The cat and Lin Sanjiu stood in the middle of the night. Suddenly, they fell silent. The dim light from the roadside elongated their shadows, casting them on the road in the distance. It was almost impossible to see their original shapes.
Bohemia tucked her hair behind her ear and glanced at Lin Sanjiu, who was standing far away.
The latter had just sat down beside Puppeteer's motionless body. She rubbed her hand on her combat pants and placed it on Puppeteer's forehead for a few seconds. Then, she raised her other hand and touched her own forehead. Of course, a dead person wouldn't have a fever, so Lin Sanjiu put her hand down with satisfaction and looked at the cat and the woman.
Bohemia quickly turned her eyes away. She didn't know why she didn't dare to look Lin Sanjiu in the eye.
"Before we came to this world …" She pretended to look for something as she whispered to the cat doctor, "She just found out that one of her friends had died. I don't know the details, but I know that he was the first friend she made after she came to this apocalyptic world. The way he died was hard to accept … "
"Did she suffer a big blow?"
Bohemia frowned and thought for a while.
"She … was very agitated and angry at that time. She wanted to kill the person who caused her friend's death to avenge his death. After that, that person died, "Lin Sanjiu didn't know if Luyan was killed by another personality. She didn't know if Luyan was successfully avenged," After that, we were sent to this world by the flood … Oh, I will explain the flood to you later. But after she came here, she seemed to be very normal. She did not even mention Luther, her dead friend, even once. "
The cat doctor was silent for a while. "Is there any other excitement?"
"Yes. Magus is her friend … "The more Bohemia thought about it, the colder she felt." Magus is trapped. We can't help her if we don't find a place to settle down. Initially, Lin Sanjiu planned to look for her as soon as we arrived in this new world. However, things kept happening one after another, so we didn't have the chance to go there. "
"Is she worried?"
Bohemia thought for a while and shook her head. Then, as if to explain, she said in a low voice, "I think she should be worried, but she has never shown it. Perhaps it is because we have been too busy these past few days."
More details came to her mind. She still remembered that Lin Sanjiu had a strange attitude toward the communication device in her hand. She would take it out and put it back. She would fidget uneasily when she looked at the device. She seemed to be afraid of receiving the call, but she was even more afraid that she wouldn't be able to receive the call. However, she didn't say anything in the end. When she set off again, she was as resolute as if she had no worries.
[Could it be another friend who is in danger?] [Magus is a friend of hers?]
[That means there are four of them now …]
"When there are too many things accumulated, the tighter you press on the lid, the more likely it will explode." It said softly, "If she was willing to say everything, it would be better … I'm worried that the reason why she's acting abnormally is because she suffered a series of blows that accumulated and exploded."
"Are you sure that Puppeteer is dead?"
"It can't be wrong." The cat doctor shook his head. "Most doctors might need to check the pupils, pulse, and skin, but I have a unique ability to distinguish between life and death. I can tell if someone is dying or if they are already dead with just a glance from afar."
"As expected of a doctor. So what do we do now? "
She had completely forgotten that if Lin Sanjiu had lost her mind a few years ago, it would have been good news for her. After all, when she was dealing with a person who had lost the ability to fight back, she could always use any means to recoup her losses.
"Let's observe the situation first."
They decided to take it one step at a time and returned to Lin Sanjiu's side. The latter was sitting cross-legged on the side of the road. Her short, messy hair was casually tied behind her head. Under the dim moonlight and the streetlights, her honey-colored skin was glistening with sweat. It seemed that even she would find it difficult to carry a person for such a long distance.
Seeing that the two of them had returned, she waved her hand and a card appeared in her palm. "I don't know if you need it, but I still have some disinfectant in my card."
"Put it in my bag."
The cat doctor took his time and took out a small stethoscope that was specially made for him. It took him almost ten minutes to put on the white coat. As he dragged the time, he pricked up his ears. During these ten minutes, Bohemia didn't even dare to look at Puppeteer. She just kept asking questions in a roundabout way.
"He has always been this half-dead," Lin Sanjiu waved her hand as if she was already used to it. "But I found out that as long as a person has a will to live, his vitality is still very strong. Look at how I'm moving him here and there. I didn't tear his wound, nor did I bleed to death. In my opinion, his condition has stabilized. "
"Huh?"
In a sense, Lin Sanjiu was indeed very stable.
"Hmm, it's not getting any worse. But, "she suddenly turned to Meowie Hu and asked hesitantly," He needs an operation, right? But we don't have the conditions to operate on him. I'm worried that there might be an accident … Please continue to maintain his condition. If you need anything, I'll think of something. "
Even if she wasn't a doctor, she would have noticed that something was wrong if she carried a corpse all the way here. However, she didn't seem to realize that the person lying by the roadside was already dead.
Cats usually didn't cough, but Meowie Hu coughed twice.
Bohemia opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. She and the cat looked at each other. Both of them wanted to say something, but they didn't. They were afraid that they would say something that would agitate Meowie. Since they couldn't discuss it in front of Lin Sanjiu, and they didn't have an excuse to walk away, they fell into a strange silence.
Lin Sanjiu looked around and began to wonder, "Cat doctor?"
