After returning to the hotel garage, Jihu asked Laikan, Yama, and No Name to stay in the car for a bit. He asked Grace and Grimm to follow him, then grabbed Sunz's body and carried it to the elevator.
After all four of them got inside the elevator, Jihu input a sequence of patterns on the elevator buttons, which created a panel covering all of the elevator buttons, then the elevator start moving.
Grace: Where are we heading?
Jihu: Getting some equipment to monitor Sunz's condition.*Fall on his knee*
Grace: Jihu! You ok?!
Jihu: I'm fine, just not enough sleep, and adrenaline is depleting.
Grace: Let me hel- *Her vision suddenly became blurry, her head felt dizzy as she tried to help Jihu, which made her stumble back and lean against the elevator wall*
Grimm: You two are not the only people here. *pull Sunz off of Jihu and hold onto him, then hold Jihu up*
Jihu: Thank you, Grimm *steadily standing up then look at Grace* (That blackish pink aura is still on her), hey Grace, you ok?
Grace: I…*her vision slowly returns* I don't know. My cognition suddenly goes spiral… You think Sunz's water bottle has some side effects on me?
Jihu leaned himself against the elevator wall: That's impossible. It should never give you any negative effects, only the creator might have some side effects on their body.
Grace: haha… well, I did drink more volume than you three *her vision finally returned to normal* plus, his body is weird, so there might be effects this time.
*Ding*
*The elevator reached the floor*
Jihu: I don't need more information stuffing my brain. Let's just take care of him first, anything else can be taken care of tomorrow.
The elevator doors open into an unfamiliar floor to Grace and Grimm. The floor is not that big, with one glance you can already see everything it offers. Inside the floor, the whole place is painted white with a receptionist counter in the corner. There is no one on this floor except for a basket filled with white bracelets on the counter.
Jihu walked toward the counter, grabbed one of the bracelets, and wore it.
"You two, don't touch this."
After a few seconds, the bracelet slowly turned red, and suddenly a secret door opened, and Jihu led them into the next area.
*While following Jihu*
Grace: What just happened?
Jihu: Secret door, only accessible through a blood key.
Grace: hahaaa, I don't understand at all. I should stop talking.
Jihu: No, please keep asking so I can explain the layout of this facility. I need conversations to keep my brain awake.
Grace: Oh, ok then. What is this place? You said we are here to get equipment to monitor Sunz.
Jihu: This place is an advanced hospital, where we train members of the clan how to use their Water Elements for healing and advancing that's skill. It also acts as a medical research facility, so normal people don't rely on us too much.
*They passed a sign on the wall named Monitor*
Grace: And what is the white thing you called blood key?
Jihu leads them into a room with medical equipment and a bed in between: Mr.Grimm, please place Sunz on the bed, I'll take care of the rest, and Grace, you can just stand near the door.
After gently placing Sunz on the bed, Grimm moves out of the way and stands next to Grace.
Jihu starts hooking the machine to Sunz: The white wristband is your access card and your blood is the ID. From the look of it, it seem like the wristband was draining my blood but it was taking my blood on a detour and send it back.
Grace: That sounds interesting, but why haven't I heard about it? I'm working for a company that has the latest tech.
Jihu moving around: Well… the Hero Corp does have the latest tech, but that doesn't mean it has all kinds of tech… and done! I'm 100% sure that he is ok, but with so many unexpected things happened to him, a bit more cautious won't hurt.
Grace looked at Sunz's lifeless body being connected to medical devices, her face saddened before speaking up.
"This looks sad… I know you said he is ok and this is to monitor him… but I just can't shake off that feeling."
Grimm:…
Jihu:… I know, but don't let the worry stress you out too much. Out here he has us, while in there he has his teacher, and I believe they won't let him die that easily.
Grace: I'll try.
Jihu: Great, I'm gonna get the rest of the group, then I'll take you and any others to a resting room. *leave*
…
Grimm: It seems you have gotten quite soft, Grace. You aren't as arrogant as that's night anymore.
Grace: Maybe a bit… Grimm, I want to ask. Are you a Hero?
Grimm: I am. How did you know?
Grace: Really!... Well, consider your skills and strengths, you being a Hero was one of the guess.
Grimm: Since you now have that information, are you planning on asking for advice? Don't think you're gonna need any, since you are a Rank-A after all.
Grace: !!! How did you know about that? I've only told Sunz and No Name that information.
Grimm: It only takes a few minutes to put your name into the Hero website and see if your profile matches your look… but they really have to enforce a rule forcing you to update your profile after a year or two.
Grace pulls the Windbreaker's head over her head: So, how long have you been working as a Hero?
Grimm: About 8 years.
Grace: That's long,… then you must have been in this kind of situation before, right?
Grimm:… *mumble* (I wish it was like this)… these types of situations started because we got close to someone or they got close to us. In this line of work, it's best not to get into a relationship.
Grace: Yeah yeah, I know about this common number one rule, but he is not a normal human, he is capable of taking care of his fuck up.
Grimm: It's all just a matter of time, but you seem to have already figured out the situation, so why bother asking me?
Grace: Well… What can I do in this situation? I feel helpless, and I can't stop worrying about him because of how useless I am.
Grimm: Nothing, if you are not an expert in the medical field, then all you can do is hope. Jihu did tell us that Sunz is ok, now we have to wait until he open his eyes... But your knowledge of him might help him wake up sooner, and that is for you to figure out.
Grace: What, like kiss him on the lip?
Grimm: He is right there, and you are here. It only takes a few steps.
Grace: I'll take that back.