Chapter 567: Fire, Trees, and Silver Flowers (please vote for the super large chapter)
The current situation is slightly different from what He Ao expected. The number of patients detained in this hospital exceeds He Ao's estimate.
At this moment, the two FBI agents were gathering the crowd around them, but because the crowd was so large, there were scattered and frightened people everywhere.
These people covered the perimeter of the building, and it was not easy to get around them and get back to the door where he came in.
He Ao's eyes returned to the ruins of the collapsed building. The souls who had just helped him and were imprisoned here were standing on the ruins like a tomb, watching him.
They waved gently to He Ao, and their bodies turned into pure shadows, dissipating in the dark night sky.
They have died long ago, but it is not until now that they can truly die.
He Ao watched their illusory souls dissipate, and their figures retreated deeper into the darkness.
There will only be more and more people coming from the FBI, and he needs to get out of here as soon as possible.
This mental hospital is surrounded by towering walls, and the walls are covered with high-voltage power grids that are three meters high. It seems that there is only one entrance through the gate.
If it didn't work, he would have to see if he could climb over the wall and get out.
Smashing the wall makes too much noise, which will attract attention and may damage property.
This is different from the situation in the building. In the building, it is to save those imprisoned patients and to act bravely.
Comply with the definition of "necessary emergency act" in the laws of the City of Wetterland.
According to the laws of the City of Wetterland, when one's own or the public's life, property and other rights and interests are infringed upon, actions performed to prevent the occurrence or expansion of such infringement are called necessary and urgent actions.
Necessary losses caused by necessary emergency actions are exempt from civil or criminal liability.
There is no clear definition of this necessary emergency behavior in federal law, but almost all municipal laws in major federal cities have relevant provisions.
However, there are some subtle differences in the definition of this necessary emergency behavior between different cities, but the underlying logic is generally interoperable.
And because of the existence of cults and alien beasts, the entire federation's definition of this behavior is actually relatively loose.
For example, in order to save other people, Ho-Ao prevents a ritual that can sacrifice others, prevents the ritual from further damaging other people's lives, and ultimately accidentally causes the building to collapse. Basically, it can be judged as a necessary emergency act.
In the city of Wetterland, there is even a similar case for this matter.
Although federal law does not provide for necessary emergency acts, the existence of such acts has in fact been confirmed through various cases.
Therefore, in the federal legal system, Ho's actions were completely legal, and he was not responsible for the collapse of the building.
But if he breaks through the wall without any danger and no need to act bravely, there may be unexpected property disputes. Judging from the tightness of the wall, the cost should not be low, so he may be suspected of suspicion.
damage property.
So directly smashing the wall will not work.
He Ao looked around, looking for a suitable point to climb over the fence. The overall height of the fence was about thirteen meters, and coupled with the three-meter high-voltage power grid, this height was not difficult for a C-level person with physical fitness.
He Ao now needs to find a suitable place to climb over the wall. After letting him climb over, he will appear directly on the street outside instead of the factory area next to it.
At the same time, his eyes were also looking for another figure.
Among the disappeared souls that waved to him just now, the one with the head held high that first reminded him to hurry up was not among them.
When bound by the magic circle, these souls were held hostage by that kind of terrifying thinking. They had no ability to communicate and could only understand some basic words.
But now that the magic circle is broken, without suppression, He Ao may be able to try to communicate with them.
That soul with its head held high is very similar to the person in Jace's memory,
And just as He Ao glanced around, there was a shadow not far away from him in the hazy night waving to him.
In the eyes of terrorists, night is as clear as day.
Although the shadow was far away from He Ao and was hidden in the darkness, He Ao could still clearly see the shadow's face.
It is that soul with its head held high.
At this moment, his body is dissipating rapidly like other souls.
After the soul realized that He Ao had seen him, he immediately waved to He Ao, then turned around and drifted deeper into the night.
He seemed to want He Ao to follow him.
He Ao looked back at the lights lit by FBI agents in the distance, and after a brief thought, he quickly followed them.
That soul seemed to know that his time was running out, so he moved extremely fast.
He Ao chased after him, and in almost the blink of an eye, the two of them ran along the wall for hundreds of meters.
The last soul stayed beside a deserted weed.
It seems that no one has been here for a long time, only the cool moonlight and the grass seeds blowing in the wind come here.
He Ao pushed aside the weeds and revealed a small rusty door.
This door seemed to have not been used for a long time. The cracks in the door were blocked by orange-red rust, and the door frame and door were rusted together.
There is no lock on this door. There is only a thick steel bar on the back of the door, which is like a latch to hold the iron door in place.
