"Hehehe, don't worry. I'd never do something unless I was sure I could pull it off."
Kureha walked over, rested a hand on Mercer's head, and looked at the little brat she'd raised from childhood. Grinning, she said:
"From now on, you'll be the one protecting me."
Mercer smiled. "Then if you don't behave, can I beat you up?"
At those words, so full of filial devotion, Kureha's mouth twitched. She gave him a faintly amused look. "You can try."
Try it and die, huh?
Mercer got the message.
He let out an awkward laugh and looked at Kureha.
For once, Kureha was wearing a loose white shirt.
It was a sight that rarely appeared in his memories.
Kureha pinched Mercer's cheek, then walked over to the nearby laboratory table and picked up a test tube. She gulped down the liquid "APTX 4869Ⅱ" inside.
Then she tossed the test tube toward Mercer.
He caught it and set it on the table nearby.
Mercer watched Kureha. Since the medicine was in liquid form, her body absorbed it especially quickly.
Within a few breaths, the muscles and bones in Kureha's body began to shift, visibly reversing their growth.
"Rejuvenation."
Her bodily functions had regressed to the stage of development.
Mercer had never seen such a miraculous transformation happen to a person before.
Seven years old.
Kureha was now the same age as Mercer, and about 1.2 meters tall—shorter than him. That was the state of her body now.
As her breath rose and fell,
Mercer entered a state of Unity of Heaven and Man.
He sensed the life aura radiating from Kureha's body. A moment later, a clear, childish voice rang out:
"How long are you planning to keep sensing me, Mercer?"
He looked at the little girl before him: slightly dark,