Chapter 67: Am I Really That Unreliable? (1/2)

The group soon arrived at the receptionist's desk.

It was empty, but when the two walked behind the desk. They found Zahra and Jane along with the unconscious Scarlette lying on the cold floor behind the receptionist's desk.

”Jane!”

Calvin exclaimed.

Hugo swiftly helped Scarlette up and checked her vitals, ”She fainted. Her vitals are stable. There won't be any problems as far as I can see, but she's in shock. I can't predict when she will wake up.”

”Just what happened?” Hugo asked.

Jane and Zahra seemed to be unwilling to talk about what just happened.

Calvin let out a sigh and explained everything to Hugo for them.

”What? Philip went ahead? He went mad along with Scarlette... What the hell is wrong in this? Could it be that it's true that there are ghosts here as I suspected?” Hugo's face went pale.

”Eh? There are ghosts in this place?!” Jane was now even more scared.

Zahra had a similar expression to her as she shivered like a sieve.

Calvin frowned and said, ”Look at what you did to them, Hugo. Don't just casually say such things. Didn't we already discuss that there are no ghosts here? The ghosts that you are talking about are those mental patients enjoying the thrill of the hunt as they toy with us.”

Jane and Zahra stared at the two, particularly at Calvin.

”The patients... They are here? That makes sense since we still haven't met a single patient ever since we came in this damned place, but why would they be in the hospital out of all places?” Zahra was frustrated. The shock that she received this time was too great.

Jane bit her lips and didn't say anything. But the tears welling up in her eyes alone was enough evidence that she was indeed too scared to even continue on moving.

However...

”We have to find the others.” She may be scared, but that didn't mean that she could just abandon her teammates.

Calvin could see her determination despite her fears.

Letting out a slight smile, he secretly applauded the courageous girl in his heart.

”That's right... We can't just stay here! We have to find them!” Calvin said.

But Zahra actually shook her head and hastily replied, ”No... I'm not going back... I won't... I'll just stay here... I'll stay here and wait for you... I'll stay here and protect Scarlette...”

Calvin furrowed his eyebrows, ”With your state, can you really protect Scarlette? What's more, those mental patients will easily detect that you are not moving and when they realized that their prey was just waiting for its death, then what do you think will they do? When they found out that the chase is not fun anymore. Do you think they'll let you off?”

Hugo nodded in agreement.

He knew the feeling of being relentlessly pursued, so he also knew the importance of never staying in a single place for an extended period of time. Hugo calmly explained all of these to Zahra without giving out his personal experiences, so Zahra wouldn't think that he was being biased.

In the end, Zahra bit her lips.

”Fine... I'll go with you, but what do we do with Scarlette? We can't just leave her here, can we?”

”Of course, not... I will carry her on my back.” Calvin shook his head and then volunteered to take care of Scarlette.

”What? Why would you do that? Can you really carry her on your back long enough? I'll do it, I reckon that she's quite heavy, so it's better if I do it.” Hugo immediately went against his proposal.

But Calvin took a look at him and said, ”If you have her on your back, can you properly protect us? Even if you say that she's not that much of a burden for you, extra weight is still extra weight. I'd rather carry her on my back than let you suffer that extra weight that could potentially take your life in the battlefield ahead of us.”