Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 260: Absorbing "Immortality" and the Surge in Combat Power (Part 2)
"Does this medicine really work?" Ating couldn't help but ask Zonghai.
"The success rate should be higher than last time." Zong Hai said softly, "Because there shouldn't be much immortality poison that has entered the body of the donor Ogata..."
The "last time" that Zong Hai was referring to was the time when he saved Xian Hai's younger brother.
He Shi and He Zhi, the apprentice of the mysterious master and apprentice, only gave Zong Hai two pills that could suppress the immortal poison.
One of them had been used to save Xianhai's younger brother before.
The pill in the small jar in his hand, which was emitting a strong medicinal smell, was the last pill that could suppress the immortal poison.
"Donor lady, open Donor Ogata's mouth."
As Zong Hai spoke, he poured out the pills from the jar in his hand.
After stuffing the pill into Ogata's mouth full of blood foam, Zong Hai held Ogata's mouth and forced Ogata to swallow the pill.
Although Ogata was now in a semi-conscious state, fortunately - after Zong Hai stuffed the pill into his mouth, he swallowed the pill in his mouth as if he had an instinctive reaction.
Seeing Ogata swallow the pill smoothly, Zong Hai's originally tense face finally relaxed a little - but not too much.
"Donor Ogata was injured last night, and the Immortal Poison didn't take effect until this morning." Zong Hai said softly, "It took such a long time for the Immortal Poison to take effect, which means that the Immortal Poison that entered Donor Ogata's body must not be too much."
"But whether we can survive... depends on the good fortune of Donor Ogata..."
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Ogata's mind was now in a state of confusion.
He only remembered that after seeing Ating, Makimura and the others coming back, his body began to become more and more tired.
I was so tired that I couldn't even stand.
After feeling his stomach churning and spitting out a mouthful of blood, he felt his eyes go dark and all the senses in his body seemed to become dull at this moment.
I can't open my eyes and I can't hear clearly.
All he could hear was Ating, Zonghai and the others seemingly calling him.
But I couldn't hear what they were shouting.
He could only vaguely hear them calling his name.
Then, he felt his mouth being forcibly stretched open, and then someone stuffed a small round thing into his mouth.
Although he didn't know what it was, Ogata swallowed it subconsciously.
After swallowing this thing, Xu Fang completely lost consciousness. He could no longer hear or feel anything...
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After an unknown amount of time, a voice suddenly sounded in Ogata's mind.
This sudden sound woke Ogata up slightly.
[Ding! The host begins to absorb "immortality"...]
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[Ding! The host successfully absorbed part of the "immortality"...]
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After these two voices fell, Ogata's mind returned to calm... no other voices rose.
Ogata, who had regained some consciousness after being startled by the sudden sound, fell asleep again as the sound ended...
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It's like light slowly appearing in the darkness.
First, a little bit of light appeared, and then this little bit of light expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye - the recovery of consciousness was very similar to this process.
First, some sounds were gradually heard.
Then I gradually began to feel my limbs and body.
Finally, my eyelids regained the strength to lift up.
Slowly raising his eyelids, the first thing that caught Ogata's eye was the unfamiliar wooden ceiling and A-machi's face, which occupied a large part of his field of vision.
A-Machi has always been by Ogata's side.
As soon as he noticed that Ogata was about to wake up, he immediately came over and waited for Ogata to wake up.
When Ogata opened his eyes, a look of joy immediately spread across Atachi's entire face.
"Zong Hai! Zong Hai!" As Ating turned and left, he shouted Zong Hai's name.
After Atachi left, Ogata struggled to sit up.
Although he could clearly feel that his body was very weak, Ogata still had the strength to sit up.
After sitting up, Obi immediately began to move his eyes and observe his surroundings.
It was a simple, small room, with a thin blanket covering both the body and the body. The only window in the room looked out onto the sea.
Based on what he saw with his naked eyes, Ogata immediately deduced that he should be in a room on the shogunate's warship that they had robbed.
While observing the environment he was in, memories before the coma kept popping up in Ogata's mind like bubbles.
At this moment, the door that had just been closed was pushed open again.
