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South Blue, Sorbet Kingdom.

After former King Bekori was driven out, the Queen Mother took over the administration of the country, which generally leaned toward civilian self-governance.

Because of his past efforts to treat commoners and resist Bekori's tyranny, Kuma enjoyed tremendous prestige here.

Once he made his request, everyone from the Queen Mother to the poorest fishermen was willing to run around for him.

In less than half a day, every stretch of coast suitable for docking ships throughout the kingdom was under watch, while vessels patrolled the waters around the island.

Yet Ginny never appeared. The people's enthusiasm quickly faded, and many began questioning whether the information was even real.

Kuma did not doubt it. As long as there was even the slightest hope, he would not give up.

For a full half month, he remained at the kingdom's largest port, practically turning into a stone statue waiting for his wife.

Although he had asked the Revolutionary Army not to help, Dragon still mobilized personnel throughout South Blue to search for Ginny's whereabouts. They simply did not concentrate their efforts in Sorbet Kingdom.

"The fishbone in your throat has been removed. Chew your food carefully from now on, and don't get another fishbone stuck."

"Next. What's wrong with you?"

Inside a small church on the southern side of the island, Van had just sent off a little boy when he let a young woman inside.

Perhaps because Kuma had returned, poor people had frequently come seeking medical treatment recently. Since he had nothing better to do, he had been providing free consultations.

As for Ginny, he remained calm. He knew she would definitely appear, and it would not take too long.

He only had to wait for a while. Since he was already here, he could not give up halfway through.

"My stomach started hurting yesterday morning. At first, I thought I had eaten something bad, so I didn't pay much attention."

"But a whole day has passed. Not only has the pain not eased, it's gotten worse."

The young woman clutched her stomach and nervously asked, "Doctor, do I have some kind of terminal illness?"

"Possibly appendicitis. It's not a terminal illness, but it can indeed kill you."

Van pointed to the long table beside him and instructed, "Lie down, close your eyes, and let me examine you."

"It can be cured, right?" The young woman immediately climbed onto the table and lay down. "Do I need to take off my clothes?"

"No."

Van raised a hand and pressed down. The Operation Room spread out, and the woman's internal structure appeared in his senses as though sliced into layers.

It really was appendicitis. The fact that she had endured it until now and even walked to the church alone only showed how unusually resilient people in this world were.

"The diseased part has been removed. You can go now. Send in the next person for me."

After removing her appendix, Van dismissed the Operation Room and waited for the next patient to enter.

"It really doesn't hurt anymore. Thank you, Doctor..."

The young woman thanked him profusely and rambled on for half a minute before finally leaving.

Just as Van expected the next patient to enter, Kuma suddenly rushed in, carrying two people in his arms—one large and one small.

The larger one was barely alive, her body tightly covered in coarse cloth, while most of the skin on her face had taken on a sickly ash-gray color.

The smaller one was an infant crying for food, like an exquisite porcelain doll, and her cries were remarkably strong.

"Van, Ginny... can she still be saved?" Kuma was so anxious that he was nearly crying.

"Kuma, don't waste your effort." Ginny said against her true feelings, "Seeing you one last time is enough for me."

"It's not a major problem. Prepare more hemostatic medicine and bandages. I'll perform the operation," Van instructed. "All the diseased skin has to be completely removed, and she'll need a long period of recovery afterward."

Overall, Ginny's Sapphire Scales Disease was similar to Law's Amber Lead Disease. Both involved diseased tissue inside the body, and once it spread, the skin would undergo obvious changes.

Law's condition had been somewhat better. After the diseased tissue was removed, his skin would gradually return to normal with rest and recovery.

But Ginny was already critically ill. Her diseased skin had completely necrosed and had to be removed entirely.

Kuma gently placed Ginny on the long table and reassured her, "I'll take good care of the child. Accept the treatment without worry. Van will definitely cure you."

"Honestly, I don't know what to do with you, Kuma." Ginny smiled indulgently. "I'll listen to you!"

"Van, I'm counting on you!"

Kuma solemnly bent down in a bow, then took Bonney with him to prepare the necessary supplies.

He had not stayed at the church during this time. Besides hemostatic medicine and bandages, they still needed to buy many other things.

"Kuma said you were the one who told him about my condition, Van?" Ginny asked curiously. "How do you know so much? You even guessed that I would return to Sorbet Kingdom?"

"I know because I know. Now isn't the time for questions and answers."

As soon as he finished speaking, Van released the Operation Room again, completely covering the church hall.

A strange look appeared on Ginny's face. Just as she was about to ask another question, she discovered that some force had sliced open her body.

The next second, a hand covered her eyes, and her consciousness completely separated from her bodily senses.

"Just treat it like taking a nap. I don't want someone chattering in my ear while I'm operating."

After slicing Ginny apart, Van did not immediately remove the diseased tissue. Instead, he opened the system panel.

"I'm borrowing 2,000 points. What a bargain for you."

He had been too impulsive during the last draw and spent all his points at once, so Van had no choice but to take out another usurious loan.

But this was also a new test. If it succeeded, he would not lose much.

[Loan contract established. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 1,800 points]

"Adding my previous balance, I have 2,700 points now. That's enough to establish a Fate Event, right?"

[Yes! However, you may only designate one Fate Anchor]

"Fine! I designate Ginny as the Fate Anchor and establish a Fate Event."

[System evaluation in progress...]

[Evaluation passed! Congratulations, Host. You have spent 2,000 points to construct Fate Event: Rescue]

[Fate Anchor: Ginny]

"You couldn't even be bothered to give me a prompt. Looks like you guessed I found a bug too! Hahaha!"

Van suppressed his excitement and began operating on Ginny.

With his previous experience treating Law, coupled with how much stronger his ability had become, this treatment was quite easy.

In less than ten minutes, he completed the entire process of removing the lesion, repairing her organs, restoring her vitality, and stripping away her skin.

Ginny's body was now whole again. Only her skin was incomplete, making her look rather frightening.

Her life had been saved anyway. All that remained was recovery and follow-up examinations to prevent a relapse.

"I want to settle the event!"

[...The Rescue Event has ended. The system is analyzing the impact caused by the Host...]

[Ginny: S rating, reward of 4,000 points]

[Overall event rating: S, reward of 4,000 points]

[This event has ended. 2,600 points deducted. The Host is welcome to borrow again]

"Just as I thought! I only wanted to lower the average cost of Fate Anchors before, and I overlooked the fact that every event has an overall rating reward."

Van secretly rejoiced. Good thing I discovered this early, or I would have lost a fortune!

He had been misled by the Fate Events automatically triggered by the system. He had assumed that designating multiple anchors each time would lower the cost of establishing an event, until he discovered the blind spot not long ago.

No matter how many anchors were designated for an event, there was only one overall rating reward. If they were separated, wouldn't every anchor bring an additional reward?

Although this increased the fixed cost of establishing events, as long as the overall rating exceeded C, it was more worthwhile to establish a separate event for every anchor.

Like that time with Diamante, Drake, and Baby-5—if he had split it into three events, he could have earned at least 4,000 more points.

He had taken a loss before, but it was not too late now that he had confirmed it. He would have plenty of chances to make up for those losses in the future.