Ark Chess Player.

"You traveled all this way just to take him away after he woke up? You? Kal'tsit?"

“Yeah, what else?” Kal'tsit retorted sarcastically. “Are you suggesting we stay and have dinner together?”

"Heh, if you weren't pretending to remember nothing like this bastard—of course, judging from his reaction, it might be true, but it doesn't matter... if you weren't like that, then your brain cells must have been burned clean by those bizarre experiments of yours!" W couldn't help but swear again. "Damn it, if I'm not crazy, then you are. No, even if I am crazy, it doesn't mean you aren't."

Kal'tsit glanced at her calmly and said indifferently, "Only truly insane people don't cry out that they're sick; such behavior is just a craving for others' care and attention. You're perfectly lucid, W, even though you know what you're doing might send you into the abyss."

"Kal'tsit, you son of a bitch (Kazdel profanity)!"

"Idle chatter can be done at another time; I don't have time right now."

Kal'tsit naturally placed the back of her hand on Lin Lu's forehead, who was running a high fever, while listening to W's questions and giving Lin Lu a makeshift medical check-up. Finally, her gaze fell on the blood-stained Ark Driver, and she frowned, quickly taking out an emergency sanity potion from her pocket and pouring it into Lin Lu's mouth.

"Lü, drink it."

Her voice carried an unquestionable tone.

However, Lin Lu, whose consciousness was hazy, couldn't hear anything. His remaining consciousness was fighting against another will within his body, and his turbid thoughts could no longer accommodate any extraneous ideas. At this moment, his entire body was flushed red, and his limbs were unnaturally swollen, like a bomb about to explode, the kind with only three seconds left on the countdown.

Kal'tsit held a whole bottle of Emergency Rational Elixir, but Lin Lu only actually drank a few drops; the rest flowed out of his mouth.

Why are you always so disobedient?

Kal'tsit sighed again. Lin Lu's body temperature had reached an extremely dangerous level; if it dragged on any longer, he would really explode.

Without any hesitation, Kal'tsit decisively took out the last dose of Emergency Stability Potion from her pocket, poured it into her mouth, and held it there. She propped up Lin Lu's head and met his lips. Through mouth-to-mouth contact, she forcefully used her tongue to block the solution in Lin Lu's mouth, preventing it from spilling out.

The liquid of the emergency sedative entered Lin Lu's body through his cool lips and clumsy tongue, and he remained silent for a few seconds before reacting. It was as if he were tasting heavenly nectar; as the sweet, orange-red liquid slid down his throat, it was like a minty drink flowing into his lungs, the cool fragrance suppressing the burning restlessness within him.

...Even the other will within Lin Lu's body was affected, its offensive to seize control of the body froze, seemingly stunned, and its movements slowed down as a result.

Lin Lu naturally wouldn't let this opportunity pass. He instinctively took advantage of Kal'tsit, his hands unconsciously wrapping around her shoulders to prevent her from escaping.

Kal'tsit's bright, emerald-like eyes widened instantly. She didn't know where Lin Lu got the strength from, that he could suppress her.

--Oops!

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh! Haa... Ritsu, wait, wait... um~ um!!"

Compared to Kal'tsit's clumsy yet timid and hesitant manner, Lin Lu, driven by a strong will to survive and a constant desire for more nectar, almost licked her every inch of her body, not even sparing her teeth. Kal'tsit's tongue, which had come into contact with the most Emergency Rational Liquid, was sucked numb by Lin Lu.

How come you're so skilled at it?!

...This was Kal'tsit's last remaining thought.

When Kal'tsit was out of breath, Lin Lu slowed down the pace.

Just as Kal'tsit had finally calmed her racing heart, Lin Lu launched an even more ferocious attack.

Lin Lu gently bit the tip of her tongue, as if to see if there was still some sanity fluid hidden there. After a moment of tenderness, he immediately changed his target, having achieved his goal. This continued repeatedly, endlessly, slowing down the passage of time. Their noses were filled with each other's scent, and Kal'tsit could no longer hear any other sounds.

If it could be represented by a combo count...

“1HIT，2HIT，3HIT……10HIT！11HIT！12HIT！13HIT！14HIT！15HIT！”

Within ten seconds, Kal'tsit's grip on Lin Lu's clothes weakened under the barrage of attacks.

A mature woman's reserve prevented her from taking the initiative; this was her last stand.

"Damn it, what the hell... I've seen all sorts of things... but I've never seen anything like this before."

Not far away, less than a hundred meters away, W muttered to himself, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

For a moment, she forgot what she was supposed to do, unsure whether to launch a sneak attack or what.

"Wow!!"

