Asura in Arknights

In his view, the most troublesome thing was Li Ang's attitude of non-violent non-cooperation. If Li Ang was willing to talk to him, he would have a million reasons to persuade him.

Now that Li Ang is willing to come and observe Byron's final enhancement, isn't this a very good start?

So the supervisor patted his chest and confidently assured him, "Don't worry, I'll definitely be able to convince you."

Leon shrugged noncommittally and called out to Adams beside him, "Let's go, Adams."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

After Li Ang walked out of the control center first, Adams did not rush to leave. Instead, he walked up to the supervisor who was muttering to himself and asked in a low voice, "Supervisor, in your opinion, is there any possibility that Knight Li Ang's eyes can be restored?"

"Why are you asking this?" The supervisor looked at him with some doubt. "Isn't he able to use a perception spell, so blindness shouldn't have any effect on him?"

"But this can never replace normal vision, am I right?"

"That's for sure," the supervisor replied affirmatively. "It's a pity I don't know what kind of perception magic he used, otherwise I could try to help improve it."

At this point, the supervisor himself couldn't help but shake his head.

Perception magic... is almost essential for anyone's survival, let alone for a blind person. How could he just casually hand it over to someone else? He was only thinking about it.

"I think if we could help him cure his blindness, that would be a great gift from the company, wouldn't it?"

"Is this also the boss's idea?"

Adams nodded.

The supervisor then fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he slowly replied, "If we use Kazimierz's technology, I think it's impossible to do this, but if we use some other methods... it's not entirely hopeless."

"Then I'll leave this matter to you."

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Actually, there was nothing in particular that required Adams to handle.

He simply assigned Adams some time-consuming tasks, hoping to keep him occupied.

Li Ang knew very well that Adams had problems and was not an ordinary spokesperson, but since it wasn't time to overturn the table yet, he could only keep it to himself.

Normally, Li Ang would keep Adams by his side and pay attention to his every move.

However, Li Ang has been out of contact with the outside world for quite some time now, and he urgently needs to meet with Marna to exchange the intelligence he has gathered during this period. Naturally, he cannot bring Adams with him.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Li Ang had no choice but to resort to this tactic, keeping Adams extremely busy.

The work Li Ang gave him was enough to keep him busy for several days. As long as he wanted to keep his identity a secret, he wouldn't do anything outrageous in public.

As Li Ang left the Boer Pharmaceutical Industrial Park, a strange, invisible black shadow was silently approaching Li Ang's back.

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P.S. My grandfather was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer today... What a mess...

These two chapters may be a bit disorganized, please forgive me.

Chapter 53 Adele's Considerations

"Sister, so this is where you live..."

Maria squinted, looking at the room with a look of disgust.

After leaving the hospital, Maria and Adele followed the trio of apostles, avoiding the attention of most people, to their newly chosen hiding place.

To be honest, the living conditions here were quite basic, so basic that Maria was surprised that such a dilapidated inn could exist in the Great Knight Territory. The three of them were crammed into a small room, without even the most basic furniture. This was something Maria had never expected.

However, for the trio of apostles who spent long periods of time exposed to the elements in the wilderness, having a place to shelter from the wind and rain was enough.

"Sister, why don't we just go back and stay there? There are plenty of empty rooms in the manor, aren't there?" Maria suddenly had a bright idea and suggested.

"Nonsense!"

Margaret had a bit of a headache. Given her sister's personality, it would be best to keep her close by and keep a close watch on her.

They had just joined forces to kill one of the supreme leaders of the Unarmored Alliance not long ago, and had finally found a suitable hiding place. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to go back to the Lin Guang family's manor now?

Margaret glared at her sternly. "Now that you've come with us, you'd better stay here and not wander off anywhere."

"Huh? How could this happen?"

Maria, who only now realized that something was wrong, was too late to run away. With Margaret watching over her every step of the way, she had no chance to carry out any bold ideas she might have.

The two sisters were playfully bickering, while Liz sat quietly resting. Now, only Adele and Shining remained in the room.

"Miss Shining, what exactly did you mean by what you said before?"

As soon as she sat down, Adele asked impatiently.

The Shining's ambiguous words had indeed bothered Adele, otherwise she wouldn't have followed them to this wretched place.

