"I was curious—after this injection goes in, could you still maintain that same calm composure?"
"...Huh?"
After seeing the syringe filled with purple liquid, Jade's expression finally showed a hint of unease.
"This couldn't be..."
"A new drug obtained from Dr. Ruan Mei. Its effects include pain reversal, truth serum, berserk frenzy, heightened sensitivity..."
"How could Ruan Mei help you..."
"Hmm... because Dr. Ruan Mei's interest in Guinaifen was only a passing fancy to begin with, right? Compared to 'getting rid of Guinaifen,' she cared more about 'being bred by Liu Bai'... You infringed upon Dr. Ruan Mei's interests. Though really, I was only giving it a try. I didn't expect it to actually work."
"...That woman really is capricious. I thought I had completely persuaded her."
Jade looked displeased.
"She's even more capricious than she was in the universe."
But upon reflection, that increased capriciousness was not without reason.
In the universe, she still had to consider everyone's interests. Though Ruan Mei's research tended toward extremes, she retained common sense in other matters. As a partner, she had been far less troublesome than Herta.
But here, all she needed to think about was Liu Bai.
At times like this, Ruan Mei no longer needed to remain rational.
Or rather, she only needed to stay rational during her experiments. Outside of them, she could act entirely according to her own likes and dislikes, so long as she kept her methods within reasonable bounds.
"Dr. Ruan Mei's exact words were... 'My ○○ hurts so badly from emptiness because it doesn't have darling's ○○'... No, no matter how I think about it, Dr. Ruan Mei is amazing for being able to say something like that without changing her expression."
"...Indeed. When a woman throws away her shame for the sake of a