Dark purple Ether energy, flowing with an iridescent brilliance akin to a rainbow, formed a visible stream of smoke. As it was expelled from Trigger's body, it gradually dissipated into nothingness.
Watching this massive amount of energy crackle in mid-air before completely vanishing, Andrew confirmed his suspicion. Without a doubt, Trigger's condition had been even worse than he had anticipated. The decision to directly feed her the Max Potion was the right one.
Just as all the Ether energy was thoroughly expelled, and right before the wounds appearing from the cleanup of the body parts originally replaced by Ether could trigger a sensation of pain, the Max Potion that had been swallowed a step later immediately followed up, unleashing its own incomparably tyrannical efficacy.
Although it looked like nothing more than a small pill on the outside, the moment it was swallowed, Trigger felt a terrifying source of life energy, concentrated to the extreme, appear within her body. This energy source didn't even wait to fully enter her stomach; it began to exert its effects while still in her esophagus.
Before Trigger could even react, an incomparably abundant energy surged out like a tsunami in an instant. Even though Trigger could sense that this massive energy wasn't naturally harmless, it behaved like a wild horse that had been bridled. Under the guidance of the reins, it operated in a way that was beneficial to the human body.
Yet, even as this wild horse raged, its surging movement within Trigger's body never once made her feel a shred of danger. Pure life energy swept through her entire body at breakneck speed. Instantly, every wound on Trigger's body was completely healed in a mere moment before this immense vitality.
Before her nerves could even register the existence of the wounds caused by the elimination of the Ether corruption, they were thoroughly cured. During this process, because the energy was so abundant, the effect of the Max Potion went beyond simply restoring her to her original state.
After the wounds in Trigger's body were completely healed, the massive life energy still had a substantial surplus. Regardless of whether it was wasteful or not, this excess energy that had nowhere else to go began to directly nourish Trigger's entire body. Under the continuous washing of this energy, Trigger, who was essentially only in her early twenties, felt her organs—which had just begun to show a trace of decline—become as vibrant as a sixteen-year-old's once again.
This state, full of vitality and youthful vigor, gave her a momentary sensation of returning to the time when she had just joined the Defense Force. That tender period when she had just joined the Lyra Squad, that physical state of being full of energy at all times.
But in the end, all of this was just an additional bonus to the most important objective. Trigger had not forgotten that the primary reason for doing all this was her eyes, which had been almost completely blind.
As the effect of the Max Potion swept towards her eyes, Trigger instantly felt an indescribable tingling sensation coming from the eyes that hadn't given any response for a long time. But this sensation came quickly and left just as fast, fading completely in merely a few seconds.
The next moment, even though she hadn't taken off her eye mask, an indescribable sense of clarity spontaneously arose within her eyes. Taking a gentle deep breath, Trigger slowly removed the mask from her face.
However, the eyes beneath the mask closed tight involuntarily. In this moment, she was like a child standing before the final result but afraid to unveil the answer. But very quickly, Trigger readjusted her mindset and gathered the courage to open her eyes.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly with the exertion. As Trigger opened her tightly closed eyes once again, Andrew finally discovered that her pupil color was extremely rare. It wasn't the common brown or blue, but a faint, light grey. Like a pair of exquisite glazed glass.
This was the first time Andrew had seen Trigger's eyes. Without a doubt, the face Trigger revealed after removing the eye mask that had always covered half of it was flawless. Those bright, starry eyes that had been hidden behind the mask perfectly satisfied everyone's fantasy of her complete appearance.
She was absolutely not the type often seen on the internet nowadays, who uses a mask to cover the imperfect parts of their face. Rather, she was of the level where, after seeing her complete face, one would involuntarily feel a sense of regret upon seeing her wear a mask again.
Looking at Trigger's face, Andrew couldn't help but secretly sigh with emotion—why was every member of this Obols Squad prettier than the last? As Trigger's eyes fully opened, the darkness gradually retreated at this moment.
