Time goes back to when Ogata and the others were first led into Hirachiyo's clinic——
Hirachiyo's clinic was very small, and the air was filled with a very strong smell of medicine, but despite its small size, it was still able to barely accommodate the three of Ogata to sleep.
"Ogata-kun." After Hei Chiyo left, Lin Ziping whispered to Ogata, "What are you going to do next?"
"Hirachiyo said he didn't know Gensho or Genshin," Ogata said softly, "but it's possible he's acting."
"Hirachiyo's voice sounds very young. In terms of age, he is exactly the same age as Xuanzhen..."
Lin Ziping understood what Ogata wanted to say. After a moment of silence, he continued, "So - what are you going to do next?"
"I plan to lurk with my wife next to Hirachiyo's house tonight and eavesdrop on what's going on there," Ogata said. "Maybe we can find something. Mr. Lin, you should get some sleep tonight. My wife and I probably won't be back for a while."
"I'm curious about what's in Hirachiyo's room." At this time, Atachi suddenly interrupted, "Last time, Mr. Lin just asked what was in the room, and Hirachiyo got mad and kicked Mr. Lin out. Could there be something shameful in that room...?"
"That room... Although I am also quite curious about what is locked in that room, let's talk about how to deal with that room later." Ogata shook his head slightly.
When it got darker and all the villagers went back to their homes and fell asleep, Ogata and Atachi took action.
The two used the Shiranui-style stealth technique, tiptoed out of the clinic, and then hid in an inconspicuous corner on the west side of Hirachiyo's house.
The division of labor between the two was very clear - Ogata was responsible for keeping an eye out for outsiders approaching, while Atachi was responsible for listening attentively to the movements in the house.
Although there is no wind or snow tonight, it is a "winter night in the north" after all. If you stand in the same place for a long time, you will still feel the cold air penetrating into every pore of your body.
But the Ogata couple were very lucky - before either of them began to feel cold, Atachi suddenly pulled Ogata's sleeve.
This was the secret code they had agreed upon before: there was movement in the house!
Ogata quickly put his ear to the wall.
The wooden walls had average soundproofing. After putting his ear against the wall, Osamu heard the sound of someone walking, and... the sound of a door being opened.
Then, strange conversations were heard by Ogata and O-Machi...
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"Xuanzhi. A strange young warrior came today and claimed that he was looking for you and your master."
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"...I'm actually quite curious to see what illness the young warrior wants my master and I to cure."
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"Xuanzhi, you'd better ignore that young warrior. Who knows if they are really here to see you and your master for medical treatment? You'd better listen to me and hide for the time being."
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"...Do you want me to hide first... Where should I hide then?"
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…
Ogata and Atachi looked at each other in tacit understanding - they both saw horror in each other's eyes.
Based on the conversation coming out of the house, it is not difficult to hear that this is a conversation between two people.
But the strange thing is: the timbre of this set of dialogues is exactly the same.
All of them were Hirachiyo's voice.
What should we do now——Amachi looked at Ogata and asked.
The scene was so bizarre that Ating was at a loss as to what to do.
After pondering for a moment, Ogata answered Atachi with action: he strode towards the door.
Hirachiyo's house is a typical Ainu house - it has no doors, and there is only a door curtain woven with hay and other materials hanging at the entrance.
So as long as Ogata and the others lifted the door curtain, they could easily enter Hirachiyo's house.
This strange conversation came from the room that caused Lin Ziping to be driven out of the village last time...
Ogata used the Shiranui-style stealth technique and walked slowly towards the room at a soundless pace.
After looking inside through the open door of the room, Ogata felt the hairs and goose bumps on his body standing up one by one.
He saw - Hirachiyo was kneeling on the ground, and he looked like he was talking to someone in front of him.
But there was nothing in front of him except air.
Hirachiyo just kept talking to herself in the air in front of her.
At this moment, Ating was so frightened by the strange scene in front of him that his face changed drastically.
"...Hey." Ogata said solemnly, "...what are you...doing?"
Hearing Ogata's voice, Hei Chiyo hurriedly turned around and shouted loudly, "Hurry up!" or something like that.
After silently placing his left hand on the scabbard of Daishikuten, Ogata continued:
"I say... what are you doing? What's that? What's that? Are you the only one in this room... from beginning to end?"
Hei Chiyo showed a surprised expression, then turned around and looked at the empty back behind her.
Ogata and Atachi waited for Hirachiyo to react.
