Chapter 352: Setting Sail! (3k)
Soon, Su Jiu boarded the plane with the help of the crew. In the business class, she tried her best to suppress the sacred aura emanating from her body. She still had about twenty-five percent to expel, and she could only move her body with difficulty.
Sliding her wheelchair through the empty aircraft corridor, carrying E Huo, who had shrunk to the size of a pillow, she prepared to scan her code to buy some potato chips. However, in the aisle, she suddenly heard several voices, as if sighing—
A crisp female voice spoke in fluent English, “What are we going to do when we get back to Aers this time? Yela is launching a full-scale invasion!”
“What can we do? The world competition has been suspended due to the monster attack. We don’t have time to gain international support by winning the competition.”
Another voice was rough. Although he was refuting the woman, he also revealed his helplessness. In the end, he roared, as if he could no longer suppress his anger, “Captain, instead of participating in that stupid world competition, why don’t we go home, make some alchemy devices, and blow up those bastards? Our compatriots are being massacred every moment…”
“Hush…”
The owner of the female voice seemed to have noticed Su Jiu’s gaze. She immediately signaled to the owner of the rough voice and gave Su Jiu a friendly smile. Her gaze fell on Su Jiu’s wheelchair, and she said somewhat strangely, “Miss, have I seen you somewhere before?”
As the other party scrutinized Su Jiu, Su Jiu was also scrutinizing them. They were almost all white, dressed in light blue-trimmed white long-sleeved combat uniforms, loose gray work pants, and very uniform black hiking boots. They looked more like soldiers than students.
The speaking girl had brown hair cut to her shoulders, and wore a silver necklace, looking very refreshing and clean.
Meeting the other party’s confused gaze, Su Jiu did not hide her identity. She also smiled kindly at them and said softly, “Perhaps we met on the competition field. Judging by what you said, you must be members of the world competition team, right?”
“Yes, we also entered the top 24 yesterday…” The girl with brown hair looked at Su Jiu’s face and fell into thought again. As if she had thought of something, her eyes widened slightly in surprise, “I remember you now, the Priest Captain from Magical Capital University!”
Soon, she frowned and looked at her equally surprised companions. She said earnestly, “There are no resorts near Moon Sunken Sea, and there is a war going on there now. The situation is very tense. I advise you not to go there.”
“Thank you for the reminder.”
Under their gaze, Su Jiu nodded slightly, her eyes swept over them, and she said with a light smile, “But you are also going to Moon Sunken Sea, shouldn’t you stay further away from it? Why not stay in Seattle.”
Looking at these young faces, Su Jiu sighed inwardly. She knew they wanted to go home, but what could they do, being only War General Level experts?
They were different from her. She now represented the Red Cross Society as a priest, while they were just students.
“Stay…?”
When asked this question, the group looked at each other, but the girl with brown hair quickly took over the conversation. She smiled helplessly and said softly, “Our home is there. If possible, it would be good to go back and take more of our people away. Yela is about to launch a full-scale invasion.”
“Alas… I hope the day of world peace will come soon.”
Seeing the weariness on the other’s face, Su Jiu didn’t ask any more questions. She exchanged pleasantries with them for a while, then went to buy some potato chips and stayed in her seat with E Huo, slowly consuming them with her black fire.
She was already close to 20%.
She had a premonition that the sacred attribute would play a role in this rescue. Generally, large-scale healing was performed by Divine Priests.
Although their individual healing effects were not as good as other attributes, the pervasive nature of holy light meant that large-scale healing was stronger than that of priests of other attributes.
Time flowed like quicksand through her fingers. Outside the window, it was already past midnight, revealing a bit of the sea at night. As Su Jiu cultivated, the plane smoothly landed at Moon Sunken Sea.
“Priest Frost Blade, I am the person in charge of this mission, Yuko Yamagami.”
After landing, to Su Jiu’s surprise, a female priest of Eastern appearance wearing a white coat came to pick her up. She spoke broken Chinese, seeming to be from Sakura Country.
“Level Two Medical Badge? Did the gentleman on the phone not come?”
Su Jiu looked at the medical badge on her chest, somewhat surprised. She also had one of these, which was given to her by Ling Ling before.
“He has too many telecommunication tasks, and he’s been a bit neurasthenic lately, so I’m here to take his place.”
However, after answering, the other party seemed even more surprised by Su Jiu’s wheelchair-bound appearance. But soon, the surprise in her eyes turned into admiration. She placed her hands flat and bowed slightly, “Thank you for being willing to go to the war zone to rescue refugees.”
“No need. The person on the phone said I’m only here for honor.”
Seeing the other party’s serious demeanor, Su Jiu quickly waved her hands and said with a wry smile.
