Chapter 80 - ALLERGIC REACTION

"What do you think?"  Ethan asked sound tired now as he using his power quite a lot today. 

Throughout the day he and Jieun searched for various research on skin diseases that had been recorded.

Jieun feel quite relieved as even though Ethan is not really fond of medical things, but he is having quite a lot of copies of the research.  So that there's no need for her to go to the library.  When she ask is he read all of that before?  He just shrug and said, 'I just copy those as probably one day I need to read. '  Make Jieun laugh after hearing that.  Well, they sure need it right now.

Because they are not really in a treatment center that has a lab and various equipment that needs to do experiments, Jieun just follow the research and her instincts alone.  They can just go to a nearby treatment center to borrow equipment and use their lab, but Jieun feels it is not necessary.

She was convinced that the disease has been actually just an allergy because when she looked into the woman's internal organs everything was fine. The infection is only on the outside. Only in the part of the skin which, when it spread too much  makes a person feel weak, easy to get a fever and annoying feeling as too itchy.  Also does not affect the tissues below the skin at all.  So this is not a fatal skin disease.  But she didn't know what cause of the hallucination... yet.

But, when she found out about that, her heart was furious because the woman was almost left to die.  Maybe other villagers who died before can also actually be saved, but because of that shaman... 

Cursing cannot even describe what she is feeling right now.  People that playing with other people life is really worse than a scam! What she is can confidently said is that its whatever that is happening inside the village is definitely indirect method of killing. 

"I think it's working.  Her skin looks much better than this morning right?" Jieun is now turn to face Ethan, who was a bit far from her at the time, asking his opinion.

After feeling confident about her theory, Jieun used some herbs that luckily were around the house and nearby forest, then she mixed it with some solutions that she made, to create a medicine for external use in the form of a liquid.

She put those into a bottle and sprayed it all over the woman's body.  While she also still gave IV to her.  She can see that the woman is moving her body a little today, but still doesn't open her eyes.  Also the woman's ulcer also gradually recovered when she checked a moment ago. 

"The wound looks dry.  Her face also looks more like a living person.  I guess it is because her blood flow is now working well.  That is supposed to be a good sign, right?"  Ethan who didn't know anything about medical terms said. He probably didn't know how to tell scientifically, but he can do that much.

Jieun smiling at him now, feeling impress while nodding.

"I'm surprised Ethan.  I think you'll be a good physician if you're not a prince."  Jieun praise him.  "You got a talent on this."

Ethan scratched his non-itchy nose at the time trying to hide his smile.  He likes it each time when his brain is put to use.

"But, how about the hallucination that they talked about? That can't be a ghost right?"  Ethan kept asking.  He doesn't believe on something like that.  There must be some logical explanation behind it. 

Jieun make deep sigh.  She turn her face, looking at her patient back. 

"That... also make me wonder."

At that time,

"Hmm... Hmm..."

The woman suddenly lets out a startling voice to Jieun and Ethan there.  Her  voice was not very clear.  It understandable as her ulcer was not yet completely healed to make it easier for her to speak. 

But, Jieun in fast catch  what it means.  She probably calls for her son, Ben.  Jieun approach the woman's bed and look at her closer.  She noticed that the woman had already opened her eyes a little.

"Ma'am, my name is Jieun.  A physician.  Your son Ben sent you here to get you a treatment for this sickness.  Can you nodded to me if you understand what that I just said?"  Jieun said quite loudly there so that the woman paid attention to her.

The woman looks at her, but there's no sign of fear there.  Jieun feel relieved there.  If the woman started to rage, she had to use sedatives to make her faint.  And of course, she doesn't want to use that method unless it really necessary. 

The woman nodded now after she looks at Jieun face rather long. It's like she looking for something. Trust maybe?

Jieun smile then looking at that.

"Ben is now in the village.  Helping to save everyone in there. This sickness can be cured.  So don't get worry, I will help you recover and take you to see your son later.  Okay?" Jieun saying that sentence in her soft voice.  Wanting to calm the heart of the middle age woman who might be restless and wanted to see Ben, her son at the time.

The woman nodded back tiredly.  Understand that.  But as because she is not fully recovering her eyes are closed again after a few second.  Slumber took her again there.

Jieun use of her power again to scan the woman internal organ and all is still  functioning properly.  Nothing change.  She let out a sigh of relieved now. 

Looking at the woman's response to her just now its looks like she is in normal condition and not seeing things such as ghost or devil like Ben told them before.  If so, just one Jieun can conclude, there must be something inside that village that make people start to hallucinate.

It was then, Mia, who was guarding the outside of the house, entered the room.

"Ethan, Jieun, they're all back now."  She informs both of them. 

Jieun blinking her eyes a lot at the time.  Looking out the window where the sun had already disappeared from the view.

"It's... already night?" Jieun asking herself. She actually didn't realize that she is working till this time. She remembers that she stopped for lunch and that was her only break time. No wonder Ethan looks all tired there.

"You're really something when you're so focused." Ethan makes a comment there before he left Jieun confuse self, to meet the others.

Jieun just grins there in sorry.

After dinner, they all gathered in the living room of the house to discuss.

"I can't believe the shaman is actually a criminal." Syaoran said after learning the story from Eun-Woo.

"Also that official.  I can't believe he helped a criminal while working for the people!"  Haru said a bit enthusiastically.  Getting angry there.

"Based on what Ray said just now, I think my theory is correct.  This disease is actually an allergic reaction due to a bad environment.  But, how and why it spreads so fast and badly like this I can't explain. Because when I treating Ben's mother, her healing rate was very fast. She also didn't hallucinate like she did when she was in the village. "Jieun told.

"Syaoran, give Jieun that powder." Ray directed.   

Syaoran continued to open the bag he had brought earlier and took out the plastic containing the brown powder they had taken for study.

Leo then frowned a little after looking at that. Something that he see before.

"That... near the warehouse that I checked in the shaman's residence area, there's a lot of that powder put in a barrel."  Leo finally remembered.

Jieun immediately put on gloves and take it there. Looking, while shaking the plastic a little.

"This powder is everywhere in the village. The house, the ground, also in their vegetable garden.  What's strange is the other trees in the forest next to the village are not affected at all.  Only those who come in contact with this powder are affected. " Syaoran tells them.

"If that's so, I need to send this to the nearby lab to analyze fully. But my rough theory is that someone do the dirty things to spread this powder to the village area without the villagers realizing it. This powder may be the cause of this disease. Add more with what Eun-Woo said earlier, they want the village for another purpose. So they do this to scare people there. " Jieun say at length.

"What about the hallucination part?"  This time Eun-Woo is the on who ask.

Jieun tilt her head a little before said what is her mind.

"I don't know if this correct, but probably some drug is involved in this case. Probably in this powder, the river or they just randomly give it to people that they choose. From the ritual or something. I have already taken Ben mother's blood to analyze as well. "

Ray thinking for a while before coming to the conclusion.

"In that case, Eun-Woo needs to do the 'Rejuvenate' to wash everything and after that we need Ben help to get the villagers to monitor their village 24 hours. We see if there's something happen after that or not. The culprit may feel nervous when suddenly its raining there."

"I think it's a good plan to catch the shaman and his accomplice first because his accomplice is one of the official anyway. Only then can we report to a higher official about the underage child worker and the cause of the stench."  Eun-Woo also said his opinion.

"So now... let get some rest first.. " Ray finally dispersed them afterwards.