Chapter 179: "The Knights of Rescue"?

[The way you, Eden, and Sakura get along is a little strange, but this does not prevent the rapid improvement of your relationship with each other. After that small secret meeting of the three of you, the relationship between you seems to have risen to the level of close friends in an instant, which is surprising.]

[This should be the first time Eden has met you and Sakura, but you two seem to get along very well, unusually well, but you don't think there is anything wrong with it, as if everything is natural.]

[At the same time, you are considering whether to tell Eden the truth about her parents being infected... After all, her parents have already experienced the Honkai Impact. Although they don't have the mind to recall the situation at that time, once everything is settled, they will definitely recall the situation at that time, and it is very likely that they will tell Eden about it.]

[Instead of waiting until then to cause some mess, it is better to tell her now.]

[So after asking the "Fire Moth", you got permission, so you told Eden the truth about the Honkai.]

[After a period of shock, Eden carefully asked you about the relevant matters, and you answered them one by one. After realizing that Honkai was a global disaster, Eden requested to join the "Fire Moth."]

[Although Eden can neither fight on the front line nor provide any help in medical treatment or scientific research, but... she is rich and famous.]

[Although the "Fire Moth" is still hiding the Honkai in order to stabilize the basic order of society, so Eden's fame cannot be used, but her wealth is real...]

[As the brightest star in the world, Eden can be said to be truly "rich enough to rival a country," so she sponsored a large amount of funds to "Fire Moth" and almost instantly gained the right to speak in "Fire Moth"... Although it is not very big, it is already exaggerated.]

[In addition, after she got to know you, you took her to meet your "sister" Vill-V, and your troublesome "boss" Mobius, and you also took her to meet Elysia, Kevin, and others.]

[Everyone welcomed Eden's arrival, especially Kevin, who was so excited that he couldn't speak. His psychological problems caused by the "Fourth Great Eruption" were also alleviated a little... Well, you brought Eden to meet Kevin and also wanted to help him divert his attention, otherwise, he would be mentally crushed.]

[Then, somewhat unexpectedly, Eden and Elysia had known each other for a long time, and they seemed to have a good relationship. In addition, Eden and Mobius also got along well, which made you confused... You got along well with Eden, and Eden got along well with Mobius, so why did you have such a headache when getting along with Mobius?]

[It can't be that she deliberately pranked you because you are her favorite "guinea pig," right? No way, no way?]

[Then you are really unlucky.]

[Well, let's put Eden's matter here for now. After you helped her parents with the crystal removal surgery and arranged the subsequent recovery process, you have basically finished dealing with the hospital's affairs. The "ore disease treatment" has been implemented, and with the efforts of Vill-V and Mobius, the relevant technology has been improving. The newcomers have gradually become proficient in the removal surgery, and your pressure has been greatly reduced...]

[In other words, it's time for you to take a step further.]

[You want to go to the front line, join the rescue team, and serve as a field doctor to save the lives of the "Fire Moth" fighters and the survivors.]

[With the current "Ore Disease Therapy," you can complete the treatment in a short time. If the situation is critical, you can also use some more "rough" methods... For example, use a special method to form crystals in a very short time, and then remove them. Although this will cause damage to the human body, it can prevent the high concentration of Honkai energy from directly crushing the person.]

[At the same time, your own combat power is also valued by "Fire Moth", so after some communication, "Fire Moth" also agreed to your request, and plans to form a new team based on your proposal, specifically for rescuing these warriors and survivors who have been eroded by Honkai.]

[However, you have to train this new team yourself, and even recruit people yourself. After all... your requirements are a bit high.]

[In addition to basic battlefield first aid knowledge, as well as good physical fitness and tactical literacy, they must also be familiar with the entire process of "ore disease therapy" and must also be familiar with crystal removal surgery. Currently, there are not many such people in "Fire Moth."]

