Chapter 25: What?! How can people grow up like this?!

  They chased and pursued, just like the nine deaths came to life. Why do you want to chase? Don't you know that people will die if they are killed... Can you easily let them take a one-way ticket?

  Alright, the ninth life wondered how they managed to catch up with him repeatedly? He had already greatly reduced the bumps during movement, and there was no bloodstain on the ground at all. Moreover, he easily shook them off by several streets with his speed!!

  Flies are always so annoying, unless you swat them dead, there's no way to drive them away, and before long, they'll be back again from who-knows-where.

  It's just as well it's evening, if it were daytime, those nine lives would really be something to celebrate! Just casually running around in a crowded place, he still didn't believe that group of people could be so ruthless... Forget it, in case they really are like that, I'd be guilty of being too careless.

  "You guys... are really annoying!" Looking at the few cars that had appeared out of nowhere again, Kakeru's eyes twitched. If things kept going on like this, he would be fine, but the Oyatsu #1 he was piloting wouldn't be able to withstand the gradual loss of blood.

  Cloned humans are also human.

  In a state of utter shock, the car he was driving was directly lifted up, spinning and rolling to one side. Several other cars followed suit, with the last one being forcefully crashed into by him. The people inside, except for the driver, were all pulled out by him.

  "Flay the skin, cut off the waist, dismember and break bones. Do you want to try that? Don't doubt my words, if you don't die now, go to the best hospital here, dare to take it to an inappropriate place..."

  The driver swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looking at the arm that had grabbed his neck in horror after passing through his chest. The suffocating feeling was real, it's just that he didn't know why he hadn't felt anything unusual before...

  "I... I understand!"

  The driver stepped on the accelerator without hesitation, and the speed of the stationary car instantly reached its maximum.

  "Clever." Withdrawing his arm, Jiǔ Mìng sat back and finally had the time to take a good look at his surroundings... A vast city, as the car moved forward, the surroundings were no longer as desolate as before, and began to light up, with students walking in twos and threes on the road...

  Are there only students here?

  And what's with those things running around like trash cans?

  Knocking on his own head, Jiuming looked at the weak Misaka Mikoto and suddenly remembered something. He took out a sealed Pocky card from that year, which had been stored for a very long time. Jiuming crushed it directly and said, "Here, eat this thing and you won't be in pain..."

  "...... Is this a fossil? Mikoto refuses to eat something with an unknown origin." Slightly tilting her head, Mikoto's sister clearly had some reservations about this strange thing. Seeing that she didn't want to eat it, Kuroko didn't force the issue either.

  Let's not mention that this thing is almost as hard as a stone, it's the effect of food poisoning, maybe for some people it's food poisoning, but the poison of a 100 yuan super leather egg...

  Forget it, let's just leave it for those who are abnormal, ordinary people don't need to bother.

  "We're here." The driver said with a sweaty face, the threat of the nine lives before didn't allow him to have any other thoughts.

  "It's a bit slow, but never mind."

  He took a look at the hospital and nodded nine times, thinking that not hanging was probably the best option. It looked like it was the largest one around, so there must be some good doctors inside... why not give it a try?

  Jiǔ Mìng swiftly observed his own situation, and with that previous punch, he could still come up with another one.

  Jiǔ Mìng directly took Yú Sān No. 1 down the car, and that driver finally let out a sigh of relief, fearing that Jiǔ Mìng would be even more ruthless, arriving at the destination to choose to abandon the millstone and kill the donkey...

  "What's going on?" He shook Mikoto Misaka, but she didn't respond. Kakeru's heart sank. Had he taken too long? This damned place was huge and labyrinthine, just like a maze of death. Earlier, he had even gotten lost!

  "Ah, it's okay, it's okay." It turned out that she had fainted. Her situation was definitely not good. Jiǔ Mìng (Nine Lives) had already noticed that her body was unstable and felt like she could disappear at any moment. If the employer died, she would naturally lose her reason for existing in this world. She would either be pulled back by the mysterious shop or kicked out of this world!

  "Doctor! Doctor?! Is anyone having trouble breathing?"

  "What are you yelling about here?" It's already late at night, and many patients are resting. The loud shout of "Nine Lives" naturally caused dissatisfaction. The newcomer was a slightly fat middle-aged bald... toad?

  No, no, what a terribly rude idea, anyway, the first impression was already made, in his eyes, Jiǔ Mìng saw a faint displeasure, understandable, after all, making noise here late at night would not put him in a good mood.

  Apart from discontentment, it's a persistent belief in life.

  "Of course, we're going to save him!" Jiǔ Mìng glared tightly at the middle-aged doctor opposite him, if he dared to mention anything about wanting money, he would take action! No matter how good his temper was, he had to take action. What a joke, who still dares to ask for money at this time?!

