[Inside The Research Institute]
Blanca placed a white pill beside her. Just as she was about to swallow it, Mobius suddenly spoke.
"Do you know the name of the volunteer Elysia brought yesterday?"
"Doctor, are you interested in him?"
Blanca glanced at the pill in her hand, put it back into the bottle, and took out the experimental records from last night from a pile of documents.
"Levi."
"Levi..."
Mobius repeated the name in her mind, certain that she had never heard of him anywhere.
But that familiar feeling... didn't seem fake.
"Do you know where he lives?"
"Sorry, Doctor. He didn't say anything other than his name."
Looking at Mobius's thoughtful expression, Blanca asked, "Do you need me to arrange for someone to investigate?"
Although Levi hadn't said much about himself.
But if the Doctor wanted to know, they could obtain his information through the Flame-Chasers' intelligence department.
"No need."
Mobius shook her head and rejected Blanca's suggestion.
There was no need to use the Flame-Chasers' power for such a trivial matter.
Since Elysia had brought him here, the best way was still to ask Elysia about his background.
But even then, it probably wouldn't let her figure out where that sense of familiarity came from.
Besides, she merely felt that he was familiar. That alone wasn't enough to make her go to such lengths.
Creak~
The sound of the door opening rang out. Following the sound, they saw Kevin standing beside the door, his legs trembling as he leaned against the wall.
Seeing him like this, Mobius looked at Blanca, and Blanca looked at her as well. Their gazes met in midair.
"It worked?"
"I think so."
"What caused it?"
"Based on the preliminary assessment, it may have something to do with the dosage."
"The dosage."
Mobius nodded.
Although she didn't know why those people had asked her to develop a new type of laxative, as long as they provided enough funding, let alone a new type of laxative, even if they asked her to develop a new type of digestive aid, she wouldn't refuse.
After all... who would have a problem with money?
Especially for a research institute like hers, the amount of funding needed for daily raw material consumption was extremely, extremely large.
They couldn't do without sufficient funding.
"Then..."
Kevin dutifully wanted to describe how he was feeling now, but before he could finish, his expression changed, and his stomach acted up again.
He immediately closed the door.
This scene was within Mobius and Blanca's expectations.
For the next while, Kevin kept repeating the process of opening the door, closing the door, opening the door again, and closing it again...
Until eventually, he simply stopped opening the door altogether and stayed inside without coming out.
The effects of the medicine lasted until the afternoon.
Kevin's face was dark, his lips were pale, and his eyes were empty and lifeless.
Blanca got some nutritional solution for him to replenish his energy.
After recovering some of his strength, Kevin looked at the bottles and jars around him, and for the first time, a look of fear appeared on his face.
He finally understood why so few volunteers were willing to come to the Mobius Research Institute and undergo experiments.
'This research institute...'
'What the hell did they develop here?!'
Recalling what he had gone through during this period, Kevin always felt as if he had experienced an extremely terrifying nightmare.
He had already been unable to tell reality from dreams.
Out of humanitarian concern, Blanca comforted Kevin, then recorded the results of the experiment.
The effect worked on humans. Now all that remained was to determine whether it was related to the dosage or whether Levi had a special constitution.
Blanca unconsciously turned her gaze toward Kevin.
Kevin, holding the cup of water in both hands, involuntarily trembled.
He looked up and glanced around, but didn't notice anything unusual.
Blanca only looked at him for a moment before withdrawing her gaze. Kevin had suffered so badly today that she naturally couldn't ask him to participate in another experiment.
Doing that would be a little too unfair to Kevin.
After all, it was because of her that he had agreed to participate in the experiment in the first place, and it had left him in this state.
Looking at his current condition, he probably wouldn't even be able to participate in training over the next few days.
———
After leaving the Mobius Research Institute, Kevin ran into one of his friends on the way. After talking for a while.
Kevin suddenly thought of something and asked him, "I heard you work in the intelligence department? I want to ask you for a favor."
After a pause, Kevin said, "Do you know Griseo?"
"Help me investigate her."
For some reason, after repeatedly mulling over this name, Kevin suddenly had a feeling.
That person was connected to him.
And the connection wasn't an ordinary one.
This inexplicable feeling sparked Kevin's interest in the "Griseo" Levi had mentioned.
———
[On The Other Side]
After playing cards all night, Levi returned home and prepared to wash up and go to sleep, getting ready for his trip to the cemetery that night.
[Ding dong!]
The chat group made a sound. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the message had been sent by Elysia.
[Elysia: I'm here!]
[Elysia: @Levi.]
[Kiana: Mars collided with Earth?]
[Stelle: Wrong! It collided with the Xianzhou!]
"What do you mean, you're here?" Sleepy-eyed Levi took three seconds to understand what Elysia meant.
'Did she get her period?'
Suddenly, he shot upright in bed. "Today is the day she's coming to Luofu?"
'Crap, he'd forgotten!'
Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed up all night playing cards at the card house.
Hoo~ Chi~
Hoo~ Chi~
He looked toward Little Fairy in the corner, who was still sleeping with her butt sticking up, several tails trembling slightly.
"Still sleeping! Get up and welcome Auntie Elysia!"
Levi took out the fried tofu he had prepared, picked up the sleeping Little Fairy, and placed her in front of the fried tofu, forcibly turning her on.
Little Fairy opened her eyes, her brain not yet fully awake, and looked at the fried tofu in front of her.
Awkwardly, she lay down on it and started eating.
Only after finishing did she realize what had happened. Looking at the bed behind her, she scratched her head. "Wasn't I just sleeping?"
'How did she suddenly end up eating fried tofu?'
Turning around and looking at another serving of fried tofu that had appeared beside her, she moved her tail.
"Forget it, eating comes first."
Levi washed up, rubbed his somewhat sleepy eyes, and only then accepted Elysia's request.
"I'm totally Layla!"
The moment Elysia appeared, she punched Levi. "Don't give me random voice lines!"
"Next time for sure."
Having already heard Levi say "next time for sure" countless times, Elysia rolled her eyes at him.
When she went outside, she saw Little Fairy with her mouth covered in oil from eating.
'So tiny!'
Elysia was overjoyed. Without caring whether she would get oil on herself, she picked Little Fairy up and held her in her arms.
"Ahhh, so cute, so cute!"
"Mmph, mmph... let me go, Auntie Elysia!"
Elysia's body stiffened. "Auntie... Elysia?"
'Why would such an adorable little thing say something so unadorable?'
"Levi!" Elysia turned her head and glared angrily at Levi, who was standing to the side with a smile.
"Did you teach her to call me that?!"
It definitely had to be him. There was no need to even think about it.
Levi remained very calm. Looking at Little Fairy, who had escaped her grasp, he asked, "Did I teach you to call her that?"
Little Fairy thought about it for a moment, then shook her head. "I don't know why I said it either. It just came out naturally."
Then she looked at Elysia. "Sorry, Auntie Ely... Sister."
"..."
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