The medical pod's cold scanning beam slowly swept over Chen Tian's entire body.
Tony, Captain America, Falcon, and Kiana stood tensely around the control panel, while 2B quietly stood beside the medical pod.
Friday's electronic voice broke the silence:
"Scan complete. Eye injury analysis: Optic nerve severely burnt and necrotic, large areas of retinal tissue atrophied, visual cortex impacted by rule-level energy, permanent structural damage. Conclusion: Complete loss of visual function. Current recovery possibility: 0%."
Tony's face instantly went white: "Friday! Get to the point!"
"Boss, the point is that Mr. Chen's cell activity is repairing the damaged area at an abnormal rate. Based on the current repair rate and necrotic tissue clearance efficiency modeling..." Friday's voice was unruffled, yet it made everyone hold their breath, "It is estimated that within 6 months and 7 days to 6 months and 21 days, the damaged tissue will complete full regeneration and functional reconstruction. Probability of vision recovery: 99.86521%."
"Phew--" Tony let out a long, genuine sigh, as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted, his entire body visibly relaxing, "Half a year... it'll be good in half a year? Are you sure?"
"Model calculation error rate is below 0.001%, Boss," Friday replied with certainty.
"Thank goodness!" Captain America's tense shoulders also relaxed, revealing a relieved smile. Falcon whistled: "Ha, we already have one Daredevil, no need for another!"
Kiana's hanging heart finally settled, and a smile appeared on her face.
Sun Wukong chuckled. Saitama nodded: "Mm, it's good that he can recover."
The medical pod cover slid open with a "hiss."
Chen Tian sat up nimbly, "looking" in Tony's direction, a characteristic roguish smile playing on his lips: "Tony, did you hear that? Half a year, no big deal! No problem at all!"
Tony's heart had just settled, but seeing his annoying, relaxed demeanor, his temper flared up again.
He straightened up, crossed his arms, and wore an extremely schadenfreude-filled smile, as if to say, "You brat, you're in my hands now."
"Yes, half a year! 'No big deal'!" Tony deliberately drew out the words, "The problem really isn't big, it's just this half year... hehe!"
He paced to the side of the medical pod, leaned down, a capitalist's exploitative smile on his face: "Perfect! During this time, you'll stay obediently in the Arbitrator Tower! Don't even think about going anywhere! Hawaii sunbathing, Alps skiing vacations... cancel them all!"
Tony poked Chen Tian's chest with his finger: "You! Chen Tian! From now on, you are the Arbitrators' 'full-time stationed Commander'! All those mountains of diplomatic documents, resource allocation reports, new member reviews, and those annoying parliamentary squabbles... they're all your responsibility! Anyway, you can't 'see' the scenery now, so just focus on 'seeing' the documents!"
He deliberately emphasized the word "see."
Chen Tian's smile instantly froze on his face: "Hey, hey! Tony! This is blatant exploitation! Taking advantage of a misfortune! I'm still a disabled person!"
"Disabled?" Tony raised an eyebrow exaggeratedly, "A disabled person who can sit up by himself and yell at me with full vigor? Don't pretend, kid! This is called making the best use of resources! Giving you something 'meaningful' to do, so you don't get bored!"
"Damn it!" Chen Tian immediately sprang out of the medical pod, "Making the best use of resources? What do you take me for? A human processor? Dream on! I protest! I want human rights! I want a vacation!"
"Protest denied!" Tony stood his ground, triumphant, "You are now a key protected object of the Tower, and 'human rights' means staying put and working! Vacation? When your eyes are good, I'll approve 365 days of paid leave for you!"
"365 days? You're fooling ghosts! Your capitalist face is exposed!" Chen Tian "angrily" pointed at Tony.
"Better than some reckless fool who blinded himself!" Tony retorted.
"Ha! At least I dealt with the Dimension Demon God!"
"And then sent yourself to the office!"
"You're taking personal revenge!"
"I'm reasonably utilizing resources!"
Beside the medical pod, Captain America and Falcon covered their foreheads, watching the two "giants" who had instantly turned into elementary school students, both amused and exasperated.
Kiana covered her face: "Here they go again..."
2B spoke expressionlessly: "Master, Mr. Stark, the medical pod needs to be disinfected."
Sun Wukong's shoulders shook with laughter: "Haha, Chen Tian can't escape now!"
Saitama rubbed his stomach: "Are you done arguing? I'm a bit hungry."
Chen Tian and Tony stopped their bickering simultaneously, turning to Saitama (Chen Tian by feel) and "roaring":
"Shut up! / Wait a minute!"
Then the two glared back at each other like fighting cocks.
The medical department was filled with joyful air (and Tony's roars and Chen Tian's protests).
For at least half a year, the highest Commander's office in the Arbitrator Tower would welcome a "stationed big shot" who, though blind, was full of energy and whose verbal combat skills were undiminished.
Tony felt that this wave... seemed not to be a loss?
At this moment, Captain America suddenly interjected: "Gentlemen, I think you should stop arguing first."
As Tony and Chen Tian were glaring at each other (Chen Tian by feel), they both turned their heads simultaneously and glared at Captain America.
