The next day, Rorschach took out the powder and the "Charming Headscarf," handing them over to the Alchemy Department and telling Kano what had happened the previous night.
In truth, substances similar to the "Rat Poison" also circulated in the southern continent and across the sea, in the lands of the Shanshi people. "Life-and-Death Grass," for instance, was a fixture in various epics and legends. The God of Sleep, Hypnos, was said to use it to grant humans and even other gods an irresistible sleep filled with illusory dreams.
The princes and nobles of the Shanshi Clan would cut the Life-and-Death Grass, collect the flowing latex, and refine it with spices into a paste. They would then burn it for their own pleasure, or to control their Blood Shadow Assassins...
But Rorschach sensed a familiar aura from the dry, fine powder and the potent anesthetic liquid.
