Chapter 26: Interdimensional Communication

  "Is this a deal? You've never seen an existence like mine before, have you?" Jiǔ Mìng pinched his chin and pondered for a moment. "Help me cure her completely, and I'll tell you my current state. Hmm, of course, if you have anything else you'd like to do, I can help with that too. It's just that, like her, there may be dozens or hundreds more...".

  Jiuming said the number of lives he had saved didn't seem to surprise Dr. Frogface too much, he just calmly nodded and said, "Putting the treatment of patients on a transactional basis is really beneath you, there's no need for you to be overly cautious around me."

  The doctor with a frog face has already made it clear that when it comes to saving lives, there's no need for words, he'll definitely help.

  "Many thanks." said Jiu Ming, curling up the corner of his mouth, "I see that technology is very advanced here, so do you believe in some supernatural things?"

  "Oh? What a pity, there's only science here, even superpowers are developed through science."

  Is the superpower developed by science? This is similar to the main world of Jiu Ming, where their superpowers are also triggered by high-energy mineral crystals using technology. Of course, there must be some innate beings with superpowers in this world too. Does it exist?

  "Is that so? Well, never mind." Jiu Ming shook his head. "I'm not human, I just became this way after death. In China, my kind of existence is called a 'ghost'."

  This world has already confirmed nine lives, similar to Earth... It should be said that it is the earth of another world. Since this is the case, the division of countries will not have too much difference. The nine-life dialogue also has a corresponding probing meaning, not for Frog Face Doctor, but for the division of this world.

  As expected, Dr. Frog Face didn't show any confusion upon hearing the nine lives' conversation, China fundamentally doesn't have that kind of perplexed expression, this world also has countries with innate nine lives.

  "Really, that's a kind of wonderful life form." The frog-faced doctor nodded and actually regarded the Nine Lives as a form of life. "What are you surprised about? You can speak, you can think, you'll do so much for that girl... you're a pretty good 'person', kid. I've got my eye on you. Want to come work here?"

  "Uh... hey, isn't this jump a bit too big? It directly jumped to digging the wall foundation?"

  "Haha, no worries, her bullets are just what you can take out with your own abilities? This is much safer than using magic, you have great potential!"

  "I only have the skills to kill." With a slight curl of his lip, Jiuming replied, aside from the skills and intellect he had honed in the mysterious shop, he was just like any other normal young person... not one of those high-end tech nerds or anything, just an ordinary youth.

  "But you're saving people."

  The doctor with a frog-like face stood up and said, "Let's go, first take a look at that girl, she should be awake by now."

  "Oh, right, doctor, what's your name... I'm Jiǔ Mìng."

  "My name? You can call me Meng Tu Zhui Hun."

  "…good name."

  "No, it's just nominal."

  What a claim! Dare to use this kind of claim, frog-faced doctor, how much nerve do you have?

  Jiu Ming shook his head, why did he meet some people whose names were more explosive than the others, making himself not shine at all? What's the use of being tough? He is now a dead man.

  All the way, Jiǔ Mìng looked at those young nurse sisters who walked by from time to time. How can I put it, male doctors are rarely seen, and except for the frog-faced doctor in front of him, or maybe none have been seen... Is it off-duty?

  And the quality of the nurses here is surprisingly high, whether in appearance or other aspects.

  "Ah? A double room?"

  "What do you think? She's not seriously injured, the serious part is just excessive blood loss."

  The doctor with a frog-like face looked at Jiǔ Mìng with a hint of reproach, to which Jiǔ Mìng could only scratch his head in embarrassment, "Uh, I'm new here, and this place is huge. I got lost on the way because I was in a hurry."

  "The labyrinth..." The frog-faced doctor shook his head, never having thought that it would be such a bizarre reason. "Never mind that, you really don't plan on staying here, at least here you won't be targeted by some people."

  "Some people?" Jiǔ Mìng thought for a moment, his first impression of this place was its dark side, so he didn't think it would be as peaceful as what he saw on the way here. Some people generalized too much, "No, I still have unfinished commissions."

  "Suit yourself, come on in."

  She walked in, Misaka Mikoto was wearing a hospital gown and sat quietly on the bed, when she heard the door open, she only slightly turned her head and stared quietly at the person who entered.

  "Say what you want to say quickly, she needs rest and so do you." The frog-faced doctor had noticed Nine Lives' poor mental state early on. "I've never treated a non-human species before... Do you need my help?"

  "Huh? This, I can recover from just by sleeping."

  A slightly unreliable word made Jiǔ Mìng's mouth twitch, and he quickly refused.

  "How are you feeling now?" Jiǔ Mìng asked with some embarrassment after the Toad-faced Doctor left.

