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Her stomach grumbled: Mirii massages it with her right hand, lowering her head a bit, as her eyebrows rose. She sighed loudly.
"This was your first Agent mission, am I correct?" A male voice said.
"… yes…" The girl raises her head.
In front of her, a male Blue Inkling adult, wearing a white coat: on his nose there are small, round glasses. He turns around, smiling: his shadow was covering the girl, as she was sit on a horizontal bed with white sheet.
On his right hand, a small syringe containing an Orange liquid with bubbles raising from the bottom.
"Were you trembling like a leaf? Did you had an overwhelming stress?" He walks near the girl.
"No." She stretches her left arm forward.
"Are you sure?" He holds her left arm down with his left hand.
"I'm sure." She turns her head to the right.
Her eyes were pointing at a glass door bookcase, with the edges composed in brown wood: behind the glass, files coming in red, green, blue and yellow color. The tags on their sides, were reporting a range of 200 numbers, with the name "Checkups" and a different year number next to it.
"Done."
The girl turns her head, pointing it on her left arm: there's a very small hole in the middle.
"Thank you, doctor." She smiles, raising her head.
"Actually, we are not done yet… Mirii, I believe?" He walks towards a large white table.
"Yes." Her hands rest on the bed.
"I took a look at those health tests we did before…" He puts the syringe on the table, then he picks up a small pile of papers resting on his right.
The girl's heart beats a little faster, as her eyebrows rose a bit.
"… your physical requirements are quite insufficient, compared to the norms imposed by the chiefs." He hits the front paper with his left hand, while holding them with his right hand.
"I-Insufficient…?" Her eyebrows lifts even more.
"For your age, you should be taller. Female must be at least 5'6'' or over in order to receive admittance."
"I got admittance!" She jumps out of the bed, as her eyes expand. "No one ever told me about height requirements!"
The doctor smiles.
"My message isn't for giving a valid reason to throw you out."
The girl sighed loudly.
"However, being shorter than 5'6'' is a real problem for your health… considering the shape you have." He looks at her stomach.
"Th-there are problems…?" She bites her lips.
"Blows are going to deal severe damage, considering how underweight and short you are." He downturns his mouth. "You have to follow very specific medical orders from now on, if you still want to be an Agent."
The girl inhales loudly with her nose, then she nods.
"What are the orders?" She caresses her right tentacle.
"Tomorrow morning, you'll visit the nutritionist: she'll compile your diet after testing your health. She's going to receive those papers as well." He slowly swings the papers.
"Ok." She nods again.
"Then, as for your nervous system…"
"My nervous system?!" She left her mouth open, lowering her eyebrows a little. "I-I thought that syringe was enough!"
He shakes his head.
"Unfortunately. After the visit with the nutritionist, you are also obligate to visit the Inkling Hot Baths." He slightly lifts his glasses.
One of her eyebrows rose.
"Inkling Hot Baths…?" She covers her mouth with the side of her right hand.
The doctor looks left and right.
"… you never heard of it, I assume." He stretches forward.
"No… however, I remember the names of many spas." She looks up-left, as she kept caressing her right tentacle.
"Those Hot Baths are actually exclusive for Agents only, with rare exceptions." His back moves backwards, standing in a normal posture.
"Rare exceptions… Agents only…" She taps her left cheek with her left forefinger. "Why those Hot Baths are a secret?"
"Well…" He looks around. "… that's because of the rumors." He whispers.
"Rumors?" She left her mouth open.
"Mr. Tarfo claims that whoever takes a bath there, diseases and general health problems suddenly disappear!" He opens his arms.
Her irises shrunk, her jaws drop.
"Since you have this very rare nervous system problem, the baths could"
"Wait just a moment, doctor!" She points her forefinger at him. "Those baths can actually cure diseases?!"
"Ah!" He shrunk his irises, as his arms bended and his palms opened. "Wh-why that question?!"
