Ten Thousand Ways To Eliminate Players-Chapter 51 - 0 Top Doctor Treats Before Illness

"City Lord, the newly recruited Hidden Guards are on the street, play-acting with the staff of the Chef’s Divine Food Stall. Sometimes they pretend to fall, sometimes they feign blindness while crossing the road, and other times they pretend to choke on food, needing someone to pat it out. They are all behaving erratically and making fools of themselves... In my opinion, they are no longer suitable to continue as Hidden Guards."

In the City Lord’s Mansion, a plainly dressed, true Hidden Guard reported his observations to Xu Longyun. While describing the scene, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Obviously, the Players had seriously insulted the profession of Hidden Guards.

Xu Longyun was silent.

"City Lord, in my humble opinion, all of them should be expelled from the City Lord’s Mansion." Seeing that the City Lord offered no response, the Hidden Guard gritted his teeth and continued, "Otherwise, if we let them continue their foolishness, they will eventually bring disaster upon the City Lord’s Mansion."

How could I not know!

Xu Longyun sighed lightly. "There’s no need. Let them stay in the City Lord’s Mansion. Continue to instruct them properly."

"City Lord, I know their aptitude is excellent, but..." the Hidden Guard argued anxiously.

"There are no ’buts’." Xu Longyun recalled the night talk she had with Lin Bai that day and subconsciously used his words, "Even a wooden stick or a toilet stick has its uses, let alone a group of living people."

"..." The Hidden Guard was silent for a moment, then said, "It was I who was being narrow-minded."

"Monitor all the actions of the Players. If anyone commits crimes or disturbs the populace, immediately imprison them and punish them severely." Xu Longyun changed her tone, "Identify those among them with good character, incorporate them into the Government Officials, and, when necessary, order them to apprehend criminals."

"Yes." The Hidden Guard responded, his gloomy mood finally lifting somewhat. He hesitated for a moment. "City Lord, are we still keeping an eye on the Chef’s Divine Food Stall?"

"Keep watching," Xu Longyun said. "Report every move Lin Bai makes to me."

"City Lord, if Lin Bai commits a crime, can we apprehend him?" the Hidden Guard asked tentatively.

"Want to take revenge for Zhou Jiang?" Xu Longyun looked at the Hidden Guard she had trained, her expression strange.

"Yes," the Hidden Guard admitted frankly. The depth of the Hidden Guards’ hatred for Lin Bai was proportional to the goodwill he had accrued when Zhou Jiang awoke. Compared to the Players, Lin Bai was even worse. Killing someone was a matter of a mere nod. But Lin Bai? He injured people, swindled money, pretended to be a good person, and manipulated emotions; the things he did were truly despicable.

The Hidden Guards were all in the same boat. Almost every one of them was itching to get even with Lin Bai.

"I advise you not to do so; you are no match for him." Xu Longyun shook her head and smiled faintly. "If you really want to vent your anger, you can send some Players his way."

A dog-eat-dog situation?

Knowing the peculiar nature of the Players, the Hidden Guard’s eyes instantly lit up. "The City Lord is wise."

「...」

After leaving the City Lord’s Mansion, the decision-makers of the four great families of Jiamucheng gathered.

The head of the Luo Family spoke, "What are your thoughts on the City Lord’s new policies?"

The head of the Song Family lifted an eyelid and uttered a single word, "Absurd."

The head of the Gu Family shook his head. "If this is implemented, I’m afraid Jiamucheng will become a laughingstock!"

The Luo Family head suddenly sighed. "Have you ever considered this? Over the years, the City Lord has been diligent and meticulous, rarely making mistakes. As a woman, she has held the position of City Lord of Jiamucheng—the foremost of the twenty-two cities of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches—for over a decade. Don’t you find it odd that such a prudent person would suddenly make such absurd decisions?"

The various heads of families looked at each other in dismay, all falling silent.

"Strange incidents have been occurring frequently in Jiamucheng these past few days." The Luo Family head picked up his teacup, gently stirring the floating tea leaves with the lid, and said in a low voice, "I fear the times are about to change."

"Does Head Luo intend to follow the City Lord’s plan?" asked the head of the Zhu Family.

"Regardless of what the rest of you think, the Luo Family has decided to take this gamble with the City Lord." The Luo Family head smiled faintly. "At worst, business in Jiamucheng will become a bit absurd. It won’t significantly impact our businesses in other towns..."

「...」

Jiamucheng was in turmoil, with strange events occurring frequently, greatly enriching the entertainment lives of the common people.