In order to deal with emergencies, Ogata silently placed his right hand on the hilt of Daishikatsu and lowered his body's center of gravity.
Hei Chiyo stared blankly behind herself, and Ogata and the others waited for Hei Chiyo to react - the room fell into a strange silence.
Until - after a long while, the silent atmosphere was finally broken.
It was broken by Hirachiyo's scream.
“Aa ...
Hei Chiyo held his head and crawled on the ground. A scream that was not something a human could make came out of his throat.
Ogata and A-machi were frightened by Hirachiyo's sudden and terrifying scream - as were the rest of the villagers in the village.
Hirachiyo's scream filled the entire village.
The originally quiet village suddenly became noisy.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?!"
"It's Hirachiyo's voice!"
"Let's go! Go see what's going on!"
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The village was not big to begin with, so in the blink of an eye, circles of villagers gathered around Ogata and Atachi, and the number of villagers coming here was still increasing.
It is easy to imagine what the villagers who rushed here would think when they saw Hirachiyo crawling on the ground, trembling slightly, and then saw the two outsiders, Ogata and Atachi, standing next to Hirachiyo.
"Hey! What did you two do to Hirachiyo?!"
"What happened to Hirachiyo?"
"Quick! Go and call the others over!"
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"Please calm down!" Ogata, who did not want to have any unpleasant encounters with the villagers, shouted loudly, "Is there anyone who understands Japanese? Please help me tell everyone: Hirachiyo is fine, and we didn't do anything to him!"
"Ogata-kun! What happened ?" At this time, Lin Ziping's voice was heard.
Hei Chiyo's scream just now naturally woke up Lin Ziping.
However, as soon as Lin Ziping appeared, he was quickly surrounded by the villagers in three circles inside and three circles outside.
——It seems that Hirachiyo has a very high status in this village...
Just as Ogata was thinking about this in his heart and wondering if there was any way to calm the villagers down, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded from not far away from Ogata:
"Everyone... don't worry, I'm fine. Don't worry, this guy didn't do anything to me... (Ainu language)"
The owner of this voice... is Hirachiyo.
Ogata and the others, as well as the villagers, now focused their gazes with varying emotions on Hirachiyo who was now slowly standing up.
Hirachiyo's voice is still the same.
But the tone was completely different from before.
It has...become like someone else's voice...
"Hirachiyo!" An old man stepped out, "What on earth happened?"
"Nothing serious happened..." Hirachiyo said softly, rubbing his head, "Excuse me, village chief. Can you all leave here now?"
Hirachiyo raised her eyes and looked deeply at Ogata and Atachi with a calm gaze.
"I have...something I want to say to this couple."
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Hirachiyo was squatting somewhere not far from his home, washing his face with water from the basin in front of him.
A basin of clear water slowly turned into turbid sewage.
As the dirt was washed away, Hei Chiyo's face slowly "reappeared in the light of day".
This was a face that looked dark and extremely haggard.
After washing her face, Ping Chiyo reached into her arms and groped around.
After a while, he took out a small paper bag.
After unfolding the paper package, two small red pills were quietly lying inside...
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At this moment——
At Hirachiyo's home——
Hirachiyo's house, which was just "bustling" just now, has now become quiet again.
There were only two people in the house - Ogata and Atachi.
The two of them knelt side by side, waiting for Hei Chiyo's return.
The rest of the villagers had just been persuaded by Hei Chiyo to go home. It took him a lot of effort to convince the villagers that they didn't need to worry about him.
Lin Ziping was also quite tactful and returned to Hei Chiyo's clinic.
"You guys wait here for a moment, I'm going to wash my face." - These are the exact words that Hirachiyo said to Ogata and the others before leaving the house.
Hei Chiyo didn't keep Ogata and A-machi waiting for too long.
Before Ogata and the others could even warm up the floor, Hirachiyo's figure slowly appeared from the door.
At this moment, Hirachiyo...can be said to be a completely different person from before.
Her face was washed and her long hair was combed into a ponytail at the back of her head.
Ogata could finally see Hirachiyo's face clearly.
Hirachiyo's voice is that of a young person in his 20s.
And his face...dull and haggard, looking like the face of a middle-aged man in his 30s or 40s.
The voice and face are extremely age-incompatible, which makes Hirachiyo exude an indescribable sense of disharmony and weirdness.
"Sorry... for keeping you waiting." Hirachiyo said as she sat cross-legged in front of Ogata and the other man.
