Chapter 27: The Fusion Warrior Who Controls "Water"

"Little white mouse, how does it feel to be born again?"

"It makes no difference."

"Really? I thought you would need some time to adjust to your new body..."

"It doesn't have a big impact. Rather... my body has become more agile, which is good."

Xi Wang ran a little in the experimental area, moving quickly according to his own combat style. Even Mobius, who was also a fusion warrior, could only vaguely see his moving figure, clearly only when he used force to turn in the middle of the journey.

This combat method of rapidly changing from static to rapid in a short period was perfectly demonstrated by him with his brand-new body.

"It's… really great~"

Mobius said, as if exclaiming or fanatical.

"...Hmm? What's wrong? Little white mouse~ Is there something wrong?"

Suddenly noticing that Xi Wang had stopped, Mobius rubbed her lips lightly with her fingertips and asked.

"...No, nothing."

Xi Wang looked at his arm with some confusion, then relaxed his body a little, shook his head, and said nothing.

Perhaps it was a side effect of the surgery; he felt that his skeleton seemed to have become smaller, and the lines of his body became softer. Overall, he looked as smooth and silky as a mountain stream, losing his original tough style.

There was also a slightly damp feeling all over his body. Although he was in a dry room, he had the illusion of being at the beach. At the same time, he hated dry places for no reason and would unconsciously emit a special scent, making his body damp, similar to the cold air surrounding Kevin, and both were uncontrollable.

Fortunately, Xi Wang's clothes had been specially treated by Vill-V, otherwise, his clothes would have been soaked in water in less than half a day.

These were the most direct side effects of the surgery. In addition, there were five dark lines on his body that seemed to be derivative effects. Four of them were on his body, like chains or running water, and could even flow. The other one was on his neck, forming a ring around his neck. If you didn't look carefully, you would think his head was separated from his body.

This is also the reason why Mobius pays special attention to Xi Wang. She seems to think that the [marks] that appear on Xi Wang's body are related to his [traits], and can also provide her with some different ideas for her [Stigmata Plan], which is still in the initial theoretical stage.

"How is it? Do you want to continue the test? Next, we need to conduct virtual combat. Do you want to match weapons? Sakura has been worried about how to match a suitable weapon for you, little white mouse."

"I do not need weapons."

As he spoke, Xi Wang gently pulled his hands in front of him, and blue water appeared along with his movements. According to his ideas, it changed into various weapons such as knives, swords, hammers, and even bows and arrows, and finally turned into several water balls of different sizes floating around him.

In addition to improving his physical fitness and strengthening his own [traits], [Gabriel] gave him the ability to control "water", but this "water" seemed a little special...

Although Mobius has tested it repeatedly and confirmed that the "water" summoned by Xi Wang is indeed water and has all the properties of water, and even various means of detection only show that it is water, in Xi Wang's own hands, as long as the "water" is maintained within a hundred meters around him, this "water" will have additional water-related properties.

For example, while maintaining the "knife" shape, it can achieve the cutting effect of a "water knife" at a lower flow rate, or it can have elasticity or viscosity similar to "slime" when it is a water mass, or make water more resistant to temperature changes, such as having a lower freezing point or a higher boiling point.

While maintaining this property, when testing the "water" through equipment, one can only conclude that it is water, as if water itself has this characteristic.

Although the farther the distance, the weaker this characteristic is, and the closer it is to the original concept of water in ordinary people, this is already very abnormal, as if the "water" in his hand and the water in ordinary people's cognition are completely two different things, but in terms of its properties, it belongs to the water in ordinary people's cognition.

Finally, we can only conclude that the "water" controlled by Xi Wang is something "like water but not water".

Well... I can only say that it is worthy of being called [Honkai (omnipotent)], that such a "magical" thing can actually appear.

This undoubtedly made Mobius even more excited and gave her a new understanding of Honkai energy. After all, Gabriel had not shown the ability to "control water" before. At most, he would become active due to the increase in moisture in the environment. Now this result made her think that this was a mutation product of the fusion of Xi Wang's [traits] and Gabriel's genes, and at present, this was a benign mutation.

Now, she was almost certain that Xi Wang's [qualities] could perfect her ideas and bring her one step closer to her ideal.

so...

"So... do you want me to help you reject her?"

Mobius crossed her chest with one hand, supported her face with the other, narrowed her dangerous snake eyes slightly, and asked softly.

"She has used this excuse to make a lot of weird things recently... Although she gave them to other people in the Fire Moth because she felt they were not suitable for you, but... you know, she is not someone who can sit idle."

"Besides, ever since I submitted your previous test data, she has been asking you and Kevin to try out the weapon that is about to be perfected~"

"...Is it a 'Divine Key' weapon made from the 'Fifth Herrscher Core'?"

