While the two chatted casually, the video content still continued.
After returning to St. Freya Academy, the unconscious Van was sent to the intensive care unit. After a round of careful examination, everyone finally learned the real reason Van fainted.
"What! You're saying the reason Van fainted is because the Honkai energy concentration in his body exceeded the limit, and it's even incurable?!"
Taking the report handed over by the assistant, Theresa looked incredulous. "Why would Van, perfectly fine before, have Honkai energy overload?"
Afterward, Kiana and the others told Theresa the whole story in full detail.
"You're saying Van not only cured Miss Wendy's Honkai disease but also extracted the Gem of Desire from inside her?! This kind of technique, even Destiny might not have mastered it, how exactly did Van do it?!"
As soon as Theresa finished speaking, Himeko next to her opened her mouth and said, "Let me explain this matter, Theresa. You should still remember the time we went to Shenzhou to search for Himeko's stigmata, right?"
"Of course I remember. Wait... Himeko, you're saying…"
"Yes, Theresa, you should also know the real reason I applied to carry out that mission back then. But the result was not ideal. Just when I was about to resign myself, Van came to me and said he had a way to remove the side effects of the artificial stigmata..."
"How can that be possible! Even Grandpa hasn't been able to solve this problem after so many years, and Van could actually do it?"
Theresa said in shock, "Also, if this method is really feasible, then wouldn't the Valkyries…"
At this point, Theresa suddenly came to a realization and looked toward the unconscious Van lying in the intensive care unit.
"That's right, Theresa. I also naively thought at first that Van's treatment plan could bring a happy ending to everyone. But in reality, I was wrong, terribly wrong..."
Himeko said with guilt on her face, "The side effects of the artificial stigmata didn't disappear; they were transferred to Van."
"So this is the real reason for Van's earlier weakness?" Theresa murmured to herself.
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[At the same time, in the real world.]
After learning what Van had done, netizens also all expressed that they couldn't hold it in anymore.
[Van is a real man, he really is, I'm crying to death!]
[No wonder, I finally understand why Himeko's feelings for Van are so complicated.]
[Van, don't die! Without you, how can I go on!]
[My Van Emperor is really gambling with his life!]
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Just like the netizens, the "Three Heroines" beside him also felt mixed emotions after learning the full story. Because not only Himeko, all three of them had been saved by Van in some way.
Seeing the person who had saved their lives now lying on the hospital bed, critically ill, while they themselves were powerless, this feeling was truly unbearable.
"Isn't there any way to save Van?" Kiana asked anxiously, "If our St. Freya Academy can't do it, the headquarters should be able to, right?"
"Kiana, I understand your anxious feelings."
Seeing Kiana already on the verge of agitation, Theresa hurriedly comforted her. "Just now, I've already requested support from the headquarters, but… we haven't received any reply yet. I'll let you know as soon as we get news."
Looking at everyone's anxious faces, Theresa had no choice but to tell a white lie.
Indeed, as she said, she did request help from her grandfather at the first moment, and her grandfather also gave a prompt reply.
However, the result was, 'Theresa, my lovely granddaughter. Regarding Van's situation, I express my deep regret. But you should know, if Destiny had a way to reverse the erosion of Honkai energy on humans, then our years of fighting wouldn't have been so difficult. So… stay strong, my lovely granddaughter.'
Recalling every bit of time spent with Van, Theresa couldn't believe that someone as gentle as him would end up like this.
Thinking of this, Theresa decided she couldn't just sit and wait for death. Although her grandfather had clearly said there was no way, Theresa still wanted to try.
For that, she decided to go to the underground central chapel of St. Freya Academy, where Destiny's highest biological technology is hidden.
Late at night, inside the central chapel, Theresa focused all her attention on searching for information in front of the computer.
After searching, Theresa indeed found a lot of relevant data stored in Destiny's database.
But unfortunately, all the data had been encrypted, except for one piece of information dated February 7th, 2000, from the Babylon Laboratory in Siberia, which was open for access.
"February 7th, 2000? Damn, it had to be that time." Theresa muttered to herself, "Database, pull up the relevant record."
[As you command, Lady Theresa.]
Along with the system prompt sound, Theresa suddenly vanished without a trace.
However, what Theresa didn't know was, not long after she disappeared, a white-haired dumpling also followed behind.
"Eh? Why did the screen and Theresa suddenly disappear together? I have to follow quickly too."
With that, Kiana immediately followed. "Van, wait for me. I'll definitely find a way to save you!"
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