Chapter 75
——I’m most afraid of the air suddenly becoming quiet.
Luca waited for a while, but did not hear the expected sound. Instead, he heard a whimpering sound as the wind blew in from outside the door.
The cold air rushed in from the door like a rising tide, and my exposed ankles quickly felt a biting chill.
Strange. He wondered, was the temperature control system in the entrance broken?
"laugh--"
There was a strange sound, like liquid under high pressure gushing out from a tight water bag. Luca had heard this kind of sound many times on Prison Star, but why did it happen here?
He opened his eyes and saw the smug man holding his throat, blood gushing out from between his fingers, staining the front of his shirt red. He staggered back a few steps, and fell to the ground with his head raised, his eyes still wide open, still filled with astonishment and fear.
Luca frowned. Then he heard footsteps.
The sound was very light, with a wonderful sense of rhythm. The time interval between each step seemed to be exactly the same, demonstrating the person's strong control over his body.
A person walked in from outside the door.
The man was wearing a large cloak, with thick snow on his head and body. His hood covered most of his face, and only his chin could be seen, like a jade or stone carving. Compared with the Landians, he was very thin and looked like an underage child, but when he took off his hood and looked over, this thought immediately disappeared.
Those were a pair of eyes that had experienced the vicissitudes of life and seen the changing world .
Luca's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of a name. Although he had never seen that person before, inexplicably, Luca felt that the person in front of him must be him.
He hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "...Rong Yuan?"
"General Luca." Rong Yuan said, and glanced at him. Seeing Luca's current embarrassment, he said, "You can pack up first, and then we will leave."
Luka nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay." He did not ask a series of questions that he should have asked, such as why Rong Yuan came to save him, how he found this place, what happened to the people outside, whether he had any connection with the organization, where they were going, etc. Out of a certain trust in the person in front of him, Luka immediately accepted his arrangement without any hesitation.
When he stood up and walked towards the bathroom, Rong Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly and fell on his legs.
Just now, Luca was sitting on the sofa, and some things were not clearly visible under the cover of his pants, so Rong Yuan did not notice it. But now, when he limped, Rong Yuan saw that his left leg was covered with scattered black and red lines, and the skin in some places had already died, so this leg was almost half dragged on the ground to walk.
Just by looking at the metal rings on his body, Rong Yuan knew how such scars were caused. At the same time, he also knew that Luca's leg was broken. For an ordinary person, it would be difficult for him to even stand up, let alone walk.
This Landia military god spent more than two hundred years in the most dangerous place in the empire and returned safely; but when he returned to the safest and most orderly imperial capital, he lost a leg in less than two months.
Rong Yuan didn't say much, nor did he go forward to help. He watched Luca struggle to move to the bathroom, clean himself up, change his clothes, and move out again. As he passed the man's body on the ground, he leaned over and picked up a black remote control.
"This thing can remotely control the explosion of the rings on my body. I have to do this until I find the key to unlock it." Luca explained to Rong Yuan.
Rong Yuan nodded and patted him on the body.
Luca only heard a few "ding" sounds. He was stunned for a moment, looked at Rong Yuan in disbelief, and then reached out to his neck.
——The lock of the metal ring has been opened.
With a gentle pull, he removed the ring that was torturing him to the point of wanting death. Luca was stunned for a long time before he took off all the metal rings on his wrists and ankles. He held them in his hands to look at them, then threw them all out with a "clang clang" sound.
When he looked up at Rong Yuan again, there was a hint of surprise and admiration in his eyes: "You... this is really... unexpected." He paused, then continued: "Although I am very grateful, I still have to say that if you are not in front of your closest and most trusted people, it is better not to expose your ability. Otherwise, I am afraid it will bring disaster to you."
"I know." Rong Yuan said: "But I think you are a trustworthy person."
Luca was a little surprised and a little touched - logically speaking, the young man in front of him should be far inferior to Luca in both age and status, and it should not matter to Luca whether he trusted him or not. But at this moment, Luca, who was already old, was actually happy because of such a sentence, as if he had obtained a very precious treasure.
The two walked out of the door. There were four or five bodies lying dead in the entrance and outside the door. The two walked past as if they hadn't seen anything. The wind was cold and Luca couldn't help shivering. Then an unmanned family flying car hovered in front of them, and the car door opened like a bird's wings.
After Rong Yuan saw Luca's condition, he had Alpha remotely hack into a nearby car and drive it over. However, he did not mention these things, but just said, "Get in the car."
Luca had actually already stood up, but he was holding on so that he didn't fall down. Hearing Rong Yuan's words, he immediately got into the car, and his legs, which were numb from the pain, finally felt relieved. Then the car door closed, and within two seconds his whole body became warm, and it was so comfortable that he almost wanted to fall asleep.
The car started and glided down the street like a bird in the snow. Luca, who was relaxed, sighed with satisfaction and asked Rong Yuan who was sitting next to him: "Where are we going?"
Rong Yuan said: "Hospital."
Groni is an ordinary man who has just reached middle age - of course, in Landia, one is considered "middle-aged" when he is 180 years old - he lost his wife at an early age, and raised a son and two daughters alone. He runs a small private hospital. Because of his excellent medical skills and low fees, sometimes patients come from far away to seek medical treatment. In the eyes of people around him, Groni is a man with a mild temper, who is neither rich nor poor, and is so mediocre that he has almost no characteristics.
