The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?!-Chapter 1300 - 798: The Vice Director’s Troubles (Part 2)
As long as they enter the sewer through this, they’ll be safe.
Even if the hospital director leads the pursuit himself, with the Fisherman’s protection, they can rest easy.
"Let’s go!"
He called out, leading Bai Tianshi toward the sewer manhole cover.
However, just as they were two or three meters away from the manhole cover, countless K’s Needles appeared in the air, forming a wall blocking their path.
"You’re too slow."
The voice arrived before the Oil Stick Man appeared.
As the last word left its mouth, it was already standing in front of the two.
"Vice Director Monk!"
Bai Tianshi’s face changed dramatically.
Although he had guessed that someone above the level of deputy director would come after them, seeing it for himself still filled him with despair.
"Bai Tianshi, do you still recognize me as the deputy director?"
The Oil Stick Man glanced at him and said.
"Of course. Since I haven’t resigned and the hospital hasn’t fired me, I’m still a part of the hospital."
Bai Tianshi replied after calming himself.
The Oil Stick Man had a decent reputation among the hospital staff. Although no one said it was particularly compassionate to its subordinates, there was no talk of it bullying others using its position.
Not overtly abusing power already placed it above the average hospital leadership.
"Hmm, it’s good that you have this understanding. It was not in vain that the hospital nurtured you."
The Oil Stick Man said approvingly.
In fact, it had a good impression of Bai Tianshi. It had mentioned him once after knowing he got involved in the secret project by Bai Shanming.
At that time, Bai Shanming was adamant, and it wasn’t good for it to clash with Bai Shanming over an outsider.
"Come back. This matter truly was Bai Shanming’s fault. I will try my best to speak for you at the board of directors."
The Oil Stick Man thought for a moment and said.
Besides, since Bai Shanming was already dead, it wasn’t bad to bring this youngest deputy chief physician under its wing.
Although his expertise was in trauma surgery, his fundamentals were there, and transitioning to orthopedics would be quick.
Moreover, the Bai Family, being a medical family, had strength far inferior to the Bai Nation, making it a good ally without posing a takeover threat.
"Thank you, Vice Director Monk. I’ve been missing for so long; my family is worried sick. Now, I just want to go home and rest for a couple of days. I don’t want to think about anything else."
Bai Tianshi politely declined.
"You should know you are a member of the secret project. Before the project ends, you cannot leave the hospital."
The Oil Stick Man said.
"I assure you I will not divulge anything related to the project."
Bai Tianshi replied.
"I trust your assurance, but rules are rules. If you insist on leaving, I can only keep you here forever."
The Oil Stick Man said.
"Director Monk, can we talk?"
Liu Zheng, who had been standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.
"What do you want to talk about?"
The Oil Stick Man finally looked at him.
It wasn’t that it underestimated Liu Zheng; anyone able to take down Bai Shanming, even with help, was formidable. Ignoring him was just a negotiation tactic.
"You must be well aware of the events that led to this. Given your appreciation for Doctor Bai, why not let this go? It would show your care for subordinates and foster goodwill. With Doctor Bai’s character, he’ll surely repay you greatly in the future."
Liu Zheng said.
"Exactly, as long as you give me a way out, I’ll definitely repay you in future."
Bai Tianshi cooperatively said.
"I’ve heard many promises of repayment, but few have actualized. Besides, with your current prowess, it would take at least forty or fifty years before you could help me. If I were young, that wouldn’t be much time, but now I only have one or two hundred years left to live, making this investment cycle too long."
The Oil Stick Man said bluntly.
Progressing from a resident doctor to an attending physician was relatively easy, as it merely required enduring time.
The jump from attending to deputy chief physician was the first major hurdle, requiring achievements in skills, networking, and research. The unlucky could take decades to overcome it.
And making the leap from deputy to chief physician was an even greater challenge, needing capability, experience, and luck. Most doctors never accomplish this in their lifetimes.
Without becoming a chief physician, the Oil Stick Man wouldn’t regard them as much help. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"How could that be? As a deputy director, many life-extension projects in the hospital should be available to you, right?"
