Since Liu Zheng had just done him a favor, Nile Doctor had the cleaner make him some snacks to go with his drinks.
After all, he and Sesha did not need to eat, but the cleaner and Niu Daji did.
Though with just an induction cooker and a frying pan, they could only fry eggs, boil some vegetables, and the like.
Liu Zheng had kept dragging him all over the place lately, leaving him no time. Nile Doctor planned to renovate the clinic once things quieted down.
There were more and more people at the clinic now, and visitors often dropped by. It really needed a proper kitchen.
After a leisurely afternoon drinking at the clinic and playing a few rounds of Senet with Nile Doctor-a board game popular in the ancient Nile River region, also called the "passing game"-Liu Zheng felt somewhat refreshed in both body and mind.
"Now this is living."
He stretched as he spoke.
"You never needed to be so busy in the first place. You're practically half a Long-Lived Species now. You need to change how you think about time."
Nile Doctor spoke.
Given Liu Zheng's current condition, he could live at least another two or three hundred years.
From that perspective, as long as he stayed in Metropolis without settling the instance, the system had already fulfilled its promise.
Cut off whatever broke and grow a replacement. Was there any healthier, longer-lived body than that?
But he knew that was impossible. Even setting aside his ever-widening, ever-denser web of connections, the deity associated with his Black Goat's Young bloodline would come to collect sooner or later.
"If I get the chance, I still want to go back to being human. While I can still use the power of the Black Goat's Young bloodline, I