The starvation caused by malnutrition made the little girl tremble even when she lifted the iron sword.
She's not even super.
She seemed to have endured the cruelty of the entire world.
Ren finally saw the girl's appearance clearly. She was dirty and had a pair of clear, big eyes. Looking at her smile full of tears and anticipation, I felt a touch of sadness in my heart for some reason.
... .
Your daughter has taken money to gamble with you, so you have to give her a good look, right
But what everyone didn't expect was that her father, a gambler, didn't have any kind expression and said coldly: "Okay, leave the money here, you can go out. Don't stay here!"
He looked at her with disgust, as if he was afraid that her bad luck would cause him to lose money.
From the beginning to the end, he only had eyes for the money bag and did not even look at the sword.
"..."
When the little girl saw that Guy had not taken the iron sword, the expectation in her eyes instantly turned into disappointment. The remaining glimmer of light in her eyes immediately dimmed, turning into a hollow and soulless zombie again.
After handing over the purse, as if she had completed some important task, the little girl felt relieved.
Then she turned around silently and walked towards the stairs of the gambling stall, stumbling.
From beginning to end, she didn't say a word.
Ren frowned slightly as he looked at it, and murmured in his heart: "What a strange father and daughter... Is it because of the 'cursed clan' bloodline?"
He guessed something, but no matter what...this gambling father looks like a bastard!
Guy picked up the money bag, turned around and went to the gaming table.
There was a loud "crash" sound, and he slammed the money bag on the table, shouting that he would continue gambling, "Hey, Captain Jim, this is the money I owe you. I will pay you back fifty gold coins first, and the rest I'll give it to you after I play a few games and get my money back..."
It's an old term for a bad gambler.
"Huh..."
Seeing the little girl finally stepping onto the stairs, a sigh of relief was heard in the room.
The dealers started shouting again, "Come on, come on... place your bets, place your bets..."
Then, just as the atmosphere in the gambling stall was about to become lively again, there was suddenly a "ding-ding-dong-dong" falling sound, like a watermelon rolling down the iron stairs.
This weird sound instantly silenced the entire casino.
The award-winning actor turned around and saw that the barefoot little girl you walked up the steps fell unconscious and fell down again.
Probably because she hit somewhere, a pool of scarlet blood flowed out from the back of her head.
Seeing the blood, hundreds of gamblers in the room all showed fear and retreated. In an instant, a large "isolation zone" was revealed near the little girl lying nearby.
No one dared to help her or provide any medical help.
The manager of the gambling stall was extremely regretful. He had already said hello not to let this god of plague come to the gambling stall, but no one dared to stop him.
Well now, if something goes wrong, if people really die here, this tavern will definitely be closed!
With a sad face, he said: "Hey... Guy, the money you lost today is mine! You can't let her fall here, get her away quickly, or the boss will kill me!"
Guy looked at the little girl lying in a pool of blood. The enthusiasm for gambling finally dissipated from her face. He frowned slightly and sighed, "Hey..."
He didn't expect anyone to help, so he stood up tremblingly. Then he looked at the little girl who was bleeding a lot and asked in the huge casino: "Can someone sell me a healing potion?"
There was silence.
No one responded. No one was willing to take out this potion, which almost all hunters had on hand.
Guy's expression was normal, and there was no disappointment, just the usual numbness.
As long as Naretta is around, no one dares to sell food, provide shelter, medical care, clothing, or anything else.
At this stop, Ren saw his bamboo pole-like legs and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Sure enough, he was poisoned! Mandolin flesh-paralyzing toxin!"
Old Guy has been poisoned for a long time. Although he can barely stand up now, he has difficulty walking. Probably, it won't be long before he can only lie in bed and wait to die.
... .
The half-dead father walked over tremblingly, trying to lift up his daughter who was lying in a pool of blood.
He struggled to lift the little girl's arm that was lying on the ground, turned over and tried to carry it on his back, but his atrophied muscles could not support him in such a strenuous movement. As soon as they pulled up half of their bodies, the father and daughter immediately fell to the floor with a "boom", looking extremely embarrassed.
With this fall, the little girl's head hit the floor again, and blood splashed all over the floor. The gamblers all around retreated, and no one dared to step forward to help.
Guy climbed up, breathing heavily, gritting his teeth to try again.
Everyone looked on indifferently, and no one dared to step forward to help.
It was as if the father and daughter were mimes performing tragedy on the stage.
Fell once and again.
When Ren saw this scene in the distance, he pursed his lips and stopped looking.
After a slight sigh.
He turned to the gambler standing in front of him and said calmly: "Please give way, I am a doctor."
"Don't..."
The red-haired girl named Dasha was about to stop something, but Ren ignored her pull and walked out.
There was a hint of shock on her face, and she felt incredible at the same time. She regretted in her heart: Oh, I forgot that this guy didn't know that "ghost girl"!
Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of dumbfounded eyes, Renn walked over.
Until they reached the father and daughter, there was no prompt from the system.
If it were a negative state such as plague curse, the system would prompt, but not now.
