Chapter 24
He is almost finished evolving.
The two snail-like tentacles trembled slightly.
Chapter 29: The most dangerous city (Part 1)
The early morning sunlight shines through the half-covered curtains and shines on the dark circles under the eyes of the man on the hospital bed, as well as on the little girl sitting next to him who is sleeping on her stomach.
"hiss--"
Suddenly, the man slowly opened his eyes, looked at the unfamiliar ceiling in front of him, and felt a slight constant headache, as if he was drunk until midnight the next morning.
"My head hurts so much. Where is this... eh?"
Just as Gafan was about to sit up, he found an unconscious little girl lying next to the bed, and immediately stopped.
"This, seems to be the child from yesterday, right? Ah, my head is so dizzy, I can't even remember what happened." Gafan, who felt that his memory was a bit fragmented, rubbed his temples with a look on his face.
His heavy eyelids reminded him that it was time to lie down and go back to sleep, but his stomach protested from hunger and shouted that he was not allowed to sleep.
Depend on! My body, can't you all agree on it?
Speaking of something that only he knew, the system's somewhat immature voice suddenly sounded.
"Host, are you awake?"
"The operation was successful?"
"What?" The system was confused.
"Ahem, it's nothing, my brain suddenly cramped."
Sitting up slowly, trying not to disturb the little girl who was still sleeping soundly, Gafan leaned against the backrest of the bed. He looked around a little thirsty and found a glass of water on the bedside, so he drank from it. , while silently talking to the system in mind to understand the situation.
"System, how long have I been sleeping?"
"I've been sleeping since yesterday afternoon. I'm like a dead pig. I didn't show any signs of waking up after being manipulated like that." The system replied angrily, "I told you before, don't hold on, don't hold on. "Why don't you listen to what others say?"
"My uncle is not here."
"What?" The system was confused again.
"Ahem, it's nothing, my brain is cramping again." Gafan rubbed his stiff face with his hands, his expression a little confused.
I don't know if it's because he just woke up, but he feels that the way he speaks seems to be a lot more "frank". This is not good. You have to pay attention. He promised the eldest sister that he would change his "high emotional intelligence".
"But I've been sleeping for so long. Wait, why does my face feel a little weird?"
Gafan, who discovered a new question, began to look around again. After all, as we all know, people's eyes generally cannot see their own faces, even if they are forced to turn 180 degrees.
Ahem, this is a strange metaphor.
"Mirror...is there really one?"
Seeing a small mirror in the style of a child's painting placed on the table not far away, Gafan reached out and pointed.
"You're coming...please come here slowly."
"Host, why did you use the word 'please'?"
"Uh, I used it subconsciously, don't worry about it." Holding the small mirror that slowly floated steadily in his hand, Gafan perfunctoryly took a look at his own face.
Well, he is still a little handsome, but he seems to be a little greasy from sleeping for too long, and...
Very obvious dark circles?
"What the hell? It looks like a giant panda."
After complaining about himself, Gafan carelessly touched his face with his finger and said, "Clean your face."
In an instant, the greasiness dissipated, and even moisturized the dry skin, as if I had just applied the mask, but the thick dark circles under my eyes were still firm.
This made Gafan frown slightly. Due to his personal constitution, even when he stayed up late coding novels and was about to die suddenly, he never had dark circles under his eyes.
"Toxins around the eyes are eliminated and blood circulation is promoted."
There is no obvious change, it is still the same as before.
"?"
"Eliminates dark circles."
There are slight changes, but not much different from the original one.
"???"
Why? !
After struggling with this magical scene for a while, Gafan finally decided to give up thinking, let the mature children's style mirror return to its original position, and then continued talking to the system.
"System, how is my physical condition now?"
"It's nothing serious. After all, you basically never let that big rat catch you from the beginning to the end. But even after sleeping for nearly a day, your mental state is still not fully recovered. You need to rest more."
The system will still explain this kind of thing seriously, and added: "But it's a bit strange that your upper limit of mental power and toughness have increased for some reason. Is this a unique situation of your carbon-based creatures? What the hell? don't know."
"Well, this should be regarded as a breakthrough and growth beyond the limit, although I don't understand it."
After rubbing his temples for a while, and finally alleviating some of the swelling feeling, Gafan looked at his hands again and muttered to himself.
"This time I have used the word spirit for a long time, and I have some understanding of this ability. Although it has a wide range of applications, it is difficult to affect those who are much stronger than me. The current upper limit of strength should depend on my mental strength. To a certain extent, the influence of physical properties consumes much less, and the influence of spatial properties is now somewhat beyond my ability..."
"However, when your energy transmission replenishes the system, the upper limit of what I can achieve seems to have been temporarily slightly improved. There is also the scope of influence of the cheating. It is most obvious within five meters, and fifty meters. The effect is reduced by half, and it would be difficult to even hold a water glass from a hundred meters away.”
Putting down his palm, Gafan showed a lazy expression.
"Well, that's about it. There are many more that I can't think of at the moment. Oh, by the way, system. Speaking of which, I should be in the hospital now. Did this kid and the metal bat bring me here?"
"Yes, the ambulance didn't arrive at that time. The little girl had a stubborn face, but she looked like she was about to cry. She was so calm and brave when facing weird people." The system was also lazy. explained.
