Hiss—
The needle pierced his skin, sending a sharp, numbing pain through him. Germann pressed the syringe, injecting the "All-Cure Herb" into his body.
His three companions were doing the same.
If there had been outsiders around, they might have mistaken it for a party of drug addicts.
In reality, Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku were simply taking precautions.
The disease resistance provided by the "All-Cure Herb" was important for them, given that they were about to travel through a rainforest.
That was right—they had teleported from the ancient labyrinthine tower to a lush, verdant rainforest.
And Germann had indeed contracted a disease called "Red Fever."
It weakened Germann's "constitution" and was a curse caused by using the "Special Lantern."
The "All-Cure Herb" could effectively eliminate it.
And that was exactly what happened. When Germann checked his "Hunter's Badge," "Red Fever" was no longer listed under "Diseases."
"Give me the syringe." Shizuku came over to Germann, holding a box in her left hand. Inside were the used syringes she, Ging, and Biscuit had collected.
That was Sambika's instruction, and everyone had taken it to heart.
"Okay." Germann put the syringe in the box, then watched Shizuku seal it and stuff it into the mouth of "Blinky."
The whole box rolled down the vacuum cleaner's hose and into "Dark Space."
"Your 'Blinky' works on a first-in, last-out basis. If you swallow the box, will it affect your ability to handle an emergency?" Germann reminded her.
"Hm?" Shizuku adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and tilted her head slightly, confusion in her eyes. "Didn't I tell you?"
"What were you supposed to tell me?"
"My 'Blinky' evolved." She pressed a finger to her full lips and glanced upward, thinking hard for a while before adding, "Hm... Did I really never tell you?"
Germann cut off