Full of Martial Virtue

"So cool, so cool! With this on, I'll be the beloved Honk-Knight from now on!" Kiana happily snatched the bracelet and put it on, shaking her wrist at Sheng Jiu as if to show off. "You better not mess with me from now on~ I'll punch you into oblivion!"

Sheng Jiu retorted with a cold laugh, "Bring it on. It won't take me five minutes to take you down, two minutes will be enough."

"You're shameless!"

A whip kick slammed into Sheng Jiu's ankle. Caught off guard, Sheng Jiu was sent crashing to the ground, clutching his calf in pain. "Ouch, my foot! My perfect foot! You hag, just you wait!"

"Oh? What did you just call me?" A smile flickered across Kiana's usually gentle face as she began cracking her knuckles with a "click, click" sound. "You've had enough of living, haven't you..."

"Hmph hmph hmph, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

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Five minutes later, a bruised and battered Sheng Jiu dejectedly returned to the dorm. After returning the fishing rod to Rin, Sheng Jiu went to the medical department alone.

"Yo, you're here, little bro?" Svet greeted him without looking up from the doorway.

"...I'm here. You handle it..." Sheng Jiu didn't need a greeting and had already voluntarily sat down in the nearby dental chair.

Ever since Sheng Jiu started showing up with injuries after every mission, Svet's habit of spouting nonsense had subtly influenced the genius military doctor. The result was that Svet had become self-taught and had completely mastered Sheng Jiu's exclusive vocabulary.

"Tell me, what happened," Svet picked up a wad of disinfectant cotton and slowly began to wipe away the bruises on Sheng Jiu's face.

"Got beaten up by the old hag (T_T)... Damn it... I won't let her off next time!" Sheng Jiu rubbed his face, angrily making a throat-slitting gesture.

"You'd better forget it. Let me show you the treatment reports for the past month—" Svet pulled out a small ledger and began to read aloud: "August 15th, Sheng Jiu came for treatment of bruises on his arm from arguing with Kiana, costing one pack of cotton pads; August 22nd, Sheng Jiu came to buy a bottle of medicinal wine because Kiana sprained his finger, September..."

"Okay, okay, please, stop reading!" Sheng Jiu covered Svet's mouth, glancing sideways at the nurse at the front desk who was eavesdropping with pricked ears.

"I say, you guy, do you have some kind of special fetish..." Svet helplessly pried Sheng Jiu's hand away. "If you like her, why don't you just go after her? Using these underhanded—"

"Wait a minute!" Sheng Jiu interrupted Svet, saying with a serious expression, "I'm just in a normal student relationship with that violent woman. If you talk like this, I'll sue you for defamation!"

"Also, running to the infirmary every day isn't because someone can reimburse more medical expenses..."

"Whatever you say, I just— Wait! What is this?" Svet's eyes widened as she finally saw the small bottle of liquid Sheng Jiu had taken out.

"Then you have to promise..."

"Obey! Let me see!" Svet snatched the small bottle of blue liquid and held it like a treasure.

"Where did this come from!" Svet hugged Sheng Jiu's head and shook him violently. Sheng Jiu struggled desperately, feeling the soft, squishy sensation against his head: "Mmph... mmph..."

Svet then realized Sheng Jiu was about to suffocate and finally let go, her eyes still sparkling with excitement.

"Hoo, hoo, don't rush, I'll tell you," Sheng Jiu took a few deep breaths of air and grumbled, "This is a small bottle of tissue fluid from an Emperor-class Honkai Beast that I secretly brought back. This guy was probably Ice-element. Most of the combat techniques it displayed when I fought it were related to ice. Oh, and the most outrageous thing is that if you get too much of its blood on you, your body will slowly start to freeze, and it's the kind of freezing that even a flamethrower can't thaw."

Sheng Jiu rambled on about how hard it was to obtain this bottle of tissue fluid, completely unaware of Svet's increasingly strange expression.

Svet listened blankly as Sheng Jiu finished speaking. She looked at the small bottle of saliva on the table, swallowed, and said in a terrifyingly calm tone, "Kid, do you know how much this bottle is worth?"

"How much? Such a small bottle is only worth the price of a dinner, right? There was a huge puddle on the ground back then." Sheng Jiu waited curiously for Svet to explain. He knew that even if Svet wasn't a front-line combatant, as a genius military doctor who had dissected Honkai Beasts for years, she had absolute authority on this matter.

Svet held up an open hand.

"50?" Sheng Jiu's eyes widened. "That's enough for two dinners."

"500,000."

"H-h-how much???" Sheng Jiu shot up. "50 W?"

"USD." Svet revealed a wicked smile.

