PEW! PEW! PEW!
Over a dozen small beams of light shot from Han Shiyu's fingertips, the golden-white Holy Light piercing Li Yang's chest like a laser cannon.
The lethality of these beams of Holy Light was far from as gentle as their color implied. Blood spattered, and Li Yang's clothes were quickly stained red. He fell to the ground in disbelief, without uttering any last words.
Han Shiyu, on the other hand, was calm. She grabbed Li Yang's corpse and stuffed it into a body bag in the medical room.
"People within the walls always fail to distinguish ideals from reality," she mused. "If the law were effective, would the Alliance need Hunters? Would the Church need us, the Believers of Light?"
She picked up Lu Luo's medical report, glanced over it carefully, then Holy Light appeared again in her hand, reducing the report to dust.
She then took out several bottles of expensive pure water, began cleaning the scene, erasing all bloodstains on the floor and herself, and then started changing clothes.
After finishing all this, Han Shiyu returned to the examination room, took out a new health monitoring report, and put Lu Luo's name on it.
The data on this report was excellent, but only excellent. Han Shiyu flicked the report with her middle finger.
"This looks more normal," she said.
「...」
Because the murder had taken up a lot of time, Han Shiyu, now cleaned up, hurried to Lu Luo's room with brisk steps.
"Lu Luo, right?" she began. "Your health check report is out. All your indicators are normal now, you're very healthy, and you're very strong."
The Observer's message was clear in Lu Luo's mind: She's lying to you. You are indeed very healthy and strong, but your indicators are anything but normal. Liars don't have that 'thing'; well, she never had it to begin with.
Han Shiyu's sweet smile, gentle voice, and explosive figure, coupled with her doctor's uniform and the habitual gesture of pushing up her glasses, all made Lu Luo recall a certain movie starting with "F-B-I" set against a black background with red letters! He had stored many of that genre, including a series about doctors.
"Doctor, why did my check-up take so long?" Lu Luo asked. "I thought something had gone wrong."
"There was a small malfunction with the machine just now, so it was delayed a bit," Han Shiyu replied. "No worries, your examinations are all finished, and you're all good."
Han Shiyu looked at Lu Luo with a slightly odd expression in her eyes, making Lu Luo feel an unsettling chill.
"Thank you, Doctor," Lu Luo said with a modest smile.
"My surname is Han," Han Shiyu said. "You can just call me Doctor Han."
Lu Luo nodded and then glanced behind Han Shiyu.
"Where is Mr. Li Yang?" Lu Luo asked. "Why isn't he here?"
Han Shiyu casually brushed her hair and straightened her chest, which was distracting enough to make it hard to look away.
"Lawyer Li Yang has other matters to attend to," Han Shiyu replied. "His main task was to bring you back from the Security Bureau. As for meeting Miss Song, that has to be arranged by me."
"Okay, Doctor Han," Lu Luo said.
Following behind Han Shiyu, the Observer transmitted more information. Facing this woman, the signals from the Observer seemed to be particularly numerous.
The Observer's input continued: Still lying. Although she has cleaned up very well, this powerful Grade S Sequence Observer can still sense the scent of Li Yang's blood on her. Tsk tsk, with that amount of blood spatter, our Lawyer Li Yang is unlikely to have survived.
Lu Luo squinted. A massive amount of blood spatter... Li Yang is dead? Was he killed by this female doctor in front of me? What reason could she have for killing Li Yang? Could it be related to my health check? Both Li Yang and this woman knew about the abnormality in my body, so Li Yang was silenced? So, she knows there's something wrong with my body, and she killed Li Yang, who also knew. Could she be from Blue Sky Technologies? Or perhaps not.
Lu Luo was somewhat puzzled. For now, he pushed this issue to the back of his mind. He was not yet in a position to confront these people.
Whether it was Han Shiyu as an individual, Blue Sky Pharmaceuticals, or Blue Sky Biotech that stood behind the pharmaceutical company, all were far more powerful than him at this point.
Play it safe, don't overextend, he reminded himself.
「...」
Following Han Shiyu, Lu Luo, Gu Fangyi, and the others took the elevator down to the 22nd sub-level of Blue Sky Pharmaceuticals, where Supervisor Song Hana's office was located.
Along the way, everyone was silent except for Zhou Kai, who seemed a bit overly excited.
"Lu Luo, Lu Luo, this place is so big!" Zhou Kai exclaimed. "Are we going to work here after we graduate? It feels quite nice! Now that I've awakened my talent Sequence, maybe I could become one of the executives here someday, ahahaha!"
Before Lu Luo could respond, Gu Fangyi interjected, "Dreams are full, but reality is skinny. Most students sponsored by Blue Sky Pharmaceuticals will become external staff, exploring beyond the wall. And the death rate for external staff exploring beyond the wall, even with experienced teams, exceeds 50% in an 8-year period."
"You're so pessimistic," Zhou Kai retorted. "Besides dampening people's enthusiasm, what good are you? Can't a person dream a little?"
[DING. Sub-level 22.]
The elevator chimed. Han Shiyu headed straight towards the deepest part of the floor. Lu Luo and the others stopped chatting and followed suit.
Pushing open a door revealed a huge and extremely luxurious office, with many antiques placed on the walls and display stands.
Upon entering, the Observer's notifications didn't stop, commenting on how valuable this antique was and how ancient that one was.
But even Lu Luo himself stopped in front of something familiar.
The Observer identified it: This is a personal terminal from ancient times. In that era, this device would have been called a cellphone. It's an artifact from before the Intelligent Machine Crisis, likely thousands of years old.
Later personal terminals could almost reach the pinnacle of the personal Domain, the Observer added, but unfortunately, after the Intelligent Machine Crisis broke out, such intelligent devices were never to appear again.
"Cellphone... the pinnacle of the personal Domain... after the Intelligent Machine Crisis, they will no longer appear," Lu Luo repeated aloud, his voice barely a whisper.
"Lu Luo, Lu Luo, what are you looking at? Come over here." Zhou Kai's call interrupted Lu Luo's train of thought.
"Oh, coming, sorry," Lu Luo replied.
Supervisor Song Hana was dressed in a red woolen coat with a white sweater and black leggings.
She had a classic apple-shaped face, with eyes framed by delicate brows, and a thick, soft ponytail that made her appear warm and gentle.
A scar marred the bridge of her nose, but far from detracting from Song Hana's overall beauty, it actually added a sharpness to her look.
The Observer analyzed Song Hana: No one can escape the Observer's gaze. This woman appears sharp, but it's all a disguise. That scar is just a decoration; it's fake. By using disguises and ornaments to hide her true character, a person like this often has an inner self that greatly differs from her outward appearance.
"You've arrived," Song Hana said. "Please take a seat."
Song Hana was still very gentle with Lu Luo and the others. Meanwhile, Han Shiyu stepped forward and handed over their physical examination reports.
"Their physical conditions are all very good," Han Shiyu reported. "Gu Fangyi's and Zhou Kai's injuries are no longer serious. From now on, they just need to rest well to recover."
As Han Shiyu spoke, the Observer commented to Lu Luo: She kept your secret. It seems she's protecting you. From her current behavior, she's on the friendly side. But remember, a woman's heart is a deep ocean.
Although Han Shiyu's words were somewhat unexpected, Lu Luo couldn't simply view her as an ally over such a trivial matter. Everything still needed to be observed.
"Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Han Shiyu," Song Hana said.
"It was my duty," Han Shiyu replied.
The pleasantries between the two women weren't very interesting. After Han Shiyu finished handing over the reports, she turned and left, pausing only to let her gaze linger on Lu Luo for a moment.