Chapter 6 Reality Roundtable 1
Reality St. George's Sinai Hospital
The deep darkness of the night hung over Sinai Hospital, and as we entered the second half of the night, there were fewer people coming and going to the hospital.
Sinai Hospital is open to the outside world above the ground, but what is not known is that starting from the negative three basement floors of Sinai Hospital, it is a private care center, which was bought and expanded by the Pope, the owner of the [Bloody Eye] organization, and is reached by the central elevator downwards, requiring the fingerprints of specific personnel to unlock to reach the underground recuperation center, and the personnel with unlocking authority, no more than ten people, in addition to the personal medical personnel needed to take care of patients, only the top of the five branches of the [Bloody Eye] organization can be unlocked, therefore, The elevators here are generally not in operation unless a special person visits.
And just tonight, this underground care center has a long-lost visitor.
Theo and Ives walked into the central elevator of Sinai Hospital one after the other, and a doctor was holding the medical records with his head down and was about to follow, but Ives raised his hand and put a gun against the doctor's head, the doctor was so frightened that the medical record book also fell to the ground, Ives pointed to the side with the muzzle of the gun, and the doctor hurriedly picked up the medical record book and exited the elevator.
Theo pressed the button of the elevator, next to the regular button of the elevator, opened a dark grid, and pressed the fingerprint of his index finger, fingerprint unlock authentication, the prompt key of the elevator lit up, and the button of the negative three floors appeared in the elevator button.
Theo raised his hand and pressed the negative three-layer button.
At this moment, two tall security guards were standing at the elevator entrance on the third floor, wearing black suits, guarding the elevator entrance in case of accidents.
At this time, suddenly someone covered their mouths from behind, and the two security guards just wanted to struggle, but they felt that the muzzle of the pistol was pressing against their waists, and they were about to resist, and the attackers killed them with a few shots.
"Dingβ"
The elevator stopped on the negative third floor, the doors slowly opened, and Theo stepped out of the elevator first, followed by Avis.
On both sides of the elevator, two subordinates were disposing of the corpse of the security guard, dragging the body with temperature to the "medical waste disposal room" next to it.
"Victor also takes control of the saffirmation center?" Theo looked back at Avis slightly.
After glancing at his subordinates who were cleaning up the corpses, Ives raised his eyes and reported: "He left seven or eight people to watch here, Mr. Theo, rest assured, I have let my subordinates clean up and ensure that all of them are ours here." β
"Only seven or eight people?" Theo coldly retracted his gaze, "It seems that he really gave up on the eldest lady." β
"Victor probably thinks that the eldest lady has now been sent to the [Minghe System], and there is no threat to him." Ives sighed, he could clearly feel that Theo around him was full of low pressure that wanted to kill, especially after hearing what Victor did, his face was even more gloomy and ugly, he could still talk less, after all, as far as he knew, it was not impossible for Theo to kill someone to vent his anger.
The two walked around the white corridor and came to a black wooden door, Theo pressed his right hand in front of the palm print unlock screen on the side, the machine scanned his palm print, confirmed that it matched the information in the database, and the heavy wooden door opened automatically.
As soon as Theo raised his eyes, he saw that it was a large nursing room, the interior was simply furnished, on the left was a white desk with a computer on the desk, and on the right was a large bookcase, which was neatly filled with medical records, and on the back of these medical records were the names of the same person, which seemed to be all the medical records of the same patient. A woman in a white lab coat stood with her back to her, standing in front of a large transparent isolation window, looking at the patient on the other side of the isolation window.
Theo drew his pistol and walked straight for the woman.
"Mr. Theo......"
Before Ives could stop, Theo had already walked up to her and raised his pistol to the woman's head.
The woman seemed to have expected Theo to make such a move, she tilted her eyes slightly, watching Theo's muzzle aimed at her head, her gaze following Theo's hand, moving to the corners of his mouth and the anger in his eyes.
"Why didn't you stop him?" Theo asked coldly, and he looked at the woman in front of him, who was nearly fifty years old, with anger burning in his eyes.
