Sea Ninja Village.
Inside the Earth Minister's office.
Onoki sat in a Sacred Robe, its hem patterned with brown flames.
His arms were folded across his chest, his expression solemn as though he were deep in thought.
Strangely, Onoki showed no signs of old age.
His once-smooth bald head was now covered in thick hair; his once-gray hair was now glossy black; his once-clouded eyes were now bright and spirited.
He was already fifty-nine years old, practically at the age of sixty.
Yet now, Onoki looked as though he had regained his youth, appearing twenty or thirty years younger!
This was because he had spent a massive amount of battle merit points to exchange for the Biochemical Research Institute's latest product.
Zero Magic Elf Serum!
Its effect was very simple.
It granted injected organisms a lifespan comparable to that of the Nephthys Elf Race from the Zero Magic World.
The Nephthys Elf Race lived twice as long as ordinary humans.
In other words, it could give someone a lifespan of more than two hundred years.
Onoki was fifty-nine this year, so he naturally became exceptionally youthful.
By Nephthys Elf Race standards, one only became an adult at fifty.
This Zero Magic Elf Serum had already been opened to the World Government's internal ranks.
Mid-level officials at department-chief level and above were permitted to apply for the injection.
Once their applications were approved, they could receive the injection at a designated official hospital within the allotted time.
However, senior officials like Onoki could have medical personnel come to them.
In any case.
Something like the Zero Magic Elf Serum, which could greatly increase one's lifespan, sent every official into a frenzy of joy.
This was lifespan!
Lifespan!
Although only officials themselves were allowed to receive the injection, and their families could