Su Jiu’s previous impression of Sakura people was not good, but Yuko Yamagami in front of her made her feel a little impressed. She herself was going to rescue the wounded for the “Song of Praise”…
It was obvious that the other party was not.
“Don’t you have an old saying in your country, ‘A gentleman judges deeds, not intentions’? I’ll push you to our base camp first. When we get there, you’ll have to change into a white coat and wear this, just like us.”
Looking at Su Jiu, Yuko smiled, then pushed the wheelchair from behind her and waved the red ribbon on her arm, exhibiting a very friendly demeanor.
“Base camp? Are there many people from the Red Cross Society coming this time?”
Feeling that they were being pushed towards Haikou, Su Jiu could vaguely see some ships docked on the side. In the deep night, they emitted faint lights, appearing to be some civilian fishing boats.
Hearing Su Jiu’s question, Yuko behind her thought for a moment before saying softly, “Excluding the Battle King Level adventurer we hired, there are eleven priests in total, including you. After we land, other volunteers will help us transport the supplies.”
“Doesn’t that Battle King expert participate in the escort after landing?”
Su Jiu was also a little surprised that the Red Cross Society had hired a Battle King Level expert to escort them. Given the organization’s public welfare nature, it would be very difficult to afford a Battle King expert willing to take risks.
Continuing to push Su Jiu, Yuko said casually about the organization’s predicament, “He can’t escort us. He’s not a priest and doesn’t have an internationally recognized priest’s certificate. Once we reach land, we’ll have to go to the international hospital in Aers on our own.”
As the ships grew closer, Su Jiu asked curiously again, “How will our mission be considered complete this time? Will it be after rescuing all the wounded?”
“The wounded… The wounded can never be fully rescued. We need to provide shelters for the women and children…”
When she heard this question, Yuko paused slightly, but then continued to push the wheelchair, as if there were things she didn’t want to tell Su Jiu. Her smile was also a bit forced.
“As for when the mission will be completed, we can’t decide, but it definitely won’t be long.”
While they were talking, they soon arrived in front of a civilian cargo ship. The people on the cargo ship all looked over, and then a hearty laugh came from a bald man of Eastern appearance.
“Haha, I knew Miss Frost Blade would come. How could someone who dared to confront the noble families of my hometown be afraid!”
This bald man was sturdy, wearing a yellowed white coat, with various scars covering his arms when his sleeves were rolled up. There were several green medicine bottles on both sides of his white coat, like some basic healing medicine.
Basic healing medicines were divided into green, blue, purple, and gold from low to high levels. The purple top-tier healing medicine given to Su Jiu by Vivian was effective for healing some ordinary people of lower levels, and often a few drops were enough.
“A bet is a bet… Here.”
Beside him, a white youth wearing silver-rimmed glasses rolled his eyes helplessly and took out a bottle of blue healing medicine from his waist, throwing it towards the bald pharmacist.
“Crack!”
The bald pharmacist, who grabbed the blue healing medicine, propped up the pole on the ship and landed on the ground with a “thump!” He scanned Su Jiu’s wheelchair and gave her a thumbs-up. Then, he handed her the blue medicine he had just obtained and said with a loud laugh, “Liu Gang, also from Dragon Country. I am very impressed that Miss Frost Blade gave up the world competition to adventure with us! This medicine can quickly heal wounds.”
“Thank you, Brother Liu, but my wounds cannot be treated like this. They will heal on their own in a couple of days. Please give this medicine to the refugees.” Su Jiu gently pushed the blue medicine away and shook her head with a smile.
Seeing this, Liu Gang was not annoyed. He scratched his bald head, then leaped back onto the ship, saying with a smile, “That’s true. We are all priests, so using this is too wasteful.”
Yuko behind Su Jiu leaned slightly towards Su Jiu and said, “We plan to set off under the cover of night. Have you really decided to go with us?”
“Since I’m here, I can’t just leave shamefully, can I?”
Su Jiu chuckled, then patted her wheelchair. A surge of external qi erupted from her body, helping her to soar into the air. Then, she gently landed on the ship. Although she was sitting in a wheelchair, her movements were exceptionally elegant.
Everyone was surprised by Su Jiu’s operation. The girl in front of them seemed to have reached a state of perfection in controlling external qi, but ordinary priests shouldn’t have this level of skill.
However, as Yuko also landed steadily on the ship, everyone ignored Su Jiu’s ‘move’ just now. Instead, all eyes turned to her, as if waiting for her command to set sail.
“Mr. Eir.”
Yuko looked at the old man with a white beard smoking in the corner. After receiving his casual wave, she scanned the surroundings, looking at everyone’s faces as if she wanted to engrave them all in her memory, then took a deep breath and shouted:
“Set sail!”
