“Aaaaaah… it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts… can you be a little gentler?!”
After the robot brought Su Yu back, Lin Mo laid her on the makeshift bed he’d prepared.
But since he hadn’t built a specialized medical robot, he had to handle everything himself.
“Bear with it. Your medicine is wearing off too fast, and I can’t guarantee your body can handle a large dose of sedative in such a short time.”
“Besides, you’re nowhere near crying for your mom and dad yet. I think the pain you’re feeling now is perfectly tolerable.”
Su Yu lifted her head with some effort and shot him an exasperated glare.
“Is that something a doctor should say? And… your technique feels like you graduated from a veterinary school.”
Hearing the girl’s complaint, Lin Mo could only shake his head helplessly.
He let go of her slightly deformed foot, which was swollen from a hairline fracture.
“You should understand that this isn’t my specialty. My knowledge of medicine is limited to a bit of first aid, but it’s enough to treat your current injuries.”
Su Yu still refused to back down and questioned him accusingly.
“You could have just taken me to the hospital, you know! It’s not like I’d use your medical insurance!”
To that, Lin Mo calmly pushed up his glasses and explained matter-of-factly.
“I thought this was a good opportunity to practice. After all… learning is for applying. Theoretical knowledge only becomes yours when you can use it.”
Su Yu’s face flushed a little.
If she weren’t immobilized, she would have jumped up and elbowed him.
“So I’m just a lab rat to you?! And why do you have to use traditional medicine? You know at least a little healing magic, don’t you! Why aren’t you using it on me?”
She was completely convinced that Lin Mo was torturing her on purpose.
After all, healing magic wasn’t anything high-end—even she knew how to use it.
But since casting it on herself didn’t seem to work, she hadn’t tried it first.
But to say that Lin Mo, an S-Class Hero and genius scientist, knew so many advanced spells yet not even a basic healing spell—that was a stretch.
…
“It’s not that I won’t use it.”
On this issue, Lin Mo shook his head and gave his reasoning.
“There’s simply no need. Have you forgotten? You’re immune to magic—healing magic is no exception. Otherwise, why would I go through all the trouble of using traditional methods to set your bone?”
As he spoke, he roughly tightened the splint, causing another groan from the girl on the bed.
Su Yu finally realized.
“So it wasn’t just that healers can’t heal themselves? Damn… how did I forget about the magic immunity thing?”
She sighed, slumped dejectedly into the soft pillow, stared at the ceiling, and muttered to herself.
’I guess magic immunity has its downsides too.’
…
Those words reached Lin Mo’s ears, and his brow couldn’t help but furrow.
This was actually a huge hidden danger…
Magic-immune individuals couldn’t receive more efficient magical treatment, which meant if she was seriously injured, her chance of dying would increase dramatically.
“This is a major problem…”
Lin Mo couldn’t accept such an uncertain risk.
It had to be resolved as soon as possible.
He glanced at the girl lying on the bed, pondered for a long moment, then slowly stood up.
“Stay here and rest for the next few days. If you need anything, tell the household robot—it can handle most of your needs.”
Su Yu strained to lift her head, raising her line of sight just enough to make out Lin Mo’s silhouette.
“Mm-hmm… so how long until I can move around freely?”
Lin Mo rubbed his chin, estimating, and counted on his fingers.
“Probably by tomorrow evening you’ll be able to get out of bed and walk. Your injuries aren’t serious, and I gave you an accelerated healing drug, so you should recover quickly. But it’ll take about two weeks for a full recovery.”
Hearing that number, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
As the saying went, “a tendon injury takes a hundred days to heal”—two weeks was totally acceptable.
“Alright then… I’ll be a bother for a few days, okay?”
Lin Mo nodded, his expression unmoved.
“Take care of yourself. I’ll come check on you when I have time. If anything comes up, talk to Nightingale or the household robot. I’m off.”
“Mm…”
Su Yu didn’t try to stop him.
She simply watched him leave, then slumped back into the pillow as a wave of fatigue washed over her.
’Every single day… this is just too surreal.’
She had only wanted to look cool—how did she end up breaking her leg?
She couldn’t tell whether this was bad luck or fate playing tricks on her.
But one thing was clear in her mind…
She still hadn’t fully adapted to this world’s rhythm.
She needed more time.
’I just hope things get better from here… hopefully…’
As she thought, her head grew heavy, and soon she drifted off to sleep…
…
Meanwhile, after the battle ended, the Hero Association headquarters was in an uproar.
The monster disaster in the city had been resolved, but the aftermath left a mountain of problems.
The upper management of the Hero Association had been arguing fiercely over various issues.
“I’m telling you, the misjudgment of this monster’s disaster level was a major mistake! Are your ears deaf in the Monitoring Group?”
A member of the Monitoring Group shot back without hesitation, rising to his feet.
“What do you mean ‘mistake’? We’re not omniscient gods! It’s normal for there to be some fluctuation in monster level assessments—it’s stated right in the regulations!”
“You call that ‘normal fluctuation’? Do you have any idea how much difference there is between a Level 3 and a Level 4 monster? That’s something heroes below S-Class can’t handle!”
An executive from the Strategy Group slammed the battle report on the table in anger.
“Your erroneous intelligence led to six B-Class heroes and two A-Class heroes being seriously injured during the preliminary engagement. If it weren’t for the timely intervention of S-Class 13th, “Mei Shen,” to teleport them out, we would have suffered casualties!”
Though the tone was sharp, the words were true.
The executive from the Monitoring Group, knowing they were in the wrong, rarely refrained from arguing back, instead falling into contemplative silence.
“Enough. Stop arguing.”
The senior leader seated at the center was an old man with white hair.
Despite his advanced age, the sharpness in his eyes had not completely faded.
“The monster attack has been dealt with. Arguing over this now is meaningless. If there was a work error, the Inspection Department will investigate.”
“Right now, the priority is handling the aftermath.”
Once the old man spoke, the two previously irreconcilable factions immediately cooled down and began discussing the aftermath together, both sides putting on serious expressions as if the earlier argument had never happened.
“I propose that, in addition to calming the public, we should give special recognition to those who made outstanding contributions in this incident—specifically, our newly joined hero, ‘Pure White Valkyrie.’”
A staff member in formal attire spoke up, causing most of the people in the room to frown—not because they disagreed, but because they had never heard of that name.
“But didn’t ‘Mei Shen’ step in for this incident? Did this new hero actually defeat the monster?”
Faced with confusion from other departments, the executives who knew the inside story explained.
“S-Class hero ‘Mei Shen’ did respond to the call, but the monster disaster was resolved by this ‘Pure White Valkyrie’ before she even arrived on the scene. Both ‘Mei Shen’ herself and S-Class Rank 17, ‘Jinshu Fengbao’—Metal Storm—have confirmed this.”
“I see…”
Everyone present showed expressions of understanding.
With two S-Class heroes vouching for her, even without video records, it didn’t matter at all.
The old man at the high seat looked thoughtful and asked the assembled executives.
“In that case, what is the current hero ranking of this new hero?”
“Sir, since she just joined, she’s currently at the very bottom of A-Class. However, given her strength, she should quickly rise to the top ranks of A-Class.”
One of the executives answered, and the old man nodded approvingly.
“Our city has produced another strong protector for its citizens. That’s a good thing.”
“I propose we immediately raise her hero ranking to the top 100 and run a large-scale hero promotion campaign as recognition for her achievements.”
“After all, public support is crucial for both the Association and the hero herself.”
The executives below nodded in agreement and raised their hands to vote.
“Seconded.”
“Seconded.”
“I’m with that too…”