Chapter 259 Absorbing Immortality and Soaring Combat Power (2)
"Can this medicine really work?" A-Machi couldn't help but asked Zonghai.
"The success rate should be higher than last time." Zong Hai said softly, "Because there should not be much immortal poison entering Ogata Shi's body..."
The "last time" Zong Hai was referring to was the time when he rescued Xian Hai's younger brother.
Heshi and Hezhi, the disciples of the mysterious pair of masters and apprentices - Hezhi gave Zonghai only 2 pills that could suppress the immortal poison.
One of them had been used to save Xian Hai's younger brother before.
And the pills contained in the small jar on his hand, which was smelling strongly of medicine, were the last pills that could suppress the immortal poison.
"Female donor, open the mouth of donor Ogata."
As Zong Hai spoke, he poured out the pills from the jar in his hand.
After stuffing the pill into Ogata's mouth, which was full of blood foam, Zonghai held down Ogata's mouth and forced Ogata to swallow the pill.
Although Ogata was half-conscious now, fortunately - after Zonghai stuffed the pills into his mouth, he still swallowed the pills in his mouth as if he had an instinctive reaction.
Seeing that Ogata swallowed the pill smoothly, Zonghai's originally tense face finally relaxed a little - but not too much.
"Ogata Donor was injured last night, and the immortal poison didn't attack until this morning." Zonghai said softly, "It took such a long time for the attack to occur, which means that the amount of immortal poison that entered Ogata Donor's body must not be too much."
"But whether you can survive it... depends on Ogata's benefactor..."
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Ogata now felt that his mind was in chaos.
He only remembered that after seeing Atachi, Makimura and the others came back, his body began to become more and more tired.
I'm so tired that I can't even stand still.
After feeling his stomach churning and spitting out a mouthful of blood, he felt his eyes darken, and all the senses in his body seemed to have become dull at this moment.
I can't open my eyes and can't hear the sound clearly.
He could only hear Atachi, Sokai and the others seeming to be calling him.
But I couldn't hear clearly what they were shouting.
I could only vaguely hear them calling his name.
Then, I felt that my mouth was forcibly opened, and then someone stuffed a round, small thing into my mouth.
Although he didn't know what it was, Ogata swallowed it subconsciously.
After swallowing this thing, Ouri completely lost consciousness, could no longer hear anything, could no longer feel anything...
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After an unknown amount of time passed, a voice suddenly sounded in Ogata's mind.
This sudden sound woke Ogata up slightly.
[Ding! The host begins to absorb the "immortality"...]
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[Ding! The host successfully absorbed part of the "immortal"...]
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After these two voices fell, Ogata's mind returned to calm... and no other voices rose.
Ogata, who was startled by the sudden sound and regained some consciousness, also fell asleep again as the sound fell...
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It's like light slowly appearing in the darkness.
First a little bit of light appears, and then this little bit of light expands at a speed visible to the naked eye - the recovery of consciousness is very much like this process.
First, I gradually heard some sounds.
Then he gradually began to feel his own limbs and five bodies.
Finally, the eyelids regained the strength to lift up.
Slowly raising his eyelids, the first thing Ogata saw was the unfamiliar wooden ceiling and Omachi's face, which occupied a large part of his field of vision.
Atachi has always been by Ogata's side.
As soon as he noticed that Ogata was about to wake up, he immediately came over and waited for Ogata to wake up.
After seeing Ogata open his eyes, the color of joy immediately spread all over Omachi's cheeks.
"Zonghai! Zonghai!" Atachi turned around and left, shouting Zonghai's name.
After Atachi left, Ogata struggled to sit up.
Although he obviously felt that his body was very weak now, Ogata still had the strength to sit up.
After sitting up, Oubon immediately began to turn his eyes and observe his surroundings.
A simple, small room, with a thin blanket spread under and over the body. The only window in the room looks out to the sea.
Based on the sights observed with the naked eye, Ogata immediately deduced that he should be in a certain room of the shogunate warship they had robbed.
While observing the environment he was in, memories before coma kept popping up in Ogata's mind like bubbles.
At this moment, the door that had just been closed was pushed open again.
Atachi is back.
I was alone when I left.
When I came back, I brought a large group of people with me.
Soumi, Mamiya, Makimura, and Kinnosuke followed closely behind Amachi and rushed into the room where Ogata was resting.
Before everyone gathered around Ogata, Konnosuke took the lead and said urgently to Ogata:
"Ogata-sama! How do you feel?"
"How...?" Ogata opened his hands and five fingers, "Other than feeling tired, I don't feel anything else..."
"...Ogata benefactor." After seeing Ogata regaining consciousness, Zonghai did not show obvious joy like others, but said in a deep voice, "Please let me see the wound on your neck."
Having said that, without waiting for Ogata's response, he directly stretched out his hand to untie the white cloth that wrapped layers of Ogata's neck.
When Sokai untied the white cloth from Ogata's neck, Atachi explained to Ogata what happened to him.
After learning that he was actually poisoned by the immortal poison, and that Zonghai fed him the medicine that could suppress the immortal poison, Ogata's eyes widened even though he was weak.
"Then how long have I been unconscious?"
"Not long ago," Mamiya continued, "I only slept for about three hours, and it's just past noon now."
"Have you only slept for such a short time... Why do I always feel as if I have been sleeping for several days..."
Ogata looked down at his palms.
"It's been three hours and I haven't vomited blood and died... Zong Hai, does this mean that the medicine has taken effect and the immortal poison in my body has been eliminated?"
"...I don't know." Zong Hai said in a deep voice, "I have to look at the wound first..."
As soon as Zonghai finished speaking, he took off all the white cloth wrapped around Ogata's neck, revealing the wound on Ogata's neck.
