Lami's Scalpel
"Send everyone into the tower!"
In Luo's ROOM covered platform, the hospital bed and Medical Kit were first replaced with the inner layer.
He reached for the wheelchair, but Lami pulled the brakes and turned to the control panel next to the tympanic cavity.
"I can shut off one of the Power Supply Pipes."
"You haven't even finished looking at the blueprints."
"Father marked them with colors."
"That's Old Map."
"Only the Old Maps are useful; the current routes are modified from the Old Circuit."
The sixteen beams of light were still falling.
The walls began to heat up, and white steam rose from the Life-Sustaining Fluid in the grout lines of the floor tiles.
Dragon took the wheelchair.
"I'll take her to the control panel; you take over up there."
"She needs to go back to her ward."
"Luo, the ward is also within the locked-down area."
"Then take her down from the tower."
Joy Boy didn't look up.
It's too late.
Luffy transforms into a giant once more and grabs the sprawling tower top.
Shanks and Garp acted simultaneously, pushing the two beams of light heading towards the outer harbor away from their original positions.
The Whitebeard Pirates' ships parted to the sides, and Marco took the medical ship into the air.
Thirteen beams of light still fell close to the High Tower.
Lin Qi was browsing the system page at the other end of the Tavern.
"Defense clearance has been granted."
Luo asked, "How many can you open?"
"It lets me choose what to protect."
Select all.
"I can't choose; I can only protect one."
Paula Lami.
Lami turned his head.
"Baoji Tavern."
"Lami."
"The Tavern is gone, and all the lines are down."
I said I'd protect you.
Lin Qi's hand paused on the options.
"Hurry up and discuss it, it's started counting down."
The chef pushed the wine barrel aside from behind.
"Choose a shop; there are still three people in the shop."
The helper held onto the accounting box under the counter.
"Including the seven households in the village that didn't have time to evacuate."
Lin Qi clicked on the Tavern.
[Initial Terminal Defense enabled]
A pale golden grid appeared above the East Blue. When the first ray of light struck it, all the windows of the Tavern detached inwards.
Lin Qi was pushed back two steps by the door panel.
"Is this considered defense?"
Vegapunk shouted, "If the wall stays, that's good enough!"
The door is broken again.
"Live first, then worry about the door!"
On the High Tower side, Luo shrank the ROOM into the tympanic cavity area.
Shambles.
The three beams of light that were aimed at Lami were redirected to above the deserted city.
His powers only lasted a moment; blood was already seeping from Law's nose and ears.
Joy Boy raised his hand and pulled out an old catheter from his chest.
The brightness of the Sun Mark decreased accordingly.
The other ten beams of light lost their target and grazed the outer edge of the High Tower.
Large sections of the stone wall collapsed, leaving only half of the platform standing.
Luffy fell from the sky and was caught by Garp.
"Can you still laugh?"
I'm hungry.
"That means you can't laugh anymore."
"You can still eat it."
Garp tossed him to Sanji, who had rushed over.
"Put something in first."
The second beam of light disappeared.
More than a dozen circular pits were left on the sea surface, and seawater poured into them, causing ships in the outer harbor to collide with each other due to the current.
As soon Vegapunk announced the casualty figures, an alarm sounded at the bottom of the High Tower.
[External protective door opened]
[The Holy Knights Medical Takeover Team has entered]
Drake's voice came from downstairs.
"They came up from the old elevator. There weren't many of them, and they were wearing full-body armor!"
Luo wiped the blood from his chin.
"Hold the stairs."
"We can't hold on any longer."
The sound of metal snapping echoed down the corridor.
Immediately afterwards, Drake smashed through the inner door and slid down to the bedside with his back flat on the ground.
Several slits appeared in the scale armor on his chest, revealing a short black spear embedded inside.
Five masked knights crossed the threshold.
The person at the front didn't look at Luo; instead, he turned his long sword towards Lami in the wheelchair.
"Original Navigation Beacon holder, proceed with recovery."
Lami stepped back slightly, but the back of his wheelchair blocked the control panel.
Dragon moved in front to block the way.
The third knight raised his hand, Black Chains flew out from his sleeve, binding his old wound.