[But fortunately, with your permission, you successfully found a lot of people with a foundation after some searching, and barely formed the prototype of a team... But what you didn't expect was that in this process, you met the theological scholar who taught you "meditation" again.]

[After learning about your request, he used almost all of his connections to find someone who roughly meets your requirements. Then he fanatically asked you to let him join. He also wanted to join your team of saviors, follow you, and witness what "He" looks like.]

[Think about it carefully. It was he who taught you "meditation" in the beginning. In a sense, he was your teacher. Now you have become his "teacher" and "superior". It's a bit funny. And...]

[Although you are somewhat troubled by his fanatical attitude, you have to admit that under the influence of his fanatical emotions, he can learn everything. Even if he is not talented, he can make up for his shortcomings with hard work. In the team, he can be said to be the best among everyone.]

[Also...Father Enrique is here too, bringing some clergy with him.]

[To be honest, you were very happy when you saw Father Enrique again at first, but then you felt a little distressed... because Father Enrique came to join your team.]

[Considering that Father Enrique is not seeking your asylum or help, you also conduct an impartial assessment of the people he brought with him... Some surprisingly, they are all familiar with rescue methods. Although they are somewhat different from your requirements, they can at least join the rescue team, or contribute to the medical team in the rear.]

[If you think about it carefully, it is not wrong. After all, the church has served as a hospital, a psychological clinic, and the like a long time ago. But this tradition has been preserved until now...?]

[Hmm... Eh? Wait, that's not right. Why are all the people related to the church? By the time you realize it, the ratio of your team has become 4:4:2. People related to the church account for 40%, people you pulled from the "Fire Moth" account for another 40%, and the remaining 20% ​​are pulled from other places.]

[This kind of personnel configuration makes people half-jokingly say, "Do you think you have raised another army for the church? I remember there is a name that suits you very well, what is it... "The Knights Hospitaller"?]

[This kind of joke made you speechless, and you even knocked on the other party's head, telling them not to think about those messy things... Your team belongs to the rescue team of "Fire Moth", not anything else.]

[However, the other members of your team were quite enthusiastic about this matter. They joined the discussion with great interest and even discussed the name of your team quite seriously... In the end, I don't know if it was for fun or what, but your members actually accepted the name "Knights Order". However, in order to distinguish it, they decided to slightly change the prefix.]

["The Knights of Rescue" - this is the name they finally decided on.]

[You don't want to say anything about this anymore. Father Enrique also smiled and said that they could do it... Come to think of it, it's just a title, there's nothing to worry about. What's more important is... what your team can do.]

[After completing basic training, you led your team to the front line for the first time, and Sakura, your assistant and bodyguard, naturally accompanied you to the front line.]

[Although most people will be frightened by the rampaging monsters, or shocked by the dilapidated ruins and the tragic current situation when they first step onto the battlefield of Honkai, but... you won't.]

[You are here only to save people. Your eyes are only on the injured and those who need treatment.]

[Being shocked wastes time, being panicked wastes time, and being hit requires time to recover... That won't work.]

[Here, every minute and every second is precious. Give up unnecessary and boring thoughts and focus all your attention on treatment, on how to reduce casualties, and how to save survivors.]

[Compared to the others, you seem to be very familiar with the battlefield of Honkai, as if you have been here several times.]

[Soon after, under your leadership, the others gradually recovered, calmed their minds, and focused their thoughts on the matters at hand.]

[Finally, relying on the ever-improving "Ore Disease Therapy," your hard work and professionalism, and of course, more importantly... the will to survive of all the injured, you have successfully reduced the casualties of the "Fire Moth" soldiers by 30% in this operation, and increased the number of rescued survivors by 40%.]

[Although most soldiers have some injuries, and the rescued survivors also have some problems, they can slowly recover with the current medical technology of "Fire Moth."]

[The most important thing is that they did not die. Although they were injured, they truly survived... As your team's "first battle," this result is already dazzling enough.]

