"Help her...?"
After hearing Kiana's request, Tian Shi reflected for a moment.
What does Sirin mean?
"Hmm... but I also want to help her"
Kiana looked at the dragon outside and spoke softly.
"She saved me when I was about to fall into the sea"
"If she hadn't taken you, I could have pulled you out of the sea on the spot"
Mei's face darkened.
If this dragon hadn't intervened, would they have had to worry about Kiana?
She was fine, but Theresa and Siegfried were truly upset.
Mei's words made Kiana choke for a moment.
Thinking about it, it made sense, since she had crashed into the center of the Anti-Entropy fleet.
"That bastard... if I get out of here, I'll tear her to pieces!"
Sirin's roar echoed in Kiana's mind.
"That won't work"
Tian Shi thought.
"After all, Benares prevented Kiana from falling into the sea, and when someone falls into the sea, no one can guarantee that nothing will happen to them"
Mei raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
Tian Shi ignored Mei's expression and continued.
"However, Benares is a Judgment-class Honkai Beast after all"
"Once she goes crazy, she can easily destroy a city, and if we don't react in time, she can even destroy a country"
Sirin, in Kiana's mind, fell silent.
Then, another force enveloped her consciousness.
"Get out of my head, woman!"
"This is Kiana's brain, not yours"
Fu Hua appeared before Sirin.
Letting this thing escape was a miscalculation on her part...
But after all, she and Kiana are the same person, and even tracing back to the origin, Sirin is the original personality.
Obviously, it is impossible for Fu Hua, an outsider, to cut the connection completely.
"Tsk..."
Sirin looked at the woman in front of her with disgust, while Fu Hua remained silent in response.
However, the power of Fenghuang Down did not stop besieging Sirin's newly revived consciousness for a single moment.
Sirin yielded.
"Only this once"
"Sirin said it while gritting her teeth"
Kiana said.
If the other party is determined not to save Benares, then Sirin will definitely choose to hide again with resentment.
However... although the other party was pointing out Benares' deficiencies, Sirin, who had suffered quite a few losses at Otto's hands, could tell that the other party really didn't intend to kill Benares... at least not now.
Faced with the life-and-death situation of her only family member, Sirin relentlessly pushes her intellect to its limits.
"Just this once, give me some time"
The previous sentence was full of reluctance and gritted teeth, but now it is clear that it is a plea.
This made Fu Hua pause for a moment.
"The other me, no, Kiana, ask him for his conditions"
Although the oppressive force from outside persisted, the cessation of aggression relieved Sirin.
"Thank you"
Fu Hua remained impassive.
"Um... Sirin asked what the conditions were"
Kiana asked with a hint of hope.
"Conditions... no, let's talk about Benares' situation first"
"Severely injured and on the brink of death"
Dra. MEI said, pushing up her glasses.
"But... at least in appearance, she has no fatal wounds"
"Nonsense, she was captured by Master Tian as a mount, not for hunting"
Senti looked at Dra. MEI with considerable dissatisfaction, although she gave Tian Shi a look that seemed to seek praise.
"How about it, Master Tian? Did I do well this time?"
Hearing this, Sirin in Kiana's mind gritted her teeth in anger, while silently looking at Fu Hua by her side.
"Hmm, not bad"
Tian Shi gave Senti a begrudging compliment, and Senti's smile widened immediately.
I have a feeling this girl is getting a bit too arrogant...
Tian Shi's gaze returned to Dra. MEI.
"Tell me your treatment plan"
"I only have experience dissecting Honkai Beasts, I have never had experience treating them"
Dra. MEI said calmly.
"A Judgment-level Honkai Beast would be no small thing even if placed in the previous civilization"
"Only a small part of Herrscher's companion beasts are at this level"
For example, the Shesha that Mobius chose was a companion beast of the Third Herrscher of Judgment level.
However, most are Emperor-level, like Ganesha, the companion beast of the Eighth Herrscher.
To be more realistic, not all Herrschers can have a companion animal.
Many people in the Thirteen Heroes were Emperor-level wild beings rescued for genetic fusion.
The Judgment level and the Final level, which are above the Judgment level, were also rare species in previous civilizations.
