In the medical room, Eva showed her wounds to the doctor, who, with a serious expression, took note and indicated that she sit on the hospital bed—one that looked almost futuristic—in the room, which was equipped with all kinds of state-of-the-art medical equipment. He then approached her and sat down; at that moment, the doctor unloaded his briefcase onto the desk in the room, opened it, and retrieved from it a sphygmomanometer, a stethoscope, and a few other items.
"Do you feel any kind of pain or discomfort anywhere?"
Placing the stethoscope around his neck, Doctor Tsunashi approached Eva and asked in a calm and formal tone, speaking in an obviously rusty English. This caused Eva to bite her lips in visible discomfort, so the experienced doctor chose not to press further and instead commented softly.
"For now, we're just going to take your blood pressure and check your vital signs; does that sound alright?"
"… Alright, doctor."
After a moment, Eva nodded and extended her arm as she spoke. Doctor Tsunashi then nodded before placing the sphygmomanometer around her arm, beginning to pump its bulb, then releasing the valve and carefully checking the readings.
"Your blood pressure is a bit high... Now let's move on to your temperature and oxygen saturation."
After removing the sphygmomanometer from Eva's arm, Doctor Tsunashi calmly remarked before taking a small pulse oximeter from his briefcase—a tiny digital device—which he placed on Eva's index finger. He then retrieved a digital thermometer and directed it at her forehead.
"There's also a slight fever…" he murmured while looking at the thermometer before putting it back into his briefcase. At that moment, he stopped to look at Eva and said.
"I'm going to carefully examine your skin to identify any injuries or signs of irritation; does that sound alright?"
"…Yes."
Eva nodded and replied quietly, prompting Doctor Tsunashi to nod once more. He then retrieved a portable lamp and a pair of gloves before beginning a meticulous examination of the various bruises and wounds—a process that quickly brought a serious expression to the aged doctor's face.
This was because, as a doctor with decades of experience, he immediately recognized marks caused by repeated trauma; in other words, the beautiful woman before him had been a victim of continuous physical violence for quite some time—a situation that was not only very serious but also complex to treat, as physical violence commonly came accompanied by various types of abuse.
"I've noticed that in some areas there are marks that seem to have been caused by repeated trauma. With your permission, I will examine them more closely to assess the extent of these injuries. Does that sound alright?"
In a serious tone, Doctor Tsunashi informed her while subtly glancing at the lower part of Eva's body. She quickly understood the message and couldn't help but squeeze her thighs tightly while biting her lips in reluctant apprehension. After a few seconds, Eva spoke in a soft voice filled with a mix of emotions ranging from shame to fear.
"Doctor… I…"
"You don't have to say it if it makes you uncomfortable. I am a doctor with decades of experience and have encountered all kinds of cases, so I can already imagine what might have happened. Still, it is necessary to conduct an evaluation to properly identify the injuries and begin effective treatment."
"...Alright, doctor, I'm in your hands…"
After a few seconds of biting her lips hard, Eva responded in an incredibly soft voice—imbued with a palpable sense of weakness. Doctor Tsunashi promptly nodded before speaking in a serious and professional tone.
"You can trust me; just let me know at any moment if you feel pain or discomfort."
"…Alright."
Eva nodded once again and then lay down on the bed. At that moment, the doctor searched the room for his instruments, quickly finding what he needed in sterile bags. He then promptly manipulated the bed's controls, causing two leg rests to appear, and began the examination with full professionalism.
…
Once the complete examination was finished, Doctor Tsunashi sat down at the desk and began typing all the information he had gathered into his laptop, occasionally asking Eva questions. After a while, with a serious and professional expression, the experienced doctor spoke to the injured woman.
"Mrs. Eva, it is my duty to inform you that there is a possibility of taking photographs of your various wounds as forensic evidence so that you can proceed with the corresponding legal processes. Would you like us to do that?"
Upon hearing the doctor's professional words, Eva couldn't help but smile bitterly. In some strange way, she even found it somewhat amusing that there was truly no one to sue—since, as far as she knew, those people were already dead, and even if they weren't, there would be little or nothing she could do legally. After a moment, she replied in a soft voice.
"…There's no need, doctor."
"…I understand." The doctor nodded gravely and quickly returned to his computer, then continued in a solemn tone.
"Although your physical condition is not overly serious, I must still recommend that you see a specialist and undergo several laboratory tests to rule out any potential illnesses. Moreover, it is imperative that you receive psychological support as soon as possible."
"I understand, doctor." Eva slowly nodded, her head bowed. At that moment, the doctor took a business card from his jacket, which had only his name on the front and a number on the back, and then said.
"This is my contact information. If anything happens, or if I am required to give a statement, don't hesitate to get in touch with me."
"Thank you very much, doctor…"
Eva accepted the card with both hands, her insecurity evident, and then stared at it with a lost gaze. At that moment, Doctor Tsunashi spoke in a serious tone while placing a small agenda and a pen on the desk.