Ating is back.
I left alone.
When he came back, he brought a large group of people with him.
Sokai, Mamiya, Makimura, and Chikanosuke followed closely behind Atachi and rushed into the room where Ogata was resting.
After everyone gathered around Ogata, Chikanosuke was the first to speak to Ogata urgently:
"Lord Ogata! How do you feel?"
"How is it?" Ogata stretched out his hands and spread out his five fingers. "Apart from feeling very tired , I don't feel anything else..."
"...Donor Ogata." After seeing Ogata wake up, Zong Hai did not show obvious joy like the others, but said in a deep voice, "Please let me see the wound on your neck."
After saying that, without waiting for Ogata to respond, he reached out and untied the white cloth that was wrapped around Ogata's neck.
When Sokai untied the white cloth around Ogata's neck, Atachi beside him explained to Ogata what had happened to him.
After learning that he was actually poisoned by the immortality poison and that Zong Hai had fed him a pill that could suppress the immortality poison, despite his weak body, Ogata's eyes widened in one breath.
"So how long have I been unconscious?"
"Not long." Mamiya continued, "I've only slept for about three hours. It's just past noon now."
"I only slept for such a short time... Why do I always feel like I have slept for several days..."
Ogata looked down at his palms.
"After three hours, I haven't vomited blood and died yet... Zong Hai, does this mean that the medicine has taken effect and the immortal poison in my body has been cleared?"
"...Not sure." Zong Hai said in a deep voice, "We need to take a look at the wound first..."
As soon as Zong Hai finished speaking, he untied the white cloth wrapped around Ogata's neck, revealing the wound on Ogata's neck.
After seeing the wound on Ogata's neck, everyone present except Ogata felt a sinking feeling in their hearts .
Just because——the skin around the wound on Ogata's neck was still dark purple.
Ogata, who couldn't see the state of his own wound, saw the faces of Atachi, Sokai and the others change, and couldn't help but feel nervous, and couldn't help asking:
"What's wrong? Why do you look so serious?"
"...Donor Ogata." After a moment of silence, Zong Hai said softly to Ogata, "Regarding your health... there is a good news and a bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"Then... let's talk about the good news first."
"The good news is that probably because the amount of immortality poison that entered your body was small, and it should be because of your good physical fitness, so the medicine that can suppress the immortality poison took effect. The immortality poison in your body has been suppressed. You should not be in danger of death in the short term."
"So...what's the bad news?"
"The bad news is that the immortal poison in your body has only been suppressed, not completely eliminated."
Zong Hai raised his finger and pointed at the dark purple skin on Xufang's neck.
"Your skin here is still dark purple, which means you still have the immortal poison in your body, but it has been suppressed and will not kill you instantly."
After Zong Hai finished speaking, Mucun just took out a bronze mirror from somewhere and showed it to Ogata.
Although the bronze mirror had a poor reflective effect and the reflected face was blurry, Ogata could still see through the bronze mirror that the flesh and blood around the wound on his neck was dark purple.
The area of this dark purple skin and flesh was not large, but it was not small either.
When Ogata saw the dark purple skin on his neck, he was shocked, but he quickly adjusted his facial expression.
"So..." Ogata asked back to Munehi, "You mean to say that there is still the immortal poison in my body, but it is just suppressed, so it didn't kill me immediately. Is that what you mean?"
"That's right." Zong Hai nodded.
"Then..." Ogata hesitated , "Will the remaining immortal poison in my body recur?"
Zong Hai was silent.
There was no immediate answer to Ogata's question.
After being silent for an unknown period of time, Zong Hai said softly:
"...The immortal poison in your body may erupt again...or it may be suppressed and not erupt until you die..."
"How could it be..." Ating, who was originally ecstatic because Ogata had awakened, turned pale again after hearing what Zong Hai said.
As for Mamiya, Makimura, and Chikanosuke, after hearing what Sokai said, the expressions on their faces also became heavy.
As for Ogata, he once again turned his gaze to the bronze mirror in Makimura's hand and looked at himself in the mirror.
His face doesn't look very good either.
—A time bomb?