  "The symptoms of temporary blood loss will soon disappear," Misaka said with a somewhat puzzled and embarrassed expression.

  "Ah? It's all because of my carelessness, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten hurt." Sighing, Jiǔ Mìng shook his head, things that should have been thought of beforehand hadn't been... Huh?! Saying 'should have thought of it earlier' after the fact is just hindsight, why didn't I think of it earlier?!

  It's easy to say what should have been thought of afterwards... Tsk, tsk, just admit that you were careless and didn't think of it, why bother with so many euphemisms!

  "It's okay, Misaka is just a creation..."

  "Hold on! I don't care what your current identity is, in my eyes you have a soul and the ability to think... although your thinking circuitry is a bit strange, at the same time you are still my current employer, much better than me who can't even be considered human."

  Kumokawa Seri cut off Misaka Mikoto's words with a wave of her hand.

  “……Thank you.” Finally enlightened, Jiǔ Mìng nodded in his heart, but the next sentence from Mikoto made his face twitch, "Mikoto said with gratitude, but suspected that he was intentionally ignoring the extremely exhausted expression on Mikoto's face."

  Exhausted... expression?

  Ku Urd's eyes widened, and she carefully scanned Misaka Mikoto's face several times, but no matter how she looked at it, it was still that expressionless face from head to toe, where was the tiredness in there?

  "Tired? Then go to sleep!" Jiǔ Mìng directly sat down on another empty hospital bed, anyway this one also had no one in it, he borrowed it for a bit and the doctor with the frog face probably wouldn't mind.

  "Alright," Misaka replied with a relaxed tone. Then, Misaka 1 did something that shocked the Nine Lives to the core - she started taking off her hospital gown, and in that instant, she saw that under it... there was absolutely nothing on!

  It seems like it's time to go find that frog-faced doctor and have a talk with him.

  "Stop! What are you doing?!" He suddenly jumped up, and Jiǔ Mìng's face looked a bit strange. If he had a body, his face would probably be bright red by now.

  "When sleeping... shouldn't you take off your clothes?" Misaka asked with a somewhat strange tone, tilting her head to the side. Her exquisite face, lacking in expression, revealed an innocent and embarrassing truth...

  "Although sleeping is a good habit, it's not necessary when there are outsiders around, especially when there are people of the opposite sex!!" The nine lives emphasized and stressed the last sentence.

  "Why is there a record of boys and girls being naked together in Misaka's knowledge?"

  "......No way! It's just not okay." Jiǔ Mìng scratched his hair, "Anyway, you remember, it's not that you're particularly concerned about... no, anyway, as long as it's towards the opposite sex, don't do this, got it?"

  "Alright, since you're tired, go to sleep quickly." After dispelling the 'abnormal' behavior of Misaka Mikoto, Kakeru let out a sigh and said weakly.

  After Misaka 1 lies down, closes her eyes and slows down her breathing, the Nine Tails turns off the lights in the hospital room, sits back on that empty bed, and Frog Face Doctor seems to know Misaka 1's true identity, with some clues, his lingering time is already foreseeable, knowing the true identity, isn't it difficult to find the other party?

  In that case, we should properly prepare a way out for this innocent Misaka, at least so she won't be threatened again. This hospital might not be a bad choice?

  If possible, also bring other Mikoto sisters here...?

  I don't know how many of them there are, damn it, just go find that white-haired guy and have a good 'talk' with him!

  Just as the mind was made up, the nine lives also began to rest, and the night seemed to have regained its calmness. It seemed like a moment had passed, yet an eternity had gone by, when suddenly a flash of inspiration struck the sleeping Nine Lives' mind.

  Her eyes snapped open, and Kusuo got up and slightly opened the curtains. The sky was already in the dawn period. Misaka Mikoto was still quietly sleeping. A "collection book" floated beside Kusuo, he flipped through the pages and took out one of the cards.

  The card was crushed into a phone that looked like it belonged to a girl after being pinched by Jiǔ Mìng. Jiǔ Mìng searched for a while in the phonebook and directly chose Cháng Mén Yǒu Xī's number, and dialed!

  "#$%...%￥#!" The phone connected, but a string of ear-piercing chaotic sounds made Jiǔ Mìng's eyes twitch slightly. What was going on? Was the signal bad?

  Or is it impossible to get through in another world? No, that's not right, I've already gotten through.

  "￥% Wait a bit...#* adjusting@%..." The girl's voice, accompanied by intermittent and disordered noise, made Jiumeng feel a little more at ease. As long as the call gets through, it's fine... Hmm, there shouldn't be any high-power interference devices around here, right? Uh! Does this transdimensional phone use signals to make calls?

  After about a minute, the chaotic noise slowly subsided, and Nagato Yuki's voice came through smoothly. "Is there something?"