"Yeah~ That thing is almost done~ How about it? Wanna give it a try, little guinea pig?"

"...No, I do not need weapons."

"Haha~ That's right~ After all, you already have such a convenient ability~"

Mobius came to Xi Wang's side and poked the water floating around him. It was just water, but now it had a strange elasticity. It should have been transparent water, but now it was as blue as the sea. Now Mobius felt like she was poking a very elastic "slime".

How to put it, it's a bit like the "water" in games and animations. For this reason, Danzhu became more interested in Xi Wang. She would stick to him almost whenever she had free time, hoping that he could take some beautiful COS photos for her. At one point, Mobius wondered if she had hired the wrong assistant.

"...Anything else? Dr. Mobius."

"How strange! We get along so well, but you still use such a distant name for me?"

"It's just this period of time. And I don't think we get along that well. Also... can I go now? There's no need for the subsequent tests. Practical combat will be more effective."

Facing Mobius, who started to touch his body again, Xi Wang rolled his eyes and responded calmly.

"Are you going to abandon someone after you've accomplished your goal? That's really heartbreaking..."

Mobius crossed her arms and sighed in disappointment.

"I have helped you so much, whether it's research, surgery, or materials, I have prepared the best for you. I have also made many safety measures for the surgery, which no one else has... I even pushed back the mission that Poison Pupa wanted you to perform recently. Of course, I didn't ask Sakura to do it~"

"I put a lot of thought into dealing with those guys, but in the end it ended up like this. It's really sad... Cry, cry..."

Mobius wiped away her tears hypocritically.

"...Don't talk like that. It makes people uncomfortable."

Xi Wang frowned in distress. This way of speaking, which was similar to Elysia's, looked really weird on Mobius... and she couldn't imitate it well.

"...What else do you want?"

After thinking for a while, Xi Wang finally let go.

"Hehe... Don't worry~ I won't make you, little white mouse, too disgusted~"

Almost the moment he heard the question, Mobius returned to her normal state, her fingertips lightly brushing across her lips, and her snake-like pupils narrowing slightly.

During this period of time, Mobius also roughly understood Xi Wang's way of thinking and mastered a set of methods to deal with him... Should I say you are really easy to control, little guinea pig~

"My request is very simple. I just want you to stay alive in your future missions, little white mouse. As you are the only copy left, you must cherish it."

"I would have done it even if you didn't tell me."

"And then~"

Mobius took a step forward, leaned close to Xi Wang's ear, and whispered in a seductive tone.

"Please come and visit me regularly in the future, especially when you have any special health problems. I am very interested in you."

After saying that, she stretched out her nimble tongue and gently scraped Xi Wang's earlobe, causing Xi Wang to quickly turn his head away.

However, when he saw that he merely turned his head to avoid and did not move away directly, Mobius took half a step back and laughed as if she was quite happy.

"Haha~ Very good, little white mouse, I like you more and more~"

"…Can I go now?"

There was a hint of fatigue in Xi Wang's voice.

"If you promise me~"

"Next time, for sure."

"Then I'll take that as your agreement~"

"…I'm leaving."

"See you next time, little white mouse~"

Looking at Xi Wang, who unconsciously quickened his pace and left, Mobius smiled even more happily.

"Oh, right..."

As if remembering something, Mobius called out to him again.

"Regarding those [dirty things] in your body, although you have already survived here for a period of time and it helped you get through the most painful time, and even after becoming a fusion warrior, those [dirty things] have little effect on you, but... I hope you can remember not to come into contact with that kind of thing again."

"The body of a fusion warrior is not meant for you to damage, especially since you have already been messed up by those things. If it weren't for your [Specialty], you would have died long ago."

"I don't want to help you deal with those [dirty things] again the next time I see you. That would be an insult and blasphemy to life... Do you understand, little white mouse?"

"......Um."

Xi Wang turned his back to her and was silent for a long time before he responded to her with a single word and quickly left.

"Tsk... those guys are really wasting resources..."

Seeing Xi Wang's attitude and thinking about the morals of those people like Poison Pupa, Mobius frowned in annoyance.

But... at this moment, she had no choice but to put this worry aside for the time being and go back to the laboratory to organize the data—the data previously obtained from the mice was enough for her to conduct some experiments.

The problem is...

"... Klein, where are Danzhu and Cangxuan?"

"Hmm? They... haven't arrived yet?"

"…Tsk."

Mobius's frown deepened.

"Hello~ Good morning~ Dr. Mobius~ and Senior Sister Klein~ We are sorry that we are late, but we bought some milk tea~"

"Ah...thank you."

Klein looked extremely tired as if she had been up all night for several days. She took the milk tea handed to her by Danzhu and took a sip. It seemed that she had gotten enough sugar to replenish her energy. She looked a little more energetic.