"And the young policeman. It seems that because he wore a bulletproof vest under his uniform and the alley wall helped to block it, surprisingly he was not seriously injured. He left the hospital last night and even came to visit before leaving. Get off you."
"...That's it."
After hearing what he said, Gafan lowered his head and looked at the little girl who was probably sitting next to his bed all night, and scratched his cheek in silence.
How should I put it, he felt that he had probably done something meaningful.
"It's a good kid... system. I think there is one more thing I can boast about besides obeying the law."
"That kind of thing doesn't matter." System's body suddenly became a little angry and scared, "Why on earth were you so...forget it, don't care about the past, can you stop being so impulsive in the future?"
"I know, no, no, no, it's not like you don't understand how cowardly I am."
"Huh, you were acting like a berserker before. People who didn't know better thought you wanted to go to heaven."
"Isn't that a special situation? If I don't take action, the lives of the young policeman and the little girl will be in danger. The most important thing is..."
Gafan pointed at his heart and said with a rare serious face: "If I really just sit back and do nothing, then I will probably not feel comfortable here for the rest of my life."
"What's wrong? Do you have a heart disease? Myocardial infarction?"
"...a system with no brains."
Everyone in Gafan was speechless, but in the end he thought about it and changed his explanation.
"System, when we were in that wilderness, would it be beneficial for the eldest sister to save us, or was it because of some kind of profit-oriented thinking?"
"No, it's better to say that it saved us whose origins are unknown, but it will also increase the burden and hidden dangers in the gathering place." The system answered honestly.
In fact, it still can't figure out why the red-haired woman saved the host.
"But she just saved me and saved my life without asking for anything in return. So... I also want to be like her and save other people within my ability."
Gafan's expression at this time was full of seriousness.
"..."
This answer silenced the system. It was a little unclear about the causal relationship, but the same...
It couldn't think of any rebuttal, and it even agreed with it unexpectedly.
Strange, something went wrong with the program?
The system became a little tangled, and at this moment, the little girl suddenly woke up.
Supporting the sheets with her hands, she sat up. The little girl's expression looked a little dazed as she hadn't woken up. After rubbing her eyes sleepily, she suddenly saw Gafan who was smiling kindly at her, and was startled.
"Hey, brother, are you awake?"
"Yes, good morning, little sister..."
"Hello, my name is Shanzi, thank you for saving me yesterday!" The little girl suddenly interrupted Gafan, stood up directly, supported the white sheets with both hands, leaned forward, and looked directly at him.
"Huh? Oh, oh, you're welcome, Shanzi, saving people is the right thing to do."
Gafan, who felt that the child's aura seemed a bit too much, shrank back subconsciously.
"Please tell me your name." Shanzi said seriously.
"...Gafan."
"Well, brother Gafan, the doctor said that your previous symptoms were like staying up late for four days and nights and almost dying suddenly. You need more rest. Don't sit down, lie down for a while first."
"Uh, okay, okay."
"Also, I put apples and water on the bedside. If you are thirsty, just take them."
"Well, I've already drank and drank."
"By the way, Brother Bat went out to buy breakfast. He should be back soon. I'll go take a look."
Shanzi did what he thought and ran out in a hurry, but suddenly he poked his head out from the door frame and looked at Gafandao seriously.
"Brother Gafan, don't run around. You have to have a good rest. Don't be injured like the bat brother. He didn't lie on the hospital bed for a while and suddenly ran out again when I wasn't paying attention."
"Uh, no way."
After receiving the guarantee, Zhanzi showed a satisfied smile, and then ran away very simply.
In a single ward.
Gafan was forced to lie back on the bed: "..."
He had a complicated expression on his face.
Does this count as being taken care of by a young girl?
Um, it feels weird.
The system's voice also sounded silly and cheerful again.
"You are indeed a good child, host, but you are regarded as a disobedient child."
"Shut up, you're a weak-minded system."
"Oh, weak carbon-based creatures."
In the ward that became quiet, one person and one system began their daily bickering that only they could hear.
This is already a habit they can't change.
Chapter 30: The most dangerous city Part 2
He had just finished drinking the soy milk and was still chewing on a meat bun. Gafan had a look on his face that said, "Don't look at me anymore." He was full of hopelessness.
At this time, sitting next to his bed, Zonzi was carefully peeling an apple, and a metal bat also had a vegetable bun in his mouth, staring at him.
That expression was just like the door god posted in his hometown, smiling so ferociously.
The reason is that just now Zhanzi wanted to try feeding soy milk to Gafan out of consideration for taking care of the patients. Well, she made this request very bluntly in front of her brother's metal bat.
Gafan: "..."
Gafan, who couldn't look directly into the metal bat's eyes at that moment, put on an embarrassed yet polite smile and naturally rejected the request.
After all, he was not used to being taken care of by people much younger than him, and it felt weird.
Definitely not afraid of getting beaten or anything.
"Brother Gafan."
After eating the vegetable buns, the metal bat suddenly spoke. His eyes were so ferocious that Gafan, who was silently chewing on the meat buns, was frightened, but his next move made him look surprised.
"Thank you for saving my sister."