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And now, we are witnessing Miss MY4, who stands alone in a room which seems to be a place where she treats the patients from the base. In this case though, the patient that she wishes to treat is the ruler Himself, for whatever reason. So, MY4 is getting everything ready until CHE5TER arrives, but she seems a bit clumsy this time, something unusual for her. Even the Great Leader notices that when He enters the room. As a consequence, He looks worried at her, as if He doesn't see her like this very often, before finally talking to her.

[CHE5TER]-...Hey, MY4. Are you alright? You seem a bit tired.

[MY4]-Oh, hey, CHE5TER! Yeah, I'm fine... I just had to stay more at the shelter with the wounded yesterday. They needed my help since the people that take care of the building were overwhelmed after a hard day and the other Healers were a bit busy.

[CHE5TER]-Right... But you have some hours left until you go back to the shelter, right? Just take a rest if you are feeling so tired. Even a few hours are alright.

[MY4]-Says who, Mr. "I need to work every single minute of my life"?

[CHE5TER]-Ha ha...

The Great Leader goes towards the bed in the room, where He sits down and looks at MY4, almost as if He tries to supervise her movements in the meantime, anxious.

[MY4]-Alright... Should we start then? I know you don't want to lose too much time from your medicine and all.

[CHE5TER]-Oh, right. Right...

While MY4 sits down on a chair next to Him, CHE5TER unbuttons His shirt, taking the torn piece of cloth down at the same time with the shirt, remaining only in His undershirt, revealing His bandaged right arm, a bit covered in blood, which MY4 takes in her hands and starts taking the bandages off to analyse the arm for a while. Looking at it, it seems that one finger is missing from His hand, as well as the wounds being pretty deep, making the hand almost as if it doesn't even belong to a normal being at all. But even so, the arm seems as it has healed for a bit, as blood doesn't really flow right now either, it's just that it's dirty from all of this red water. She puts her hands gently around his arm, moving them around in different parts slowly to not hurt the man that was looking at His arm at that moment.

[MY4]-Can you move your fingers?

And so, CHE5TER starts moving his arm, or at least tries, as the fingers barely move from their initial position.

[CHE5TER]-Almost...

As He does so, MY4 is analysing the movements of the arm itself, looking at the muscles around it that were barely moving during His action.

[MY4]-*sigh* At least it isn't completely numb as it was before... It shows some progress in its healing here.

[CHE5TER]-You say so? I see no difference.

[MY4]-Yeah! Look! When you are trying to move your fingers, the muscles on this part of your arm are moving as well. Even if you don't manage to do anything with your fingers, the body still succeeds in trying to do the action you want to make, even if it is not the result you wished for. If it was completely numb, the muscles won't even move, let alone that the fingers won't budge even a little.

[CHE5TER]-Aha... Yeah, I'm sorry, MY4, but you are the expert here. I don't see any kind of difference from the first day. It's the same dead arm that I had for a while now.

[MY4]-Doesn't matter. As long as it shows a sign of progress, it's enough for me.

She then takes a handkerchief and dips it in a liquid, starting to clean all the blood that is around the arm, yet CHE5TER seems as He wants to stop her.

[CHE5TER]-Can't you... let it be and see the next one? I don't really see the point in staying to clean all the blood if it will get dirty again...

[MY4]-I do so because I don't want to battle an infection now. I have to clean it every once in awhile until there are no more open wounds, Ches.

[CHE5TER]-Heh... Can it really get infected that easily or you are just making things up so I have more time of this rest?

[MY4]-I mean, I can always let it be as you said and we can see it for ourselves in the future, hm?

[CHE5TER]-Alright, alright. I will let you do your work. You know better than me when it comes to this subject anyway...

It takes her a few minutes before she is done cleaning His arm. Then, she gets up to look around her medicine things, to put the dirty handkerchief and prepare an Energy Killer, while the Great Leader just looks at His paralysed arm with an expression that is almost regret. And then, she sits back and talks with Him again.

[MY4]-Okay... Let's see the other problem and then I can let you stay in bed for a few minutes until the Energy Killer does its effect.

[CHE5TER]-Mm... Do I really need...?

[MY4]-You like joking around, don't you, rascal? Isn't it obvious already that you have to? Come on, it's not the first time we are doing this!

[CHE5TER]-Hahah, calm down, MY4! Can't I do a small joke myself? I will do as you say, really! It's not like I didn't promise to you and RY4N this thing anyway...

[MY4]-...

