Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 407 Physicians do not heal themselves (5)

"What would you like, both of you?"

"Southern meringue steak with fries, pulled pork burger, an onion soup. And a raspberry cake and mini burgers to take away after dinner."

The waiter's fingertips pressed back and forth on the small tablet, and the material looked like cherry wood: "I have a good appetite. How about you?"

"Garden salad and nachos. Is wine available?"

"We have every liquor in the United States here--not the best, of course."

"I want a drink."

The waiter quickly wrote down the account, smiled at the two and walked away.The restaurant bar "Smoke Cowboy" is lively, the yellow lights are flickering due to the rotating fan blades, the cut-off light is reflected on the front of the pool table and the poker game, and the smoking area on the other side is shrouded in smoke.

Maho looked at foreign restaurants: "I rarely come to this kind of place."

"Usually you can go to a bar, a coffee shop or a high-end western restaurant. It's not bad to try a different style once in a while."

The doctor squinted at the strong men in front of the pool table: "Those people will raise their glasses and make a scene when they are drunk."

"There aren't that many troublesome alcoholics in real life."

"It's just that you rarely see it."

The doctor's wine was quickly served, and she quietly sipped her aperitif.Gongsun Ce watched her face through the clear pale golden wine in the goblet.

The doctor's cold demeanor always made him a little afraid in the past, so when he was a child, he never dared to stare at the other person, only dared to glance at him quietly when speaking.In the past, Gongsun Ce always paid attention to her light makeup and clothes, and felt that sister Zhenfan's every move was mature like a big shot in society.Only now did Gongsun Ce realize that the contours of her facial features are actually very soft. She noticed that her eyes after the ice had melted were a little tired and excited about the new environment. A lovely girl who is not deep.

"What's wrong?" Maho noticed his gaze.

"Looking at you." Gongsun Ce smiled, "I think you are cute and beautiful."

"I'll be happier if I remove the cuteness." Maho sighed, "Since when did the childish little boy become a glib man?"

"Praise you and get scolded, my little brother is so hard to do."

The two laughed in unison.Not long after, their dinner was on the table. The salad that Zhen Fan ordered looked ordinary, but the steak that Gongsun Ce ordered looked very distinctive.It was two large pieces of fried golden and crispy beef, with a layer of creamy sauce on top, and a layer of thick French fries on the bottom.

"It's very unhealthy." Maho commented, "All you want are high-calorie fried foods..."

"Come and let me give you half!"

Before Zhen Fan could finish his comments, Gongsun Ce put a piece of beef on her plate.She didn't want to refuse her brother's kindness, so she picked up a knife and fork, and reluctantly cut a piece for herself, and found that the steak tasted surprisingly delicious.The batter is not thick, but crispy and thin like the crispy skin of fried chicken in a chain store. The beef itself is juicy and not heavily seasoned. The taste is mainly provided by the sauce on top. She tasted buttermilk, pepper, butter and garlic. .

The steak was so rewarding for a day's work that she decided to give herself another slice.

When she was about to stop the knife and fork, the beef had been eaten.

Zhenfan's face was a little red, and Gongsun Ce asked with a smile: "Sister Zhenfan, how long has it been since you ate fried food?"

"Not long." She subconsciously replied, "The last time was..."

When was the last time?Maho couldn't remember all of a sudden, when she and Caldesia got together, she often saw that girl holding fried chicken, milkshake, barbecue and other things to eat and drink, but she often refused the recommendation of her school girl.Now when talking about food, the first thing she thinks of is always the taste of black coffee left in her mouth, as well as those delicate and small portions of shrimp, scallops and thin slices of beef.

"...a long time ago." Maho was a little downcast.

"Listen to me, it's okay to indulge once in a while when it comes to food. High-calorie foods provide simple, pure joy."

"When you are happy, you will become like Mo Yuankai in the end."

