Heath was stunned, utterly stunned. He knew this world had some of the diseases from his previous life, but never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that plague existed here too. And a marmot was carrying it? Heath had always thought plague only existed in rats.
He had never expected marmots to carry it too. Besides, this warning came from the Ingredient Identifier, so Heath had no doubt it was true. Apart from its inability to identify Little Red, the Ingredient Identifier had been very reliable so far.
Little Red, meanwhile, yawned sleepily, twitched its ears, and curled back up in its little nest. It was still very tired. Ever since taking this form, it seemed to want to sleep every day, which troubled Little Red greatly.
"Hurry! Throw it away!" Heath's voice went shrill as he shouted frantically. Mew flinched in fright and nearly threw the rodent into Heath's face. Heath went white.
If it really landed in his face, Heath would have to contact Nurse Joy the very next second and voluntarily check himself into an observation room.
He had just checked: plague was classified as a Category I infectious disease in the Pokémon world too. It was an extremely dangerous infectious disease. Once a patient was identified, they had to be sent to a Pokémon Center for treatment immediately, with lockdowns, disinfection, and other measures following alongside it. It was a deadly disease.
Its fatality rate was very high too. The Black Death, which had nearly wiped out all of Europe in his previous life, had been caused by plague.
However, thanks to Nurse Joy and Pokémon, plague testing in the Pokémon world was extremely fast. They could quickly determine whether a patient was infected, which was at least some good news.
Under Heath's frantic urging,