"Um..." After Hirachiyo sat down, Atachi couldn't hold back and asked impatiently, "You just spoke to the air in that room... What's going on?"
"To put it simply..." Hirachiyo laughed at herself, "You can understand it as there are two people in this body of mine."
"One is a kind-hearted village doctor: Hei Chiyo."
"The other one... is one of the two people you are looking for - Xuanzhi."
It was the first time that Ating faced a person with "split personality disorder", and he could not hide the horror on his face.
"So..." Ogata said at this time, "Are you Hirachiyo now, or Gennao?"
"Thanks to you," Ping Chiyo said slowly, "after the series of stimulations you just gave me, Xuanzhi woke up after a long absence."
Ogata: "Well... for the sake of convenience, I will call you 'Xunzhi' now."
"It's up to you." Hei Chiyo... or rather, Xuan Zhi said softly, "Anyway, 'Hei Chiyo' and 'Xuan Zhi' are one and the same. It doesn't matter whether you call me 'Hei Chiyo' or 'Xuan Zhi'."
"I have all of Hirachiyo's memories. So I know why you came here."
"You all must have many questions for me after finally finding me. But I also have many questions for you."
"For this reason, I have specially cleared the venue to prevent anyone from disturbing us."
"Can you tell me first: how did you know that my master and I might be in Ezo?"
"Your junior fellow apprentice Xuanren told me," Ogata said.
"Xuan Ren...?!" After hearing this name, Xuan Zhi's originally dull eyes suddenly lit up, "...You said that you came to Ezo to find me and Master for treatment. What kind of disease can make you go to such great lengths?"
"To be precise... this is not a disease." After saying that, Ogata slowly untied the scarf wrapped around his neck, then pulled open the collar of his shirt, revealing a large area of ​​dark purple skin on his left neck and left chest.
“What is this—?!” Looking at the large area of ​​dark purple skin on Ogata’s body, Xuanzhi’s eyes widened.
"My story is very long," Ogata said softly, "It will take a long time to tell. Please listen to me slowly."
Ogata succinctly recounted his previous experience on Butterfly Island, how he was infected with the "immortal poison", how he searched for his master and disciple, and how this "deep purple" skin had expanded twice.
Ever since Ogata began to talk about his experience, the shock on Gennao's face has never disappeared.
After Ogata finished speaking, Xuanzhi remained silent for a long time.
It was not until a long time later that the shock on Xuanzhi's face slowly turned into bitterness.
"You call this thing in your body 'immortal poison'... It's a pretty accurate name. This thing in your body, to some extent, does look like a toxin that can kill people."
"I never thought... the 'Benruo Pill' I gave to Zong Hai before I left would actually have such a great effect, helping you to prolong your life for such a long time..."
Xuanzhi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
After slowly opening his eyes, he asked:
"Xuan Ren...Is he okay now?"
"He's doing fine now," Ogata said. "With the help of my friends, he has settled down in Owari."
"Really... That's good..." After saying that, Xuanzhi suddenly began to smile bitterly, "Thank you for bringing me news about my junior fellow apprentice."
"I originally thought that I would never see my junior brother again in this life, nor would I hear any news about him again..."
"I'm so thankful... Fortunately, I strongly opposed letting my junior brother participate in the research on 'immortality'. Otherwise, he, who is more upright than me, would definitely become like me, neither human nor ghost..."
"The research on 'immortality'..." Ogata said solemnly, "The tragedy of Choujima... is that one of the researches you and your master have done?"
"...That's right." Xuanzhi nodded slowly, "But my master and I are just following orders."
"Follow orders?" Ating's beautiful eyes widened. "Do you mean someone ordered you to study this 'immortality'?"
"Heh..." Xuan Zhi laughed at himself a few times, "Where should I start..."
Xuanzhi raised his head and took a deep breath.
As his chest swelled little by little due to his deep breaths, a look of reminiscence slowly appeared on Xuanzhi's face.
After slowly exhaling the air he had inhaled into his lungs, Xuan Zhi slowly said:
"... Ever since I received the invitation from Master Xianyuan, my life... no, my life and my master's life have completely changed..."
Gennao raised his gaze and looked at Ogata and Atachi.
"Do you know Mount Koya?"
"Of course I know." Although he didn't know why Gennao suddenly changed the topic to Koyasan, Atachi answered honestly, "It's the sacred mountain of Buddhism located in the Kansai region that was founded by Kobo Daishi a thousand years ago."
Xuanzhi nodded.
