Chapter 410

"Aqua-sama, may I ask, what is the main function of your Healing?"

Muroto Sumire was conducting the third blood sample analysis on Aihara Enju, and asked while doing so.

"That is naturally the ability to heal wounds, and the one just now was an even higher-grade Sacred Heal, which not only possesses the ability to heal wounds, but can also expel all harmful substances from the treated target's body."

Aqua did not concede at all; the healing magic she used just now were all high-level.

"Then can you give me one?"

"I can, but if you have no injuries or illness, you won't be able to see the effect."

"Kisara, can I borrow your knife?"

Muroto Sumire looked at Tenkō Kisara beside her and asked.

"Let me do it."

Tenkō Kisara understood Muroto Sumire's meaning, drew the sword at her waist, and directly slashed her own arm.

"Ah, Kisara-nee!"

Fresh blood flowed out at once, and Aihara Enju cried out in surprise.

"To verify this Goddess-sama's capability, there's no need to make such a large, such deep wound, right?"

"A larger, deeper wound makes it clearer to see. Aqua-sama, please help heal my arm."

Aqua glanced at Tenkō Kisara, whose complexion was unchanged, and felt this guy was either a ruthless person or a masochist; either type was not good to provoke.

"Good."

Thinking thus, Aqua replied, raised her staff, and released Sacred Heal on Tenkō Kisara.

"Mmph..."

Under the envelopment of the healing technique's light, the black long-haired girl let out a muffled groan.

"Cough..."

And immediately after, she let out a violent cough.

"Eh?!"

Aqua thought she had made an error again, and hurriedly stopped.

"Kisara-nee?"

Satomi Rentaro looked at the girl with some worry.

"I'm fine..."

Tenkō Kisara raised her hand; the wound she had slashed on her arm had already completely healed.

"If you're fine, why are you coughing so badly?"

The boy didn't quite believe she was fine.

And Tenkō Kisara's hand, which had just covered her mouth, now had some bloodstains on it as well.

"This Aqua-sama seems to have even healed my previously damaged internal organs."

Healing wounds brings some sensations; Tenkō Kisara just now felt a numb, itchy pain in her kidneys and lungs.

"Let me examine."

Muroto Sumire took out a stethoscope, listened to Tenkō Kisara, and since she had Tenkō Kisara's previous medical records, she quickly confirmed that the black long-haired girl's body was now in a very good state, breathing steady and strong, without the previous broken bellows feeling.

"No problem. Kisara's body is very good, at least her lungs are better than before."

"See, I said it wasn't my fault."

Hearing the news favorable to her, Aqua immediately popped up and spoke loudly.

Just at this time, the blood sample analyzer emitted a beeping sound indicating the test was complete.

Muroto Sumire picked up the analyzer and checked the data on it.

"How is it?"

Satomi Rentaro asked.

"41% Gastrea Virus Erosion Rate."

Muroto Sumire stated Aihara Enju's current erosion rate situation.

"How can this be?"

The boy widened his eyes; a 41% Gastrea Virus Erosion Rate was already approaching the deadline.

"Aqua-sama, your Healing should restore a person's body to its optimal state, right?"

Muroto Sumire didn't answer the boy's question, but looked at Aqua and asked.

"That's right, even a dying person, hit by one Sacred Heal from me, can instantly recover to the best state!"

Aqua nodded.

"But if that's the case, why would Enju-chan exhibit this situation of getting worse the more she's treated?"

Sima Wei Zhi voiced her doubt.

"For Cursed Children, the higher the Gastrea Virus Erosion Rate, the stronger the Body Strengthening effect produced according to the Factor Category; and if Aqua-sama's Healing restores the body to its peak functional effect, then the Gastrea Virus being restored and increasing is not surprising."

Pausing, Muroto Sumire asked Aihara Enju: "Enju, how do you feel now?"

"I feel like I have more strength."

Aihara Enju tried bouncing twice, then leapt and darted through the surrounding building cluster, her speed much faster than before.

"Then will this raised erosion rate cause Enju to undergo Original Intestine Animalization?"

Satomi Rentaro asked the crux of the problem; an Initiator's strength increasing is not necessarily a good thing, often meaning the Gastrea Virus Erosion Rate in the Initiator's body is drawing ever closer to 50%.

"I'm unclear; this requires deeper experimental verification, but that would have to be conducted at my Research Institute."

