harleyscars Page 198
Page 198
6. Aponia won the hand-rolled dumpling competition;
7. Kevin couldn't get the dumplings to open up after a long time, so in a fit of anger he switched to instant noodles.
8. Gretchen wanted to paint on glutinous rice balls, but Möbius secretly replaced the paint with food coloring;
9. Kosmo found cat hair in a dumpling, and the suspect used this as an opportunity to promote a robot vacuum cleaner;
10. Ellie chipped her tooth on a gem in a dumpling, and Eden smiled without saying a word.
Chapter 173 Bronya: (? ? ?)
Ring ring ring ~
The monotonous sound of the alarm clock rang in her ears. Her pale blue eyes slowly opened, gradually becoming clearer. She immediately saw the sharp, angular numbers [7:00] arranged by the vacuum tubes on the alarm clock. The feeling of doing calculations came from her arm, which was uncomfortable, but for Su, it was already a habit.
Su, who has always been diligent in her studies, often writes materials and studies cases until very late. Many times, she doesn't even have time to wash up and go to bed. She will unknowingly fall asleep on the table while she is studying.
Feeling the warmth on her shoulders, Su reached out and took off the coat she was wearing. Looking at the white-haired figure who pushed open the door, Su couldn't help but smile: "Thanks, Kevin."
"Hey, there's no need for thanks between us. But you should be careful. You always work so late, and when I come to see you, you're sleeping on your desk. It's getting a bit cold now, be careful not to catch a cold."
Kevin, the white-haired young man carrying the bag, placed it on the table, giving it a slightly helpless and dissuading look, before cheerfully saying:
"Hey, I knew you must have just woken up and be hungry, right? I brought you some breakfast. There's a new breakfast shop that just opened in the west of the city. I heard it's from China. These steamed buns are amazing."
"And these noodles, I love them, let's have some together."
The steaming brown noodle soup, topped with chopped scallions, is incredibly appetizing.
Kevin, without any politeness, had already started slurping away on the disposable chopsticks he had broken up.
"There's nothing I can do, there are just more and more patients lately... Don't worry about me, I'm a doctor myself." After tidying her clothes and washing up briefly, Su dried her face with a towel and sat down at the table quite naturally. However, Kevin, slurping his noodles, mumbled a disapproving remark:
"Come on, an intern? Besides, when I was studying in the Far East, I heard an old saying in China: 'A doctor cannot heal himself.'"
"You still can't forget that girl."
Su shook his head with a wry smile.
Even though he transferred back to Europe from the Far East, his friend still seemed unable to forget that person and was very enthusiastic about things in the Far East and China, the birthplace of Far Eastern culture.
But if you really want to say it's much better than before, I remember when Kevin first came back, he looked so pathetic... cough cough, that's how heartbroken people always look.
Su had no other choice but to temporarily act as a psychologist to comfort his best friend.
Fortunately, Kevin isn't the type to act recklessly after being dumped, and he's in a much better state now.
—Just as Kevin said, he is now an intern, having studied medicine.
As for Kevin, after transferring back to Europe, in addition to continuing his studies, this friend of mine also took on part-time jobs delivering packages and food, or working as a police auxiliary.
It's basically the idea that you might bump into MEI at any time.
Although Kevin had given up hope of pursuing MEI, he still hoped to meet her, even if they weren't lovers, just to exchange contact information and be friends!
Amidst laughter and conversation, they shared breakfast. After leaving, Kevin, pushing the motorcycle he had bought with his savings, took the initiative to invite Su to join him.
"I'll give you a ride."
Sue doesn't have his own car—well... not that he doesn't have one, at least he has a bicycle.
Environmentally friendly and healthy, that's Su's claim.
Besides these, taking the subway and buses are Su's main modes of transportation.
But occasionally, situations like Kevin driving him will occur.
Between good buddies, there's no need for many words. Su simply put on the helmet Kevin handed him and sat down at the back post.
The feeling of the scenery rushing by and the wind brushing against your cheek was quite nice.
In a good mood, Su was taken to his work station. After greeting his colleagues, he walked briskly to Director Fa's office—his senior colleague who had always taken good care of Su, and who was more like a teacher than a mentor.
After a polite knock, and a "come in" greeting, I pushed the door open and entered. Before me stood Director Farr, and on the sofa where guests were being entertained sat an elderly man in a white lab coat. What was striking was that one of his sleeves was empty.
Sue was no stranger to this person—Dr. Spassy, a friend of Director Farr.
Of course, he also had another identity—the head of the Fifth Scientific Department of the Fire Moth, and also a founding member of the Fifth Scientific Department. His status within the Fire Moth was no less than that of Möbius.
