I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

But it was there, like a silent signature, telling him that someone had opened the window while he was asleep.

"I see."

A cold glint flashed in Evan's eyes.

“Pris has been here.”

"They must be here to check on my physical condition after I took the two medications together."

He paused for a moment, pondering in his mind.

"It shouldn't just be about looking."

He turned on the kerosene lamp and adjusted the wick to its maximum setting.

The warm yellow light expanded in the room, illuminating every corner.

Ivan stretched his arm in front of the light, turning it around to carefully examine every inch of his skin.

The fourfold focus proved its greatest value at this moment.

His gaze was like a high-powered microscope, sweeping over his wrists, forearms, and elbows, leaving no pore unchecked.

Then he saw it.

On the inside of the elbow, among the old needle marks left from previous blood donations, lies an extremely tiny new needle mark.

The needle prick was so small it was almost invisible, with no bruising or swelling around it, and the angle of insertion was so precise it looked like it had been measured with a ruler.

It blends in among those rough, old needle holes, like a grain of sand hidden on a beach, perfectly concealing itself.

Without the triple focus provided by phenobarbital, he would never have noticed this detail.

"They took my blood."

A flicker of shock crossed Ivan's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

"It seems that this important person values ​​me quite a bit, coming all the way to this run-down place to have his blood drawn."

He sat back in his chair, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the almost non-existent needle mark on the back of his elbow, his mind racing.

"That's true. Others experienced severe side effects from the medication; the severe anemia alone was enough to kill one or two of them."

"But I'm not only fine, I'm also lively and energetic."

"In other words, at this stage, I am of great value to him."

"He still can't bear to kill me or eat me."

A slight tension rose from the base of his spine, but he quickly suppressed it.

"We need to be cautious about the effects of the medication afterward."

"I can't be sure if a superhuman is watching me from the shadows, nor can I be sure how wide their sensory range is."

"There's no need to expose Professor Pulis, nor is there any need to be afraid."

"Keep playing dumb, keep mixing potions."

"Anyway, I have the control panel, so I'm not afraid that he'll tamper with the medicine."

"Also, I need to expand my network."

"With vampires so rampant, I wonder if there are any legitimate official supernatural organizations in this world."

He memorized these plans and precautions one by one, then looked back at the attribute panel.

At this moment, Evan can be considered a complete and normal person.

Occupation: None

Position: None

【Trait: Base lifesteal 2%】

[Physical Fitness: 0.903]

【Spirit: 1.004】

[Vision: 0]

[Talent: Power of Nine Dragons]

In addition to the basic panel, there are two more sub-panels.

[Special Skills Panel]

[Self-Healing Ability: 108%] (Three-round potion +6% / Extraordinary Trait +2%)

[Blood Quality: 104%] (Blood Potion +2% / Extraordinary Trait +2%)

Status Panel

Syphilis: 46%

[Pneumonia: 9%]

Liver damage: 41%

[Peptic ulcers: 10%]

[Brain nerve damage: 15%]

[Mercury pill: Digestion in progress, syphilis rash slowly subsiding, 2 hours remaining.]

[Night Demon Potion: Digesting, Constitution +0.2, 3 hours remaining.]

[Blood Potion: Digesting, Constitution +0.1, 3 hours remaining.]

[Blood Wine Enhancement: The specially prepared blood wine is nourishing your body. Lasts for 3 hours.]

[Phenobarbital: In effect, concentration improved by 300%, 4 hours remaining.]

Ivan's gaze first fell on the blood wine.

"The effect curve of the Blood Potion is the same as that of normal drugs; it is not stable and continuous. It is very effective at the beginning, but it becomes less effective towards the end."

"The effects of the blood wine last for three hours. There is almost no urge to exercise, only a comfortable warmth remains."

Then my eyes scanned the entire panel.

Looking at the detailed panel, Ivan felt a sense of reassurance.

"The more detailed the better. This way, you can accurately grasp every state of your body and avoid any unexpected situations."

He was extremely satisfied with the Kowloon panel.

“Gastrointestinal ulcers and brain nerve damage can be slowly repaired by taking mercury pills, there’s no rush.”

"The main problems now are syphilis and liver damage."

Syphilis accounts for 46% of cases, and liver damage accounts for 41%.

The troublesome one is syphilis.

It's just a rash now, but if left untreated, wart-like growths could appear near his brother's skin.

"I recall that at present, arsenamide, an effective treatment for syphilis, seems to have reached the clinical trial stage..."

"Let's see if there's an opportunity to test the drug!"

Evan pondered, his gaze sweeping over the row of medicine bottles on the table.

There are 20 aspirin tablets left.

There are six phenobarbital tablets left.

It's enough to last for three or four days.

There are sixteen mercury pills left.

These things cost three cents a piece, and he bought twenty of them in one go, spending a total of sixty cents.

"We need to get more medicine."

He turned around, squatted down in front of the wardrobe, pulled open the bottom hidden compartment, and took out a worn-out biscuit tin.

The words "Unida Biscuits" on the box lid have been worn away to the point of being just a ghostly shadow.

He opened the box, inside were a pile of loose coins and a few crumpled small-denomination banknotes.

Count them one by one, calculate them one by one.

Add to the thirty-two cents I earned at the dock last night.

Four dollars and sixty-two cents.

This is all his possessions.

"We need to make some more money."

Evan poured the change onto the table and started counting on his fingers.

His four times the focus made his mind work incredibly fast, and he was accurate down to the cent for every expense.

"The monthly property tax for the 10th is 1.8 yuan."

"The water bill for number eight is fifty cents."

"The kerosene is almost gone, let's buy another can, one dollar."

"The notebooks and ink are almost gone, about eighty cents."

"Now that the body is expending more energy, in order to maintain stable growth, the food expenses need to be increased from 15 cents a day to 40 cents a day."

"I've run out of brown sugar. I'll buy two pounds for ten cents."

……

He tapped his fingers on the table, adding all the numbers together.

The calculation was completed in three minutes.

"The minimum spending requirement this month is twenty dollars."

Four dollars and sixty cents minus twenty dollars.

The gap is $15 or more.