Chapter 44: Come to Life
After experiencing an assassination attempt, Dr. Mei found an excuse to set up her office underground. Now her workplace is very secret and can only be reached with the guidance of a special person.
The person who came to guide Ai Yue was Kevin.
"Please follow me."
Ai Yue arrived at the agreed location. After seeing Kevin, he took the initiative to speak and led the way.
"Wait a minute."
Ai Yue interrupted his actions, then stood very close to Kevin and began to observe his condition carefully. When Kevin began to feel hair all over his body, he spoke again: "You didn't just hug each other to sleep when you went home last night, did you?"
"Ah?" Kevin was stunned for a moment, then turned his head awkwardly, "What are you talking about, Dr. Ai Yue, yesterday, yesterday..."
Ai Yue didn't say anything, but just looked at him coldly, with an expression of "I want to see how you make it up" written all over his face.
"Okay, you're right." Kevin finally sighed, "Yesterday... well, nothing happened. Of course, even so, I'm already very satisfied. Thank you."
Even just falling asleep in the arms of his lover was once just an unattainable dream for Kevin. Now that he can feel Mei's warmth again, what is there to complain about even if it only stops there?
"That doesn't make sense?" Ai Yue scratched his head in annoyance. "No, buddy, how can you bear this?"
In Ai Yue's imagination, two lovers who have been lonely for a long time and can only watch over each other from the closest distance, after finally being able to overcome the last obstacle and embrace each other, wouldn't it be like dry wood and fire, and they would just do it like that?
'If you can endure this shit, then your buddy's position as Buddha should be given to you.'
"It's not a question of whether I can hold it back or not." Kevin scratched his head and realized that he actually had nothing to hide, so he just said it directly, "Why don't we talk while we walk?"
So the two of them walked towards Dr. Mei's office.
"You mean after you two went back to the room, Dr. Mei has been thinking about the purpose of the 'Fire of Redemption'?" Ai Yue couldn't help but reveal a subtle expression after hearing Kevin's words, "No way, why did you bring work to bed?"
"After all, your invention is really powerful. Mei thinks it should not only work on me." Kevin said seriously, "And I also found that although the effect of my original ability was weakened during the duration of the 'Fire of Redemption', at the same time, I can barely use the other power brought by the 'Fire of Redemption'."
"If the two powers in me conflict and weaken each other, then if they are used on other fusion warriors, perhaps they can temporarily exert more strength."
Looking at Kevin's serious expression, Ai Yue hesitated to speak and finally sighed.
'You two really shouldn't say anything about each other.'
"Of course I know all this. The specific data and instructions for use will be submitted to Dr. Mei in a written report. You don't need to read it." Ai Yue interrupted Kevin's speech. "Then what? Don't tell me you guys just talked for three hours like this?"
"Not really." Kevin shook his head, with a rare gentleness in his eyes. "Mei fell asleep in the middle of the conversation. She is usually really tired."
This time it was Ai Yue's turn to be silent.
"Blame me, this is mine." After a moment, Ai Yue said sincerely, "Just wait, I will make a super serum or something and give Dr. Mei an injection. You two must do this within half a year!"
Kevin's words did remind Ai Yue that unlike other people, Dr. Mei's physical fitness was not very good. She had been working at a high intensity for a long time and was exposed to various dangerous substances. It could be said that she was on the line between life and death. After a while, she might only be able to rely on drugs to maintain her life.
In this situation, forcing the other party to participate in strenuous exercise is basically tantamount to seeking death.
If you can't even pass this most basic level, then there's no need to think about the more important things that come later.
'Tsk, do keepers have this kind of complicated feelings when they breed giant pandas? It seems like there are more and more things to consider.'
Ai Yue temporarily included this matter in the future work plan and skipped the topic. Kevin also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party no longer asked about the details of last night.
For some reason, he always felt at a loss when facing Ai Yue, as if the other party had some degree of suppression on him, which he was not used to.
The two people, each with their own thoughts, soon arrived at Dr. Mei's office, where several other people were already waiting for them.
"You're so slow." Vill-V sat on the sofa used to receive guests and waved at Ai Yue, "You're here just after we've finished talking?"
Sakura stood in the shadow where the light could not reach. This seemed to be a habit of hers. When she saw Ai Yue looking at her, she nodded as a greeting.
Looking at the personnel configuration in front of him, Ai Yue was able to realize what was going on.
"Dr. Ai Yue, you're here." Seeing Ai Yue walk into the office, Dr. Mei stood up. Her expression was calm and serious, and it was completely different from the way she cried last night. "I shouldn't have to bother you with this matter, but Vill-V recommended you to me, so I thought of inviting you to explain it."
"Let me guess," Ai Yue looked around, pretending to think, and then raised his eyebrows, "Are you finally planning to take action against the Poison Pupa?"
Dr. Mei couldn't help but sigh when she heard this, while Vill-V cheered, "I won, Mei! You must not break your promise to increase the funding by 10%."
"I know." Dr. Mei had a headache, but she still looked at Ai Yue curiously, "But Dr. Ai Yue, how did you know that?"
"Because you didn't call Elysia, it means that she probably doesn't like what you're going to do, or even can't accept it." Ai Yue analyzed pretentiously, "Plus, Sakura is also here, so the matter is very obvious."
Of course, the reason why Ai Yue knew this was because he remembered it very clearly. This incident would also appear in the original plot, that is, the birth of the "New Poison Pupa".
This was a decision Dr. Mei made in order to expand her voice in the Fire Moth. If she didn't have any power to use, the people above would not value her choice. So Dr. Mei needed a secret armed force of her own, and Sakura could help her take control of the "Poison Pupa".
Of course, considering the nature of the Poison Pupa itself, it is necessary to clean it thoroughly.
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