Muroto Sumire said, and looked at Aqua: "I wonder if Aqua-sama is willing to cooperate with me in research experiments?"

"I have no problem; after all, I Came To This World to solve the troubles of my Cute Disciple Broly."

What is Broly's worry?

Before it was the question of whether a wife would be added, now it's worry about Scorpio's safety.

Of course, a violent solution has always existed, it's just that it made Broly somewhat hesitant, thinking perhaps there might be an even better solution.

Aqua followed Muroto Sumire to the research institute, and the Young Holy Emperor soon arrived here as well.

"I need Aqua-sama to cooperate with research on two projects:

The first is about Purification Arts, the specific effects and functions produced on infection targets with different erosion rates.

The second is about Healing Arts, the specific effects and functions exerted on infection targets with different erosion rates."

It's called cooperating with research, but what Aqua actually has to do is simply release Purification Arts and Healing Arts on different targets according to Muroto Sumire's instructions.

And to ensure experimental precision, multiple materials were prepared for each experimental group with different erosion degrees, so Broly went to the wild and caught some Gastrea.

The experiment started at 9:23 AM and ended at 3:35 PM.

During this period, they also ate lunch for about half an hour.

Aqua's Divine Art intelligence was experimented out.

How should I put it, it's not that Aqua's ability is no good.

Rather, the specific effects and functions her ability exerts are a bit different from what was expected.

This is all the fault of this world, with its Cursed Children and Gastrea Virus terminology, misleading Broly, making him subconsciously think the wife who could solve Scorpio's problem was Aqua, this Goddess Master skilled in healing magic and curse removal abilities.

But actually, the Gastrea Virus isn't a virus, it's just named a virus because it causes enormous adverse effects on this world's humans, but this thing can actually be called 【Failed Gene Evolution Agent】.

At 1 PM, the research institute sent over a batch of death row inmates.

Muroto Sumire injected some Gastrea Virus into these death row inmates' bodies, then had Aqua use Healing Arts to catalyze the Gastrea Virus in these death row inmates' bodies.

Result: the death row inmates underwent Gastrea transformation, but unlike ordinary people infected with Gastrea Virus who lose rationality after turning into Gastrea.

These death row inmates still retained human rationality and wisdom, only animal factor symbols close to their individual genes appeared on their bodies.

For example, a murderer with hedgehog factors inside turned into a hedgehog person, growing hedgehog spines on his body.

There was also a rapist-murderer with elephant factors, his nose elongated, he gained infinite strength, and broke free of the shackles on his body.

But this guy was a bit arrogant, after saying he wanted to rape and kill the women present, his head was smashed by the Saiyan boy, receiving his life's boxed lunch ahead of schedule.

At 2 PM, after verifying Aqua's Healing Divine Art succeeded, some Starting Girls whose erosion rates were about to reach the 50% deadline were sent over.

Originally, these girls were to accept surveillance until their erosion rates exceeded 50%, after which they would receive euthanasia arrangements.

But now...

"Are we still alive?"

After receiving Healing Arts, the Starting Girls who discovered mutations on their bodies, touching the new organs that had differentiated on their bodies — some had butterfly wings, some had leopard claws, some had skin turned into thick crocodile skin — were somewhat dazed.

"You're of course still alive, however, whether you're safe still needs to go through observation, but I think, from now on you probably won't need to worry about erosion rate problems anymore."

At 3 PM, Muroto Sumire looking at the test report in her hand approaching 100% erosion rate, only felt that science's end is theology without a single mistake.

She researched the Gastrea Virus for seven years, and developed an injection drug that could let people possess Gastrea's powerful recovery ability in a short time.

Although the drawback is a 70% chance of directly turning people into Gastrea, it still counts as a life-saving divine medicine to gamble on after receiving fatal injuries.

But just like that, in less than half a day since the Goddess-sama descended, the results she spent years researching could be directly swept into the garbage heap.

"Do they still count as human in this state?"

Satomi Rentaro looking at the Starting Girls undergoing various mutations, couldn't help but ask.

"They have human form, human intellect and wisdom, even their hearts haven't changed, why would you feel this doesn't count as human?"

"But the Gastrea Virus erosion rate in their bodies has already reached nearly 100%, basically the same as Gastrea."