"If you have an email address, I can send you the digital document, or I can also print it out."
"The digital version is fine, doctor; I'll review it as soon as I can." Eva replied in a subdued tone, then took the pen and wrote an email address in the little agenda—which the doctor used to send the document.
…
"Well, that should be all set. I'll go take another look at the little one." After putting away his things, the doctor said in a serious tone as he rose from his chair, and Eva thanked him once more, sincerely.
"Really, thank you very much, doctor."
"There's no need—it's my job."
Doctor Tsunashi responded with a calm smile, then proceeded to the door and opened it, only to find, much to his surprise, eight people gathered there. Among them were six women of impressive beauty, along with two tall, muscular men—one of whom was the unmistakable symbol of peace.
"Doctor Tsunashi, Kai is in the other room." On seeing the doctor, Keiko stepped forward and stated in a firm and elegant tone. The doctor quickly nodded and replied, full of respect.
"I understand."
Soon after, the doctor, guided by the beautiful women with blue and black hair, quickly entered another room that looked incredibly similar to the one he had just been in. After all, the building contained exactly twelve identical rooms, all equipped with precisely the same instruments—one for each family member and a couple more in case anything happened.
Upon entering the room, the doctor saw a handsome young man lying unconscious on the bed. He was accompanied by two beautiful girls—with black and light blue hair, respectively—seated on either side of the head of the bed, while two beautiful cats, one black and one white, lay together at the young man's feet.
Now familiar with the equipment in the room, Doctor Tsunashi—after the girls got up and took the cats with them—quickly began a complete diagnosis of the unconscious young man, making sure to examine him from head to toe.
While the doctor worked, the eleven people waited outside the room, staring intently at the unconscious young man—especially Eva, who couldn't help but shed a few tears upon seeing him again. She truly owed everything to that young man, and for that reason, seeing him unconscious filled her with an overwhelming sense of guilt, to the point where she couldn't even pay attention to the world-famous All Might.
No matter how hard she tried, Eva couldn't understand how her life had unraveled so dramatically—from one moment having a beautiful family, a great husband, and an obedient, loving son, to the next losing her husband in a traffic accident and being abandoned by everyone.
Although her relationship with her husband had never been well regarded by his family—mainly because she was a foreigner, a native of Avalon who had been forced to flee her homeland with nothing but her mother and what they had on them that day, and who only managed to gain Australian citizenship after years of struggle—she had never imagined that after her husband's death, his family would abandon her and her son to their fate. Her—who no longer had any family nor anyone left to rely on after losing her mother a couple of years earlier.
But that was only the beginning of her misfortune. Eva was actually a photographer primarily focused on documentary and landscape photography, specializing in drone operation and underwater shots—skilled enough to be relatively well known in the field. Because of this, she didn't face any financial difficulties after her husband's death, not even with the abandonment she suffered.
However, upon seeing her son so crushed by the loss of his father—reduced to a sad, gray shadow of his usually joyful and energetic self. Eva decided to accept the invitation of a friend from university, who needed a photographer for a maritime exploration mission in the Indian Ocean, based on some strange data detected by satellite LiDAR on the ocean floor.
Since her friend had no objections to her son coming along—given that the trip would only last three weeks and the ship had all the necessary comforts—Eva set sail with her son, hoping that the new experiences would help lift his spirits. But she never expected that this simple three-week journey would turn into a living hell.
At first, the exploration went well; Oliver grew considerably encouraged by the sight of dolphins and the images of the seafloor, and everything truly seemed perfect. They even managed to uncover something shocking during the expedition—a discovery that the ship's scientific team announced as something that could redefine our understanding of history up to that point. Yet from there on, everything only went downhill.
The very night they succeeded in capturing images of strange underwater ruins with the drones Eva controlled, they were suddenly caught in a brutal storm, which ended up sinking the ship, leaving only herself, her son, and eight other people as survivors in an emergency raft. The furious storm set them adrift until, somehow, they eventually arrived at that strange island that appeared to be made of intertwined roots.
After arriving at the island, everyone disembarked and began exploring the surroundings, equally filled with surprise and confusion, unsure of where they were or how they had gotten there. But their confusion only deepened when, on that strange island, they found not only animals from completely disparate parts of the world, but even the flora was a chaotic mix—trees and plants that were never supposed to have coexisted, some even natural enemies, thriving side by side.
The more they explored, the stranger everything seemed. They had only surveyed the shoreline, yet even there they found a plant believed to have gone extinct at least 20,000 years ago. This discovery filled them with endless curiosity to uncover the secrets of that bizarre place and to see with their own eyes the treasures it might be hiding. But everything changed when they saw one of those monstrous spiders with their own eyes.
Upon seeing the towering spider, several meters tall, everyone started screaming and running for their lives. To their absolute disbelief, the spider didn't attack. It merely stared at them intently with its many eyes, then let out an eerie shriek, which caused at least a dozen similar spiders to surround them. And before they could react, they were wrapped in web cocoons and dragged away without mercy.
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