Chapter 937: 535 Don

Slightly rewind time to one hour after the broadcast building was bombed.

“How are you doing? Can you still hold on?”

Seeing the bandit girl’s pale face, drenched in sweat, slung over the bandit brother’s back, Li Ang halted, frowning:

“Let’s stop here for now. Point me in roughly the right direction—I’ll go ahead alone.”

“N-no… not necessary…”

Hearing Li Ang’s words, the bandit brother, equally pale, shook his head, his dark face flushed with exertion as he gasped:

“We’re going! We have to see… see for ourselves… what happens to them!”

After the bandit brother spoke, the floating crystal dust inside his body strained forward; the bandit girl, too weak to walk, nodded weakly, her eyes gleaming with grim satisfaction:

“I… same! As long as I can see… just one glance… I’ll die… happy!”

“…“

Fine, do as you wish…

After glancing at the bandit siblings’ feverish expressions, Li Ang sighed—he no longer tried to dissuade them, instead pulling out the [Infected Blood Band] and holding it ready as he asked:

“How’s it going? How far are we from the Wang Gong?”

“Already… very close…”

Hearing this, the bandit girl lifted her blood-spattered arm and answered, voice trembling:

“I’m in terrible pain now—so there must be a huge piece of floating crystal just… right ahead. If we go a little further… ugh…”

With a muffled groan, several small bursts of blood mist exploded beneath her raised arm.

These glittering blood mists, once freed from her body, seemed alive—they shot violently toward the diagonal front, slamming into the stone pavement with a patter like heavy rain.

Simultaneously, as if responding to some strange command, blood mists erupted across the bandit brother’s body; his legs buckled and he collapsed with a thud.

“Alright, stop here.”

Catching the collapsing bandit siblings, Li Ang looked at the two unable to move from pain and sighed helplessly:

“We’re already close to the Wang Gong—I know how to proceed from here. If you go further, the floating crystal dust inside you will burst out bit by bit. Let me help you…”

“N-no… not stopping…”

The bandit girl was too pained to speak; the stronger bandit brother barely shook his head, blood dripping from his lips as he muttered:

“We weren’t going to live long anyway. Better to… die with the floating crystal dust… than…”

“Better to live another fifty or sixty years. Living’s better than dying.”

Li Ang casually replied, glanced around, then grabbed the bandit siblings and dragged them into a nearby building through a window, following them inside.

About twenty seconds later, two blood-soaked figures tumbled out of a window three hundred meters ahead—like men rigged with explosives, their bodies erupted in countless bursts of blood mist, staining the ground crimson, never even groaning before collapsing.

Holy shit… this much blood…

After surveying the bloody crime scene, Li Ang, emerging from the Mirror World, hissed softly, then wrapped the [Infected Blood Band] around them both and sat down on a relatively clean spot.

Immediately, Li Ang’s soul—drenched in dog blood—shot out of his body, lunged forward two steps, seized the bandit siblings’ confused souls staring at their own corpses, and shouted:

“Hold onto me—don’t let the Death Realm drag you away by accident.”

After giving this warning, Li Ang stood beside the road, holding the bandit siblings’ bewildered souls, watching as the [Infected Blood Band] rapidly repaired their damaged bodies, and added:

“I’ll be busy soon and won’t have time for you. After you revive, I’ll toss you back into the Mirror.”

“There’s a white husky with a tuft of gold hair on its head inside the Mirror—follow it. Travel through the Mirror World back to the base and wait for me. Every thirty or fifty seconds, step out to breathe—don’t suffocate inside…”

“You hear me? Say something if you understand!”

“We…”

Looking up at the blood-drenched “Li Ang,” the bandit girl’s soul reacted first, eyes shining with joy as she asked:

“Are we…”

“You’re dead—but your souls haven’t entered the Death Realm yet, so you’re not truly dead. You can still come back… I can’t let you guide me for free. This is your payment.”

After glancing at her body, mostly restored, Li Ang leaned back slightly, then, using the power of the Three-Headed Dog God, forcibly dispersed the spreading death aura in her soul, and gripped the bandit girl’s soul, shoving it with brute force back into her body.

“Hurry up! Lie down!”

After stuffing the bandit girl’s soul back into her body, Li Ang panted heavily, then turned to the still bewildered bandit brother:

“Remember what I just said? When I finish here, if I’m still alive, I’ll come back and take you both out of the Kingdom of Korok.”

“If I get killed, the base has two months’ rations waiting for you. Hide with your sister. If nothing goes wrong, in about two months…”

“AHHHH!!!”

Mid-sentence, the bandit brother suddenly shuddered violently, face pale with panic:

“I… I’m dead?”

“…”

You’re fucking dead, idiot—died of stupidity!

Watching the bandit brother, whose mind was secondhand, barely used at all, Li Ang sighed and gave up on further instructions, instead giving his soul a sharp kick behind the knee, shoving it back into his body.

“Ask your sister if you don’t understand—she’s got a better brain than you!”

“Zzzt…”

As Li Ang pressed the bandit brother’s confused soul back into his body, even stomping twice to ensure a tight bond, the familiar, piercing hum returned.

【By successfully curing a unique illness beyond current medical capability, you have activated the special Silver Badge: “Headless Doctor”】

【Headless Doctor: There are no incurable diseases in this world. No matter how untreatable the illness, if you remove the head, heal the body, then reattach the head—it’s cured.】

【Effect: When treating a patient after removing their head, your medical efficacy is greatly enhanced.】

【Advancement Path: None】

[Hidden Trait (No Equipment Required): Patients you have treated will, upon hearing your name, involuntarily experience rhythmic muscle contractions and relaxations, accompanied by skin vasoconstriction that produces cold sweat resistant to warming.]