"Thousands of years ago, Kobo Daishi traveled west to Tang Dynasty to seek the Dharma. After returning to Japan, he founded the Shingon sect. Then, with the permission of the Emperor, he established Koyasan as a training place for Shingon followers."
"After thousands of years of development, Koyasan has become a well-deserved Buddhist holy place in Japan. Currently, there are more than 120 temples on the mountains."
"Master, me, and my junior brother, the three of us are a group of master and apprentices who are well-known both inside and outside of Kyoto for our excellent medical skills."
"Because Mount Koya is not far from Kyoto, monks from Mount Koya often come to Kyoto to invite us to study and practice... Mainly, my master comes to Mount Koya to treat sick monks."
"After a few visits, the master gradually became familiar with the abbot of the big temple in Koyasan - Sengenji."
"Sengenji Temple is one of the largest temples among the more than 120 temples in Koyasan. Its abbot Yuanrong is honored as 'Sengen Shonin' because of his profound Buddhist knowledge."
"Originally, the three of us should have quietly lived a life of treating patients, a life that was not rich but not worried about food and clothing..."
"Until one day... we received an invitation from Master Xianyuan."
"He asked my master to come and treat his waist again."
"Master Xianyuan has a serious back disease, and my master happens to have experience in treating back diseases. So Master Xianyuan often asks my master to treat him."
"After receiving the invitation from Master Xianyuan, my master and I didn't suspect anything. We just thought that Master Xianyuan's back pain had recurred."
"However, when the master and I, who served as his assistant, arrived at Koyasan and Sengen-ji Temple, we were surprised to find that the master's back disease had not recurred at all."
“I still remember that day…”
"My master and I were invited into a small room."
"There are only two people in the room: the healthy and healthy Master Xianyuan, and a very young warrior."
"The young warrior did not tell us his name, but called himself 'Taiko'."
"After my master and I were invited into the small room, Master Xianyuan said he had something to discuss with my master alone, so he asked me to leave again."
"Master, Taige, and Master Xianyuan stayed in that small room for a long, long time... If I remember correctly, they stayed in the room for nearly three hours."
"The master didn't come out of the room until it was almost dark."
"As soon as the master came out of the room, he said to me excitedly: 'Xuanzhi, come with me, let's do research together that is far more meaningful than treating patients.'"
“I had no idea what the master was talking about at that time.”
"I am an orphan adopted by my master. My master not only taught me, but also raised me. So I always obey my master's orders and have great trust in him."
"So... I agreed to my master's request without thinking, and followed him to do his so-called 'research'."
"You all should know what this so-called 'research' is about, right?"
Gennao laughed at himself even louder, and Ogata noticed that there were some tears in his eyes.
"Since then, I have completely bid farewell to the days of seeing patients in the clinic. I have started to stay in the dark laboratory, conducting research on 'immortality'."
"In that laboratory, there are many 'original doctors' like me and my master."
"They all come here voluntarily like the master."
"I was the only one who was deceived and abducted here..."
"Every day, people with dark purple skin somewhere on their bodies are sent to the research lab."
Hearing this, Atachi raised his eyebrows sharply and subconsciously glanced at Ogata beside him.
"We call these people whose skin has dark purple somewhere on their bodies 'Shapers'."
"The two greatest characteristics of the 'Changer'. "
"One: The skin somewhere on the body will turn dark purple."
"Two: He has an incomplete 'power of immortality'."
"'The power of immortality' is what you call 'the poison of immortality'."
"Compared to ordinary people, the body functions and recovery abilities of the transformed are much stronger."
"Mashima-kun. I think you've noticed it, right? Ever since your skin there turned purple, your body functions and recovery abilities have become much stronger than before."
Ogata nodded silently.
"At first glance, the Shifters seem very powerful, but they all have a fatal weakness: short lifespan."
"All the shapeshifters had the same ending: more and more of their skin turned dark purple."
"We call this phenomenon: 'The power of immortality' is spreading through the body."
"Because all the Transformers whose skin is turning dark purple will have stronger body functions and recovery abilities."
"But after the 'power of immortality' spread to a certain extent, all the transformed people died suddenly without exception."
Ating's face turned snow-white in an instant.
"Our main research task is to study how to prevent these mutants from dying suddenly."
"And then - something strange happened. We didn't start this research from scratch."
"After my master and I joined this research, we received a prescription."
"The person who distributed this prescription to us said that the pills made with this prescription can suppress the spread of the 'immortal power' in the body, help the human body absorb the 'immortal power', and ultimately prevent the transformed from dying suddenly."
