Steel steam and flame

Kara stood in front of Cassia in high heels, wearing a large straw hat, dark sunglasses covering half of her face, and a plain long skirt. It's summer time in most parts of the empire, and this is Kara's favorite summer outfit.

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered by those in the military school?" Cassia said with a smile on her face.

"If I am going to be discovered, I will never appear in your eyes." Kara replied solemnly, taking off her sunglasses with slender fingers, revealing a face that was no longer burdened by any pressure, and the rosy red color on it had returned to The color, with a little light makeup, looks great.

This healthy appearance is almost recovered.

"Let's find another place. This location is too remote. Although it is quiet, if the two of us sit together, it will be too eye-catching." Kara turned around and walked to a place with a little sunshine and sat down. Sia had no choice but to follow behind with her heavy luggage.

"How's the injury? There shouldn't be any big problems, right? I mean while you're recuperating quietly." Kara watched Cassia slowly walk over, got up and went over to help him get the brown box he was carrying. There was also a suitcase dragged behind him, and then he looked at Cassia and asked.

"It's not a big problem, but after returning to the military school, it's already scheduled to lie down in the biological experiment building for a few days." Cassia gestured to her left palm, which was tightly wrapped in gauze. It was also a penetrating wound from a sharp cane sword. The size of the wound was a little bigger than the hole in his chest. There are no sutures there yet, but basic wound treatment has been done with the help of Dr. Nomos to ensure that the injury will not recur and become infected. The body of the surgeon is so strong, but after all, it is only the early stage of the first stage, and they still have a long way to go.

"You also have penetrating injuries on your chest, but looking at how you look now, you are much better than me." Cassia continued, the summer sun shining on her body suddenly became warm and comfortable. Feel. Then he thought of the 1024 digital code on Kara's chest, and the expression on his face stiffened for a moment, but then returned to normal.

"That's for sure." Kara sighed before continuing: "The damage done to me by that knife only caused me to lose too much blood and then punctured two layers of my skin."

Then Kara glanced at Cassia and said, "Maybe you have guessed that I was stabbed hard in the heart, but there was no reason for death?"

"You should probably know." Cassia's voice was a little hesitant. During the few days he stayed in the hospital bed, he thought about this matter carefully. "Even though we are surgeons, the vital points of ordinary people and the things that work for ordinary people are still effective for us."

Kara nodded, smiling, and motioned for Cassia to continue.

"So if our heart is damaged, in your situation at that time, we will definitely die. Unless there is a top medical team nearby and equipped with the top medical equipment, no one can save the heart. We were completely destroyed." Cassia said, and then changed her tone, "Logically speaking, you should be dead, at least according to Lee's eyes and understanding at the time. But what if that knife destroyed not the heart, but something else? Where are the things? Will the result be different?"

Looking at Kara, Cassia seemed to be recalling something and said: "I remember you said something to me. You said that was your belief - as long as it is something that can be controlled, you must ensure that it will not be in the final state. If any problem arises at a critical moment, this sentence should be the answer.”

"Did I say that?" Kara's face showed doubts, and Cassia shook her head with a helpless expression, and then continued: "You cherish your life very much, and that's true for everyone. It's just that your love is even more important. It’s just intense. So for things that can be controlled by yourself, you will be 200% prepared for it.”

"So I have ruled out the possibility that you were born with a heart on the right side. Not only is the chance too small, but also because during the days we have been on missions together, sometimes when we observe you, the left side of your chest There are still obvious traces of a beating heart."

Kara nodded, then looked into Cassia's eyes and asked doubtfully: "When you boys observe a girl, do you focus on the chest?"

Cassia was speechless for a moment, her face turned slightly red, and she avoided Kara's gaze.

Kara laughed out loud. It was a smile that came from the depths of her right heart. The sound was very pleasant, like a bird hooting in the morning. Even if it was woken up, it would not be annoyed.

"Yes, as you said, my heart is on the right side." Kara patted her right chest, and Cassia naturally avoided looking, otherwise she would be ridiculed again.

"This is not natural. Although there are such cases, I am not that kind of person. Because I am afraid of death and know that the heart is also one of the most deadly organs, I hired top-notch people before I entered the military school. The surgeon performed a heart transfer operation on me. He forcibly moved my real heart to the right side and suppressed it. Otherwise, the beating amplitude would be too large. If you look closely, you will find clues. Then, in the original position of the heart , a heart-like replacement is implanted, connected to the surrounding main blood vessels. When it is destroyed, it will be like a real heart being destroyed, with a large amount of blood flowing out, and the body twitching and comatose. Because I know that if I die , it is very likely that he will die at the hands of the surgeon. If the stage play on the body is not realistic enough to deceive the enemy's eyes, even if the heart is transferred to the right side, he will not be able to escape from the enemy's hands. "

"So whether it was coma or massive bleeding at that time, is it time to understand the cause?" Kara asked Cassia who was listening carefully.

Nodding, Cassia had a look of surprise on her face: "So it's like having two hearts at the same time. When one of them is destroyed, it will bleed and become comatose. Then during this time, the other spare heart will To be awakened and re-energize the body.”

"There is nothing wrong with this understanding, but the main function of the heart substitute is to deceive the enemy. There are various drugs placed in the heart substitute in advance, such as tranquilizers, various hormones, cardiotonic drugs, etc. When it is destroyed, First, it will automatically and slowly close the connection with the peripheral main blood vessels, and these things will be injected into the remaining blood together. The substitute is almost the same as the function of the real heart, but it is a substitute after all and cannot compare with Real perfection." Kara added, then took Cassia's hand and placed it on her own smooth-skinned neck.

Cassia's entire arms were stiff, her face was very red, and she began to sweat a little because of her nervousness. What kind of touch there was on her hands was completely blocked by her brain because of her nervousness. He would definitely get hot and sweaty if he basked in the sun in summer, he thought.

Kara was speechless, looked at Cassia's appearance, shook her head, and then said: "I'm not asking you to feel my skin. Be serious. When you put your hand here, do you feel anything else?"

"What?" Cassia's mind was in a mess.

"The beating of the carotid artery." Kara answered, speaking each word one by one.

Cassia's head finally reacted, although her face turned redder. The light returned to his eyes and he looked at the position where his finger was placed, which was exactly where the carotid artery of an ordinary person would be. But now he didn't feel the beating on his fingers at all.

"Along with the heart transfer surgery, the positions of arteries and veins in some key parts have also been slightly adjusted." Kara looked at Cassia and said seriously, "Of course, this is not intended to explain the specific effects of this surgery. But I want to tell you that among the enemies or allies you encounter in the future, there will definitely be people who have done similar surgeries like me. You have to be careful. Some professional doctors are just like mechanics. A scalpel is as powerful as a precision tool in the hand of a machinist.”

After Kara said these words, silence fell suddenly, like darkness. Even now it is a summer afternoon when the sun is shining brightly.

"Aren't you going back to Manoma?" Cassia asked after a while.