On the way back to Fire Moth, Hua silently held her unconscious father. Her once-bright eyes were now dull as they stared at the floor of the armored vehicle.
Her dazed, puppet-like appearance made Himiko sigh as well. She knew Hua had suffered a tremendous blow—her father had been gravely injured and fallen unconscious.
And according to the information her father had provided before losing consciousness, all of Hua's senior and junior martial siblings had perished in this Honkai disaster.
So Himiko could only wait for Hua's emotions to stabilize. The best thing she could do was avoid provoking her.
Three hours later, the armored vehicle arrived at Fire Moth. After smoothly passing the Destruction Energy detector at the entrance, everyone got out and transferred to another base vehicle bound for Fire Moth's hospital.
Himiko had the other team members handle their own tasks while she accompanied Hua to the hospital, helping register her father and send him to the emergency room for treatment.
Hua sat anxiously in one of the hospital chairs.
"Here. I hope your father will be all right."
Himiko handed Hua a bottle of mineral water. Hua nodded, took it, and distractedly drank several mouthfuls. Her mind was filled with fears over whether something would happen to her father, along with the hope that he would be safe.
Himiko went off to handle other matters. An hour later, a doctor emerged from the operating room.
"Doctor! How is my father?"
Hua hurriedly rose to her feet and asked the doctor nervously.
"We cleaned and sutured the wound on the injured man's back, but I'm sorry to say that he has still contracted Honkai Sickness. You can look at the informational posters in the hospital for details on what that is."
"Your father has made it through