Chapter 40: Lie with Caution, Mending May Unravel
Bedroom.
Sniff... sniff...
Cipher's nose twitched slightly, causing her previously relaxed expression to instantly furrow into a slight frown.
"How... why do I smell such a strong scent of blood..."
Sniff... sniff...
Her nose twitched again, and immediately after, Cipher opened her eyes and quickly got out of bed.
"It's not an illusion. Why did so much scent of blood suddenly appear? Did something happen?"
With a puzzled heart, Cipher opened the door and came to the living room.
However, when she saw the scene at the living room entrance, her eyes instantly widened.
Because she finally knew where this heavy scent of blood was coming from.
At the doorway of the house, Xiong Lei was soaked in blood from head to toe. His arms, chest, shoulders, back, and even his cheeks were covered in various wounds. Some looked like flesh sliced open and curled back by blades, while others were gunshot wounds and grazes formed from being struck by firearms.
Dark red fascia and pale subcutaneous tissue were exposed to the air, looking unsettling.
Blood was gushing steadily from these terrifying wounds, flowing down his body, forming one shocking bloody footprint after another behind him.
In his two hands, he was carrying Luo Lin and Lin Wei respectively. Both were unconscious now. Although they had injuries, they were mostly just scrapes. Compared to Xiong Lei, who had become a man of blood, their wounds could be said to be insignificant.
Lu Zhaoran was standing beside the doorway at this moment, also wearing an extremely shocked and bewildered expression. Her right hand was still holding the doorknob, looking as if she had just opened the door.
"Xiao Ran! Hurry and let Xiong Lei in. I'll go check if there are any enemies behind him."
Cipher was the first to react. She shouted towards Lu Zhaoran and then rushed straight out the door.
Arriving at the doorway, Cipher looked left and right.
Outside, apart from the trail of bloody footprints Xiong Lei had left on his way here and some numb pedestrians walking on the street, there were no suspicious figures.
Seeing that she couldn't find any trace of the enemy for the moment, Cipher turned and went back into the house. She then saw Lu Zhaoran examining Xiong Lei's body, while Luo Lin and Lin Wei had been placed on a nearby sofa.
"Xiao Ran, how is Xiong Lei?"
Cipher closed the door, then asked Lu Zhaoran somewhat anxiously.
Lu Zhaoran shook her head, her expression grim as she replied, "Overuse of Ability Overclocking, large-scale muscle tearing. There are also many knife and gun wounds on his body, causing extremely severe massive hemorrhage. The situation is very critical."
"He must receive treatment immediately. I'll go to the basement to get some medicine first. Boss Sai Feier, please keep an eye on things up here for me."
After saying that, Lu Zhaoran turned and walked towards the study.
Seeing her leave, Cipher shifted her gaze from her and then looked at Xiong Lei.
"Sigh... looks like I'll have to use that function again..."
Cipher muttered to herself, then began to lie aloud:
"I possess Hyacine's extremely powerful healing ability."
[30w credit points consumed. The lie has become truth, but it will expire in ten minutes.]
When this system notification finished, Cipher felt a power that seemed capable of healing all things continuously welling up from within her body.
"It worked!"
Cipher immediately showed an expression of pleasant surprise, then began to mobilize the power within her body and direct it towards Xiong Lei.
As the power was consumed, Cipher could clearly see the wounds on Xiong Lei's body at this moment healing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Not long after, Lu Zhaoran walked back, now holding a jar in her hand.
"I'll start treating him now... Huh?"
As soon as Lu Zhaoran reached Xiong Lei's side, she discovered that the wounds on his body had already begun to heal rapidly.
After being stunned for a moment, she quickly reacted and asked Cipher beside her:
"Boss Sai Feier, did you do this too?"
Cipher nodded. "I have a friend who is a very skilled physician, so I know a little about healing abilities."
"This..."
Lu Zhaoran didn't know what to say for a moment.
Extreme speed could be explained by excellent physical fitness. Immunity to a death curse could be explained by having previously received some extremely powerful item or ability blessing, or something similar.
And 'the more credit points, the stronger' might just be a special type of ability unique to Boss Sai Feier. After all, although strange and unusual abilities are rare, they aren't nonexistent.
But why could Boss Sai Feier also possess a medical-type ability? In principle... a person only awakens one ability, right?
Yet right before her eyes, she had indeed used something like a medical ability... This forced her to believe it, as the evidence was right there.
Could it be that Boss Sai Feier lied to me about the credit point matter? Is a medical-type ability her real ability?
If a medical-type ability is Boss Sai Feier's ability, then where does her incredibly strong combat power come from? Can a medical-type ability also fight so formidably, even capable of killing two A+ level opponents?
Lu Zhaoran felt her CPU was about to overheat. Holding that jar, she stared blankly at Cipher, not moving a muscle.
'Hmm? What's wrong with Xiao Ran?'
Looking at Lu Zhaoran, who was standing dumbfounded in place, Cipher wondered with some confusion.
She was just about to ask Lu Zhaoran when, at that moment, the system's voice abruptly appeared in Cipher's mind.
[Beep! Detected that Lu Zhaoran has developed doubts about the lie 'The more credit points, the stronger one becomes.' Please dispel these doubts, otherwise Trickery Divine Power will fail, and part of the system's functions will become unavailable.]
After hearing the system's explanation, Cipher's eyes instantly widened.
What the heck? How did Xiao Ran start doubting that lie of mine? Could it be because of what I just said?
Cipher's mind raced, quickly identifying the culprit that made Lu Zhaoran doubt the lie she had told before.
Taking a deep breath and organizing her words in her mind, Cipher reached out and patted Lu Zhaoran's shoulder.
"Why are you standing there frozen all of a sudden? Weren't you going to treat Xiong Lei?"
"Sorry, I was just thinking about something."
Lu Zhaoran was snapped back to reality by Cipher's action. After apologizing, she walked over to Xiong Lei, preparing to administer some treatment.
"Thinking about something? It wouldn't happen to be about where my healing ability comes from, would it?"
"Huh?"
Lu Zhaoran hadn't expected Cipher to say it outright either. She was stunned for a moment first, then nodded very honestly.
"Do you remember I told you before that credit points have a special use for me? Well, this is that special use."
After saying that, Cipher stretched out her hand again. A flash of seven-colored Rainbow Light passed through her hand, and the wounds on Xiong Lei's body began to heal once more.
Watching her action, Lu Zhaoran immediately understood what Cipher wanted to convey.
"Boss Sai Feier means... this medical-type ability is something you obtained using that power?"
"Exactly!" Hearing this answer, Cipher was very satisfied.
She crossed her arms, the corners of her mouth turning up. "I can consume a portion of credit points to use my friends' abilities. That's the special use I mentioned. So, what do you think? Pretty impressive, right?"