Bai Tianshi asked, somewhat surprised.
He wasn’t familiar with the Oil Stick Man, but he remembered it had become a deputy director just over a hundred years ago.
With the hospital’s technology, extending life by a century or two wasn’t a problem.
"The stronger one’s capability, the less effective life-extension surgeries become. Our clan also has an innate flaw in our bloodstream: the stronger we get, the shorter our lifespan."
The Oil Stick Man replied.
The stronger one’s capability, the shorter one’s lifespan and the more difficult procreation becomes. Yet, without enough strength, survival in the Metropolis becomes harder. Their clan has slowly dwindled between these two impossibilities.
Not every race desires to come to the Metropolis; their clan was forcibly migrated.
"Speaking of lifespan, I actually have a treasure you might find useful."
Liu Zheng, with a change of expression, pulled a cup of tea from the System Space.
"Name: Intestine Flower Tea (One-time Use)"
"Type: Tool"
"Quality: Excellent"
"Effect: Increases the player’s natural lifespan by one year after use; no effect with repeated use."
"Note: A flower blooms in the intestines, a blooming flower, then paints a rain from intestinal fluid drop by drop~"
"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"
"Snail Intestine Clan’s Intestine Flower Tea? The hospital tried to procure it from them before but was refused. I didn’t expect you to have stock."
The Oil Stick Man recognized the tea at a glance.
The Snail Intestine Clan had made contributions to the Metropolis, so as long as they didn’t cause trouble, the hospital couldn’t act over such matters.
"I have some connections with a member of the Snail Intestine Clan. I wonder if this cup of Intestine Flower Tea can persuade you to let us be."
Liu Zheng asked.
"A single year isn’t enough."
The Oil Stick Man shook its head.
With its level of power and position, unless it died an unnatural death, there were plenty of ways to continue existing after death.
"This is only a deposit. You can propose any other requirements you have."
Liu Zheng smiled.
"I want an offspring—a healthy, untainted one, with our clan’s bloodline dominant, without the bloodline flaw. Can you do that?"
The Oil Stick Man stared at him and said.
"Hmm..."
Liu Zheng didn’t answer immediately.
Separately, each of these conditions wasn’t much, but together, they were exceedingly difficult.
The most common way to address a bloodline flaw was to replace bloodline with bloodline, and the simplest way to solve pollution was to cover pollution with pollution.
Things that even the hospital couldn’t resolve weren’t something he, a delivery man, could handle.
Perhaps the "Nine Revolutions Joyful Pill" could work, but he had already auctioned it off.
"I wonder if this is of any use to you."
Liu Zheng produced a "Life Yin Pill."
"Name: Life Yin Pill (One-time Use)"
"Type: Tool"
"Quality: Excellent"
"Effect: Greatly increases the probability of the player conceiving after the next mating. If the player conceives, the fetus is guaranteed to be female; effective for 24 hours. If the player cannot conceive, it has no effect."
"Note: If it begets males, it’s bad; if it begets females, it’s good. Females can be taken to the Black Market; males are buried in the sewers."
"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"
"The hospital has as many of these things as needed."
The Oil Stick Man said dismissively.
"How about this then?"
Liu Zheng thought for a moment, then pulled out a branch with a bud.
"Name: Transplanting Flower and Wood (One-time Use)"
"Type: Tool"
"Quality: Perfect"
"Effect: Has a 50% chance to permanently copy one of the target’s abilities upon use. If unsuccessful, temporarily copies one ability instead, with duration positively correlated to the player’s Constitution Attribute."
"Note: Stop stabbing! Can’t you just tell me what ability you want?"
"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"
"What’s the use of this?"
The Oil Stick Man asked.
"It’s called ’Transplanting Flower and Wood,’ and it can copy one of the target’s abilities. You only need to find a creature with an ultra-strong reproductive ability and copy the corresponding ability to solve your problem."
He replied.
"Hmm..."
The Oil Stick Man fell into contemplation at these words.