Having barely regained a sliver of consciousness, the Kingslayer struggled to lift his head. After witnessing Kal'tsit and Lin Lu's intense kiss up close... the Lupo girl's blood pressure skyrocketed, blood gushed from her wounds, tears streamed down her face, and she fainted.

Floating in the air, Mon3tr silently raised its sharp arms to cover its face, but couldn't help but peek.

The atmosphere was very harmonious for a time.

"Haah...haah..."

With her face flushed, Kal'tsit finally managed to break free from Lin Lu's demands, leaning on his shoulder, panting with a dry mouth.

"I really don't have a single drop left..."

There wasn't a single drop of the emergency sanity remedy solution left.

Kal'tsit raised her hand and punched Lin Lu in the back, but not too hard, just venting her dissatisfaction. After hitting him, she seemed to realize that her action was too girlish, so she quickly got off Lin Lu and straightened her weak back, pretending to be calm.

"Is that all? Keep going! Respecting other people's desires is a very important thing. Go ahead and do it. I'm bored."

W pulled out a piece of portable dry food from somewhere, chewed it in big bites, and nudged the fire as he spoke.

Kal'tsit said somewhat calmly, "It's just artificial respiration."

"Huh? You actually dare to say that? Look at how you're panting, like a cat in heat. Kal'tsit, right now I'm just looking at you, and I not only want to laugh, I also want to take a picture as a souvenir! You want to tame the evil spirit of the Tower of Babel? Fine, what will you feed it with? With your barren body devoid of any feminine charm?"

W stood proudly with her arms crossed in front of her chest, a stark contrast to Kal'tsit.

Kal'tsit stared at her coldly, her sharp, hawk-like eyes seeming to see right through her.

Kal'tsit said coldly, "W, compared to your bizarre combination of stockings, bandages, and leather pants, as a medical professional, I must remind you... I suggest you don't use bandages, they'll cause swelling, unless you enjoy that feeling."

"Who's using a band-aid?!"

Chapter 45 Overwhelming Maternal Love: Kal'tsit

Kal'tsit ignored the W sign that was written on the edge of a bra, which was held in front of her chest with both hands. Her gaze remained fixed on Lin Lu's face.

Three years have passed, and his appearance hasn't changed at all. He doesn't even have a stubble; his skin is smooth and delicate, giving him the look of a frail scholar. There are three teeth marks on his face—tsk, where did those teeth marks come from? They don't look like Amiya biting him…

Lin Lu once laughed at her for having white hair at a young age, but now she has a full head of white hair herself.

The person looks the same as before, but it's hard to tell who is actually inside.

While working tirelessly to devise a rescue plan, Kal'tsit gave Amiya a death order.

If the person who wakes up is no longer the Doctor, then let him lie in the sarcophagus forever. When he leaves, remember to put the sarcophagus lid back on and weld it shut.

However, when Kal'tsit made contact with someone using the rescue team's preparatory group's communication equipment, she inadvertently overheard a conversation between Lin Lu and Amiya.

The Lin Lu of that time was unlike him three years ago; he was more like… the white-robed mercenary from when we first met five years ago, a man full of naive ideas, stubborn, persistent, and utterly infuriating. Once he set his mind on something, nothing could stop him, not even a raging torrent; he would smash his way through it.

After taking the emergency sanity potion, Lin Lu's body temperature has been brought under control. Although he still has a high fever, at least he no longer gives people the feeling that he is about to explode.

Lin Lu slowly opened his eyes. His consciousness was still blurry, but at least he didn't feel the fear of his body slipping out of his control.

“…Kal’tsit?”

Lin Lu realized that he had been rescued when he saw the white-haired beauty reflected in his dark, calm eyes.

He instinctively tried to break free from her embrace, but Kal'tsit held him tightly in her arms.

"Kelsey?!"

"We can talk about it later. I'll take you and... Lyudmila away first."

Kal'tsit noticed the Kingslayer lying on the ground from the very beginning, the son of an unfathomable old friend... Strange, she seemed to be only slightly injured just now, how come she has lost too much blood now?

Did I say you could leave?

Ignored by W's cold tone, she felt like her blood vessels were about to burst, and she was so angry that she almost took off her shirt to prove that she wasn't wearing a band-aid.

No, that's not the point. The point is—

"Kal'tsit, do you really want to continue controlling this monster?"

"What I do is my business, what does it have to do with you?" Kal'tsit said coldly. She turned to look at Lin Lu, who was delirious from a high fever, and added indifferently, "I can't guarantee whether he still has his memory, but I think there is still a chance to cooperate with him."

