Chapter 489

The bullet is loaded.

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

I still can't treat you like a normal girl, you bastard!

What about our friendship?

What about bonds?

A deep love for friendship!

How could you say something as cold as "I've been waiting for this day for a long time"?

After mentally ranting a few complaints, Leon shook his head and smiled helplessly.

"Alright, let's go."

The two distanced themselves from each other.

Inside the practice range, Leon and Rebecca faced off, the scene resembling a duel between cowboys in the Wild West.

"Are you ready, Captain? Rubber bullets may not kill people, but they still hurt a lot when they hit you."

"Shoot if you want!"

General Leon waved his hand confidently.

"I can... react with bullets!"

59 gave birth to 12!

"Name: Leon Casmod."

Age: Twenty-six.

"Married."

"The main symptom is a mild concussion."

"The cause of the disease, rubber bullets... rubber bullets?!"

Martin stood by the hospital bed, staring incredulously at the captain's medical record. "How could it be a rubber bullet? Rebecca, did you really lose control and try to kill the captain?"

Rebecca lay in her hospital bed, leisurely eating an apple from the fruit basket.

"The captain ordered me to shoot him in the head, so it's not my fault."

"So... even though the captain suffered a mild concussion, why are you lying in his hospital bed and eating the fruit I brought you?"

"Hey, a mild concussion isn't anything serious. With the captain's constitution, even a cold is worse than this! Right, captain?"

Rebecca took a bite of her apple and turned to look at Leon was sitting next to her hospital bed.

At this moment, General Leon had a bandage wrapped around his head, his vision was blurry, and he was experiencing mild tinnitus.

Judging from the results, the first formal practice of 'extrasensory perception' ended in failure.

The price of failure is dozens of gold coins in medical expenses—

The hospital insisted on not accepting Leon's money, but how could the upright and incorruptible General Leon abuse such privilege?

He promptly and readily paid the full amount of medical expenses!

(Using Rebecca's wallet)

That's why the crazy little girl is now occupying his bed and eating his fruit.

This was all bought with my own money!

"But Captain, why did you let Rebecca shoot you with rubber bullets?"

Even though the captain often does some abstract things that Martin can't understand.

But the idea of causing a concussion with a rubber bullet... seems to have transcended mere abstract description.

Leon shook his head and told Martin about practicing 'super-sensory'.

Martin was still greatly shocked after hearing this.

"Even when practicing this move... you shouldn't start by hitting the head, right? You could try hitting the legs or shoulders first."

"Hey! That's not right!"

Rebecca leaped off the hospital bed in a swift motion.

"The captain said that the head is the most important of the five yangs. If you can dodge an enemy attack with your head, you can dodge attacks from anywhere else!"

"The leader of the Five Suns can't be that powerful, can it?!" Martin was exasperated.

Rebecca shrugged. "Anyway, the doctor said it's just a very mild concussion, and I'll be fine after some rest."

This failure taught Leon a lesson.

He was indeed a bit too eager for quick results at first, and neglected the importance of taking things one step at a time.

Because in the past, when he practiced various Lightning magic, he was always able to comprehend them quickly.

But he had never encountered this special type of technique before.

If you take too big a step in your training, like you would when practicing Lightning magic, you might hurt yourself.

So... we still have to take it slow.

"Brother Leon!"

A sweet female voice suddenly came from the doorway.

The three of them looked in the direction of the sound.

It was little Sister Sharon, and behind her, Teacher Caroline, carrying a fruit basket.

"Sharon ...and, Teacher Caroline? What brings you here?" Leon asked, somewhat bewildered.

"We heard you were hospitalized, so of course we had to come and see you."

Sharon asked with concern, "What's wrong, Brother Leon? Are you sick?"

"Oh, no... it's just a mild concussion, I'll be fine after some rest."

Leon blinked and asked, "So... who told you I was in the hospital?"

"Forehead--"

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the ward.

"Mr. Leon, Mr. Leon, how is your recovery going?"

"Mr. Leon! Please grant us an interview as soon as you are discharged from the hospital. Thank you!"

"Mr. Leon, this is a banner and fruit basket from our publishing house. We hope you recover soon!"

"..."

Outside the door was a large group of people rushing to interview Leon.

In fact, before Leon was hospitalized, he had specifically instructed Nacho not to release the news or allow any officials to visit him.

He didn't really like that atmosphere.

Leon also believed that Nacho would handle things well.

Unfortunately, General Leon's reputation was too great in the empire to be concealed.

Upon hearing that the hero was hospitalized, major newspapers and publishing houses naturally rushed to grab the front page headline.

"This is a hospital, please be quiet!"

The nurse in the ward finally spoke up, "If you want to conduct an interview, wait until Mr. Leon has recovered and been discharged from the hospital. If you continue to block this place, I will call someone."

Although the nurse was young, she had a lot of authority.

After saying a few words, the group of reporters who were rushing to conduct the interviews quietly left.

The atmosphere inside and outside the ward immediately became much more relaxed.

Leon breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the nurse. "Thank you."

The nurse smiled slightly and said, "You're welcome. Please let me know if you need anything."

"OK."

"By the way Brother Leon, who exactly injured you?"

Sharon asked anxiously, "If someone as strong as you can get injured, then the guy who could hurt you must be even stronger, right?"

"Emmm..."

"Is it a dangerous species?"

"No..."

"Is it the Dragon King?"

"No..."

"Is it the Imperial remnants?"

"No, not exactly..."

That is—

"That's right! It is I!"

The twin-tailed girl proudly stood with her hands on her hips, her head held high.

"It was this gunner who shattered Leon Casmod's Dragon Slayer dream with a single shot."

Leon covered his face, sighing inwardly.

This embarrassing incident is far more humiliating than last night's embarrassing moment.

We can only hope that Rebecca won't tell Losweiser about this later.

Caroline and Sharon stayed with Leon in the hospital room for a while before leaving quickly because they had to rush back to the orphanage to cook for the children.

Watching Teacher Caroline's departing figure, Rebecca suddenly asked,

"Captain, have you ever thought about finding your biological parents?"

Leon was taken aback, not immediately understanding why Rebecca had suddenly asked this.

But then I thought about it again, and realized that this girl had also lost her parents at a young age, and she longed for a family just as much.

That's why she felt something when she saw Caroline, a woman who was like another mother to Leon.

Leon thought for a moment and replied,

"I have thought about it, but in this vast sea of people, where can I find them?"

Rebecca smiled faintly. "Aren't you curious about your own background?"

"Life experience?"

"Yes, what if... you're a descendant of a wealthy and noble family? Or perhaps your biological parents are reclusive sorcerers? Or maybe you were born into a poor family with twelve siblings, and your parents were forced to leave you at the gates of an orphanage. And, you might also—"

"Stop, stop, stop! This is getting more and more absurd. What normal person can have twelve children?"

Rebecca blinked, then scrutinized Leon with an appraising gaze.

Leon leaned back slightly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"A normal person can't have twelve children, but I know one person who might be able to do it."

"... who?"

"You!"

"Croak!"

60 Your wife

Some time has passed since Leon dispatched the Lionheart Society sorcerers to search for the remaining dragon scales.