Things that previously could only be seen as vague outlines, their interiors forever consisting of constantly flowing Ether energy fluctuations, were now refilled with color and flesh in Trigger's eyes, as if a deity had picked up a paintbrush. Although Trigger had unconsciously begun to feel an inexplicable surge of nervousness and anticipation in her heart when Andrew stuffed the medicine into her mouth, facing the familiar yet strange military tent reappearing before her eyes... the scene she had become accustomed to without sight had now completely changed its appearance in her eyes.
Seeing the light again after seven years. Trigger, who thought she might be a little unaccustomed to it, felt her condition was much, much better than she had anticipated. Looking at the scenery in front of her, which carried a touch of familiarity within the strangeness, Trigger couldn't help but blink gently again.
It wasn't until the image in her eyes blurred from blinking and then became clear again that she truly felt a sense of reality regarding everything that had just happened. Her vision, which she thought was completely hopeless, had actually been... cured? Just like that? In such an unexpected situation, by a person she had only truly met today?
If she told this story to others, eleven out of ten people would call him a scammer.
Andrew, watching Trigger standing there blinking in a daze, couldn't help but lean in with some confusion and ask, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Although Andrew had great confidence in the Max Potion, just in case, he waved his hand in front of her eyes and continued to ask, "Can you see the things in front of you clearly? Or are there any other uncomfortable symptoms?"
Only then did Trigger snap back to reality. she hurriedly shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. There are no problems with my vision either."
Feeling her body which seemed completely brand new once again, Trigger corrected herself, "No, that's not right. I should say I have never been better than I am right now."
Subsequently, Trigger turned her head, straightened her expression, and said with incomparable seriousness, "Thank you, Andrew. Truly, thank you a thousand times over."
Although in Trigger's view, facing such immense help from Andrew, mere verbal gratitude could be said to be extremely pale and powerless. But right now, she didn't have any other way to repay him, so she could only firmly etch this kindness into the bottom of her heart.
Looking at the person in front of her, the first person she saw after regaining her light, Trigger's heartbeat involuntarily began to accelerate slightly. Although it was their first meeting, Trigger had actually been paying attention to Andrew for a long time.
Back when she first heard that Phaethon had an exclusive Agent, Trigger's first reaction at the time was actually wondering where this wild man came from to kidnap the Phaethon she had been longing for. It was a pity that the Obols Squad was on a mission during that time and didn't have time to pay a visit.
But as if by magic, after a lapse of several months, when she truly met this rumored exclusive Agent of Phaethon, Andrew, due to this accident, she received such an unimagined gift from his hands.
Once, during the pursuit of Vulture, Belle's companionship helped heal her mental pain, and now the Andrew she met had healed the scars on her physical body. As a pair, they had granted her a new life.
Now, no matter how much dissatisfaction she originally had towards Andrew because of Belle, she couldn't bring herself to feel it anymore. Instead, it was helplessness. A kind of helplessness knowing she could in no way compare to him, mixed with a complex emotion of 'loving the house and its crow' due to Belle, and a subtle goodwill from Andrew's selfless help.
Andrew was completely unaware that he had been unilaterally treated as a love rival by Trigger, but in truth, even if Andrew knew, he wouldn't care. After all, he had confidence in guarding his girlfriend.
Facing Trigger's gratitude, he simply waved his hand completely unconcerned and said, "It was hardly any effort, don't mind it."
Then Andrew immediately showed concern for the main business: "Never mind that. Trigger, does your Ether Vision still exist? Or has it disappeared?"
After hearing Andrew's words, although the sight before her eyes had already given Trigger a certain degree of awareness in her heart, she still subconsciously chose to close her eyes again to verify. But very quickly, she opened her eyes again and said with pleasant surprise, "My... my original Ether Vision is still there!"
After a few short and superficial temporary experiments, Trigger quickly figured out some patterns. She explained directly to Andrew, "Now, even while maintaining normal vision, I can still continue to observe the Ether energy contained within objects to a certain extent."
