A Healer in Honkai: Star Rail

The room had a very girlish aesthetic, decorated with stars.

Lin Nai had been here often enough to be quite familiar with Asta's room.

Unfortunately, there was no time to appreciate the girl's room now.

He skillfully made his way to Asta's bedside.

"Asta? Asta?" Lin Nai stepped forward and gently shook her.

There was no reaction.

"As expected, something's wrong."

Normally, she would have woken up by now.

Either she had stayed up too late, or something had happened.

Considering what he had seen on the surveillance footage, the latter was more likely.

Lin Nai grabbed Asta's wrist and transferred a pale blue energy.

This was the energy Lin Nai usually used when healing others.

After a while.

Asta's eyes remained closed, and she didn't move.

Lin Nai frowned. Gauss Force, which was always effective for healing, was useless...

Could it be poison?

Thinking this, Lin Nai took out a purple ring engraved with a dolphin from his system space.

It was a Dolphin Magician Ring from some Kamen Rider magical girl, capable of using healing and detoxification magic. With the system's modifications, Lin Nai could use it now.

He didn't need a belt or anything.

Though he did want a belt, transforming was pretty cool.

He clenched his fist.

Blue radiance spread over Asta, but her eyes remained closed, and she didn't move.

Alright, things had gotten seriously bad.

This was troublesome.

Medical bay.

Asta was wheeled into the ward, lying on the hospital bed as still as a person in a vegetative state.

Lin Nai could only sit in a chair, dejected.

He couldn't do anything.

He had no power...

Even Peppy, who had followed him, was no longer as lively as before, lying limply on the ground.

Its large eyes stared at the unconscious Asta, occasionally letting out soft calls.

But it was useless.

"Lin Nai."

"Joan, have you made a diagnosis? Huh... what's with your face?"

Lin Nai looked up, startled, and asked the medical staff member who had approached him.

Why did he look like a panda? Had he stayed up all night?

"Not yet. Most of the medical staff can't figure out what's going on. Further examination is needed."

Joan yawned. "As for my face... since the day before yesterday, quite a few people have experienced the same situation as Station Chief Asta."

"And I often help out in various medical departments, so..."

"So you haven't had much proper rest recently?"

Joan nodded.

These past few days, she had been running around helping in various medical departments.

"Why don't I know about this?"

Lin Nai was a bit curious. He was technically a staff member here, wasn't he?

After all, they called him when they were overwhelmed.

And he hadn't heard Asta mention anything these past few days...

Oh.

He forgot.

Asta had been giving him strange looks recently, so he hadn't stayed for long.

Most people came and went in a hurry.

Speaking of which...

Did Asta's gaze towards me start getting more complicated three days ago?

Joan also explained why Lin Nai hadn't been notified.

Simply put, the situation was roughly this...

Due to the habits of the Black Tower space station's crew members, fainting was a common occurrence.

At first, there was no urgency.

It wasn't until the next day, when another group of crew members were sent over due to fainting, that they remembered the group from yesterday who were still in the medical bay and hadn't woken up.

A day of research yielded no results.

Then, today, another batch arrived, and even the space station's director was hospitalized.

They were probably in a complete panic by now.

As for why Lin Nai wasn't notified?

In the eyes of the crew members in the medical bay, they had the most impressive medical facilities on the entire space station. As long as the person was still breathing, there was always a way to save them.

If all these instruments couldn't help, then Lin Nai probably couldn't either.

Although that was indeed the case, Lin Nai felt a little underestimated.

Sigh...

"So, it seems we can only wait for them to figure out what the symptoms are..."

Not necessarily.

Speaking of which, wasn't someone on the space station researching dreams?

After some thought, Lin Nai decided to check on Arlan's condition first, and then go to the Relic Containment to check for any hidden dangers.

After that, Lin Nai still had to help Asta temporarily handle some of the space station's affairs.

The affairs were simple, and he could do them while walking.

After taking Asta to the medical bay, Lin Nai also went to Arlan's room.

As expected, Arlan had the same condition as Asta.

He had fallen into a deep sleep.

The space station director and the head of the defense department were both down. It was still unknown if the heads of other departments were also indisposed.

But fortunately, at least no one in the medical bay was unconscious.

After visiting Arlan, Lin Nai didn't linger. He immediately headed to the place where the relics were contained.

It wasn't that he didn't want to stay longer.

But as soon as he entered, he saw a group of defense department crew members standing there wailing.

"What."

"Big brother! Big brother!!!"

"How could Big Brother Arlan fall like this!"

"Big Brother Arlan! The Defense Department can't be without you!"

Things like that.

Honestly, if you didn't know better, you'd think Arlan was on his last legs and about to pass away.

It was a headache.

So, after visiting Arlan for a while, he left.

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Chapter 15: You're the one peeking at me, aren't you? Mask of the Fool!

After leaving the medical bay, Lin Nai once again went to the relic containment area.

The last time he was here was four days ago when he returned the Alien Water Sprite.

After checking one by one, Lin Nai confirmed there were no signs of anyone having been there.

Just like last time, Lin Nai walked through the entire relic room again, feeling as if he were being watched, as usual.

"So... it's you who's been peeking at me, isn't it? Mask of the Fool!!"

Lin Nai stopped once again before the red mask, turning to point at it.

The smiling face on the mask seemed to mock, to jest, or perhaps to provoke?

It was infuriating...

The mask didn't respond to Lin Nai's words.

After all, the mask couldn't speak; how could it reply to the person in front of it?

This only made Lin Nai look like a fool.

Lin Nai rubbed his chin and leaned closer to the Mask of the Fool, examining it.

Could this artifact's only ability be to stare at others?

Honestly, he had a terrible impression of this thing.

Especially before his transmigration, when he was playing the Simulated Universe, wanting to collect artifacts to exchange for Stellar Jades.

And he was attracted by the so-called blessing that had a chance to be replaced with a higher rarity.

His mindset was, let's take a gamble, maybe I'll get lucky.

Well, that backfired.

He chose the Mask of the Fool, and all his Paths were replaced, none of them usable. He completely lost it fighting the World-Ending Calamity.