"Li-san, thank you! I absolutely love this belated gift!" Poppy happily hugged Li Yu, but immediately realized her face was beet red and ran off to play.
"Seriously, you scared me." The straight-laced Li Yu adjusted his clothes with a hint of dissatisfaction. Luckily, Poppy, who was engrossed in her game, didn't hear him, or she'd probably have been furious.
"How can you two be so idle...?" Hojo Emu pushed open the CR door, wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead. His tone was full of resentment. He had been busy in pediatrics for quite a while before finding time to come down, only to see Li Yu sitting with his legs crossed, drinking tea, and Poppy playing games. His negative energy was practically overflowing.
"Relax, young people are like that. You just need to work yourselves to death, while old people like me have a lot more to consider." Li Yu slowly put down his teacup. "Besides, there's nothing else I can do in the hospital. I'm only an expert in game disease. Poppy is the same; her skills aren't enough for a nurse's job, so we can only guard the CR."
"Huh? Did you just mention me?" Poppy, who had just finished a game, looked up blankly when she heard her name.
"Yes, we were praising you."
"Oh, hehe~ How embarrassing..." Poppy gave an embarrassed smile. Hojo Emu next to her watched with a black line on his face.
"By the way, was that guy from yesterday really that popular?"
"That guy?" Li Yu's eyebrow twitched. "Are you talking about Dr. Kagami Hiiro? After all, he's a genius surgeon who returned from abroad; he's quite famous in the industry."
Emu opened his mouth. Before he could say anything, he was interrupted by an urgent ringing.
"What's wrong?" Hojo Emu asked, puzzled.
"There's a game disease infected person! Let's go!"
"How do you know?"
"Ministry of Health's special privilege, you know~"
"Power is really a good thing..."
A few minutes later, Hojo Emu fell into thought, looking at the only motorcycle in the CR.
"You ride this by yourself," Li Yu shrugged. "Poppy and I will just go on our own."
"Eh, but..." Just as Hojo Emu was about to suggest they squeeze together to get there faster, he saw Li Yu pull out a brand new Gashat with a flick of his wrist.
【Trial Xtreme 2 HD】
【Trial Xtreme】
A cool black and white motorcycle appeared out of thin air. Hojo Emu's mouth twitched. Good heavens, I was really being presumptuous. So you didn't want it because you had something better.
"Don't just stand there, let's go." While Hojo Emu was still in a daze, Li Yu and Poppy had already put on their helmets and got on the motorcycle.
A few minutes later,
"Hurry up, Emu! Can you do it, you little dog?"
"How about you two go first? I really can't keep up," Hojo Emu said with a helpless wry smile, looking at the handlebar he was twisting so hard it was almost sparking.
"OK. Then you hurry," Li Yu didn't waste words, twisted the throttle, and instantly disappeared from Hojo Emu's sight.
...I was just being polite, and you actually left? I don't eat beef!
Not long after, Li Yu and Poppy arrived at the scene. From a distance, they saw a person lying on the ground and someone supporting him.
"It's decided. Poppy, go!"
"Eh? Why...?"
"I'm more introverted, you know. Go, go."
"Seriously..."
A few minutes later, Hojo Emu also arrived and came to Poppy's side, asking, "Where's Mr. Li Yu?"
"I'm right here~"
"You scared me!" Hojo Emu's body flinched. Before the three of them could make any move, another car arrived, and then Kagami Hiiro and two nurses got out.
"Move aside," Kagami Hiiro pushed the three of them away. "I'm going to start the operation."
"Gamer Driver." Under Hojo Emu's surprised gaze, a nurse put a Gamer Driver on Kagami Hiiro. Poppy also led the patient's family away.
"Rider Gashat." Another nurse handed a Gashat to Kagami Hiiro.
【Taddle Quest】
"This game field is..."
"This is 'Taddle Quest,' a fantasy role-playing game of swords and magic."
At this moment, the man lying on the ground, after a spasm, changed from his previous pain. The Bugster Virus began to spread throughout his body. He looked ferocious, stood up, and merged with it, becoming a Bugster Union. "Do you think you can stand against my magic?"
"Hen shin."
【Gashat】
【Let's Game! Mutcha Game!】
【What's your name?】
【I'm a Rider】
Several game character icons surrounded Kagami Hiiro. He extended his hand and struck an icon on his left. The icon passed through Kagami Hiiro, leaving a white and blue three-headed stubby figure in its place, holding a weapon—Brave Lv.1 Taddle Quest, here I come!
"Commencing Bugster separation surgery. Surgery level LV.1." Brave drew the sword in his hand and rushed towards the Bugster. "Separate the patient from the Bugster."
"Yosh, Mr. Li Yu, let's go too." Hojo Emu also took out his Gamer Driver and Gashat at the sight.
"You guys are impossible." Li Yu sighed, then also took out his Gamer Driver and Gashat.
【Find Different】
【Mighty Action X】
"Hen shin."
"Hen... shin."
【Gashat】 x2
【Let's Game! Mutcha Game!】 x2
【What's your name?】 x2
【I'm a Rider】 x2
The power of three game fields overlapped. The corner of his mouth beneath the Rainbow faceplate curved upwards.
"Great transformation!" Ex-Aid pulled the grip on the Gamer Driver at his waist.
【Gachan Level Up!】
【Mighty Jump! Mighty Kick! Mighty Mighty Action X!】
"Watch me clear this game with one life!"
"Hey, that won't work." Rainbow walked in front of Ex-Aid, who had already transformed into Lv.2, and pulled the grip back. With a series of grotesque special effects, Ex-Aid reverted to the appearance of a Level 1 stubby figure.
"Why? Wouldn't a higher level make it easier to clear the game?"
"Only the Lv.1 form can separate the patient from the Bugster," Poppy, not forgetting her role as a Rider guide, explained from the side.
"What kind of last-minute setting is this, hey!"
"He doesn't even know the basic common sense of surgery. He's indeed an Intern Doctor," Brave said coldly, while swinging his sword at the Bugster.
"You're the one, aren't you? You don't even eat game items. Do you even know how to play games? And Mr. Li Yu too, I wanted to say this before!" Ex-Aid headbutted the Bugster to the ground, then consumed an item.
"I mean, with my abstract mechanics, it's unlikely there would still be items in my game, right? Otherwise, the combat power would far exceed Lv.2." Rainbow helplessly spread his hands. He, who had been slacking off the whole time, was also hit by the area-of-effect attack. Seriously... this kid gets too excited when talking about games!
"This is surgery, not a game!" While Ex-Aid was awkwardly stunned by his misjudgment and Rainbow was slacking off, Brave found a weakness in the Bugster. With a powerful slash, he delivered his moment of glory: "There's nothing I can't cut!"
Following Brave's declaration, the Bugster also fell to the ground. The patient and the virus separated, and a red figure holding a staff condensed from the scattered Bugster Virus. "Damn it, I am Alhambra! Prepare to die!"
"Preparing to clear the Bugster. Surgery level Lv.2."
Just as Brave was about to upgrade to deal with Alhambra, a new game field suddenly merged in.
"Who's there!" Along with the merging of two game fields, one black and one red, footsteps also came from not far away.
With a familiar sound effect, a purple-black stubby figure upgraded to its Lv.2 form.
"A recolored Ex-Aid?"
"Who is that person behind him? He looks very difficult to deal with."