[Of course, what was even more dazzling was the combat effectiveness you and Sakura displayed during the battle... Your combat ability was so outstanding that it made the combat troops jealous. They even hinted several times that you two should not stay in the rescue team, but should go directly to the front line with them to fight against Honkai... But you rejected all these requests.]

[You are a doctor. You are here to save people. As for encountering Honkai beasts while saving people... well... I'm sorry.]

[It hinders you from saving people, so it must die.]

[And as your team continues to grow (the Fire Moth has additional funding, and Eden has also privately sponsored you a lot), you are even about to become the cutting-edge force of the rescue team. Your area of operation is also getting larger and deeper.]

[In the end, in order to save more soldiers' lives, you often went deep into the high-concentration Honkai areas, and occasionally followed the combat troops and fought side by side with them... This can be regarded as another way to fulfill the wishes of the combat troops.]

[Later, there was even such an interesting story circulating within the "Fire Moth" - "Captain Nozomi led Sakura to clean up the Honkai beasts in the front, while the other members of the "Rescue Knights" followed behind to rescue the wounded."]

[You no longer want to refute this. After all, you are already very busy at this time. On the one hand, you have to lead the team to the front line to treat the wounded. After returning to the base, you have to train some new people. You also have to take over the new things developed by Vill-V and Mobius and look for any way to continue to optimize the surgery. Then you have to endure Mobius's harassment of research applications and Vill-V's invitation to watch magic shows.]

[During this process, some other things happened... For example, Elysia, Kevin, Hen, and others in the combat unit gradually became familiar with you after fighting alongside you several times. As for who Hen is, well... Mobius has a former assistant named Blanca, and Hen is her husband. They have a daughter named Griseo.]

[It's just that Griseo's health is not very good and she needs long-term care, so she stays in Mobius' laboratory most of the time. At the same time, you often receive requests to look after and check Griseo's physical condition, so you become familiar with them after a while.]

[And I don't know if it's because you often take care of Griseo, or for some other reason? Griseo likes you so much that there's something wrong with the way Mobius looks at you... After becoming her favorite "guinea pig," this is the first time you feel a little jealous in her eyes when she looks at you?]

[Honestly, it's quite interesting.]

[Also, the "Fifth Great Eruption" broke out, and then it ended in the blink of an eye. The great test that you were about to face ended so abruptly.]

[This made many people feel fortunate, but also many people felt nervous. After all, judging from the situation left at the scene, the "Fifth Herrscher" was eliminated in an instant, which proved that there was an unknown "existence" with combat power strong enough to tear the "Herrscher" apart and still wander around.]

[However, these are not things you should think about. After all... even if the "Fifth Great Eruption" is over, the Honkai that have broken out in other places are not over yet.]

[At the same time, you also received a joint notice from Mobius and Vill-V - the equipment they made for you has been completed, and it's time to receive it.]

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"So..."

Inside the "Spiral Workshop," Nozomi crossed his arms over his chest, looking at the two people in front of him and the "equipment" behind them, with the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

"You call this...equipment?"

"Why not?"

"Are you serious? You want me to run around the battlefield carrying that thing?"

Nozomi looked at the "big iron box" that was almost as tall and wide as him, and his expression was almost unable to hold back.

"Do you think I'm Superman or a robot? Not to mention how heavy this thing is, the medical supplies and medicines I have to carry are enough to make me suffer. Are you serious?"

"Don't worry, bro~"

"Um?"

"Ahem, Nozomi."

Vill-V coughed lightly a few times, then smiled confidently.

"Don't be fooled by how big this thing is. It's actually very light. Even I can lift it..."

As she spoke, Vill-V demonstrated it herself, picking up the "iron box" and putting it down again.

"And it has many uses! In addition to being able to store a large amount of medical supplies, it also has the ability to defend, attack, and serve as a weapon!"

"Considering the need to improve your mobility on the battlefield, I have equipped you with some gadgets that will make it easier to move... But you will need to do some extra training to get familiar with the feel of the device."

