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The Way Of Blood IV
🕑 Added 2022-05-27 13:48:06 +0000 UTC.................
Chapter 86: The Way Of Blood IV
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"Now, back to the way of blood!"
In the lab, before Ian were several test tubes and a few other objects. If anyone with a brain comes to know about them, they'll go further and beyond to acquire them to the point of desperation.
One of the test tubes had Constantine's blood, and Ian knows that his blood is quite special as it's partially a demon's blood, a very important demon.
One of the other test tubes also has blood though this time it was an angel's blood, Imogen's.
Right next to it is a larger test tube with several pieces of flesh in them, also Imogen's. The same was for another tube though this one contains the surviving pieces of her heart.
Then there is one with a few black feathers within. It was surprisingly easy to take them off as he heard that angels' wings hold a significant portion of their power. She's dead though, so perhaps the wings lost their powers?
Further to the right was a very special test tube because it contains Raven's blood, very little blood, but that was enough for him. All it took him to get it was being bombarded by a few hundred questions.
Lastly, there is a small piece of flesh and blood spread in the last two tubes. They were Selina's. Ian of course wouldn't forget what he promised her, let alone the potential in studying it.
"Let's see, I should start with Imogen's blood and flesh first... I should also focus on her wings. They're of utmost importance." Ian nodded to himself, prioritizing what was best for his plans.
Thus his research started which consisted of mostly using a microscope to study the cellular level of the angel's blood and flesh.
What came next was testing how other materials and elements interact with the Angel's blood.
He tested it not only with most of the elements of the periodic table, but he also tested how light reacts to it, from simple white light to all of the other lights, every wavelength of the visible spectrum. Hell, he even went as far as testing it with the invisible spectrum.
Thankfully, Imogen was gracious enough to provide him with every speck of his blood and flesh.
Ian also spared nothing more than everything to construct one of the best labs possible with his level of influence and made sure to fill every cabinet with its corresponding element or material whilst making sure they were stored at an appropriate temperature and humidity level.
The conclusion of his research? Well, "Unresponsive to everything. Strange, very strange. Despite detecting a collection of a strange energy in her every cell, I don't seem to be able to do anything with it... Unless I don't have the full picture in mind?"
It was time for contemplation, something Ian knows how to do best. Soon his life force found itself enveloping a drop of blood while observing that same drop with a microscope.
"It... This is interesting, but I guess it makes sense. That's how the Staff of all things work after all." The angel's energy not only reacted but also seemed quite active and even slowly multiplying, at a snail's pace but multiplying nonetheless.
The staff of all things works on the same concept. The staff absorbs certain energies and comprehends their mechanisms with his life force as fuel. He also uses his life force as fuel to basically use the said energies infinitely.
What that means is that the Green and Red clusters of energies can never run out as long as he constantly feeds the staff his life force.
"Yeah, very interesting. Perhaps I can do it, it will just take time." Ian then went on to literally turned the Angel's remains into juice, mostly fluid with a few pieces of flesh and bones around.
It's safe to say that it took quite the machine to achieve such a feat. Ian again found himself surprised at his manners, even he had never done something like this, so feeling nothing was certainly a surprise for him... He was even more sure of one of the possibilities of what he is.
The way of blood led him to his next research subject, Constantine's blood. This one however was different as he had very little of it in contrast to the plentiful amount of blood of the Angel.
He just observed it at a microscopic level, trying to detect any strange energy within. He further sought to study its DNA sequence though the process is much more troublesome and time consuming.
Time he had a lot of, so he took it upon himself to study even the genetic makeup of Imogen, and researched basically everything he prepared for his plans.
That took the majority of the time in his day, but he still spent time with Selina, Ivy, and Raven. He likewise tended to his responsibilities as the head of Roses.
His lowering need for sleep helped a lot in that, allowing his research to go further, and his mind to open to walls beyond the third one, He came to suspect something, 'Perhaps what I call my life force isn't actually life force but something more... So much more.'
He came to that conclusion due to a recent discovery. He made a breakthrough in his control of his life force, allowing him to stop releasing his life force if he so wish. It's like a light switch, he can turn it on and turn it off.
He came up with a discovery due to that. When the switch is off, he found that he suddenly fails to see things. He still had his normal vision, but what changed is his inability to see different kinds of abstract energies, such as the Angel's energy, and the energy in Constantine's blood.
That however didn't seem to apply to the clusters of energies within the vessels of his staff. The same was for energies released by magical blasts and energies that anyone can see.
He thus concluded that his life force allows him to see energies and possibly entities that very few others can see, at least as clearly as he does. Those abstract energies, lying within the depths of cells and souls, to be specific.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye, ones of pure focus on research. Ian found it to be quite fun, more entertaining than ever.
His goal has always been to find answers. He wants to figure out what he is, and where did his power come from. Curiosity and doubts were killing him. That was not something he ever felt in his last world because he never felt like he had a chance back then.
Now, however, there is a chance. There is bound to be a way to find answers, and god sometimes he found himself giddy in anticipation... Other times, doubts surface in his mind. Can he handle the truth?
"It's done," Ian murmured, standing behind Selina. The latter was naked, giving a view of the infection area, surprisingly, it stopped expanding. It was all due to the staff of all things and his life force though, so he had to find another solution, and he just did.
Ian traced his fingers along his neck before helping her put on a certain necklace, quite the special jewelry it was. It was made of silver, and it had what looked like a green gem, looking quite exquisite.
"Will it really work?" Selina wondered, somewhat unsure, "It just looks like a normal gem despite being a Kryptonite stone. How would it affect the infection? How would it reach it."
Her worries weren't unfounded, "It's Green Kryptonite. It's different from the Red one. The latter needs touch to have an effect, but this one releases radiation. They're not dangerous, but I tweaked the gem to have the intended effect."
After days of research and putting more focus on Selina's infection, specifically, the parts of the infection he has in his labs, he found that normal Green Kryptonite radiation has very little effect on The red infection.
He thus continued to research until he found a certain frequency of radiation able to affect the Red infection in the way he intends. He was able to easily do that with his staff because of his control over it, so he used it regularly on Selina's infection.
That continued until he found another solution, tweaking one of the Green Kryptonites to release the much needed radiation.
It was surprisingly not difficult for Ian. He found it quite similar to biology. It's basically just an assemblage of observations and testing as well as requiring the needed equipment which he has.
Ian then looked closely at the infection for a second, "I think it's receding, but very slowly, but don't worry, I'm developing something else to basically cheat the infection..."
Indeed, what he was developing was so much more of a cheat than what anyone might think to the point he wondered why none of the brilliant minds of this world ever thought about it.
