After the middle-aged man made sure that his daughter was asleep, he discussed it with his wife, and immediately left the ward, at this moment, he not only wanted to know who was helping him, but more importantly, could this person help him all the time?

According to the way the front desk stayed, the middle-aged man quickly found the Asian man and woman in a café across the street from the hospital.

The middle-aged man was very good at dealing with this kind of conversation, so he walked directly to Xu Zhi and the others, and said, "You helped me?"

Without a grateful tone at all, Xu Zhi was quite surprised, nodded and said, "Yes, it's me!"

The middle-aged man said, "Why? Don't tell me it's charity!"

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Whether it's charity or not, how can I say that I saved your daughter, is it rare to not have a word of thanks?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Xu Zhi and said, "If it's really just to help my daughter, I will sincerely say thank you, but if you have other purposes, I will also say thank you, but it's hard to say if it's sincere, which one do you want?"

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "You are really interesting, I do have something to look for you, but saving your daughter is also a charity!"

The middle-aged man said, "Okay, my name is Rose, but since you can find me, you should already know my name." ”

Xu Zhidao: "My surname is Xu, and I am a native of Xiangjiang. ”

Ross said: "I don't care if you are from RB or Xiangjiang, that five thousand dollars is not enough to cure my daughter's illness, since you come to me, there must be a deal, I want to know what I have to pay?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, I like to talk to smart people, and I don't have to go around so much, but although I know some of your information, because of the patient privacy protection regulations, I don't know much about your daughter's condition, I need to know the details?"

The law in the United States is extremely strict on the protection of personal privacy, not to mention an amateur detective, that is, the police are very unable to directly obtain patient information, the only way is through the courts, but it is very difficult to get the judge to issue this warrant.

Rose thought for a while and said: "Rachel is replaced by chronic myelogenous terminal leukemia, which is currently incurable, and the only way is to use high-dose chemotherapy, and then replace the bone marrow, and may have to take anti-rejection drugs for a lifetime in the future." ”

After listening to this, Xu Zhi recalled that Gleevec, a miracle drug that can treat this chronic leukemia, has not yet appeared, and there are almost no targeted drugs in this era, and the mortality rate is extremely high if you get this disease.

Xu Zhi asked, "How much does it cost?"

"Because of the family's financial problems, the insurance we bought for Rachel was not perfect, and although the insurance covered part of the cost of the surgery, we had to pay for the subsequent rejection drugs, and we owed a lot of money to the hospital a year ago when Rachel fell ill," Ross said. ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Then what is your biggest problem now?"

Ross said: "We can barely pay the handling fee, but after the operation, the postoperative recovery is not covered by medical insurance, our money is not enough, if we are not ready for anything, we cannot continue the treatment after the operation, I am afraid that the condition will deteriorate faster, and there is a more troublesome problem, that is, the problem of bone marrow pairing!"

Xu Zhi frowned and asked, "Haven't you got the right bone marrow yet?"

If the bone marrow can't find a match, I'm afraid that the richest man in the world won't be able to live with this disease, and in the face of death, whether rich or poor, all are equal.

Rose shook his head and said, "No, the match has been found, but the other party is not willing to donate for free, we must come up with $50,000 before the other party is willing to cooperate?"

After hearing this, Lin Siqi immediately said: "This is too hateful, I didn't save people for the sake of money." ”

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, bone marrow is not like blood, it is extremely painful when donating, and after donation, it will be very harmful to the body, although there will be no obvious disease problems, but the body may be very weak in a few years, unable to do gravity work, the other party wants a little money, it is not too much." ”

Lin Siqi said again: "But $50,000 is too much, right?"

Xu Zhi ignored Lin Siqi and said to Ross: "In other words, in addition to the $50,000, how much does the operation and follow-up costs cost?"

Rose thought for a while and said, "It is estimated that it will cost 50,000 US dollars, the cost of the operation after deducting the insurance is not expensive, if the operation is successful, the follow-up treatment will also need some money, 50,000 US dollars is enough for us to survive for a while, as long as I can work with confidence, I can support Rachel." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and smiled: "Okay, Mr. Ross, I have a task here that you need to do, as long as you successfully complete the task, I will pay you the 100,000 US dollars!"

Rose glanced at Xu Zhi and said, "I don't want to do something illegal." ”

Xu Zhi teased: "Mr. Ross, can something that is not illegal worth $100,000?"

Rose frowned and didn't speak, but he didn't refuse either. Lin Siqi was a little surprised, and she didn't know what was going on.

"Haha, just kidding!" Xu Zhi broke through the embarrassing atmosphere and said: "Mr. Ross, what I want you to do is not illegal, but the matter is extremely important, and no mistakes are allowed, which is why I am looking for you, you are from the former Delta Special Forces, and I am more relieved to leave this matter to you." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Of course, Ross would not believe Xu Zhi's words, and what the other party said was relieved was also because his daughter was in urgent need of money.

Xu Zhi looked around and said, "Let's change the environment, this place is not suitable for negotiation." ”

After speaking, regardless of other people's opinions, he directly dropped a twenty yuan bill and got up to leave.

