"All right, I know you mean well. Then I'll be counting on you in a moment. If anything goes wrong, don't hesitate, or I'll lose my life~"
Aoba patted the heads of the two little ones and spoke half-seriously, half-jokingly.
"Don't worry! I'm much stronger than Ranmaru!" Karin cut in this time, looking smug.
Ranmaru, however, had no intention of competing for attention. Compared to talking, he preferred to prove himself through action.
Thus, after giving the two of them their instructions, Aoba opened the bottle and gulped down all the Hero Water inside!
After drinking it, he smacked his lips twice. It didn't have any particularly unusual flavor—its taste was somewhat like that "blue-bottled zinc supplement" he had drunk in his previous life...
But as soon as it had fully entered his body, the Hero Water's effects began to take hold.
Aoba instantly felt something. An endless stream of chakra seemed to emerge from every part of his body.
His originally thin, fragile meridians, which could barely withstand any use, immediately transmitted an excruciating tearing pain after being flooded with this enormous amount of chakra!
Aoba let out a muffled groan at once. His entire body looked like a cooked shrimp, frighteningly red, and he was drenched in sweat, his expression filled with pain.
Seeing this, Karin and Ranmaru immediately panicked.
"Big Brother Aoba, what's happening to you?"
"I'm fine... I can hold on."
Aoba practically squeezed those few words out from between his teeth.
In just this short while, he already felt as though his entire body was about to explode.
His chakra, which had increased countless times over, raced wildly through his body. It made him feel filled with power, but at the same time, he desperately wanted to release it all.
This effect was far too