After seeing the wound on Ogata's neck, everyone present except Ogata felt their hearts sinking.
Just because——the skin around the wound on Ogata's neck is still dark purple.
Ogata, who couldn't see the state of his wounds, saw Amachi, Sokai, and the others' expressions changing. He couldn't help but feel nervous, and he couldn't help but ask:
"What's wrong? Why do you look so heavy?"
"...Ogata Donor." Zonghai said softly to Ogata after a moment of silence, "About your body...there is good news and bad news each. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"Then... let's start with the good news."
"The good news is that it is probably because the amount of immortal poison entering your body is smaller, and it should be because your physical fitness is better, so the medicine that can suppress the immortal poison has taken effect. The immortal poison in your body
Being suppressed, there should be no fear of life in a short time."
"Then...what's the bad news?"
"The bad news is that the immortal poison in your body has only been suppressed, not completely eliminated."
Zonghai raised his finger and pointed at the dark purple skin on Ogata's neck.
"Your skin here is still dark purple, which means you still have the immortal poison in your body, but it's been suppressed and won't kill you immediately."
After Zonghai finished speaking, Makimura just took a bronze mirror from somewhere and showed it to Ogata.
Although the reflection effect of the bronze mirror was not good and the reflected face was blurry, Ogata could still see through the bronze mirror that the flesh and blood around the wound on his neck was dark purple.
The area of this piece of skin that turned dark purple was not large, but it was not small either.
Ogata was shocked when he saw the dark purple flesh on his neck, but he quickly adjusted the expression on his face.
"So -" Ogata asked Munekai, "you mean that I still have immortal poison in my body, but it was just suppressed, so I didn't die immediately. Is that what you mean?"
"That's right." Zong Hai nodded.
"Then..." Ogata hesitated, "Will the remaining immortal poison in my body relapse?"
Zong Hai was silent.
There was no immediate answer to Ogata's question.
After being silent for an unknown amount of time, Zong Hai said softly:
"...The immortal poison in your body may break out again...or it may be suppressed until you die..."
"How could it be..." Atachi, who was originally looking ecstatic when Ogata woke up, turned pale again after hearing Zonghai say this.
As for Mamiya, Makimura, and Kinnosuke, after hearing Sokai's words, the expressions on their faces became heavy.
As for Ogata, he once again turned his attention to the bronze mirror in Makimura's hand and looked at himself in the mirror.
His current complexion is also not very good-looking.
——Is it a time bomb...
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Looking at the dark purple flesh reflected in the mirror, Ogata couldn't help but thought to himself.
——A time bomb that will explode at some point...
According to what Zong Hai just said, the immortal poison remaining in his body is a time bomb that will explode at some point.
Maybe tomorrow, the immortal poison in his body will break out again, causing him to vomit blood and die.
It is also possible that the immortal poison in his body never broke out again, and he spent the rest of his life safely...
At this moment, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.
Because he suddenly remembered - when he passed out, he vaguely heard a strange system sound in his mind that he had never heard before.
It seems to be talking about absorbing "immortality"... At the end, there is a sentence about successfully absorbing part of "immortality".
With a doubtful attitude, Ogata pulled out his personal system interface.
After checking his personal system interface, Ogata's eyes widened in shock.
His strength, agility, and reflexes each increased by 1 point, becoming 11 points, 10 points, and 9 points.
His physical strength increased by 2 points to 11 points.
Vitality has the largest increase, from the original 19 points to 23 points, an increase of 4 points.
--what happened……?
Just when Ogata was stunned by the sudden increase in his personal attributes, when he was unconscious, the system audio that sounded in his mind seemed to have a life of its own, and it automatically emerged in Ogata's mind.
——Absorb..."immortality"...
——And...successfully absorbed part of the "immortality"...
Ogata recited in his heart the two words spoken by the system voice that sounded in his mind when he was unconscious.
——"Immortal"...
Ogata couldn't help but raise his hand and touched the purple skin on his neck.
——It turns out that what is buried in my body at this time is not a time bomb... but a double-edged sword...
——Although this "immortal poison" will erupt again and kill me at some point, its existence can bring about a considerable increase in my body functions...
Thinking of this, Ogata couldn't help complaining in his heart:
——Am I making a big profit or a big loss...
——If I keep this "immortal poison" in my body, will my body functions continue to increase as a result...
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The room where everyone was sitting fell into an atmosphere of silence for a while.
No one spoke...no, no one knew what to say now...
Different people have different expressions on their faces at this time.
Zong Hai and Jin Zhizhi showed regret on their faces.
Mamiya and Makimura's expressions were a little heavy.
As for A-Machi... her face was pale and bloodless, as if she had heard some terrible bad news.
On the contrary, it was Ogata, the central figure in the incident of being "poisoned by the immortal poison", who was the calmest.
His face looked thoughtful, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
After a while, Ogata finally spoke up, breaking the silence in the room.
"Kinnosuke." Ogata reached into his arms and took out two pieces of paper filled with densely packed words. "Can you give me these two pieces of paper?"
"Huh?" Konnosuke raised his eyebrows in confusion.
He recognizes these two pieces of paper.
It was the prescription for treating his waist that was written to him by masters and disciples, Heshi and Hezhi.
After Konnosuke showed these two prescriptions to him and Atachi, Sotaro and his team came to attack. At that time, Ori easily stuffed the two prescriptions into his arms.
"Yes, yes..." These two prescriptions are not valuable items to Konnosuke, so Konnosuke responded without hesitation, "But... what do you want these two prescriptions for? Do you plan to treat your waist?"
Injured?"
"No." Ogata quietly stuffed the two prescriptions in his hand back into his arms, "It's not to treat the waist injury, but... to do more important things..."