Junior's aircraft. Chris is dissecting the sprout he got from the forest while taking care of Ruby who is still in the process of healing. Then, Ben entered the aircraft with a small bottle of the soil sample from the village.
"Halt there. Have you cleaned yourself properly?" said Chris, stopping Ben from getting near of him.
"Yes, I even took a twenty minutes shower in my mini dimension." said Ben.
"Great, come here and have a look at this." said Chris, calling Ben to his side after confirming that he has properly cleaned himself.
"This is the sample from the root while this is the sample from the leaves." said Chris, referring to two separate samples that are under two separate microscopes.
"Hmm... This is actually quite interesting... So, the harmful nutrients repelling components can only be found around the root area. Or rather, it is released by the tip of the root and it seems like those components will slowly be worn out by itself as time passed." said Ben after viewing both of the samples.
"Mhmm... This means that the nutrient repellant will only stay in a person's body for a short time frame, which also means that if we can get the villagers away from those plants, the malnutrition issue in the village will be solved. The only problem left will be the addictive property of the nutrient repellant. I am currently trying to extract that addictive agent from the nutrient repellant sample I just collected for the sprout just now." said Chris.
"I see. If we are able to extract the addictive agents and recreate something similar as a substitute for the villagers to overcome the addiction effect slowly, the issues in this village will be solved." said Ben
"Mmm... You are right. By the way, how is the wife of that man? Is she alright?" Chris asked, a bit concerned about that pregnant woman.
"Yes, she had given birth to a pigeon pair through C-section. But to be honest, you don't really need to feel guilty for giving her a great shock that leads to her premature birth, with her badly malnutrition health condition, she is too weak for a natural birth of twins, it's actually a miracle that her babies make it to almost full terms." said Ben, in a casual manner.
"I see... Anyway, I am planning to explore the forest for a while after I am done with Ruby's healing, do you want to join me?" Chris asked.
"Well, it's not like I would let you enter that forest by yourself, and I have another task for Junior after this, so... Yeah... I guess I will have to join you after all." said Ben.
"Thanks. I appreciate that." said Chris...
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Meanwhile, Null Dimension. Sky's room, Sky is staring at Maria who is fast asleep with slight snoring while Sky himself is having insomnia after waking up from that weird dream. A bit irritated by Maria's snore, Sky decided to get up from the bed and get some snacks and drinks from the kitchen.
As soon as Sky reached the kitchen which is at the downstairs, he is surprised to see Ai who is preparing a mug of hot chocolate drink with marshmallows. Ai is surprised to see him as well.
"Uhm... Do you want some hot chocolate with marshmallows, there is still some leftover here." said Ai, who sounds a bit awkward.
Sky nodded.
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Later, Sky's house, living room.
"I thought you had already fallen asleep with that lullaby music of Itsuki." said Sky as he lazily sat on a sofa with a mug of hot chocolate drink in his right hand.
"Well... Itsuki-kun's flute sounds really beautiful but it's not helping at all, I was pretending to fall asleep to not hurt his feelings." said Ai, slightly naive and blunt.
"I see. So... You care about his feelings a lot huh?" Sky asked.
"Mmm... Kind of." said Ai.
"I see." said Sky, slightly thoughtful.
"Mmm... By the way, I heard your conversation with Maria-chan just now, it seems like you are having problems with removing the Physical Dimensional Block. I was wondering if you need any help from me?" Ai asked.
"Well, I doubt about that. If you have heard the conversation between Maria and me, you will know that we are in a great dilemma." said Sky.
"Mhmm... I do realise about that. But despite eliminating the 'activator' is the most effective way to get rid of the Physical Dimensional Block, it is not the only available method." said Ai.
"I see... Hmm?.... Heh? You are saying that you know another method to get rid of the Physical Dimensional Block?" Sky asked, rather surprised.
Ai nodded.
"Ah! That's amazing! Can you tell me everything you know in detail?" Sky asked.
"Sure."...
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According to Ai, she remembered that there was once a teenage boy in the KILLER organisation that has the ability to break through all sorts of dimensional blocks, including the Physical Dimensional Block. However, that teenage boy is no longer with the KILLER, he was taken away by a mysterious person a few years ago, about the same time the whole Enomoto clan got exterminated.
"Ah... I see... If we can find that boy, we will be able to solve our current problem right now without having to get into that dilemma. Ai, do you know where that boy is right now?" Sky asked.
"Unfortunately, no. But I believe that Mr. X knows who's the person that brought the boy away." said Ai.
"Ah... Alright, so it means that we need to go meet your ex-boss eh?" said Sky.
"Mhmm."
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might cause the writer to stop writing."
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