What does "I want to find out... what role did your partner play in this?" mean? It sounds like he's implying that Leon was involved in Rein's accident.

Before that, I'd like to ask you a question.

With that, Shining pulled a flyer from her pocket and placed it in front of Adele. "Is this your companion, Mr. Leon?"

Shining pulled out a promotional flyer for the Major, which featured the recently rising star, 'Hurricane Rider'.

"...It's him, no doubt. Is there a problem?" Adele looked up, staring at Shining with some confusion.

At first, when Adele found out that Leon was secretly participating in the knightly competition, she was somewhat angry, as she disliked this dangerous sport at all.

But then, when Adele realized why Leon had done it, her feelings turned into guilt.

Adele's wages from working at the Linguang family's house were barely enough to cover normal expenses. Beyond that, she would struggle to make ends meet. If it weren't for the money, Li Ang wouldn't have needed to do something so dangerous.

"It really is him... This is troublesome..." Shining frowned.

After identifying Pol Pharmaceuticals as a potential adversary, Shining began investigating potential obstacles.

Having already been hacked once, Pol Pharmaceuticals' defenses are now vastly different. Coupled with the information she gleaned from that document, they are likely to face a very formidable enemy in the end.

Shining had considered withdrawing from the matter and leaving it to the authorities in Kazimierz, but after careful consideration, she ultimately abandoned the idea.

Because Margaret told her that even within the Securities and Futures Commission, things weren't monolithic, and if she reported this matter, by the time they took action, it might be too late.

Besides that... there's also Shining's own idea.

The technology that Pol Pharmaceuticals is currently using involves the deepest secrets of the Sarkaz race. Although it is unknown how these secrets were leaked, as a former member of the 'Absolutioner', even though he has long since left the organization, Shining still feels that he cannot ignore this act of blasphemy.

During the investigation, Shining first noticed the new star knight who had signed a contract with Pol Pharmaceuticals. Because Leon had left a very deep impression on her, Shining recognized the knight's true identity at a glance.

According to the information provided by Margaret, Shining also knew what this employment relationship represented in Kazimierz. Her bringing Adele here this time was partly to eliminate risks in advance.

Even if Adele refuses, Shining will forcibly bring her over.

"Your friend... is now working for Bohr Pharmaceuticals, you should know that, right?"

“I know about this.”

"But what if I were to say that there are many patients like Mr. Ryan, and that the mastermind behind all of this is Pol Pharmaceuticals?"

Shining could sense that the Caprini girl in front of her wavered for a moment, but then quickly regained her resolve, and her gaze toward her held a hint of hostility.

Although she didn't say anything more, Shining already understood what Adele meant.

Shining knew that such divisive remarks would be disliked, but this was just a precaution she was taking in advance just in case.

“Okay… I hope you’re right.” Shining sighed softly. “I don’t want to see that happen either.”

At this moment, the argument between the two sisters had come to an end. The sharp-eyed Maria immediately spotted the poster on the table, grabbed it, and said to her sister with a hint of pride, "Sister, so you know about Hurricane Knight too."

"Let me tell you, I got his autograph this time!"

Seeing Maria's smug expression, neither Shining nor Margaret had the heart to shatter her illusion and tell her that the Hurricane Knight might be the enemy they were about to face.

Faced with such temptations, how many people can resist the urge to act? Whether as accomplices or victims, they will ultimately face a rather difficult situation.

Your Highness...

Shining silently shifted her gaze, staring absently at the sky outside the window.

If you were here... what choice would you make?

Chapter Flaw

Something followed us.

Shortly after leaving the industrial park of Bohr Pharmaceuticals, Li Ang had this feeling.

Something invisible to the naked eye was mingling among the crowd, secretly observing Li Ang with a malicious gaze. If his senses hadn't been so different from ordinary people, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect this strange aura.

This thing... could it be something Adams made?

Li Ang's first suspect was Adams, who was equally suspicious. Not long ago, Li Ang was thinking that if Adams did not possess Originium Arts such as creating clones, then his plan would have a 90% or higher chance of success.

But now... an invisible ghost has appeared.

Pretending not to have noticed the thing, Li Ang continued walking forward without making a sound. While the eerie shadow was secretly watching him, Li Ang was also observing its presence.

