Elysia and the Imaginary Stigmata

"Really?" The surprise came too suddenly, and Desdichado breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll apply to the higher-ups later; that should be more legal," Mobius muttered to himself.

"..." Desdichado let out a mournful cry.

"Alright, alright, for your safety, you should leave now. I'll stop Doctor Mobius first. Oh, and remember to register." Chen Luo gently gripped Mobius's shoulder and said to Desdichado.

"Thank you, the Doctor." Desdichado nodded gratefully to Chen Luo, then sat up from the hospital bed and went downstairs.

But perhaps because she wasn't used to her body, or perhaps because the anesthesia hadn't worn off, she staggered at first. It took her a while to recover before she could walk normally again.

Desdichado, dressed in a hospital gown, picked up the clothes she had changed out of in the changing room and put in a bag, and walked out of the laboratory.

As Desdichado walked out of the laboratory, Chen Luo slowly withdrew his gaze.

Without Desdichado's knowledge, a Puppet Mark was also placed inside her body.

However, since the other party was not dead, the Puppet Mark did not activate. It was only gradually adapting to the other party's body in the hope of turning the other party into a doll at the moment of death and uploading the soul to the Collective Network.

Although this was the first successful Flame-Chaser surgery on the first attempt, it still couldn't escape the fate of having the Puppet Mark implanted in it.

However, considering that the other party had died in the Eighth Herrscher incident in their original destiny, Chen Luo felt that it was still necessary to implant the Puppet Mark into them.

The other person was very lucky, but their life was a bit short.

The person who had undergone surgery left, but Chen Luo and Mobius, who were in charge of the surgery, tidied themselves up before Yuyu walking out of the laboratory.

After leaving the laboratory, Chen Luo saw Kevin again, but this time Kevin was looking in a certain direction and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Hey, Kevin," Chen Luo greeted him.

"Hmm, if I remember correctly, her name was Desdichado, right? She..." Kevin hesitated, then stopped.

Kevin sensed a significant Honkai energy reaction emanating from the other person.

If this kind of Honkai energy were applied to ordinary people, they would have been corrupted and killed long ago, so...

There's only one truth!

As for why they know each other... all I can say is that Kevin was also a rookie instructor, at least he was an instructor at Cosmo.

"That's right, the fifth Flame-Chaser of the Fire Moth has been born. And he's a Spirit-type Flame-Chaser."

"A mental Flame-Chaser?" Upon hearing this, Kevin couldn't help but look at Mobius.

In fact, Kevin knew that Mobius had become Flame-Chaser.

The reason people watched her was because Mobius had mentioned the concept of a psychic Flame-Chaser and even claimed to be one himself, but no one believed him.

Moreover, Mobius is quite restless. Since discovering that he can be resurrected after death, he has died several times now, and his physical appearance has changed a lot. Naturally, this did not escape Kevin's notice.

Therefore, the other party's abilities are not a secret in the eyes of some people.

However, Mobius would not intentionally hide his abilities, because Mobius was not worried that anyone could dissect and study him.

Generally speaking, it was Mobius who was the one who sliced people up.

"A mental Flame-Chaser, huh? What are its abilities?"

"How would I know? They've probably gone to report it. Let's wait a while; we should have the results in about a day," Chen Luo said, also watching Desdichado walk away.

It seems that Mobius's notoriety really terrified Desdichado.

However, as fellow Flame-Chaser, if Desdichado Doria and Mobius were to communicate more, they would likely discover that... Mobius is indeed very dangerous.

"This is your first successful fusion surgery, right?" Kevin looked at Chen Luo with some emotion.

"To be precise, it was me and Doctor Mobius together, but I discovered that I also have a talent for performing fusion surgery. Doctor Mobius said that I can now perform fusion surgery independently."

"In fact, the fusion surgery is not very difficult. All you need is a steady hand and enough experience. Thanks to the special changes, although I am definitely not Flame-Chaser, my hand is indeed very steady, and my memory is also very good. In addition, I have cooperated with Doctor Mobius for so long in performing fusion surgery, so I can indeed perform fusion surgery on my own," Chen Luo said.