"Ah, ah." It was too late for Meowie Hu to feign ignorance. He scratched his head with his hind legs and stuttered, "I … I think … I don't think … I don't think so."
Bohemia lowered her head and stared at the road for a while. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind. She tiptoed and pressed the white line on the ground. As expected, the white line writhed in pain, shaking its head and wagging its tail. It was so painful that their heads were buzzing. While Lin Sanjiu was rubbing her temples, Lin Sanjiu used her Higher Consciousness to pull the white thread out of the ground. Once again, the white thread reverted to a mass of filthy, muddled mess. When it floated in the air, it looked as if someone had smeared a patch of dirt on the ground.
"Why are you screaming for no reason?" She pretended to be angry and turned it around. With her back facing Lin Sanjiu, she scolded, "Shut up!"
As expected, the chaos shut up. It wasn't because of Lin Sanjiu's order, but because Bohemia had wrapped her Higher Consciousness around her voice and sent it into the mass of chaos.
"Since your voice can be heard directly in a person's head … Can you only transmit your voice to a specific person so that no one else can hear you?"
The color of the blurry chaos twisted up and down. Then, Bohemia heard its answer, "Yes, but it's a little more difficult."
She glanced at the cat doctor and Lin Sanjiu from the corner of her eyes and realized that neither the cat doctor nor Lin Sanjiu heard what it said.
"That's great," she said in a half-threatening and half-tempting manner, "I have a plan … If you help me, I will let you go."
Bohemia's plan was simple.
Their biggest problem now was that they didn't dare to tell Lin Sanjiu that Puppeteer was dead. They were afraid that it would aggravate her mental state. If they could stage a scene where the doctor tried to save Puppeteer but was unable to save Lin Sanjiu, it might help her accept the reality. Furthermore, she didn't have to face the news of Puppeteer's death alone. After all, she had Bohemia and the cat doctor by her side.
Of course, it was risky, but they had no other choice.
Meowie Hu wasn't a psychiatrist, so he was as clueless as Bohemia about Lin Sanjiu's mental state. After listening to the blurry chaos, he thought for a while and nodded at Bohemia discreetly. Apparently, he was also trying his best to save Lin Sanjiu's life.
Under Lin Sanjiu's eager gaze, the cat stood next to the corpse's abdomen and pretended to examine it for a while.
"He's in a critical condition. He needs to be operated on immediately," the cat said as he extended his claws. He even disinfected them one by one. "You have to be mentally prepared. The operation might not be successful."
Hearing that, Lin Sanjiu became nervous. She stood up and took two steps back. Then, she took a deep breath. She lowered her head and stared at the road. It was as if she didn't dare to watch the operation.
Bohemia also turned her head to one side. She didn't want to see the scene of Puppeteer's abdomen being dissected. The blurry chaos that was bound by her Higher Consciousness floated up and down in the air. As if it had sensed the heavy atmosphere, it also quieted down.
Puppeteer, who used to strike fear into people's hearts, had died silently on an unknown road. He was like a tired stray dog that had reached its end … Even though Bohemia wasn't related to Puppeteer, she couldn't help feeling an inexplicable sadness from the bottom of her heart.
When the surgical scissors cut open the skin, the heart-wrenching sound was so sharp that it could cut into her bones. Under the dim moonlight, she couldn't help but shiver a few times on the deserted road.
"I'm sorry."
After some time, the cat doctor finally spoke. Every word he said was spoken with great care, "It's my fault for not being a good doctor … My condolences."
Even though they had agreed to say that, Bohemia's heart still quivered a little. She raised her head and saw that Lin Sanjiu's figure was frozen. She was as stiff as a ramrod, as if she could break at any moment.
For a long time, she didn't say a single word. She even held her breath.
"Is … is that so?" When she spoke again, it was as if she hadn't spoken for a long time. Lin Sanjiu's throat was dry and raspy. She had to clear her throat before she could continue, "I don't blame you. He … he was already in a critical condition. Can I take a look at him? "
As she spoke, she walked closer to the figure by the roadside.
"Sure. I've stitched him up." The cat doctor lowered his head and took two steps back. He walked around the corpse and stood in front of Lin Sanjiu with Bohemia, who had just arrived. The latter knelt down with a thud and stared at the corpse in a daze. For a moment, nobody spoke. Only the blurry chaos that was still bound by Bohemia's Higher Consciousness floated faintly.
"Shouldn't I be given some buffer time?"
Bohemia thought to herself as she looked at Lin Sanjiu's drooping head.
After a while, Lin Sanjiu moved. Under the watchful eyes of the cat and human, she slowly raised her hands. When she reached for Puppeteer's chest that was wrapped in black leather, even her fingertips were trembling. It was as if there was a terrifying barrier between the two of them. Even after a few seconds had passed, she still couldn't touch Puppeteer's chest.
She remembered that Puppeteer's black leather suit was getting weirder and weirder …
Looking at the two people lying by the roadside, an irrelevant thought surfaced in Bohemia's mind. Subconsciously, she turned her head to look at Puppeteer's face. Most of his face was covered by his messy black hair. Only his pale, bloodless skin could be seen through his hair.
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