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Amiya paused for a few seconds, and when she saw the lipstick mark on Lin Lu's face, her hexagonal deep red pupils instantly flashed. Her gaze quickly swept over Skadi. Good, nothing seems amiss on the outside... but who knows what's underneath!

"Doctor, did you have a good time last night?"

Amiya glanced at Lin Lu indifferently, like a young wife catching her husband cheating.

Lin Lu shivered and quickly pulled his hospital gown tighter to cover the marks on his body.

“Miss Skadi, the Doctor is grateful for your care.”

Amiya wore an extremely dignified smile, but it was all a facade; in reality, the rings on her hands occasionally emitted a blinding red light.

“No…” Skadi rarely showed any fear. She shrugged, hugged her right arm with her left hand, and said shamefully, “I probably drank too much to do that… I will take responsibility for him. From now on, no matter what the future holds, I will walk with Ritsu. I’m sorry, I need to calm down, so I’ll take my leave now.”

Skadi couldn't stand the fact that she had drunkenly and violently beaten Lin Lu. She finally managed to find him, only to end up beating him up all over.

She picked up the black greatsword that had been thrown into a corner at some point, and staggered out of the room, her gait slightly awkward.

Amiya watched quietly, a faint arc of danger gathering behind her.

"Doctor, I did not agree to let you leave."

Amiya smiled, but her smile contained no real joy.

A black arc of electricity struck Lin Lu, who had quietly crept up to the doorway. This was the first time that Lin Lu, with his exceptional stealth abilities, had suffered a setback.

"Before we have breakfast, I think we have some things to discuss, Doctor."

"Ah, haha, can't we talk about this after we finish eating?"

"What do you think, Doctor?"

Amiya narrowed her eyes slightly, slowly leaned down, placed her hand on Lin Lu's neck, and carefully examined the hickeys on it.

"Click."

A series of crisp sounds rang out. If such a sound were heard on Lin Lu's neck, even his regenerative abilities would not be able to withstand it.

Fortunately, the actual killing intent only dissolved the collapsed hospital bed behind Amiya into waste, with countless cracks appearing in the bent stainless steel pipes.

Amiya, listen to me, listen to me!

"Shh..." Amiya raised a finger to her lips and said softly, "The corpse is talking?"

Chapter 144 Amiya's Awakening

11:15 am Cloudy, visibility 18 km.

Two kilometers outside Longmen, there is a desert.

Rhode Island Doctor's Office.

"Doctor, this is your daily task for today. Please complete it within three hours."

"Doctor, this is the personnel plan for Rhodes Island's manufacturing and trading posts. Please review it and arrange the operators on duty for the day. What? You're asking why we can't just arrange for a month of rotating day and night shifts? Doctor, most operators need to be temporarily dispatched to participate in various combat missions. Very few operators are permanently assigned to one position, unless they are logistics operators specifically responsible for managing the warehouse. If anyone asks you, just tell them that Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals has always advocated job flexibility; it's part of our corporate culture."

"Doctor, these are the resumes of the newly recruited operators for the Human Resources Department. According to company regulations, the confirmation of any operator's employment requires the approval of Rhodes Island's highest leadership, including applications from logistics operators to be transferred to the front lines. From now on, you, Kal'tsit, and I will be managing this aspect together. As a company benefit, we will allocate combat records to operators with high combat rate priority, encouraging and urging them to take necessary courses and enhance their skill specialization in the training room. Please allocate the training room resources for today; yes, this is also part of the day's work."

"Doctor, Operation Reserve Group A1 is conducting a positional warfare exercise. Please provide tactical guidance via the PRTS system. Their combat experience is still limited. If you fail more than three times, I will ask Miss Hibiscus from Reserve Group A1 to prepare a rich and nutritious meal for you tonight—a sweet little punishment. Incidentally, Operation Reserve Group A4 has arrived in Lungmen District, preparing for a valuable raw material escort mission. Please provide remote guidance. Please note that this is not an exercise; there is no second chance after failure."

"Doctor, Doctor, wake up, Doctor. Here, it's unsweetened black coffee, let me feed you. How is it? Is it bitter? Is it as bitter as my heart? Is it hot? Yes, it's freshly brewed, please drink it. Refusing won't work, your body needs some discipline... I mean, training. That's right, training. If you can't control your lower body, Doctor, then let me do it."

"The combat records from the East are truly profound. The girls in them say it's a necessary process of change for unfaithful boyfriends, shooting 'beep'—management. Doctor, do you know what that means? Don't? No problem, let me teach you with my actions..."

"Doctor, you still have many things to take care of, you can't rest now."

"Enough! Amiya! Enough! Aaaaaaaah, I'm going crazy!!"