With the arrival of the Holy Light Festival, most companies and government departments are on holiday, but places like hospitals will become busier than usual. Because of the sudden drop in temperature, many people are sick with colds, and the small hospital in Groni is busy for a whole day before it is idle. At this time, there are still three or five patients in the ward who need to be hospitalized, and two nurses are taking care of them. When the patients are not calling, the young nurse sits in the duty room, giggling at the pictures played on TV.
At this time, a figure flashed outside the window. The younger round-faced nurse looked up and saw Groni hurriedly walking out. She nudged the long-faced nurse next to her with her elbow and said, "Hey, look, it's so late, why is Dr. Groni out?"
The long-faced nurse glanced up and said casually without much concern: "Maybe he needs to make a house call." She was concentrating on watching TV, laughing at the jokes on it, and didn't pay the slightest attention to the doctor's actions.
The round-faced nurse was only puzzled for a moment, but soon forgot about the matter and focused her attention on the TV.
Dr. Groni walked out of the gate, walked around, and came to the side of the hospital. He waited for a moment in the wind and snow, and saw a gray-blue car sliding through the wind and snow like a ghost and stopped steadily in front of him.
The car door opened, and Dr. Groni took two steps forward and stretched out his hand. He saw the face of the old man sitting in the car, and was slightly surprised, but then he quickly put away his surprise, held the old man's arm, and helped him out of the car. After seeing the old man's legs, he was stunned again, then took out a white object the size of a matchbox from his pocket, squeezed it, and threw it on the ground. The white object instantly unfolded and turned into a simple floating bed. He helped the old man lie on the floating bed, opened a hidden side door on the wall, and sent the man up along a narrow staircase.
Half an hour later, he walked down the stairs and paused slightly when he saw Rong Yuan at the door.
Rong Yuan stood against the wall, his hands in his pockets, looking out the door with his head tilted. The wind blew in from outside, and a thin layer of snow had piled up on the ground under his feet. He seemed to be unable to feel the cold, his expression was unmoved, and his light-colored eyes were like frozen glass beads.
Groni walked up to him and said respectfully, "Mr. Rong."
"Is it settled?" Rong Yuan turned around and asked.
"Yes." Groni considered it for a moment, avoiding addressing General Luca, and said, "The patient's left leg needs to be amputated. His internal organs have been damaged to varying degrees, and his nervous system has also been severely damaged. He needs to stay in bed for a long time for treatment, which is quite troublesome."
"Can you cure it?" Rong Yuan asked.
"Yes." Groni affirmed without hesitation.
"Then I'll leave him to you." Rong Yuan said, "But don't worry, this matter will be over soon. Taking him in won't cause you any other trouble. I just need you to keep his existence secret during this period, except for treatment."
"I understand. Just leave it to me."
"Thank you very much."
"That's ridiculous. If you hadn't rescued us 20 years ago, our family would have died. I feel very honored to be able to help you a little now." Groni said sincerely, "I won't ask why that person is here, nor will I ask what you are doing now. But, Mr. Rong, your safety is the most important, please take care of yourself."
Although he knew that the man in front of him was much stronger than him and might not be younger than him, looking at his thin body and lonely back, Groni felt an indelible worry in his heart and could not help but give him instructions as if he were his own child.
"Yes, I will." Rong Yuan smiled, a smile that was shallow but very warm. He pulled up his hood and said, "It's cold outside, you should go back early."
"Wait, Mr. Rong." Seeing that he was about to leave, Groni hurriedly called out, "The girl you sent last time has woken up. Do you want to see her?"
"I'm just about to meet her." Rong Yuan left after leaving an ambiguous remark.
Groni didn't understand what was going on. He stood in the alley for a while, watching Rong Yuan's back, until he sneezed violently. Then he felt that his whole body was about to be frozen stiff. He quickly closed the door and ran back to the room with his arms folded. Thinking of Rong Yuan's words just now, he turned around and walked into a separate ward.
There is a young girl in this ward.
A few days ago, Rong Yuan, who had not been heard from for a long time, suddenly contacted him and sent him a frozen chamber containing a seriously injured and dying little girl. Groni almost used all his strength to finally pull the girl back from the brink of death. She even woke up two days ago, but she didn't say anything. From morning to night, she kept her eyes wide open and stared at everyone who approached her vigilantly, but she didn't refuse Groni's treatment.
Thinking of the little girl with new and old wounds on her body, and then thinking of General Luca who had just arrived today, Groni shook his head and no longer thought about what dark and terrifying facts were involved behind this. He just regarded himself as a brainless scalpel. No matter what Rong Yuan asked him to do, he would just do it. He believed that Rong Yuan would not harm him.
Then he opened the door and saw that the ward was empty. The patient who was originally lying here had disappeared at some point, and even the decorative sheets and curtains had been looted.
On the road a few blocks away, a small figure wrapped in a mess of things was running forward in the snow. She felt like she was running, but in fact her steps were getting slower and slower, and stiffer and stiffer. Finally, her weak body could no longer resist the cold, and she fell into the snow like a hard stone, making a shallow pit. Soon, the small body was completely buried by the blizzard.
