"Ah."
Lin Ye groaned as he let his back slowly melt into the sofa that he was sitting on. With his official Doctor clothing turned into ashes, he decided he should wear more normal clothing after this. He was a bit glad that he let Mostima borrow his jacket. If not, it might share the same fate as his other clothing in the bathroom.
May they rest in peace.
Who knows, maybe the devil would find them in hell and use it for themselves. Based on how modern people imagine the devil being, Lin Ye likes to think they would like the colour black.
Pushing aside that random thought to the side, for now, he thought about what he had to deal with for the past few days in the so-called paradise city.
From his experience here, Lin Ye should be allowed to think their title was not on brand for him.
After the attack from their lovely Sarkaz visitor, almost all of Laterano's police force surrounded the building. That was not surprising because the once tall and amazing hotel building now had a large hole in its side. The police filled the hall.
Seeing that Lin Ye was one of the main witnesses of this incident he was brought to the police department for questioning.
You may ask, Lin Ye, why are you the only one that is being questioned?
Whom Lily and Nian were, they needed to get away from the place as soon as possible in the hope of not causing a rift between Yan and Laterano.
It did not mean that they liked that, Nian almost finished W's job and would bring the whole building down if not for Lin Ye calming her down.
That left the operators of Rhodes Island to deal with all of this mess.
And seeing that Lin Ye was their boss, he had to deal with most of that.
That was the second time he was being interrogated by the national police in this world.
And based on his luck, Lin Ye knew this was just the tip of the iceberg. He cursed himself for having the shittest luck known to man.
After dealing with the police for two days, telling them all that he knew that had happened that day, Lin Ye was finally able to rest. Seeing that the hotel was undergoing repair, he was given a fully paid stay at a hotel just across the street from the Revelation Hotel. It was their way to apologize for the trouble.
He appreciated that from them.
Lily was also given a stay so all was well.
Although, he sadly needed to throw away the idea of being able to have a relaxing bath after all of that.
He asked the royal guards and his operator if they found any track of W. Sadly, they found none.
Truly, that woman was harder to find than a cockroach on a track.
The only way that she was able to escape was to literally jump from the hole that was on the fifteenth floor.
She was also almost as hard to kill.
To say the groups were disappointed in themselves was like saying the sky was blue. Just by looking at them, they blame themselves for not being able to protect him.
Especially Blaze. She was entrusted as an Elite Operator to protect the current Doctor. She almost failed horribly.
The group thought the Doctor would be upset with all of this. Who wouldn't when they were attacked when they were trying to take a simple bath out of all things?
So it came to their surprise that Lin Ye pushed all of this to the side, saying that he will talk with Kal'tsit when he gets back to the Landship as he pulls out his phone and tries to find Kieran's number.
The Doctor said that they needed to focus on their reason for coming to the city in the first place. The attempted murder could wait later.
"Gege!"
Lin Ye was pulled out from his thoughts of the past day with a shake. He looked to the side and saw Nian staring at him while sitting beside him on the sofa.
His face softened and smiled at her.
"What is it, Nian?"
This only made the dragon god glare at him more.
"You're doing that again."
"Do what again?" He repeated her words back at her in confusion.
Nina sighed. She gave him a glare as she folded her arms under her chest.
"You were spacing out! I tried to get your attention, but you did not even hear me. You've been staring at the ceiling for more than half an hour now!"
"… Really?" He raised his brow at her, "Sorry about that."
This made Nian's expression soften. It was a bit unfair that she had a soft spot for him. Even when he did not know about this, Lin Ye was practically abusing this weakness of hers.
Oblivious to what was going on in Nian's mind, Lin Ye looked around at the place where they were now.
It was just a simple room with only two big sofas facing each other. The simple wooden door was the only entrance into the room.
There was nothing special about the room.
It was just a meeting room.
You may ask, where were they?
They were now in one of the many meeting rooms of the main church of Laterano.
The group guessed that this must be another meeting between Rhodes Island and Laterano to discuss their cooperation in the near future. The royal guards were still surveying the area to make sure no harm would be done to the royal family again in the city.
While they were doing that, Rhodes Island's Operators were now patrolling the Church's parameters to make sure no one dangerous was around the place.
