Turning the street of the Sea Prison, four stout behemoths were pulling a carriage along the rugged sea and rock road, and if you looked closely, the four humanoids all had long animal hair on their skin, and their heads were wearing diamond-shaped steel hoods, and thick iron chains wrapped around their chests and arms.

On either side of the carriage were two slender maids, whose recognizable Imperial Arena wrap skirts framed their figures, completely out of proportion to the size of the other four humanoid creatures.

"Master, are the negotiations going well?" asked one of the maids.

"Negotiating, who told you I'm here to negotiate with him?" Raphael's voice was full of mockery as the dice rolled from the carriage, "a pervert who treats girls like this is not a gentleman at all, and if it is not for some value to the development of the Imperial Arena, the contemptible people simply disdain to be in the company of them." ”

"Yukiko, tell me how you did and didn't disappoint the contemptible people, right?"

"Don't worry, master, it's all in my head. "The maid named Yukiko looks cold and capable.

A wicked smile appeared on Raphael's lips in the dark carriage, and then a diamond the size of a fingernail was thrown out of the car window and fell directly into Yukiko's hand.

"Of course, beautiful girls need diamonds to match, especially obedient girls. ”

"Thank you, master. Yukiko's face was still cold, and she didn't seem to be excited by the fact that the gift she received was a precious diamond.

"But for such ugly fellows, the only thing that can be rewarded is severe scourging. ”

The reins that were supposed to be tied to the horses were now slammed into the backs of several humanoid creatures, and the blood-red whip marks suddenly appeared, and the humanoid creatures suddenly sped up the speed of dragging the carriage because of the pain.

Yukiko glanced up at the sound of whipping, but finally lowered her head and kept up with the speed of the carriage.

"Suiko. Raphael's whispered call came from the carriage.

"Master, what do you command. Another maid responded.

"The contemptible man wants you to go and inform the gentleman, and that he will come to visit him shortly, and that he will bring something of interest to him. ”

"Yes, master. ”

Suiko answered, then jumped nimbly onto the high wall, and after a short pause to confirm her bearings, she sneaked in the direction of the center of Xinlan, like a tanuki jumping in the night.

The humanoid creature dragged the carriage along the bumpy road, a fist-sized cowhide bag slipped from his seat, and a few crystal-clear grains rolled to Raphael's feet, but he didn't care.

The medical laboratory in the teaching area of the C department of the Imperial Military Academy is next to the school hospital, and it is brightly lit in the evening, and it is not the students who major in medicine who do their experiments here, because this point in time does not belong to the teaching time.

In the laboratory, a number of researchers in protective suits were busy in front of the test bench, medical agents of various colors were almost full of cabinets, and the corpses of several unidentified creatures were piled up in the corner of the medical laboratory, all covered with white cloths.

On the operating table in the laboratory, the shadowless lamp casts a miserable white light, and almost every experimenter around has a nervous and frustrated expression.

"Doctor, Subject 5 has died, and the gamma-3 reagent has failed. A physician's assistant wearing a mask announced the results rather disappointed.

"It was recorded that on March 21, the gamma-3 reagent was actually injected into the subject, and the subject died. The doctor took off his thick glasses and started the Gamma 4 Reagent Research Program. ”

"Got it. ”

Looking at the monkey on the operating table, which no longer had any vital signs, several doctors who participated in the experiment sighed in unison, and it was difficult to hide the melancholy and depression on their faces.

In order to develop a special drug for the treatment of "split bones", their medical team has been fighting in the laboratory for many days, but the experimental results still do not meet expectations, although they also know that there is almost no hope of cure for this extremely rare disease, but they cannot give up the research, because someone has given them a death order.

Outside the laboratory, a dusty man hurried through the sparsely populated streets, followed by a woman dressed as a secretary, but the woman was clearly unable to keep up with the man's footsteps and was slowly falling behind.

"Julie, you're waiting outside. The man said to the woman behind him.

"Okay, Headmaster Hook. Julie replied breathlessly, her pace slowing down.

Hook's breath was also a little short, he looked at the lights that were close at hand, and even slightly dizzy, tonight was the moment when the god of fate once again read his will, although hope had been dashed countless times, he never gave up, and gradually waiting for a satisfactory result became the whole of his life, especially as he grew older.

