Chapter 153: Visiting The Patients

After the spar, everyone praised Yanael for a little while. But she didn't react much, so the members of the Underworld Research and Extermination Club moved on. Zach wasn't very tired after the fight, so he didn't mind doing something. The others were of the same mind.However, it was too late and dangerous to go back to the city and reenter the sewers right now. The administration office for applying for permission to leave the Academy grounds had also closed for the night.

The library was open, and they could study for some of the general knowledge tests that were only days away.

But they could also not do that. Instead, they went to visit Rierdan and the homeless and comatose man Dukiel and Julius brought back.

Although it was late and visiting hours were technically over, since they were there on 'official club matters' the healers and attendants at the infirmary didn't stop them as long as they didn't cause too much of a ruckus.

Dukiel and Julius led the way to the man's room. Since he was the new variable, it was only natural they visited him first. Dukiel opened the door but stopped moving in the doorway. S~eaʀᴄh the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"What's going on?" Anerias put his hand on Dukiel's shoulder and peeked into the room. He was a little impatient.

Dukiel stepped aside and let the others see the empty bed, still messy from where someone had been asleep.

"Is it the right room?" Nessa asked.

"Yes." Julius nodded and glanced inside. He wasn't hiding in any of the corners, either.

"Excuse me, where did the man in this room go?" Zach called out to an attendant passing by with their hands full. They scowled irritatingly.

"We just told you that you can't cause trouble if you want to visit this late. Making jokes and disturbing the workers is the same as causing trouble." The attendant was about to continue when Zach grabbed their shoulder.

"Stay. I am not joking around here. The man in this room. Where is he?"

The attendant frowned and looked toward the room. The other club members made way and showed the empty bed.

"I…I'll have to ask someone, but he shouldn't have been moved anywhere. The patient was comatose, right? It's not like he could have walked anywhere. Wait here and I will be back in a few minutes." With that, the attendant left. They walked slightly above normal walking pace, but it could be because they wanted to get away from Zach as much as they went to look for answers.

Zach scowled at their back for a moment with crossed arms before looking at the others.

"If someone doesn't come in two minutes, I'm going to cause trouble. Who's with me?" He asked. The others awkwardly looked at each other.

Anerias felt like raising his hand. But that meant he would have to agree with Zach. He could also feel Violina's gaze on him. He wasn't sure what it meant, but he took it as a sign that he shouldn't raise his hand.

However, it was to see if he would raise it since Violina raised hers.

"I think I'm just going to visit Rierdan while we wait." Nessa was not going to take part in causing trouble for the other patients in the infirmary. She didn't think Zach was actually going to do anything, but she couldn't be sure. And if he were about to do something, she would not get caught up in the punishment for it.

"Good idea. I'll come with you." Zach nodded and accompanied her. He smiled at the remaining four.

"Good luck! Make sure they regret mistreating the Underworld Research and Extermination Club!"

Dukiel, Julius, Anerias, and Violina looked at Zach's back as he left for Rierdan's room. Violina slowly lowered her hand as her gaze grew colder. Anerias felt like he heard her whisper 'traitor' but pretended not to have heard anything.

They waited in silence.

Nessa glanced at Zach.

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"Do you really think they're going to cause trouble?"

"Not if I'm not there."

"Why did you come with me, then?"

"I realized after I said it that it wasn't such a good idea. I needed an excuse to leave."

"Couldn't you just, oh, I don't know, have admitted you changed your mind?"

"No way." Zach resolutely shook his head.

Nessa rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. How did it go in the sewers other than the guy Dukiel and Julius brought back?" She asked, moving on.

"Rabst tried to chase down the kidnapper but didn't succeed. Nothing much other than that. The sewers are pretty boring."

"I see. And outside the sewers, how are things going?"

"What do you mean?" Zach turned to look at Nessa as he put his hand on the handle on the door to Rierdan's room.

"You look—" Nessa was about to answer when Zach opened the door and she froze at the sight inside the room.

Zach raised an eyebrow and waited for an answer for half a second before he realized Nessa was looking at something inside the room. He followed her gaze and saw a gangly man in a hospital gown straddling Rierdan's unconscious body. The man was leaning forward with his hands around Rierdan's neck.

"Yanael."

Yanael flashed forward, cut off the man's wrists, and knocked him off the bed and into the wall. The collision snapped Nessa out of it. She threw Zach a strange look, a little taken aback by the cold look in his eyes before she ran to get help.

She had been surprised by the sight of someone strangling Rierdan, but she acted quickly once her brain started moving again. Zach and his familiar could handle the situation, but they couldn't check up on or heal Rierdan.

It seemed like all life and energy had run out of the man after he collided with the wall, and he slumped like two sacks of potatoes. Zach was about to walk over to Rierdan and check on him when a tired doctor with messy hair burst into the room.

"What's going on in here?!" He glanced around and saw the severed limbs still holding onto Rierdan's neck.

Questions later. Saving lives first.