......

The driver took a few people and soon came to a beach.

Los Angeles is famous for its beaches, but the entire beach is tens of kilometers long, in fact, most of the beaches are only occasionally filled with people, and few people dare to go out into the sea.

The surfing, swimming and frolicking in the sea in the TV series are actually the sea areas specially cleaned by the city government, and in the shallow sea far from the beach, there are generally shark nets to prevent large aquatic animals from harming humans. And every few days, professional clean-up personnel will also deal with some poisonous or harmful marine life, otherwise, the ocean is really not as safe as imagined.

Xu Zhi's beach, scattered can be seen plus a family is alone together, or a few young people on the beach doing BBQ (barbecue), the area here is huge, there is a layer of shallow sand underground, after the car is parked, chatting here, very reassuring.

Xu Zhi took out a hundred-yuan bill and smiled at the driver: "There is a good café over there, Mr. can go there to rest for a while." ”

The driver also knew what Xu Zhi meant, and said with great ethics: "No problem!"

After speaking, he immediately took the money and left politely.

Xu Zhi said to Lin Siqi again: "You can also go out casually, the scenery here is still good!"

Lin Siqi was stunned for a moment, understanding that Xu Zhi was also going to drive herself away, quite reluctantly, she followed Xu Zhi all the way, knowing that for a mysterious thing, he was very concerned, even more important than the electronics exhibition, but he still refused to tell her what was going on, and now he was about to know, but he was going to be driven away.

After the driver and Lin Siqi walked away, Xu Zhi walked to the back of the car, leaned on the butt of the car, and smiled at Rose: "It's still healthy, you can come out casually and enjoy this natural scenery!"

Rose frowned and said, "What are you making such a mystery for?"

Xu Zhi took out a photo from his pocket, handed it to Ross and said, "Look at this person, there is his information behind the photo." ”

Ross looked at the man in his thirties in the photo, and the information behind it showed that his name was Gatan Duga, an Air Canada airman who often traveled between the United States and Canada, and was quite handsome.

Xu Zhidao: "Your target is this person?"

Rose frowned and asked, "You don't want to ......?"

Seeing his expression of wanting to kill, Xu Zhi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Of course not, I said, I won't do anything illegal, what I want is his blood." ”

Rose's brow furrowed even deeper and asked, "What do you want his blood for?"

Xu Zhi sighed and said, "Originally, this was a very important secret, and even the most important assistant around me didn't know about it, but because you have to carry out this mission, and it is also related to your life safety, so I told you, Mr. Ross, do you know what the most terrifying virus in the world is?"

When Rose heard this, he immediately understood, and hurriedly asked, "You mean that this person has a deadly virus on his body, so you sent me to collect his blood?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, moreover, it is one of the most terrifying viruses in the world, otherwise do you think that such a trivial matter as taking blood can cost me 100,000 US dollars? ”

Rose didn't know what was in mind, but his face suddenly changed, and he asked, "The virus you're talking about can't be Ebola, right?"

Xu Zhi was surprised: "You actually know about Ebola?"

"I know a doctor without borders who has treated patients with this virus in Africa and has a very high mortality rate, and he says it's the most terrifying virus in the world," Ross said. ”

Of course, Xu Zhi knew, but Ross actually knew, which was beyond his expectations.

In human history, there have been countless deadly plague viruses:

The Black Death in the Middle Ages in Europe, smallpox in Asia, the Spanish flu that killed tens of millions of people in 1918 (more than the death toll of World War I), and more.

But all of this is because of the limitations of medical technology at the time, and if it is put into modern times, even if it will cause losses, it will not cause global harm.

But Ebola can, from its discovery in 1976 to 2019, before Xu Zhi traveled, there have been five outbreaks of Ebola in Africa, each time killing thousands of people, and the virus has no cure, with mortality rates ranging from 50% to 90%.

Most people die 48 hours after being infected with the Ebola virus, and they all die "ugly" deaths, with the virus spreading rapidly and multiplying in large numbers in the body, attacking multiple organs, causing them to deform, necrosis, and slowly break down. The patient first suffered from internal bleeding, then bleeding from the seven orifices, and vomited out of the necrotic tissue of the internal organs, and finally died due to extensive internal bleeding and brain damage.

Even doctors, nurses or family members who care for patients can be infected if they come into close contact with a sick person. Sometimes the infection rate can be high, as in the case of the Sudan epidemic, where the infection rate was 23 per cent among those who had room-sharing and sleeping with the sick and 81 per cent among those who cared for the sick. There are also many infections and morbidities among laboratory personnel in hospitals.

Even more terrifying is its terrifying speed of infection, the virus can be transmitted through any body secretions such as blood, sweat, saliva, excrement, etc.

A few thousand deaths at a time may not be much for a huge human population, but no one knows how powerful the virus is because the virus has never broken out in any major metropolis until 2019 in a remote tribe in Africa, where even cars are rare.

I hope humanity never knows.

