Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 205 Researcher's Diary (Part 2)
Hearing what Ogata said, Atachi also noticed the book lying quietly in an inconspicuous corner of the tent.
Ogata and Atachi walked into the tent one after another and picked up the book.
The first impression that this book gave Ogata was that it was thin.
In terms of thickness, it is probably only as thick as an adult's little finger.
Ogata opened the first page of the book. There was only a short paragraph written on the first page. This short paragraph instantly attracted the attention of Ogata and Atachi, and made them show a faint joy on their faces.
On the first page of the book it reads:
(The first day on the island.
We followed the troops to camp here. Not only was there a water source, but there were no cannibals nearby. It was indeed the best place to camp.
After arriving here , the soldiers began to set up camp. These soldiers were indeed the elite in the army and their movements were very efficient. In a short while, the camp was built.
Although we doctors have a very easy time tonight, just sitting aside and watching the soldiers set up camp, we doctors will be busy after tonight.)
After reading this, Atachi, with a delighted look on his face, immediately said to Ogata:
"Ayi! This seems to be a researcher's diary!"
"Finally, we have come across something valuable..." After expressing his feelings, Ogata hurriedly turned to the next page to see what the doctor had recorded in the diary.
Ogata discovered that the diary written by the doctor was not a real diary.
First of all - he didn't write every day. It seemed that he would only write in the book when something worth mentioning happened that day.
Secondly, what he recorded every day was very brief, basically just a short paragraph or a simple sentence.
The next page after the first day on the island jumped directly to the fourth day on the island.
(The fourth day on the island.
The soldiers caught the cannibal with a fishing net.
The cannibal will only attack living people within its field of vision, so just cover his eyes with a thick black cloth and he will become a dull monster and no longer be aggressive.
Although cannibals cannot be killed, there are still many ways to deal with them if their numbers are small.
This time, the soldiers captured three cannibal ghosts, and Mr. Ikeda began to lead us to study the cannibal ghosts.
Our first research is what the shogunate needs to know most urgently - how to kill the cannibal ghost
I feel like this research will take a lot of time.)
Although Ogata and Atachi did not know who Mr. Ikeda was, from the description of Mr. Ikeda between the lines, they knew that he should be a very good doctor who was in charge of all the researchers who landed on the island.
Ogata flipped through several pages.
The rest of the article after this page is basically full of complaints about how boring research is and how there is no progress in the research process. There is nothing worth mentioning.
It was not until he turned to a page very far back that Ogata's rapidly flipping fingers stopped again for a long time.
(29th day on the island.
An accident happened suddenly today.
One of the soldiers who was responsible for protecting us suddenly vomited violently.
We thought he just had something wrong with his food.
But who would have thought that after vomiting violently, his eyes turned purple and he was transformed into a cannibal ghost.
We already knew that living people could turn into cannibals when the islanders asked the shogunate for help, but it was still quite terrifying to actually see a living person turn into a cannibal.
The unfortunate soldier who turned into a cannibal was trapped in a fishing net and tied to a tree, making him unable to move.
(30th day on the island.
The accident that happened yesterday caused everyone's morale and mood to be very low.
After all, no one wants to be the next poor guy to turn into a cannibal.
To be honest, the shogunate's action of forcing us to study how to kill the cannibals first is extremely stupid.
The first thing we should study is to find out why the islanders turned into cannibals.
As long as we find out the reason why cannibals appear, we may be able to find a way to kill them.
I really can't stand the shogunate forcing us to research methods to kill the cannibal ghosts.)
(31st day on the island.
Morale was so low that it was impossible to conduct research.
Noticing this, Lord Ikeda sent a letter to the mainland officials, explaining the current situation and hoping that the shogunate would agree to our withdrawal from Chou Island and termination of this research.)
(49th day on the island.
The reply from the shogunate has arrived - they agree to terminate the research and let us withdraw from the island, which is really cause for celebration.
However, we need to bring back the soldier who unfortunately turned into a cannibal, and by the way, bring back the cannibals we originally captured.
I have already heard from Lord Ikeda that the shogunate intends to launch a second round of research on cannibal ghosts. However, this second round of research will no longer be conducted on the island, but on the mainland.
The reason why we were asked to capture a few cannibals when we retreated to the mainland was to prepare experimental subjects for the second research.
The doctor in charge of the second study was the famous doctor, Hanjing Zongxuan.
I hope that Master Hanjing can find out the origin of the cannibal ghosts and find a way to kill them.)
(52 days on the island.
Under the protection of the generals and soldiers, we began to evacuate.
Everybody just wanted to leave as quickly as possible and no one was in the mood to pack up their belongings slowly and carefully, so the scene during the evacuation could be described as chaos and turmoil.
I'm too lazy to take this diary I wrote casually with me.
The time I spent doing research on this island is a terrible memory that I cannot bear to recall.
If I bring this diary back home, every time I look at it I will be reminded of my days on this island.
So I plan to just throw this diary here as trash. If someone finds it, you can do whatever you want with it.)
This diary ends completely with this page.
The following pages are all blank.
After writing the last word in this diary, the owner of this diary should have followed the main force and left the island.
Ogata closed the diary in his hand.
Like Ating beside him, the expressions on his faces were not very good.
Although there are a lot of boring contents in this diary, it contains a very important piece of information that Ogata and the others cannot ignore, which is that even people who have been on the island for less than a month may become cannibals.
"Why did he turn into a cannibal?" Ating couldn't help but mutter, "I have no idea... Zong Hai's mentor lived on this island for at least several years, but he died peacefully after his death and didn't turn into a cannibal."
"And within less than a month of arriving on the island to conduct research, some of the people began to turn into cannibals..."
