The Doctor nodded.
"So, was it tasty?"
Lu Xiao flexed his fingers and shook his head.
"Not tasty at all!"
"The taste was absolutely nauseating!"
"Like an old lady's foot-binding cloth, sour and foul!"
The corner of the Doctor's mouth twitched.
"That description paints quite a picture!"
"Do all Weird Creatures taste the same?"
Lu Xiao immediately corrected him.
"Let me correct you again. He wasn't one of those Weird Creatures you speak of!"
"Real Weird Creatures taste wonderful! I was fortunate enough to try one once, and the flavor was simply unforgettable!"
"But to survive, most of the time I eat these lower life-forms!"
The Doctor bent down and picked up a piece of flesh, just about to put it into his mouth.
The prison doctor's voice came from beside him.
"Doctor, I wouldn't recommend trying that!"
The Doctor stopped, then looked at the prison doctor in puzzlement.
"Why?"
The prison doctor kept working.
"Because you might not be able to digest it! Or you might contract some unknown curse!"
Only upon hearing that he might contract a curse did the Doctor put down the piece of meat.
"What a shame!"
He wiped the blood from his fingers onto his white coat.
"Could you let me taste an anomalous creature sometime?"
Lu Xiao nodded and smiled.
"Of course, Doctor!"
The Doctor pointed at the neatly arranged pieces of meat on the floor.
"May I take these away? They have great research value!"
At that, Lu Xiao looked somewhat troubled.
He rubbed his stomach.
"You can, sure! But I'm really hungry right now!"
The Doctor tilted his head, a little puzzled.
"Isn't there more food than you could ever eat in your Containment Room? Or are you not interested in that food?"
Lu Xiao suddenly remembered the button that dispensed food.
"Sorry! I was so hungry I forgot about that thing!"
With that, he was about to leave and return to his Containment Room.
Slick spoke up timidly.
"There's food here too!"
As he spoke, he extended a finger and pointed at the button on the wall.
Lu Xiao looked over, and his eyes lit up.
"Then I'll go enjoy some food first!"
He then walked toward the button on the wall.
His finger tapped it furiously.
A moment later, seeing the small mountain of food, the Doctor adjusted his monocle.
"Won't he get indigestion from eating that much?"
He directed this question at the prison doctor.
Without even looking up, the prison doctor explained.
"His digestive ability is very strong. In other words, this body of his needs a massive intake of energy to sustain itself!"
Recalling the terrifying rate of cellular activity in Lu Xiao's body, the Doctor understood at once.
"So that's why!"
Soon, the prison doctor stitched Dart's shattered internal organs back together, bit by bit.
He reached out and beckoned to Lu Xiao, who was eating.
"My friend, I need your help!"
With a chicken drumstick bone between his teeth, Lu Xiao walked over.
"Happy to help!"
The prison doctor extended a finger and lightly drew its tip across Lu Xiao's arm.
A tiny cut instantly appeared, and a drop of bright red blood seeped out.
The prison doctor caught the drop of blood on his fingertip, then dripped it into Dart's abdominal cavity.
Immediately afterward, the prison doctor stitched Dart's abdomen closed.
The Doctor watched without saying anything.
Lu Xiao, however, was a little curious.
"Shouldn't my blood contain curses?"
The prison doctor stood up, first straightened his black robe, then put his tools back into the medical kit before speaking.
"The amount of curse a single drop of blood can contain is limited, but that faint cursed power is enough to heal him completely!"
Hearing the prison doctor's words, the Doctor instantly had an idea.
"Prison doctor, if it's as you say, wouldn't Sequence 292's blood be able to heal any injury?"
The prison doctor nodded, unbothered by the Doctor interrupting their conversation. Perhaps this was the tacit understanding between researchers.
"In theory, that's correct!"
"But we'll also have to judge based on the patient's subsequent clinical response!"
"After all, this is my first time trying this method too!"
"His blood might cause uncontrollable mutations in the patient!"
He pointed at Dart, who lay on the floor.
"Let's wish him luck!"
The Doctor nodded, but the way he looked at Lu Xiao had already changed.
That gaze seemed to be looking at a treasure trove.
Without a doubt, Lu Xiao was now his treasure boy.
After returning to his office, the Doctor first had all the staff leave.
Only then did he take out a communicator.
"Beep!"
The call connected instantly, as though the person on the other end had long been waiting.
"Have you finished investigating the investigation team?"
An authoritative male voice came from the communicator.
The Doctor adjusted his monocle.
"The investigation is complete!"
The voice came from the communicator again.
"Good. This should buy us some time!"
The Doctor spoke softly.
"Sir, there was an unexpected development in the investigation results!"
The other end fell silent for several seconds.
"What unexpected development?"
The Doctor sent over a surveillance recording.
It showed exactly what had happened in the training room.
The other end fell silent for a long while again.
"What do you think?"
The Doctor adjusted his monocle.
"We'll have to start with the Ghost-Faced Moth's characteristics!"
"In its larval stage, the Ghost-Faced Moth Larva lies dormant inside a human body. After emerging from its cocoon as an adult, it lives inside the person!"
"It lays eggs through the human body's secretions!"
"In other words, if that unfortunate Prison Warden hadn't been discovered, after some time!"
"Our C03 Containment Facility might have fallen completely!"
The sound of fingers tapping a desk came from the communicator, the beats distinctly rhythmic.
"So, you suspect this incident was a premeditated operation targeting the C03 Containment Facility?"
The Doctor merely smiled faintly without speaking.
"I understand what you mean!"
"Then what do you think their objective in targeting C03 is?"
The Doctor answered gravely.
"Sequence 09 – Corrupted Creator!"
"Their objective is probably to bring down C03, then transfer Sequence 09!"
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The sound of tapping on a desk came from the communicator again.
The Doctor continued.
"You can use the fact that the investigation team member was a vampire to your advantage!"
The other end answered.
"Mm! Understood!"
"Are there any Contained Anomalies in the U01 Containment Facility that you need?"
The Doctor answered without hesitation.
"I want Sequence 097 – Cursed Toy Cap Gun!"
"All right, I'll negotiate for it!"
The Doctor nodded and continued.
"I have another proposal!"
"Go ahead!"
The Doctor removed his monocle and wiped it on his white coat.
"I'd like to borrow Sequence 292's abilities to contain some anomalies!"
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