"!!!"
"What do you mean!?"
It had to be said, Dr. Kureha looked rather frightening right then—especially when she said someone was going to die. That gloomy expression made everyone present tense up.
"The method for treating Amber Lead Disease is actually very simple. A blood transfusion. Use new blood to replace the old blood in the patient's body."
When Eric heard that method, the hope that had filled his face was instantly replaced by disappointment.
"It's no use... no use... The doctors in Flevance already tried that. In the past, it could slow the symptoms a little, but now it's completely useless."
Dr. Kureha said unconcernedly.
"An ordinary blood transfusion won't work, of course!"
"!!!"
At that moment, hope finally flared in Eric again, and he looked at Dr. Kureha expectantly.
Dr. Kureha did not keep them in suspense. She took out a cigarette, held it between her lips, lit it, took a deep drag, then slowly explained.
"Actually, your Flevance's Amber Lead Disease isn't some especially terrifying illness."
"Half a century ago, it didn't even count as a disease at all."
"The so-called Amber Lead Disease is really a form of chronic heavy metal poisoning. After this metal called amber lead enters the body, it destroys the cells in the blood, which then affects the structure of the body's organs."
"Originally, if it was only a small amount, it wouldn't affect a person's health. The amber lead that entered the body would be expelled through metabolism. After all, your country, Flevance, was built on a massive amber lead deposit. Every day, people would absorb quite a bit of amber lead without even noticing. If there were going to be problems, they wouldn't have only appeared in the last hundred years, with more and more patients and shorter and