Now the steel bar has almost corroded with the door.
He Ao turned around and looked at the soul standing beside him.
At this moment, this soul has dissipated a lot, and there is not much time left for He Aoneng to communicate.
This soul should also know him and have always shown kindness to him. His guess should be correct.
He Ao hesitated for a moment and asked softly,
"My father, his soul is still there..."
Hearing these words, the soul with his head held high paused for a moment. On his twisted cheeks, his cloudy eyes flickered. He seemed a little surprised that He Ao took the initiative to talk to him, and seemed to be stuck in some kind of memory.
Finally, he said hoarsely, "Your father...he is different from us...his soul...has not been left behind..."
Hearing these words, He Ao's body stiffened slightly. He looked at the face of this soul and said softly, "Thank you."
The soul in front of him had a fateful encounter with him in Jace's memory.
This man was probably older than Jace's father. Before Jace's father arrived, he was the chief consultant of the chemical plant that was the predecessor of the mental hospital.
Later, he became Jess's father's deputy and once visited Jess's home during the New Year one year.
Jess's father seemed to have intentionally kept his family away from anything related to the chemical plant, so after that, Jess never saw the 'consultant' again.
The consultant was not among the victims of the explosion.
After his father passed away, Jess also thought of this consultant whom he had only met once, and asked someone to find this consultant.
But the final result was not ideal. Judging from the last information that Jess found, the consultant disappeared after the explosion. No one was found alive or dead.
It now appears that after killing Jace's father, the mysterious man immediately arrested the consultant, and eventually became one of the 'patients' in the renovated mental hospital.
The soul of Jace's father did not remain, which was actually something Heo had anticipated.
Jace's father knew too much. According to the mysterious man's caution, he could not leave such a serious threat, even a broken soul.
A faint glow enveloped the soul of the consultant in front of He Ao, which was a sign that he was about to finally dissipate, and he was about to return to eternal tranquility.
His soul is not complete. Judging from the attitude of those souls actively cooperating with He Ao, being restrained by the magic circle and maintaining this incomplete state is not a comfortable thing for them.
There wasn't much time left for He Ao, so he needed to ask some more critical questions.
He Ao stared at his figure, thought about it again, and asked, "Did my father arrange the magic circle in the hospital?"
"Some are,"
As the soul gradually dissipated, the turbidity in the consultant's eyes also faded away little by little. He tried to straighten his head and looked at He Ao, "You have to believe in your father, he is a respectable man."
The illusory body began to turn into pure transparency. The advisor of Jess's father, who remained in the present soul state, looked back at the stacked ruins. Then he withdrew his gaze and stared at He Ao's cheek,
"You have grown up just like your father, and it seems that you have gone further than him. Maybe you can do things that your father has never done. Your father mentioned you to me many times during his lifetime. He only hoped that you would
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"Be careful ahead."
His figure became completely illusory, and for the first time, a look of relief appeared on his twisted cheeks.
This thin shadow is like a dandelion passing by in the wind at night, dissipating in the silent night.
Be careful ahead.
He Ao stretched out his hand through his clothes, touched the pendant on his chest, and watched his father's friend go away.
Then he turned around and clamped the wooden box under his other arm. With his free hand, he grabbed the steel bar holding the door in place. His arm muscles swelled and he lifted it hard.
With a slight but sharp friction sound, the thick, corroded steel bar was slowly lifted up.
Then He Ao threw the steel bar aside, put his hand on the handle of the iron door, and pushed back.
With a violent trembling sound, the iron door opened, and red rust fell like raindrops.
A remote alleyway appeared in his field of vision.
This seems to be the back door used to transport some supplies or process waste when this area was still a factory. This is a place only known to internal staff.
He Ao looked back at the factory area where only ruins were left under the night.
Although the answer of the 'deputy' of Jess's father was very simple, it basically confirmed He Ao's previous guess.
'Some' magic circles were arranged by Jace's father, which proved that Jace's father had indeed been studying these magic circles before and had achieved research results.
At the same time, this answer also illustrates another problem. Jace's father only completed part of the magic circle, and the rest was completed by others.
Apart from Jess's father, probably only the mysterious man and the research team he hired have this ability and have the information on this project.
Judging from He Ao's analysis of the overall structure of the array, the basic structure of the array that builds the skeleton should have been arranged by Jess's father. These arrays are integrated and have obviously been polished for a long time.
The 'patches' on the wooden box, as well as those magic circles that absorb souls and lives as a price, should have been added by mysterious people.
The level of these parts of the array is not bad, but compared with the main array, there is still a clear gap.