Looking at the deep purple skin reflected in the mirror, Ogata couldn't help but say this in his heart.
——A time bomb ...
According to Zong Hai's description just now, the remaining immortal poison in his body is like a time bomb that may explode at any time.
Maybe tomorrow, the immortal poison in his body will erupt again, causing him to vomit blood and die.
It is also possible that the immortal poison in his body never erupted again, and he lived the rest of his life safely...
At this moment, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.
Because he suddenly remembered that when he was unconscious, he vaguely heard a strange system sound in his mind that he had never heard before.
It seems to be saying something about absorbing "immortality"... and at the end there is a sentence about successfully absorbing part of the "immortality".
With a doubtful attitude, Ogata pulled out his personal system interface.
[Name: Ogata Noriyoshi]
[Current personal level: Lv24 (2530/3200)]
Personal attributes:
Strength: 11
Agility: 10
Reflexes: 9
Stamina: 11
Vitality: 23
【Skill:
Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 9th dan (3615/4000)
Wuwo's dual swordsmanship level: 8th stage (1520/6500)
Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu Level: 1st stage (210/250)]
[Remaining skill points: 0 points]
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[Sakakihara Itto-ryu (9th Dan):
Climbing: Beginner
Water Fall: Intermediate
Bird Thorn: Advanced
Dragon Tail: Intermediate]
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【Muga Two-Sword Style (8th Stage):
Step: Intermediate
Blade Return: Advanced
Flow: Advanced
Breath of the Source: Intermediate
Raikiri: Elementary
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【Shiranui Style Ninjutsu (1st stage):
Shiranui Stealth Technique: Elementary
Shiranui Style Jujutsu: Intermediate]
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After checking his personal system interface, Ogata's eyes widened in shock.
His strength, agility, and reflexes increased by 1 point each, becoming 11 points, 10 points, and 9 points respectively.
His physical strength increased by 2 points to 11 points.
The increase in vitality was the largest, from 19 points to 23 points, an increase of 4 points.
——What’s going on…?
Just when Ogata was stunned by the sudden increase in his personal attributes, the system sound that sounded in his mind when he was unconscious seemed to have its own life and automatically appeared in Ogata's mind.
——Absorbing... "Immortality"...
——And...successfully absorbed part of "immortality"...
Ogata mentally repeated the two words that the system voice said in his mind when he was unconscious.
——“Immortality”…
Ogata couldn't help but raise his hand and touch the purple skin on his neck.
——It turns out that what is buried in my body right now is not a time bomb... but a double-edged sword...
——Although I don’t know when this “immortal poison” will explode again and kill me, its existence can bring a significant increase in my body functions...
Thinking of this, Ogata couldn't help but complain in his heart:
——Is this a big profit or a big loss...
——If I keep this "immortal poison" in my body, will my body functions continue to increase...
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The room where everyone was sitting was in silence for a while.
No one spoke... No, it should be said that no one knew what to say now...
Different people have different expressions on their faces at this moment.
Sokai, Chikanosuke and others looked regretful.
Mamiya, Makimura and others looked a little heavy-hearted.
As for Ating...her face was pale and bloodless, as if she had heard some terrible bad news.
On the contrary, Ogata, the central figure in the incident of "being poisoned by the immortal poison", was the calmest.
He looked thoughtful, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
After a long while, Ogata finally spoke, breaking the silence in the room.
"Chikanosuke." Ogata reached into his arms and took out two pieces of paper with densely written words. "Can you give me these two pieces of paper?"
"Hmm?" Chikanosuke raised his eyebrows in confusion.
He recognized the two pieces of paper.
It was the prescription for treating his waist that was written for him by the master and apprentice pair, He Shi and He Zhi.
After Chikanosuke showed him and Atachi the two prescriptions, Soutarou and his group attacked, and Obunaga casually stuffed the two prescriptions into his arms.
"Of course I can..." These two prescriptions were not valuable to Chikanosuke, so Chikanosuke responded without hesitation, "But...what do you want these two prescriptions for? Are you going to treat your back injury?"
"No." Ogata silently put the two prescriptions in his hand back into his arms, "Not to treat my back injury, but... to do something more important..."