But a certain doctor is not so easy to deal with...

"…Doctor, this is yours."

Cang Xuan glared at Danzhu, who ran straight to Klein, despising her for deliberately leaving Mobius, the most difficult person to deal with, to her. But in the end, Cang Xuan could only pretend to be calm and come to Mobius and put her cup of milk tea next to her.

"...Cang Xuan, do you know what time it is now?"

"......"

"It's eleven o'clock. Why don't you have lunch before coming? I've even finished collecting the data for the mice today."

"Sorry, Doctor, Danzhu and I will bring back milk tea next week..."

"Uh-huh?"

"…and promise not to be late again."

"Very good."

Mobius nodded, then gestured to a pile of documents beside her.

"These are the documents you two have to deal with today. You are not allowed to leave until you finish them tonight."

"...Doctor, you might as well just kill us."

Danzhu looked at the pile of documents that was almost as tall as her, her eyes looking dead.

"Even if you die, you have to deal with it for me."

Mobius said expressionlessly, glanced at the terminal in her hand again, and then placed it on the top of the pile of documents.

"Also, this is the experiment we're going to do tomorrow. Be prepared. We need to finish it tonight. I've roughly processed the data, so you guys can break it down a bit."

"No…"

"And remember to bring milk tea tomorrow, and don't be late. You said so yourself."

"Help..."

Before they even got the documents to process, Danzhu and Cangxuan had already prostrated themselves on the ground without caring about their image, and were almost throwing their heads against the ground.

"Senior Sister Klein…save…save…"

The two little ones slowly crawled to Klein, who was processing documents again, and tugged at the corner of her clothes pitifully.

"Don't ask Klein for help. She has to accompany me to do the experiment today."

Mobius' words came faintly.

"...sorry."

Seeing Mobius say this, Klein had no choice but to speak with a hint of apology.

It seems that the fact that the two of them worked overtime all night cannot be changed.

"It's over…"

The two little ones fell to the ground completely and couldn't get up again.

......

.........

On the other side, Xi Wang returned to the dormitory which he had not been back to for some time. However, when he pushed open the door and looked at the figure in the room, he frowned somewhat unhappily.

"…How did you get in?"

"Oh? As expected, you came out today~ Hmm... From your looks, the operation was successful and you are recovering well."

The man looked at Xi Wang and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Answer my question."

Xi Wang lowered his eyes slightly, and his tone became a little colder.

"Okay~ Don't be angry~ I'm in charge of logistics after all. Even if I transfer here, I'll still be the same. After all, I can only handle these things..."

The man raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"And as a semi-exclusive support person, is it weird that I have a key to your room?"

"Don't worry~ It's just this time. Who told you to stay with that doctor for so long? It made us all very worried, and even a lot of tasks piled up."

"Look, here's the key I got. I'm giving it to you."

As he spoke, he threw a small terminal towards Xi Wang, which contained the "key" to open Xi Wang's door, as well as some other things.

"…This will not happen again."

Xi Wang understood why he came...the Poison Pupa couldn't wait to test his combat capabilities after his "rebirth."

"Don't worry, it's just this once."

The man smiled and spoke in a nonchalant manner.

"Oh, by the way, you've been with the doctor for so long, so you probably haven't had any sugar in a while, right? I brought you a lot, just in time to replenish your supply."

As he spoke, he took out two boxes of white star-shaped candies from his pocket, put one box aside, and handed the other box directly to Xi Wang.

"Would you like to check it out?"

"......"

Xi Wang looked at him silently and saw that he was still standing there with a smile, with no intention of leaving at all.

So Xi Wang took the box of candies, opened it, took out one of them, and looked at it casually.

"......"

He still showed no intention of leaving.

So Xi Wang stuffed it into his mouth, bit the white stars into pieces at random, and then swallowed them.

A familiar sweet taste fills his mouth.

"...grateful."

Xi Wang added another sentence at the end.

"As long as you are satisfied, this is the greatest affirmation for someone like me who works in logistics."

Only at this moment did he seem satisfied. With a smile on his face, he took a step, squeezed past Xi Wang, went out the door, and walked away slowly.

"Don't worry~ You can still have a good rest today~"

As he walked, he waved to Xi Wang with his back, and there was a slight rise in the tone of his voice.

"Sakura has nothing to do today. She's probably still accompanying her cute sister~"

"Ah, I just told you, there's no other meaning. After all, you have such a good relationship, I think you are also concerned about her whereabouts, right?"

"Anyway, I wish you all a nice day~"

"As for the rest, I'll wait for your good news."

"......"

Xi Wang watched him leave, his gaze returned to the box of candy in his hand, and in the end, he said nothing.

He just quietly put away the two boxes of candy.

No complaints, just the same as before.