A Hospital in Another World? Chapter 1030: I'll Come Down, You Can't Hit Me!—You Promise!
Previously on A Hospital in Another World?...
"Transform for me! Quickly transform!"
"I can't do it!"
"It's very simple! Just like this!" Aishe Moon Song stood on the ground, suddenly pounced down, and a black panther appeared on the ground.
She then leaped onto a tree and turned around. The high tree branch now held a red hawk.
The red hawk spread its wings and flew, landing on Garrett's shoulder. With a few gentle flaps, it suddenly transformed again—
"Whoa!"
A huge black bear appeared out of nowhere, pressing Garrett completely to the ground.
"I really can't transform! Sister Moon Song, I really can't!"
Garrett climbed up, looking miserable. Fortunately, Aishe Moon Song reduced her strength at the last moment, transforming from a black bear into a two-foot-long tiger cat. She lightly perched on Garrett's shoulder, then jumped off gently.
Garrett's reaction speed had improved, and he timely activated a floating disc under him, avoiding a full fall and only getting his hands and knees scraped. He stood up, patted the dust off, and just when he was about to catch his breath, the tiger cat transformed into a gray wolf and pounced again:"Hurry up!"
"Help—"
In the end, Garrett clung to a tree, hugging the trunk and refusing to come down. The gray wolf circled below, growling, while Cirilla cupped her hands around her mouth, shouting:
"Garrett, transform! Quickly transform! It's not hard! Look, you can transform into an elf like this, and back into a human like this… Don't you want to become a silver dragon and fly with me?"
Garrett: T_T
I want to, but I need to be able to do it! Clearly, there's the basic draconic form spell for transforming into a pseudo-dragon, the lesser draconic form spell for becoming a young dragon, and even the greater draconic form spell to become an adult dragon…
But I just can't do it! Every attempt ends in failure. Unlike other spells, which I can cast successfully by memorizing the spell model and casting with my eyes closed, this just doesn't work…
"What exactly don't you understand? Speak up!"
Aishe Moon Song scratched the ground impatiently. Garrett, hugging the tree trunk, turned his head slightly and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye:
"I don't understand anything…"
"Come down here!"
"You can't hit me!"
"If you can't learn it, I can't hit you?!… Fine, fine, I won't hit you!"
"You promise!"
After much chaos, Garrett slowly climbed down the tree, standing warily in front of Aishe Moon Song. His left foot stepped forward, right foot dragged behind, knees slightly bent, ready to run at any moment:
"Sister Moon Song, how do you manage to be so heavy when transforming, and so light the next moment?"
"…???"
"I mean," Garrett rubbed his shoulder and gestured, "you're so light as a red hawk, and so heavy as a bear…"
"Isn't that normal?" Aishe Moon Song's eyes widened:
"A red hawk should be light, and a bear should be heavy!—Once you successfully transform, you'll be that light or that heavy!"
"But where does the weight go?" Garrett was puzzled:
"What fills in to make you heavier? Is it magic power? When you become lighter, where does that weight go? And what about muscles, bones, and organs? Do they change?"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Aishe Moon Song called for a halt, looking troubled. The elders on Elf Island had probably explained this before—maybe they hadn't.
Damn it, if she could research this thoroughly, she'd have stayed on Elf Island maintaining the Enigma Locks, instead of becoming a ranger in the Bountiful Forest.
It's just… this transformation technique, I can understand and learn it, but I can't explain it clearly!
"Ugh! Just transform like this! Once you successfully transform, I'll teach you how to move and fight in your transformed state…"
"Sister Moon Song, wait… Let me study it first, can I?"
"Sure! I want to see how you study!"
Then, Aishe Moon Song was taken back to the research institute, into a special laboratory.
There, Garrett caught a rabbit, weighed it, recorded its form, scanned it with detection magic, shaved a patch of fur for ultrasonic observation, recorded with an electrocardiogram magic and blood pressure magic, and even drew a small vial of blood…
After a busy half-day, just as Aishe Moon Song was getting impatient, Garrett turned around and gave her a smile:
"Sister Moon Song, could you transform it… into a deer, a goat, anything larger with a noticeable difference…"
"Transforming others isn't the same spell…" Aishe Moon Song muttered but still reached out and touched the rabbit. A light green glow flashed, and the rabbit turned into a goat.
The goat looked around in panic, took a few steps to run, and stumbled after a few steps. Aishe Moon Song caught it in time and turned to Garrett:
"See, right after transforming, its perspective is off, walking is awkward, it can't control its limbs… So you need to practice well… Transformation itself isn't hard; moving and fighting in transformed state is…"
"Sister Moon Song, wait! Put it down! Put it down! Yes, on the scale, let me weigh it again… Wow, its weight increased tenfold… Don't let go! Hold it still, let me measure again!"
The second round of observations began… X-rays, ultrasound, electrocardiogram, blood pressure, blood draw…
"The skeletal structure has indeed changed… X-ray and ultrasound show that the organ sizes have also changed… Heart rate decreased from 190 bpm to 80 bpm…"
Garrett closed his eyes, recalling the recorded data in his meditative core, comparing each item:
"Blood pressure hasn't changed much, but it might be because the normal values aren't that different… Breathing rate decreased from 55 breaths/min to 15 breaths/min, indicating changes in the cardiovascular, respiratory systems, and organs… but…"
"Stop overthinking it!" Aishe Moon Song finally understood a bit. The more she understood, the more it gave her a headache. She let go of the goat, grabbed Garrett's shoulders, and shook him vigorously:
"Listen, the core of transformation and all spells is belief! Belief! Belief! Strong willpower, believing you can succeed! Plus, understanding your transformation target, wanting to transform will allow you to transform!"
"Sister Moon Song, let go!" Garrett struggled as she shook him, his shoulders aching:
"I'll practice, I'll practice! After I figure it out!—By the way, Sister Moon Song, could you help solve a problem for the research institute? If this problem is solved, we won't have to kill chicks for vaccines anymore!"
"What problem? I'll take a look!"
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