Later, when it was time for high school, Chen Yu told his parents he wanted to go to the island nation. His parents knew why. Hadn't everything he had done over the past few years been for that girl?
Although they didn't know how things had developed between them, once the girl woke up, she might become their daughter-in-law.
Provided, of course, that there was nothing seriously wrong with her.
In the end, Chen Yu arrived at this school. He had deliberately checked the schools one by one, and when he saw that enormous tree, he knew he had chosen the right one.
Then he met Senku, who was mad about science.
"You're sick."
Senku: "..."
"You're seriously sick."
Senku: "...!!"
Senku looked at the foreign student who had just transferred into his class. From what his dad had told him, he already knew who Chen Yu was.
He was hailed as the youngest medical expert.
"Okay, okay, okay. Since you say I'm sick, tell me what I've got." Senku picked at his ear as he asked.
"Why are you so obsessed with researching science?" Chen Yu asked.
He was genuinely curious about the two great scientists of the future: one from the Americas, the other from the island nation.
As for whether his own country had any, he didn't know.
"Science is seriously exciting! Ten billion percent exciting!" Senku declared loudly.
The fervor in his eyes intensified wildly.
But suddenly, Chen Yu pulled a pill out of nowhere and stuffed it into Senku's mouth.
Senku choked and kept coughing.
"What was that?" Senku asked after taking a sip of water. He knew this boy wouldn't hurt him.
"A drug I made myself. It works on mental conditions." After saying that, Chen Yu watched Senku.
Senku: "(#ﾟДﾟ)"
Senku began frantically clawing at his throat, trying to throw it up.
"Don't waste your energy. It dissolves in your mouth and gets absorbed in seconds."
Senku: "(#ﾟДﾟ)"
"Whatever. I'd give up anything for science! Heh, hahaha!" Senku said with a wave of his hand.
Chen Yu, meanwhile, took out a notebook and wrote, "Condition worsening!"
Senku: "(ー_ー)!!"
After that, Chen Yu would drag Senku out whenever he had the chance to test drugs on him, constantly trying to cure his mad obsession with science.
Gradually, Senku developed drug resistance...
Doctor: "That's strange. Why isn't this medicine working?"
Senku: "No idea. ┐(─__─)┌"
After returning to school, Senku went straight to Chen Yu, who was still reading. "Those drugs you gave me weren't poison, were they?"
Chen Yu was a little speechless when he heard that. Sure, I know how to make poison, but I treasure my own body. Why would I give you poison? I'm still counting on you to revive me someday.
As someone who had died once, Chen Yu knew what it felt like before death. Sometimes, he wondered whether a day would come when he wouldn't live to see the next sunrise. He didn't know what would happen the next day, let alone the third or fourth.
Death came suddenly. He had seen news reports about car crashes, earthquakes, and things like that. If an accident suddenly happened one day, would you even be able to remember it at that moment?
That was why he understood the extent of Senku's pursuit of science. Senku was a genius, an incredibly gifted genius. In the petrified world, probably only that guy with the X-shaped eyes from the Americas could rival him, right? And Senku was still young, while that man was already working.
So, to prevent Senku from having some accident in the future, Chen Yu wanted to treat his mad obsession with pursuing science.
He wanted him to stop taking it so seriously.
Now, it seemed he hadn't cured him at all and had only given him drug resistance.
"I'm done. You've already developed drug resistance, so your body probably won't be too vulnerable to psychiatric symptoms from now on. It should also be able to respond quickly to some minor illnesses. I'm washing my hands of this. But remember, staying alive matters most." With that, Chen Yu closed his book and left.
Senku: "So that's why you've been so obsessed with using me as your guinea pig?"
Senku knew perfectly well that ever since Chen Yu had dragged him into this, a huge number of new papers had appeared under Chen Yu's name on the international forum. Every single one felt very familiar.
Chen Yu studied there for several years. The more time passed, the more concerned he became about whether light would come from that direction.
Throughout those years, he remained by Tsukasa Shishio's side. Besides having Chen Yu pay his sister's monthly treatment costs, Tsukasa also followed his advice and boxed at night. During the day, whenever Chen Yu had time, he would keep Tsukasa's sister company.
Because Chen Yu was a world-renowned medical expert, the school imposed no restrictions on him. They even invited him to join them there.
Chen Yu flatly refused, saying that a miracle would happen later, one that would affect the entire world.
In the end, the island nation's authorities kept harassing Chen Yu, trying every scheme they could.
Finally, his powerful home country stepped in and put so much pressure on the island nation that it couldn't hold out. Only then did they give up.
And Chen Yu grew increasingly disgusted with those people.
Once the world was petrified, the first thing he would do was destroy their stone statues.
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