Chapter 24 Seeking Medical Advice
Squatting in front of the fruit and vegetable stall eating this so-called mutant fruit, Andy felt a little back to some of the times when he couldn't remember too many details, and always felt that he had done similar things in some places before.
The fruit is a little smaller than a fist, and the skin is thinner than expected, and although the skin is unsightly, the flesh is a bit like a dark purple crystal, and the juice inside is very viscous and feels like a lot of starch..... No wonder it is said that it can be used to make glue. The taste is sweet and sour, and Andy feels that this kind of thing should be very exciting to use for freshly squeezed juice, but the water resources around here are really not enough, and no one does this business.
There was also a gray tent some distance away, and the goods on display outside were supposed to sell weapons, and some knives and guns were placed there.
Stephen behind him heard some coughing sounds, and Andy remembered that there was something important he didn't know.
"Boss, where is the doctor in this place? My friend is getting sick. ”
The peddler glanced at Stephen, who was tightly wrapped in a tarp behind Andy's back, moved his fingers, and finally pointed with his chin further north.
"There is more than one doctor in this place, but only one doctor is resident here, and the others are traveling doctors, and it is uncertain whether the medical skills are or whether they are there now..... You go to a dilapidated building in the north and find that guy named Dave, but although he has good medical skills and a high price, he will never waste medicine on your friend if he can't afford it....."
After thanking the stall owner, Andy turned his head further north.
There was everything along the way, and Andy even saw a guy playing a guitar and singing.
Of course, there are more backpackers who simply set up a tent to set up a stall, or they don't even have a tent, and start selling their backpacks as soon as they open them and squat on the ground.
"Hey~ Don't miss it when you pass by, it's all good stuff~"
The backpacker pulls out some of the lightly treated leather from the backpack, and Andy sees that some of them are familiar, similar to the skins of the lizards he had killed earlier.
Some people came to the backpackers and began to judge the skins, some said that a certain type of leather was best used for leather armor, and some people said that some people who made luxury goods would pay a high price.
It sounded amazing, but Andy noticed that few of the guys who kept pouring information seemed to buy anything, and even if they did, they just quietly walked around outside, turned around and squeezed into the crowd, and then began to give a strong explanation as an enthusiastic crowd of onlookers.
After a while, the backpackers sold out of things, and after the crowd dispersed, Andy clearly saw the few tots quietly meeting and talking with the backpackers in a secluded place, and several of them returned the skins they had "bought" to the backpackers, while the other party gave them some bottle caps.....
"Hmm..... The city routine is deep. ”
Andy shook his head and carried Stephen on his back, passing some fried food stalls and a few junk sellers who sold scrap from somewhere, and after asking a few more passers-by, he learned that Dave lived in an abandoned and dilapidated building not far away.
Andy now stands in front of the three-story dilapidated building.
This building was not supposed to be the third floor, but the places above the third floor were destroyed, half of the buildings had completely collapsed into ruins, and the remaining small part was still holding on here, but it felt like it couldn't last long, crookedly and crumbling.
On the walls of the building, a different pattern was originally painted, but now it was covered in a new mess of paint, which read: Dave's Clinic.
Andy squinted at the place covered by a few large letters from Dave's Clinic, and the pattern underneath was almost completely erased but still felt familiar. Upon closer inspection, Andy noticed that there was still a remnant of what appeared to be the claws of a beast covered in brown hair.
"Where the hell have I seen this? ......”
Andy almost went to look at it, but he still couldn't remember.
An indifferent voice suddenly sounded from beside him.
"That's the NCR logo, Two-Headed Bear."
Andy turned his head, and now there were two big men standing beside him, each with a gun in their hands, looking at him with a frown.
"Oh~ I just said it feels familiar.... But why is there an NCR logo here? ”
The two big men glanced at each other, looking a little impatient.
"Because this building used to be the headquarters of the NCR..... Not just this building, the entire camp is NCR's, and it used to ..... If you have anything, just say it, otherwise don't blame us for driving you away. ”
Andy pointed to Stephen behind him.
"My friend called me to come to Dave, he knew Dave, and now he's seriously ill."
"Seriously ill? Let me see. ”
A big man walked over and lifted the tarp, and immediately saw the terrible condition of Stephen's face covered with blue blisters.
"Huh?! ——”
Dahan was taken aback and quickly covered the cloth back.
"What is this? Skin diseases? I've never seen anything like this. ”
The two of them muttered for a while, then went straight into the house to look for David.
Andy stood outside and waited for a while, and the last bearded man in a gas mask walked out, and the two big men behind him were also wearing gas masks.
The bearded man came over in a bulging white coat with a pair of stethoscopes around his neck, although he should have looked like Dr. Dave, but this look was more of a doctor than a doctor...... A boxer dressed as a doctor.
He walked over, glanced at Stephen, and then, as if he didn't know what to do, spun around for a moment.
It took him a long time before he said his first words to Andy.
"It's troublesome..... Come in and talk about it. ”
Without waiting for Andy to ask, the two big men went up to pick up Stephen, and then walked straight into the clinic with Andy.
The clinic was pitch black, a little dirty and messy, and some patients were lying on makeshift beds in the room, looking like they were about to die.
"You can sit here for a while."
Dave casually took a chair to Andy and disappeared.
Andy, who was very bored after waiting for a while, even began to eat the fruit, and there were some books and some strange picture books scattered around, which seemed to be the small room where Dave kept his books.
Two or three hours later, Andy, who had fallen asleep in the house, was suddenly woken up.
Dave, still wearing a gas mask, walks in and wakes up a sleeping Andy.
"Don't sleep, do you know what you're sick with? This is actually a very serious matter, and if it gets out, I'm afraid something big will happen. ”