dtnovels Chapter 170 Walter: The Gem is Cocolia
Chapter 170 Walter: The Gem is Cocolia
Helpless, Qiong stared at the doctor from the Far East Branch. Despite Qiong's repeated explanations, Theresa and the others insisted that Qiong suffered from mental illness and took her to the Far East Branch's directly affiliated medical department for verification.
Theresa and the others also have their own reasons: for example, according to Kiana's testimony, before coming to St. Freya Academy, Sora had a strange behavior of knocking on trash cans; after coming to the academy, she went to Changkong City to "find her brother" without saying a word, but now she doesn't care about him anymore; the enemies identified by her brainwaves are more and more outrageous... This kind of impulsive behavior is obviously not the behavior logic of a normal carbon-based life form. The only explanation is that clones have defects, like the Watt clones who have some morbid narcissism. Kiana and Theresa are not very smart (the above judgment comes from Siegfried). Sora's defect here is that she has a mild mental illness.
To prove she wasn't sick, and to avoid having her door torn down, Qiong, feeling both amused and exasperated, had no choice but to cooperate and go to the hospital directly under the Far East Branch for a checkup.
"Qiong-kun, tell your sister what you saw?"
"A doctor holding a pen?"
"Um...actually, just saying 'pen' is enough."
Various instruments, some familiar and some not, scanned Qiong again and again until the examination finally ended before Qiong's patience ran out.
The result was, naturally, that everything was normal.
"Principal Theresa, the report shows that Kyō is in very good health."
The logistics Valkyrie who examined Sora handed the report to Theresa. No matter how you looked at it, Sora's mental state was very stable, much better than most Valkyries. Many Valkyries who were on the front line fighting against the Honkai were under high pressure for many years and could indeed suffer from mental illness. Sora was obviously not that kind of Valkyrie.
"How is that possible!"
Theresa, upon receiving the report, was completely unconvinced and repeatedly reviewed the examination report herself.
"How is this possible? His previous actions were clearly very strange. Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"
When her boss questions her professional abilities, the logistics goddess feels both annoyed and amused.
“Principal Theresa, we checked him three times…”
"I already told you, I'm not sick!"
Putting on his coat, Qiong decided to leave this place of trouble. He didn't like the hospital environment. From afar, a hospital looked like paradise, but inside it felt like a prison. And this was a psychiatric ward, so it really could feel like a prison if things went wrong.
"It's alright, it's alright... Would you like to go out for something to eat? It's on me!"
Siegfried took the test report from Theresa and was about to leave with Qiong: Since the experts said there was nothing wrong, then there is nothing wrong!
Watching the two figures leave, Theresa frowned, her gaze fixed on Qiong.
"No, there's definitely something wrong..."
"Headmaster..."
The logistics Valkyrie sighed helplessly. What kind of mess is this?
"What do you want from me to believe that Qiong is not sick?"
"Well...I've got it!"
Theresa suddenly had a great idea.
……
Unbeknownst to Sora and Siegfried, Theresa ultimately used her power as the leader of the Far East branch to forcibly alter Sora's medical records.
Ji Qiong did indeed have a mental illness: "a mental illness that could erupt at any time, in which he would act strangely but still retain his rationality, but when he was not having an attack, he was just like a normal person."
For the sake of her own salary, a logistics heroine who couldn't resist her boss's insistence finally wrote this medical record against her conscience.
According to Theresa, as long as a mentally ill person behaves normally enough, then in the eyes of a psychiatrist, he is a normal person. As for whether he is acting, who knows?
"Headmaster, this violates my professional ethics..."
"What did you say?"
"I say the headmaster's opinion is excellent..."
At Theresa's request, Qiong's treatment plan was to avoid medication but conduct regular, lifelong check-ups, with the designated check-up unit being the hospital directly under their Far East branch.
This medical record will not be made public unless Qiongzhen falls ill one day, or there is a possibility that he will run away from Anti-Entropy or be poached by the Destiny Headquarters. At that time, Theresa will use this to stop Otto and Welt from poaching her. In Theresa's view, the headquarters is a den of dragons and tigers, and Anti-Entropy is two-faced. This silly boy may really be deceived and leave. Finding an excuse to keep him is also a way to protect him.
However, if others, especially Sora, found out, they would most likely call her Deli stupid...
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One month later, at the German-Danish border.
Coralie and Helia were standing in a vast expanse of white snow, their breath instantly turning into white mist.
Although it sounds like nonsense, the two women who originally wanted to explore Mars somehow ended up back in 2015.
"Coralie".
"Yes, I'm listening."
The strategist Coralie was impatiently grooming her unruly tail, though she was adapting to being back in the past with remarkable speed. After all, her family members were always the same; the few changes between ten years ago and now were probably Walter's fashion sense and Joffrey Joyce Young and her dog Toto…
Of course, there are also things she doesn't admit: that she's only grown a little bit in height over the years.