But as Trigger closed her opened eyes once more, that world which had become extremely familiar after losing her vision appeared before her eyes again. Hearing this, Andrew, who had been somewhat worried, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Good, good. It seemed Trigger's Ether Vision was the best-case scenario he had envisioned. Before he could continue asking about the situation...
Thud thud thud!
Just then, a burst of extremely rapid footsteps flew from not far away all the way to the door.
Whoosh!
Accompanied by the door curtain being lifted quickly, Orpheus, holding Ghostfire, rushed in with a look of urgency. At the same time, Ghostfire's mouth was shouting incredibly nervously, "What is going on?! What happened? Why was there such a distinct spike in Ether energy coming from here just now?!"
One couldn't blame Ghostfire for being so nervous. After all, if an abnormal Ether energy suddenly appeared without warning in an area outside a Hollow, it usually signified the emergence of a companion Hollow disaster. Especially since this was the perimeter of Hollow Zero.
Even though the great victory just now had reduced the activity of Hollow Zero by a lot, this was, after all, Scott Outpost, the frontline command center. So no matter how careful one was, it wasn't excessive.
But as the curtain was pulled open, both Orpheus and Ghostfire couldn't help but freeze in place upon seeing the scene inside. She saw that the eye mask, which she had almost never seen Trigger take off, had now been removed and placed safely aside. And those originally lifeless eyes of a blind person were now staring closely at her with incomparable spirit.
Before Orpheus could react, she already saw Trigger speak with a smile on her face, "Little Orpheus? You are even cuter than I imagined~"
Although this was the first time Trigger saw the appearance of the two people before her with her own eyes, relying on her understanding of her teammates—whether it was the incredibly unique combination of Orpheus and Ghostfire, or that extremely magnetic voice Ghostfire was shouting with as soon as she entered—everything indicated their identities.
Looking at these two incredibly familiar teammates in front of her, Trigger's eyes couldn't stop carrying a gentle smile. But for Orpheus and Ghostfire, who were completely unaware of what had happened before, it was a sheer shock.
"Tr-Trigger?! Didn't your eyes lose their sight?! How..."
"Yeah, Sis Trigger! What is going on?! You said you were blind before, you weren't lying to me, right?!"
This huge shock even caused Ghostfire to momentarily forget the abnormal Ether energy fluctuation he had just detected. The look in their eyes as they looked at Trigger was one of unparalleled astonishment. And behind her, Soldier 11 and Sid, who had come over out of curiosity because they heard the sounds of surprise from the two, also appeared.
Flowing within their large, blinking eyes was a brimming confusion about what had happened. Facing the several bewildered people in front of her, Trigger quickly, concisely, and capably told them what had just occurred.
Subsequently, the number of people expressing gratitude to Andrew increased by two. Soldier 11 was already accustomed to Andrew treating Ether corruption symptoms, while Sid just kept her round, large eyes open, silently observing something.
Seeing that Trigger's treatment was successful, Andrew simply clapped his hands and said, "Alright, since everything is fine, it's time to say goodbye."
Just as Andrew, having finished his business, wanted to call Soldier 11 to prepare to leave together, he was interrupted by Orpheus.
"Ah! Could I trouble you, Mr. Hunter, to wait here a little longer? Commander Isolde said she has some matters she wants to discuss with you."
"Hmm... just call me Andrew."
Towards Trigger's teammates and Soldier 11's recent partners, Andrew's attitude was very gentle. Plus, during the battle with Nineveh just now, although Meow-Da had stolen a lot of the limelight, Andrew knew that the commander named Isolde had also contributed a great deal in terms of command. So, naturally, Andrew agreed to her request.
But looking left and right, he didn't discover the figure of Commander Isolde, so Andrew asked with some confusion, "I can, but where is that Commander Isolde from before?"
Hearing this, Ghostfire, acting as the captain, immediately spoke up to explain, "Because Major General Lorenz just arrived at the outpost frontline not long ago, Isolde just went to give him a work report."
After speaking, Orpheus at the side immediately supplemented, "Generally speaking, this kind of report is very quick. Sorry to trouble you, Hunt... Mr. Andrew, please just wait a moment!"
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