Strictly speaking, in comparison, the technology behind these latter patches is somewhat clumsy.
This brings up a core question: Why doesn't Jace's father, who is more skilled, help the mysterious man complete other parts of the ritual?
He Ao did not ask this question, but the following words of the deputy of Jess's father gave him the answer.
He told 'Jace' to trust his father.
What kind of person is Jess's father?
In Jess's memory, his father was a kind, gentle, not rigid, and helpful person.
His father's character had a great impact on Jace's growth and was one of the important factors in shaping Jace's kind character.
So would such a person arrange a magic circle to sacrifice other people's lives and imprison other people's souls?
Even if these people who were sacrificed were helpless wanderers, no one would care about them if they died in any corner.
Even if the mysterious man has an elite team of lawyers behind him and extensive financial connections, he can reasonably cover up this cruel incident without any consequences.
Even if the mysterious person will pay a huge reward.
He Ao doesn't know what the real situation is.
But the father in Jace's memory would never set up these magic circles.
In fact, Jess's father is not pedantic, and can even be said to be very adaptable, but he always has a clear bottom line when doing things.
The deputy's words just now were to make He Ao trust the father in Jace's memory.
And if the father in Jace's memory is consistent with reality.
Then the core conflict between Jace's father and the mysterious man is revealed.
The research on the magic circle at that time may have encountered some kind of bottleneck. The mysterious man tried to use the method of sacrifice to forcefully push the magic circle, but was resisted and rejected by Jace's father.
In the process, Jess's father may have united some people and formed a confrontation with the mysterious man.
And Jess's father should have a certain personality charm.
After all, the deputy who had been tortured and made into a mutilated soul just now was still willing to help 'Jace', the son of an old friend, even more than ten years later and even when his will was not clear.
In the process, Jess's father should have caused a lot of trouble to the mysterious man, forcing him to be unable to implement the idea of sacrifice.
In the end, the mysterious man used an unexpected trick to permanently eliminate Jess's father and built the mental hospital according to his own ideas.
However, this magic circle was not completed in the end, and could only maintain this state of constantly sacrificing lives.
In the past ten years, I don’t know how many bones have been buried under that beautiful garden forever.
Jess's father tried to stop this, but he failed.
He has no force or power. No matter how smart he is, he is just a scholar, a scholar living in a world of order.
He Ao looked away from the vast ruins.
This was the place where Jace's father struggled in the last days of his life, and it was also the place where Jace's father's life was left forever.
He may have seen his final fate, but he did not retreat.
He Ao turned around and walked into the alley.
And gently closed the door.
The blooming ghost flower swayed in the wind under the silent night.
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"No one was caught? The building collapsed? All the patients and staff were rescued? They were driven by evil spirits and left the building before it collapsed? A nurse is missing? Okay, okay, it's okay, I'm sorry to bother you.
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In front of the villa swimming pool under the moonlight, a man in casual clothes hung up the phone. He turned around and looked at the figure sitting on the edge of the swimming pool, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, "Boss, the target has escaped again."
"Are all the patients in the hospital alive?"
The figure did not look back, but asked calmly.
His voice was flat and ordinary, without any characteristics.
"They are all alive, but the 'nurse' we sent to manage the hospital is missing."
The man in casual clothes said softly.
"All alive..."
The figure in front of the swimming pool stared at the bright moon and murmured to himself.
"Boss, what's the problem?"
The man in casual clothes asked doubtfully.
"In fact, there are some methods in this world that can allow the soul of a high-ranking existence to descend into another body and control this body."
The boss lowered his head and stared at the surface of the swimming pool.
The bright moon in the water ripples in the sparkling waves.
"You mean, Jace is dead?" The man in casual clothes was stunned, "The person controlling Jace now is some powerful high-ranking being?"
"That's what I thought before,"
The figure stood up slowly. He turned around and looked at the man in casual clothes, "But now I don't think so."
The man in casual clothes looked at the face that was extremely familiar but had never appeared in his memory. He was a little dull and said, "Do you think Jace has not changed? But he clearly showed completely different methods from before."
"Pollution and frustration can change a person's character,"
The figure looked up at Mingyue again, "He must have held some kind of ceremony in that alley, gained some kind of power, and suffered the contamination of that power. Unfortunately, I still don't know what to do with him."
Who is the great being who is doing the transaction?"
A violent sound rose into the sky, it was fireworks released from a shopping mall not far away.
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Click——
He Ao, who was sitting on the bus, closed the pendant in his hand and turned to look out the window.
Under the quiet night sky, flickering fireworks slowly flew into the sky and exploded into brilliant fireworks in the night sky.
