Almond Eye Felt the Mission

Having spent so much time together, not only the two of them but the entire team knew that Agnes Tachyon was a genius in the field of medical science, and the various reagents she concocted were remarkably effective.

But nearly every one of those reagents came with some "harmless" side effect—for example, making someone glow intermittently, burp nonstop, or blow bubbles whenever they spoke.

If the reagent Agnes Tachyon had brought out now also had side effects, then forget investigating—figuring out how to help Almond Eye deal with them would probably become the real problem.

Faced with their doubts, Agnes Tachyon waved a hand dismissively. "Relax. I guarantee that this version absolutely has none of those messy side effects! Because—"

She gave Anjing Zhen a meaningful look. "Anjing Lab Rat has already 'voluntarily' tested the basic version, right? Think carefully—didn't you have half a day last month when your hair color seemed especially lustrous? That was the preliminary effect! How is it? Perfect, wasn't it?"

Anjing Zhen froze for a moment, then remembered. Around the time before or after going to Nagoya, there had indeed been a day when, after washing his hair, it had seemed a little more vivid than usual.

He did not care much about his appearance; being neat and presentable was enough for him. He paid even less attention to things like shampoo. Looking back now, that bottle of shampoo he had used then—was probably the "Tachyon-enhanced version."

Still, he had grown used to being the team's "first line of defense." With a helpless sigh, he "voluntarily" held out his hand to Agnes Tachyon. "All right, I get it. Whether we end up using this thing later or not—I should still try it first."

Beside him, Daiwa Scarlet nodded repeatedly despite the sympathetic look in her