The Wanderer turned his head with a hollow clacking sound and stared at Lynn as though he wanted to kill him.
[Ding! The Wanderer's hatred toward you +20] [Ding! The Wanderer's resentment toward you +20] [Ding! The Wanderer's resentment toward you +20] [Ding! The Wanderer's breakdown level +20]
"I'll kill you!!"
Finally unable to contain himself any longer, he leaped up in a fury, grabbed Lynn by the throat, and screamed:
"I'm going to kill you!!"
A terrifying, shrill little-girl voice burst from his throat.
It was easy to imagine just how hysterical he felt at that moment.
Lynn hurriedly grabbed his wrists in pained exasperation. "Talk it out! Don't attack me! Have you forgotten what happened to you before the surgery?! This isn't something I can control!"
But before Lynn could even finish his urgent warning-
Bang-
An electric baton suddenly extended from the wall and slammed into the side of the Wanderer's face.
Time seemed to stop at that instant.
The Wanderer's cheek rippled violently to one side, and his teeth shot like bullets into the distant wall, embedding themselves with a series of sharp cracks.
His body flew several meters before crashing heavily to the floor.
"You think you can get away after offending the doctor?!"
With that furious shout-
One muscular Beaked Night Doctor after another streamed out of the wall, electric batons in hand. Like the Gestapo, they immediately surrounded the Wanderer and began collectively reforming him through physical force. The particularly burly Night Doctor among them once again unleashed an uninterrupted series of leaping overhead blows.
Over there, the beating raged on.
Over here-
The captain once again stood ramrod straight in front of Lynn, snapped to attention, and saluted, declaring loudly:
"Reporting, Mr. Good Doctor! Night Patrol Squad 23 will continue