Two Heartbeats in Sync Across Two Thousand Nautical Miles
"I can't give it to you."
Luo's room has already covered the pointer.
Half of the pointer remained on the White Swallow, while the other half passed through the mist, getting stuck in the groove on the Tavern's stone slab.
Lin Qi stood at the other end, still holding an empty bucket in his hand.
"You need to make this clear first: will this thing tear my shop down again after it comes in?"
"Don't touch it."
I'm two steps away from it.
"Then let's take another step back."
"The Cellar is only this big."
Lami placed the old Button on the medical record table.
The Button is missing its hands, leaving only a few fine markings, but the surface still reflects the heartbeat of Dragon.
"Brother, it's looking for a location."
Which side are you looking for?
"I want both places."
Wa Tie'er sat up, supporting himself on the edge of the bed.
"The Throne Core was divided into two parts: the White Swallow kept the medical records, and the Tavern kept the Q&A. They should have been reconnected thirty-eight years ago."
Luo did not remove the room.
Who opened it?
Your father knows half of it.
"And your other half?"
"Those who remain in the God Valley know."
"The First Patient?"
Wa Tie'er gazed at the Cellar entrance shrouded in mist.
"Maybe."
Lin Qi heard it.
"No, maybe. What do you want to bring into my Tavern?"
"Route."
"Where does it lead?"
"I don't know yet."
"Then I won't answer."
Lami reached out and touched the Button casing.
But people from outside will still come.
"They've arrived."
Gunshots rang out outside the Tavern, and a layer of sawdust fell from the window frame.
Lin Qi glanced at it, then retreated back into the Cellar.
They're attacking the black wall.
Luo asked, "The people from earlier haven't left?"
"A new batch has been produced."
What color is the mask?
"White."
Wa Tie'er's hand, which was supporting him on the edge of the bed, slipped away, and the IV Stand swayed twice.
"The Holy Knights"
"You know him?"
"I've seen them execute patients."
Luo placed the Kikoku next to the medical record table.
"Lin Qi, how long can the Tavern's defenses hold after the pointer is connected?"
How did you know I had defenses here?
"I just saw it."
"The Witness Points have only been settled once. I don't know if I'll have to pay again next time."
Vegapunk's cutting path.
"By connecting the two stone slabs, I can transfer the White Swallow's defenses to the Tavern and also send the Tavern's live broadcast signal back to the ship."
"And the price?" Luo asked.
"Still calculating."
"I'll answer after I've finished calculating."
A series of muffled thuds came from above the ship.
The retaining clips on the medical record table popped open, and the metal box slid out a short distance.
Drake steadied himself by pressing against the wall.
"The northern fleet has opened fire; the first volley is depth charges."
Aokiji's communication was then connected.
"I'll block them from the outside."
Luo looked at the monitoring screen.
The ice above the White Swallow had cracked into several pieces, Aokiji stood in the center, a dark bloodstain on his right shoulder.
How many more rounds can you hold off?
Don't ask such useless questions.
"The wound reopened?"
"Old wound."
"Go back and handle it."
"There's no one outside to take over the shift."
"You have men in the Marine Fleet."
"We had one just now, but we've received new orders."
The warship's broadcast reached the ward.
[White Swallow's Private Collection of God Valley Core Medical Records]
[Medical Department and Navy jointly carried out the sealing]
[If the ship's personnel refuse to hand over the patient, it will be considered a voluntary abandonment of medical treatment.]
Lami removed his breathing mask.
"They made the decision for the patient again."
Chopper immediately shouted into the communicator, "Put your breathing mask on, don't take it off!"
"It's hard to explain while wearing it."
"Put it back on first!"
Luo fastened the straps for her.
"I'll relay what you want to say."
"Let them go."
"This sentence doesn't need to be forwarded."
The second round of depth charges was dropped.
Aokiji raised his hand to seal off the seawater, and the ice layer held up the first two bombs that sank. The third bomb crossed the crack and crashed into the Stern of the White Swallow.
Drake grabbed the communicator.
"Six seconds left until the impact!"