The reason Chen Luo said he could perform the fusion surgery himself was because Mobius no longer needed to observe Chen Luo. Mobius accompanied Chen Luo during the surgery to see how Chen Luo performed the fusion surgery.

A while ago, Chen Luo's fusion surgery level was proficient, but Mobius's was skilled. Just now, Mobius's fusion surgery level has changed to proficient.

As expected of Doctor Mobius.

Therefore, Chen Luo, who is now considered an experience-boosting character, has already been abandoned by Mobius.

"Really?" Kevin looked at Mobius.

"Really. Do you think the reason I recruited him as my assistant was just because of his special abilities? His talent is also an important reason," Mobius said calmly.

"And I've always had a good eye for people."

"... Undeniably." Kevin nodded slightly.

Mobius certainly had a good eye for people, like Dr. Mei.

If it weren't for Mobius's strong recommendation, Dr. Mei wouldn't have been recognized as a genius by the Fire Moth so early on, and wouldn't have been recruited by the Fire Moth.

"If you are confident enough, you can give it a try, but if you are performing the surgery alone, there absolutely cannot be any deaths in the early stages," Kevin said seriously.

If an accident occurs during the fusion surgery performed by both Mobius and Chen Luo, it means that the other person is indeed beyond saving. However, if an accident occurs during the surgery performed by Chen Luo alone, many people will blame Chen Luo, since Chen Luo is a novice.

"Don't worry," Chen Luo assured him.

If anyone dies during surgery performed by me, I'll wash my hair upside down.

"I will continue to accompany Chen Luo for a period of time during the fusion surgery as his supervising doctor, to prevent any unexpected events," Mobius added.

"That's good."

"Hi, you're all here." A familiar voice rang out, and everyone looked in the direction of the voice to see a pink-haired girl.

"Elysia, what brings you here?"

"Ah, that's how it is. Starting today, I'll be Lolo's personal bodyguard. Um, a temporary personal bodyguard," Elysia said, raising her hand.

"???" Chen Luo was stunned for a moment.

Wait a minute, didn't Cannon Fodder No. 1 say that he would wait two more days before assigning Sakura a mission and then requesting that Elysia be his bodyguard?

Moreover, Cannon Fodder No. 1 didn't remind Chen Luo about this.

"But I didn't receive any notification from anyone," Chen Luo said after regaining his senses.

"It's okay, Sakura and I have already agreed," Elysia said with a smile.

"Wait? What do you mean? You and Sakura have already agreed?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

"So you mean... Elysia, you didn't apply to your superiors or even receive any transfer orders? You're just protecting Luo out of your own will or interest?" Kevin said in a deep voice.

"Wow, Kevin guessed right!" Elysia exclaimed.

"... Why?" Kevin asked.

"Because it's fun," Elysia said matter-of-factly.

"..."

The answer was full of Elysia's style and irrefutable.

In the end, Kevin could only look at Chen Luo with helplessness and pity.

Chapter 512 Elysia and the Imaginary Stigmata

No one in the Fire Moth can refuse Elysia.

Elysia loves everyone, and no one will reject Elysia.

The problem is that you must never let Elysia become curious about you.

Although I would never harm you, Elysia, I always manage to leave you feeling very helpless.

Kevin had something to say about this.

"You're not playing by the rules here," Chen Luo complained, looking at Elysia had offered to be his bodyguard.

"And why are you so interested in protecting me?" Chen Luo was completely puzzled.

Tell me exactly what you're interested in? I'll change it, okay?

Chen Luo personally doesn't dislike Elysia, but the key issue is that Chen Luo needs to go home soon.

Putting everything else aside, given Elysia's personality, it's absolutely impossible for her to be enthusiastic for only three minutes.

"I don't know, I don't know why, but I find you very pleasing to the eye. Maybe it's fate."

"..." Chen Luo didn't quite understand, but Chen Luo was still quite shocked.

Chen Luo was even more surprised when he turned his attention to Elysia's discount.

70% off.

When?

What happened?

If someone who's been at the bar for a while were to offer Chen Luo a discount of this level, Chen Luo wouldn't be surprised at all. But the key point is that Chen Luo and Elysia don't interact as much as one might imagine.

So where exactly did things go wrong?