"But their genes are very stable, Rentaro, do you know, the New Human Creation Plan back then, besides mechanical modification, actually also had a biotechnology modification direction, namely controllable Gastrea transformation.

It's just that back then biotechnology couldn't achieve this point, but that doesn't mean this plan was completely abandoned.

Like me, I've still been researching the Gastrea Virus, and this world should still have quite a few people researching this direction too.

It's just that now we've taken a step ahead, with Aqua-sama's help, completed perfect Gastrea transformation.

Oh no, this should be called achieving human evolution.

Healing Arts is truly too miraculous, repairing the brain tissue damage caused by the virus in the body during human Gastrea transformation.

Purification Arts is also very miraculous, eliminating the gene defects that would bring violent negative emotions as abnormal states, then Healing Arts afterwards repairs the defective genes..."

Muroto Sumire's mouth was full of praise for Aqua, even calling her the new era's Gospel, the God from another world.

"Gospel? God? Me?"

Aqua was somewhat dazed, God in her world is the Heavenly Lord.

Two levels higher than her current Main God position, counting as her boss's boss.

Muroto Sumire using this kind of address to call her now is really a bit overstepping.

But words return, this is an Isekai, here there's no Heavenly Realm of her world...

"Ahahaha, overpraised overpraised, hmm, Miss Muroto, you're so good with words, then say more words, I love listening!"

After Aqua finished speaking she looked at Broly, pointing at the female doctor beside her, saying to her own cute Disciple: "Broly, I agree to this guy joining Crystal Palace, what Crystal Palace lacks is exactly this kind of new member who loves speaking big truths!"

Broly: "..."

【This Goddess-sama, really easy to handle...】

Others watching this scene, silently thought in their hearts.

"Even God has come, Doctor Muroto, is this Goddess-sama really as exaggerated as you say?"

No matter how Satomi Rentaro looked at Aqua, he felt Broly's Goddess Master-sama had somewhat of an unreliable aura.

Especially the other party being yelled at by him, subconsciously hiding behind Broly's appearance.

Good grief, an adult hiding behind a child, although Broly is very powerful, this scene really makes one feel a bit unable to hold it together.

"Not an exaggeration at all, okay? Perfect Gastrea transformation — just one shot of Gastrea Virus plus Goddess-sama's Healing, and a person directly becomes a little superhuman. This can completely usher in a Superhuman Era."

And when everyone's bodies carry the Gastrea Virus, do you think the Gastrea New Law will still be this difficult to promote as it is now? And these Cursed Children — will they still be rejected by so-called mainstream society?

The answer is no. When the masses are Ordinary People and Cursed Children are outliers, then Cursed Children being rejected is only natural. But when the masses and Cursed Children are the same kind of outlier, then the so-called Ordinary People become the outliers.

Muroto Sumire's words gave the Young Holy Emperor countless imaginations about the future.

If things really develop like this, then the problems Tokyo Area faces will all be small problems, humanity will eliminate conflicts, and unite.

And all of this is thanks to Aqua-sama, who descended upon This World at her Side……

Thinking this, the Young Holy Emperor looked toward Aqua.

"Eh?!"

Aqua suddenly felt something, raised her head and met eyes with the Young Holy Emperor, and discovered the other party seemed to have become her first Believer in This World.

Hmm, flat-chested, white-haired, a useful Tool Person, uh, no, the appearance of an Old Acquaintance.

Although not exactly the same, there's also seventy to eighty percent similarity, and that serious temperament on her is also very similar.

Good grief, when did Eris reincarnate into This World and secretly serve as a Nation Ruler in the mortal realm?

Just as the Unscrupulous Goddess was eyeing the useful Tool Person, Broly instead proposed a question: "So, Doctor Muroto, how exactly can my Master's abilities help Scorpio return to human?"

While everyone else was rejoicing over Aqua's Capability, only Broly was still concerned about Scorpio.

"This……"

Muroto Sumire was somewhat stumped by the question. Aqua's abilities were miraculous, but whether Purification or Healing, for individuals who have already turned into Gastrea, both are of little use.

At most they just make the Gastrea's ferocious nature a bit better, aggressiveness no longer that strong. As for turning human, neither of these two abilities helps much.

"Sorry, I don't know, but you could perhaps ask your miraculous Crystal Palace — if there are more wives inside with strange abilities like Goddess-sama."

(Chapter End)