Bepo shouted from the captain's cabin, "The stern rudder isn't fixed! We can't dodge it!"
Luo looked at the pointer.
"Vegapunk, how long will it take to connect?"
"The stone exchange is complete."
"Lin Qi, clear out the recessed area in the Cellar."
It's full of mud.
"Dig."
What should I take?
"The bucket in your hand."
Lin Qi looked down at the bucket.
You should have said so earlier.
He squatted down in front of the black wall and used the edge of the bucket to shovel away the old soil in the groove.
The pointer moved forward one inch.
The attack outside the Tavern paused for a moment.
A knight shouted through the door, "Lin Qi, stop the connection."
"Stop smashing the store first."
"The Throne passage belongs to the Celestial Dragons."
"I rented this land."
The Cellar is not included in the lease.
Lin Qi turned to the helper and asked, "Where's the lease?"
"Below the ledger."
"It burned up?"
"It should be burned."
The person outside said, "You don't own the Cellar."
"Then you should contact the landlord."
Luo put the black stone shard into the room.
"Lin Qi, do you see the engraving in the center of the stone slab?"
"I saw it."
"Catch this."
"What?"
Luo activates his ability.
The black stone shard disappeared from the White Swallow's medical record table and appeared in the Tavern's Cellar.
Meanwhile, the old cork that had fallen off beside Lin Qi was replaced by White Swallow and rolled to Luo's feet.
Lin Qi held the bucket, watching the stone shards suddenly fall into it.
"Couldn't you have asked first?"
"No time."
The third depth charge struck the Stern.
At that moment, the black stone slab also embedded itself into the groove.
The walls on both sides lit up.
The explosion propelled seawater against the White Swallow. The lights inside the ship went out twice, but the hospital beds remained still.
The stone slabs in the Tavern's Cellar received the impact, the ground beneath the three knights outside the door lifted upwards, and the entire street trembled.
The system has begun reallocation.
[White Swallow has successfully connected with the East Blue Initial Endpoint.]
Shared oxygen supply
[Shared Communication]
[Shared Defense]
Lami's blood oxygen level rose by two notches.
Chopper stared at the monitoring records.
"Wait a little longer, it's still rising."
Luo placed his hand on Lami's neck.
My breathing is easier than before.
Lami slapped his hand away.
"I wasn't asleep."
"I know."
"Then what are you touching?"
"Confirm."
"It's on the equipment."
I saw it.
The fourth round of shelling from outside the ship has begun loading.
Vegapunk retrieves the channel structure.
"The defense can redirect the impact back to the source of the attack, but this requires confirmation from both locations simultaneously."
Lin Qi asked, "Confirm what?"
"Anti-missile."
Will you also send the Tavern there?
"Only send an impact."
Are you sure?
"Theoretically."
"You people always say that, theoretically, the store should have fewer items."
Luo pressed the confirmation button on the White Swallow's end.
"Lin Qi."
"Knew."
Lin Qi patted the stone slab in the Cellar.
The fourth round of depth charges was detonated simultaneously.
The seawater did not push against the White Swallow.
The impact circled along the connected Black Stone Slab and returned to the area beneath the Medical Department's main ship.
Three encirclement boats were thrown to the surface, one of which capsized and its mast struck the deck of the main ship.
There was a few seconds of silence in the cabin.
Bepo spoke first.
"We returned their own bombs?"
"Mm," Luo responded.
Lin Qi was still inspecting the Tavern.
"I'm missing a table."
"The impact didn't travel through," Vegapunk said.
"It was just slashed?"
The helper dragged half a tabletop out from under the bar.
"Here."
"That's alright."
A scarlet warning popped up on the main screen of the White Swallow.
All communication lines were forcibly occupied.
A face with long, gray hair appeared in the image, and the gold emblem on the collar belonged to the Holy Knights.
Saint Garling held an old medical record in his hand.
"The Trafalgar family has finally taken control of the Throne."
Luo picked up the Kikoku.
"Who are you?"
"The person responsible for correcting the erroneous prescription from thirty-eight years ago."