The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 446 What expression should a fox use when hunting a rabbit?

"Thank you, Professor Meteor. I saw some very interesting cutting-edge research today."

"No way, I find it quite unusual that you two are medical students, yet you're interested in the humanities and social sciences."

Meteor smiled and said to the two people beside her,

"A thirst for knowledge is something many people lack. If you want to seek more knowledge, you are welcome to come to the research institute at any time."

"Okay—"

After saying goodbye to Liuxing at the entrance of Sichuan University, Su Tianqing did not immediately return to her residence with Nan Jiayu, but instead wandered around the surrounding university town.

Unlike the area around Chengdu Medical College, Sichuan University is much larger, and the university town covers a wider area, making it one of Chengdu's major landmarks.

Finding a relatively quiet coffee shop and sitting down, Su Tianqing picked up her sweetened coconut latte, took a sip, and carefully examined the information recorded in her phone's notes:

[Diseases related to reproduction exist among the rabbit-like beastmen.]

Rabbit-type beastmen of reproductive age will develop serious physical illnesses if they do not reproduce.

Rabbit couples forced to reproduce due to illness are unable to raise so many children. They can only choose the strongest and healthiest ones to raise, while the other children are driven away to fend for themselves.

"Just looking at it makes me feel suffocated."

Su Tianqing muttered to herself.

The catgirl curiously peeked over and took a look. After confirming what was on the screen, she shook her head helplessly, and her cat tail drooped down.

"Yes... I never imagined that the rabbit race would be plagued by such a strange disease..."

The two silently recalled the shocking figures and research conclusions they had seen in their thesis, even their usually swaying fox tails drooping behind them.

What should I do? It seems I've hit a roadblock. Su Tianqing thought to herself.

He originally intended to ask Meteor for help to learn more about the relevant information in order to find a breakthrough in Rabbit Star Shadow, but unexpectedly he walked into a dead end instead.

Rabbit-tribe beastmen will fall ill if they don't reproduce, and if they do, they can't afford to raise them and will be forced to abandon them.

This has become a vicious cycle, with countless rabbit-like beastmen born into a tragic fate, which is absolutely unacceptable to this fox.

I want to change this situation, but can I really do it on my own?

Even if the Hero Association or the Orc Mutual Aid Association were to provide large-scale assistance, how could they possibly resolve the almost intractable situation of the Rabbit Orcs?

……Wait a moment.

The fox's tail suddenly stood up, and Su Tianqing suddenly realized a very important problem.

"I said, little fish."

"We only know that the rabbit-race orcs face reproductive diseases, but what exactly are the symptoms of this disease? What are its pathophysiology and progression?"

"If it's a genetic disease, is it located in the rabbit-like beastmen's chromosomes, or in other chromosomes and sex chromosomes that are the same as in humans?"

"If we could further investigate the physiological and biochemical reactions of this disease at the microscopic level... and then use rigorous screening techniques..."

Nan Jiayu blinked, its cat tail coiled into a question mark behind it, and a look of wisdom seemed to appear in its pair of deep blue cat eyes.

Nan Jiayu thought to herself, "I feel like Tian Qing has revealed some mysterious secrets that you almost never hear from freshmen."

Only then did Su Tianqing finally come to her senses.

Having been a doctor and now a medical student, why didn't I ever think to investigate the nature of "fertility diseases" when faced with them?

Nan Jiayu blankly cooperated with Su Tianqing by taking out her laptop from her bag, opening a medical paper website, and starting to search for the keywords Su Tianqing had given her.

After some investigation, the golden fox suddenly clapped its hands, and its tail began to wag excitedly, like a little fox that had discovered a new toy.

"I've found a very important clue, Little Fish, look at this."

After speaking, the fox spirit pointed to the document on the screen, which was entirely written in English, and then pointed to a particular section.

"Look at this. A statistical study conducted in Germany two years ago determined the specific course of this disease."

What followed was a string of obscure medical terms, interspersed with English words and long, difficult sentences, and the catgirl's blank expression never stopped.

"—Anyway!"

The fox's tail swayed a few times, and Su Tianqing clapped her hands gently again, saying...

"According to the research results, rabbit-type beastmen enter the course of the disease at the beginning of their reproductive years, and the specific time when their reproductive years begin is..."

"1X years old".

"...Isn't this too early?"

"The rabbit-race beastmen have such a young reproductive age. But Little Fish, have you noticed something else very important? Among the people we know, there is such an exception—"

"Peach."

Nan Jiayu froze, her cat-like eyes narrowing into slits before quickly relaxing her furrowed brows and replying:

"Now that you mention it, it does seem to make sense. According to extensive cutting-edge research, Tao Tao is exactly at the reproductive age of the rabbit-kin beastmen, so why hasn't she been affected by the disease?"

"Bingo, that's the biggest problem! The little fish is so smart!"

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Xia Taotao is special.

She was in the reproductive age of the rabbit-kin beastmen, and according to the theory of reproductive diseases, she should have been plagued by diseases when she was not conceiving, thus falling into a serious state of illness.

But Xia Taotao is no different from a normal person in normal times, and there are no signs of illness at all—of course, this is under the premise of ruling out social anxiety and cyberbullying.

But Su Tianqing felt that Rabbit's social anxiety and cyber-psychotic disorder, which made the art style very messy, was probably just her own fault.

Without further ado, the cat and fox rushed back to the teachers' apartment, and the cat knocked on Xia Taotao's door incessantly with its claws.

"Um... Tianqing-kun? Is there something you need?"

The rabbit girl curiously welcomed the two into the house and asked, puzzled.

"Ah, Sister Tianqing—and Sister Jiayu—"

Fei Yelan and Aurora were sitting on the sofa. Fei Yelan was casting an old anime series to the TV screen for Aurora. When she heard Su Tianqing and Aurora enter, she quickly waved and greeted them.

After a brief greeting to her companions, Su Tianqing darted to the rabbit girl with a swift movement, grabbed Xia Taotao's shoulders, and asked Xia Taotao, whose drawing style had become slightly rougher:

"Tao Tao! I have a very important question to ask you!"

"Eh... what, what's the problem?"

"Very important! It's closely related to finding Tao Tao's hometown!"

The rabbit's ears suddenly stood up straight.

Xia Taotao blinked, and the style of the drawing instantly returned to normal, somewhat surprised.

Tianqing is actually taking my somewhat excessive request so seriously. Could it be that the two of them have been running around for this all day?

Waaaaah, Bunny is so touched, waaaah!

But before tears of emotion could well up in her eyes, Su Tianqing's next words stunned Xia Taotao once again:

"Tao Tao, I only asked you this to confirm something, please don't take it to heart."

"Oh? I promise I won't take it to heart."

"Then I'll have to ask!"

"…………"

Fei Yelan and Nan Jiayu exchanged a glance, the former looking completely bewildered, while the latter shrugged helplessly.

Releasing the rabbit girl's shoulders, Su Tianqing turned her back, coughed lightly twice, and then suddenly turned around to face Xia Taotao.

The fox's tail swayed from side to side, and the rabbit's ears twitched violently, before being ended by a question:

"Peach."

Have you had a child recently?