Ark, they don't revolve around you

Right at the center, he saw the files piled up like small mountains.

"They are all applications to leave the ship." Kal'tsit came over.

"So many?" Zhuang Ning was a little surprised. "Logos, Ascalon, and... W, are they all leaving?"

“The reason they were willing to join Rhodes Island was originally because of Theresa.” Kal’tsit could not hear any emotion. “Now that she has established a country, Kazdel is in great need of talent.”

Zhuang Ning nodded silently.

that's true……

The predecessor of Rhodes Island was the Tower of Babel. The elite operators originally gathered under the banner of Theresa. Now that Theresa is returning home, what reason do they have not to build their own home?

"Do you need my signature?" he said.

"Correct."

He signed in very late that day, until dusk, when the house was filled with the setting sun.

When Scout looked at him again, he felt as if this man had a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

"Come for a walk with me, Scout." He sounded a little tired.

The evening wind was a little cold. Zhuang Ning looked back at Rhodes Island and sighed softly, "There are even fewer people here."

Scout's voice was very faint: "More and more people will come."

Zhuang Ning didn't answer.

He stood still, turned his head and smiled: "Scout, you must be tired too, always having to protect me."

“You probably wanted to go back with Theresa… I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m the one who held you back.”

"no!"

Scout retorted instinctively, his voice high, "Not only me, there are many people who will stay..."

"No need to comfort me." Zhuang Ning shook his head. "Before, there were too many people from Chen, Linguang, and Texas. How should I put it... It doesn't seem surprising anymore. They will all leave..."

He lowered his head quietly: "I'll give you a day off."

“…I don’t need it.”

"You should take a rest, Scout." Zhuang Ning seemed to be talking to himself.

Walking on the street, filled with a festive atmosphere, Scout became anxious and even a little angry.

He felt that this was not right, but he couldn't find out who was wrong.

No one is wrong.

Feeling inexplicably heavy-hearted, Scout finally decided to go find the doctor.

——He found Zhuang Ning in the factory.

This factory was once occupied by the Sarkaz royal army, but was finally liberated. They were celebrating with great enthusiasm and opening bottle of champagne.

Zhuang Ning stood at the top and did not participate. He was in the shadow, watching intently. There was a bright light below, as if it was isolated from the top floor.

Scout coughed and Zhuang Ning was a little scared.

"Why are you back?"

"I don't feel at ease." Scout told the truth.

Zhuang Ning shook his head: "You are just too serious."

Scout felt that the doctor's aura had changed again, and even his smile seemed a little forced.

"I just found w."

Zhuang Ning said, "——I hope she can stay."

"Did she agree?" Scout regretted asking.

How could I possibly agree to this? If I agreed, would the doctor still have this expression?

Zhuang Ning was silent again for a very long time, so long that Scout thought he would not answer.

"She refused, with almost no hesitation," he said finally.

"W is right, Theresa and Kazdel are your home..." Zhuang Ning gritted his teeth, his voice rising from the ground, "But where is my home?!"

“Why do I feel more tired the more I do?!”

"Why can't I be free even in my dreams?! All I dream about are things I can't have?!"

This was the first and last time Scout heard him complain.

This man who used to have eyes as hard as steel among the operators actually made an expression as if he was about to cry.

"I want to go back, scout."

Chapter 7 That's not the way you look at a friend

Scout understands better than anyone why the doctor would go to such an extreme, but he can't save him. He wants to find someone to save him, but there is no trace of him.

All I can do is watch him gradually become cold and heartless, and turn back into the evil spirit of the Tower of Babel.

His anger would not dissipate easily. This man who had never been angry said to W coldly:

"If Kazdel has any questions, you can tell me and I will pass it on to the Doctor."

w's body trembled slightly and he stared blankly.

She didn't answer, confused and without error.

In a trance, W recalled how the doctor looked when he was here. What was the man's mentality when he watched people leave one by one?

The Doctor is never short of people around him. You’ll get that feeling if you’ve been in contact with him for a long time, but he’s actually very lonely, right?

He actually felt that no one would really stand on his side, and everyone would leave, using all kinds of excuses.

How can such a person not be suspicious, neurotic, and crazy...

It's just that he chose to use reason to cover up the madness in his heart.

It's ridiculous.

So, I never understood the Doctor before?

She smiled a little weakly and looked at Scout: "You have been wanting to scold me for a long time, right?"

Scout's eyes were cold: "We should have been comrades-in-arms... I don't want to say it too harshly, but I do blame you."

"Even if it's just one person, even if it's just one person who can really get to know him, maybe he won't be like this..."

His voice was like a hammer chiseling into W's heart: "Aren't you living and dying with the doctor? Don't you think he is a good person?"

"Fuck you, *Kazdel swears*, you don't understand anything!!"

"The doctor has not left Rhodes Island for the past six months and has locked himself in the laboratory."

He suddenly took out a list and handed it to W. She took it and immediately covered her mouth.

That's the medical examination form.

The target of the test is Scout himself. He was undoubtedly a patient of Originium disease, but now the concentration of Originium in his blood is pitifully low - this means that Scout's Originium disease has been cured.

"This is impossible……"

"Nothing is impossible. My mineral sickness has been cured."

Scout said, but he didn't seem happy at all, "This is the result of his six months of work!!"

"In the past six months, he has been working alone and has developed the drug without much communication with others."

"What price do you think he paid?" Scout sneered.

What price...

Is it his own humanity? W pursed his lips.

She met Scout's eyes.

"The doctor you knew is dead. Now he is just an evil spirit floating in Rhodes Island."

So no one will tolerate W's laughter and scolding.

The people she knew were gone, only evil spirits with hearts made of iron and stone.

……

Zhuang Ning's hands trembled.

It was fatigue. His mind was always tense, and this bad consequence was inevitable.

It's time to get some medicine - Zhuang Ning thought silently, although sleeplessness can avoid mental fatigue, reduced efficiency is inevitable.

That won't work.

If possible, he would solve everything within ten years and then go home!

There can be no waste at all for this.

At this stage, the development of oripathy was only in its early stages, but he already had the capital to influence the countries of Terra.

Who should he govern next as a gimmick?

Someone who has oripathy and is of high status... Zhuang Ning thought about it and had a candidate in mind.

He pulled out a photo. Chen Huijie was Wei Yanwu's designated successor. There was no one more suitable than her.

The girl will go to the island tomorrow. As long as her mineralopathy is cured, Wei Yanwu’s reaction will surely be very interesting.

After all, which powerful person doesn't worry about getting oripathy?

Zhuang Ning laughed, and the arc of his smile was a little scary.

In the dark night, he couldn't sleep, so he opened the terminal.

Keep working, the night is long.

As for the thought of alleviating the mental problem just now, he had thrown it out of his mind.

……