(BL) Hunting The Field Guide

Kellen had thought that Carlos was going to be very confident about the poison pouring out of the gate. Originally, he was pretty sure that Carlos had been confident, cocky even. Now?

Carlos had a rather grim expression on his face when Sakura brought it up, and even more so when Lieutenant Spencer pulled up some stats. Stats that neither Gunther, nor Kellen knew at this point. Kellen knew that this was a very big insider scoop, and the reason they were probably hearing this was because Kellen knew Carlos and Sakura.

It was from a friendship that had been formed from high school, and from a life he once saved.

Lieutenant Spencer was spewing out numbers, and asking questions that Kellen didn’t fully understand. Gunther even seemed a little confused, but Kellen was able to pick up on a few things thanks to being in the research department most of the time.

From his understanding, they didn’t have anything that could act as a potion that could counter the poison coming from the gate. Neither the gate from their front lines, nor the gate that had exploded across the ocean. With that being said, and was also quite alarming considering the man’s power was literally poison, they were able to make some potions that were able to partially fight the poison.

For the other gate, the lower Class one, the potions were proving that if the creatures they were testing on had a ’contamination level’ lower than 60%, whatever that meant, they were able to recover. If it was from the gate that they had on the front lines?

The contamination level was 30% or lower.

That was an alarming note, and Kellen was also worried about what or who they were testing on. They should be testing on humans, since they were what was going into the gate, but it was also too soon to do so.

So Kellen asked the question. He knew Sakura wasn’t a cruel person, but he was worried. Animal testing wasn’t exactly outlawed, and this wasn’t like a normal test. They would probably be affected by the poison faster than a human would, but there were other options.

"We’re using plants. Pothos plants, to be specific." Sakura told him, a knowing smirk on her face, in her eyes. "Why? Did you think we were using animals, Kellen? That’s rude. Even if Carlos suggested it, I can still hold my own in my own Guild." Kellen glanced at Carlos, who shrugged.

"What? I’m used to working with animals. Do you think that a terrorist group would use fucking plants? No. That’s also one of the reasons why we keep asking for samples from the front lines. We’re comparing and contrasting what our plants in the lab are like, versus what’s actually next to the gate." It made sense then why Miro was so heavily being used then.