"Block? What do you think I have to do to stop Victor? The woman in the white coat looked at Theo fearlessly, "After you were caught, he became the leader of the organization, everyone is the only one who looks at him, I am just a medical doctor, the Pope gave me the task of taking care of the eldest lady, I am not like you, I have no weapons, no subordinates, what can I do to stop Victor?!" β
She said word by word, with restraint, revealing her helplessness everywhere.
"Take care of the eldest lady? She's now connected to the [Minghe System], Dr. Erin, do you still have the face to mention to me to take care of the eldest lady?! β
"Theo, I know you're angry, but I've tried my best to save her life, the eldest lady has been in poor health since she was a child, if it weren't for the Pope who chartered the entire three basement floors of Sinai Hospital as her care center, with her congenital disease, it would be impossible to live past the age of three." Dr. Erin frowned, her eyes averted to the other end of the isolation window, a girl lying on a bed in a sterile ward, with tubes all over her body, an ECG machine, a ventilator, a nutrient solution, and intravenous access...... She was completely dependent on outside support for her survival, and she seemed so fragile that it seemed that if she pulled out even one of these tubes of varying thicknesses, she could die. She was wearing a snow-white hospital gown, but she was wearing a black helmet on her head, which was connected to a cabinet signal machine on the side, which in turn was connected to the signal interface of the wall, and her consciousness was connected to the host of the [Minghe System] through this machine, and she gained the ability to move freely in another world.
Theo looked at the intubated girl, the anger in his eyes seemed to be extinguished by a basin of cold water, he lowered his arm, and smashed the pistol out in anger, the pistol smashed to the ground, overturned a chair, and scared Dr. Erin to tremble.
Avis stood behind Theo, his head bowed and he didn't dare to speak.
He gave Erin a wink, reminding her to talk less.
Erin understood, turned her head, raised her hand to pull the strands of hair that fell from her cheeks behind her ears, and sighed.
"Is there any salvation for the eldest lady?" It was only after a while that Theo spoke in a low voice.
"She is still alive and will not be in danger of life for the time being, these medical machines have stabilized her vital signs, we may also monitor her condition 24 hours a day through the ECG machine, and our team is also tracking her blood oxygen saturation, uric acid index, electrolyte situation, brain wave situation......" Erin walked to the desk and picked up the medical records on the table, "For now, her condition is stable, and we have chosen the right medicine." β
"Medicine? You're referring to the kind of medicine that damages the brain cells of the eldest lady? Theo looked dangerously at Erin.
Erin was silent for a few seconds, and took the research report of the drug to Theo: "Theo, since the birth of the eldest lady, I have been her personal doctor, she has no mother, so to speak, I watched her grow up, I treat her like my own daughter, I can't harm her." If you don't believe me, you can take a look at this drug research report, this report is an authoritative report issued by the International Pharmaceutical Research Association, stamped, cannot be faked, this report does mention that there are some side effects of using the drug, including uncontrollable brain cell damage. β
Erin said, walked to the bookcase, took another thick medical record from the bookcase, flipped a few pages, and handed it to Theo: "There is also this one, which is a record of the situation on the night of the eldest lady's illness, and we have recorded all her vital signs, if you don't believe it, there are 24 disappearing videos in her ward, I can also call it to you...... She was in a critical condition and could be given a critical illness notice, without any hesitation, and we had no other way but to use this medicine. β
ββ¦β¦ Even so, why don't you guys organize Victor? You also know what the hell the [Minghe System] is. β
"I was against it at first, but ......," Erin looked sympathetically at the little girl in the isolation ward, "If I don't do this, I'm really afraid that she will fall into a deep sleep forever and become a living dead, and the damage to nerve cells is permanent and irreversible, and it will be difficult to awaken her consciousness at that time......"
Theo lowered his head, his gaze swept over the dense lines of English on the medical record, and memorized the numbers and shoulders in his mind.
He seemed to be able to imagine the chaos and the line between life and death that night.
After a long time, he silently closed the medical record and handed it to Avis.
