A Healer in Honkai: Star Rail

"Good."

"Maybe not Teletubbies, but I don't need Garden Babies or anything like that."

"So what kind of messed-up world is this..."

Just as Lin Nai was questioning his existence, a mirror suddenly appeared before him.

"You can't survive without fighting!"

"Huh?"

Before Lin Nai could even react, a fist shot out from the mirror, aiming straight for his face.

Startled, Lin Nai quickly leaned back, narrowly dodging the attack.

As soon as he regained his footing, he saw someone who looked like a Baiter Alien driving a jeep and chasing someone who looked like a Babar Alien.

"The plan to eliminate Zofi! It was decided by the Ultra Brothers! You son of a bitch! You Babar! Charge at me!!"

"Damn it! The Baiter Alien is still chasing me!"

Lin Nai: ???

He was quite sure the original sentence wasn't what that Baiter Alien said.

Besides, wasn't Zofi considered one of the Ultra Brothers?

Soon, the two figures were running off into the sunset that symbolized their youth, disappearing before Lin Nai's eyes.

Well, although only the son of a bitch was running, no, only the Babar was running.

He was taken away by the Baiter Alien.

A little while later.

Lin Nai curiously looked around: "Why did it suddenly get so quiet again?"

However, as soon as he spoke, a black luxury car suddenly appeared from somewhere.

For some reason, Lin Nai thought he heard a voice say: "Isn't the sidewalk quite wide?"

Looking down again, he noticed that the grass had somehow turned into a crosswalk.

Tsk!

Lin Nai decisively flipped through the air, dodging the black car's attack, and landed on the ground.

But when he turned his head, he saw three people pointing guns at him and pulling the trigger.

Lin Nai quickly rolled to dodge the attack, and as he looked up to retaliate, he found that the people and the car in front of him had vanished.

Lin Nai felt a slight pain in his head; this place was too bizarre.

What in the world is this place!!

System!

Where's the system?

System, save me!!!

Unfortunately, no matter how loudly Lin Nai called out in his mind, the system did not appear.

Lin Nai clutched his head in pain, thinking how troublesome this was...

What should I do next?

Power...

Right, can I still use my power?

My physical condition doesn't seem to have changed at all.

With that thought, Lin Nai closed his eyes, sensing the flow of energy within his body, carefully controlling it, and compressing it...

Finally, he unleashed it all at once!!

BOOM!!!!

Lin Nai's entire body erupted in a dazzling light, covering everything around him.

The sound grew fainter and fainter, eventually disappearing.

When Lin Nai opened his eyes again, the entire space had turned into darkness, with nothing there.

Rather than darkness, it was more like nothingness.

Because he could still see his hands and body, it meant it wasn't dark in the conventional sense.

Neither the baby-faced sun from before nor the ground Lin Nai was standing on.

Everything had vanished.

"Phew... So, where is this place?"

Wait!

What's going on?!

"Gag! What... cough cough! Ah..."

Lin Nai clutched his throat in pain, as if something was appearing inside it.

No.

His body also began to ache and feel hot, while his hands and feet felt cold!

What is this now?

Is this the torment of ice and fire?!

What in the world is going on...

Immediately after, Lin Nai's vision went black, and he collapsed.

"Lin Nai! Lin Nai! Wake up!"

"Mmm..."

Slap!!

Lin Nai groggily opened his eyes, only for Black Tower to swing a hand at him.

It successfully stunned him.

What happened? What happened?

Lin Nai looked blankly at Black Tower, who was standing by his bed.

"Phew, you're finally awake," Black Tower said, letting out a sigh of relief. "What's going on? Your physical condition was clearly not right just now."

"I... I don't know."

Lin Nai scratched his head, utterly perplexed. "What exactly happened just now?"

"Who knows? You suddenly started shouting things like: 'If I don't fight, I can't survive,' 'Why is the street so quiet?' and 'Aren't the sidewalks wide enough?'"

"And then your body inexplicably started glowing, your temperature rose, your hands and feet turned cold, you were sweating all over, and you were clutching your neck."

Black Tower extended its small, cold hand and placed it on Lin Nai's forehead.

Speaking of which, why is a puppet's hand so soft?

Seeing Lin Nai looking a bit dazed, Black Tower moved its hand from his forehead to his head and ruffled it vigorously.

"Does it hurt?"

"No, I don't feel anything."

"That's good," Black Tower frowned. "Come to my office tomorrow, I'll give you a personal check-up."

"Okay..." Lin Nai nodded obediently.

This earned him a surprised glance from Black Tower, who then mused for a few seconds before advising:

"Spend less time with that Star River Hunter kid, she'll corrupt you."

Hmm...

Silver Wolf also said something similar: Spend less time interacting with Black Tower, it'll corrupt you.

Does he really look like someone who's easily corrupted?

It can't be that bad, right?

I don't look that naive...

But, speaking of which...

"Black Tower, when did you get here?"

"..."

"Black Tower?"

"I am Black Tower. I'm very busy right now. This is the remote puppet's automatic response mode: Hello, hello, hello everyone, have a pleasant day, goodnight."

Watching the puppet return to its original position and cover its head with its own coat, as if trying to cover its ears and ignore the world, Lin Nai found it amusing.

What is that guy doing?

But...

Never mind.

"Thank you, Black Tower, goodnight."

Lin Nai shook his head with a smile, said to the puppet not far away, then pulled up the covers and lay back down.

This time.

He slept soundly.

After confirming Lin Nai was breathing steadily.

The puppet carefully removed the clothes from its head, avoiding making any noise, and whispered:

"Good night, my most prized collection."

After saying this, Black Tower then lowered its head to look at the legs of the puppet, which were clad in Black Silk, a specialty of Belobog.

"Hmm... but what's the deal with this guy? Does he like these kinds of socks?"

Black Tower touched its own leg in confusion, a question mark appearing above its head.

It didn't quite understand that guy's xp.

But.

Since that guy liked it, the puppet would wear it.

It didn't really matter anyway.

Hmm, next time it sees Lin Nai, should it wear them too?

With that thought, Black Tower went offline.

And the puppet's purple eyes emitted a faint glow in the dark night.

It had completely entered monitoring mode.

Black Tower stated that it wasn't a voyeur; it had quickly put down its research and logged into the puppet upon noticing Lin Nai's condition was abnormal.

Hmm...

It only looked occasionally, occasionally.

Chapter Ten: Asta, Why Are You Just Watching!