Chapter 36: A Man's Dream
The morning sun shines through the glass windows and into the warm hospital room.
Joyce fell asleep in the hospital room, still perceiving the occasional chirping of birds outside.
Of course, what caught Joyce's attention the most was the blonde girl Elena who fell asleep on the hospital bed, and the pile of blood-stained banknotes on the bedside table.
The wounds on his left lower abdomen and body were still aching, but Joyce clearly noticed that his injuries were almost healed.
I don't know if it's because of the recovery potion, the internal bleeding in Joyce's lower abdomen has been absorbed, and even the damage to the intestines has been restored.
Last night in the van, although Joyce had fallen asleep, he still retained his senses, not only when he arrived at the emergency treatment of his wounds at Rossi Surgical Hospital, but even when Elena hurried in the middle of the night, he had a clear sense.
"Almost hung up!"
Joyce, asleep, was quite active in his mind, and even remembered the bald man trying to step on the dagger in his lower abdomen.
Last night's crisis passed, but there were still some things that puzzled Joyce, the most important of which was the strangeness of his left eye.
"It seems that it is through people that I see places, and they are all people that I care, directly or indirectly, see and perceive through my left eye. Joyce, lying in a hospital bed, wasn't sure if she was asleep or had woken up.
"Could it be that the strange ability of the left eye is that I see, that I remember, or that I watch people. Joyce only felt that what he could see with his left eye was more like a perception in the dark.
Trying to wake up and move, Joyce struggled as if he was unable to exert himself in his sleep.
"It's from falling asleep, or from being weak from an injury, and I didn't bleed much last night. After trying hard and not getting up, Joyce gave up.
Joyce killed the cloaked old man with his own hands and avenged the old Rupert Sr., and he was still in a good mood at this time, but he was not sure if the matter of Old Rupert was over.
After last night's horrific battle, Joyce realizes that he still lacks enough knowledge of the mystery and of himself.
"In the process of fighting last night, my injuries were not serious, but I survived, if I were an ordinary person, I would have burped after just bleeding so much, could this be because I have a secret qi in my body?" Joyce wondered if he had been noticed last night.
At this time, don't say it's the ability of the eyes, even if it's the secret qi, Joyce doesn't dare to let people see it.
In addition to the troubles left by old Rupert, Joyce also had the affairs of Toton Manor on his back, and if the situation of the secret qi was exposed, it was something he could not imagine.
"The eyes didn't shine, the rhyme of the secret qi didn't appear, I was cut like that last night, and I was shot, so I shouldn't be overly suspicious. Joyce reminisced for a while, more comforting herself.
The murderous and bloody scenes in the dance hall made him extremely uncomfortable and depressed in the process of Joyce's recollection, and he was constantly disturbed by negative emotions.
Although the gangsters have given up their kindness, done some evil things, and are fierce when fighting, they are also lives, and they also have families, and when they think of this, they seem to be Joyce in their sleep, and their mood is gradually chaotic, as if their emotions and perceptions are shaking.
"No, I have to think of something good. ”
Joyce, consciously, thought that if he continued like this, both physically and mentally, he might have uncontrollable consequences.
In addition to a pair of strange eyes, Joyce also has a secret aura, and he is really afraid of the surging aura.
"I haven't heard of the military and police people killing gangsters, what is the psychological burden, let alone war, it is those people who want to kill me, they all deserve to die, I am righteous. Joyce, like self-hypnosis, put his thoughts and emotions on the death of the cloaked old man and the money he received.
Joyce, lying in the hospital bed, was clutching the sheets with both hands, struggling to wake up.
Elena fell asleep on her stomach, not feeling Joyce's movements for a moment.
"Bell! bell!"
Until there was a knock on the door of the single ward, not only Elena woke up, but Joyce also made her consciousness more and more sober through the knock on the door.
"What's wrong with Joyce?"
Vice-captain Saura Sylvia entered the ward, and as she was outside the door, she saw Joyce moving through the small window.
When the quilt was lifted, not only Sula, but even Elena, who woke up, saw that the sheets were wrinkled with Joyce's hands.
"Joyce!"
Elena felt that Joyce might be about to wake up, and gently pushed his body to call.
At this time, Joyce had already woken up, and he could control his body, but he didn't open his eyes immediately, and first sensed himself, in case his eyes opened something unusual.
"This self-perception is very clear, like inward vision, and there is no abnormal brilliance in both eyes. Joyce made sure that he was not much different from ordinary people, and then he woke up and slowly opened his eyes.
"Joyce, you're scaring me to death. ”
Seeing Joyce wake up, Elena's eyes were moist, and she cried loudly with joy.
"Vice-Captain!"
