The three of them touring Thunder Pool had not noticed the danger about to arrive outside.
"Araki, want to go down and try it? Soaking in this feels pretty good."
Killer B pointed at the silver surface below, where Lightning Snakes danced wildly, and invited him with animated enthusiasm.
"No, no. Different people have different constitutions. You might find it comfortable, but if I went down there, I might just die."
Araki waved his hands repeatedly in refusal. However, Kaguya Black Bone beside him seemed interested, his face full of eagerness.
"Try sticking a bone in first..."
At Araki's reminder, Black Bone walked to the lakeside and extended a bone spear about two meters long from his palm, cautiously probing it into the pool.
Hmm...
As everyone knew, dry bone was not conductive.
So...
Black Bone's feeling was—
Basically no feeling at all.
"It feels kind of tingly, but it's vague. Boss, I'm going in!"
That faint, itchy stimulation seemed to make him even more excited.
"Then go ahead!"
Araki did not stop him. Instead, he turned to Killer B and said, "If Black Bone feels unwell, I'll have to trouble you to pull him out, Killer B."
"Don't worry, yo, leave it all to me, yo yo!"
Killer B thumped his chest loudly, seeming to enjoy the feeling of being needed.
Splash!
While Araki was still worrying about how to rescue him later, Black Bone had already leaped in with a diving score of zero.
"Ah, ooooohhh~~"
The moment he hit the water, he let out a strange scream. He trembled so badly that even his cry seemed to change in tone.
"How is it? Can you still handle it? Do you need me to fish you out?" Araki shouted from the shore.
"N-No... I feel... like I'm about