"That's because he was extremely happy and sad. You can see how well Chi Zijing has maintained it." Gongsun Ce shrugged, "Everyone is still young, don't live like an uncle and aunt early, it will be a pity after 30 years. "

Zhenfan thought that what he said made sense, Gongsun Ce's youth was so full that he was particularly convincing when he talked about such topics.They shared the hamburger, cornflakes, onion soup, and glass of wine together, and Maho forced some green vegetables into someone's mouth to urge him to have a balanced diet.

"Please, I'm not a child." Gongsun Ce protested.

"Be obedient and eat the vegetables." Zhen Fan's expression turned pale, and the gray-haired young man had no choice but to chew on those fresh vegetable leaves.After the pleasant dinner, he raised his hand to indicate that he was ready to pay the bill, and Maho who was across the table stood up and wiped the corner of his mouth with a tissue.

In this posture, the curves wrapped in black clothes are clearly visible. For a moment, Gongsun Ce didn't know where to put his eyes. He realized that it was not suitable to look at, so he turned his eyes to the woman's collarbone.

He stared and felt even more inappropriate.

"My mouth is full." Maho sat back on his seat, showed the sauce on the paper towel, and blamed, "It's frizzy."

"Uh...thank you..."

Gongsun Ceng wiped his nose nonchalantly, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the waiter who came to checkout trying to hold back his smile.

They left the noisy dining bar, and the Bainiao City at night was much quieter than in the daytime, as if they had come to a real forest.Maho naturally took his arm and walked side by side with him.

"Let me tell you, Miss Zhenfan." Gongsun Ce held back for a long time, and couldn't help but said, "That means I know I shouldn't be sentimental, but has your attitude towards me changed a bit..."

Maho raised his head and said, "Too kind to you?"

"It's so good that I'm not used to it."

"Actually, I've wanted to do this for a long time." Maho said, "When I watched you eat before, I thought you were frizzy and wanted to wipe your mouth for you. When I was treating you, I wanted to tell you not to go out to be a hero and be safe. Life, when I prescribe medicine for you, I want to supervise you to finish taking it every day... But I restrain myself every time, thinking not to make too many details to protect my image. Except that time when you tried to hypnotize me, I rarely plan to cooperate with you For a moment, it's a pity that Caldesia disturbed it."

Gongsun Ce was taken aback, "Why are I so stupid?!"

"The day before was the Mid-Autumn Festival. You and Mo Yuankai struggled all day and didn't have time to eat mooncakes." Zhenfan said flatly, "You just feel a little uncomfortable thinking about it, and you just want sister Zhenfan to accompany you."

That day he went to the doctor with a broken coin to play the so-called hypnotism, but was smashed by Caldesia who came to visit, so he was chased by the red lion and the doctor to kill half of the sky capital, the big brother who was watching Laughed out pig cry.This incident has become one of the laughing stock of deceitful rumors, but in fact, he has never believed in hypnosis. He just wanted to find an excuse to talk to his crush, hoping that the doctor would see through his hesitation and let him stay for a while. meeting.

Gongsun Ce thought that Zhenfan only took that incident as another bad prank, but now he was told what he had thought back then, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

"You know I was stupid then..."

"I know, I was stupid back then." Maho moved closer to him, "I always acted like that for the sake of security and face, but after Kong Xing left, I felt that it was very useless Meaningful things. Relatives and friends are not always by my side, they will grow, change and leave, and it will be too late for me to regret it.

30 years later, when I look back on my youth, I found that I used to have a very close school girl but I never played with her seriously once. I used to have a boy who cared a lot but I never expressed my kindness to him. How should I be? How much regret will you feel when you feel sorry for yourself?But by that time, everything can’t go back, I can’t take Caldesia, who is already a mother, to the amusement park, and I can’t wait until then to tell you that in fact, I cared about you very much back then, but I was embarrassed to explain… I What's the point of caring if we're not even sure we'll survive 30 years in this dangerous world? "

After Maho said so many words in one breath, her profile turned a little sad.Only then did Gongsun Ce realize how much Kong Xing's departure had stimulated her, enough to make an indifferent person change his rock-solid outlook on life.

