17 Love or Life? 17 (2/2)
”Look at the time! My break is already over! Anyway, great chat! See you!”
The young man left and entered a room.
”Do.. Do.. Doctor! No!!”
The young man said cheerfully:”Let's continue, shall we?”
The patient inside wailed fearfully while begging for his life. In exchange, the young man only laughs about it.
Xi Sheng closes her eyes in sympathy. Yes, that guy already lost his humanity[2].
Others didn't paid attention to her, so she was quite relieved.
”Yes, we need to test the new solution on room number nine...”
Hearing that familiar voice, Xi Sheng quickly hides herself within the people roaming inside.
Mu Ziyu and his entourage were discussing on a new serum they recently discovered.
”The solution makes the patient feel like hundreds of needles are stabbing them. Millions of ants are crawling into their skin,” said on of his people.
Mu Ziyu looks at the doctor and asks:”I don't need the side effects. I want its benefits.”
The middle-aged doctor shivered and nodded this head:”Y...Yes, the solution can make a person hallucinate and tell the truth...”
Mu Ziyu sharply cut his sentence and said:”Test it. Next...”
And they discussed another liquid for torture.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
An old doctor asks:”W.. Was that a gunshot?”
Another female doctor said angrily”Those people in the upper floor, can they even do their jobs better?”
Someone inquires worriedly:”Did a patient escapes again?”
”I think those gunshots didn't came from the upper guards, I mean gunshots like that wouldn't be heard here, right?”
All doctors look at the person who said that while the guards immediately went outside asks what's happening using their walkie-talkie.
One of the guarding teams went back and announces:”Please calm down, those are just from the bad weather. Specifically, from the thunder and the lightning brought by it hit some of our equipment. So, please calm down. Everything is under control.”
Everyone calm down as he stated, however some of them didn't believe him but it's not like they can do anything so everyone resume to what they're doing.
Except Xi Sheng and Mu Ziyu.
While the others are still questioning whether it's really the thunder and lightning, Xi Sheng slipper her way to room number nine.
008:”Those are definitely gunshots.”
Xi Sheng nodded and smiles:”Now I'm sure that my life is safe.”
008 blinks his eyes and asks:”What did you put in that note? For Xi Anran found you quickly?”
Xi Sheng laugh cheekily and exclaims:”One sentence: Five called himself captain and junior associate, so find me quickly.”
008's eyes widen:”That's so cheeky of you.”
That one sentence can be deciphered as: Five is a fake and someone orders them to harm us. I am on my way to find who, but it seems like myself is not enough so quickly save me.
When she found the room with 'nine' hanging on it, Xi Sheng entered it silently.
Meanwhile, Mu Ziyu approached the guard and reasoned whether its really the bad weather or because of some external factors.
”Chief Mu, the bad weather hit out electricity equipments, possible power outage might occur. The upper team are already doing their ----”
Bzzt! Bzzt! Bzzt!
”PGT 1-1 to PGT 3-1, permission to deploy the death squad.”
Both Mu Ziyu and guard were surprised, because death squad can only be deployed once the situation becomes very bad.
Mu Ziyu hastily took the walkie-talkie: ”Permission granted! What's the situation up there?”
”... Pztpzt... Men... Hosta.. Asking for...”
The line was cut off and unnatural sound is coming from the walkie-talkie.
Suddenly, the lights went off that caused an uproar to everyone. Thankfully, they attached emergency lights.
The other guards tried to appease everyone that the power will be back.
While everyone is being calmed down, Mu Ziyu took half of the guarding men and went to the upstairs.
Their destination? Xi Sheng's room.
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Foornotes:
[1]Xi Sheng's epitome of fear- Xi Sheng as in the real Xi Sheng of the current world not the world-hopping Xi Sheng.
[2]Humanity- As in the humaneness, or the benevolence, compassion and consideration between humans.