Chapter 18
Esper Biology
Lauren Williams headed back to check on Felix's condition with a clipboard in hand, where she saw two women standing up at his door.
Her eyes focused on the older woman in the deep green vest with a cigarette in her hand.
With a shock-ridden expression, the nurse stormed into the room and confiscated the cigarette from the chief's hands.
Chief's orange-tinted glasses dropped slightly as she reacted, "Eh?"
She announced, "Miss, this is a no-smoking zone!"
"Ah… r-right."
She then licked her finger and pressed it on the part that was lit, then threw away cigarette in the trash bin.
The Chief looked down on the recovering Felix through the opaque lenses of her round, orange lenses, "So I see that both of your eyes are now blue. It's always such a unique sight to see glowing eyes."
"Yeah… I guess it happened when… when I…" Felix placed his hand against his forehead, unable to recollect the events of the last mission, "What… happened?"
"Maria told me everything. How you defeated Bentley East, who is now in our custody. About Moritz and the laser weapon he used, and the man he was with, Oscar. As well as the tragic passing of Agent Petrichor."
He looked at Maria, who smiled sweetly back at him, and then his eyes shifted to his shaking hand, which he clutched tightly, "So, when are we gonna hunt them down?" He asked excitedly.
"Calm down. Other operators will handle it. For now, there's people I want you to meet with." Chief then turned around and instructed, "Come with me."
"My patient isn't going out until he makes a full recovery." Lauren adamantly declared as she got in between the two.
Felix could only watch with wide eyes and an awkward smile as the two stared at each other.
"Do… you not know who I am?" The Chief asked in disbelief.
"I don't care who you are. My patient has not fully recovered, and as such, is staying here. Now all of you, get out." The nurse pushed all three of them out the door.
Speechless, the only word the chief was able to blurt out was, "…Huh."
From outside the room, the chief looked back and said to the blue-eyed young man, "Felix, I expect your report soon."
"Y-yes, sir." Felix answered.
The nurse then angrily shut the door on the chief.
"Well, that just happened." The chief was completely dumbfounded by the nurse's actions.
"From the looks of it, Felix will be fully healed in an hour or so. It won't take long. In the meantime, I'm gonna go kill some time before my mission." Maria shrugged.
Both Chief and Isabelle stood silently as they watched her leave.
"I should be going too." The Chief stated as she started walking away.
"Chief Nguyen… is the person you want him to talk to… David Soldier?" Isabelle replied as she followed.
"No."
"But… he's still going to be taught by him?" She tilted her head.
"How did you—?"
"I overheard your conversation, you know, enhanced senses and all that. I'm sorry if this is stepping out of line, but... don't you think he shouldn't?"
She then turned towards Isabelle and confronted her, "Are you suggesting that the two of you teach him in David's place?"
Isabelle lowered her gaze, "It's only been six months since we went through the implementation. We aren't exactly experts, either."
"Then…"
"David isn't the only one, right? If David taught him while he still holds those heavy feelings, then I doubt he'd learn. Maybe… maybe the one who recommended his gun?"
The Chief paused for a brief moment as she stared down the white-haired agent, "Nero's right. You really are a busybody, aren't you?"
Isabelle looked up at the chief with solemn eyes.
"Sigh… she's… difficult to handle. But I'll see what I can do." The chief answered. "For now, I have a meeting to set up for Felix."
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