Joyce looked at the short-haired brown woman with broad shoulders and sighed that he was not pretending, but he was worried about Elena's condition.
"It's good to wake up, the report of last night's incident has come out, you are doing very well, that person in Arlin is not easy to get along with, and being able to say words of gratitude from his mouth for being saved by you is enough to prove your bravery. The short-haired brown woman looked at Joyce with some approval.
"Is Arrin difficult to get along with, or is he unwelcome?" Joyce secretly guessed that some people in the MIA, including Angela, looked down on Arlin, probably because he was good at drilling camps.
"The situation was terrible, we had to give it a go, if it wasn't for the vice-captain's timely arrival, we might all have been killed by the gang, are Yarlin and Lady Palemi okay?" Joyce asked with concern as she expressed her gratitude to Sulla.
"Yarlin is fine, and Ms. Palemi is awake, but she has to stay in the hospital for a few days. The short-haired brown woman was sure.
"Thank you to the goddess of life. ”
Joyce wanted to make a gesture of bloom and dedication, but it seemed that he had no choice but to give up because his body was not supportive.
"The mechanic who was killed by the bombing, the identity is being checked, although I asked Yarlin about it, and the incident was reported, but the director is a little confused, let me ask you, you have eighty-three gold Luo bills on you, where did the money come from?" Sula looked at the bedside table, obviously knowing that the money was in it.
"Director, I fought with the gangsters last night, and I almost gave my life for justice!" Joyce said that he was not feeling good, and it should not be complicated.
"That money is the inheritance left to me by old Rupert, who has been a corpse collector for a long time, and has saved a lot of money. Joyce's response made Sulla's expression a little exciting.
When Elena was surprised to open the bedside table drawer and find a blood-stained wad of bills, Sura, a short-haired brown woman, had come to her senses and looked at Joyce deeply.
"The mechanic who was killed in the explosion should be the murderer of Rupert Sr., you can rest assured and take advantage of this injury to rest at Rossi Surgical Hospital. Sula didn't pursue Joyce's nonsense with her eyes open, and Bodean Arthur asked for evidence, and she also asked.
"It's painful, I'll be better in two days and I'll be back to the Traveler's Bar right away. Joyce struggled to get up, looking struggling.
"Don't move. ”
Sulla simply motioned for Joyce not to get up, then turned and left the room.
"Joyce, where did you get all that money?"
Elena didn't even have time to send the short-haired brown woman, and her beautiful face was full of surprise and didn't believe that the money was left by old Rupert.
"It turned over on the little gang boss. ”
Joyce deliberately showed excitement and whispered to Elena.
Joyce is not worried about the money, captain Bazel was also in the hospital last night, and the vice captain Sula can leave this pile of money to him, which is already a recognition of this money.
Even Elena didn't believe Joyce's words, let alone Vice-Captain Sula.
Joyce had seen with her own eyes last night that Arrin had collected money from the gangsters and had his trouser pockets bulging.
As for lying and showing greed for money, Joyce felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and that some human weaknesses could easily make those who thought about him lose their vigilance.
If Joyce hadn't been shocked and his face was deep, I'm afraid the days ahead would have been even more sad.
"I didn't need to say how the cloaked old man died, I had already made the judgment that he was killed by the explosion, it seems that the details have been scrutinized by the military intelligence department, and the cloaked old man's body secretes a mysterious characteristic, is this the reason why Sulla's deputy captain and the military intelligence department did not expect it, or did not find out the reason why the mercury-like substance was secreted before?"
Joyce not only discovered the body of the cloaked old man, but also secreted a net-like metallic substance, and was sure that the two packages that Arrin had thrown on the beams of the ballroom aisle had not been found.
After reading some mission files, Joyce only knew that the secret cultivator was likely to secrete a mysterious substance after his death, but it seemed that it was only one copy.
"Is the reticulated metal a mysterious substance, or is it a mercury-like thing, and if only one is a mysterious substance, what is the other?" Joyce took a deep breath, believing that he didn't even know anything about the mysteries and the occult on appearances.
"The truth and secrets must only be in the hands of a few people, looking at the dishes of Yarlin, it is estimated that even if he becomes a secret cultivator, when he is at a low level, he will not be able to understand and grasp much valuable information. Joyce was relieved at the thought of Arlin.
"Put it down, Elena, I exchanged my life for this money, and I have a plan, I hope to open a herb shop, maybe I can also try to transfer to the alchemy sequence, you have to support a man's dream. Finding that Elena was holding a wad of money and not letting go, and had the idea of putting it away, Joyce hurriedly stopped her.
"Joyce!"
Hearing Joyce mention her dream, Elena's face struggled even more.
"Don't look at me with that kind of useless look!" Joyce grumbled inwardly, sensing Elena's suspicions.