"...Then I really should thank Dr. Mobius."
"She isn't after your gratitude." Himiko shook her head. "Another of Mobius's research projects is 'curing Honkai disease.'"
Honkai disease?
After all the lessons, Hua could practically recite everything about that illness.
Those Death Soldiers lurking in the dark corners of cities, searching for prey, had been infected with Honkai disease.
"I remember... it's an incurable disease, isn't it? Has Dr. Mobius developed medicine to cure it?"
"Not yet, but Dr. Mobius is one of the few people in Moth Chasers to Fire willing to take in patients and try to cure them—it's like dancing in a minefield."
As she spoke, a look of respect appeared on Himiko's face.
In that kind of environment, no matter how thorough the protective measures were, there was always a risk of infection.
...This was one of Mobius's obsessions too, wasn't it?
Though she claimed to have abandoned her former home, the sight of her father being tormented by Honkai was probably still vivid in her mind.
In truth, medicine that could genuinely treat Honkai disease would only be created four years later by SU's senior, Spasi, and it could not be widely distributed.
On average, a single dose of antibody medicine required serum from the corpses of a thousand Honkai disease patients.
Naturally, those called corpses were patients who had died under the torment of Honkai disease without turning into Death Soldiers.
"This doctor..."
"What do you think? After hearing my introduction, don't you really want to meet Dr. Mobius?"
Himiko instantly slipped back into her unserious mode.
"Allow me to decline." Hua refused cleanly.
She admitted that Dr. Mobius was indeed worthy of respect, but being treated like a lab rat was another matter entirely.
"Don't refuse so decisively." Himiko put on a coaxing expression.