Amber still often comes to the vicinity of Mr. Zero's house, trying to get clues about all this strange state of affairs.

However, the hostess of the house is now so secluded that it is difficult for Amber to even find a chance to talk to her.

It wasn't until Amber was reading a book in the classroom as usual that a classmate stumbled into the classroom and shouted.

"—The Great Plague!"

......

Hans Mühl, an ordinary plague doctor.

But becoming a plague doctor may not be such an ordinary thing in itself.

It is also known as the "Bird's Beak Doctor", only because of the Bird's Beak Mask that he always wears when facing the plague.

The Mill family is a family of epidemic doctors that has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is even simply called the "Crow Family", and people avoid it and think it is ominous.

But if you really want to say it, although the Mir family is not a nobleman, they have always received official support.

Just so that whenever this time-

Scenes of monsters wearing bird's beak masks, white gloves, black coats, and black hats, and plague proclaimers, amputating and bleeding patients with various tools. This is the conventional impression that ordinary people have of a profession like 'Doctor Crow', and even other doctors shy away from them.

No one wants to be infected with the plague. No one wants to die in agony for no apparent reason.

But it can't be helped.

I'm a doctor. I am a doctor who specializes in the plague. It is my duty to throw myself into the quagmire of the plague and lift others out of this perilous place.

As for whether I can come up?

Of course, I want to live, and I can come back alive.

After all, I'm a professional...... Isn't all the learning in the past two decades from childhood to adulthood for this moment?

Hans repeated it as if he wanted to hypnotize himself.

He wore white gloves, a black robe, and a mask.

"My hands didn't tremble...... I'm not afraid...... It's just my own delusion......" he told himself.

He tried to take a step forward, only to realize how violently he trembled.

His mind flashed back to his father, his mother, his grandfather, his uncle, ......

Their faces were hideous and terrible in pain. The pale, sick, and distorted expressions on it were indistinguishable from those of monsters.

Yes, everyone in the Mill family will die. will all die of the plague.

This is the fate of the family. Without exception.

In fact, almost no one in the family lived past the age of fifty. Forty years old is really "longevity".

It is said that those who stare into the abyss will also fall into the abyss, and probably the epidemic doctor is like this.

"Me too. Like them, I too will get infected and die from treating those poor patients. Hans muttered to himself. It sounded like timidity, but then it grew louder and louder.

"Yes, I know. But my elders, the ancestors of the Mill family, didn't they know their fate, but they still gave their lives to save more people?

They also long for rest, but for the sake of their families, they still prefer to die on that 'battlefield' after knowing that they are sick!"

Hans began to cry out, and he began to gasp.

Yes, the cruelty of a doctor is not necessarily easier than that of a soldier.

"Tsk, such a hesitant look is really embarrassing for the Mir family. ”

Hans wiped the sweat from his face and walked out of the house.

"It's not the first time I've faced the plague, and it's a shame that I have to do psychological mobilization for myself...... If my father was still around, he would have scolded me. ”

"But I really don't want to be like them......"

"But what about being afraid of death? I still have to save these people who have fallen into disease. ”

"Who else is me? ”

Hans muttered, but he couldn't really take a step back in the face of the plague, as he had done several times before.

"If you don't know what you're not professional, you'll have to go aside. ”

In this way, he was so distracted that he almost bumped into the oncoming person.

"Ah, I'm sorry sir...... Huh, is that you?"

Mr. Zero looked at Hans, who looked a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

The last time I saw him was in the midst of such a plague.

"Long time no see, Mr. Hans. ”

"Mr. Zero, long time no see......" The young epidemic doctor took off his gloves and shook hands with the other party, muttering in his heart that what he had just said should not have been heard by the other party...... would it be really ......

"It just so happened that I was about to visit you, and I didn't expect to meet you here. Mr. Zero looked at the other party's neatly armed appearance with a little emotion.

"Find me, what's the matter? I'm going to the Great Sanctuary now, why don't you talk as you go?" Hans didn't want to welcome him to his home. On the one hand, there are some bad memories, and on the other hand, he is always worried that when he returns to the safety and comfort of his home again, he will never have the courage to set foot on that "battlefield" again.

"I'm sorry, but it really happened to have to be at your home this time. ”

“...... Huh?"

Mr. Zero pulled Hans back with no questioning.

“...... So, sir, what exactly are you going to let me do?" said Hans, in a tone that bordered on complaint.

"Oh, don't be in a hurry. Do you remember the 'plague doctor' last time?" asked Mr. Zero in a calm tone.

“...... Please don't call him a plague doctor. This always gives me the illusion that I am with that monster. ”

"But he's really a plague doctor. Mr. Zero said in a funny tone.

“...... Well, I know, sir. Can you just tell us what you're going to do?"

"Okay. I will borrow your place as a ceremonial ground and summon him. ”

“...... Are you crazy?" Hans stood up in shock, "it took a long time to ...... it"

"Calm down, calm down, Mr. Hans. Mr. Zero's tone remained unchanged, "Although he is a monster, he is also a plague doctor. He waved his hand, "Now is the time to use him, isn't it?"

"Oh my God, my God......" Hans muttered, "You're really crazy, madman......"

Ignoring Hans's nagging, Mr. Zero pulled out all sorts of items from his chest that he couldn't imagine fitting.

"Do you still have old epidemic doctor clothes at home?"

"Oh, yes, yes...... But you're going to take them?"

"Required for the ceremony. ”

......

"Roses in a ring

Bouquets full of pockets

Ashes, ashes, ashes

You're all going to fall!"

He sprinkled scarlet rose petals and drew circles on the ground.

He opened a small box and sprinkled gray powder at the center of the circle...... Although Hans didn't feel like he wanted to know at all, he still had a sense of what kind of ashes he had, based on his instinct and medical knowledge.

He laid down a bouquet in front of the ashes to pay tribute to the deceased.

Immediately, he neatly covered it with the old epidemic doctor's clothes.

He caused Hans to cut his fingers and symbolically drip a few bouts of blood on his clothing.

After singing the nursery rhyme three times, Mr. Zero retrieved the test tube from his suitcase, which was the clear liquid from before...... Nowadays, the erosion of blood streaks in the fluid has become more and more intense.

"Listen to me, great plague doctor, although your treatment during your lifetime has not had much effect, countless generations of your children have finally stepped on your corpse. Some of them will conquer the plague and fulfill your long-cherished wishes and wishes in the world......

You are the embodiment of death like a crow, but you are the last patron saint of the sick who pretend to be the bird of death......"

Mr. Zero sings in an opera-like tone.

As the words fell, he carefully dropped a drop from the test tube towards the center.

The moment the bloodshot water dripped onto the clothes, the complicated epidemic medical protective clothing burned and turned into ashes in an instant.

The petals swirled and fluttered in the sky, then dissipated into dust.

The ashes and bouquets are missing.

A tall figure appeared in the center of the ceremony, and the whole body was heavily wrapped, and even the feet (shoes) would not be exposed. The face was the iconic bird's beak mask, but it looked old and looked like it had been used for many years. He held a dim lantern in one hand and a sharp scalpel in the other, and blood was still dripping from it.

He cocked the scalpel, and the tip of the scalpel was suspended by Mr. Zero's bloodshot fluid dripping from the test tube.

He lowered his head and stared carefully at the translucent liquid, and said, "The source of life, the scourge of flesh and blood." ”

The real "epidemic doctor" has appeared.