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To avoid appearing too stingy, he ordered some sushi and side dishes such as octopus balls, and bought a bottle of sake.
"But Kevin, why did you order four bowls?"
"Because I called someone else. If there are only two of you, I'd be redundant."
"You bastard betrayed me!" Ryan's eyes widened immediately, looking like he was ready to fight.
"No, Mei doesn't have time to come out for a midnight snack, so I called a friend."
friend?
Ryan was a little confused. At this moment, the door was gently opened. He turned his head and his pupils contracted slightly.
The visitor was quite handsome, with long grey hair and narrowed eyes, appearing neutral and gentle.
"Su!?"
"It's been almost a year since we last met, Ryan." Su was still as gentle as ever. He raised his hand to say hello, and then nodded to Hua, "This must be your junior sister, I have heard a lot about her."
"Kevin, you big mouth bastard."
"He didn't say that. I guessed it when we met. Ryan, you can see that her eyes are different. They are as gentle as a sister's."
Ryan smiled awkwardly. Hua was originally a little happy, but when he heard his sister's words, he curled his lips again and watched the three of them hugging each other eagerly.
Good friends are like this, even if you haven’t seen each other for many years, you won’t feel like strangers.
Noticing Ryan's inquiring gaze, Kevin pulled out a stool and explained helplessly, "This guy came to York last month. I heard he was going to the Medical Research Institute for further studies."
"Medical School? Honkai Disease?" Ryan understood instantly. After the Third Herrscher, there was something even more deadly, and that was Honkai Disease.
In the past, if you wanted to be infected by Honkai, it was like getting close to the core of a nuclear power plant. You would only be infected if you were within a certain range. But now there is a "Honkai disease" in the world, and you can be infected without a Honkai disaster.
"Well, it's a fatal infectious disease. Once you're infected, there's no cure. As the degree of infection increases, the patient will gradually lose the ability to move until he dies. It's another kind of cancer." Su explained with a gloomy expression. He is a doctor and this is his battlefield.
Everyone was silent. Honkai disease was like killing someone with a blunt knife. You couldn't see any results in a short period of time, but by the time you came to your senses, humanity had already gone to ruin.
"There will be a cure, but we just need time." Ryan patted Su's shoulder. He didn't know whether the previous civilization had solved the Honkai disease in the end. He just poured four glasses of wine, slid over one by one, and raised his own glass.
"We are all using different ways to deal with the collapse and continue human civilization. I have always believed that as long as we don't stop, we will always find a way out."
"Ryan, have you learned to drink?" Su looked surprised.
"Alcohol interferes with my thinking, but today I don't need to think about so many messy things, so I'll just indulge myself for once, go for it!"
After drinking a glass of sake, the wine was as its name suggests, with a clear and slightly sweet taste. They were not sentimental. Even Su had experienced painful struggles in the hospital, so he was not depressed.
Alcohol livened up the atmosphere and the three of them chatted about their lives over the past few days, while Hua listened quietly by the side. She really enjoyed listening to this kind of conversation.
Kevin and Sue's lives are actually very boring, one travels around battlefields, the other is busy in the ward. Ryan, on the contrary, is the most colorful.
He challenged the Herrscher on his own, participated in the conspiracy, and jointly promoted the Fusion Warriors with Mebius, and even found time to hold an important meeting.
Except for some key information that was omitted, he said it all, and then was satisfied to receive looks of disbelief and admiration.
"Ryan, there's something I've wanted to complain about for a long time." Kevin's mouth twitched, and he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp: "You guys, you used to have to go to school, fight against Honkai beasts in secret, and even found time to learn a lot of martial arts. What kind of time management master are you?"
"Yes, just in terms of research, you can have an equal discussion with the two great masters, Mei and Mebius. Ordinary people would have to exhaust their entire lives to achieve this." Su couldn't figure it out.
Ryan is a workaholic. He has as much time for fun as others. Just like Mei, he has no time to eat ramen and wishes a day were forty-eight hours long.
"This is the difference between a top student and a poor student." Ryan imitated Mebius' tone and said slowly: "Kevin, don't look at me like that, I'm not targeting you specifically, but..."
"But we are all garbage?"
"You said it. Okay, okay, I'll punish myself with a drink." Ryan drank a glass without waiting for Kevin to settle the bill, with a slightly tipsy face. "Efficiency is the most important thing. I do things in a planned and focused way, and I enjoy the process to the fullest. Just like now, I am enjoying the friendship comfortably, but if a Herrscher suddenly comes, I will focus on the battle."
Kevin didn't quite understand, but Sue understood roughly.
“Are you deliberately trying to enrich your life?”
"Reality is cruel enough, how can we not have some fun?" Ryan smiled lightly. This was his heart, not his way.
The reason why one can become a master of time management is that the foundation lies in destiny. Few people can achieve this learning ability, which even surpasses human beings themselves.
"I think you're fooling me. Never mind. I never intended to learn from you." Kevin took a sip of noodles. Apart from his hobby, the taste of the ramen could bring him back to the past, as if nothing had happened.
In just one year, the three of them have changed. At least their eyes are no longer clear, and it seems like a lot of things are piled up in their hearts.
War, illness, the future, everything is heavy. Eating noodles and chatting quietly like this is pleasant but short-lived.
"I have to go back to Shenzhou General Hospital in two months. Is there anything you want to tell me?" Su Leng said, with a hint of reluctance on his gentle face.
"Be safe and get out of singlehood as soon as possible."
Ryan and Kevin said in unison, making Su feel a little embarrassed. He even glanced at Hua, who had a dull look in his eyes.
In this world where separation of life and death could happen at any time, these two guys are really carefree.
