Chapter 584: Chapter 55: Forewarning of Divine Disappearance_3
“Gulp…” Shiyu Shiqi shivered as she put on her undergarnts, discomfort lingering from the check-up. “Shiqi doesn’t trust those in white coats, Shiqi will ask her brother instead.”
Who a patient asks for help is outside the doctor’s purview. Having finished writing up the case, the doctor prepared to take her leave when a thought crossed her mind, and she asked, “Shiyu Shiqi, may I ask you a question?”
“How curious for soone as emotionless as you to take an interest in a patient.” Shiqi hurriedly dressed. “Please ask, and Shiqi will answer depending on the circumstances.”
“Why do you refer to yourself by your na?”
Shiyu Shiqi didn’t stop her movents as she answered naturally, “Because Shiqi is not really Shiqi.”
The doctor was puzzled by this tongue twister and waited quietly for the girl to explain.
“The identity, the na Shiyu Shiqi, was given to by my father and the institute. But before I had this identity, I had another na, another identity; that’s what truly belonged to ‘’. Sadly, even Shiqi doesn’t know who Shiqi originally was. Shiqi is an orphan, the orphanage that adopted Shiqi closed down ten years ago, and the parents who abandoned Shiqi can hardly be called family.”
“You can give yourself a new na now,” said the doctor.
To the doctor’s surprise, Shiyu Shiqi shook her head firmly.
“That won’t do! If I give up the Shiyu surna, I’ll also lose all my mories with Sister Ling and Brother Lianyi. Then, ‘I’ would truly have nothing left! So, Shiqi can only live with this current identity, pass each day with this na, and use this way of speaking to remind myself of the truth within the falsehood… Ahh, speaking of which, when will Sister Ling finally co back…”
Shiyu Shiqi started to endlessly express her adoration for “Sister Ling,” and the doctor selectively ignored these irrelevant ramblings. She thought to herself, if using one’s na to refer to oneself is a way to distinguish identity… If Shiyu Shiqi never really considers herself to be Shiyu Shiqi, and only preserves this na that isn’t hers out of cherishing the past, then what about Ayane…
The doctor stopped herself. Each person is different; there was no use speculating wildly. Ayane’s na has always been Ayane, and she was never the awkward child like Shiyu Shiqi.
“I apologize for prying into your privacy.”
“It’s fine, it’s not a big deal anyway. Instead, Shiqi should thank you for the treatnt.”
Shiyu Shiqi bowed to her, transitioning from the cautious experintal subject back to a haughty and boisterous middle school girl. She pushed the door open with a careless swagger and said, “Shiqi’s check-up is finished—why are you here?!”
The doctor glanced outside the door to see a grey-haired Superpower User chatting animatedly with Ayane, while a middle schooler wearing a duckbill cap trembled in the corner.
“Yo! Long ti no see, Miss Shiyu Shiqi, how have you been?” Gongsun Ce greeted her warmly and cheerfully. “I’m Gongsun Ce, as you can see, the best partner and most trusted confidant of Zero!”
Viewing him as an outsider, the doctor thought Gongsun Ce was indeed asking for a punch; he was showcasing his middle school clown performance skills at ninety percent capacity.
“Shiqi will kill you!!!”
Shiyu Shiqi lunged at him ferociously as Milais hurriedly restrained her from behind, “Don’t be rash! You’ll die!”
“Where’s your electric shock?! Zap him!!!”
“How could that thing possibly work on Mr. Gongsun…”
With a smile, Gongsun Ce watched the two middle schoolers scuffle, wondering if he should break it to Milais that his new friend had already turned 18 this year.
After so thought, he decided it was best not to damage a middle school boy’s spirit and tactfully asked, “No classes this afternoon?”
“Oh my God, what ti is it!” Milais shrieked, “We need to get to school, thank you, Mr. Gongsun!”
The middle school boy dragged the roaring girl out of the clinic, feeling imnsely relieved.
From the mont Gongsun Ce walked in, the sense of danger vanished like an illusion. The bizarre girl in red focused all her attention on the Demon, not sparing him a glance.
Was that sense of crisis really just an illusion? Milais found a reasonable explanation for himself. The girl had free access to the doctor’s clinic; she must be a Superpower User on par with the Demon. Perhaps his fear was an instinctive response similar to when he first t Mr. Gongsun, facing a powerful being…
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Gongsun Ce didn’t sense any danger, and to him, Ayane was just—an average little girl by the standards of the Sky City, with a mature smile that didn’t match her age.
“I didn’t expect to see you here, Ayane. Are you here to see the doctor too?”
Ayane blinked, “No! Ayane has always been here. Ayane is—”
At that mont, the doctor suddenly rembered what she had missed. She quickly extended her hand, trying to remind her, “Ayane!”
Unfortunately, the doctor’s reminder ca too late, and Ayane puffed out her chest, proudly declaring, “Ayane is Little Manaka’s friend!”
The doctor’s hand froze midway in the air, and Gongsun Ce covered his mouth with his hand. It was only then that the red-clothed girl turned to her friend and naively added the final blow, “What’s wrong, Little Manaka?”
Gongsun Ce’s shoulders shook violently until his laugh broke through his threshold of endurance.
“Pfft! Little, Little Manaka…!”
He couldn’t hold back his laugh, clutching his stomach as he roared with laughter.
“Haha, hahahaha! Sorry, doctor, I didn’t an it, but this, hahaha!”
The doctor shouted angrily, “Shut up!”
Gongsun Ce tried hard to stifle his laughter, but he still couldn’t resist quipping, “Why didn’t I think of that when I was in junior high… My apologies, I’m terribly sorry, please don’t skin my face! My muscles exposed in the air is terrifying!!!”
Ayane wasn’t frightened at all by that terrifying punishnt; she curiously approached Gongsun Ce, “Eh? Big brother, how did you used to address Little Manaka?”
That “big brother” completely broke through the doctor’s emotional defenses, making her lant, “Ayane… please, could you go to the living room first?”
“Oh? Okay! So willful, Little Manaka making new friends and ditching ~!”
Ayane made a funny face and ran out the door laughing.
Gongsun Ce adjusted his facial expression, beating the doctor to speaking, “I promise I won’t say a word to Kardesia.”
“You’d better keep your word,” the doctor said curtly, “So, you woke up.”
“Had a very long dream,” Gongsun Ce, recalling what the doctor had done in his dream, felt a warmth in his heart, “There’s nothing special, actually I ca this ti because—”
A faint vibration interrupted Gongsun Ce’s words; the doctor’s mobile phone was ringing. He gestured to the doctor to take care of her issue first.
The doctor took out her phone and glanced at it. Her faint eyebrows slightly raised in a mix of surprise and amusent.
“Anonymous love ssage?” Gongsun Ce asked.
The doctor gave him a look.
“Just a little joke, don’t get mad. I happen to be free to help out, why not tell about it?”
He thought the doctor was going to refuse, but the woman with ashy blue hair seed to change her mind after a few seconds.
“It’s been a long ti since I’ve encountered sothing like this. I think I’ve received a…” the doctor turned the phone screen toward him, letting Gongsun Ce see the text.
“A threat aid personally at .”
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