Chapter 14: The Initial Patient
Lugano, who was in attendance, looked at Lumien suspiciously, wondering why he had just said that he was going to leave and had a leisurely chat with Pierre.
Wait, the official extraordinaire is here!
Moreover, the more you know, the more you will be traced in the future, and maybe it will stimulate the source of madness, so that it can deal with yourself and others now!
After thinking about it for more than ten seconds, Pierre said uncertainly: "The original patient seems to be a guest who rented our bar......"
"Outsiders?" Lumian asked rather calmly.
He had already told the official Extraordinary about the madness through Franca and had made up his mind to wait for an opportunity to "teleport" to leave, and his spirit was no longer as urgent as before, so he wanted to learn more about the madness before leaving, and find a reasonable explanation for those contradictions.
This act of gathering intelligence, analyzing problems, and finding clues and answers belongs to one of the ways in which the "conspirator" plays, and Lumian is also idle, taking this opportunity to digest some potions.
As for the contamination that this incident might cause, Lumian was less worried: could the information about the madness be compared to the seal data of "0-01"?
Moreover, as long as you don't go crazy on the spot, you can still find your boss afterwards to see if there is a way to solve it!
Pierre thought for a few seconds in a slightly confused way and said, "It should be ...... I don't remember her name or where she came from, except that she suddenly went insane, ran from the upstairs hotel to the bar, tried to bite, and barked like a dog. ”
Infected outsiders spread madness to the town of Daddell? So why is there an anomaly that the townspeople don't think about fleeing here, which is also a manifestation of madness? Lumien asked thoughtfully, "Did she bite someone, and what happened?"
"Before we could bite someone, we solved it, caught it, and sent it to the Department of Health." Pierre recalled.
Sent to the Department of Health? Lumien nodded slowly: "The next one to go crazy is someone from the Department of Health?"
"Yes, yes!" Pierre was very sure this time.
Lumian thought for a moment, then asked, "What does that guest look like?"
"A young woman, her face is a little pale, she has no energy, and there is no light in her eyes, what it looks like, I, I don't remember......" Pierre couldn't help but raise his palm and rub his head.
Hearing this, Lumian's heart moved: if the source of all the anomalies in Dadel Town is really a madman, then many contradictions can be explained!
The original source was insane in its own right, instinctively spreading otherworldly madness to the surrounding area, so it didn't consider whether it was a closed village or a bustling town as a transportation hub.
At the same time, "she" will also use this ability to spread transcendent madness, driven by her subconscious, to imply that the townspeople cannot leave, and control all channels that may spread the news, but because she is in a state of madness, she does not think carefully enough to give the townspeople orders not to talk about madness to the passengers of the steam train.
Of course, it was not necessarily that it was not well thought out, and Lumian felt that it was more likely that the instinct of a madman would want to involve more people and make them also infected with madness, so there was a contradiction between not allowing anyone who knew about the matter to leave, not asking the authorities for help, and on the other hand, not forbidding the townspeople to discuss the madness with passers-by.
This is a limited, relatively safe way of transmission, passengers who know the situation of madness are equivalent to getting close to the source of the plague, such as Lugano has a change of fortune, increasing the possibility of suffering from madness, like he and Lumian have forgotten the option of escaping before, the more they communicate, the more they are determined, and they are determined to enter the town of Dadel to investigate.
This is a precursor to insanity, an unwitting suggestion.
Thinking of this, Lumien suspects that the young woman may be a survivor of the village that was previously erased, a potential infected person who escaped the official clean-up operation.
She fused the memories with madness and spread them so that the townspeople of Dadel knew that a similar plague had occurred in one village, and that it had been purged by the authorities.
Normally, they don't have the qualifications to know about this kind of thing, and they don't have the means to know about it!
With a preliminary guess, Lumian looked at Pierre and the bartender, smiled and asked, "Where is the village you are talking about that was officially destroyed because of madness?"
"Like, like somewhere in Hauts-Honakis..........." Pierre recalled the rumors he had heard.
Upper Honachis Province...... It's a bit far from the Haute-Marisky province, and there is no direct steam train, so you have to go to several provinces on the west coast of the sea or Trier....... How did those of you who have barely left Dadel hear about that rumor? A bard or a passenger from the province of Upper Honakis passing by this transport hub? The more Lumian pondered, the more inclined he was to his speculation.
He asked no more questions, and said tentatively to Pierre: "This madness is very valuable for research, and we will enter Dadel to investigate the source and try to cure you."
"But it takes a while to prepare, and it's night.
