, that would have been a different story.

So the current warfarin is the legendary tortoise shell binding.

This skillful rope art masterpiece, resembling a python and a young girl, presents a striking contrast between extreme terror and extreme tranquility.

Rough ropes were neatly wrapped around Warfarin's body, slightly tightening her small frame without making her appear bulky. The evenly distributed ropes formed a net, reducing the discomfort caused by unilateral force. Moreover, the way certain features were accentuated made even Warfarin look surprisingly well-endowed. This prominent sense of artistry, beauty, and roundness was enough to call it a work of art.

"Ugh, just thinking about it makes me angry!"

Warfarin said angrily, "I just said a few words to her! And she's acting like this!"

“Exactly! Menopause, always speaking with a barb, cold and aloof, not feminine at all—but that's exactly what I love about her! Honest, straightforward, self-disciplined, and she would never push someone else to do something she can't do herself. Although she can be impatient at times, it's because she cares about us and worries about us. Kal'tsit is the most rational and intelligent woman I've ever met, and I'm deeply fascinated by that.” Lin Lu's voice trembled as he tried his best to keep his tone calm.

"Oh? Doctor, you're already speaking up for her before you've even remarried? I didn't realize you had this kind of taste."

Warfarin excitedly tried to come closer, a faint blush rising on her fair, childlike face from the friction of her body against the ropes.

"To be honest, Kal'tsit is definitely my type! She's amazing, how can there be such a perfect woman in this world! I love her."

"Wow! Doctor! If you said that to her face, the mother cat would be overjoyed!"

"Yes, is that so..."

Lin Lu glanced at Kal'tsit, who was approaching gracefully, out of the corner of his eye, but didn't see her jump up.