Private Hospital
Knock, knock, knock—
"Lord Chi Tong, the news you asked for has arrived."
"Read."
Chi Tong, who was imrsed in handling official business, spoke exhaustedly.
"After leaving the church, Chen Ling drove straight to the largest hospital currently in the Realm, and stayed there for nearly two hours."
"Two hours? What was he doing inside?"
"He ran through every consultation room, looked for the Dean and Doctors to understand the situation, checked all the dical reserves in the pharmacy, and... distributed questionnaires at the entrance."
"? Questionnaires?"
"Yes, he was collecting information from every resident entering the hospital, and asking for their opinions on the current dical facilities. He collected a thick stack." The Fire-Stealer continued to speak. "After coming out from there, he rushed to the next hospital without stopping, and it was the sa process... For this entire day, he has almost run through all the hospitals in the city, big and small."
"He certainly is working hard..." Chi Tong nodded. "It's good to find sothing for him to do, so he doesn't wander around in front of every day."
Chi Tong paused for a mont,
"That group of people from last night, have they been found?"
"...No, they left too many blinders along the way, we lost track of them."
"Where did you lose track of them?"
"Near the Eighth District, sa as last ti."
"Continue to investigate. For them to disappear there both tis, there must be sothing fishy..."
"Yes."
Chi Tong glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, then swept a glance at the several thick stacks of docunts in front of him. He let out a long sigh and silently stood up from the desk...
"Are you done for today?"
"Let's leave it at this, I'm tired... We'll talk about it tomorrow."
"Then regarding the news on Chen Ling's side, do you still need it to be reported to you synchronously?"
"Just report the key points." Just hearing the words "Chen Ling" made Chi Tong's temples throb with pain. He seed to have thought of sothing and specially instructed, "By the way, if Chen Ling cos back at night and says he wants to chat with , just tell him I'm not here, understand?"
"Understood."
...
The dim yellow setting sun gradually sank into the earth.
The car slowly ca to a stop in front of an empty and desolate street.
"...You're still not done?" Hong Xiu originally thought that since it was getting dark, Chen Ling should also go back to rest. She didn't expect this guy to actually have another target. "You've been running for a whole day, isn't that enough?"
"There's only the last Private Hospital left, I want to investigate it all in one breath." Chen Ling's exhausted face was filled with determination. "Although I don't agree with the policies of the Silver Governnt, nor do I agree with the Silver King, right now I have the opportunity to fight for the rights of the citizens. I don't want to give up this opportunity... I don't want to waste a single minute or second."
Hearing this, Hong Xiu couldn't help but look at him a few more tis, her gaze sowhat complex.
"...As you wish."
As soon as Chen Ling got out of the car, his face turned slightly pale, and he raised his hand to support himself on the car door.
Seeing this scene, Hong Xiu's expression changed.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I..." Chen Ling touched his stomach sowhat embarrassedly. "I might be a little hungry... Since the morning, I haven't eaten anything."
In her mind, Hong Xiu imdiately recalled the way Chen Ling ate like a starved beast at the banquet. Her expression beca sowhat strange.
"Miss Hong Xiu, can you help go buy a few flatbreads?"
Chen Ling sniffed the aroma perating the air and pointed to a shop across the street.
"Okay, you co with ." Hong Xiu nodded.
"There's only the last Private Hospital left. I want to finish investigating it, and then go back early." Chen Ling looked into her eyes and said seriously,
"This Private Hospital looks like it's about to close down. There aren't many people. I'll just take a look around and co out, it'll be very quick... Moreover, these two places are less than a hundred ters apart. With your strength, Miss Hong Xiu, there shouldn't be any need to worry about my safety, right?"
Hong Xiu glanced at the empty and deserted three-story Private Hospital, then glanced at the flatbread shop just a few steps away across the street. After hesitating for a mont, she still nodded:
"Okay."
With Hong Xiu's strength, she could destroy an entire street in minutes. If Chen Ling was really in any danger, it wouldn't even take 0.5 seconds for her to instantly kill the enemy at the entrance of the flatbread shop. This was her absolute confidence in her own strength.
Seeing this, Chen Ling took his investigation booklet and quickly walked into the Private Hospital.
...
Although it was called a hospital, judging by its scale, it was more like a clinic. Although it had three floors, each floor was less than two hundred square ters and could be swept over with a single glance.
Coupled with the fact that it was getting late, the hospital was empty. There were no patients, nor any Doctors. There were only locked consultation rooms. Through the frosted windows on the consultation room doors, one couldn't see the furnishings inside clearly, only blurry shadows...
"This should definitely be the place..." Chen Ling thought in his heart as he walked up the stairs to the second floor.
This was the shelter Eight of Spades told him about previously, the Private Hospital on Goethe Street. Chen Ling had put in so much effort today just for these short few minutes, to be able to walk in here justifiably.
And the mont he stepped in here, Chen Ling also specially activated "Card", reviewing the events within eight seconds to confirm that no one was following or spying on him.
In the dim and empty Private Hospital, the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe ascended the stairs alone.
If the first floor was the pharmacy and consultation rooms, the style sowhat changed after entering the second floor... Heavy doors stood everywhere, with the words "Operating Room" written on them in large characters. But Chen Ling opened the doors one by one and looked carefully. He didn't see any precise surgical equipnt here at all, not even a shadowless operating lamp.
In the operating rooms covered in white tiles, there were only steel surgical beds, and most of them seed to be rusted, with no traces of having been used at all.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ling only had one thought in his mind...
Is this a regular and legal Private Hospital?
Chen Ling carried a heart full of doubts and walked toward the third floor. Just as he stepped onto the stairs of the third floor, he saw a figure wearing a White Coat leaning against a table. His gaze was glancing out the window from ti to ti, as if observing the direction of the flatbread shop.
Seeing that person, Chen Ling's heart finally settled down.
"To think that you actually managed to deceive the Silver King and gain his trust." Eight of Spades turned his head, looking at him with a strange expression. "As expected of you, Six of Hearts..."
"It can only be considered gaining a firm foothold, but I'm still far from being free. In order to make a trip here, I laid the groundwork for an entire day."
Chen Ling sized up Eight of Spades. Compared to when he first saved him before, his complexion was already much better. However, his build was still a bit sturdy, and that White Coat draped on him was tight and awkward no matter how one looked at it.
"So, your disguise in the Wuji Domain is a Doctor?" Chen Ling asked.
"? I'm no Doctor." Eight of Spades shrugged. "I'm just borrowing a certain soone's place and identity..."
"A certain soone?"
"Don't you know?"
Eight of Spades rummaged through a drawer and pulled out a naplate, placing it on the table. "The forr owner of this hospital was also a mber of our Society..."
Seeing that na, and then associating it with those bizarre operating rooms on the second floor, Chen Ling's expression instantly beca incredibly strange!
"Seven of Spades, Chu Muyun?"
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