"Kuhh..."
Bere could not bear to look at her. This woman's injuries were too severe. Even so, she could not give up.
"Here's the warm water and alcohol, Bere Nee-san!!!" Ruka exclaimed.
"Nice, thanks Ruka!"
"Right now, prepare the floating pillow! I can give first aid, but we still need to get to the hospital as soon as possible!"
"Okay!" Ruka replied.
Once the floating pillow was ready, Bere carefully picked up Zeta and placed her onto it. Bere and Ruka also got on after her. And without wasting any more time, the pillow immediately flew to the nearest hospital.
Bere performed first aid on the pillow. It would take too long if she did it in the original place.
Bere tilted Zeta's arm up slightly. At least higher than the heart. This could help reduce blood flow to the injured area. But at the same time, Zeta's heartbeat was weakened by the effect of the lightning strike.
"Shit!!! Why are lightning strikes and bleeding combined into one!!!?" Bere was annoyed.
"It's so hard, you bastard!"
When breathing and heartbeat weaken or even stop due to lightning, the step that must be taken is to pump the victim's heart. But if Zeta's heart is pumped now, it could actually make the bleeding worse.
"......."
Bere thought for a moment. But no matter what, she didn't have much choice. She had to do everything she could now.
"Fuck! What's more important now is her breathing and heart first! If it stabilizes, then I'll take care of the bleeding again."
"I hope the bleeding doesn't get worse because of this!"
Bere tightened the cloth ties on Zeta's arm before she laid her back down. Bere began CPR by performing 30 chest compressions. She placed her palms in the center of Zeta's chest at the high sternum, then performed compressions at a depth of about 5-6 cm and a rate of 100-120 compressions per minute. Bere also made sure to fully elevate her palms each time she performed the compressions.
After 30 chest compressions, Bere continued by giving two mouth-to-mouth breaths. She covered Zeta's mouth with her, while flattening Zeta's nose with her fingers and exhaling with about one second for each breath. Bere ensured that Zeta's chest rose while breathing and kept the air from escaping too much while releasing her mouth.
She continued the cycle of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing in a 30:2 ratio. After giving two mouth-to-mouth breaths, return to chest compressions for 30 times, then give two more mouth-to-mouth breaths, and so on.
Mouth-to-mouth breathing in CPR aims to supply oxygen to the victim's lungs and remove carbon dioxide that has accumulated. By providing sufficient oxygen, the body's tissues can be maintained and vital organs such as the brain can still get the oxygen supply they need. In addition, mouth-to-mouth breathing also helps maintain the acid-base balance in the body.
Meanwhile, CPR with chest compression provides benefits in maintaining blood flow to vital organs. Because blood compression can maintain minimal blood circulation, which is important for maintaining brain function and other vital organs.
After Zeta's breathing stabilized and her heart rate was not as weak as before, Bere stopped doing it. She had to refocus on the bleeding. Because sure enough, pumping Zeta's heart made the blood also flow out a little in the hemorrhage.
Bere again tilted Zeta so that the position of the wound was higher than the heart. Then the girl used a clean cloth with warm water to gently clean the wound. After cleaning the wound, Bere used a bandage or clean cloth to protect and cover the wound. She wrapped the bandage loosely, and avoided putting excessive pressure on the wound.
As the bleeding was drastically reduced thanks to Bere's first aid, Zeta was able to survive until they reached the hospital. Surprisingly, as predicted, the hospital had already prepared a place and an ER to receive Zeta. Bere and Ruka were a bit confused here, but decided not to think too much about it.
Thanks to all their efforts, the Doctor did not miss the Golden Hour and was able to operate on Zeta smoothly. The operation did not take long. Zeta was transferred to a normal room shortly after.
Bere and Ruka only found out about the person who had prepared the doctor and ER after Lenarya was appointed as Zeta's guardian. Although only briefly, Zeta had already introduced Lenarya to them. So it wasn't hard for them to trust the elf woman.