Lin Ye was able to make Lily stay in her room with two of her bodyguards. Unsurprisingly, she was not fond of that idea but after saying that he will go to Yan and meet her brother if she did this, Lily gave in and agreed to this.
She really wanted him to meet Ren.
However, like everything in his life, this whole meeting was not as it seemed to be.
The sound of the door opening made the two people look at it.
Lin Ye smiled at the figure.
"Hey there," Lin Ye greeted the figure, "So why this sudden meeting?"
"Miss Diana."
Rather than Kieran who he should meet, the red-haired woman stood in his place.
This was never a meeting about Rhodes Island and Laterano.
It was a meeting about Mostima.
Lin Ye just needed a good lie to use to not get the rest's attention and using Kieran was a very good lie.
That was why Nian was the only one with him now. She already knew this before she even came here.
The red bird glared at him. It seemed he was still not in her good people book, not like he really cared about that. He noticed there was a bag that she was carrying beside her, it was quite big too.
Lin Ye watched as Diana made her way to the sofa in front of him and sat. Her glare was not lost as she stared at Lin Ye. The more that Lin Ye looked at her, the more he realised that she had an uncanny resemblance to a mobile game character that he knew back in his old world.
Red from Angry Birds was his name if he remembered correctly.
Lin Ye hummed to himself and looked back at her.
Even her colour was the same.
Diana's head also being replaced with a round angry bird
"Pfftt."
Although he tried his best, Lin Ye was not able to fully hide his laugh when he made the connection.
He couldn't unsee it now.
The mental image was too much for him to handle.
"Gege?" Nian raised a brow at this sudden behaviour from him.
"What's so funny?" Diana's glare intensified on him.
This was just making it worse.
He cursed himself with this hilarious image.
Damn, his mind could be funny sometimes. Not all was doom and gloom up there it seemed.
Coughing into his fist to hide his laugh, Lin Ye waved at them.
"N-Nothing. Just remembered something funny just now. Don't mind me."
Both Nian and Diana stared at him like he was a madman.
After finally being able to compose himself and not laugh at the sight of Diana anymore, Lin Ye went straight to the point.
"So, am I right to assume that the bag contains the reason why you called us here?" Lin Ye asked as he pointed at the bag that was placed peacefully by Diana's side.
The woman in question spared a quick glance at the bag before looking back at Lin Ye.
"Before we start, I want to make sure of something." She glared at Lin Ye.
"… What is it?" His voice was barely a whisper. Not because he was afraid of her.
No. He was afraid a laugh would escape from his mouth.
Lin Ye needed to use all of his willpower to not laugh on the spot now.
Both t had no idea what torture Lin Ye was going through at this moment.
"You learned an Arts from Mostima, right?" It seemed that his acting skill was good as Diana continued on with her question, "Were you able to use it?"
This question was able to make Lin Ye forget his mental image and finally take this all seriously now.
"You mean Lock of Shattered Time?" He hummed, now curious about this topic. Lin Ye nodded, "I was but I need to make some improvement on it to make me able to use that skill fit for me."
Diana's eyes widened.
"… What do you mean?"
Lin Ye fished out Contender and loaded a bullet into it, "Rather than talking, let me just show you instead."
Without giving Diana a chance to say anything, Lin Ye shot into the floor.
At first, nothing happened, then Diana's and Nian's eyes widened when they felt something crashing onto their body. They tried moving but they noticed every movement they made was at the same pace as a turtle walking. Words couldn't be made with how slowly their mouth moved. Then they heard someone talking.
At a normal pace.
"I can use it like that."
Then the pressure on their body left in an instant.
Both women stared at Lin Ye in disbelief as he pocketed his gun away.
"Although a bit cruder compared to Mostima, it does its job good enough for me." Lin Ye hummed at Diana as he pulled out something else from his pocket and showed it to her, "How am I able to use this."
In front of her was a simple bullet. However, when she looked closer at it she saw something on it.
"Blood?"
"Yes, blood. My blood," Lin Ye nodded and put it away, "It seems that I can influence the time of anything that my blood touches. The range is quite good, not as big as Mostima's though. So when I fight, I just shoot the bullet and the rest is like just now."
He leaned back on the sofa and hummed.
"Any questions?"
{Rhodes island's Psychologist}
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