Lin Lu roared to the sky, clutching the twenty stacks of documents on the table in his hands, attempting to transform into an extraordinary desktop cleaning master. However, his hand on the documents was covered by another small, fair hand, and Lin Lu immediately trembled and dared not move, his back going numb.

The five cyan rings on this hand felt so familiar; just today, he had been beaten up quite a bit by the owner of these hands.

"Doctor, this is just basic daily work. You need to get used to it as soon as possible. Today is your first official day of work since returning to Rhodes Island. There will be much more work to come," Amiya said with a smile. Her smile was kind and approachable, full of wisdom beyond her years, and exuded a unique charm.

Even though she spent the whole day with Lin Lu in the office, she didn't show the slightest bit of fatigue; on the contrary, she seemed to enjoy it immensely.

It's as if some potential within her has been unleashed, or something extraordinary has awakened, giving her an inexhaustible source of motivation.

This is a very common phenomenon: in childhood, one's mentor is often portrayed as all-powerful and omnipotent. And then, one day, that same person is trampled underfoot. As the flat heel of her shoe slams heavily onto the other's back, the thrill of conquest almost elevates Amiya's soul.

No one would refuse the satisfaction of being superior to another person, unless that person is a masochist.

"Amiya, five minutes, just five minutes. Let me slack off? I'm going to die, I want to slack off!!"

From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Lin Lu has not stopped working. It seems that the work at Rhodes Island will never be finished!

If Lin Lu were working alone in the office, he could catch his breath a little, but Amiya stood by his side like a 24/7 personal secretary. Even when Lin Lu went to the restroom, Amiya would jump up and lean over the door to watch him, leaving him no chance to slack off.

People often say that daughters are like warm little cotton-padded jackets, and Amiya is the same, except that she has a thorny armor, the kind with barbs.

"Slacking off? What kind of slacking off?"

Amiya smiled gently, her azure eyes losing their luster.

"Doctor, would you like to pet Skadi or Specter?"

"I...I won't touch it anymore, I won't touch it anymore."

Lin Lu's voice carried a faint hint of a sob.

Looking aggrieved, he lowered his head and continued reviewing the documents, like a bullied little wife who didn't dare to utter a sound.

"Dong dong."

A knock sounded quietly at the door.

Like the tolling of a bell of happiness, it struck Lin Lü's heart deeply.

Lin Lu had never felt that the sound of knocking on the door was so pleasant and beautiful.

Sure enough, knocking is good manners, barging in is bad manners! If Amiya had knocked this morning, things might have turned out differently!

"Please come in, please come in!" Lin Lu hurriedly looked up and called out, "Please come in quickly!!"

Because Amiya was in a bad mood, no one dared to enter the Doctor's office today, fearing they would suffocate from lack of oxygen in the low-pressure atmosphere.

"excuse me."

The door opened softly, and Angelina, with her brown twin tails swaying as she moved her head and her fluffy animal ears twitching, walked into the office carrying a mailbox, looking troubled.

"Ah, Amiya, Doctor, good evening," Angelina greeted.

Lin Lu responded reflexively, "Hello, Brother Jie!"

"Jie, Brother Jie?"

Angelina tilted her head slightly, looking at the doctor who was completely covered up and wearing a hooded mask even indoors, with some confusion, not understanding what this meant.

"Don't be nervous, the doctor was just making a little joke."

Amiya turned her head slightly and squinted at Lin Lu, which made Lin Lu tremble violently.

When Amiya looked at Angelina, her smile became gentle and kind, as warm and friendly as a girl next door.

"can I help you?"

“Amiya, we have received an official letter from the Ursus Empire. I believe this is quite urgent and needs to be reported immediately.”

"Ursus?"

Amiya took the envelope from Angelina; it indeed bore the wax seal of the Ursus Empire.

After she took it apart and read it carefully, her confident expression gradually disappeared, and the girl's brows furrowed. It was clear at a glance that it was bad news.

"Doctor...we're in trouble."

Amiya handed the letter to Lin Lu and said in a deep voice, "Regarding Rhodes Island's presence in Chernobog on the day of the Reunion Movement incident, and the exposure of your rescue operation in the upper city of Chernobog three days ago, the Ursus Empire has expressed that it needs an explanation—the Ursus Empire delegation will be visiting tomorrow."

Chapter 145 Theresa's Coffee (4K)

"An envoy from the Ursus Empire? Hmph, more like a bunch of bandits."

Lin Lu looked at the formal, literary document in the envelope, and between the lines it revealed two words: cannibalism!

Lin Lu had absolutely no goodwill towards the Ursus Empire; rather, he harbored a negative impression of it.

