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Chapter 270
Rick reached out his hand. He waved it right through the flashing System box, dismissing the warning. The box vanished.Rick looked at Luna. His dull, gray eyes held a fierce, unbreakable determination."That is what a doctor does, Luna," Rick said softly. "I took a vow to heal the wound of the world, even if it cuts me open. If I have to poison my own soul to keep these people safe from the city guards, then I will gladly drink the poison. I will not stop."Luna stared at him. She hated it. She hated watching him hurt himself. But she loved him for his absolute, fearless mercy. She nodded slowly, wiping a tear from her eye. She returned to the iron table to clean the blood."Next patient," Rick called out into the dark.A new figure stepped out of the yellow fog and into the furnace.Rick immediately knew something was different.The figure did not walk with a weak, dragging limp. The figure did not cough. The figure walked with heavy, perfectly even, powerful steps. Clank. Clank. Cl
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Luna covered her mouth with her hand. The cruelty of the City of Iron was unimaginable. They pushed people so hard that they mutilated their own bodies just to survive."The machine works," the young man sobbed. "I can dig through heavy iron now. I met my quota. My sister is safe. But... the rust is in my blood. I am burning with fever. My veins are turning black. I am going to die."Rick stepped forward. His gray, dull eyes looked at the terrible, rusted machine jammed into human flesh."You have severe heavy metal poisoning, and a massive bacterial infection," Rick diagnosed quickly in his mind. "The dark Qi from the old machine is eating your life force."Rick needed to use his Water Qi to flush the boy's blood. He needed to use a massive wave of pure, blue, glowing magical water to wash the black rust out of his veins.But again, Rick could not show the light.Rick closed his eyes. He pushed his bright, beautiful soul deeper into the dark, dirty cage in his mind. He pulled the ugl
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Rick was the Ghost Doctor. He had access to the most beautiful, powerful, brilliant green healing magic in the entire world. Normally, he would summon a bright flame of green Earth Qi. The pure magic would wash over the arm, instantly burning the yellow acid away and growing new, perfect skin. It would be a bright, beautiful miracle.But Rick could not do that here.If he summoned his true, bright green magic, the light would shine out of the open mouth of the giant furnace. hTe robotic dogs wandering the junkyard would smell the pure, high-level magic instantly. The city guards would drop bombs on the furnace to destroy the "anomaly." Thousands of people hiding in the junk would die.Rick had to disguise his magic. He had to suppress his System signature.Rick closed his eyes. He dug deep into his soul. He found the warm, bright, happy green light of his Qi. Then, he did something terrible.He forced his mind to think about the cold, dead, rusted metal of the junkyard. He thought a
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The yellow smog outside the giant, broken furnace was as thick as dirty water.It was the middle of the night in Rustgate, the City of Iron. But in the junkyard, it was never truly dark. The sky glowed with a sickly, bruised purple light from the giant factory chimneys inside the city walls. The air smelled of burning plastic, rusted metal, and old, dried blood.Inside the belly of the giant, abandoned iron furnace, it was completely black.Rick stood in the shadows near the open mouth of the furnace. He wore his torn, dark gray coat. He pulled the hood up over his head so his face was completely hidden. He leaned on his smooth wooden staff.Next to him, Luna stood by the flat iron table she had built from scrap metal. She only had one arm. She used her single, strong hand to arrange clean white bandages, a bottle of strong alcohol, and a few sharp pieces of broken glass. A single, tiny oil lantern burned on the table, casting a very weak, warm orange light in the massive, cold room
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Luna let out a small, tired laugh. “The Trash Doctor.” It was a funny name, but it fit perfectly. They were turning the broken pieces of the world into miracles."I have to pay you," the man said frantically. He reached into his dirty pockets. He pulled out a handful of rusted screws, a small piece of clean copper wire, and a half-eaten piece of dry bread. He held them out in his shaking hands. "That is all I have. Please. Do not let the magic undo itself."Rick looked at the handful of garbage. He reached out and gently pushed the man's hands down."Keep your copper. Keep your food," Rick said firmly. "I do not heal for money. I heal because you are alive."The man stared at Rick. Tears spilled over his cheeks and cut clean lines through the dark soot on his face. He had lived in the cruel, greedy city of Rustgate his entire life. He had never experienced an act of pure, selfless kindness. It broke his heart in the most beautiful way possible."Thank you," the man sobbed, bowing hi
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Luna ran to the table. With her one strong arm, she pushed down hard on the man's shoulders, pinning him to the hot iron. "Stay with us! Look at me!" Luna yelled to the man. "Keep your eyes on me!"Blood poured from the cut. It was not normal red blood. It was dark, thick, and mixed with the glowing purple poison.Rick worked incredibly fast. His hands were covered in the toxic blood. The purple acid burned his skin, leaving angry red blisters on his fingers, but Rick did not stop. He did not care about his own pain. He only cared about the patient.Rick grabbed the rusted iron pliers. He pushed another invisible drop of green Qi into the metal jaws of the pliers to keep them perfectly clean.He pushed the pliers deep into the man's open chest."Ahhhh!" the man sobbed, tears streaming from his yellow eyes."I see it," Rick gritted his teeth. "The core of the Reactor Rot. It has formed a solid lump of toxic magic inside his left lung. I have to pull it out."Rick clamped the rusted pli
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