"Ha, Kal'tsit, you haven't forgotten that the person you're holding right now is a fraud, have you? A monster who deceives the world and war. What makes you think this so-called amnesia isn't just an act? He's fooled everyone, and whether your pride wants to admit it or not, you're nothing more than a pawn in his game... That's the result I see."

Dizzy, Lin Lu looked up at the silent Kal'tsit, then at the arrogant W, and asked, rubbing his throbbing head, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"You have no right to interrupt now, so shut up. Once I've resolved her issue, I'll take you back to the cellar, and then we can have a heart-to-heart talk all night."

"..."

Lin Lu silently reached for the class card box.

I heard you're pretty brave? Let's see who takes whom home and who has a heart-to-heart talk with whom after I transform!

Kal'tsit stopped him, shook her head slightly, and sighed, "Before knowing the truth, one should not, and cannot, let inferences affect one's emotions, W."

"What a joke! I already knew the answer: you're insane too, you're broken! Now that the truth is right in front of us, shouldn't we just take him apart and see what's inside? Let me make this clear: you can have his body, I don't want his body, I just want his brain."

W, observing Kal'tsit's increasingly hostile expression, couldn't help but laugh mockingly again: "Look at you, you're secretly weighing things in your mind again, this side, and that side... but the other side is Theresia! Can you even be considered human if you can put Theresia and the murderer side in the same weight?!"

Kal'tsit said calmly, "He may not be the murderer."

"Tsk, I'm different from you. I don't care about all that! I just want to know the truth, to know whose head I should leave a hole in with my gun. Before I know the truth, he is the murderer! I'll never be lenient with murderers. I'll use every means possible, even if it means bringing that monster back with my own hands and then killing it!"

"Have you said enough?"

Kal'tsit's face was as cold and icy as ice.

She instinctively covered Lin Lu's ears to prevent him from hearing W's incoherent ramblings.

She knew that Lin Lu was good at thinking, but incomplete information often led people astray in extreme directions, just like W.

"Hey……"

W, watching Kal'tsit's subtle actions, raised her chin high and said, "I get it, you're just overflowing with maternal love."

"Mon3tr!"

Kal'tsit raised her hand, and the Originium monster floating in the air roared and charged directly at W.

"Want to fight? You want to fight? Come on! I've been wanting to teach you a lesson, you menopausal stinking woman. Come on, let's see how many of us have... Holy crap!"

Before W could even set up her tactical pistol, she was pounced on by the ghostly Mon3tr and pounded into the ground. The scene was incredibly violent; even though her Sarkaz body could block Mon3tr's sharp arms, her clothes couldn't withstand it. Her shirt was ripped open, and pieces of fabric were torn into the air.

"Kal'tsit, you son of a bitch! If you're so tough, let's have a one-on-one fight!"

W covered her chest with one hand and grabbed her pleated skirt with the other, her face flushed as she cursed loudly.

“Mon3tr, strip her naked and throw her out, as far away as possible.”

"Old woman! Next time, next time I promise I won't take it off—"

Kal'tsit watched W being thrown away, narrowed her eyes, and said calmly, "It really wasn't a band-aid, I must have been mistaken."

Lin Lu watched as the white W was gripped and sent flying by Mon3tr, lost in thought, wondering if something had gone wrong.

Just ten minutes ago, he was fighting W to the death, then the situation reversed, then reversed again, and in the end, everyone was gone.

—Perhaps this is life.

"She has the information I want to know."

With Kal'tsit's help, Lin Lu was able to walk with difficulty.

Kal'tsit said calmly, "You wouldn't understand no matter how much I explain, and her knowledge isn't comprehensive either."

"Aren't you going to explain this to me?"

Lin Lu stopped and looked at her, his eyes full of doubt.

Even though he had no memories of the past, he knew this person was Kal'tsit because he had once transformed into her appearance using the Ark Driver. Even so, he still had an inexplicable sense of trust in her, as if he could confidently entrust things to her.

"Now is not the time..."

"When you truly wake up, you should be able to understand it yourself."

"Secrets are like springs; sometimes they just flow out on their own, even if you don't want them to."

Kal'tsit said calmly, stretching her hand into the air. The Mon3tr, returning at high speed, affectionately nuzzled her hand.

"Take her with you, but be careful, she's still injured."

Kal'tsit pointed to the fallen Kingslayer, and Mon3tr understood immediately, enveloping the Kingslayer in his Originium body and floating him in the air.

Lin Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had originally thought that if Kal'tsit refused to take the Kingslayer away, he would stay with the Kingslayer no matter what.

Lin Lu had made a promise to the regicide.

"If Rhodes Island is unwilling to accept you, I will leave with you."

He means it.

"So, are we just going to walk back like this?" Lin Lu asked.

"No, we'll take the car back."