"I'll try my best. What are you two going to do?"
"Let's wait for the Fourth Ruler. Time is almost up. Let's try to beat the shit out of her." Ryan said viciously.
The word "Herrserker" would always make people tense up, but it just happened to cause a burst of laughter.
"You are addicted to killing Herrschers, right? Ryan, compared to you, our little danger is nothing." Kevin suddenly frowned and said seriously: "I will apply to be a volunteer, and I will help you kill the Fourth Herrscher."
Sure enough, this Kevin is brave.
Ryan was not surprised, he just shook his hands: "It's not your turn to volunteer yet."
"You don't like me?"
"How is that possible? The current fusion surgery is not mature yet. If you want to try it, you should use the emperor level or above. That's exciting." Ryan put a piece of sashimi into his mouth and said lightly: "I will make preparations next and select high-quality materials. You will all benefit by then."
"Including me?" Su pointed to the tip of his nose.
"Of course. We agreed to travel together, so why would I leave you behind?"
Su's narrowed eyes widened slightly, feeling a little nervous and expectant. She finally understood what Ryan meant when he said 'you are special too' when she left last time.
"Well, if this is fate, I accept it."
Su Ye filled a glass of wine. He usually didn't drink at all, but his handsome face turned slightly red at this moment: "Then I wish us to go further on our respective paths."
The three of them raised their glasses at the same time. Just when Ryan thought someone was missing, he heard a clang. He turned around and saw Hua had fallen asleep on the table.
"Ryan, your junior sister is a bit lame."
"Don't talk nonsense, she just came of age, I forgot, and I still don't want her to enter this world." Ryan scolded with a smile.
"But she has actually come in, and it's difficult to get her out." Su said with a faint smile.
"Thinking and doing are two different things. If you don't believe me, ask Kevin. Is he willing to let Mei join the Fire Moth?"
They both turned around at the same time, only to see a wry smile on Kevin's face. According to him, even if he risked his life, he had to maintain Mei's peaceful daily life so that she wouldn't have to work overtime every day.
But how can destiny be controlled so easily? Even our own destiny cannot be controlled.
"It seems we have no choice, let's do it!"
The three of them leaned forward slightly, heard the cups clinking against each other, and drank up everything.
The alcohol content of sake is actually not high, but except for Kevin who occasionally drinks beer when he was on the basketball team, almost no one else drinks alcohol. Ryan slapped a stack of money on the table and leaned on the edge of the table to feel it carefully.
Sure enough, my thinking became slow and many strange things popped up, but it was not bad.
The pressure was relieved. It turned out that feelings are mutual. As long as Kevin and the others are dead, I won't go crazy.
"I'll ask Kevin to take me back. You can do whatever you want."
"Hey, wait a minute." Ryan just turned around and saw the two bastards, who were arm in arm, had already escaped out the door.
Because Su has long hair and a tall figure, he looks a bit like a woman from behind.
You're running so fast, you must be busy with gay things, right? Be careful, I'll take a picture of you and photoshop the picture to send to Mei.
Ryan gave a nasty smile, then turned his head and scratched it.
I was so happy chatting that I didn’t keep an eye on you.
Hua was lying on the table, her messy gray-blue hair revealing her fair neck, her little mouth slightly open, breathing lightly.
This girl, is she pretending to be asleep?
Ryan was very skeptical, but seeing the ramen boss's blessing look on his face, he didn't dare to rub Hua's face, so he had to squat slightly and carry Hua on his back.
Flat, no meat.
This was the first feeling. After putting his hands on his knees and feeling the smooth touch of the flesh-colored stockings, he nodded slightly.
Finally, there is something feminine about her.
He was very touched. Although she was still wearing a military uniform, over the years, Hua looked more and more like an ordinary girl. This was all thanks to him.
So he carried the girl out of the door. It was already very cold in York in the autumn, so he couldn't help but turn up his collar, but he was afraid that it would cover Hua's face, so he had to put it down.
The hair and breath brushed against his neck, making him feel a little itchy. Ryan walked out of the alley and stared at the busy street in a daze.
He came here for a meeting and hadn't booked a place to stay yet. Where could he go in the middle of the night?
Just at this moment, a ringtone rang. Ryan took out the phone from his pocket with some difficulty and put it to his ear. It turned out to be Klein calling.
"Dr. Ryan, Dr. Mebius and I are temporarily staying at the Aierle Hotel on Seventh Street. I'll text you the room number. The doctor asked me to ask when you will be back."
He still has some conscience and remembered to book a room for me after the meeting.
Ryan breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he opened his mouth, he felt the white little hand around his neck exert a little force. He turned his head in surprise and saw Hua awake, staring at him straight. The eyes were hidden in the night and were unusually firm.
He swallowed and answered into the phone.
"Tell Mebius I won't be back tonight."
Chapter 99: Wooden stakes overcome everything!
Street lights flickered and cars whizzed past on the road. After twelve o'clock, even Manhattan became quiet, and only the nightclubs with flashing lights were still crowded with people.
Ryan was walking on the side of the road with Hua on his back. The girl on his back had clearly woken up, but she just refused to get off, leaving him with no choice. He had just let go of her and she was hanging on his neck. He couldn't use an over-the-shoulder throw or a guillotine to kill her.
'Is this considered drunkenness?'
Ryan was thinking as he walked. It seemed that his personality replacement was not as exaggerated as in the anime, but it was definitely different from the usual Hua.
Hua is usually very serious and a little introverted. If I rub her legs a few times, she will jump down with a red face and will never dare to go against my wishes.
Alcohol makes cowards brave, right? Never mind. It's inevitable that you may be a little willful, and you have to understand that.