Chapter 55: Chapter 56.

"What in the world is he doing?" Blackwood's sudden shriek pierced the tense silence of the room. Everyone immediately turned back to the screen, their eyes drawn to Kyoji's strange behavior.

In his hand, a bottle of pills materialized out of thin air. Kyoji wasted no time in popping the entire bottle into his mouth.

"Is he crazy? Taking that many pills?" Blackwood shrieked again, his voice laced with disbelief and alarm.

"The real question is, what are those pills? Some kind of healing medicine?" Major Gareth asked, his brow furrowed in concern.

Director Ramirez, his face a mask of growing horror, zoomed in on the empty pill bottle in Kyoji's hand.

"That is not a healing potion," he yelled, his voice thick with fear;

"That is a military-grade painkiller!"