Chapter 98 Chapter 98: Someone Reported You for Abducting Minors! Nobody Move!
Chapter 98: Someone Reported You for Abducting Minors! Nobody Move!
"Medicine King's Compassion, the Arbor Sprouts. The Gardener's Heart, Ascends to Bliss Together..."
Holding that small booklet in her hands, Pardo stared at it for several minutes without writing a single stroke, finally unable to hold back a soft cry: "What... what is all this stuff?!"
Meanwhile, the gray-haired girl sitting across from her was writing with swift, flowing strokes, rapidly copying the entire scripture onto the paper in front of her. In just a few minutes, she had already copied it several times over, leaving Pardo utterly dumbfounded.
Her... her determination to join the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus was actually this strong?
A moment later, the other girl seemed to notice Pardo's gaze as well. She looked up and, seeing Pardo's blank paper, asked in confusion, "Why haven't you moved at all?"
"I... I..."
Hearing this, Pardo shook the paper and pen in her hands, wailing, "There are so many characters on here that I don't know how to write!"
She only remembered being an orphan since childhood. Even after joining the company, she was almost always busy running around for work every day. Having a computer and phone was enough—why would she ever learn that kind of thing?
QAQ!
"..."
After hearing Pardo's explanation, the gray-haired girl fell silent for a long moment before finally twitching the corner of her mouth and saying, "You don't seem very interested in seeking immortality either... My name is Stelle. What's yours?"
"My name is Pardo... You're not here undercover too, are you?"
For some reason, this thought suddenly popped into Pardo's mind, and she straightforwardly asked it.
Surprisingly, Stelle across from her nodded very seriously and replied, "You're right. Actually, the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus don't meet my needs at all. What I really want to pursue is powerful strength!"
What's the use of just living long? If she had the kind of power to crush everything, wouldn't she just beat all these guys to death with one swing!
"Uh..."
Although Stelle's words also made Pardo feel a sense of danger and abnormality, to escape the torment of copying this essay five hundred times, she mustered her courage and continued asking, "Then do we really have to keep copying these scriptures here?"
"What else? Do you have a better idea?"
Faced with Stelle's question, Pardo leaned in closer and whispered, "How about we think of a way to distract them and then sneak in directly..."
Before Pardo could finish speaking, a sudden, intense shout came from outside the courtyard—
"Hurry! Surround this courtyard! Don't let anyone escape!"
"Listen up, people inside! You are now surrounded by the Cloud Knights! Someone reported you for illegally abducting underage girls! I advise you to come out quietly and surrender your weapons! Confess and leniency may be shown—thirty years and there's still hope! Resist and face severe punishment—the death penalty will be carried out immediately!"
"..."
Instantly, the entire courtyard boiled over like hot water. Many Disciples of Sanctus Medicus quickly began rushing around, trying to figure out what was happening—who had tipped off the authorities or what incident had caused the Cloud Knights to target them.
Only the clever Stelle kept her eyes fixed on Pardo. Within seconds, Pardo blushed and cried out, "Wh-what are you looking at me for? I'm definitely an adult!"
It's not like she can help it if her height just won't grow!!!
"What's going on! Why has everything suddenly gone chaotic!"
Finally, a sufficiently authoritative voice rang out in the courtyard, calming the panicked disciples. Clearly, this was a major figure within the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
The previous Green Hibiscus immediately approached him and softly replied, "Lord Purple Rose, many Cloud Knights have suddenly surrounded us outside. They say... someone reported that we are suspected of deceiving minors...?"
"Nonsense! Over something like this?!"
This hideout had been hidden for at least a hundred years—and it gets exposed over something like this?!
"It's a false accusation, my lord! When recruiting 'Gardeners,' I've always focused only on those with considerable ability. At most, those two today looked..."
Before Green Hibiscus could finish his defense, Purple Rose grabbed him by the collar and roared, "What's the use of saying all that now? As soon as those Cloud Knights come in and investigate casually, they'll discover something's off. There are still so many important items and intelligence here!"
At this point, Purple Rose suddenly gritted his teeth fiercely and shouted with great determination to all the disciples around him: "Destroy everything! Even if we're completely exposed today, we absolutely cannot let the Cloud Knights see those things!"
"And all of you! Follow me! It just so happens that the situation in Exalting Sanctum is bad right now... We'll fight our way out!"
After all, survival is everyone's instinct. Perhaps if they pretended to be completely harmless, maybe for a while the Xianzhou wouldn't notice the influence of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus... but the cost would be that none of them would survive in the end.
In that case, they might as well fight their way out directly. Stirring up trouble is also a good choice and could buy some time for the leader's plan.
Suddenly, branches similar to those Kevin had found on the injured began rapidly growing and spreading across his body. Moments later, they completely enveloped his form, transforming into armor and weapons, instantly turning him into a heavily armored warrior.
Only... those inevitably overgrown branches made him look more like a pure monster.
At the same time, the Cloud Knights outside had just forced their way past the gatekeeper who was desperately trying to stall them. The moment they stepped through the gate, this massive monster grabbed one of them and violently hurled him toward his comrades behind.
Boom—!
"What... what kind of monster is this?!"
"Everyone form up for battle! Quick, someone over there go request reinforcements!"
"..."
In just a few short minutes, the situation on the field had descended into complete chaos. Only Pardo and Stelle remained crouched in a corner, watching the increasingly uncontrollable situation in stunned silence.
"You... what did you say earlier?"
"I think I said... think of a way to distract them?"
Actually, there was no need for the effect to be this good...
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