The wound left after the stone fragment was removed was reopened, Dragon slammed into the wall.
Luo raised his Kikoku.
"ROOM."
The space was not expanded.
The previous exchange had consumed too much energy; the blue light only covered the blade before dissipating.
The first knight bypassed Dragon, and the tip of his blade was already at Lami's face.
Lami did not close his eyes.
She lowered her head, bit down on the IV tubing next to the wheelchair, and forcefully ripped off the connector.
Liquid was sprayed onto the knight's mask.
The man turned his head, the knife still pointing forward.
Lami lifted the other tube and pressed the pressure valve at the bottom of the wheelchair.
The brown liquid medicine seeped through the pores of the mask.
The knight took half a step forward, his knee hitting the ground first.
The long knife fell beside Lami's ear, severing a lock of hair.
Luo's Kikoku then pierced through his shoulder.
What did you use on him?
Lami was still holding the IV tubing.
"Amber Lead Antigen Concentrate."
That won't paralyze people.
"Adding the nerve Stabilizers from the old wards will..."
Who taught you that?
It's written in the medical record.
A second knight charged in.
Lami turned the tube towards him.
The other party immediately sealed the mask's vents, their movement less than a second too slow.
Luo's room reopened.
Shambles.
The five heads separated from the bodies and flew to either side of the corridor.
The knights were not dead; their heads, lying on the ground, were still issuing commands.
"Block holder."
"Recycle Zero."
"Calling for reinforcements from the Holy Land."
Lami aimed the IV tubing at one of the masks.
"One more thing, I'll pour the rest in."
The head shut its mouth.
Drake pulled the short spear from his chest.
"Sixteen years of hospitalization, I learned a lot."
"I need to find something to do."
Will this medicine harm you?
"If your brother didn't ask, you shouldn't ask either."
Luo had already knelt down beside the wheelchair and was examining her wrist.
"Let go of my hand."
"I'm fine."
"Release."
The IV tubing fell from Lami's hand.
Her hands were trembling; she had gripped them so tightly that several of her fingers couldn't straighten.
Luo helped her break them apart one by one.
"You are not allowed to touch this kind of medicine again."
"You couldn't use your abilities just now."
"That's not the patient's place to protect the doctor."
But I'm the younger sister.
Luo didn't reply, but simply brushed the hair that had fallen onto her shoulder.
Dragon walked back, clutching his chest.
Is the console still working?
Lami tried to raise his hand, but couldn't.
"The password is Mom's birthday."
Luo put her hands back under the blanket.
"You say, I'll press."
November 24th.
The console displays seventeen number keys.
When Luo entered the date, the system displayed an error message.
Lami looked at the medical records left by his parents.
"Including the year my brother was born."
She won't use my birthday as a password.
"Mom will."
Rhodes lost by four digits.
[God Valley Central Core Unlocked]
The mechanical structure buried beneath the High Tower began to rise.
The outer walls expanded to both sides, and the original wards were moved into the inner layer, with thick steel plates sealing all the windows.
Dozens of supports extend from the base of the tower, anchoring themselves into the sides of the crack in the Red Line.
Lin Qi's Tavern was also included in the projection protection.
The helper touched the window frame that had been closed again.
"Did they manage to block it this time?"
Lin Qi looked towards the door.
"No."
The Sixteen Rings in the sky have gone out.
They were replaced by five plumes of black mist surging in from the direction of Pangaea Castle.
When the black fog landed, the newly sealed steel plate dented inward, creating five deep pits.
The first steel plate was pierced by a spider's leg.
Next is the second piece.
A massive Gyuki squeezed in through the crack, its eight legs gripping the outer edge of the High Tower.
The other four figures landed in different directions of the Holy Land, their size already exceeding that of the nearby palaces.
The voices of the Five Elders traveled through the Old Circuit of the Throne to each ward.
"Those who illegally take over God Valley will be treated as usurpers of the throne."
Lami leaned back in his wheelchair and looked up at the huge shadow on the outer wall.
"Brother, do I need to enter the password a second time?"
Luo placed the Kikoku wailing between her and the wall.
"No."
Outside the wall, five demons simultaneously crashed into the High Tower.