The Great Leader begins to take off His undershirt in the end, revealing also His bandaged body, but this time, the dirtiness from the blood is way more spread than it was around His arm. To be honest now, for a powerful ruler that everybody sees in Him, His body doesn't really seem as powerful at it should be. He seems way too skinny, full of all kinds of wounds. From a health point, you won't really say He is able to do anything, yet here is He, the man that everyone fears, powerful enough to kill anybody He pleases.

But for these people though, it is actually pretty normal to be very skinny, and for warriors to be covered in wounds. After all, none of these beings need to eat in order to survive. So if they don't eat anything during their lifetime, how could they gain weight in the first place? The only ones that actually eat something are the crevaators after all, and their bodies are pretty similar to ours because of that, if not even a bit above average. But the others don't look like walking sticks or anything, 'cause they do workouts because of the survival rules, but it's just that we can see the bones around their chest pretty easily. For them, this is average.

MY4 begins to take off the bandages around His body as well, and it is in that moment when she finished which puts her in a rather sadder mood than she was before just by looking at the wound itself. It is almost as if a part of His body was missing from the deepness of it, and only a tiny part of it managed to heal after all this time He has it. So, she takes a deep breath and begins to speak again.

[MY4]-...I'm serious now, CHE5TER. Your brother and I only try to help you. I know you have a lot to do because of your title, but just pushing yourself all the time isn't really an answer to this whole war... We all try our best to end it, just like you do. But we have to be patient rather than exhausting ourselves till we can't take it anymore.

As she speaks, she detaches a small bandage that was sticked to the wound in order for it to heal His body properly, making Him shout a bit from the pain resulting from this action and opening the wound. But it does take a long time for CHE5TER to endure this type of powerful pain, even if it's not the first time He had to do something like this. His C colour starts lighting up though, as a sign of His body starting to try and heal the open wound. Yet it sure is hard for Him to even speak while processing the pain, breathing heavily.

[MY4]-...Why can't you listen to us?

[CHE5TER]-...You know everyone... depends on me... I cannot just... stay... even if I wanted... It is my duty... as the Great Leader...

CHE5TER seems to be losing His energy quickly though, as the C colour in His eyes and hair is slowly fading away. Seems like this simple wound can take all His energy away to heal just a tiny bit of it, so it doesn't take long before MY4 takes a different bandage to put in the wound in order for it to heal properly, and then to get up from the chair she was sitting on next to CHE5TER's bed, putting Him slowly to lay down and going to take the Energy Killer for Him.

[MY4]-...Even with this title of yours, there is still no reason for you to continue like this. We do depend on you, but that's only another reason why we are trying to keep you alive... and all you do is to push us away from you.

As she does so, CHE5TER notices something strange to her. While she is walking slowly, she is also shaking from the exhaustion, barely keeping herself on her own feet. Her eyes are also starting to close slowly, but she tries to keep herself awake to finish her work.

[MY4]-I just can't understand what's on your mind, CHE5TER...

[CHE5TER]-MY4...?

[MY4]-We only want to help you. You know that... right? I only want to help y--

[CHE5TER]- --MY4!

But she doesn't succeed in doing so. She falls down hardly all of a sudden from the tiredness, while CHE5TER rushes from His bed to catch her on His left arm. He forces a bit too hard and the wound only makes His pain worse for the time being, even screaming a bit more, silently this time. Yet He looks at her even if His body hurts, seeing her falling asleep after all this time she had tried to keep herself awake.

After struggles of getting up from the pain while also carrying her, He puts her softly on the bed, then searches for His Energy Killer on His own. He walks slowly, limping because of the unbearable pain, taking it from its location and coming back to the bed where he sits down. He takes His shot in His right arm, regenerating almost immediately His energy as His C colour gets back, looking at His right hand and moving His fingers a bit more lively than at first, then bandages the wound on His stomach. After that, He lays back on the bed next to MY4, as He puts her head on His shoulder and looks down, deadly.

[CHE5TER]-...I'm not doing it because I like it, MY4. Staying alone isn't something I'm pleased with... But I'm doing it because I only want to protect you all. It's a risk that I have to take, even if it costs my own life. I saw so many people die, even in my own arms... I can't bear to lose you too. You, RY4N and all the other people that are trying to help me... you are all important to me.

Then, He puts His head on her head as He speaks. He doesn't really care if she can hear Him or not, He simply wants to say everything that is on His mind, to get rid of a rock that's stuck on His heart.

[CHE5TER]-...I don't want you to understand me. I want you to let me go.