After leaving the industrial park, Li Ang bought some gifts at a shop outside as planned, intending to visit Renn to check on his situation. Although the shadowy figure had been secretly following Li Ang, the truth was that the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark. The longer the time dragged on, the more information it would leak, and the more advantageous the situation would be for Li Ang.

After only hanging that shadow behind him for a short time, Li Ang discovered quite a few problems.

The shadow had been following Li Ang at a distance of fifty meters. If Li Ang remembered correctly, the sensing range he reported to Pol Pharmaceuticals was only twenty meters... Now it was monitoring him from more than twice that distance. How cautious they were...

However, they probably never imagined that Li Ang's perception range had far exceeded fifty meters. Once Li Ang locked onto their presence, they could not escape his perception range unless they left the mobile city directly.

To Li Ang, the shadow's movements were as ridiculous as those of a clown under a spotlight.

The only problem now is how to eliminate that shadow in one fell swoop without revealing ourselves as much as possible.

How did Adams control the shadow? Was it through some kind of real-time communication? Or did the shadow possess only basic intelligence, requiring Adams to personally retrieve it in order to know everything observed along the way?

However, as long as it's not Adams himself who's following him, he'll just have to swallow his anger and be killed by Li Ang.

The two sides maintained this fragile balance until Leon arrived at the hospital where Raine was.

After Li Ang entered the hospital, the situation suddenly changed—the shadow strangely stopped outside the hospital.

If the Shadow wanted to monitor Li Ang's every move, it wouldn't allow him to enter a crowded hospital, which would be an excellent opportunity to meet with others, unless... it couldn't do that.

"It's not that I don't want to come in... but that I have no way to come in?"

Gazing at the eerie figure constantly lingering on the edge of the hospital, Li Ang thought to himself thoughtfully.

"Sir, it's not that I didn't try to stop them, but the patient's wife insisted, and I had no choice but to let them in."

Beside him, Renn's attending physician continued to recount the events of the past few days to Li Ang, "What does the Sarkaz know about medicine? Fortunately, they didn't do anything reckless, and Mr. Renn's health has not suffered any problems."

Upon hearing this, Li Ang suddenly stopped and turned to the doctor, asking, "You mean, other people have come to see Renn's condition during this time?"

"Ah, yes, they are two Sarkaz people who claim to be doctors."

As he spoke, the doctor gave Li Ang a brief description of the characteristics of those people.

A Sarkaz woman with white and blonde hair... accompanied by a powerful Kuranta woman... Could they be the three Apostles? Li Ang quickly matched the doctor's description with the people in his memory.

They did indeed come to the Great Knight's Territory...

Li Ang wasn't particularly surprised that the trio of apostles were here. If it were Liz's personality, they probably wouldn't refuse to check on Renn's situation if Adele asked them to.

What Li Ang was curious about was what those three mysterious Sarkaz could detect from Rein.

"Did those people say anything else?"

"Well..." The attending physician seemed a little embarrassed, and after a while he stammered, "I was kicked out at the time, so I don't know what they said."

This guy... Li Ang was really speechless. Apart from being nice to talk to, this guy's words hadn't been of any use at all.

"Never mind..." Li Ang shook his head helplessly.

Since Raine hasn't woken up, it proves that Shining and Liz don't have a way to cure him either. It's best not to worry about their existence and proceed at our own pace.

The more important thing now is to figure out what makes the hospital different from other places, and why that strange shadow can't enter the hospital grounds.

The shadow has no physical form; neither the walls of a building nor a person's body can obstruct it. So why can't it enter this hospital?

Li Ang did not notice any behavior from the shadow that avoided other buildings along the way.

To figure this out, Li Ang tried asking the attending physician next to him, hoping he could provide some useful clues.

"What do you think is the biggest difference between the environment here and other places?"

Upon hearing Li Ang's question, the attending physician was initially puzzled, but he thought about it carefully before answering somewhat uncertainly, "Perhaps... it's because this place can isolate most of the Originium contamination?"

"Oh? Tell me about it." Li Ang asked, a slight thought crossing his mind.

The doctor patted his chest and began explaining to Li Ang, in simple terms, how to avoid Originium contamination, starting with the various ways Originium can infect humans.