For example, Vishnu, a Honkai Beast that had developed to the end-of-days level in the previous civilization, was killed when the current civilization was still at the Emperor level...
Therefore, Dra. MEI had absolutely no intention of saving such a precious material as Benares.
It would be better if she were dead.
She was a Judgment-level Honkai Beast.
She had never seen such material in the previous civilization.
Honkai Beasts of Emperor level and above benefited from their powerful vitality and self-healing ability, making it impossible for them to come into contact with the corpse of a high-level Honkai Beast.
When Mobius personally went to capture Shesha, she only managed to obtain a small part of the body, an eyeball and a piece of the spine.
How little!
The objects were packed in jars.
This shows how precious the complete corpse of a Judgment-class Honkai Beast is.
Even if collecting a few corpses is enough, it still feels like something is missing, like being just one achievement away from getting the platinum trophy in a game.
"Dra. MEI, do you have any ideas?"
Tian Shi's questioning brought Dra. MEI back to reality.
"A little"
You can't just not answer your professor's questions, right?
"Being optimistic, maybe if you gathered all the materials you and Mobius worked on back then, you could even create a judgment-value level document..."
Dra. MEI comforted herself by saying.
"If she is not seriously injured, there is nothing to worry about"
"We will find a large basement and feed her two Honkai Beasts or a high concentration of Honkai Cores every day"
"She should recover to her optimal state in two or three years, or at most ten"
"MEI, have you really thought about this seriously?"
Tian Shi's expression was quite strange.
While this is indeed a method, it does not align with Dra. MEI's intelligence.
Could I say that she would rather create an accident to kill the dragon than save her?
"I'm sorry, I don't have experience in treating Honkai Beasts"
"Or maybe I could take her to my lab? Maybe I can find a suitable solution"
"It's like throwing good money after bad money"
Rita commented with a half-smile.
This made MEI stare at Rita...
Does this girl have to come out and be annoying?
"Sirin said she wouldn't accept it"
Kiana made a slight face at the corner of her mouth.
Rita's words had been a good thing, for Sirin was already willing to accept, thinking that at least Benares could live and that she could wait ten or eight years to recover.
But Rita's words immediately woke up Sirin and everyone present.
Are you asking a butcher how to treat a wounded fat pig?
"Okay, I shouldn't have asked you"
Tian Shi rubbed his forehead.
At that moment, another figure ran in.
"What the hell is that dragon out there?"
Raven's first words today were sharp.
That's right, it was Raven, wearing the Immortal Blade uniform, who ran in.
The mercenary then charged towards Rita without hesitation.
"Do you know your idiot teammates almost came to our house?"
"Do you want a glass of water first?"
Rita was a bit surprised by Raven's unusually high level of "mother" today, and proactively offered her the water she had just collected.
"Thank you"
After hesitating for a moment, Raven realized she had been a bit irritable and unladylike, so she calmed down and accepted the glass of water.
"I just spent some time calming down the members of the Immortal Blade team, and then I rushed here non-stop"
"Of course, the most important thing is that my plan for today is to sleep in, I'm very sorry, Lord Tian Shi"
After drinking the water in one gulp, the mercenary sincerely apologized to Tian Shi.
If I remember correctly, she was the one being shouted at a moment ago, okay?
Why are you apologizing to Tian Shi?
"Hmm... I can understand, after all, today is the first day that you, Ciora, are financially free"
Hearing this, Raven immediately revealed an expression that said, "You understand me, Lord Tian"
God have mercy, on her first day of financial freedom, just as she was about to go to work and stay in bed all day, suddenly something that looked like a meteorite crashed into the Shencheng Medical Center early in the morning.
Well, the mercenary only took a look at the commotion before going to bed.
It crashed in the plaza, but judging by the commotion, it didn't affect the building.
After all, if that kind of impact were really an attack, the Shencheng Pharmaceutical office building would have collapsed a long time ago.
What else can be said?
Thinking it was probably her own boss causing trouble, Ciora decided to go back to sleep without hesitation.
No one can stop her from sleeping until noon today!
Then... the Immortal Blade team members were in an uproar.
Well, what does the Immortal Blade have to do with her?
She's just a fake counselor; Raven didn't even open her eyes.