"Hello Headmaster Hook. Outside the lab, a guard at the door greeted Hook.

But all he answered was a slightly old figure, and Hook ignored the guards, and walked straight towards one of the rooms.

With a bang, Hook pushed open the door of the laboratory and walked in.

The doctors in the lab were startled by the sudden intruder, and after confirming that it was Hooke's acting principal, their eyes began to dodge again, as if no one wanted to accept Hook's next questioning.

"How's it going?!" Hook was a little emotional.

Looking at everyone's embarrassed expressions, Hook vaguely guessed the result of the experiment, but he still did not give up and stepped forward to push away several medical personnel who were in the way, and when he saw the white cloth that was covered by the corpse, Hook understood the final result of the experiment: the experiment failed again.

"Principal Hooke, we did our best, and we are so sorry for Miss Bonnie that the gamma-3 reagent cannot fight 'split-bone disease' after testing," Dr. Hawk said, taking off his mask, looking a little guilty, "but the development program of the gamma-4 reagent has been launched, and we are sure that we can succeed next time." ”

"I've heard that a million times, Dr. Aldrich," Hook's eyes were a little cloudy, "I don't know if I'll ever see little Bonnie stand up again in my lifetime, and I don't blame you for the failure of the experiment." ”

"Principal Hook..." The thought of the "vegetative" girl lying motionless on the hospital bed made the doctors' faces look sympathetic.

"It's hard work, go back and rest. ”

Dr. Aldrich's next words Hook really didn't want to hear it, and he couldn't listen to it anymore.

So Hook walked lonely towards the door, knowing the results of the experiment, he seemed to have aged by more than ten years all of a sudden, and the wrinkles on his face had deepened a lot.

"Why don't you ask the Holy Church for help?" said a young doctor, "I've heard that they have a 'cure' to treat certain conditions." ”

Hearing the young doctor's words, the doctor and several older doctors immediately threw angry and warning glances at him, motioning for him to stop what he had not said.

The young doctor didn't know what he had said wrong, and just when he was a little confused, Hook, who was about to walk out of the laboratory, slowly stopped.

Hook's gloved hands clenched slowly, and he could feel Hook trying to suppress the anger in his heart, so everyone in the room couldn't help but get nervous, but the imaginary bloodshed didn't happen.

"No need. Hook eventually let go of his fist and walked out of the lab.

Except for the young doctor, the rest of the crowd breathed a sigh of relief as if they were about to be amnestied.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" the young doctor felt a little puzzled.

"Don't mention the word 'church' in front of Headmaster Hook," Dr. Aldrich said sternly, "Miss Bonnie suffers from this disease because her mother was bewitched by the so-called 'church,' and Miss Bonnie received some 'holy water baptism' as a child. That's why Headmaster Hooke hated the 'Church' so much, even the Holy Church. ”

"Moreover, 'healing' is effective in treating external trauma, but it is helpless against this tormenting chronic disease. The doctor's assistant added.

"I see. After listening to the explanations of the two, and then connecting with Hook's series of abnormal behaviors, the young doctor's heart couldn't help but be afraid.

Outside the medical room, Julie, Hook's assistant and secretary, had just walked to the entrance when she saw that Hook had come out of the laboratory and his face was not good-looking.

"Headmaster Hook, we..."

"You go back to the office first, dispose of those secret devices and leave on your own. Hook looked up at the night sky, then lit a cigar.

"Got it. With a keen sense of smell, Julie had already sensed that the results of the experiment did not seem to be satisfactory.

Instead of disturbing her boss's alone time, Julie no longer plans to talk to Hook about work, so she leaves.

Breaking aside his assistant, Hook walked aimlessly around the campus, recalling his days in the Green Valley Legion, and an indescribable special emotion came over him, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the door of Valhalla, where a solemn stone monument stood like a loyal guard.

"Come out, I already knew you followed me all the way from the medical lab to here," Hook's shadow was stretched long, "I told you to stay by Bonnie's side, why do you have to come along!"

After Hook's stern reprimand, a person slowly walked out at the end of the shadow behind him, all the exposed parts of his body were covered with gauze, and even his head was covered tightly with white gauze, revealing only a pair of empty eyes, which could roughly be seen to be a young man less than twenty years old.

And this person is the black figure who has been hiding in the shadows behind Hook when the meeting was held that day.