17 Love or Life? 17

008:"I have questions that's been bugging me since we left the room..."

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Xi Sheng licks her lips in satisfaction. Her ears perk up in 008's statement.

008:"What if someone barged into the room and found that you aren't there? Also, how did you manage to copy Khan's original behaviour?"

Xi Sheng pauses and put the plates into the sink.

"You see, I didn't think this plan thoroughly," said Xi Sheng while wiping her lips from the food's grease and stains.

"I stay at that room or not, does it even matter? I mean... Why am I even explaining these things to you?"

008 closes his eyes and said sarcastically:"We're partners." Yes, that's why you should tell me. It's not like I'm very intrigue by your plan, okay? Definitely not.

Xi Sheng looks at 008 weirdly:"Partners? If I was caught and they torture me, would you share the same feeling of pain? Would you also feel tortured?"

008 heard the bitterness in Xi Sheng's tone:"You're preparing yourself to be tortured? You know what kind of torture you will suffer if you really get caught, right?"

Xi Sheng calmy answers 008's previous questions:"I locked the door before I leave, the keys are placed in Khan's pocket so I think someone needs to ask for my permission before going in the room..."

008:"..." Is it just me? Or...

"Also, Khan seems to have an inferiority complex because of her physique and even if I don't move like her, I can just explain that I don't feel well, right?"

008"...are you still scared about your former's self's poop-story?"

Xi Sheng didn't reply for a while. She dusted the hem of her maid dress.

"Let's explore this place..."

008 nodded in response:"Okay."

008 didn't pester Xi Sheng anymore. He didn't know that she was quite disturbed by that.

....

Xi Sheng and 008 explored the place in silence, not because of their previous chat but because of---

"Please stop! I... I will do anyth---gyaahhh!!!"

"Don't do this! I will never do it again!"

"Take it away! I'm scared! Doctor! Please don't put it inside of me!!"

Their voices were like angels singing in Xi Sheng's ears. Just like how oil was added to the fire, it became crazier-her thought that is.

She didn't know and doesn't dare to think what they were doing to the people inside those rooms.

The North Z Mental Asylum have three locations. The upper part is the normal cells. Middle is the resting place, kitchens, guest rooms and other miscellaneous things.

Xi Sheng and 008 arrived at the third location, the 'Disciplinary Chamber,' or it something named as such. It is located in the basement, the deepest part of the hospital. The design of the place is much just the same like the common ward, but is much messier and more bloody. The people roaming inside consists of doctors and some people from the guarding team that assists the doctors in controlling the patients.

At first, the patients might struggle hard but once they're inside, they became weak as a worm.

008 clears his throat and ridicule its name:"More like a hellhole."

Xi Sheng totally agrees with 008's statement.

They arrived at Xi Sheng's[1] epitome of fear. Her body is shivering like crazy and she also started to sweat. Her heart is beating like it wants to explode by itself.

Xi Sheng mutters in a hoarse voice:"It's been a while since the original owner reacted like this. So this is the place..."

The very place where the original owner suffered torment and developed psychological problems.

"Please stop this already! Wahh! Just kill me! Urgh, kill me already!"

Xi Sheng clears her throat and stabilises her breathing.

Breathe in... Breathe out... Breathe in... Breathe the fucking air out...

"Eh? Head maid Khan?"

008 immediately noticed Xi Sheng's condition after being called out:"Breathe idiot! You need to breathe! It's a human! It's a common worker! You need to breathe or you'll literally die!"

Sensing that something wasn't right with Head maid Khan, the person quickly apologise.

"I.. I'm really sorry. I frightened you, didn't I? I was just surprised by your sudden visit, so I can't help but to talk to you... I'm sorry if I startled you,"he said while scratching his head.

Xi Sheng looks back and put a distance with them. She seized him up without raising her head. He looks so young, and the foolish grin on his face doesn't quite match up with the red stains on his coat.

Xi Sheng's eyes became grim. This guy spells trouble.

Xi Sheng nodded at him and starts to walk but was stopped when she noticed that the guy was following her. She looks at him and signals to stop following her and continue to walk again.

But the man probably ignores her signal and matches her pace. He was now walking with her.

Annoyed, Xi Sheng was about to tell to back off but the man suddenly speaks:"Seeing you here is quite a surprise. I thought you hated this place? But I guess you need to harden your heart and train your mentality here."

His voice became monotonous as his eyes became bored as his next words were normal:"Every day they kept begging and begging. Do they even know how hard it was for us to test them like that? Man, I wish they could just lie in the table and let us do our job. Pfft, I mean it's not like they can escape from this place."

The man looks at her and laughs heartily:"To get out from this place, it's either they die physically or escape mentally. Haha!"

Xi Sheng became cold, not because of the room temperature but because of what the man said. He clearly thinks that these people aren't 'people' but objects they can use.

008 shakes his head:"This guy has already lost it."

"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.

...

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.