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Character Information
Name: ZetaNova: V RedRace: Gearborn (Ava Gen)Age: 20 years oldStatus: GB Series VI Gen AvaAffiliation: 34th Floor Workshop (Ge-R) [https://img.wattpad.com/4c0ffe11d3382ddf2084721cda4e1cec91ea59a8/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f4c4b38314a49536e4f6b6e576e773d3d2d313336343333353034362e313739373238646566336363323736313334383837323034303738382e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Zeta
Nova: V Red
Race: Gearborn (Ava Gen)
Age: 20 years old
Status: GB Series VI Gen Ava
Affiliation: 34th Floor Workshop (Ge-R)
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Name: LenaryaNova: UnknownRace: ElfAge: 82 years oldStatus: Madam Lin's AssistantAffiliation: Eastern Region 3rd Floor [https://img.wattpad.com/8ec98ea0b99115381c92fcf60de2d30a916bfaeb/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f645575694550664475592d3948773d3d2d313336343333353034362e313739373238646434616365313835303930333836303737373835312e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Lenarya
Nova: Unknown
Race: Elf
Age: 82 years old
Status: Madam Lin's Assistant
Affiliation: Eastern Region 3rd Floor
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Name: Berenice Ptolemaios AuletesNova: VII RedRace: AnubisAge: 16 years oldStatus: First PrincessAffiliation: Ptolemaios Sultanate [https://img.wattpad.com/ff0283564e4c5f75f2ba5a153e9c722823206f8a/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f33687148414b2d775073794c76413d3d2d313336343333353034362e313739373238646236363933383163343138313035363539383236322e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Berenice Ptolemaios Auletes
Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.
Nova: VII Red
Race: Anubis
Age: 16 years old
Status: First Princess
Affiliation: Ptolemaios Sultanate
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Name: RukaNova: II RedRace: RokkaAge: UnknownStatus: UnknownAffiliation: Unknown [https://img.wattpad.com/bf10c89cdc5865d2af5fc951ae9cbfe1b63cdba6/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f6d4732557272614f5271495045513d3d2d313336343333353034362e313739373238643964336333386161643637353233373836313637392e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
Name: Ruka
Nova: II Red
Race: Rokka
Age: Unknown
Status: Unknown
Affiliation: Unknown
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Zeta's room in the hospital
"This... It's worse than I thought..."
Zeta, whose consciousness was beginning to return, could vaguely see Lenarya, Bere and Ruka near her bed. They seemed to be having a serious conversation, though she had no idea what they were talking about.
Lenarya who was reading a book had a sour expression on her face.
"If it's according to this diary... Lord Durren must have been saved by someone..."
Bere also had the same expression.
"Yeah, they will definitely save him. The research data he has is too valuable for them to miss."
Lenarya sighed heavily. It seemed that she was really dizzy now.
"Troublesome... I thought he was just an asshole who liked to play with women."
"So his crimes are only related to sexual harassment or sexual violence," Lenarya continued silently.
"But this--"
She glanced at the writing in the book.
"--it's much bigger than that."
"At this rate, it's no wonder Delta will kill herself," Lenarya muttered.
Maybe Zeta couldn't hear their conversation. She was also not fully awake enough to read all the movements of their lips. However, there was no way she could not know that Lenarya had just muttered the word "Delta", their conversation just now, clearly related to her sister.
TAP
Lenarya,"!?"
Lenarya gasped, suddenly she felt her wrist being grabbed by Zeta.
'Zeta!? You're awake!'
She wanted to say something like that. But it didn't suit her.
"..... It looks like you're feeling better. That's good," Lenarya said.
Bere smiled happily.
"Really, Zeta!"
"Good thing you're still alive! Thank me and Ruka!" Bere was excited, she was grateful that her efforts were not in vain. Ruka, who was standing next to her, just nodded.
Zeta smiled weakly. She didn't remember everything that happened because she fainted shortly after Bere arrived. But she knew for sure that Bere and Ruka saved her and Lenarya must have helped them.
Zeta wanted to say something, but her throat ached to speak. After forcing herself, her voice came out although there wasn't much she could say.
"A... ri... ga... tou..."
Bere's eyes were slightly rounded. She turned her slightly flushed face away. She did not expect to receive such a sincere thank you now. Considering all this time, Zeta had never once said anything sincere to her.
"...I didn't help you for no reason..." Bere replied.
Ruka looked at Bere with confused eyes.
"Huh? Even though it was Bere Nee-san who told me to hurry this hurry that."
"Bere Nee-san, you..."
Lenarya didn't want to interrupt the moment. But she knew Zeta very well. Judging from the way Zeta grasped her wrist after the muttering, it seemed she knew they were talking about Delta somehow.
"Don't push yourself too hard. You just received a pretty severe floor punishment. Take a break until you can at least think clearly," Lenarya said, drawing the attention of the three of them because as she spoke, she showed a small blackboard containing her words.
Lenarya held up the diary in her left hand and the board in her right hand for Zeta to see.
"Then we'll talk about this further."
She had been preparing the board since she heard from the doctor that Zeta had lost her hearing and there was no way for them to cure her. Because what happened to Zeta was a spiritual phenomenon that made "something" become "empty". They couldn't cure something that "didn't exist". Zeta's right arm, which was neatly cut off like a piece of paper, is one example.
Zeta honestly didn't want to wait anymore. But Lenarya was right. Her head and body hurt too much to take in big information right now. So Zeta could only nod and hold back for now.