"At the same time, this size can also be used as a stretcher when necessary! If you are tired, you can lie down in it to rest! But... you can't move and may not be able to rest well."

"You think this thing is my coffin, right?"

Nozomi complained subconsciously.

"How could that be? I've thought about a lot of things before I went in so that you can have a good rest, such as... look!"

Vill-V opened the door and pressed a button, and immediately a cool breeze spread out.

"I also installed air conditioning and heating inside, and the core uses 'high energy stone' for power supply, which can basically achieve full coverage. It only needs to be replaced about once a month."

"Besides, I also installed a few hidden functions... For example, if you turn this on... click! This thing can act as a music player! It contains all your own songs!"

"...Very good, I think I understand."

Nozomi's mouth twitched again.

"Then where should I put my medical supplies? What about the medicines I need to carry?"

"Shouldn't we just leave that to the other members of the 'Knights of Rescue'? As the leader, shouldn't you just fight on the front lines?"

Vill-V said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Hiss… huh…"

Nozomi adjusted his breathing and then smiled a smile that was very familiar to both of them.

"Vill-V, you need discipline again, don't you?"

"Don't be so anxious, little white mouse."

Mobius stroked her lips gently, then gently patted the side of the "iron box," and immediately a space for medical equipment and medicines popped out, which was filled with Mobius's newly developed medicines.

"We spent a lot of effort to make this, how could we not take the actual needs into consideration?"

"...This capacity...isn't it? There shouldn't be this much space inside."

"You have Mei and the two little guys in the lab to thank for that."

"Danzhu and Cangxuan?"

"Hmm~"

Mobius smiled.

"Thanks to their research on quantum technology and the [Second Herrscher Core], the actual capacity of this thing is much larger than you imagined. It's also much lighter than expected."

"And in order to avoid it being too heavy, Vill-V also spent a lot of effort on it. Later, she even made a combat uniform to match this equipment... and asked Eden to design a style for you."

Mobius stroked the so-called "iron box."

"You could say this is the result of the hard work of all of us, right? You have to cherish it, little white mouse~"

"...."

Nozomi pinched his eyebrows.

"I always feel like I'll stand out if I carry this thing on the battlefield... Never mind, what is this device called? Does it have an accurate name?"

"Of course! I plan to name it 'Nozomi's exclusive rescue knights' captain's special weapon type 1'!"

"NO."

"Why?!"

"It's actually quite nice to just call it 'the box'."

Nozomi held down the head of the sulking Vill-V and spoke expressionlessly.

"That's fine with me."

Mobius said indifferently, then added.

"So… wanna try out your new gear, guinea pig?"

"…Well."

…

A few days later, during a routine combat mission...

"Hey, Captain, you... Pfft?! What are you carrying?!"

"Don't ask."

"Why does it look like a coffin..."

"If you keep saying that, I'll stuff you in there!"

Nozomi glanced at the man and said rather angrily... Although the appearance was very strange, after becoming familiar with the various uses of the "box" in the past few days, Nozomi had to admit that this thing was indeed the result of everyone's hard work.

"Ah~ Nozomi, we are going to fight side by side again~?"

Elysia's soft voice came from the side.

"Oh? Have you put on this outfit? Hmm... it's pretty cool~"

Looking at Nozomi's current outfit, Elysia's eyes lit up.

"Stop talking, Elysia... hurry up."

Nozomi fastened his light white combat uniform and placed the "box" behind him horizontally. He made sure the connection device with his back waist was fastened, and all the equipment inside was ready before putting it back in place.

"Okay~ Got it~"

Watching Nozomi fiddling with his collar and observing a device on his neck begin to change and connect with his collar to form something like a mask, Elysia smiled and responded softly.

"So... let me borrow your attack slogan ~ 'Rescue' begin ~?"

"...Where did you hear that?"

"I made it up~"