"I don't want to become like Bai Oli, an old man who blindly reaches out to the 'once. In the end, my memories are not only the bloody and regretful past.

A few days ago, I went to see Caldesia and Yun Yinglang to go out together. We went to the movies, ate desserts and talked about unnutritious topics. It felt surprisingly good to pass the time like an ordinary student.I think I will still think of these meaningless activities many years later, just as I will remember that I used to walk in the shade with you, eat with you in a restaurant in a foreign country, and I grew up and shared time with that little boy , we all share common memories without regrets. "

The indifferent and awkward girl in his memory flashed in Gongsun Ce's mind. The doctor in those days would never say a single word of personal matter to him. They had known each other for many years, but most of the communication was limited to a few words after treatment.Such a person has become more talkative now, as if he wants to speak out all the words he had held back before.

Gongsun Ce patted her on the shoulder, and walked with her in the night under the lights, listening to the cicadas singing on the trees.

"Sister Zhenfan, you think a lot."

"Nappling like a single mother." Maho smiled wryly.

"Little Ayayin is older than you, you are not considered a single mother." Gongsun Ce scratched his head, "I wanted to enlighten you, but I hesitated... Speaking of which, you are so thorough, why hesitate about career issues, I just don’t want to resign.”

"I know, but..." Maho got stuck in the middle of speaking.

but what?She has already thought so clearly, why can't she make a decision?It seems that there is still a stumbling block in her heart stubbornly blocking her decision, and she repeats to her over and over again that she should think carefully, Maho Akaguchi, but she doesn't say the reason for reconsidering, but just stands there in a panic.

"...Let me think about it again."

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In the end, Maho didn't come to a conclusion, and she was extremely indecisive at this time.After Gongsun Ce contacted the girls and learned that they were doing big data surveys, Elandia suggested that he spend his evening time thinking about his practice.

So the two strolled casually for a while, and sat down on a bench beside the open square.The huge screen in the middle of the square is broadcasting a live broadcast of the evening program. The two sides confronting each other on the debate program are Gaius Otimes and Jago Drusus who just appeared in the Magnetic State a few days ago. .

The two big figures went into battle in person, discussing "the cultural realization of the ancient spirit in the contemporary era" in front of 20 billion people. They exchanged words with each other, just like two superstars with great acting skills.Jago changed his usual approachable style when he spoke, and often threw out sharp questions and harsh words. Gaius stood still before each sentence of questioning, and resolved the offensives of the red-clothed governor one by one. The original sentences and allusions are used as shells for his counterattack.

Gaius said solemnly: "We must notice that some familiar stories in the holy scriptures—the judgment of the cross, the right fist of revenge, the pilgrimage with a revolver and a hatchet—carry a strong cultural imprint of the age of the saints. From today's point of view, the lines of the holy scriptures are full of violent colors, which are rude and even barbaric. This is the iteration of ideas brought about by progress, and it is also the inevitability of the development of civilization.

The ancestors taught their children to be brave in revenge and revenge, because children thousands of years ago lived in a cruel and wild world, and they needed arrogance and bravery to protect their lives.And now we live in a forest of steel, and our republic is the face of modern civilization.I sincerely ask all fathers and mothers to think for a moment. Should we in the 21st century teach our children to punch and kick their peers?Or, can we teach children to solve problems in a more civilized way? "

Although the hedgehog-headed Jago tried his best to defend the legitimacy of the holy scriptures and the church in the following time, he still lost in this rebuttal.Gaius Otimemis' speech was applauded both on and off screen, and people in the plaza debated his views.Gongsun Ce saw the persuaded trust from people's faces, and he realized that this person's reputation among the people might not be low.

"Gaius Otimemis is as hypocritical as his son." Maho commented, "If he was really a civilized person, he would not have taught Aurus to be like that."

"Politicians are double-faced people." Gongsun Ce focused on flipping through the blueprints on his phone, "I met Mr. Jie Ge a few days ago, and his level is also not low. He wants to use his power to overwhelm others. Gaius puts on the label of 'rebel', but..."

