Spencer walked in and began looking around.
“Over here,” Kenneth called out.
Spencer turned in their direction when he heard Kenneth's voice.
“Quick! She can't take it anymore.”
Spencer immediately walked over and put his things on the floor. He took out a blood collection tube with an attached needle from the plastic package. “Give me her arm,” instructed Spencer.
Kenneth raised Natasha's arm, and Spencer inserted the needle into her blood vessel.
When Kenneth saw that, he frowned.
No matter how bad he felt for her, he knew it had to be done.
When he saw her blood flowing out, there was a look of complex feelings in his eyes.
At that moment, the blood in the bag began to increase, and Natasha's pain seemed to have lessened.
“Is it working?” asked Kenneth.
Spencer nodded. It was true that Natasha was not in so much pain anymore. For the time being, he was able to keep the effects of the poison under control.
As the volume of the blood increased, Kenneth looked at Spencer and asked, “How much do you need to take?”
“Until she has no more reaction,” replied Spencer.
That meant they had no idea how much of her blood they had to collect before she felt better.
“What?”
Spencer looked down at the bag of blood and gave his analysis. “This type of poison becomes more active when there is blood in the host body, and the pain increases as well. If we can let out some blood, it will minimize the effect of the poison.” When he looked up, he saw the pain in Kenneth's eyes. He then said in a hushed voice, “Thalia was the one who told me about this. She knew about this technique when she hurt herself at the café...”
Kenneth's expression turned hostile when he heard that. “Then do we have to take her blood every time it happens?”
“Before we can find the antidote, this is the best method even though it hurts her body.”
“But—”
“Do you not realize that by using this method, we can also delay the effects of the poison?” Spencer looked up at Kenneth with those serious eyes of his.
Kenneth thought about it carefully and realized what Spencer said was true. The poison in Natasha's body did not act up as often as before these days.
“If we can spread viruses through blood transfusion, then we can do the same with drawing blood. If my guess is correct, this is a safer method,” said Spencer.
Kenneth's face contorted when he heard that.
He felt like stabbing Boss right now.
In the end, Natasha calmed down after they had taken a huge bag of her blood. However, because she had been holding back for too long, she felt weak and collapsed in Kenneth's arms.
“Nat...”
“Get her onto the bed first. I'll dress her wound in a while,” said Spencer.
Kenneth immediately carried Natasha and put her on the bed.
“During this time, I'm afraid you'll have to keep feeding her supplements that replenish her blood,” reminded Spencer.
There was no need for Spencer to remind him about that. Kenneth had never stopped feeding Natasha those supplements. Instead of responding to that, he asked, “How's the research on the medicine going?”
While Spencer was dressing Natasha's wound, he said, “The composition of the medicine is a little complicated. I will still need another two more days!”
Kenneth nodded and did not rush him anymore. He was aware that both Spencer and him worried about the same thing.
“If you need any help, just let me know.”
“Don't worry. I will,” Spencer said.
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