"But for some reason, this pharmacy is missing an important part."
"The effects of pills will be different if they are prepared at different temperatures and at different times."
"That prescription is missing the part that specifies what temperature to use to refine the medicine and how long it should take to refine it."
"So our job is quite simple: restore this prescription and make a real medicine that can prevent the transformed from dying suddenly."
"We call this medicine that can save the life of a transformed person 'Henraku Pill'."
"That was really a memory... that I cannot bear to look back on..."
"We conduct various experiments on the mutants every day..."
"To test how his 'immortal power' has become today; to test whether the new 'Henryakumaru' is effective..."
"Once a Changer dies, a new Changer will be sent in in time."
"The person who transformed suddenly died, and a new refining method was used to refine the 'Transformation Pill'. The person who transformed died again, and a new refining method was used to refine the 'Transformation Pill'... This process was repeated over and over again."
"I can still vividly remember the screams and wails of those transformed beings..."
"When these mutated ones were brought here for various experiments, they kept begging us to let them go."
"They told me about their origins. Many of them were originally from Eta. Most of them were deceived or abducted."
"But I was powerless in the face of their pleas... The laboratory was heavily guarded. During the days of conducting experiments in the laboratory, our personal freedom was strictly controlled. I couldn't even leave by myself, let alone let these mutants escape..."
"I was supposed to save lives, but I could only watch these poor people who were abducted being forced to undergo human experiments and then die... I felt like I was about to collapse..."
"When I was about to collapse, my master suddenly said to me mysteriously: We can leave this laboratory now."
"I thought we didn't have to do this 'immortality' research anymore."
“In the end, I found out that I was supposed to do other research.”
"And it's an even more cruel study..."
"It was only then that I realized that the corpse of a transformed being was extremely dangerous."
"Water contaminated by the corpses of the transformed will be mixed with the 'power of immortality'."
"We call this water mixed with 'immortal power' 'purple water'."
"A normal person who drinks the 'purple water' will slowly turn into a terrifying monster."
"Their eyes turn purple, and they have extremely terrifying recovery abilities. They are almost invincible, but they will lose their minds and become extremely brutal. They will attack anyone they meet."
"We call those who have been mutated after drinking 'Purple Water' 'Purple Eyes'."
Ogata's eyes narrowed slightly.
Past memories revived in Ogata's mind - he recalled the group of hideous monsters on Butterfly Island.
"Master is very interested in purple eyes, so he took the initiative to undertake a new research: if the corpse of a transformed person is thrown into a flowing river, will it pollute the river and cause the people who drink the water to also turn into purple eyes?"
"Our test site...is located on Butterfly Island."
"Die Island is isolated overseas, and all the residents on the island rely on a river for their livelihood. It is the most suitable experimental site."
"I thought this experiment was insane. If it succeeded, everyone on the island would become monsters."
"I beg you, Master, not to conduct such inhumane experiments again."
"But Master...he was totally unwilling to listen to me. He insisted on taking me to conduct this experiment."
"And I... don't have the courage to refuse Master..."
"So my master and I packed our bags and headed for Butterfly Island. We disguised ourselves as doctors who had settled on Butterfly Island. Then we quietly threw the body of a Transformer—a poor girl—into the source of the river."
"While conducting experiments on Chou Island, my master and I continued our research on Henwakamaru."
"Those days were extremely tormenting..."
"I live in fear every day: If all the residents on the island really turn into purple eyes, how can I face those innocent people on Butterfly Island..."
"Result: Not long after we landed on Chou Island, we suddenly received news that the experimental field built in Ezo had made a great discovery: they successfully improved the 'Henryakumaru', which saved the Henryaku from sudden death."
"It was not until then that I learned that there was also a laboratory in Ezo that was researching 'immortality'."
"After hearing the news, the master was very excited and asked his superiors for permission to go to Ezo to see the successful experiment with his own eyes. He was successfully approved."
"Before I left, I gave two 'Ben Wakaba' pills to Zong Hai, who lived next to us at the time and whom you should be familiar with, and reminded him not to drink the water from the river."
"If one accidentally drinks the blood or body fluids of a purple eye, or lets the blood or body fluids of a purple eye flow into the body, that person will vomit blood and die suddenly."
"Although I don't know the reason, I guess this is probably the work of the 'power of immortality'."
"Because this phenomenon of vomiting blood and dying is exactly the same as the death of those transformed people who died suddenly in the end."