"Self-defeating?"

"Perhaps he underestimated his opponent." Gongsun Ce was thoughtful.

Zhenfan brought his face closer and looked at the exaggerated weapons in the phone with him: giant hand cannons, pile drivers, transformable hand axes, rocket gloves... Mo Yuankai sent a large number of concept maps of weapons early this morning Come here, Gongsun Ce knows that Ailandia has given him a request without asking.

Maho asked in confusion, "What use are these things to you?"

"It's very useful..." Gongsun Ce briefly explained to her the concept of memetic mind, "I'm hurrying up to collect materials."

"You have succeeded once, why don't you continue to do it?" Maho asked, "Use the same idea to do similar moves."

"It's not that simple. It's like writing an article and making up a song. You always need inspiration." Gongsun Ce drew a circle next to his temple, "If you don't have inspiration, if you want to write a good article, you will die at the desk day after day Kung fu, I hope that sweat and time can pile up a masterpiece. I have just come out of the extreme period after the end of the trance, but I don’t have so much time to practice slowly.”

Maho joked: "If you use lust as a research and development material, your inspiration should be endless."

"Don't be like this, I'm out of the stage of being a good kid."

Maho's fingertips brushed his neck: "Who was staring at my collarbone just now?"

"If you look at it openly, you won't be called a pervert, that's a vagabond!" Gongsun Ce said righteously, "Well, to be honest, I don't think I have any ideas. I want to make a weapon that is once and for all, such as a hand cannon or something like that. , but you know I don't usually fight with weapons."

"You like to use small props, but you still rely on yourself to decide the outcome."

"That's right..." Gongsun Ce had a frowning face, "That's why I find it awkward to draft."

Maho was thinking about this sentence, and suddenly thought of a good idea, she reached out to her brother.

"Give me your hand and don't move."

Gongsun Ce obediently put his right hand over.The ability to control the physical body is activated with contact, and the fine transformation is completed in just an instant.His right arm was completely deformed after being turned inside out from below the forearm. The bony structure moved to the outside to form a hard white bone armor, while the flesh and blood retracted to the inside, creating an ominous power source emitting a strange blue light.His right hand was transformed into a long cannon barrel.

Gongsun Ce waved his new arm, his eyes changed from bewilderment to surprise.

"Prosthetic body transformation? It feels really good. In this way, I can really command like an arm, but unfortunately I can't control my own..."

"You can." Maho pointed out, "Your psychic powers can realize an energy body, and you can even turn yourself into a sharp sword and a giant dragon."

"!"

Gongsun Ce stood up from the bench excitedly, and when he realized this, he was suddenly enlightened.Normally, he can't control the body, but he can activate the reincarnation!If he can further master his psychic powers, if he can learn to use part of the elemental technique like Caldesia...

"Sister Zhenfan, you are right!" Gongsun Ce waved his arms excitedly, "I can refer to the prosthetic body construction procedure! Let's go find the prosthetic body doctor, who is the most authoritative prosthetic body expert in the Wood Equipment State? "

"It's Baioli Daddarion." Maho said apologetically.

Gongsun Ce's enthusiasm was suddenly quenched by a basin of cold water.He sat back on the bench, pondered for a while, and called a ranger with the idea of ​​using a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"What's the matter, handsome?" Sevis's voice was vague, she seemed to be eating, "Are you lost in this wretched place?"

"That's not true." Gongsun Ce said listlessly, "I want to ask you something, do you know of any well-known local prosthetic experts?"

"Isn't the most powerful prosthetic expert in the State of Wooden Machines Booli from the Dadalyon family?" Sevis said, "You can go to other rangers or researchers and they will definitely give you this answer."

Gongsun Ce heard the implication: "Do you have other opinions?"

Sevis smiled quite complacently, and one could imagine her complacent smile on the other end of the phone.

"Hey, I'm a devout believer. Naturally, the church has trustworthy people. I know a priest named Gerry Velus. He is very skilled. He helps."

(End of this chapter)