Chapter 110 - A Victorious Return (1/2)

A cook? And in the field of pharmaceuticals? Enzo Rota frowned as he thought for quite a while. He strove in contemplation over and over, but he was unable to think of any legendary figures in the realm of pharmaceuticals that had the hobby and profession of being a military cook.

“Yeah.” Qin Fen felt out two jelly beans from his chest pocket. “He said that I won’t be able to eat nutritious meals while dispatched on this mission, so he gave me these. He wants me to eat one along with my meals each day.”

Enzo Rota carefully took the jelly beans. He studied the jelly beans in detail for a long while, and he even brought it up to his nose to take a real good sniff. His unfeeling cheeks suddenly flashed with a cold light. Enzo Rota only acted like this when he was excited.

Pop.

With a gentle use of force, the jelly beans in Enzo Rota’s hand turned into powder. He gave a light lick of the powdered jelly beans with the tip of his tongue. Then he stuffed the rest of the powder completely into his mouth.

Though Enzo Rota was always calm when it came to just about anything, the pupils of his eyes suddenly contracted at extreme speeds. Caution, never before seen, appeared upon his face.

His tongue slid back and forth in his mouth for quite a while, and his cautious expression became more serious. From the perspective of an average Joe Schmoe, the only thing special about this jelly bean was its subtle sweetness. However, in the hands of someone who truly knew the ropes, a completely different assessment was the result.

“Strong!” Enzo Rota gave a thumbs up, his tone heavier than usual.

Oh? Qin Fen’s eyelid twitched for a moment. Enzo Rota was actually an extremely prideful individual. Qin Fen had known Enzo Rota for many years, and he could count the number of people Enzo Rota praised on a single hand.

This was the first time Qin Fen heard the word ‘strong’ come from his lips.

“Really strong.”

Enzo Rota increased his assessment by another level.

There were many methods for an ordinary person to discern whether the ability of a pharmaceutical master was strong or weak. The simplest method was to see who could synthesize and mix together more kinds of drug ingredients into medicinal pills of equal sizes. Whoever could mix more was considered to have a stronger ability.

Enzo Rota slowly nodded his head once more. He was a genius in the field of pharmaceuticals. He knew the importance of these jelly beans more than anyone else.

An ordinary person could only get it half right when it came to discerning a pharmacist’s ability.

Pharmaceuticals was a special field. The synthesis and blend of all sorts of medicinal compounds was an extremely dangerous matter. There was even the possibility of a user dying when taking a drug formed from the mixing of two ingredients.

To be able to take two to five different ingredients and synthesize them together into something that wouldn’t kill the consumer… now that was enough to be called a first-class pharmacist, even if the consumer of the drug won’t obtain any benefits from taking it.

This pill, which was the size of a jelly bean, contained over a hundred ingredients inside. Such a person capable of creating such a pill that wouldn’t kill the consumer was extremely rare. Such a person was qualified to be a true pharmaceutical master.

From Enzo Rota’s perspective, these jelly beans of Qin Fen’s were drugs that had clearly been made in haste due to a lack of time.

These drugs were created under the pressure of time. Yet not only did they not kill upon consumption, the ingredients within these drugs were able to all display certain efficacies. The ingredients helped Qin Fen’s bones become sturdier and increased the strength of his muscle fibers. The person who made these drugs was absolutely an expert at the master level, at the very least.

Enzo Rota was certain that he wouldn’t be able to create a jelly bean of the same intensity under the same circumstances.

Enzo Rota was enraptured by purely the technique alone. Not only were the fundamentals of concoction extremely solid, the marvelous thoughts and clever ideas were bold and imaginative like a heavenly steed soaring across the skies.

Enzo Rota nodded his head once more. The way this man paired his ingredients in his drugs was very rare among the world of pharmacists, like a sword that moves with a sidestroke. Just a slight mistake on the subtlest level in terms of the ratios would cause the consumer of the drug to likely die on the spot. Even a sudden hysteria into death would be normal.

The creator of this drug didn’t walk the path of mainstream pharmacists! Enzo Rota’s brow wrinkled deep as he pondered for several dozen seconds. Then he suddenly faced Lin Liqiang. He said, “Lin, I’m taking time off.”

Lin Liqiang replied, still holding and examining the biochemical beast egg. “No problem. Three days or five days?”

“Three months.”

“What?” Lin Liqiang was so shocked that he nearly threw the biochemical beast egg to the ground. “That long?”

Enzo Rota nodded very seriously. “For now.”

“For now?” Lin Liqiang took off his special spectacles he used to examine the egg. He studied Enzo Rota once again.

They were both geniuses, and Lin Liqiang naturally knew that Enzo Rota’s fundamentals were sturdy. He also knew of Enzo Rota’s amazing ability to learn. Very few teachers could last a week in teaching him.

Those in the pharmaceutical circle had given him a nickname. Teacher Killer.

Practically every teacher who taught him suffered from a mental breakdown for a period of time after their time together. When faced with such a strong learning and assimilation ability, the only people who could still treat the situation lightly were the ones who had a few screws loose in their heads.

“For now? You feel like three months of time isn’t enough?” Lin Liqiang voiced out his doubts.

“Yes.”

“You want to learn how to make drugs?” Lin Liqiang began to wonder if there was anything else that could get his interest. He wondered if there was a totally different field out there, not that of pharmaceuticals, that could do this.

“Yes.”

“This long?”

“Three months at the very least.”

Lin Liqiang gently shook his head, not daring to believe it. “It’s already hard to find someone that’s willing to be your teacher, let alone someone who’s willing to teach you for three months.”