Avis took the medical records handed by Theo, put them back on Dr. Erin's desk along with the drug research report, picked up the pistol thrown by Theo, wiped it clean with a handkerchief, and handed it to Theo.
ββ¦β¦ Are you still going to kill me? Erin watched as Theo took the pistol.
Theo put away his pistol without looking up.
"No, I didn't intend to kill you in the first place." He raised his head and looked at Erin, "If I kill you, I won't be able to find someone who can take care of the eldest lady for the time being." β
"Oh, so, I still have some use."
"When you don't even have the use value, it's hard to say."
Dr. Erin chuckled, "I'm forty-six years old, and I don't care about life or death for a long time, but ...... Theo, please be sure to save the eldest lady, I will do my best to save her body, just so that one day her consciousness can break away from the [Minghe System] and return to the real world. If you can bring the eldest lady back, even if you want me to apologize for my sins with death, I will not hesitate. β
She spoke with sincerity and was touching.
ββ¦β¦ There is only one way to leave the [Minghe System], and to obtain the survivor quota. Theo looked away from Erin's face, "Victor also took a fancy to this, so he sent the eldest lady in, he didn't want her to wake up, he didn't want her to inherit the Pope's control of the organization. β
"I don't care how you're going to take power, but you have a way, right, you can escape from prison and start a shootout on the streets of St. George's state, what else can't you do?"
Theo was silent this time and did not answer Dr. Erin's words.
After a while, he lowered his voice and said coldly: "Your task is to take care of the eldest lady, and you don't need to pay attention to other things." β
ββ¦β¦β
"If the eldest lady's consciousness is in the [Minghe system], then it is necessary to find an old friend." Theo muttered.
"Who?"
"Albert."
Hearing the name, Erin shuddered involuntarily.
Theo quietly took in all her subtle expressions; "He's the chief engineer of the bioengineering department [of Cole & Company], and there are some things that he can help with."
Erin sighed imperceptibly.
She walked up to the computer, unlocked the drawer with her fingerprint, and pulled out three envelopes from the drawer.
What is that?
Theo frowned suspiciously, watching as Erin handed him the three envelopes.
"This is what the Pope asked me to keep, and he knows that you will be the first to rush to Sinai Hospital. Although I don't know what's in the envelope, it should help you. β
Theo looked at the three rough envelopes, the back of which was sealed with wax, and on the back of the envelope were three names written on each other: Senator, Lola, and Scott.
He thought about it for a long time, and then had the answer in his heart.
But there was another problem that plagued him.
"Isn't the Pope controlled by Victor, how did he give it to you?"
"Through the paramedics." Erin replied truthfully, "I am a doctor after all, although the Pope has been transferred, but I have also taken care of him for a while before, and his current personal doctor has some friendship with me, and the Pope passed it on to me through her." β
ββ¦β¦ In fact, the Pope is still autonomous. β
"The Pope's condition was mixed, but most of the time he was in a coma."
Theo pondered for a while: "No fourth person knows about this." β
"No, otherwise Victor would have been killed a long time ago, and it would not have been possible to keep such a small number of people in the Sinai Hospital."
Theo nodded, he took the envelope, glanced at the eldest lady in the isolation room, and turned to leave.
"Theo."
Hearing Irene's voice, Theo paused, and he turned his head to meet Erin's serious expression.
"Our goal is the same, to bring the eldest lady back to life."
"Hmm."
He whispered an answer and left.
"Mr. Theo, what about the security guards here?" Avis followed Theo and walked to the elevator.
"With our own people, security inside and outside the hospital has been stepped up, and I can't let Victor's rat man get any closer here."
"If there is a big blood change, it may alarm Victor."
"Do you think he doesn't know? We've been here for a long time, and he already knew about it, and the reason why there was no movement was probably because he felt that the eldest lady was no longer useful, and it didn't matter if she threw it to me. Theo narrowed his eyes dangerously, "He's demonstrating to me, he wants to tell me that even if it's the Pope's heir, he can easily control it, he wants me to be careful, and his next target is me." β