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Chapter 217 - Ch 211 recovery [edited]

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Alice smiled faintly at Ada, a teasing glint in her eyes. "I like it very much. Don't you like it?" she asked, her tone playful yet slightly provocative. "Fine… later, let me and Jack continue."

Ada curled her lips, clearly unimpressed, though a faint blush betrayed her composure. "If that happens, you'll probably die," she replied dryly. "That fellow's… chaotic stick… isn't something you can handle casually."

Alice laughed softly, tilting her head. "'Chaotic stick holds'… that's actually a pretty accurate description," she said, clearly amused.

Ada shot her a look. "Stop joking around. You first, or me first?" she asked, crossing her arms, trying to regain her usual confident and heroic demeanor.

"I'll go first," Alice said without hesitation, not even attempting to pass the responsibility. There was a strange calmness in her voice, but beneath it, a subtle tension lingered.

She slowly climbed onto Jack's body, her movements careful at first, almost experimental. There was curiosity in her eyes, but also something deeper—something unspoken. As she gradually lowered herself, her expression tightened slightly, adjusting to the unfamiliar sensation.

Ada stood to the side, watching with a mix of curiosity and awkwardness. Her gaze lingered, trying to understand how Alice was managing something so overwhelming.

"…Does it really work like that?" Ada muttered under her breath, half to herself.

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Inside Jack's body, something began to change.

The dormant T-Cells, which had been scattered and chaotic, suddenly showed signs of activity. Like soldiers receiving a silent command, they began to move—slowly at first, then faster—gathering toward a specific point.

The dark-purple T-Cells within Alice's body reacted instinctively, as if drawn by an invisible force. When they came into contact with Jack's golden T-Cells, the reaction was immediate.

A strange duality formed.

Alice's body grew colder, an icy chill spreading through her veins, while Jack's body radiated heat—intense and boiling, like a furnace coming back to life.

Ada's eyes widened slightly. "Alice… are you okay?" she asked, stepping closer, her voice tinged with concern.

Alice clenched her teeth slightly but nodded. "Wait… just a little more," she said, her voice strained but determined.

Time passed slowly.

Too slowly.

Ada's patience began to wear thin. "It's already been an hour…" she said, her voice almost breaking. There was frustration, worry, and something else she didn't want to admit.

Then—

"Ah—!"

Alice let out a sharp cry.

Inside Jack's body, the golden and dark-purple T-Cells separated once again. The dark-purple ones returned to Alice, but this time, their surface shimmered faintly with a golden glow, as if something had changed permanently.

Alice exhaled deeply, her body trembling slightly as she carefully moved away.

Only then did Ada finally relax, the tension in her body releasing all at once.

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Suddenly—

Jack's brow twitched.

His eyes snapped open.

A faint golden light flashed within them.

"Jack!"

Alice and Ada both called out at the same time, their voices filled with relief and surprise.

Jack blinked once, then slowly smiled—an unmistakably familiar, slightly wicked smile.

"Wives… hello," he said casually, as if waking up from a short nap instead of eight months of unconsciousness. "The way you woke me up… I have to say, I like it very much."

Alice let out a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding. "You waking up is what matters," she said softly.

Ada nodded quickly. "Yeah… you had us worried," she added.

Jack raised an eyebrow, his gaze shifting to Ada with a playful glint. "Continue," he said casually. "If you keep going, I'll recover even faster. I especially like watching you move like that."

"You shameless bastard," Ada muttered, though there was no real anger behind it.

But before she could react further, Jack suddenly flipped, pressing Ada beneath him.

The atmosphere shifted instantly.

A mix of surprised cries and laughter filled the room—sometimes Ada's voice, sometimes Alice's—blending together in a chaotic yet strangely warm rhythm.

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Three hours later…

Jack finally seemed satisfied, stretching lazily.

Ada and Alice, however, looked completely exhausted, lying there without the strength to even move.

The door opened.

White Queen walked in with a faint smile. "Pervert," she said lightly. "You finally woke up. Do you even know you've been unconscious for eight months?"

Jack turned his head toward her, still smiling. "That must have been hard on you," he said. "You've worked a lot."

White Queen narrowed her eyes slightly. "You suddenly becoming polite… feels strange," she said bluntly.

Jack chuckled. "Come here, little loli. Let me thank you properly," he said, reaching toward her.

"Perverted uncle," White Queen shot back immediately.

Jack raised an eyebrow. "Sounds like you're used to it."

"Used to your head," she snapped. Her gaze briefly flicked downward before she added bluntly, "That thing of yours is ugly."

Jack laughed. "I didn't charge you for looking, and you're still complaining?"

"In my eyes, your body is no different from something in a dissection lab," White Queen replied coldly.

Jack smirked but didn't argue further. "Fine, fine. Let's talk business. You already know I went to Asgard, right?"

White Queen nodded. "Explain everything."

Alice and Ada, despite their exhaustion, also turned their attention toward him.

Jack leaned back slightly, his expression becoming more serious as he began recounting everything—the battle, Odin, the fusion pill, and his narrow escape using the Tesseract.

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"…and that's how I got back," Jack finished.

White Queen nodded thoughtfully. "So the fusion pill altered the surface of your cells, turning them golden… but didn't change the nucleus."

"Exactly," Jack said.

"That means it didn't solve the compatibility issue between your T-Cells and Transformer Cells," she continued. "It only forced temporary fusion. Once the limit is reached, they separate again."

Jack clicked his tongue. "Yeah. Almost killed me."

Alice frowned. "Don't do something that dangerous again," she said firmly.

Ada nodded in agreement. "We're serious."

Jack raised his hands slightly. "Alright, alright. I promise."

Then he paused.

"…Where did you find me?"

White Queen smiled faintly. "Inside a shark."

Jack froze.

"…What?"

Ada laughed lightly. "She's serious. You fell into the sea, got swallowed, and we found you there."

Jack's expression turned strange. "That's… embarrassing."

White Queen shook her head. "That shark saved you. Others arrived there before us. If you weren't hidden, you would've been captured."

Jack's expression darkened slightly. "The Tesseract…?"

Ada nodded. "Someone else took it."

Jack smirked again. "Doesn't matter. As long as it's still on Earth, I'll get it back."

White Queen snorted. "You really are optimistic."

Jack clenched his fist slightly. "Not optimism. Certainty."

Then he glanced at them again. "So it really was eight months?"

White Queen crossed her arms. "What else? You were basically a corpse."

Jack suddenly appeared behind her in a flash, wrapping his arms around her.

"I should reward you properly," he said with a grin.

"Let go," she said immediately, pushing him away.

"Not happening."

Jack leaned forward and kissed her cheek.

White Queen froze for a brief moment before frowning.

"…Disgusting."

But the faintest flicker in her eyes suggested she wasn't entirely unaffected.

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