Sheng Jiu's body began to petrify. Svet patted Sheng Jiu's shoulder as she watched him squat in the corner, drawing circles. "It's okay, it's okay~ Look on the bright side, you've brought great progress to the Far East Branch's research by secretly bringing back such a small bottle. In fact, that huge pool of blood would have been taken away by the Headquarters' Research Department in the end."

"So, why is this stuff so valuable?"

Svet pulled out a blackboard and began to demonstrate. "Look, let me explain. As everyone knows, Honkai Beasts are divided into four major categories: Lower-tier Honkai Beasts, Emperor-class Honkai Beasts, Judgment-class Honkai Beasts, and finally, End-of-Law-class Honkai Beasts."

"Lower-tier Honkai Beasts come in many varieties, like the Assault-type and Tank-type you usually encounter. These Honkai Beasts have mediocre combat power, and their size is between 0-20 meters. A B-rank Valkyrie can kill them relatively easily."

"The peak of Lower-tier Honkai Beasts is the Herrscher of Honkai. Oh, that's the guy who turned your clothes into a backless, high-slit qipao last time," Svet pretended not to see Sheng Jiu's murderous glare and drew a sketch of the Herrscher of Honkai. "This guy, although not large in individual size, usually around 5-6 meters at most, is the strongest among Lower-tier Honkai Beasts. Dealing with them usually requires a squad of B-rank Valkyries with the assistance of an A-rank Valkyrie."

"And above Emperor-class Honkai Beasts are the more troublesome existences. Their size is usually over 50 meters, and each Emperor-class has its own unique codename and is very difficult to deal with. It takes 5,000 ordinary soldiers or an entire mechanized legion to deal with one Emperor-class, such as Pavarti, who appeared in 1973, and Ganesha, who killed two A-rank Valkyries in 2012."

"Good heavens, so Emperor-class is that powerful. I can't believe I thought about soloing it back then. It's already good that a few of us managed to survive until Rita came to rescue us..." Sheng Jiu shuddered with residual fear.

"Mhm, that's right. I won't even mention Judgment-class and End-of-Law-class. Those are existences that neither you nor I would survive upon seeing. Let's talk about this tissue fluid."

"First, Honkai Beasts from Emperor-class upwards possess certain elemental properties, allowing them to unleash elemental attacks on enemies. They also have very high resistance to physical damage. Dealing with them usually requires using elemental weapons that counter them, just like using fire-element weapons against an Ice-element Emperor-class."

"Tissue fluid from Honkai Beasts containing different elements is highly sought after by all branches. Even a few milliliters of tissue fluid can be used to develop weapons far more powerful than Tomahawk missiles. So, I'm not exaggerating, kid, you've brought the organization at least over 500,000 in profit this time!" Svet stated with certainty.

"Then, my incredibly intelligent Doctor Svet, can you use this Ice-element Emperor-class tissue fluid to research something powerful for me?"

All girls enjoy hearing praise from others, and Svet was no exception. She smiled charmingly, "No problem, leave it to me!"

An hour later, when Sheng Jiu returned to the office after a stroll outside, eight or nine palm-sized crystal balls were placed in front of his chair.

"What is this?" Sheng Jiu picked up a crystal ball and played with it in his hand.

"Be careful, breaking these things is no joke." Svet gently took the crystal ball back and placed it on the table, saying seriously, "This is the Frozen Bomb Mk.1 that I developed myself. This is a real weapon."

"Oh? How is it powerful?"

Svet cupped a crystal ball and gently shook it. Sheng Jiu could hear the sound of liquid sloshing inside.

"These nine frozen bombs are all mixed with a certain amount of tissue fluid. At the same time, I added a small portion of Honkai Energy active enzymes. In other words, as long as you throw this thing at a target, even a small amount of tissue fluid contact will cause the target to be permanently frozen all over... Alright, don't look at me like that! Of course, I'm keeping half the fluid for research myself!"

Svet unblushingly pocketed the remaining half of the bottle of tissue fluid. Sheng Jiu gave her a strange look. "When did I, a strong warrior of St. Freya, need to use such underhanded, dishonorable tactics in battle?"

"You know nothing!" Even the learned and refined Svet couldn't help but curse. "A soldier who can defeat the enemy is a good soldier. If you can make the opponent wet themselves, I'd be happy for you to do it right away!"

"Alright, alright, I'll take them. If these things work, remember to make me a few more." Sheng Jiu dejectedly stuffed the nine frozen bombs into his pocket and turned to leave. As he closed the office door, he could still hear Svet's booming voice: "Next time you use these, remember to write me a usage report! Not much, just 5,000 words..."