"So I thought: If I accidentally let Zimu's blood and body fluids enter my body, I might be able to save my life if I take the 'Henrakumaru' that can suppress the 'power of immortality' in time."
"After landing on Chou Island, my master and I were still conducting research on the Henwakamaru. Due to the short time, we only managed to refine two pills."
"In order to ease the guilt in my heart as much as possible, I left these two Henrakumaru to Zong Hai."
"I lied to myself and said: these two Henwakamaru left behind might be able to save one or two people later..."
"This kind of self-deception makes me feel better..."
"After that, my master and I left Butterfly Island and headed for Ezo."
"After arriving in Ezo... the guilt I had accumulated from following my master in conducting inhumane human experiments finally overwhelmed me..."
"I never want to do these inhumane experiments again..."
"So as soon as I landed on Ezo, I ran away - but my master quickly caught me back."
"The master said a lot to me earnestly at that time, but I can't remember what he said at all."
"I just remember... something in my head seemed to be broken..."
"In order to escape the guilt, I kept comforting myself in my heart, saying 'It's okay', 'I was just listening to my master'... Over time, two people slowly split from my body..."
"It was probably after landing in Ezo that the two people, 'Hei Chiyo' and 'Gen Nao', completely split from my body."
"After that, I found an opportunity to escape from my master."
“This time, I managed to escape.”
"I just kept running... and running... until I ended up in this Kantou Village."
"At that time, my body was basically controlled by 'Hei Chiyo'."
"I was very fortunate to be accepted by the villagers of Kantou Village and started to settle here."
"After I became the village doctor here, I built this room in my house..."
Xuan Zhi turned his head and looked at the room next to him.
"This is actually... a kind of psychological suggestion."
"I want to escape this guilt and don't want to let Xuan Zhi come out again, but I also don't want to let Xuan Zhi die like this."
"So I fantasized about locking up 'Xuanzhi' forever and not letting anyone touch this room or see the 'Xuanzhi' in this room..."
When Xuanzhi recounted his past, his tone was calm from beginning to end.
He just spoke in a calm tone, talking about extremely heavy content.
"...I understand your experience." Ogata said solemnly, "but there are two things I don't understand."
"You said that when you were doing experiments in the laboratory, there were people being sent in every day. How did these people who were sent into the laboratory become people who changed?"
"I don't know." Xuan Zhi shook his head. "Maybe it's because my level is too low. No one told me how those who were sent to the laboratory became mutators."
"So is the recipe for Henwakamaru."
"The method by which those poor people became transformed, as well as the origin of the recipe for the 'Transformation Pill', seem to be top secrets."
"No one has ever told me who developed the recipe for the 'Transformation Pill', nor has anyone told me why the recipe for the 'Transformation Pill' only records the herbs needed for refining the medicine, but lacks the specific method of refining the medicine. As a result, we can only try to find the real pill that can save the Transformer from death bit by bit, like crossing a river by feeling the stones, constantly using different temperatures and times to prepare the medicine."
At this moment, Atachi seemed to finally be unable to bear it anymore and shouted:
"Hey! So according to what you just said, my husband will also die suddenly in the future?"
"...Yes." Xuanzhi nodded, "You just said that the 'dark purple' on your husband's body has expanded twice."
"This is evidence that the 'power of immortality' has not been successfully suppressed. The 'Henryakumaru' you took before did not successfully suppress the 'power of immortality', and only prolonged your life."
"Anyone whose skin keeps turning dark purple will invariably die suddenly."
"Then do you have any way to eliminate or completely suppress this 'immortal power'?" Ating's face was full of anxiety. "You just said that the experimental field in Ezo successfully developed a 'Henryakumaru' that can keep the transformed alive, right? Then do you know how this successful 'Henryakumaru' was made? Or do you know where the experimental field is?"
Xuanzhi shook his head again: "I just said it: I ran away not long after I landed in Ezo."
"So I don't know exactly where the experimental site in Ezo is."
"I don't know how the successful 'Henryakumaru' was made."
As Xuanzhi finished his words, Ating's face turned ashen gray at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"but……"
At this moment, Xuan Zhi suddenly spoke up and changed the subject.
"It's not yet to the point where you can't do anything."
"Mashima-kun, if you don't want your wife to become a young widow because of the 'immortality' in your body...you can try to go to Kansai."
"Go to Sengenji Temple in Koyasan, Kansai, and look for Master Sengen!"
"Master Xianyuan and the culprit who researched 'immortality' must be inextricably linked!"