Chapter 196 - 4-31 is Waking Up

"Okay, got it." The person on the other line said so before hanging up. He then kept his small satellite transceiver and fixed it back to hang from his ear like an earring. He took out the earpiece and had it become the missing pair. He raked his hand through his hair and started taking the shower seriously. Masking his voice with the sound shower was hard, but not the hardest.

After working on things to not draw attention, the man walked out of the shower while patting himself dry. However, as he walked, he ran into a nurse who looked rather very distressed. Since it was their quarters' shared shower for the males, it was normal to meet from time to time. 

The nurse had been wary of stares so he immediately shot a glare at the person who was looking at him. However, he easily dropped it. The nurse only smiled faintly. "How was it getting drenched in bile on your first day, doctor? Happens to me a lot when I was still working on the third floor."

"Erm, it would have been okay if it was just one patient." The doctor shook his head. He then leaned on the frame as the nurse did the same against the one behind him. "Is the fourth floor really that hard to work in? Every nurse arranged to work there that I see… all knackered even before lunch came."

"Not exactly. It's just a hard time right now since they are all getting sent in for treatment." The nurse sighed. "Before, my work ends there… these days, I still have to follow up with all of them after being sent for treatment. They didn't want anyone else touching them but me."

"Must be part of the few who had magic hands then..." 

A strange chuckle came from the doctor, and the nurse immediately grew uncomfortable. He then pushed open one of the cubicles before turning away and entering. "You still have a full day ahead of you, doc." The nurse then locked the cubicle from inside, quite loudly as if using it to shoo away the other person.

The doctor only shook his head with a strange grin. "So mean..."

…

That wasn't new, but getting hit on by some doctors was nothing Yun He wished for himself. His patients were already troubled as much as he was, and so he had no more time to think of trivial things. After working a few hours in the Rooms Hall and showering, he was supposed to get to the Administration Hall for the summons. However, when he walked out to leave the staff quarters he was assigned to, he felt something was wrong.

He looked around the room and saw that no one was around. He figured that doctor must have already left. However, he turned in the direction of his bed and felt like something was looking at him from that place. He couldn't see ghosts, but he couldn't deny them anymore.

"Nurse Yun!" Guangru suddenly jumped from the ground and onto his c.h.e.s.t. 

Nurse Yun screamed so loud that he knocked himself down. He landed on his b.u.t.t and sighed at the big, round eyes staring at his face. He then stroked at Guangru's head. "Guangru… what are you doing here? You scared me. Are you going to ask about something?"

The child nodded and smiled. "Nurse Yun, do you know anything about Red Scales?"

"Erm..." Nurse Yun held onto the weightless child and got to his feet. He then answered in a soft voice, "Sorry, Guangru. I only handle Red Justice and Hades Phase 2 at the moment. If you want, I'll help you look around for someone who could, but you can't talk to them like what you do with me."

"Hades Phase 2?" Guangru tilted his head to the side before deciding to climb and sit on Nurse Yun's shoulders. He held on to Yun He's head as they went. He didn't ask again as Yun He was now in a public space. 

The child only rode on his shoulders until they got to this strange floor. Guangru had no choice but to vanish and keep out of the place. Unlike the maze formation in the Treatment Hall, the formation protecting this floor was too strong for Guangru to bypass. Even if he could break it, that would alarm whoever placed it. Moreover, phasing inside might place him in a material form as well.

It was not worth infiltrating just for a quick look. Guangru only huffed before going somewhere else.

Inside the floor, Yun He felt that Guangru had left. While it was true that the child had never gone here, it scared Yun He. The possibility of Guangru being able to come here would mean that the child could freely kill the dignitaries that would come here to play. Tch. Yun He mentally spat as he thought about those sc.u.mbag big shots. Instead of helping people, they would even endanger those who came to them.

Unlike before, Yun He saw new faces but without the investors. However, Wu Zhong called him through hand gestures and made him sit at a station with a headset waiting for him. It only had one speaker cup but came with a microphone. The man then spoke, "Don't worry, that's push-to-talk."

"Who's he? He didn't seem to be someone with clearance here." One of the sharp-looked aunties spoke even before Yun He could put on the headset. However, Song Qixi answered for the nurse, "His name is Yun He. He's the registered nurse watching over all the fourth-floor patients. You can also call him our pet trainer."

"Pet trainer..." Yun He snorted, not caring if he displeased any of those people. He listened to the sounds coming from the speaker… but it only sounded like someone was breathing. A person?

"4-31 is waking up." One of the operators said, but Yun He darted a look at her. 

Even Wu Zhong was aware that Yun He was shocked when another patient was added to the roster. Even if the numbers had reached thirty-one, he never had the chance to see 4-29… and even this 4-31. If they were his patients, then… why didn't they stay in the Rooms Hall like everyone else? 

'Are they… like Xiaodan?' Yun He's hand trembled. However, he was not ready to see how everything around them dimmed. Soon, the screen in front of him changed dramatically as well. 

It was askew as if the person wearing it was lying down. The surroundings were dark, but the red lights were pulsing along the walls. Yun He suddenly felt sick as he realized that this meant that the Kings were going to be released… and someone of high target priority was in the Treatment Hall. What he didn't understand was that this man couldn't be Liu Xiaodan. 

He then snuck a look at the camera screens for everyone to see. 'Who are you, 4-31?'