Chapter 023 The Manager's Invitation
(boom!)
(Gunshots are heard.)
(You touch your body and find that you have no wounds.)
(The store manager puts down his gun and waves to you.)
(Store manager: "According to the rules, if you enter the store outside of opening hours, I must shoot you to death.")
(At this point, your mask is broken.)
(Store Manager: "Now, you are dead, come in.")
(You nodded and followed the store manager into the store.)
(For the people here, masks are life. If the store manager destroys your mask, it is equivalent to killing you.)
(It seems that the store manager already knows your identity.)
(Store Manager: "Dr. Gui often comes to me to buy cigarettes. The first time I saw your mask, I knew you were pretending. He was fired a long time ago and it is impossible for him to appear in the hospital.")
(You: “Then why don’t you send me to the security department?”)
(Store Manager: "It's not written in the rules, so I don't need to do it. Who wants to live like this if they kill people for anything that goes a little bit out of line?")
(You are surprised.)
(You realize that you have been ignoring one thing, which is other people’s psychological feelings.)
(You are imprisoned in the hospital, and so are these medical staff?)
(You have to follow weird rules, but so do they?)
(The store manager made you a cup of tea.)
(Store Manager: "Sit here for a while and play cards with me. Don't worry, I won't cheat or gamble this time.")
(You nod in agreement.)
(You played poker with the store manager for a while, and the store manager really didn’t cheat. You even won seven hands in a row against the store manager and got a lot of money. The store manager was not angry, but smiled.)
(Store Manager: "You are not the first person who wants to escape, nor the first person who wants to eliminate 'Unspeakable'. But so far, I have not seen anyone successfully escape from the hospital.")
(You: “When did the Unspeakable start coming to the hospital?”)
(Store Manager: "Since my brother officially became the dean, all medical staff in our hospital are unable to leave. After that, we all have to work according to a strict set of rules and work manuals. If there is any deviation from the rules, we will be killed by the 'unspeakable' force. I've had enough of this kind of life.")
(You nod.)
(You have communicated with the store manager many times, and the store manager has developed a good impression of you, so he confides in you.)
(You: What exactly is “unspeakable”?)
(Store manager: "I think it was my brother's greed. In order to gain huge profits, he started the business of selling Petez.")
(You: “What does Petz mean?”)
(Store Manager: “*****.”)
(The store manager said something, but you couldn't understand it at all.)
(You decide not to dwell on this matter any more.)
(You: “Is there any way I can leave the hospital?”)
(Store Manager: "I've already said it, neither you nor I can leave here.")
(You: “What kind of movie is Monster Attack?”)
(Store Manager: "Sorry, I can't reveal this news, otherwise I will be punished by 'unspeakable'.")
(You think about this for a moment.)
(You: “Do you know the password to your brother’s computer?”)
(Store Manager: “I don’t know, but he often uses his or his daughter’s birthday as password, which are XXX and XXX respectively. Oh, and by the way, his wife’s birthday is XXX, and he occasionally uses his wife’s birthday as password.”)
(You memorize it silently.)
(You: “How did you get the hospital pass?”)
(Store Manager: "According to the rules, a pass must be stamped by the dean to be effective. If you forge a pass, you will be sent to Room 0. Believe me, Room 0 is the most dangerous room in this hospital.")
(You frown.)
(The clues reached a dead end.)
(Compared to getting the pass, getting the bus ticket is the easiest step. You think there must be other clues in the basement of the hospital, and you need to know a safer way to enter the basement.)
(You: “Can I get into the basement level of the hospital?”)
(Store Manager: “I don’t know. I don’t have permission to go there.”)
(You won’t get much more out of the store manager, but you’ll still get a lot.)
(1. You know that there are many people in the hospital who, like you, are filled with fear of the “unspeakable” and feel .)
(2. The store manager is a member who can help you. He may play a more important role in your clearance process.)
(Perhaps, gaining the friendship of others can provide more convenience in passing levels and important information.)
(This is something I hadn’t noticed before.)
(You suddenly remember the rules for using 3D glasses.)
(The front side of the rule helps adventurers, while the back side has bloody words that prevent adventurers.)
(At the time, you thought this was a very contradictory point, but now you think it actually makes sense.)
(No one in the hospital wants to live under the shadow of "unspeakable", and they also hope that an adventurer can change the world.)
(The bloody reminder of “I” is sometimes good and sometimes bad, which means that “I” may have been polluted by “ unspeakable ”, or “I” may be “unspeakable”.)
(A series of footsteps are heard outside the store.)
(The store manager shook his head and pointed outside.)
(Store Manager: "The security department is here, you better find a way to escape.")
(You: “Thank you for the information.”)
(You quickly left the store.)
(You and the security officer make eye contact.)
(You terminate the game.)
"call--"
Gu Yi lay on the bed, lost in thought.
After a brief exchange with the store manager, he realized that he needed to adjust his previous thinking.
Before, he always regarded the doctors, nurses and all the staff in the hospital as his opponents, but in fact they could help him in certain situations.
If it weren't for the doctor's treatment when he committed suicide, he would have died long ago.
In order to prevent himself from committing suicide again, they even checked for contraband every day.
Under the control of the rules , they have to imprison and control patients, but they may still have the conscience of "saving the dying and the wounded" in their hearts.
Gu Yi lay on the bed in a daze and gradually fell asleep.
Xu Nian knocked on the bed gently.
Gu Yi woke up and turned his head to look over. Xu Nian's mouth opened and closed, as if he was concerned about him.
"It's okay, I'm fine."
"Well……"
Xu Nian frowned and finally made a thank you gesture in sign language.
Gu Yi was stunned for a moment.
It seems that not only I can't hear Xu Nian, but Xu Nian can't hear me either.
——He thought he was deaf and dumb.
Gu Yi raised his finger and imitated Xu Nian's gesture of thank you.
Bang bang bang!
There was a knock on the door.
Xu Nian closed his mouth.
Gu Yi frowned slightly; this detail made him very confused.