He was also Su's mentor later on.
With the occurrence of the third and fourth Great Collapses, although Moth Chaser has not yet revealed the existence of 'Collapse' to the public for reasons of political stability and other considerations, as mentioned before, the frequent small-scale Collapses have spawned a large number of Collapse disease patients, especially in Europe.
Although the city where the Fifth Research Department is located is in Western Europe, which is far from Eastern Europe where the outbreak was concentrated, they will still be inevitably affected.
Sue was excited to see Spassy.
From Director Fal, he learned that Spassy was a member of an organization called "Fire Moth"—a name that had been partially revealed to the world through several major collapses.
It's just that many people are still unaware of the details of this organization.
Su is about the same.
But he at least knew that the organization 'Moths of Fire' was involved in many secrets and had an extremely close connection with 'Honkai Disease'.
To prevent the corpses of Honkai patients from causing disaster, the Honkai victims collected by hospitals in various locations are collected by special personnel dispatched by the Fire Moth.
Sue was certain that as long as she could join this organization, there would be great progress in how to cure the 'Honkai Disease'.
Unfortunately, his countless applications to join the Firemoth were always rejected by Director Far.
Seeing Dr. Spassy's appearance now, Sue couldn't help but feel excited.
Perhaps sensing this, Director Far sighed and spoke up:
"Su."
"I've been thinking about your application to join the Firemoth for a long time."
“You are still too young and have no idea what the future holds, which is why I have been rejecting your applications.”
Like Su, he was a compassionate healer—otherwise he wouldn't have died from Honkai infection. He even managed to hold on by sheer willpower, providing crucial serum to save Su, who later also contracted Honkai.
However, Far has always opposed Su joining the Firemoth.
As a close friend of Spassy, he knew very well what the 'Fire Moths' were and what dangers they faced.
Although Su is excellent enough, this child is really too young.
If you were to join in, you never know who might lose their life because of that kind-hearted person.
Far, who regarded him as his own son, really didn't want to see that happen.
However, as the collapse intensifies and certain forces in the shadows emerge, the once peaceful surface world seems to be becoming increasingly dangerous.
The third Great Collapse, the fourth Great Collapse... so where will the fifth Great Collapse take place?
They were unaware that Europe had become increasingly dangerous, a fact that was obvious to everyone—after all, the frequency of Honkai outbreaks was far too high, and due to certain policies implemented by the old powers in Europe, the influence of the 'New Herrscher of Domination' was gradually taking effect.
Violence lurking in the shadows of the city is escalating, and there have even been frequent cases of 'disappearances'.
Although Far, who saw all of this, didn't care about himself, he couldn't help but consider Su's situation.
And so—his old friend Spassy appeared here.
“Now, I’m not going to refuse anymore... I’ve recommended you to Spassy.”
"If you can pass his test, you can join the Fire Moth."
—Su's talent is beyond doubt.
Farr kept showing off his junior to Spassy, who in turn was quite curious about him.
But without a doubt, Su is impeccable in terms of talent, knowledge, personality and attitude.
Aside from being too young, the child seems to have no problems.
Originally, Spassy had repeatedly rejected Sue's requests, citing them as too childish, but things were different now.
...because of the Mu Continent faction.
Dr. MEI, a rising star within the organization, and Vervi, the Minister of Engineering, are making their activities increasingly encroach on the European faction's space within the Fire Moth. At the same time, their astonishing ages are causing some of the older members of the organization, who adhere to the principles of 'seniority' and 'experience,' to feel a strong sense of crisis.
Spassy wasn't the old-fashioned type; the changes at headquarters had slightly altered his perception of the younger generation—which excused Sue's perceived naiveté.
In addition, he also urgently needs an heir.
Although Spacy was not the type to fight for power, he had little interest in factional struggles.
However, precisely because of this, as the apparent leader of the European faction, Spassy directly adopted a strategy of 'inaction' when faced with the emerging Mu Continent faction led by Dr. MEI.
I will obey the organization's management and do whatever I am told.
But when he did it this way, the other members of the European faction were in an uproar.
If you, the leader, are sitting here acting as the big brother, what are we supposed to do?
Compared to the academic faction of Mu Continent, those factions that originated in Europe know very well that few of them have clean hands and cannot withstand scrutiny. If they were to surrender to headquarters, every single one of them would be hanged.
There's nothing I can do. If you, as the leader, aren't doing your job, then don't worry about us disobeying.
Under such internal contradictions, the Fifth Research Department has become extremely divided.
Dr. Spassy had very little control over the organization's internal affairs, and the European factions were all looking forward to the day when this bigwig who led the votes would be ousted and replaced with one of their own.