Chapter 71 - Forgotten Past (1/2)
Chapter 71: Forgotten Past
Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Lonelytree
It was quiet in the barracks Gu Jun looked at the screen, and it felt like the patient inside the video was looking at him as well
“This is just a si Ke explained “The people doing the identification are all 1024 patients who have suffered from hallucinations inside this camp”
‘A line up procedure?’ Gu Jun knew that was a type of investigative procedure used in criation Normally, the victims or witnesses would be asked to pick out the suspect froether the pictures of thirty people They have different builds, facial features, and hairstyles The psychology group assured us that there is no existent unique property within the selection of pictures, and before the process, we did not drop any suggestions toward any of the patient,” wang Ke said “The procedure starts with the co the pictures of the thirty people to the patient The first tih them, but after the second rotation of random thirty pictures, the victi the thirty that was si their hallucination? If they had to pick a picture aht then, in the video, the eyes of the patient suddenly widened He raised his finger to point “This is him I have seen this le Gu Jun no that there was a co on the monitor? It was his internshi+p ID from Phecda It was him, Gu Jun
“…” Gu Jun took a deep breath, but it did nothing to unfurl his heart He did not recognize this patient; he had not ht, the video switched to the next patient and the next… but the picture they all identified was of the saation Departazes that spoke of suspicion, danger, and violence They were de an explanation froical tactic to pressure hihter punishment
“Doctor Gu, of the 1024 patients, 751 of the Ke probably elected himself the role of the mediator His tone was objective and even “The other 206 did not choose Sixty-seven chose others And of the 751 that chose you, more than half of them, 397 of them to be precise, were certain that they had met you in their hallucination, but they could not recall the details”
Cai Yichong, Tang Ziyin, and the rest were basically glaring at him now They did not know Gu Jun in private After a brief interaction, they thought he was quite a trustworthy person But the uniforh to convict a criminal in a normal case, and that was probably with just several witnesses and ten pictures But now they had 1024 sample size From thirty pictures, seventy-three percent identified the saure, and he had not been in the news He did not even use his own picture on his social ation Department must have known about all that, so why did this happen? Well, it could only be due to abnor Ke’s face now only had severity left on it “Doctor Gu, we suspect that you are that ‘thing inside the banyan tree’ referred to by all these patients”
“Captain wang, everyone,” Gu Jun said lightly The hope in his heart was drenched by a cold sweat The bone-tingling chill transmuted into a complete loss “I have no idea what is behind this I hope you can provide lanced around him to find so Ke, the rest of theid looks at hi pressure on hier within him
‘I am different from those killers fro Ruoxiang, Zixuan, and his friends He thought of Surgeon Zhu and the gang, Brother Qiang and Professor Gu…
He thought back to his hard work in the lab, the effort he had put into training, the fight he had at the surgical table, the laughter that he had shared and the tears he shed The sense of belonging that he found again as well as the determination to become a doctor that finally returned
“I am a doctor” Gu Jun’s eyes were laser-focused, and his tone was peaceful and powerful “Before I came here, I was just in an arduous operation We had to pull out the young parasites left behind by the subterrain giant worht arm All the possible nutrients, worms, and sacs had to be cleaned properly We worked hard for thirteen hours”
He had seen the cruelty of the Afterlife Cult He had also gained some clues from his illusions and memory He had never once suspected that the Afterlife Cult or even himself would be related to this But… Gu Jun swept over the faces of wang Ke, Cao Yichong, and the rest “Officers, I too hate the culprit behind this Malformed Banyan Disease as must as you do I wish that I could help you catch theht, but I am just a doctor I can only help save the victi the confession froroup softened After ery where he had not consuood doctor
“Doctor Gu,” wang Ke said in a softer tone, “we do not suspect that you are the one who spread the disease, but we believe you ht be connected somehow All this suspicion is based on clues and proof, and this is ”