At the city wall.
### As Asimov cut open the city wall with the Scalpel Chain,
### The First Doctor—Gregory Alaus—was the first to step inside. He wore sunglasses and a purple shirt, with his sleeves rolled up past his elbows to reveal an extravagantly designed tattoo sleeve. His left hand bore a vividly colored flower garden, while his right was tattooed with twin dragon heads spewing blazing fire and extreme frost.
### He was already five hundred and thirty-one years old. The reason he still looked energetic and even retained a youthful mindset was that one of the rare diseases infecting him was Complete Living Plant Parasitism.
### The plants' intervention had already elevated him above humanity on a physical level, granting him long-lasting vitality without decline.
### As Alaus entered the city, all the blood plants covering the streets withered away, replaced by patches of freshly sprouted green vegetation.
### At the same time, he spread his fingers and pressed them against the ground. From the grass, he caused all kinds of brightly colored flowers to bloom.
### The moment a blood citizen touched those flowers, they would immediately suffer plant parasitism. Flowers would grow from their brains and facial features, killing them within a short time and turning them into nourishment for the plants.
### William walked at the rear. Seeing the flowers blooming everywhere, he could not help recalling the first disease he had ever encountered—the Plant Affliction he had obtained by killing Living Corpses in Seven-Day Graveyard.
### Unfortunately, the Plant Affliction had limited potential for development. When the chain merged with it, it was devoured because of their similar attributes... However, the life represented by plants had always remained within his body.
### "Mr. Alaus's plants are fundamentally different from my original Plant Affliction.