The nurse took off her mask, revealing a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, gentlemen, the patient is out of Life. He will make a full recovery after a few months in the hospital."
Upon hearing this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Si Xiaobei asked again, "Um, can I go see him now?"
The nurse shook her head slightly.
"Not now. The patient just had surgery and needs some time to recover. You can come to see him around 6 PM."
"Oh, thank you..."
Si Xiaobei lowered her head somewhat dejectedly, but still thanked the nurse.
"You're welcome, it's our duty."
The nurse shook her head slightly and closed the ward door.
"It's good that everyone's alright. Let's go check on the captain and the others first."
Seeing that Si Xiaobei looked a little sad, Feng Xuan made a suggestion.
"Okay, sure."
Si Xiaobei raised her head, forced a smile, and nodded to Feng Xuan.
"Alright, let's go then. Hela, you don't need to eat either, let's go."
Hela stuffed the apple in her hand into her mouth, picked up the basket of fruit she had half-eaten, and hurried after him.
In a regular ward, the members of the Special Investigation Squad lay together on their hospital beds.
Their injuries varied in size, but none were too serious.
Except for Ye Ciqing, who said he needed to stay in bed and take good care of his kidneys, everyone else was already able to get out of bed and move around freely.
Feng Xuan opened the ward door and led Si Xiaobei and Hela in.
"Captain, everyone, are you all alright?"
After Feng Xuan entered, he greeted everyone and then plopped down on Liu Xiaogang's hospital bed.
"Get down here!"
Hela brought you some fruit. Feel free to eat some.
Feng Xuan ignored Liu Xiaogang's attempts to shoo him away and glanced at Hela.
Seeing this, Hela quickly took another apple from the fruit basket and put it in her pocket, then gave each person a piece of fruit.
"Except for Ye Yiqing and Ye Ciqing, we are all basically fine."
Sun Hai sat up from the hospital bed and answered calmly.
Xing Lan picked up the apple she had been given, took a bite, and echoed her sentiment.
"Yes, Ye Ciqing said he needs to take good care of his kidneys, otherwise he'll have long-term health problems, which is why he's staying in bed."
"What do you know! I'm doing this for my future!"
Lying on the hospital bed, Ye Ciqing gently touched his waist, which had been stitched up and wrapped in bandages.
"After all, I have a girlfriend, so I need to take good care of myself."
Liu Xiaogang rolled his eyes.
After taking two bites of the apple, Xing Lan continued:
Ye Yiqing said that using the Ghost Slash had taken a heavy toll on him, and he needed to rest for a few days, so he had been lying in bed most of the time.
Ye Yiqing slowly opened her eyes from the hospital bed and nodded to Feng Xuan.
Feng Xuan shrugged. "Okay, none of them are big problems."
Nanming is out of Life and should be fully recovered in a few months.
"That's good."
Sun Hai nodded slightly. "By the way, did you receive the logistical data for this mission, as well as the follow-up investigation information?"
Feng Xuan took out his phone and looked at it.
"It's been sent, let me tell you all about it."
Everyone shut their mouths and listened quietly.
" The Variant in this Variant is called [ Soul Snatcher ]. Its main ability is to manipulate the opponent's emotions, and the higher the opponent's mental strength, the less effective it is."
Its most crucial ability is to take over other people's bodies.
It can work with both Variant and humans, and can perfectly inherit the supernatural abilities and powers of multiple possessed individuals.
And after the physical body dies, it will automatically detach itself and seek a new physical body.
It can only be completely destroyed with a special attack; ordinary physical attacks are ineffective against it.
Alright, that concludes the introduction to this Variant.
"Ah~ We owe this to my oni-chan, otherwise we might have been wiped out."
Ye Ciqing smiled and shook his head, his tone full of pride.
Ye Yiqing smiled somewhat helplessly, "Actually, it was also thanks to Hela, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to discover the other side's true nature so quickly."
Hela peeled and ate the orange, nodding without much reaction.
"Hey, why didn't [ Soul Snatcher ] take over Hela's body back then? Hela should be the strongest body here, right?"
Xing Lan suddenly thought of something.
Hela didn't know the reason either, and shook her head.
"Well, maybe it's because she's Symbiote; her soul is composed of both Variant and a human, which makes her quite unique."
Feng Xuan leaned against the headboard and answered casually.
Everyone agreed that this made sense, so they didn't investigate further.
At six o'clock, everyone except the brothers Ye Yiqing and Ye Ciqing, who were unable to leave their beds, came to Nanming's ward to visit him.
Brother Nanming, are you still feeling unwell?
Si Xiaobei jogged to Nanming's bedside and inquired about his health with concern.
Nanming smiled gently and lightly stroked Si Xiaobei's head.
"Don't worry, I'm fine now. Thank you for your concern."
Si Xiaobei shook her head violently.
"No, no, no, I should be Nanming Brother Nanming. If it weren't for Brother Nanming, I might have already..."
Before he could finish speaking, Nanming patted his head, interrupting him.
"It's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore."
Si Xiaobei slowly closed her mouth and nodded gently twice.
"Perfect timing, since most of us are here, why don't we give Hela the gifts we prepared right here!"
Xing Lan walked up to the group with a smile and made a suggestion.
Lying on the hospital bed, Nanming and the others looked at each other and nodded.
"I think it's fine; giving it to them now is a good idea."
"Okay!"
Xing Lan jumped for joy, walked up to Hela, and put her hands inside her bosom.
" Hela, this is a gift that we all carefully prepared for you. It's not very expensive, but I'm sure you'll love it!"
After saying that, she took something out of her pocket.
"Clang clang!"
Xing Lan took out an exquisite necklace and placed it in Hela's hand, who was still looking puzzled.
"Is it good-looking?"
Hela brought the necklace close to her eyes to examine it.
Inside the amber-colored gemstone lies a group photo of the entire Special Investigation Squad.
Although they're called photos, they're more like doodles; everyone's style is different.
Sun Hai Feng Xuan's paintings are very exquisite, Liu Xiaogang's look a bit rough, Si Xiaobei's looks like a child's doodle.
She herself was meticulously carved from a piece of pure white jade.
It's so lifelike, it's placed right in the center of the group photo.
"Hehe, do you like it!"
Hela nodded obediently.
"This was drawn by each of us during your basic training, and then cut out and photocopied together."
Feng Xuan tossed his hair with a hint of pride. "This idea was my own."
Si Xiaobei, however, felt a little regretful, "But since Ye Yiqing and Ye Ciqing are newcomers, it feels incomplete without them."
Xing Lan waved her hand dismissively, "It's alright, we can have them draw it after they've recovered from their injuries."
After saying that, he helped Hela put the necklace around Hela neck.
Hela looked at the beautiful necklace, and a strange feeling rose in her heart without her noticing.