"If what I asked Cang Xuan said is correct, Luo Luo, you can leave work freely after you finish three more surgeries, right?" Elysia asked, arms crossed.

"From a purely rational perspective, that's correct," Chen Luo nodded.

"Have you finished your surgery?" Elysia asked.

"It's all done. We even successfully created a new Flame-Chaser just now, but for some reason, the other party slipped away to report for duty first. You're half a minute late," Chen Luo said.

"Huh? Half a minute late? Then it's all your fault, Kevin." Elysia glared at Kevin angrily.

"Hmm?" Kevin looked at Elysia with some confusion.

"If it weren't for the fact that you scored such a high score in the training field today, and it took me a little longer to finally surpass you, I wouldn't have arrived so late," Elysia said matter-of-factly.

"Did it exceed that?" Kevin was slightly surprised, then checked the data on his wristwatch.

Kevin then discovered that Elysia had indeed surpassed him in terms of data, and by a considerable margin.

"So who successfully became Flame-Chaser? Do I know them?" Elysia asked hurriedly.

"If I remember correctly, her name is Desdichado," Kevin said after thinking for a moment.

"It's her. She actually participated in this experiment too." Elysia seemed to remember something after only thinking for a moment.

"You know her?" Kevin asked.

"I just happened to find out. It's mainly because she seems to remember everyone's birthday and then gives them a really interesting gift on their birthday. Of course, I only know this; I've never met her," Elysia said.

Elysia loves everyone, so she knows a lot about the people in the Fire Moth.

Elysia is different from Kevin. Kevin mostly focuses on improving his strength, but Elysia also pays more attention to relationships between people.

"Since you're interested in her, Elysia, why don't you go and meet her? She's on her way to report to the authorities right now," Chen Luo said quickly when he saw that Elysia seemed to be somewhat interested in Desdichado.

Because of Chen Luo, the world will be changed to some extent, such as the case of a fusion surgery that can be performed three times a day without causing death. And the only opportunity for true volunteers, at Chen Luo's insistence, is open to all Fire Moth Soldiers.

Anyone could get this opportunity!

"Well, I was planning to take you, Lolo, to explore the Fire Moth. If I remember correctly, I don't think I've ever seen you visit Fire Moth before. You've been here for so many days, and besides the lab and dorm, you've only been to the cafeteria. That's so boring." Elysia seemed slightly tempted, but then Elysia brought up something even more important.

"Besides, I'm responsible for your safety now. How can I not show you around the entire Fire Moth? As a bodyguard, I should act like one."

"No need for that at all, Elysia. You know me well enough to know that I usually go back and forth between the lab and my dorm, so I rarely leave the Fire Moth. My safety is basically not a problem within the Fire Moth, so I don't need your protection for now. I'll let you know when I leave the Fire Moth. We're friends, aren't we?"

"Shouldn't the fifth Flame-Chaser be more important now? And although I haven't tested her abilities in detail, she should be a mental Flame-Chaser. Also, she seemed to have come alone earlier, and now that she has just completed the fusion surgery and become Flame-Chaser, she is leaving alone as well. She looks so pitiful. You should go and keep her company."

Elysia hesitated on one side, while Chen Luo unleashed a barrage of attacks on the other.

Please, please leave now, I need to go home.

While I'm at it, I'll go check out the Honkai Consciousness in the Honkai World.

Also, we need to confirm whether that Honkai Consciousness could be you, besides Pardo.

Chen Luo definitely doesn't reject Elysia, but Chen Luo needs to go home.

"I always feel like you've been trying to get rid of me. Do you have some kind of problem with me?" Perhaps Chen Luo was acting too eagerly, so Elysia seemed to have sensed something.

"How could that be? Elysia, you're so cute, how could anyone in the world not like a beautiful girl? And I really want to be your friend, but the problem is that Desdichado is a beautiful girl, you know. Don't you really want to go see her? You can go to the Fire Moth anytime, but you only have this one chance to comfort your junior who has just become Flame-Chaser and is feeling a bit out of sorts."

"If Kevin were to find such an opportunity to teach Kevin, can you imagine what a disaster that would be?" Chen Luo said Desdichado, pointing to Kevin beside him.