Captain America stood with his arms crossed, a helpless expression on his face: "Did you forget there's still serious business to deal with?"
Tony raised an eyebrow: "Fury?" He only then remembered the one-eyed man he had personally imprisoned.
"And Carol," Captain America nodded, his tone serious, "Carol is fine, but it's mainly Fury. The 'Star Program' he and Valentina cooked up must have a resolution. Also, President Ross is dead, and the United States is in chaos right now, the subsequent impact..."
Chen Tian pouted and immediately shifted the blame: "What does Ross's death have to do with us? We can't possibly step in ourselves and put a puppet President in place, can we? Although I really want to try..." His tone was a bit eager to try.
Captain America's brows instantly furrowed into a knot, his tone firm and decisive: "Chen Tian! Interfering in another country's internal affairs, that is an absolute red line! Don't even think about it!"
"Tch, I know, I know, Captain, you're the boss." Chen Tian immediately put his hands up in a gesture of surrender, his roguishness instantly replaced by a wronged expression, changing his face faster than turning a page. He spread his arms towards 2B and called out in a drawn-out voice: "2B~ hug~ I'm hungry! I want food!"
2B looked at her Master, who had instantly turned into a giant baby, and sighed expressionlessly (inner monologue: Can't keep this Master.jpg), but still walked forward briskly and skillfully picked him up in a princess carry.
"Hey! You brat! Trying to sneak away again?" Tony watched him being carried away, so angry he stomped his feet.
Chen Tian's head popped out from 2B's arms, and he shouted towards Tony and Captain America, delivering a precise blow:
"Tony, Captain! I'm just from the 'combat team'! Fighting and killing is fine, but getting involved in your political twists and turns? I'm afraid you'll get so angry your blood pressure will explode, and then we'll have to waste medical resources! I'm out of here!"
Before he finished speaking, 2B had already carried this hands-off boss and starving ghost out of the medical room, leaving Tony with a constipated expression and Captain America covering his forehead, both amused and exasperated.
Tony pointed at the door, his finger trembling: "That bastard! He's absolutely doing this on purpose!"
Captain America sighed: "At least... what he said about 'getting half-dead with anger,' for now, seems very accurate." He looked at Tony's darkened face, agreeing deeply.
Tony took a deep breath, suppressing his irritation, and gritted his teeth: "Fine! Never mind that little bastard for now! Let's first sort out Fury's mess and the aftermath of Ross's legacy! As for a certain starving ghost?" He let out a heavy snort, "Friday! Tell the kitchen to feed him to death! If it doesn't kill him!"
Arbitrator restaurant.
Chen Tian, Sun Wukong, and Saitama were devouring the table full of food like a whirlwind.
2B continuously cleared empty plates and replaced them with fresh roasted meat, pizza, and super-sized fried rice.
Kiana ate her strawberry cake in small bites, her eyes curved in a smile.
The restaurant door slid open with a whoosh.
Dante, Vergil, Bayonetta, and Doom walked in.
"Woah!" Dante immediately saw Chen Tian's tightly closed eyes and the faint blue veins remaining at the corners of his eyes, and he cried out exaggeratedly, "Nephew! What happened to your eyes? Who did this? Uncle Dante will help you cut him down!" He made a gesture as if to pull out his Devil Sword.
Vergil didn't speak, but his brows instantly locked, his fingers gripping the hilt of Yamato tightened sharply, and the air pressure around him plummeted!
His blue eyes stared intently at the marks at the corners of Chen Tian's eyes, as if confirming the severity of the injury. (Inner thought: Dare to hurt my child? You're asking for death!)
Bayonetta was even more direct!
Her high heels clicked, and in a few steps, she flashed behind Chen Tian. Her two slender arms wrapped around Chen Tian's neck and chest, her full, delicate body pressed against his back, and her red lips approached his ear, exhaling like orchids, with a hint of charm: "My dear~ Does it hurt? Tell me which damned fellow hurt you? I'll let him experience... an eternal nightmare."
Her fingertips traced the blue veins at the corner of Chen Tian's eye, her movements as light as a feather.
Doom merely glanced, his expression hidden beneath his helmet, then let out a cold snort and walked directly to the bar, took off his helmet, and poured a glass of vodka.
He was completely uninterested in such "childish" injuries.
Facing this sudden "siege-like concern," Chen Tian remained calm, his mouth full of roasted meat, and he mumbled: "Relax! I'm not dying! It's just the price for overusing the Direct Death Magic Eyes when dealing with the eye demon and its main dimension..." He pointed to his eyes, "No big deal, I'll recover in half a year! Friday certified it, 99.8% probability!"
"Half a year?" Vergil's tense body relaxed slightly, and his grip on Yamato loosened a bit, but his gaze still sharply scanned Chen Tian's condition.
"Only half a year? Small problem!" Dante immediately put on a playful smile, "Perfect, Uncle's got your back during this time! Tell me whatever pizza you want to eat, I guarantee delivery."
Upon hearing this, Bayonetta's dangerous expression instantly melted, replaced by a charming smile as if by magic.