2 days later, Zeta's condition was declared stable by the doctor. She was also able to speak fluently and sit properly on her bed. Zeta had also cooled her head, although Lenarya and Bere could still see her blank stare.
Bere, "......."
Lenarya, "......."
The two women looked at each other. Their eyes flashed with doubt. Was showing it to Zeta now the right choice?
Bere nodded, Lenarya nodded too.
"Well, it's better than her doing anything rash again."
Bere gave the diary to Zeta.
"This is Mrs. Delta's diary. This diary... Describes everything that happened to her at that bastard Durren's mansion..."
"As her sister, I think you have the right to know this..."
Zeta accepted the diary without saying anything, just nodded and smiled slightly. She began to read it.
Unlike what the two had predicted, even after reading the diary, Zeta remained calm. Although her eyes often twitched, her reaction was not as excited as they expected. This was what was strange. Why was Zeta so quiet!? They didn't know what she was thinking and were afraid that it was even more extreme than they expected.
TES TES TES
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How surprised they were to see Zeta's tears just flowing down her calm face.
"Zeta..." Lenarya regretted.
"Of course, huh... There's no way her heart wouldn't hurt if she knew her sister was being treated like that..."
Bere understood Zeta's feelings now. Because she also had a sister whom she loved very much.
What was written in Delta's diary was originally just an ordinary complaint. About how annoying Lord Durren was. About Lord Durren's nature which became more and more suspicious. Until when Lord Durren started performing inhumane experiments on her.
In the diary, it is written that Lord Durren is actually one of the researchers from the Laboratory. The laboratory referred to here is the NRS Guild, one of the 5 Major Guilds in the Tower. The NRS Guild or Nexus Research Society Guild was originally just an ordinary laboratory containing a collection of scientists and researchers who like to conduct innovative new experiments. The NRS Guild welcomes all genius and talented scientists and researchers from all over the world who are interested in pushing their boundaries. But somewhere along the line, the scientists and researchers who joined became more and more crazy. The ideas they have are brilliant and extraordinary. Unfortunately, they are impossible to achieve with ordinary methods. The more impossible the idea is to apply, the more dangerous the methods are.
Lord Durren deliberately came to the 3rd Floor because he wanted to find an experimental subject faster than other researchers. He intended to use novices who knew nothing but had a lot of potential on the lower floors. The lower the floor, the more rookies he could utilize. And the best floor for that was 3rd Floor. Given that 1st Floor was the safe zone and 2nd Floor was the territory of the Anubis.
Delta was very unlucky. Because apart from being Lord Durren's subject, she was also a gearborn whose body was indeed the homanoid modification type. This allowed her to be an experimental subject with a much higher match rate than the other subjects.
All kinds of inhumane experiments were conducted by Lord Durren in his Mansion. Even just in case, Lord Durren forced Delta to take the 4th Floor Ascension Exam with a bomb in her body to prevent her from running away. Experiments that were mild and didn't hurt Delta would be carried out in his Mansion while painful experiments that tampered with his body were carried out on the 4th Floor. That was how Lord Durren was able to avoid the 3rd Floor sanction while continuing to conduct the experiment.
Delta's body was dissected multiple times, injected with a liquid she had no clear idea what it was, and forced to feel the effects of "something" made by Lord Durren which, every time she drank it, nothing good would happen.
Despite all that, it did not occur to Delta to commit suicide. The real reason why she wanted, no... had to kill herself was because she had reached the limit of her usefulness as an experimental subject. Which made Lord Durren consider her no longer useful.
But Lord Durren didn't want to just let Delta go, she was too good a subject. Lord Durren wanted to get a second Delta. It occurred to him to hunt down another gearborn. Lord Durren learned that Delta was the 4th series in her generation. The series after Delta could definitely be new subjects that were just as good as her. In order to make it easier to hunt them down without having to go through Madam Lin, Lord Durren tinkered with Delta's body and made Delta into a kind of net that would be used to catch prey. He made Delta emit certain waves that could hack the minds of her generation's Gearborn series even if only temporarily. Subsequently they can be bound through the 3rd Floor rules.
That way, all Gearborn of this generation who are related to Delta, she can utilize. Of course there was strong opposition from Delta, she did not want her younger sister to experience the same thing as her. But her efforts only put her in more painful torment.
This process is already 94% complete. The closer it got to the end, the more Delta racked her brains to prevent it. And in the end, Delta found no other choice but to kill herself before this plan was 100% complete.
/ It's better for me to die than to stay alive and take away my younger sister' future /
The last page of Delta's diary, shows a writing that really breaks Zeta's heart.
"Nee-san..."