Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 303 Food Poisoning
The rainstorm came and went quickly. Just now it seemed like the sky was falling and the rain was pouring down. Not long after, it turned into a drizzle, and it seemed that it would completely stop in a while.

Date Palm stopped at the foot of a sloping rock, and looked at the armored dragon curled up and trembling in front of it, and his eyes began to roam left and right.

Tiao Tiao was found, but it felt like something wasn't right with it. Was it because it was too deeply affected by the ancient dragon's pressure?
Also, why didn't I see the boss? Was my guess wrong? They weren't together?

Date jumped down from the high rock, took three or two steps and came to Tiaotiao who was hiding in the crevice of the rock. Just as he was about to speak, Tiaotiao was obviously in a bad state. As soon as he noticed something approaching, he suddenly jumped up and bit it.

Fortunately, when Yezao found that something was wrong with Tiaotiao, he was on guard and jumped to the side the moment Tiaotiao jumped up, thus successfully avoiding the attack.

"Tiaotiao, what's wrong with you, meow? Wake up, meow! I'm Date Coconut, meow!"

Hearing the familiar voice of Coconut Date, Tiao Tiao suddenly froze, and the second attack that was about to follow was forcibly stopped. It panted and looked at Coconut Date with its head shaking.

Finally seeing Tiao Tiao's face, Yezao immediately realized what was wrong with Tiao Tiao at the moment!

At this moment, Tiao Tiao's eyes were bloodshot, and there was a faint red and black mist lingering at the tip of his nose when he breathed. When he moved a little, one or two red and black arcs of electricity would flash on his body - this was obviously abnormal!
"Tiaotiao! Calm down, meow! Take a deep breath!"

While comforting Tiao Tiao with words, Coconut Date observed its reaction and tried hard to think about the reason for Tiao Tiao's change.

Fortunately, Tiao Tiao should not have completely lost his mind. After seeing the date palm clearly, he tried his best to restrain his tense body that was about to burst into an attacking posture at any time, but his muscles were still trembling unintentionally.

Jujube approached tentatively and pressed Tiaotiao's scales with his paw pads. Tiaotiao didn't react violently, but just lay on the ground, resting his head on the cold ground, and letting out a low whimper from his throat.

So Yezao was able to observe more carefully the red and black arcs of electricity that flashed from time to time on Tiaotiao's body, as well as the faint red and black mist that lingered between his mouth and nose when he breathed. Then he couldn't help but think of the scene when the Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly appeared and easily tore the red bird to pieces.

This arc of electricity and the red and black mist... look similar to the ones on the Devil May Cry! Only the intensity is much weaker...

So, could it be that Tiao Tiao's performance was caused by the erosion of dragon energy?
Seeing it trembling from time to time...I'm afraid it must be in pain?
But why? Tiaotiao clearly had no external injuries on his body, so how did he become like this?
If it wasn't the external dragon energy erosion, could it be that Tiao Tiao ate something rich in dragon energy, such as the Dragon Slayer Fruit, and then got food poisoning?
It was outrageous, but thinking back carefully, it seemed possible. At the time, in order to collect traces, it had surveyed the scene quite carefully. Although it hadn't focused on the Deviljhoven's corpse, now that I think about it, it seemed like there were bite marks on a part of that dragon's corpse...

Thinking of this, Jujube was speechless. If Tiaotiao wasn't the Yellow Speed Dragon King and had a high tolerance to dragon energy, wouldn't he be dying from eating this meal of meat?

Jujube put down his backpack, rummaged through it for a while, then took out a fruit with a light blue shell and held it to Tiaotiao's mouth:

"Eat this, meow. The Dispelling Fruit can remove abnormal dragon-attribute states. It should be effective, meow!"

“Woo…”

When Date first found Tiao Tiao, it curled up at the foot of the cliff like a wounded beast, with its nerves tense and alert to everything around it. Now after seeing Date, its spirit seemed to relax a lot, and it lay there without raising its head, looking listless.

Date took the fruit and poked Tiao Tiao in the mouth, but Tiao Tiao didn't react at all and didn't even bother to move his head.

In desperation, Coconut Date had to increase its strength, forcing Tiao Tiao to open his mouth with great reluctance, and then forcefully stuffed the fruit into his mouth. "Gulp..."

The fruit was only the size of a fist, and Tiao Tiao swallowed it with a slight movement of his throat. Then he took a deep breath and swung his tail impatiently, sweeping away a group of stones behind him.

It was already in pain all over, but Date insisted on stuffing that unknown thing into its mouth. You know, there is nothing else on its diet except fish and meat. If they hadn't lived together for so long, and the people it trusted most besides the leader were Date, it would not have opened its mouth!

"Woooooo?"

Tiao Tiao suddenly blinked. After swallowing the thing, the continuous burning pain seemed to be relieved a lot?
It moved its body tentatively and found that the uncomfortable feeling it had felt since eating the Tyrannosaurus Rex's meat had suddenly subsided a lot. This made Tiao Tiao, who had been forced to tense his body to resist the pain, involuntarily take a deep breath and collapse on the ground with his whole body relaxed.

"Ouch!"

Tiao Tiao turned his head, opened his mouth, and directly bit the back of Date's neck, then shook it slightly, as if urging it to hurry up.

"Meow meow meow!"

Date Cat protested and wanted to stretch out its claws to scratch Tiao Tiao who was "repaying kindness with enmity", but unfortunately, Fate had grabbed its neck and it couldn't move its body at all.

The protest was ineffective, so the date palm sighed, stretched out its claws, took out another fruit, and threw it up.

Tiao Tiao finally let go of Date and opened his mouth to receive the fruit, while Date sat down on the ground again.

It rubbed its slightly sore butt, climbed up, and looked at Tiao Tiao with empty eyes.

"Looks like everything is basically alright, meow..."

"Now that everything is alright, I should go find the boss, meow!"

Coconut Date stood up and was about to leave, but saw Tiao Tiao getting up again and trying to catch up. He sighed helplessly:

"No, I can't take you, meow! You're bigger than Daisora, it's too dangerous, meow!"

It's a pity that although Tiao Tiao has lived with them for the longest time and they have developed a strong tacit understanding with each other and can understand each other's meaning most of the time, he is still at a loss when faced with such complex sentences with a large amount of information. Unlike Dakong, he is like open-minded and there are almost no obstacles to communication.

Seeing that Tiaotiao was determined to follow, Coconut Date shook his head, turned back, and jumped hard onto Tiaotiao's back:

"I really can't do anything with you, meow. I'll take you to find Dakong, meow. You two can stay together and take care of each other, meow!"

(End of this chapter)