Xu Zhi didn't explain too much, and said directly: "The Ebola virus is indeed powerful, but what I said is not, since you know Ebola, you should know that Ebola is a super virus, the biggest disadvantage is that the incubation period is too short, if the person I am looking for has Ebola, I am afraid that this plague has swept the whole of North America." ”

"And what virus are you talking about?" Rose asked, knowing some of the properties of Ebola and knowing that the person he was looking for couldn't have the virus on him, otherwise something would have happened.

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "Now that the world doesn't know about this virus, the purpose of I asked you to take his blood is to obtain a sample of this virus, so that I can have the opportunity to expose it, so as to prevent the large-scale outbreak of this virus in the world." ”

Rose looked at Xu Zhi and asked, "How do I know if you will spread this virus?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and smiled: "Do you think I look like that kind of person?"

Rose shrugged, "How do I know? shouldn't you tell me?"

Xu Zhidao: "Then think about it, if I really have this kind of purpose, will I tell you in advance, 100,000 US dollars can completely ask someone to capture him alive, and if I am this kind of person, don't I have my own armed forces?"

Rose was silent for a while, and said, "How did you know about this virus? And what you just said is that people around the world have been infected with this virus?"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I can tell you, we are a medical organization across several continents, they have been tracking down all kinds of things that can threaten the survival of human beings, after our statistics, we found that this virus has covered most of the world, but there is no evidence, until recently, our mathematicians locked this person through calculations, so I was sent out to collect evidence, because our organization does not have professional armed personnel, so the matter of taking blood found you!"

Ross asked, "Has the virus spread around the world?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, this virus is different from Ebola, that is, the incubation period is extremely long, and the biggest feature is that the target of its attack is not any organ or tissue, but the body's immune system, because the immune system collapses, a cold virus, an inflammation, and a high fever can kill this patient, so its complications are different, which is why so many countries have not noticed the existence of this virus so far."

And the average person can survive for a long time after infection, the incubation period is as high as several years or even more than ten years, and this has led to its harm is much greater than Ebola, as early as a few decades ago, the virus has spread to the world, but the number of patients may be 1 in the year, 3 in the second year, and 9 in the third year...... By now, it may be hundreds of thousands, but every year passes, the number will inevitably increase exponentially, so time is very short. ”

Ross asked, "Then why don't you go to the CDC?"

Xu Zhidao: "If I go directly, it's strange if people don't out, what I need is evidence, which you need to obtain." ”

Ross said: "Then how does this virus spread, and what should I pay attention to?"

Xu Zhidao: "This virus will not spread through the air, all you have to do is not to conflict with him, let alone contact his blood, if you have a wound on your body, and then touch his blood, then it is very likely to be infected." Other routes of transmission are possible, but they are not a threat to you, and it is better not to touch any of his bodily fluids anyway, and to have protective gear when you meet him, as the trunk of the car has what you need. ”

After speaking, Xu Zhi opened the trunk, pointed to the box and said: "This is the latest cryopreservation medicine box, press this button, the box will be sealed and locked, and the inside will also cool down quickly." According to our information, this virus will die soon after leaving the human body, and cold temperature is the only way to preserve it, so you must pay attention to this, after you get the blood, it must be stored and frozen. ”

Rose looked at the contents of the trunk and said, "Okay, no problem. ”

Xu Zhi opened a 24-inch suitcase again, opened it and said: "There are sheaths and knee pads made of steel mesh, as well as masks, leather gloves, etc., this is to prevent you from really clashing with the target, they are all things to protect your skin, and also, I am not a professional, there is 1,000 dollars here, you can go and buy some tools that you think can protect yourself." ”

Rose nodded, "Thank you." ”

Xu Zhi took out another camera and said: "Because this matter is too important, I must ensure that the task is really completed, this camera is for you, I need you to take a complete photo when you draw blood, to prove that you have drawn the target's blood!"

Rose took the camera and said, "Okay, no problem!"

Xu Zhi said cautiously: "Mr. Ross, I hope you can come back safely, but the goal is the same, unless you have to, you must not hurt him, even if it is really an extreme situation, you should not cause serious harm to him." ”

"I try, but I can't guarantee it," Ross said. ”

Xu Zhidao: "If you can, I don't mind if you use gentle methods to get his blood, such as pretending to be a doctor, etc., this is a literary move, a soldier who can surrender without a fight, this is a big victory, of course, it must be difficult to get a doctor to take blood, this is just an example, you can figure it out yourself!"

Rose nodded, "I understand, and I also hope that you can keep our agreement and cure my daughter of her illness." ”

Xu Zhi glanced at Ross and said: "No problem, as long as you complete the task, 100,000 is nothing to me, although the task is not difficult, but the risk is extremely high, if you are injured, you can only leave your family forever, so for the sake of your children, you must pay attention to this matter."

And this matter is related to the lives of millions of people, if the mission fails, the target is hiding, it will be very difficult for our organization to find another sample, so you must be cautious, I hope to get your good news as soon as possible. ”

Ross said, "Okay, no problem. ”