"Mo Wang, the doctor told me your injuries are quite severe. The conservative estimate is that you'll need about a week to recover."
"During this time, important matters will be handled by Ai-chan and the others, so you just rest up."
"Remember, don't go running around randomly during this period."
At Mo Wang's bedside, Mei was nagging him like a mother hen.
"I know, I know, Momma Mei, you can stop now. I'm not a three-year-old."
Mo Wang couldn't help but complain about Mei's constant nagging.
Although Mei was taking very good care of him, to the point where you could describe it as meticulous, wasn't this nagging going on a bit too long?
It had already been half an hour, and she was still treating him like a child. Who could stand that?
"Honestly, Mo Wang, you're still spouting nonsense at a time like this." Hearing Mo Wang call her "Momma Mei," Mei couldn't help but blush.
But seeing that Mo Wang still had the energy to joke around, Mei also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, I'm heading out now. If you need anything later, just remember to call."
"You just rest well here."
As Mei said her goodbyes and left the room, silence finally fell upon Mo Wang's location.
"Bone fractures, muscle strains, and internal bleeding. This time, I really took a huge loss."
Lying in bed, Mo Wang recalled the medical report he had seen earlier and felt like a thousand alpacas were stampeding through his mind.
If he had known it would turn out like this, he would have never gone head-to-head with that damn bastard.
"Look at you! You could have done anything else, but you just had to play some manly game! And you even had to use the Satsui no Hado! How did your brain just short-circuit like that?"
Lying in bed, if his hands and feet weren't immobilized, Mo Wang would have given himself a couple of good slaps.
Don't think that a mere ten-plus times gravity was nothing.
In reality, back in Dragon Ball, when Goku first went to King Kai's planet to train, it was only ten times gravity.
And according to Dragon Ball's power scaling, Goku at that time was already a solid planet-buster.
And Mo Wang's physical strength was definitely no match for those freaks in Dragon Ball.
Not to mention, this guy had forcibly used Reinforcement Magecraft to resist the gravity, plus the ultra-dangerous Satsui no Hado.
To think he didn't even pass out in the end and actually managed to walk back.
If any expert knew what Mo Wang had done, they would probably say: "Damn, how are you not dead yet?"
But even though he didn't die there, Mo Wang had still earned himself a week's stay as a seriously ill patient.
For the next week, he could only lie miserably in bed, unable to go anywhere.
The thought of not being able to go home and play games for a week, and having to endure the bland-as-hell food in the St. Freya hospital, filled Mo Wang with despair.
"Alright guys, let's just go to sleep. It won't hurt when you're asleep." Mo Wang closed his eyes, no longer wanting to look at this desperate world.
Click!
However, things always happen when you least want them to.
Just as Mo Wang closed his eyes, he heard the sound of the door opening.
Kiana was tiptoeing in from outside.
"I say, Kiana, who are you hiding from? With your stealth skills, even a blind man could see you."
Mo Wang looked at the large mass of white hair, really not wanting to roast her.
"What? So you're still awake." Seeing that Mo Wang was looking at her, Kiana started to complain. "Since you're awake, don't close your eyes. You made me think you were sleeping."
"Yeah, I was about to sleep, but then a certain white-haired girl snuck in." Faced with Kiana's audacity to blame him first, Mo Wang immediately retorted.
"S-so it was because of me? I'm sorry." When Kiana heard that Mo Wang had been about to sleep but was woken up by her, she actually apologized to him first.
"What the hell?! You actually apologized first?"
Mo Wang looked at Kiana as if he had seen a ghost.
What was going on here? That white-haired girl with the terrible personality was actually apologizing to someone?
Was this still K-423? Or did the Overseer throw Amber over here?
"What's with that look?! In your eyes, am I just someone who never apologizes?" Kiana strongly protested Mo Wang's disbelief.
"Heh." But in response to her protest, Mo Wang just gave her a look, letting her figure it out for herself.
"Ahem, f-fine. I'll let you off this time."
"By the way, how are you now? What exactly happened to you before?"
Kiana quickly changed the subject and asked Mo Wang about what had happened.
"Nothing much. Just used the ten-times Kaioken and had some minor side effects."
"Ten-times Kaioken?" Kiana looked at Mo Wang with a strange expression.
"Yeah. Because I used that move, it directly led to excessive muscle strain and weakened bones. Luckily, my little heart is still tough enough, so I didn't die on the spot."
"You're lying to me again! You think I haven't seen Dragon Ball?!" Before Mo Wang could finish, Kiana gave his arm a whack, making him grimace in pain again.
"Hey! I said be careful, I'm a patient now! If you hurt me, I'll make you pay, you hear me?"
"Hmph! It's your fault for lying to me," Kiana turned her head away, insisting that she had done nothing wrong and it was all Mo Wang's fault for lying.
"Tch, you little brat. And I even saved you. You have no sympathy at all." Seeing Kiana's attitude, Mo Wang started to nag her.
"Then tell me, what move did you use? I just heard from the nurse that you're seriously injured."
Kiana turned her head back and looked at Mo Wang with a serious expression. "You're not allowed to lie to me this time. If something's really wrong, you have to tell me the truth."
Mo Wang looked at Kiana in surprise. To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen her look so serious.
"Well, you really want to know?" Mo Wang asked Kiana again for confirmation.
"Mhm." Kiana nodded vigorously.
"Alright. The move I used is a legendary technique called the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art. After using it, you can borrow the power of a heavenly demon to forcibly increase your own strength."
"But unfortunately, every time you use it, it has huge side effects on your body."
"Plus, my body really couldn't handle that immense power, so I ended up like this."
Mo Wang said with a hint of helplessness.
"Is what you're saying... all true? You're not lying to me?"
"Of course, of course. How would I dare lie to you?"
Mo Wang said to Kiana as if he were teasing a child.
But then, Mo Wang felt something wet drip onto his hand.
"What?"
Mo Wang's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Kiana.
Holy crap?! The white-haired Tuna was actually crying?