  "Hmm... young man, your gaze is quite menacing." The frog-faced doctor sensed a hint of inexplicable menace from Jiǔ Mìng's eyes, but was soon drawn to the heavily injured girl in his arms, "How did you manage to drag her here for so long... this girl?"

  "Do you know?" Jiǔ Mìng didn't mind the somewhat reproachful tone of Wà Liǎn Yīshēng's words, dragging things out for so long was also his responsibility. What he cared about more was what Wà Liǎn Yīshēng said afterwards.

  "Don't you recognize her?" The frog-faced doctor asked strangely, this girl's identity should be easy to identify, but it was a bit strange, how could she get hurt like this... gunshot wound?

  What a joke! She's one of the least likely people in Academy City to be shot and injured!!

  "Never mind that, let's save him first." Seeing the crude bandage on Misaka #1's abdomen, Dr. Froggy frowned again, but considering the young man in front of her was also a youngster, she didn't say anything for the time being.

  With the old doctor's experienced eyes, he could see at a glance that the girl's wound had undergone special treatment and there was no sign of expansion. How did the bullet get taken out!?

  This young man has done quite well on this point.

  After skillfully treating the girl's wound, Dr. Frogface discovered another issue - this girl's body... seemed to be somewhat abnormal, no, it was definitely abnormal!

  "I underestimated you, the bullet removal process was perfect." Dr. Frogface didn't mention the terrible bandaging skills of the nine lives, then he seemed to see something more interesting, "Young man, come and check... no, can you tell me about this little girl?"

  "Huh? My employer, uh... something unexpected happened during the process, is she alright?" The Nine Lives' body had stabilized and that feeling of being kicked out of this world at any moment had disappeared. However, the way this frog-faced doctor was looking at him was a bit unnerving!

  "Let me make one thing clear, I don't have a single penny."

  "I'm a doctor, not for the money... your body is strange, trust my medical skills, that..."

  "Wait a minute, this is unnecessary, I was like that in the first place, and there's no need for some strange examination."

  He took two steps back, shook his head vigorously with a "hmmph", and glanced at the door to make sure no suspicious person was following. Good, Jiǔ Mìng thought, if things didn't go as planned, he'd just grab the person and run away.

  "What are you worried about?" Dr. Frog Face asked, noticing Jiu Ming's defensive posture, "Let's talk about the child first, I did a check on her just now and found that..."

  "Cloned person, I know, but she's my employer now." He waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "By the way, since it's a cloned person, there shouldn't be any aftereffects, right? Like some hidden danger mechanism or something?"

  Nothing suspicious was found, and the attention of the nine people also returned.

  "If it's something dangerous, don't worry, no one will make a fuss here." After thinking for a moment about the scene where Kusuo sent Mikoto to the hospital, Dr. Frogface quickly understood what Kusuo was worried about.

  "Really?"

  "Haha, who am I? Don't worry, it's safe here." With a smile, the frog-faced doctor pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit down and let's talk about that child's defect."

  "I'd like to hear more about it."

  "I found that her growth was accelerated by the use of drugs, and the consequences are quite severe, directly causing her lifespan to be greatly shortened." Dr. Frogface's face turned serious, "That child currently has a maximum of only one or two years of life left!"

  "What the...!? Thinking of those dozens of identical Misaka sisters, even if Kusuo had the heart to help them, actually doing it... If it were just one person, Kusuo wouldn't say anything else, but keeping her alive for a hundred years is not that easy!"

  Is it difficult?

  Is it difficult for RMB to buy a life in such a transaction?

  Haha...it seems there are many people who have gone crazy from poverty. Is one life worth 10,000 yuan or not?

  You can't even get this much money by begging or pretending to be pitiful and disabled!

  This person takes ten days, that person takes a week, what's the point of living to be a hundred years old? With nine lives, you can directly shape up a thousand-year-old demon...

  But thinking about it, there might be over a hundred or even more Sisters of Mikoto, oh dear, I'm out of energy just thinking about it!

  "What are you doing?" Looking at the hand that had reached over, Jiǔ Mìng's eyes glazed over for a moment, and by the time he snapped back to attention, the hand had already pressed down on his shoulder and then passed through as if grasping at air.

  "I knew it, I've been noticing something was off about you from the very beginning. This state of yours, it's not like your usual abilities, is it?"

  "Don't divert the topic, what can be done to solve her problem?" Jiǔ Mìng scratched his head, if there's really nothing that can be done, then he'll just do his best.

  "Don't worry too much about this. Since she's my patient, I'll definitely resolve this hidden danger." The frog-faced doctor's words carried a fairly firm conviction.

  Should I say that I admire you?

  "Don't change the subject, what's going on with your body? How did it end up like this? Are you saying that those research institutions have developed some new bizarre thing again?" The frog-faced doctor seemed to know quite a bit.