Unspeakable bubbles

Yu Zi blushed and lowered her head, saying in a barely audible voice, "Thank you. I also feel like you're family... Grandpa."

The old man smiled contentedly. He glanced at the time and teased, "Yu Zi, your most hated math class is over. It's time to go home."

"what"

The girl hurriedly stood up and gave a slight bow, saying, "Thank you for your hospitality."

Then, somewhat dissatisfied, he said, "You're the one who called me here, not Yu Zi who wanted to skip class."

"Alright, alright," the old man said with a smile as he stood up and took a disposable syringe from the drawer.

"Be patient and listen to me."

The girl reluctantly rolled up her sleeves; she was actually quite afraid of pain, but she had no choice.

It's because she's sick.

After skillfully completing the blood sample collection, Nakamura assured Ikuko, "Ikuko, it will be over soon. Grandpa promises, these are the last few times."

"Um"

The girl nodded obediently and then gave the old man a bright smile: "I'm going home now."

With a smile, he watched Yuko leave. When the old man was alone in the office, he carefully took a white piece of paper out of his pocket.

Nakamura dripped the sampled blood onto a piece of paper and watched the result intently.

First it was red, then wisps of black lines spread across the surface of the paper.

Then, all the red and black colors disappeared, and the paper turned blue.

A moment later, a violin symbol appeared in the center of the paper.

Finally, a line of text appeared on the piece of paper.

'Products from Qiqiao Workshop are guaranteed to be of high quality.'

"Hehehehe, ahahahahahahaha."

The old man's face was contorted with joy; he was extremely satisfied with the outcome.

This little piece of paper is quite valuable; it's not something money can buy.

Although Nakamura was ostracized by the mainstream of the mystical world, at least he wasn't caught doing anything wrong and expelled from the Seven Rings Tower.

Therefore, some basic benefits are still available.

For example, one can exchange their merits for mysterious items.

This piece of paper was custom-made by him from the renowned 'Seven-Piece Workshop', and it serves two purposes.

First, it displays the contamination rate of the tested individuals.

At the end of each month, each special college will collect blood samples from all students and send them to a higher-level institution for testing.

Generally, the test results will be returned to the relevant authorities in each college after about half a month.

Based on the changes in each student's pollution rate, the school can take targeted measures.

The problem is that Ikuko Sakakibara's blood sample cannot be submitted to the higher authorities.

A dangerous individual like her, with such a high level of contamination, is not someone that our Shengxiang Private Elementary School can accommodate.

Nakamura secretly switched Ikuko's blood samples during her monthly routine checkups, while also keeping track of the girl's condition at all times through slips of paper.

In the initial changes, a small portion of the paper was almost completely covered by black threads, which meant...

"About 40%."

Nakamura muttered to himself, "The moment of 'forced awakening' is almost here."

Through years of intelligence gathering, Nakamura obtained a piece of information that filled him with intense jealousy.

As Matthew said, there is more than one path to mystery.

The Tianqi Esoteric School gains power through special sacrifices, and the Seven Rings Pagoda advocates self-awakening.

In addition to the two situations mentioned above, Nakamura also knew of another one.

The polluters are under sixteen years old, and the pollution rate reaches 40%.

If the above conditions are met, you will enter 'forced awakening'.

There is a greater than 90% chance that they will degenerate into monsters who have lost their personalities, that is, the so-called severe mutation.

However, what Nakamura envied most was that there were always some lucky people who could maintain their individuality while gaining power.

When Nakamura first heard the news, he was practically going crazy.

Why? Why?!

They obtained what they had spent their entire lives striving for with ease.

He didn't care about the outrageous failure and mortality rates.

In his view, all those young, lucky, and smoothly awakened ones deserved to die!

Why? Why do you have the right to do this?!

One day, Nakamura was surprised to discover that someone around him might become that lucky person.

After the initial anger, jealousy, and murderous intent, the old man remembered what his predecessor had said years ago.

"If you can observe someone's awakening up close, it might give you some inspiration."

Section 40, Chapter 040: Nakamura's Fantasy

Hmm, maybe it will give me some inspiration.

Although Nakamura's approach is completely different from Ikuko's, and although it's very likely that Nakamura won't gain anything in the end...

But what if?

If I could actually learn something from her, wouldn't it be a waste to just kill her like this?

With this in mind, Nakamura decided to let Ikuko go for the time being and began collecting information about her.

It has to be said that Ikuko Sakakibara was truly a problem child.

Fighting was commonplace for her, and bullying classmates was a daily occurrence for her.

"Hmph, how could such scum awaken? Heaven has no eyes!"

For a long time, the old man often sighed like this.

Having collected enough information, Nakamura suddenly had a whim to talk to Ikuko in person.

It was a terrible meeting. That scoundrel showed no respect whatsoever for someone of his stature; instead, he was filled with hostility.

He spoke rudely, was arrogant, and seemed... to want to attack him?

Haha, of course the old man was prepared.

He then made a few sarcastic remarks, waiting for Yu Zi to make a move so he could teach her a lesson she would never forget.

Unfortunately, for some reason, she eventually gave up.

The two parted on bad terms, and Nakamura gave up observing Ikuko.

"I must be crazy to think I can get any inspiration from this guy."

That's what the old man thought at the time.

Disappointed, Nakamura threw himself into another research project.

Research, failure, more investment, failure, change topic, research, failure, more investment...

The constant failures left the elderly man feeling powerless; he had given so much yet saw no hope at all, and Nakamura was tormented.

Just then, Nakamura received a notification.

One child at his school had a contamination rate of 35%, and if the situation didn't improve by next month, they would have to be forcibly relocated.

Seeing that familiar name, Nakamura didn't feel much.

'Hey, I knew it was her.'

Thinking this, the old man casually flipped through the documents compiled by Misa Ohara.

......

..........

...............

Something's not right.

His previously nonchalant expression vanished, and Nakamura focused his attention.

Come to think of it, even though I was disappointed at the time, I didn't explicitly say I would stop collecting information on Yuko. It seems that Misa was quite diligent as a student.

Moreover, out of some concern, Misa Ohara also gave Ikuko a lot of convenience.

The above details Yuko's actions over the past few months; in short, her violent incidents have decreased.

That shouldn't be the case, that's unreasonable.

Nakamura frowned; Ikuko's pollution rate was steadily increasing.

This is also why Yuko initially caught his attention.

Under normal circumstances, unless they are subjected to any major stimuli, the contamination rate of these children remains stable and does not fluctuate.

Yuko is abnormal; although her contamination rate only increases slightly each month, it is steadily rising.

This is also the key reason why Nakamura thinks she might be a lucky one. If this trend continues, it won't be long before Yuko meets the conditions for forced awakening and has the opportunity he has been dreaming of.

Compared to the other old man who sees no hope at all, Yuko is incredibly lucky.

Things unfolded exactly as he had predicted; only a few months had passed, and the girl's contamination rate had already exceeded 35%.

But wait, that's not right.

Why did her violent incidents decrease?