Getting back to the point, she didn't care; she treated it like a vacation at home, and within a few days she was back to her usual stay-at-home routine. But her teammates…
Because she always felt she had to do something and didn't want to slack off, Helia immediately dragged Einstein to ask her to do something after gaining the trust of the three giants of anti-entropy, only to be refused by Einstein.
Even after being rejected, this die-hard didn't give up and continued to look for Tesla. But at that time, Tesla was having trouble naming Joe, so he sent the two of them to Walter.
Walter didn't refuse, and even praised them, saying they were truly worthy of their names... Then she was taken from North America to Europe by Helia and Walter.
Thinking about this, Coralie felt a little resentful: Honestly, wouldn't it be better to be as easygoing as her and take a few more days off!
"When do you think we can go back?"
"Trust my mom, she'll definitely figure something out."
Coralie glanced at her companion, who couldn't wait to return to the future, and silently muttered "Helia, you big idiot" three times in her mind.
Is this urgent even useful? Being in such a rush and taking on extra work shows a complete lack of understanding of work philosophy.
What's a philosophy of work? For Coralie, it's about leaving things to the last minute, because that's when you're most efficient. But someone might say, "Don't be so lazy, suffer first, reap later," or something like that…
"Children, pay attention!"
Walter's voice came from the tree, interrupting Coralie and Helia's conversation—yes, Coralie's dear Uncle Yang said he was there to keep watch while they rested, climbing the tree to keep watch...
The two looked up at the spot Walter was pointing to, where, in the hazy snow and mist, they could vaguely see an old man running wildly.
"Who are those people?" Helia asked nervously, feeling quite nervous about traveling with heroes from the Honkai War.
“Cocolia didn’t lie to us, that really was Dr. Magi… but is someone chasing him?”
Walter frowned, his expression turning serious.
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"Hu-hu-hu-"
An old man with a white beard, clutching a small briefcase, fled in a disheveled state, the faint sound of pursuers' footsteps echoing behind him.
He is Dr. Maki, the chief scientist of the Third Research Institute of Destiny.
He was once a cold and ruthless scientist, but after his granddaughter volunteered to participate in an experiment and failed, he became a white-bearded old man who only wanted to atone for his sins.
"Lin..."
Magee banished all thoughts; now was the time to run, to run! If the Valkyrie caught up, the Tranquility Gem in the briefcase would fall back into Otto's hands, the experiment would continue, and those lovely girls, like her granddaughter, would die meaninglessly because of this experiment…
Dr. Magee slipped and fell to the ground, but he quickly clutched his briefcase and struggled to his feet. At that moment, the three pursuers drew closer, their uniforms becoming clearly visible.
"Doctor, don't run away!"
The leading Valkyrie pointed her gun at the heavily wounded Magi.
“You are an indispensable talent in the Mandate of Heaven. As long as you return the items, His Holiness the Bishop will surely forgive you.”
"Heh, young man, I had already disregarded life and death long ago when I left Destiny."
The Valkyries exchanged glances; it seemed they had no choice but to take action. According to Otto's orders, if the Doctor didn't cooperate, they would have to send him on his way to retrieve the stolen gems.
"Oh, Lin... Ah!"
Maki, who thought she was doomed, was suddenly thrown over by a gust of air.
The source of the airflow was a small explosion, which was triggered between the three Valkyries.
"You must be Dr. Magee! Let's go!"
Suddenly, Walter the Hooded Man appeared, greeted Dr. Magee, and handed Magee over to Coralie and Helia.
"Want to leave? Not so easy!"
Three Valkyries charged at the four with their weapons raised, but Walter's response was simple: with a wave of his hand, a gravity field instantly formed. The three Valkyries immediately felt their bodies become heavier and staggered.
"What kind of ability is this?"
The three tried to resist, but every step they took was extremely difficult.
"Wouldn't this be considered an attack on a senior...?"
"Stop talking nonsense, you idiot Helia! Get the Doctor away from here!"
Coralie cleverly grabbed Dr. Magee and turned to run away.
"Wait for me, Coralie!"
Helia, who was a step behind, immediately followed.
"Don't leave!"
But only Walter accompanied the three of them.
Looking at the three people who could barely walk, Old Yang didn't have the heart to kill them—he didn't know what their final fate was in history... Oh well, let them go!
Walter coughed lightly. To make things as historically plausible as possible, let's drag Cocolia out as the scapegoat.
"Go back and tell Otto that Lady Cocolia has accepted the Tranquil Gem and Dr. Magi!"
"Cocolia? Anti-Entropy!"
The leading Valkyrie was extremely shocked. She never imagined that the talent that Destiny had painstakingly cultivated would entrust such an important thing to their mortal enemy!
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I didn't even notice it a few days ago... My book is 80% complete?