The few people who were organizing items in front of them, preparing to reload the vehicles, suddenly looked towards the forest, the place where Kanna had disappeared. Since earlier, they had vaguely heard the sound of branches breaking and strange, heavy footsteps.
Although they hadn't seen it, based solely on the terrifying commotion, everyone could tell that a large creature was about to emerge from the forest.
As the massive figure passed through the trees, everyone in the convoy couldn't help but gasp.
"What a huge wolf!" Mousse gestured, realizing that the giant wolf could probably swallow her whole in one gulp.
What shocked everyone was the next second, when they saw Kanna sitting on the giant wolf's head, waving at them.
"This is my new mount, White Wolf Mona. Isn't she beautiful, isn't she cool, isn't she majestic!" As she approached the convoy, Kanna looked at everyone with a smug expression... "I say, Kanna, have you considered if you can afford to feed such a huge wolf? Besides, we still have over half a month's journey ahead, and this vehicle can't fit such a large fellow."
Anto didn't have any objection to Kanna having a pet, but setting aside how terrifyingly large its appetite would be, simply considering that they were currently on a mission and had to drive for over half a month to northern Leithanien, they simply didn't have the time, leisure, or space to take care of this giant wolf.
"Loading it won't be difficult. According to the map intelligence, isn't there a small town in the essential path ahead? We can just add an extension to the vehicle there. With Mona's strength, we can just let her out to find her own food when we rest. It won't consume any of our supplies at all. Such a beautiful and majestic creature is hard to find, and I won't give her up!"
Kanna completely disregarded Anto's reminder, stating that she would absolutely not change her decision to take this giant wolf as her mount.
At this moment, Nian walked over to the giant wolf, reached out to touch its silvery-white fur, and then looked knowing.
"Just let Kanna keep her. After all, a wolf king that has mutated so thoroughly is indeed rare. And a creature that has been Infected with oripathy but has developed even more powerfully, aren't you curious about it?"
Hearing Nian's words, Anto, who had been somewhat reluctant, immediately bounced over. She reached out to touch Mona's pure white fur, carefully plucked a single strand, and rubbed it between her fingers.
The familiar texture made her pupils constrict. As an oripathy treatment expert, she could confirm, just by feel, that this fur contained extremely rich oripathy particles. Based on the patients she had encountered, the situation where hair carries oripathy particles usually indicates the late stage of Infected, where the Infected body can no longer control the outbreak of oripathy, and active oripathy flows with the blood to every part of the body, causing the hair that grows subsequently to carry oripathy particles.
Yet, this giant wolf, by mere visual inspection, exuded an abundance of vitality, showing no signs of late-stage oripathy whatsoever.
As Nian said, if a thorough examination and study could be conducted, this white giant wolf captured by Kanna might bring groundbreaking progress to the treatment of oripathy.
As soon as she thought of this, Anto stopped talking about not taking the wolf along and instead debated whether they should turn back to Rhodes Island.
"What do you want to do!" Kanna said warily, looking at Anto's eager expression, which was like a pervert looking at a beautiful woman, as she gazed at her mount.
"Kanna, you might have made a great contribution. This giant wolf is not simple. I suspect we can find a way to reduce or delay the onset of oripathy from it." Anto then carefully explained to Kanna the process of oripathy from infection to late stage, and then pointed out the unusual aspects appearing on this mutated white wolf.
"Huh? You mean that Mona's condition, with a large amount of oripathy crystals in her fur, should indicate a critical illness, but the fact that she appears very healthy and unusually strong might be a path to a new method of oripathy treatment?"
Kanna hadn't expected that a giant wolf she had caught on a whim would receive such a high evaluation from Anto.
"So, I believe returning to Rhodes Island to examine and study the giant wolf is a very important matter." Anto nodded and then stated her opinion.
"But we also have to go to Leithanien. After all, we've already made contact with them, and breaking the agreement would severely affect Rhodes Island's reputation in Leithanien and even across Terra." Blue Poison said, having listened from the side.
At this moment, everyone's gaze fell on Kanna. After all, she was the de facto leader of this team. The words of Anto, Nian, or anyone else could only be suggestions; the final decision had to come from Kanna.
Although Kanna wanted to ride the giant wolf majestically all the way, Anto's reasoning was sound. If Rhodes Island could research new treatments or directions for oripathy through Mona, it would bring more benefits to Terra than a single rescue mission.
She looked up at the sky; it wasn't too late. After a moment of thought, Kanna made a decision.
"Sister Anto, Sister Folinic, please contact Rhodes Island, inform them of the situation here, and have Rhodes Island send people overnight to take over and bring Mona back. Our plan remains unchanged; we will continue to Laterano tomorrow."
After hearing Kanna's arrangements, Folinic and Anto immediately entered the vehicle, using the wide-area communication channel within the vehicle to send a message to Rhodes Island.
The convoy then traveled another two kilometers, found a clean and safe location, and set up camp.
As the convoy stopped, Rhodes Island was in a flurry of activity.
At this time, it was usually dinner, and most Operators had already finished work. Outcast, who was on duty in the Control Room, was about to leave when she suddenly received an urgent communication message from Kanna Squad.
As Kanna's "guardian," Outcast had naturally been paying close attention to Kanna Squad's outing. Hearing the urgent message alerts from the communicator, she quickly opened the device.
She was a bit bewildered at the moment. How could Kanna Squad be using the emergency radio to contact Rhodes Island after less than a day of leaving?
Upon receiving the message, she was initially disbelieving, but at the bottom of the message were the joint signatures of Anto and Folinic, confirming that this was not Kanna's whim, but the judgment of Rhodes Island Medical Department Operators with extensive medical experience.
She immediately took the report and headed towards Doctor's new office, because just before, when Kaltsit left the Control Room, she had said she would go talk to Doctor. Based on the time, Kaltsit should still be in Doctor's office.
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