Agreed with Maria's decision, the three of them carefully walked out from the botanical garden and decided to head back to their Secret Base.
"I believe darling and Chris-chan is going to be back soon, it's always better to discuss with them for a bit before taking any ruthless moves. After all, they had been quite busy and tired recently, we certainly don't want to add on some unnecessary troubles for them." said Maria.
Ai and Yuki nodded, agreeing with what Maria just said...
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Maria and the girls reached the Secret Base after a forty-five minutes of walking, just as they reached the Secret Base, Junior's aircraft landed on a clear area ten meters away from them.
"Look! It's Junjun-chan's aircraft. I knew they will be back at this time." said Maria, who sounds rather happy and excited.
However, as everyone got out of the plane, Maria is shocked to realize that the result is not as positive as he thought it would be.
"Oh gosh! Darling! Junjun-chan!"
Maria exclaimed in shock as he saw Sky's and Junior's condition, without any delay, he ran towards them along with the girls.
"Maria, please get them to Ben fast, I still have some important things to handle on the aircraft." said Chris.
"Yes... Ah! Chris-chan! Your fingers!" Maria exclaimed again as he noticed the missing fingers on Chris's left hand.
"Don't worry, not a big deal. These two need more attention than my fingers." said Chris as he handed Sky who is still in an unconscious state to Maria before walking towards the aircraft.
Aware of the seriousness of the situation, Maria immediately get Sky into the building, followed by all the others who had just gotten out of the aircraft.
Chris who returned to the aircraft opened the locked isolation room and pulled out a man and s teenage boy who is actually a mafia boss from the sinkhole town, in case anyone had forgotten them. Chris led them into the Secret Base and locked them up into a double-locked cell room. After he settled everything down, he headed directly to his room and closed the door without saying anything...
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After injecting some greyish-colored drug into Sky's right arm, Ben stared at his adopted brother with a disagreeing look.
"I was informed that they got into an accident during the halfway of the flight and Sky somehow dropped into a cursed sinkhole. After he got out from the sinkhole, you didn't do any check-up on him, didn't you? If not, you would have noticed his unstable magic flow and would not lead to his dire condition right now." said Ben, in a reprimanding tone.
Hearing the stern words of Ben, Hoshe did not say anything but keeps his head down and doesn't have the courage to look into Ben's eyes.
Then, Ben stared at Junior's right legs and his expression softened a bit.
"This surgery is neatly done, are you the one that did it?" Ben asked, hoping for a positive response from his brother but Hoshe shook his head.
"Ah... I see." said Ben, slightly disappointed.
Just as Ben was about to continue his works, he suddenly realized something and hastily left the infirmary, leaving all the rest of his aftermath works to Hoshe.
Ben hastily ran towards Chris's room, entered the room, and closed the door. Chris is sitting on the corner of the bed, facing the wall.
"You are the one that performed that leg surgery, right?" Ben asked, in a much softer tone which is a total contrast with the tone he used to talk to Hoshe.
Chris nodded without saying anything. Seeing Chris's response, Ben stared at Chris for s while with a concerned look before decided to sit by his side.
"Do you really have to do that? Even if it hurts you a lot?" Ben asked again, sounds rather concerned and worried.
Chris silenced for a few seconds before deciding to tell him what had happened in the aircraft.
"He was trying to amputate Junior's right leg before even trying to save it." said Chris in a slightly faint voice.
Ben frowned as he heard Chris's answer, but was not surprised by that.
"I see... Anyway, don't you even want to repair your left arm? I seriously doubt if losing two fingers would not affect your daily life." said Ben, trying to ease the tense atmosphere for a bit.
But what he didn't expect is that Chris shook his head and refused to receive any treatment for his left hand, he even pulled his left hand away when Ben tried to touch him.
"Chris, are you hiding something from me?" Ben asked, in a more demanding and worried tone.
Then, Ben suddenly noticed some weird twitching on Chris's neck.
"Your neck... Hah... You don't trust Hoshe, don't you?" Ben asked as he stood up and walked towards his drawer.
Chris's hesitated a bit before silently nodded. Ben took out his acupuncture set from the drawer and walked back to Chris's bed.
"Hah... Lay down and took off your shirt." said Ben as he sighed...
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After about thirty minutes, Ben walked out of Chris's room and headed to the infirmary, he seems to be quite angry. Ben dragged Hoshe out of the infirmary after he confirmed Hoshe had done all his works. Then, without any warning, Ben punched Hoshe directly in the face, despite everyone else is watching them. After that first punch, Ben is about to give his brother another but he got pulled away by Maria from behind just in time.
"Ben-chan! Stop it! What's wrong? Why are you hitting Hoshe?" Maria asked, a bit concerned.
"This person... I seriously doubt if he knows what's the purpose of a healer in a team. If he just going to let Chris do all the healing, why the hell he decided to join them in their journey in the first place." said Ben, trying his best not to yell at his brother...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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