"Failed again? Which dosage ratio did I fail to control this time?"
Looking at the little white mouse lying motionless on the experimental table, belly-up with its limbs rigidly twisted into an unnatural shape, Chiba let out a long breath and shook his head helplessly.
The tenth white mouse. The tenth failure.
After returning, he had headed straight for this underground laboratory of over a hundred square meters, brightly illuminated by eight electric lamps. He familiarized himself with the advanced medical extraction equipment, the operating table, the various surgical tools, and the medicinal supplies stocked with disinfecting alcohol from the infirmary. Once the herbal brew was ready, he began compounding the medicine.
The compounding process itself went quite smoothly, without any mishaps. In particular, the high-spec extraction equipment was exceptionally efficient, and the refined medicinal essence it produced was far superior to that produced by ordinary extraction tools. Compared with the equipment Chiba had used before, it was like heaven and earth.
However, this was Chiba's first time compounding medicine, and he kept failing to get the proportions right. Higan's properties changed, turning it into a violently potent poison.
Fortunately, he had used white mice. If he had ruthlessly swallowed it himself, he would be the one lying belly-up with rigid limbs right now.
After so many failures, he would have been dead beyond dead.
"Still, isn't the General Affairs Office being a little excessive this time?"
Moving the white mouse aside, Chiba could not help looking around at the underground medical laboratory, which was practically equipped to conduct surgery on the spot. A wry smile tugged at his lips.
He had only applied for a medical extraction device, yet they had practically moved an entire medical laboratory in for him.
It really was rather excessive.
Still, Chiba did not