The BUFF in her bloodline that was "ill-intentioned and riddled with misfortune" didn't seem to be triggered by herself.
Renn thinks it should be the same.
He considers himself not a good person, but he is not a bad person either.
Before the trip to experience, the Mafa Great Witch Priest once said to him: Follow your heart and do it, that is your extraordinary path. Intention is something that is unshakable in my heart.
Lane felt that as a doctor, this was what he should do.
What's more, he is also very interested in "cursed people".
... ..
Suddenly a helper came out of the crowd, and everyone in the gambling stall was shocked.
"Where did the stupid doctor come from? He got involved in the ghost girl's affairs..."
"Haha... Just wait, it won't be long before he will regret his meddling."
"You dare to come close after bleeding so much, this guy is dead..."
"..."
Others pointed fingers, some with regret and some with vitriol.
Guy was obviously shocked. He looked at Ren, "Mr. Doctor, if you...if you want to help, just give me a healing potion."
Ren shook his head: "The healing potion can't solve her problem. I'm a doctor, let me take a look."
Since he knew that the little girl's blood would not harm him, he still felt that he would help others to the end. This little girl's health is in very bad shape, and it's definitely not something that a potion can fix.
As he spoke, he ignored the looks of others, took out a pair of surgical gloves and put them on his hands, and then began to check the little girl's injuries.
There was a bruise on the back of the head, but the injury was not serious. The causes of syncope were long-term malnutrition and infection of those purulent wounds, and probably some blood loss.
Ren made a brief inspection and said: "To cure it, some simple surgical operations are necessary, otherwise she will not live long after surviving today..."
Guy looked at Renne carefully and said in surprise: "You... are you willing to save her? Don't you know Naretta?"
"Naretta? It's a pretty name."
Ren responded calmly, and then said: "I have heard about her. But I am a doctor, and I do what I should do."
Hearing this, Guy felt even more unbelievable. He looked at Renn carefully again, a strange expression flashed across his expression, and he didn't insist anymore, "Thank you. Mr. kind doctor."
At this time, the gambling stall manager saw someone helping and breathed a sigh of relief.
He handed over a money bag from a distance, handed it to Ren, and said: "Dear Mr. Doctor, the treatment fee will be charged to our tavern... But, can you please take her away?"
Renn looked at the money bag and took it expressionlessly.
Then he simply wrapped the wound on the girl's head with gauze, cleaned up the blood on the ground, and without disdain her dirty clothes, he picked her up and walked up the iron stairs.
Then, I heard another heavy sigh of relief coming from behind.
Finally, the plague god left.
... .
"Where do you live?"
"At the foot of the city wall in the West End."
"..."
"No hotel will provide us with accommodation, so..."
"knew."
The three of them walked out of the gambling stall and the tavern.
Renn covered the little girl on his back with a cloak to avoid causing trouble.
Guy was also afraid of being recognized, so he followed him from a distance.
They left the Machinery City and walked to the shantytown on the ground, and then along the corner they found the shantytown built by the father and daughter themselves.
It was nothing but clean, and as dirty as a doghouse. This filthy residence reminded people of that guy spending money like water at the gambling table, which made people even more confused.
Wren spread a dry mat on the floor and set the little girl down.
He began to treat the wound, without looking back, and said calmly: "I will save her, but I think you need to give me some explanations."
Guy looked at Ren with complicated eyes.
He knew what the other person wanted to explain himself.
After pondering for a moment, he said directly: "There is something wrong with Naretta's bloodline. There is an uncontrollable 'curse power' in her body. As long as you treat her better, the curse power will be stronger, and then... It will bring misfortune to the people around her. Only in the suffering and pain, she will live stronger. Even if you don't save her, she will not die, but... it will just be very painful... "
There was helplessness in his words, as if he didn't want to, but he had to.
Ren frowned as he heard this. No wonder this man treated her like this. Was it because of this
The bloodline ability of the "cursed clan" is very strange. The better they live, the stronger their curse ability becomes... It is indeed quite evil.
Seeing Ren's expression, Guy added, "But, Mr. Doctor, you don't have to worry. You have righteousness in your body, and the power of the curse has no effect on you."
Hearing this, Ren was slightly surprised: "Oh? Can you see 'righteousness'? What is that?"
Of course he knew that the power of the curse had no effect on him, but he was also curious how this guy could see it.
This guy actually knows how to "gain energy"
Guy explained: "I found her in a pile of bones two years ago. After my long-term observation, I found that people with evil intentions would be in trouble if they got close to her. Especially if they came into close contact with her blood, The more vicious and evil a person is, the more bad luck they will encounter."
This guy's description is very accurate, exactly the same as the introduction in the goblin's ancient alchemy book.
Ren's expression didn't change when he heard this, and he just said lightly: "In my eyes, you don't seem to be a 'righteous' person."
But what made him think was that when Guy heard this obviously sarcastic remark, there was no embarrassment on his face, he was just silent.
After a moment, he also laughed at himself, "Yes, I am indeed a very sinful person."
As soon as these words came out, neither of them spoke.