But then, the shouts from below: "Charge towards the Divine City, medical rescue team leader and deputy leader!" kept her awake.
Of course it's not because of Bianca and Rita.
Just kidding, is she even better than Bianca or Rita?
She surely hopes Rita suffers some misfortune.
It was thanks to her quick wit that Ciora was able to wake up instantly.
From the slogans coming from below, Ciora could easily deduce that Bianca and Rita were at Shencheng Medicine; just like that.
But why did they go to Shencheng Pharmaceutical?
These two have already obtained the information they were supposed to obtain and, to be honest, given their current work attitude, they are clearly not prepared to do any work.
The answer then is obvious.
It must be for the sake of her wise and powerful Lord Tian.
Continuing to deduce, none of the women surrounding the wise and powerful Lord Tian are easy to deal with, so they certainly wouldn't let these two get away.
In other words, there is a high probability that a major power struggle is taking place within Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, all centered around Tian Shi.
Well, the power war has nothing to do with her.
After all, her relationship with Tian Shi is just that of a mercenary blinded by money and her brilliant and powerful boss.
Or to put it more clearly, a superficial woman kept by a sugar daddy and a wealthy tycoon.
Therefore, considering the people on Tian Shi's side... Dra. MEI, Tesla, and Kiana, the three are on Schicksal's wanted list, not to mention MEI, who looks like a mature version of Mei...
It must be said that Ciora is definitely a competent mercenary.
After considering the trouble those brainless teammates below could cause her big spender, Ciora immediately jumped out of bed.
She dressed in thirty seconds, used her long-dormant eloquence to persuade all her teammates to wait in place in three minutes and thirty seconds, and then rushed to Shencheng Pharmacy in one minute.
Total of five minutes.
"It's really not easy"
After hearing Raven's story, Tian Shi sighed from the bottom of his heart.
Meanwhile, Gray Serpent, who had arrived at some unknown time, fell into a subtle silence.
Forgive his brusqueness, but this efficiency... is it not so?
Did Raven ever work this hard?
I doubt she risked her life as much as she does today when she earned money as an assassin.
Gray Serpent's face was expressionless, but anyone could perceive the thought in his flickering eyes.
He was not unaware of the deal between Tian Shi and Raven.
It is impossible for Gray Serpent to keep a sum of money of 100 million dollars secret.
But... is Ciora's integrity really so worthless?
Well, as someone who is familiar with human society and human nature, Gray Serpent also knows that there is a way to knock people unconscious by throwing money at them.
However, as a person with ideals, integrity, and even faith, Gray Serpent genuinely despises the vulgar and unreliable method of using money to bribe people.
What kind of worthless scoundrels can be bought with money?
Coercion and induction, a combination of kindness and severity: this is the orthodox method that Gray Serpent has summarized.
At the same time, World Serpent does not lack lofty ideals.
With excellent methods and lofty ideals, they successfully built a small but complete World Serpent.
But now that Gray Serpent sees Ciora like this, he realizes that perhaps he has been too biased.
Perhaps we need to reflect on this.
"So, what about that dragon out there?"
Ciora asked with a subtle expression.
That's a Judgment-class Honkai Beast, right?
Senti proudly puffed out her chest (which contained nothing at all).
What did this guy do?
Surprisingly, as expected.
"We'll talk about the details later, let's get to the point now"
Tian Shi tapped the table and then looked at Kiana.
"I don't think Sirin can wait for MEI's plan, right?"
Kiana nodded, although Sirin did not dare to wait any longer.
However, neither Sirin nor Kiana plan to sabotage MEI's efforts.
"In that case, I have a simple, fast, and even 100% effective method"
Tian Shi laughed lightly.
This rekindled Sirin's hope.
She could feel that everyone present trusted the man in front of her.
"But..."
Then a twist of fate made Sirin's heart sink.
"Miss Sirin, what can you offer us?"
"I..."
In her mind, Sirin opened her mouth.
What can she offer?
Or rather, what does she have?
When others are on the brink of despair, at least they can say their life is worth nothing, but what about her?
In a way, she didn't even own her own life!
"Everything is fine"
In her mind, Sirin seemed to have given up everything, curling up.
"Tell him whatever... Anyway, I have nothing left..."