"Whew! ~Call! ～”

Sitting on the ground with his back against the iron door of the cell, Robin gasped for air. He touched the sore bridge of his nose with his hand and found that his hands were wet, presumably caused by Leona's kick.

He looked up at Leona, who was hiding in the darkness on the other side, and saw that Leona was sitting in the corner with her long flaming red hair, but a red blood slowly flowed down her forehead, and there were still striking red blood stains on her lips, which had been her original sultry surname.

From the time she met Leona to the present, this mysterious woman has never shown all her hole cards. Even in that thrilling air raid, Leona, who single-handedly eliminated all the Federation troops, seemed so calm.

But this time, in a one-on-one battle with Robin and in advantageous terrain, Leona was forced to show all her cards.

It's just that Robin, who created this miracle, also paid a heavy price for it.

Due to the excessive accumulation of nuclear energy in his arms, the antimatter in his acupuncture points collided with nuclear energy to form a huge amount of energy. But the energy was far beyond the limits of Robin's body, so his arms were inevitably damaged. Moreover, as the hot blood in his body subsided, the physical pain gradually emerged, endlessly tormenting Robin's nerves like a pinprick.

In the process of radioactive energy invading Robin's body, due to the abnormal activation of Robin's cells, his body cells and various organs have adapted to the extremely aggressive destructive surname energy of nuclear energy. However, compared to the nuclear energy that is now flooding Robin's body, the bioelectric impulses in Robin's nervous system are too weak, which makes Robin's nerves have to endure the destruction of radiating energy endlessly, although this does not bring Robin actual damage, but the pain caused by this destruction is real. Therefore, after the adrenaline secreted in the body is digested through a fierce battle, the nervous system, which is already on the verge of collapse, immediately amplifies the pain nerves without limit.

In an instant, Robin was drenched in a cold sweat stimulated by the intense pain, but looking at Leona, who was also dealing with her injuries, he wanted to laugh heartily.

"Hey...... May I ask you a question? After a brief silence, Robin suddenly asked in a hoarse voice.

Leona wiped the remaining blood from the corners of her mouth and replied lightly, "Ask." ”

"I ...... How long can I live? ”

Robin lowered his head, and his tone revealed a sadness that was almost hopeless. With his 'subtlety', he is very aware of his current physical condition, although on the surface, his various body data have made a breakthrough leap, and even crossed several genetic locks in one fell swoop, raising the four basic physical abilities to the third order. However, the excess radiation in his body was lethal enough to Robin, and with the common sense he knew, he felt that it was a miracle that he was still alive.

"As long as you can reasonably control the radiant energy in your body, your lifespan will not be affected."

"What! ～”

Leona's answer made Robin raise his head sharply and ask in disbelief, "Won't it be affected?" How is this possible! Are you still trying to lie to me? ”

"I don't have to lie to you." Leona spat out a mouthful of blood in her chest, stared at Robin and said, "Energy is the essence of the world, any organism can be regarded as a carrier of energy, as one of the energy, radiating energy is actually no different from other energy. So harmful and harmless are only relative, nuclear energy may be lethal to others, but for you at the moment, this hazard is controllable. ”

"Do you think I'd believe that?" Robin sneered.

"Believe it or not, it's true. Just as human beings rely on the oxygen contained in the air to survive, breathing oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide has become a human instinct. So, no one thinks that oxygen is toxic and harmful. But in fact, human aging itself is a process of oxidation of the human body, and human beings are actually slowly poisoning themselves by inhaling oxygen, and the oxidizing ability of oxygen is effective for most substances in the world. So, in essence, oxygen is no less harmful than radioactive energy. ”

“……”

Leona's strange theory is impossible for Robin to refute, but in his heart, he can agree with Leona's theory.

"Humanity does not understand the universe, nor does it understand itself." Perhaps knowing that Robin could understand her words, Leona continued, "It seems to me that knowing the universe and knowing yourself are the same thing. The human body is inherently another universe, and I don't think there's any difference between the two. Therefore, the energy and matter that the universe can accept, the human body can also accept. ”

"So, what happens when I have nuclear energy in my body? Or rather, what will I become? Robin couldn't understand Leona's overly advanced academic theories, he just wanted to know where he was now.

"Radiation is the catalyst for the abnormal mutation of living things. But I think it's because the creatures themselves are too weak to be able to control the radiation. This anomalous mutation tends to be too prominent for its adaptability to radiation and the ability of certain organs to be called true evolution. Leona glanced at Robin, "If you don't control the nuclear energy in your body properly, such anomalous mutations are unavoidable." Maybe the next time I see you, you'll be a monster. ”

"Monster ......"

Hearing the terrible words that came out of Leona's mouth, Robin's face turned unusually pale.

In fact, before this time, although Robin had always resisted Leona, he had always believed that Leona would not really hurt himself. After all, Leona had saved him twice, and if it hadn't been for Leona, he might have died in battle when he was on Charon.

Robin is not a person who likes to owe others, so he will subconsciously force himself to accept Leona's experiments, forcing himself to see his participation in the experiments as a kind of repayment. And in order to make it easier for himself to accept, Robin even equated his participation in the experiment with being a human punching bag, and the pain he endured in the experiment was seen by him as being beaten by someone, and the power gained was seen by him as cash thrown away after others had vented.

In order to fulfill his dream as soon as possible, in order not to owe himself to others, he feels that he can accept some unfair treatment. But this time, Robin couldn't deceive himself anymore.

If previous experiments had only made Robin suffer, this one has threatened his life. Robin didn't want to die, he still had that unfinished dream, and his father was still waiting for him in the hard Mine, so he couldn't die so worthless.

All the money that should have been paid off after this experiment should have been paid off, and from now on, Robin didn't want to have anything to do with Leona.

"I think it's time for our agreement to come to an end."

"Are you sure?" Leona looked up slightly, looked at Robin and said seriously, "Without my guidance, you can't use nuclear energy properly, then you will really become a monster who has lost your mind." ”

"Whatever......" Robin forced a nonchalant look of indifference, and smiled indifferently: "Compared to relying on others, relying on myself can make me a little more solid." ”

“……”

Robin's words made Leona realize that this was his final decision.

It would be a huge loss for Leona to lose a good test subject like Robin, but Leona had collected enough data and samples from the previous experiment. She needs a lot of time to practice and research, so, from this point of view, she really doesn't need Robin to be her experiment, at least lately.

"You'll regret it."

"No!" Robin stared at Leona with blazing eyes: "But I promise, you will!" ～”

……