(Dedicated to the Grandmaster "Joilme," the first extra chapter is offered! Now, onto the next one, ^_^)
The Floating Car glided silently on the highway, with those three "tails" still leisurely trailing behind.
The atmosphere inside the car was serene.
Wang Nuonuo looked at Mu Fan's sharply contoured profile, with a multitude of words she wanted to pour out, but she forcefully held back. In such a moment, she didn't want to disturb him in the slightest.
It was nearing midnight, and the long highway was almost devoid of other cars.
The self-driving Floating Car moved swiftly and smoothly, the scenery on both sides rapidly receding.
The two of them had traveled this road on the way here, and now they were experiencing it once again as they left.
However, the outcome was completely different.
Time now felt like an eternity, and as Wang Nuonuo watched the navigation hologram slowly approach their destination, her anxiety only grew.
All her thoughts at this moment were focused on Mu Fan.
She just hoped he would be safe, otherwise she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
The icon representing the vehicle was now infinitely close to the destination.
"Arriving at destination," Black's mechanically disguised electronic voice announced, and at the same time, Mu Fan opened his eyes.
The Floating Car slowly stopped.
Looking through the window at the quiet medical center, a three-story building surrounded by lush trees.
At a glance, it looked like a tranquil private courtyard.
However, the 1032 laser marking at the entrance revealed that this was a small medical facility belonging to the public resources.
The closed gate and the pitch-black rooms of the entire building indicated that it was now non-working hours.
"How can there be no one..." Wang Nuonuo muttered to herself as she looked at this scene.
Why was there nobody here!
Nuonuo rushed to the front door and pushed hard, but the cold iron door did not budge.
Why had the nearest medical facility already closed, and was there still time to switch to a larger medical center!
The young girl suddenly looked at Mu Fan in the light of the street lamp, his complexion slightly pale.
He was forcefully pressing around the wound with his right hand.
Slowing down the bleeding, he was fighting for time for his life.
"Hang in there, we'll go to the next big medical center, there will definitely be someone there!" Wang Nuonuo's eyes were red with tears; with every second of delay, her heart felt as if it had been cut with a knife.
"No need, let's just use this one," said Mu Fan from behind her.
Glancing back unconcernedly, he saw those three Floating Cars also slowing down to stop by the side of the road about a kilometer away, looking towards this place.
They had truly shown their true colors, not bothering to hide at all...
A flicker of coldness passed through Mu Fan's eyes.
Then, turning his gaze away, his teeth clicked lightly, sending an extremely faint voice along his jawbone to the Sky Communication device inside his ear that Nuonuo couldn't detect.
"Block surveillance, hack into medical facility access."
"Stealth mode engaged, access breached. Your bodily function loss is at 31%," Black immediately responded.
In less than a second, Mu Fan had walked over slowly from one side of the Floating Car and stood beside Nuonuo, "Let's just use this place, I can handle the wound myself. Did you perhaps not push hard enough just now?"
His attempt at a light-hearted tone was meant to ease the young girl's tension, but it only made Nuonuo's tear-stained face crumple.
"What are you even saying at a time like this, sob... I'll take you to the next medical center, there definitely will be someone there! I don't want anything bad to happen to you, I just want you to be alright!"
Mu Fan remained unmoved, still looking at the tearful girl before him with a gentle gaze, "Let me try... see?"
When Mu Fan's palm touched the iron gate, with just a gentle push,
The gate unexpectedly swung open!
With large tears still clinging to the corners of her eyes, Wang Nuonuo watched the scene in disbelief, her sobs momentarily halting.
Dumbfounded, she rubbed her eyes with her palms, then saw Mu Fan looking at her with a different gaze.
"Master, it really opened."
"Right, so maybe you just weren't pushing hard enough?" This time, Mu Fan's words finally managed to distract Nuonuo a bit.
He was comforting the girl who had been through so many changes overnight in his own way.
In his eyes, Nuonuo's emotional trauma was far worse than the physical injuries he had sustained.
The darker the night, the more one must offer hope.
"Sir, where do we go next?"
"The medical storage room…"
With Black's guidance in his ears, Mu Fan walked straight ahead, paying no heed to the cameras, nor to the tail following him.
Upon reaching the entrance of the three-story building, as Mu Fan and his companion stepped onto the stairs, the alloy doors automatically opened.
However, a detail Wang Nuonuo failed to notice was that after the two entered, the doors not only closed automatically but also locked.
A coolness distinct from the outside world filled the pitch-black corridor, causing Wang Nuonuo's body to involuntarily shrink.
A layer of coolness veiled Mu Fan's eyes.
He was naturally untroubled by the dark.
The sound of their footsteps echoed in the quiet hallway, and after a few steps, Mu Fan casually pressed something at his side.
The lights turned on.
Wang Nuonuo rubbed her eyes, clearly not adjusted to the sudden bright glare.
But the steadfastness of his figure was her greatest comfort; she continued to support Mu Fan with strength, following him to the Floating Stairs.
"The storage room is on the third floor."
Mu Fan pressed the button for the third floor.
When the two appeared on the third floor, they immediately saw the storage room by their side.
But this time, a large U-shaped padlock provided double protection on the door handle.
U-shaped chain + stainless steel electronic combination lock + thickened tempered glass, this was the threefold protection of the storage door right before their eyes.
"Nuonuo, step back for a second."
Without much hesitation, once the girl obediently released her hands, Mu Fan used his right hand to press harder on his wound.
He bent forward slightly, then abruptly raised his foot and kicked.
Boom!
Unleashing the power of Level 22, his kick shattered the thick tempered glass along with the lock into tiny pieces!
His mighty force emphasized the astonishing strength within Mu Fan's seemingly frail body.
Turning on the lights, they finally saw the neatly arranged storage cabinets inside.
Mu Fan picked out an emergency medical kit, a surgical instrument pack, and then selected a light grey medical uniform.
He did all of this methodically.
Sweat had appeared once more on Mu Fan's forehead.
Leaning against the storage rack, Mu Fan finally took a long breath for the first time tonight.
This action caused Wang Nuonuo's heart to ache as if cut by a knife.
"Nuonuo."
Mu Fan now had to use the briefest language to ask Wang Nuonuo to do something for him.
"Sir."
"I need to clean the wound, help me… take off this shirt."
Looking down at his left shoulder, the blood that had been warm at the start had now congealed into a crust, while the fresh blood that continued to seep out further glued the shirt to his body with each layer.
Suppressing a sob in her throat, Wang Nuonuo uttered a muffled yes.
She then carefully knelt by Mu Fan's side and began to unfasten the lavish shirt, piece by piece.
Mu Fan bent forward, allowing Nuonuo to successfully remove the right side of the jacket, revealing the flexible weighted clothing underneath that resembled a silk vest.
This seemed to be men's underwear, but Wang Nuonuo didn't dwell on it. Instead, she aimed to continue and remove the left sleeve of Mu Fan's shirt.
But...
The thick blood had formed a scab that glued the shirt and the skin near the wound together.
As she tried to remove the shirt from that area, the congealed scab became the biggest obstacle.
Wang Nuonuo's hands trembled uncontrollably—this was the blood shed by her Sir for her!
With a choked voice, the girl said, "Sir, please bear with it, it's stuck near the wound. I'm afraid taking it off directly might enlarge the wound. I'll use surgical scissors to cut the shirt off."
Yet unexpectedly, the already wearied Mu Fan suddenly exclaimed, "No!"