She even rubbed her cheek against Chen Tian's side face, her voice so sweet it could be spun into silk: "Half a year? That's wonderful~ My dear, then for these six months..."
She deliberately drew out her words, her red lips curving into a cunning smile, "I'll take care of your daily life. For example..." She leaned closer, her breath brushing Chen Tian's earlobe, "Bathing, sister is very~ good~ at~ that~ you know~"
"Really?" Chen Tian smiled excitedly.
"Me! I can too!" Kiana suddenly put down her cake fork, her small face flushed, and raised her right hand high, like answering a question in class, "Commander! I... I can help too! Scrubbing your back! Drawing bath water! Mission accomplished, guaranteed!"
Her posture was as if she were applying for a glorious combat mission.
Sun Wukong and Saitama, next to them, were completely unaffected, continuing to bury their heads in their food, while 2B expressionlessly added a large bowl of rice to Saitama, her movements natural.
Bayonetta looked at Kiana's serious expression and let out a series of bell-like giggles, her eyes playful: "Oh? Little sister wants to join too? The competition is quite fierce, you know~"
The atmosphere in the restaurant was suddenly filled with a subtle aura of a 'shura field' (the protagonist's bathing rights?).
Only the sounds of frantic eating and Doom placing his empty vodka glass on the table after chugging it down were exceptionally clear.
Chen Tian excitedly looked between Bayonetta and Kiana, then nodded heavily, "Mm-hmm, very good. Since you two are so proactively applying, then Monday, Wednesday, Friday will be Bayonetta, and Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday will be Kiana!"
"Deal!"
Bayonetta's red lips curved into a satisfied arc, and her fingertip tapped Chen Tian's shoulder.
"Yes, Commander!" Kiana's small face was flushed, and she nodded vigorously, full of drive!
The group continued their meal, the atmosphere subtle yet harmonious.
After eating and drinking to their fill (except for Sun Wukong), Chen Tian suddenly raised an eyebrow in the direction of 2B, who was standing beside him.
2B's eyes instantly flashed with countless data streams, and after only half a second, she calmly reported: "Master, local surveillance is covered, external display shows normal mealtime interaction."
Chen Tian's lips curled into a cold smile.
In an instant, the air in the restaurant plummeted!
Sun Wukong, who had been buried in his food, suddenly looked up; Saitama's stretching motion paused; Bayonetta's lazy smile vanished, the cigarette butt between her fingers silently burned out; Dante's cynical expression disappeared; Vergil stood like a spear, cold air emanating from him; even Doom by the bar put down his glass, his resolute face turning towards Chen Tian; Kiana also put down her cake.
All eyes converged on Chen Tian!
Chen Tian's voice was low, carrying a killing intent:
"Fury and Carol have been arrested."
"Tony and Captain America are soft-hearted, I estimate the result will be that Fury is tried and then thrown into an underwater prison, and Carol will be released."
"But I—" Chen Tian's tone was decisive, "want Fury dead. Silently."
All eyes instantly focused on Vergil.
"Vergil," Chen Tian "looked" at him, "take Shadow. After Fury is imprisoned, 'send' him on his way. I want him to die... without a trace."
A cold glint flashed in Vergil's pupils, and he nodded slightly: "Understood."
Chen Tian turned to 2B: "Relay the order to Melina."
"The Red Room is to remain silent."
"Adjudicator operations continue! Although Valentina is dead, her arms network and 'counterfeit serum' are still circulating."
His voice was cold, filled with killing intent:
"Cleanse! All network nodes, a bloodbath! All serum, recall and destroy! Not a single one left!"
"Command sent, Master." 2B's eyes flashed with data streams, confirming the command had been issued.
Chen Tian's 'gaze' swept towards Doom, Dante, Sun Wukong, and Saitama.
"Chthon's dimension hasn't been completely dismantled yet."
"The four of you, go cooperate with the Grey Knights."
"And utterly obliterate that damned place for me!"
No unnecessary words.
Doom snorted coldly and put down his glass.
Dante lazily asked: "Now?"
Chen Tian nodded decisively: "Now!"
Snap! A crisp snap of fingers.
Whoosh! Four blue lights instantly enveloped Doom, Dante, Sun Wukong, and Saitama, and the four disappeared from the spot.
Vergil's face was expressionless, Yamato silently unsheathed, and with a casual swipe, space tore open, and his figure disappeared into it.
The bone-chilling killing intent that permeated the restaurant instantly dissipated.
Chen Tian stretched with a big yawn, his bones crackling: "Phew—done! 2B, let's go!"
Kiana immediately jumped up, her small face flushed, with a hint of excitement: "Commander! Today is Tuesday! It's my turn!"
Chen Tian grinned, a hint of slyness in his smile: "Today? Doesn't count! Starting next Monday! For now..."
He waved his hand grandly, pointing towards the bathroom:
"Let's all shower together!"
Kiana's face instantly turned as red as a ripe tomato: "A... all together?!"
"Uh-huh! Saves time!" Chen Tian said self-righteously, with a roguish smile, "2B, lead the way!"
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