Leaving aside the Ursus Empire's policies towards the Infected, after all, Lin is an ultimate powerhouse capable of extracting, decomposing, melting, and absorbing highly polluted Originium Clusters and even Originium Arts. His stance is less from the perspective of the Infected and more from the perspective of a third party.

Lin Lu has his own unique opinions, and he will not change them because of the type of people in his environment.

What truly disgusted Lin Lu with Ursus was everything he saw in Chernobog on the day he woke up.

If a country can even use its own territory and people as bargaining chips for personal gain, then its emperor must be the most incompetent and deserving tyrant in history. Now, this person has reached out to Rhodes Island, to Rhodes Island at the forefront of the fight against the Reunion Movement, to the place where Lin Lu's hands reach.

Lin Lu's gaze gradually turned cold, and some violent thoughts condensed in his mind. He unconsciously crushed the envelope in his hand.

"PhD?"

"...What's wrong, Amiya?"

"Your eyes, your emotions, are terrifying."

Amiya said crisply, looking at Lin Lu with some worry.

Angelina leaned against the wall unconsciously, seemingly intimidated by Lin Lu's murderous intent.

Lin Lu was slightly taken aback. He tapped the hood on his head and shook his head helplessly.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault. I will control my emotions."

Lin Lu did not refuse to admit his mistakes because he was concerned about saving face. He was a very self-disciplined person and would never take out his unnecessary emotions on others, especially those around him.

Lin Lu turned and smiled slightly at Angelina, the operator who had once borrowed his power.

Even with his face hidden under his hood, he still hoped to convey friendly feelings.

“Angelina, your judgment is correct. This gives us more time to deal with it. Thank you.”

“No, you’re welcome…” Angelina whispered, looking curiously at the doctor who looked tired, and nervously began, “Um…”

"what happened?"

"Doctor, have we met somewhere before?"

Angelina mustered her courage and asked. She felt a strange, familiar warmth towards Lin Lu, as if they had fought side by side not long ago. This feeling was like a dream, but the dream was all too real. She saw a strange city, a monster that seemed to have jumped out of a horror novel, and an unbelievable version of herself.

Moreover, upon waking, Angelina was surprised to find that she had become much more adept at using Originium Arts. Previously, she could only maintain Anti-Gravity Mode for a very short time, but now she could use it freely, and even if she fell asleep while floating in mid-air on her Originium Staff, she wouldn't fall.

It all seems to be related to that dream.

There was another person in the dream, and that was the Doctor.

"If we had known each other before, I regret that I have no memory of the past now."

Lin Lu threw the crumpled envelope at the corner trash can, hitting it precisely and it landed in the trash can every time.

He secretly cheered in his heart. Sometimes, a man's happiness is that simple. Simple little things can turn a dusty day into a sunny one.

"However, this does not prevent us from having the opportunity to get to know each other. I am very happy to have such an excellent operator join Rhodes Island, and it is an honor to work with her. Angelina, I see unlimited potential in you. Perhaps one day you will face unimaginable crises, but I believe that if it is you, you will be able to protect those around you."

Lin Lu said sincerely that he saw the future and infinite possibilities in this child's talent.

"Thank you, Doctor!"

Angelina lowered her head somewhat flusteredly, clearly not expecting to receive such high praise. She had heard some news about the Doctor a few days ago, such as his blood-soaked appearance in the Rhodes Island cafeteria, silent and with a deathly gaze—but now, the Doctor seemed more like a virtuous and good leader, showing concern and blessings to his employees.

"I still have work to finish, so I'll take my leave now. Goodbye, Doctor... Goodbye, Amiya!"

Angelina noticed Amiya's gaze, quickly clutched the mailbox, and fled as if running away, a smile on her face.

"Uh, Amiya?"

Lin Lu, who had made a careless remark, suddenly realized that Amiya was still there. He subconsciously squeezed his legs together and cautiously looked at the girl.

However, Amiya did not express any dissatisfaction. Or rather, the girl's mind was not on matters of love and sex at that moment.

Amiya is still young, but she is also the leader of Rhodes Island.

The Ursus Empire's communications were less of a negotiation and more of a one-sided oppression. Now that Dr. Kal'tsit was absent, or rather, the Ursus Empire may have obtained information through secret intelligence that Kal'tsit had left Rhodes Island, and thus rushed over in a race against time, attempting to fleece Rhodes Island at its weakest moment.

"Can I do it as well as Dr. Kal'tsit...?"

Amiya's gaze was fixed on something so far away that she couldn't see where she was standing.

Lin Lu watched her quietly, then subtly rose, his movements slow and rhythmic, revealing the essence of stealth. Even if someone were intently watching Lin Lu, they might not have noticed his actions.