"When dawn comes, we'll enter Dadel and won't leave until the problem is resolved."
Lumien repeatedly stresses the phrase "will enter Dadel" and "will not leave for the time being" to test the reactions of Pierre and the bartenders.
The expressions of the two changed a few times, and they were not as hysterical as before.
After a few seconds, Pierre said with a pleading face, "You must come to town tomorrow!"
"No problem." Lumian smiled back.
He is now more certain that this is an instinctive contagion and influence, and there is no mechanism to cope with change, as long as he does not touch the key point, or even takes the initiative to give cooperative information, he can effectively hide the source of madness.
Seeing Pierre and the bartender walking towards the other window of the steam train, Lumien stopped them: "Wait a minute."
After the two of them turned their heads in shock, Lumian pointed to the table between the two sofas, "You can put away the dishes now."
Pierre and the bartender looked blankly at the table and saw that there was a pile of empty plates, only bones and other scraps.
That's it? The food delivery guy hasn't left yet!
Pierre and the bartender, though they knew that the two of them had been here for a while longer due to madness, still felt that this was unrealistic.
That's eating too fast, isn't it?
Is this raising three lions?
Hiccup...... little boy Ludwig picked up a napkcloth and wiped his mouth, his expression very satisfied.
When the two townsfolk put away the dishes, picked up the food boxes, and left the platform, Lumian smiled at Lugano who was standing, "Take another look, don't be in such a hurry."
I'm in a hurry, how can I run when the official extraordinaire comes? Lugano's soul was like being burned by fire.
Lumian watched his reaction and muttered silently: he did act like a wild extraordinaire with a low sequence and little knowledge...... does not reflect the special like Ludsch... … Is he really an ordinary wild extraordinary, just taking on a mission that follows me?
At the same time, Lumien concentrated and looked at Lugano's fortune again, and found that the traces of the miserable green were gone, and there was no blood.
This means that the "Doctor" is no longer likely to be infected with madness, and will not be involved in the official handling of the Duddell anomaly.
After a while, Lumien heard a loud noise and saw that the night outside suddenly brightened.
It was mid-air, and a light was shining down.
Lumian looked up to see two behemoths floating in the night.
It was two airships in dark gray livery and frantically spinning their blades.
It was much smaller than the one Lumian had seen in Trier, and the condensed light shone down from the front of them, concentrating on the edge of Dadeltown.
At the same time, a large number of dog barks sounded in the town again, and there seemed to be movement everywhere.
The official of the Foss region is coming? Lumian retracted his gaze and waited for the result.
The shouting, shouting, gunshots, and various rays of light represented by the sunlight appeared from time to time for nearly an hour before they completely subsided.
Not long after, a team of police officers entered the box and asked about the details of the contact between Lu Mian and the others, who had changed their appearance and were holding fake identification, and the townspeople of Dadel Town.
Lumian didn't talk about madness, and told the rest truthfully.
He was always ready to take Ludwig and Lugano to escape.
The police recorded and checked the tickets and identification before leaving the car.
Lumien waited patiently until dawn, when the policemen returned, offering three deeds for their signatures.
The content of the contract is that last night's movements came from the military's special operation, and no one has a duty of confidentiality and cannot leak it.
Does what I leaked before I sign count? Lumian chuckled secretly and calmly wrote down the pseudonym.
His fake identity had just been activated, and there was no occult connection yet.
When the police stepped out of the carriage, Lumien, who had deliberately experienced the official process firsthand, planned to grab Lugano and Ludwig by the shoulders and "teleport" away.
He wasn't sure if the fake contract would be discovered, so he had to avoid the corresponding risks.
At that moment, Lumien saw a tall figure appear behind Lugano.
It was his messenger, with a slight black flame burning on his body, and a charred corpse-like "penitent" Bayinfer in dark clerical robes. “
Bayinfer let a folded letter float towards Lumien.
Lugano was stunned to see a piece of paper popping out, and when he subconsciously looked behind him, Lumian opened the letter and scanned the contents: "According to the feedback I received, this should be a seal escape incident."
"The seal is in the form of a young woman, first appeared in a disaster in the province of Upper Honakis, she is in a normal state most of the time, but she appears godless, pale and muddy, but once she enters a state of madness, it will gradually infect the people around her with the same madness as her, and there is no definite transmission pattern."
"She wasn't necessarily in the same state every time she went crazy, and the same was true of her madness.
"In her normal state, although she looks like an unintelligent ghost, acting on instinct, she has the power of words, saying that whoever dies will die......"