Arknights, but all characters are NPCs?

It seemed like Inès was talking to herself?

W wanted to say, "Who would be scared to faint? You are the one who should faint. I am very brave."

But unfortunately, the words that came to W's lips were just: "Sorry... It's a bit... difficult to stay conscious..."

"You still say sorry...?"

"Last time I saw you fainting... This time it's your turn to help... Okay, okay, don't be so stingy... I'll just... take a rest for a while..."

W was about to close his eyes in the next second.

But she also knew that after saying such things, she was not far from death.

and...

Fourteen, fifteen... No, more enemies were rushing towards them.

Ah, there's no hope. W felt that she and Inès would probably die here today. After all, they couldn't see any way out of the impasse.

so...

“Come on!”

"Are those two people them? Kal'tsit?"

"Yes, I have seen him, and I was very impressed by the one called W."

“But now is not the time to talk about this. Let’s go, Theresa.”

What is this...sound?

"Communications... restored?"

Inès's voice also rang in my ears.

Ah... so it's reinforcements?

I don’t have to die here?

Holding on to the last bit of consciousness, W saw it.

She saw that all the enemies had stopped.

She saw a sudden woman appearing on the battlefield.

It was a non-hostile, slender, pure white Sarkaz.

That person was so dazzling, as if he was glowing.

For a moment, W thought she was hallucinating before she died. Otherwise, how could she see such a beautiful——

boom--! ! !

The roar of the huge explosion instantly hit W's eardrums.

W, who was about to faint, was almost frightened awake.

Turning his head, he saw a white-haired Filin rushing into the battlefield with an extremely tough attitude.

A behemoth nearly 9 meters long roared behind her, and its sharp blade reflected a cold light in the sunlight.

The white-haired Film was like a superman. He rushed into the battlefield, forcibly cut a hole in the encirclement, ignored everyone around him, and came straight to W.

"W?"

W heard the white-haired Philin asking him in an extremely cold voice.

W was stunned and could only nod subconsciously: "Yes...it's me..."

"I knew it was you, I was just checking to see if you would suddenly change your clothes."

What dress-up? What are you talking about?

W did not ask this question.

Because when the white-haired Feilin controlled the nearly 9-meter-long behemoth and picked her up—

"Don't worry, I won't let you die."

This is what W heard the white-haired Filin say to her in the last second before she lost consciousness.

019. I advise you not to sleep too deeply tonight

"I...I'm not dead...?"

W only remembered the words "Don't worry, I won't let you die."

Then I closed my eyes and opened them again, and now it’s the present moment.

What happened in between...she had absolutely no idea.

"So... ahem, so where is this?"

"This is Rhode Island."

"—?!"

W was startled by the sudden sound in his ear.

She almost instinctively wanted to jump up from the bed and draw her weapon to either defend herself or escape.

But just halfway through the leap, W saw clearly who was talking to her:

It was just a white-haired film.

Oh, no, now if you look closely, this white cat actually has a bit of green. It would be better to say that the whole cat has a bit of green.

The only thing she wore on her thighs was a pair of black stockings, which looked too abrupt and contrasting.

But now is not the time to care about these things. W stared at Kal'tsit's face for several seconds before finally recognizing who Kal'tsit was: "You... saved me?"

"Yes, but also no."

Kal'tsit sat beside the bed, scrolling through the tablet in her hand: "This is what you are destined to experience. Your future has already been played out, and your ending is naturally the same. Even if it wasn't me, you would still survive."

Even if Kal'tsit didn't go to rescue, Theresa would definitely go.

Even if Theresa doesn't go, based on the so-called recall room plot in the dream world and the existence of the NPC W in the dream world, it means that nothing will happen to W.

So Kal'tsit doesn't intend to take credit for it because it's meaningless.

But W doesn't understand.

No?

Can you speak in plain language?

What do you mean by yes and no?

What destiny? What interpretation? What ending?

If it was someone else in front of him, W would definitely have cursed out loud.

Riddler, get the hell out of Terra!

But no matter what...

Kal'tsit was her savior, and no matter how much of a feminine W was, she couldn't speak rudely to her savior.

So W finally held it in for a long time and smacked his lips: "Forget it, I'll just assume that you saved me, so may I ask, how long have I been unconscious? And where is Inès? Where is she?"

If Inès were here, she would probably look as if she had seen a ghost.

This W can actually say "please"?

But Kal'tsit just looked emotionless and said, "You've been in a coma for three days. As for Ines, who you mentioned, she is in the next ward. Although she is out of danger, I don't recommend you to go look for her."

I can only say that he is worthy of being a Sarkaz, with thick skin and tough flesh.

As long as you're not dead, you'll be full of life again after lying in bed for a few days.

But Ines in the next ward was not a Sarkaz, and she was still lying there.

Oh, no, judging from the information sent from the medical department, Inès seems to have been able to get up, and is now asking the medical operator about W.

So both of them were rescued, right?

After confirming this, Kal'tsit couldn't help but yawn.

This yawn made W, who was already feeling anxious because of Kal'tsit's riddle-like appearance just now, subconsciously teased: "Being a doctor is really hard, huh? Are you sleepy? I was in a coma for three days. You didn't stay with me for three days, did you?"

This is both a mockery and self-mockery.

After all, W knew very well that mercenaries' lives were worthless, and Sarkaz mercenaries were even cheaper.

W didn't believe that she had any value that would make Kal'tsit guard her for three days.

but--

Kelsey glanced at her and nodded: "Yeah."

W: "..."

Uh...you...really kept me awake for three days?

No, to be precise, after the hypnosis, Kal'tsit didn't want to go back to the dream world for a short period of time.

If she doesn't want to travel through time, she can't sleep, so Kal'tsit can just stay with W. After all, W is very likely to be the second person to travel through time to the dream world after her.

But W doesn’t know.

With just a "hmm" from Kal'tsit, W was completely silenced.

But before she could get excited, she heard Kal'tsit ask again: "Have you seen 'him'?"

"Him?" W was confused: "Who?"

Hedley?

But unfortunately, the "he" that Kal'tsit refers to here is Lu Shang.

After all, W was unconscious for three whole days. Kal'tsit was really worried that W might have fainted directly into the dream world.

However, seeing that W's confused expression didn't seem fake, Kal'tsit nodded in relief: "Yeah."

W: “?”

No?

You fucking horse——

Huh... No, no, this white-haired Philin is my savior after all, I can’t scold him.

W felt that the feeling of frustration came back again.

Who is he? Who are you asking?

That's what you said!

How can you just say "hmm" and then stop there?

If this were a dream world, I'd probably see a status bar popping up above W's head with "Favorability -1", "Favorability -1", "Favorability -1", right?

No... Why is the direction of my thinking now leaning more and more towards the dream world?

Shaking her head, Kal'tsit stopped thinking about it.

As for W's frustrated and resentful look, Kal'tsit naturally noticed it, but she didn't care.

After all, why does she need W's favorability? Let W fight Lu Shang?

But speaking of Lu Shang...

“Remember.” Kal’tsit thought about it and decided to remind him a few times: “Before you go to bed, remember the time. If you suddenly wake up in the middle of the night, remember to check the time first. If you find that the time is within 1 minute of when you fell asleep... please be alert.”

W: “?”

What?

What are you talking about?

How can I remember the time if I fell asleep?

And what are you talking about all of a sudden? Rhode Island rules?