... ..
The little girl is not a supernatural being. The injuries caused by these infected dragons would probably kill an ordinary person.
But she happened to be living well (not good on the outside, but very strong in vitality).
Renn also became more and more curious about the origin of this "cursed clan" bloodline.
Obviously, there must be a story behind the father and daughter.
The operation was not too troublesome, and Renn handled it well. He asked casually: "Are you poisoned?"
Guy said calmly: "I know."
Without looking back, Ren removed some necrotic tissue from the little girl's body, started suturing, and asked casually: "How did you get poisoned?"
Guy: "You want to hear it?"
Ren just pretended to be idle: "Tell me and listen."
If nothing else, this guy was as good at telling stories as a bard, and he was very interesting to listen to.
"Whatever..."
Guy smiled bitterly and changed his face to a solemn expression: "My name is 'Guy Villas', from the 'Ajax Province' in Sid."
The probability of having the same name in this world is very high, but with the addition of place names, the probability is low.
As soon as Ren heard this, "Zhi Nao" automatically compared and searched for several people with this name that were recorded in various materials.
Then, he casually read out the first one: "[Sword of Justice] Guy Vilias?"
Guy was very calm: "Do you know me?"
It really is
Ren's eyelids twitched, can he still pretend not to recognize him now
He said calmly: "Sid is an SSS wanted criminal, a murderer with a bounty of two billion. Your bounty says that fifteen years ago, you massacred a city and killed tens of thousands of civilians..."
Ren said lightly, but he was shocked in his heart.
This is really a big shot.
Before the "Top Ten Legends" [Frost Moon Swordsman] Carlo Gracie was born, that guy was already the number one swordsman in Sid.
Former SSS level bounty hunter of the Bounty Hunters Guild. Ironically, he is now an SSS-level wanted criminal and one of the guys with the highest bounty in Sid!
And this guy also has an almost household name - "The Most Beautiful Man in the World"!
Thinking of this, Renn looked at the old skeleton-like face: Ah, that's it
Guy seemed to have guessed what Ren was looking at. He laughed dryly and said, "I said, when he was young, he was indeed quite handsome."
After a pause, he looked at Ren and asked calmly: "Do you want to take my head in exchange for a bounty? If that's the case... I won't resist. I will die for a just doctor like you. In my hands, I have no regrets.”
"Not interested in."
Ren responded calmly. The two billion bounty is indeed very attractive to ordinary hunters, but for him, it is better to listen to an interesting story.
And whether it was the system's judgment or his intuition, it told Ren that this guy from Guy meant no harm to him.
What's more, he has been with this little girl for a long time and has not triggered the "ill-intentioned" BUFF, so he obviously shouldn't be a bad person.
Simply, we continued chatting.
He skipped the topic and asked calmly: "Do you mind if I take some of Naretta's blood and hair samples for research? Maybe we can find out the problem of her blood curse."
When he met a legendary ancient "cursed" bloodline, he was naturally very interested. He took some samples and planned to bring them to his teacher Ilubek for research.
"..."
Doing research? That seems to be an area that only very senior doctors have contact with.
Guy was slightly surprised and nodded.
After receiving permission, Ren used a test tube to take out some blood scabs and hair, and then asked, "I think you want to lose money on purpose?"
Guy asked in surprise: "Oh? Why do you say that?"
Ren's operation did not stop, and he said casually: "I played cards with a guy who is very good at gambling, and he asked a few questions about gambling. I can see that you are very good at gambling, you shouldn't They are bad gamblers..."
Guy was noncommittal, smiled bitterly, and said: "My gambling skills were also learned from playing cards with a guy who is very skilled in gambling. Maybe you have also heard that his name is 'Olatus K. Kant'."
"..."
Ren's eyes twitched when he heard this.
Of course he had.
One of the previous "Top Ten Legends", Olatus K. Kant of the Gambler Sequence, the teacher with squinting eyes at Metternich!
Damn it, the circle of top-level extraordinary people is really small.
... .
Ren didn't expect that a random person he met would be the big devil with an SSS-level bounty on his head.
This guy said his name, or he was going to kill someone and silence him. Either he really wants to die as he said.
But things are obviously not as simple as they seem.
Ren thought there was another hidden reason behind the reward, and asked, "Did you not kill the people mentioned in the reward order? Or, were they not civilians?"
But Guy admitted: "No. I killed them. They were also civilians. That's why I said that I deserved death."
Ren was silent as he listened. The story seemed to be very deep.
"Mr. Guy, what are you doing here?"
"Find [Frost Moon Swordsman] Carlo Gracie to retrieve a sword."
Hearing that a familiar person was an enemy again, Renn couldn't help but feel a sense of alarm.
"Are you familiar with him?"
"I don't know. But I must take back that sword."
"is yours?"
"No. I have used that sword before. It was it that made me lose my mind and caused that massacre."
"A black, canine-toothed sword?"
"how do you know?"
"I've seen him use it."
"Has he started using it already?"
"Um."
"This is bad."
"..."
Ren suddenly felt that something was a little unexpected.