Once he had a rough idea of what to do, Hu Bin said to Blaziken, "Blaziken, I'll need you to work with me!"
Blaziken nodded earnestly!
Hu Bin took a pair of gloves from the medical kit and put them on!
Hu Bin said calmly, "Blaziken, get me the tweezers. Heat them with your flames to sterilize them!"
Blaziken obediently took the tweezers from the medical kit, formed a small flame in one hand to sterilize them, then passed them to Hu Bin!
Holding the tweezers, Hu Bin carefully pulled the tiny wooden splinters out of Zeraora's wounds!
When Hu Bin extracted a tiny splinter from one wound with a steady, precise hand, Zeraora frowned in an unconscious haze!
Noticing that subtle change in expression, Hu Bin reassured Zeraora softly, "It's all right. I'll be gentle. Just bear with me!"
As he spoke, Hu Bin continued pulling the tiny splinters from Zeraora's wounds!
Through the haze, Zeraora faintly heard Hu Bin's soothing voice, and that tense expression gradually relaxed!
After working for quite a while, Hu Bin finally removed every last splinter. He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with his arm, then took a deep breath.
Hu Bin turned to Blaziken and said, "Blaziken, give me the antiseptic and cotton swabs!"
Blaziken nodded, rummaged through the medical kit for the antiseptic and cotton swabs, and handed them to Hu Bin!
Hu Bin began carefully disinfecting Zeraora's wounds, speaking gently as he worked. "Be good, Zeraora. The antiseptic will sting a little, so bear with me!"
The moment the antiseptic touched a wound, Zeraora's eyes flew open, and a cry of pain rang out!
"Meow!"
At that sound, Hu Bin froze. Ninetales and the others froze. Even Zeraora froze!
Hu Bin stared blankly. *Was that Zeraora's cry? I've