And Lin Bai, the puppet master behind the scenes, was currently engaged in something far more meaningful: treating the sick and saving lives.

The Chef’s Divine Food Stall had been taken over by a few partners. His future apprentice was earnestly trying to become a good person. His Big Brother had secured a territory for him in less than two hours, so he didn’t need to worry about that for the time being. Several Systems had entered a smooth, automatic operational state, and Lin Bai merely needed to reap the rewards.

The only thing that required his active management was the newly emerged Peerless Divine Doctor System.

The world was too dangerous; mastering medical skills could be life-saving. Compared to the largely useless Cooking God System, Lin Bai was far more enthusiastic about medicine.

However, medical skills and culinary arts were not the same. A chef, even one who couldn’t cook, could open a restaurant, procure some ingredients from outside, and still manage to feed people. But what about a doctor? If one couldn’t cure illnesses, they truly couldn’t. It wasn’t a matter of simply buying some medicine and giving it to people; that would be irresponsible towards life.

Although this was an unfamiliar world, quite possibly a game world where the inhabitants were merely data, Lin Bai, after circling the exterior of the clinic, still couldn’t bring himself to practice on those pitiable-looking patients.

After much thought, Lin Bai decided to find suitable patients himself. Therefore, he wandered around the outskirts of gambling dens and the Brothel Tile Market and quickly found several unsavory individuals in need of his assistance. If he couldn’t bear to treat good people, then he would treat bad ones. A Healer’s Benevolent Heart meant that in a doctor’s eyes, there were only patients, with no distinction between good and evil.

At that time, they didn’t appear to be sick. But a superior doctor treats illnesses before they manifest. After Lin Bai, acting chivalrously, saved an old man whom they were attempting to rob, the patients naturally emerged.

"You are sick, you know?" Lin Bai bent down, looking at the few social dregs on the ground, twisted into awkward positions, some clutching their arms, others their legs, all wailing for mercy. His gaze was gentle.

"Great hero, I was wrong! I’ll never dare to do it again!" The patient was clearly very familiar with the treatment process. Enduring the pain, he knelt before Lin Bai, weeping and pleading, "I have an eighty-year-old mother at home and a three-year-old child waiting to be fed! I was forced to resort to robbery! I swear, this is the first time! Please, great hero, let us go! We promise to reform and live honestly from now on!"

"No, you did nothing wrong. You are simply sick. Look, your leg is broken," Lin Bai said with concern, pointing at the man’s twisted leg.

"I... I broke it myself! It has nothing to do with the great hero!" The patient, stunned for a moment, managed to force a smile.

"Yes, yes! We all broke our own legs! Please, great hero, let us go! We’ll find a doctor ourselves!" the other patients chimed in hastily.

"Why find another doctor? I am a doctor." Lin Bai smiled, retrieving the wound medicine Zhou Jiang had discarded from his robes. He poured out a few pellets. "Come, open your mouth. This is excellent wound medicine; it will relieve your pain quickly."

"Great hero, spare my life!" The patient’s face changed dramatically at the sight of the Pill Medicine in Lin Bai’s hand. "We only robbed a few coins; it’s not a crime punishable by death... UGH... COUGH COUGH..."

While he was speaking, Lin Bai flicked his finger, and a pellet of Pill Medicine flew into the man’s mouth. The patient gagged and coughed, but nothing came out.

Seeing his companion being forcibly medicated, the patient beside him contorted his face in fury, screaming madly, "I know you! You’re the black-hearted owner of Chef’s Divine Food Stall! My cousin is a member of the Wild Wind Gang! You’d better let me go, or else my cousin... MMPH..."

While he was shouting, Lin Bai flicked his finger again, seizing the opportunity to feed him another pellet of Pill Medicine. Then, he turned to the last patient and asked, "Do you also have a relative in the Wild Wind Gang?"

"Afraid now... MMPH..."

「...」

[Actively treated three patients (Completed); Reward: Physical Constitution One (Issued)]

[Identifying illnesses is the foundation of medical skill. Accurately diagnose the conditions of ten patients; Reward: Physical Constitution Three]

Damn it!

So you’re really not going to reward any medical skills, huh?

Upon seeing the new task, Lin Bai’s face darkened instantly. If things went on like this, instead of being known as an Unworldly Divine Doctor, he would end up with the moniker of ’Killer Doctor’...

But complaints are just that!

Lin Bai still looked at the patient before him and asked gently, "Your leg is broken. Is my diagnosis correct?"

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