"Answer, doctor." She retreats her finger. "Sincerely."
"Ehm… those are rumors, but Mr. Tarfo seems to believe in those." He rubs his chin.
"You… you visited a boy named Hun, correct?" She slightly raises her head.
He opens his mouth, smiling.
"… you are a friend of him, aren't you?" He smiles.
"Correct." She steps forward, lowering her eyebrows. "Why Hunley didn't receive permission to visit the Hot Baths?!"
"Good question!" He looks up, rubbing his chin. "To tell you the truth, I wanted to send him there ever since I found his disease."
"WHAT?!" She expands her eyes. "AND WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE SUCH POSSIBILITY?!"
"Uhm…" He lowers his head. "I contacted Mr. Tarfo, after his recent checkup… and he said that the boy is not allowed to visit the baths."
Her throat suddenly closes for a moment.
"I think his motivation had something to do with… … uhm! On second thought, I have a question to ask." He smiles.
"Which one…?" Her head was spinning a little.
"Mr. Tarfo's favorite food?"
"… eh?" She raises her right eyebrow.
He shakes his head.
"I knew it. You are not working in THAT department at all." He folds his arms.
"Department…? Wh-what department?!" She frowns a little.
"No, no." He closes his eyes. "I'm not allowed to tell you which department I'm talking about. Once you work there, I can reveal Mr. Tarfo's motivation."
Smoke was coming out of her ears: her face was getting red, as veins were popping out of her forehead.
"WH-WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE ARE THOSE REQUIREMENTS?!"
She jumps on the doctor, as she picks his coat: her feet were resting on his stomach.
"WHAT'S THIS DEPARTMENT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! AND WHY HUNLEY IS NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT THE BATHS?! I REQUIRE IMMEDIATE AND CONCISE ANSWERS!" She shakes the doctor back and forth, as her eyes were red.
"Aaaaah!" His eyes were spinning. "Me and my big mouth! Why I always tell those confidential information out loud?!"
The girl jumps out of the doctor, pointing his nose with her right forefinger, while still frowning.
"YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER MY SPOKEN MENACES, DOCTOR!" She breathes loudly, multiple times. "Not a single word from those information you told me! Or else…"
"Or else what?" He pats his coat.
"… I'll tell anyone who was the responsible for such secret reveals." She grits her teeth.
He jumps, trembling.
"Oh no! Th-that… that's too low!" He bends his arms on his body, as he raises his eyebrows.
"I don't care!" She frowns a little more. "You refused to cooperate. You would be able to stand in my way, just because you'd get rank points from such report!"
"No! That's false! I'd never do that!" He frowns too.
"Hmpf…" She slowly shakes her head, folding her arms. "Your words are not enough to prove any innocent intentions. Now, if you excuse me…"
She walks over the door, reaching it in a second. Her right arm was stretched towards the handle, she still felt a spinning sensation.
"No, wait!" He stretches his left arm. "Please, hear me out for a moment…!"
The girl stops for a moment.
"Goodnight, doctor." She pushes down the handle, pulling the door.
SLAM!
"Whoa!" Bars jumps, turning behind. "Like… girl!"
"Huh?" Grina smiles. "Did the doctor prescribed Total Rage?"
The girl laughs a bit, as she turns to her right and closing her eyes. She returns ahead, opening her eyes: a vein popped on Mirii's forehead, as she clenches her fists. Grina shrunk a little, as sweat appears on her forehead.
"Ehm… wh-why so serious…?"
"… let's go visit Hunley." She turns to her right.
"Girl, Tonna said that Hunter is not allowed to"
Mirii stands in tiptoes, as her head rose towards Bars': multiple veins pop out of her head, as she was frowning even more.
"LET'S. GO. VISIT. HUNLEY." Her fists were trembling.
The girl walks to her right, over a hallway. Grina and Bars look at each other: the girl slowly shakes her head, sighing loudly.