She immediately raised her hand: "Stop."
Then, time suddenly returned to its normal flow.
This abrupt shift made V a bit uncomfortable, but it only took her a breath to recover: "I just had a bit of a headache, and breathing was tough."
"...In theory, as soon as you activate Sianwistan, most people feel a big pressure on their breathing right away, and it soon leads to a slight headache."
After Mercer finished speaking, he sighed like Old Wei: "Seven seconds, you held on for a full seven seconds before feeling the pressure on your first activation of Sianwistan.
Looking at the data, your theoretical safe startup time might be between 10-13 seconds, and beyond that, the burden on you won't increase much.
Did closing it for a few seconds bring you back already? V, you really are enviable."
He also wanted to stop and become a swordmaster at that time!
V was a bit embarrassed by his praise, showing a somewhat goofy smile: "So, the results are pretty good?"
"Yeah, pretty good, but just don't sneak a try yourself.
At least wait a few hours, make sure your wounds have healed before you do anything.
Don't exert yourself, or your skin might burst and that would be troublesome.
You also need to be careful about inflammation and nerve discomfort."
Mercer skillfully began to advise V, including telling her not to use the dirty water from the rundown motel to shower, not to eat random things, and other post-surgery precautions.
V nodded obediently, feeling that at this moment, Mercer seemed quite reliable, almost like a real doctor... Realizing this, she suddenly discovered that Mercer actually knew quite a lot.
No need to mention his hacking skills; she didn't know good from bad, just that everyone praised him for being awesome.
He also understands cybernetic enhancements and can perform surgeries.
His shooting skills are decent too, even though his physical condition isn't great, his combat level and awareness are quite high, and his reactions are quick.
His ability to make money is incredible... and he spends quite generously too... wait, what am I thinking.
V quickly shook her head: "So can I get going now?"
"Sure, take a sip of healing and anti-inflammatory meds, then go change your clothes, I'll call Old Wei to install my stuff too."
After saying that, Mercer thought for a moment and said: "You should go outside with Qiwei later, hang out at Misty's, and wait for my surgery to be done, then we'll have dinner together and talk about the Wagokoro Faction's job."
V then sheepishly said: "How much did this surgery cost you? I'll... I'll work hard to pay you back as soon as possible."
"Let's just say it's 200,000."
After Mercer said that, V glared at him, unhappy: "I'm not stupid! Your Sianwistan alone costs that much!"
"That's my war trophy, if it hasn't been sold, it's worth nothing." Mercer said nonchalantly.
"400,000... let's just say I owe you 400,000 Euros." V said, and her heart bled.
That's 400,000 Euros!
Enough for her to buy a decent second-hand sports car, move into a high-end apartment building in Haywood, and live the good life for a long time!
"Alright, 400,000 Euros it is then."
Mercer finished, then laughed: "You're getting stronger all while working for me... thinking like that, I'm no different from a company, forcing a loan to get you some high-end goods."
"...Thanks, A." V looked at him seriously, with sincerity in her tone: "I'll definitely work hard with you from now on."
"I wouldn't let you slack off even if you wanted to... alright, stop with the dramatics, I'm not used to it."
After saying that, Mercer couldn't help but laugh as he looked at her: "But, to be honest, you have a really nice figure."
V was stunned and then looked down, only to realize her surgical gown had fallen to the floor: "Damn! Why didn't you dress me properly?"
"It's easy to take off clothes, I just need to cut them open, but putting them back on requires using my hands."
Mercer didn't even blink, he didn't even bother pretending: "I didn't want to make you angry."
"Close your eyes, close your eyes! You're still looking!" she angrily stretched out her hand pretending to poke him, and while he closed his eyes, Sianwistan, activate!
This fierce chick threw all the things Mercer warned her about to the back of her mind, and in the blink of an eye, she slipped into the bathroom.
"Don't go tearing your wound open!" Mercer quickly reminded her.
She was indeed fast, with Mercer's reaction speed, he could only see a blur flash before his eyes, he couldn't even turn his neck fast enough before she vanished like a gust of wind past him.
By the time Mercer looked, her shadow was already gone, her speed was so fast it sent a chill down one's spine.
"I'm taking it slow!"
Her voice came from the bathroom.
A few minutes later, she wiped a nosebleed and walked out: "Damn, why am I having a nosebleed?"
"You should be glad you're not spurting blood!" Mercer said, glaring at her not kindly: "Come over here, let me check."
She could only smile awkwardly, tidied up her clothes, lay back down, and let Mercer do a scan.
"Still okay, it's just your body isn't used to it yet, get used to it with a few more tries, then you won't get nosebleeds."
Mercer said with an annoyed tone: "If you told me to close my eyes, I'd definitely close them, why were you in such a hurry."
"Who knows!" V blushed: "With your prosthetic eye, you didn't secretly take pictures, did you?"
"Damn, what do you take me for? Do I need to take pictures?" Mercer said, justifiably: "V, I have high intelligence, a photographic memory!"
"Screw you! A, if I had known, I'd have let Old Wei come!" V raised her fist in frustration: "You've grown so much, haven't you ever been punched?"
"You're mad now." Mercer chuckled.
V suddenly fell silent, then slowly narrowed her eyes.