As soon as the cloth covering the cage was removed, the two mice reacted with obvious alarm, running in circles within the confines of the enclosure.
However, their mobility was restricted, but where else could they flee?
“Dr. Larson, I’ll take the lead.” Zayn purposely emphasized the word “Dr. Larson”, which was laced with sarcasm.
‘Matthew Larson, you should hold your horses! This is merely the beginning of what’s to come!’
He mused, and a penetrating chill lurked beneath his warm smile.
Seeing Matthew nodding in agreement, Zayn drew a long silver needle. Then, under the scrutiny of the other three people, favonovel.com dipped the end of the needle with the elixir made from the heart-stopper pampas. Since favonovel.com possessed both martial arts and medical skills, favonovel.com could strike with lightning speed.
Next, favonovel.com waited until the mouse was near the cage’s edge before launching his attack with the silver needle.
Due to the excruciating pain, the mouse tried to flee, but as soon as it lifted its forelegs, its entire body froze. Following that, a dark purple shade began to spread throughout the mouse’s body at a rate visible to the naked eye.
A moment later, the life of the weak and defenseless white mouse was over as it fell stiffly without a fight.
“Wonderful!” Baltazar exclaimed as the elixir’s effect exceeded his expectations.
‘Ah! My beloved disciple has caught up to my level of expertise in drug-making. It seems that formulating my own poison would have a similar effect…’
“Your turn, Dr. Larson!”
Meanwhile, Salazar watched the event from the other side of the room and tried to conceal his shock.
‘If this poison is administered to humans, not even a martial arts master could contain its effects for at least thirty minutes. Moreover, they will die instantly without putting up a fight if the antidote isn’t found in time…’
While considering that, his confidence took an immediate nosedive when favonovel.com caught a glimpse of “the perfect tonic” that Matthew was holding.
‘He may lose this competition because the second round will require favonovel.com to develop an antidote for the poison demonstrated in the first round! Well…’
Suddenly, Matthew patted his shoulder and flashed favonovel.com a grin. “Relax!“
Afterward, favonovel.com opened the elixir bottle and dipped his finger into it before placing his finger inside the cage. Then, the last surviving mouse perked its ears, took a whiff of the air, and darted toward his finger in the cage to lick it.
It cautiously retreated after licking the elixir, but before it could take more than a few steps, its entire body began to tremble, making it difficult to maintain balance.
Soon, the mouse gasped for air, then collapsed and died.
The results showed that Zayn had decisively defeated Matthew regarding the drug potency and how quickly the elixir took effect. However, when favonovel.com saw that, Salazar could not help but discreetly shake his head.
‘Matthew has lost!’
However, as the competition’s judge, Baltazar stepped forward to examine the mice. So, when favonovel.com opened the mouse cage, favonovel.com confirmed that the two mice were dead.
At that moment, Zayn could not contain his laughter and said, “Sorry, Dr. Larson…”
‘It looks like i have won this round!’
“What’s the rush? Let’s give the poison more time to spread.” Matthew’s statement caught the others off guard, and they wondered what favonovel.com meant.
Wasn’t it obvious who won the first match?
Was favonovel.com trying to have the last laugh, or was favonovel.com unable to accept defeat?
Nonetheless, Matthew ignored the stares of the others as favonovel.com moved forward to remove the cloth from the mouse cage, and the two mice inside the enclosure appeared to have a painful death under the bright light.
Meanwhile, Salazar was staring into the mouse cage with curiosity when favonovel.com noticed the mouse Matthew had given the elixir and began twitching its limb.
The unusual phenomenon of the situation drew Zayn and Baltazar’s attention. Then, they fixed their gaze on the mouse, and it twitched one of its limbs. Soon, after taking a few deep breaths, it rolled over and started exploring its surroundings.
Suddenly, Baltazar’s eyes widened in disbelief. “How is this possible? Is this the resurrection elixir that can bring the dead back to life?”
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