Mercer looked at her wordlessly and said, "I just enjoy looking, but it has to be in an open manner for it to be interesting.
Sneaking peeks is just creepy."
Qiwei, unsure of her own mindset, casually asked while V was still asleep, "Are you interested in V?"
"I'm interested in all beautiful girls..." Mercer replied truthfully, "But when it comes to real feelings... I don't know, I just want to date multiple girlfriends."
"Multiple? Sequentially or simultaneously?" Qiwei laughed.
"Doesn't matter, anyway, I don't refuse, nor do I take the initiative. Whoever falls for it, that's their choice, not my fault."
Mercer laughed, speaking with honesty, "It's rare to be in this world, with so many beautiful girls. I ought to keep an open mind — after all, nobody here cares about the future."
"...You'll have lots of trouble in the future," Qiwei said with full clarity, "I have to tell you, girls like V, who seem carefree, are actually quite traditional.
She's different from those who'd sleep with you at night and go about their business in the morning.
If you're with her and go messing around, she might literally shoot at you."
"I know, but whatever, it'll all happen naturally," Mercer finished with a smile, "Besides, it's not like nobody likes me."
"Seems you've set your mind on not being a good man," Qiwei commented.
"I'm just kind, unwilling to refuse a girl; where else can you find a man better than me?" Mercer shamelessly said, then noticed the data fluctuations on the instrument.
V was about to wake up.
Qiwei shook her head, unsure of her feelings, just looked at Mercer, then at V, "I'm going out for a smoke."
"Go ahead, smoke less these days, it's good for your wound."
Mercer said.
Qiwei nodded and walked out.
When V woke up, she only saw Mercer beside her, wearing a surgical gown and a mask.
Her head was still a bit fuzzy, "I..."
"Don't worry, take it slow, your surgery is over, and everything went smoothly," Mercer's tone was very gentle.
V blinked, still a bit dazed, "Hmm."
"Don't move around, just lie there, and when your mind clears a bit, we'll start calibrating the prosthetic eye," Mercer said.
V obediently lay there for a while, and when she felt her mind clearing, she softly said, "I feel much better now."
"Then let's start the calibration... your vision will blur first, then gradually become clear. Once you feel you can see very clearly, and there's no change in the scene, we'll proceed to the next step."
Mercer tapped on the instrument.
V's vision soon became clear again, clearer than ever before.
She blinked again, "I feel like I can see very clearly."
"Great, let's start the program, try scanning me?"
Mercer said.
V attempted to scan with the prosthetic eye, and soon, Mercer's outline was highlighted. In addition, many networked devices were also highlighted.
Along with a lot of detailed information — wind speed display, distance display, item analysis...
"It looks a bit cluttered, right? You can use the brain-computer interface to customize the display mode, turn off things like wind speed and distance if you don't need them, so you don't get dizzy...
Everything seems stable, Old Wei's surgical skills are impeccable.
Next, we have to test Sianwistan. I'll start it remotely, let me know if you feel uncomfortable, and I'll stop. Mainly, we're testing the safe activation time for Sianwistan.
You can use the prosthetic eye to look around during the process, and I'll check the compatibility of both."
Mercer spoke gently, making V feel a bit uneasy but she nodded obediently, "Alright, go ahead."
Soon after, V noticed Mercer's movements suddenly became slow.
No, she had sped up!
Mercer's chest rising and falling with his breathing became extremely slow motion in her eyes, and even his blinking was clearly visible, making V excitedly turn her head side to side, feeling like her mind suddenly became smarter.
How should I put it, it was like all the details she once ignored suddenly flooded into her mind, and as her brain began to operate rapidly, she felt an urge to break free from some kind of constraint.
V stretched out her hand, feeling it was slightly more laborious than usual, like her arm moved slower than she anticipated. She waved a few more times before her arm got up to speed.
"Mercer?" she tried to speak.
Mercer's voice came, extended as if in slow motion, "Speak... slower...,"
He seemed to take a full five seconds to finish a sentence, and V barely caught what he said.
Looking at Mercer's face mask, she suddenly felt an intense curiosity — she wanted to see his face beneath the mask.
V reached out, eagerly touching Mercer's mask, but then hesitated, thought it over, and ultimately withdrew her hand.
Instead, she mischievously tapped lightly on his forehead, producing a 'dong' sound on the mask.
Mercer's head-tilting reaction made V a bit guilty — it seemed her strength was more than she had imagined?
"Damn..." his voice echoed, making V even more guilty.
So Sianwistan accelerates her and increases her strength?
After all, isn't speed part of impact force?
Oops, I forgot.
V felt her mind racing until a pressure crept in, making her breathing somewhat laborious and her head faintly ache.
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