"What is it specifically? Actually, I can't tell."
"how about you?"
"I……"
"..."
Opening her eyes, she saw the familiar pure white ceiling again, and the smell of disinfectant lingered on the tip of her nose. It might be because she had just taken a test yesterday. Eve felt her head was a little heavy and a little painful, and she remembered it again in a daze.
The boy I met yesterday.
His name was Ovis Victoria, which shocked Eve when she heard the name. As the heir of the Phoenix family, Eve's status was already considered extremely noble in the old Dunling, but how could she?
She never expected that she would encounter the surname Victoria here.
Owes did not reveal his specific identity, but it can be seen from his surname that he is actually a member of the mysterious royal family. You must know that Eve has only met Queen Victoria once from a distance in the Platinum Palace.
.
The Victoria royal family has implemented strict confidentiality measures for itself. People only know that the queen of this land is Victoria, but they don't even know the specific members of the royal family, even for nobles of Eve's level.
But Eve didn't care about this. After experiencing all kinds of demons, this seemingly weird situation couldn't even arouse her interest.
Sitting on the bed blankly, as if waiting for his still-sleeping soul to wake up, he then reached out and grabbed an apple from the fruit basket and ate it.
He was a somewhat gloomy boy, with a hint of sadness in his expression. When Eve looked at him, she always felt like a puppy that had been soaked by heavy rain, shivering in the cold wind.
Maybe it was human empathy, or she simply felt that Ovis was smaller than herself, so Eve was very curious about Ovis.
The daily life in Black Mountain Hospital is very monotonous... To be precise, Eve's life here is very monotonous. She takes medicine, undergoes examinations, and then goes out for ventilation. The other patients live a much happier life than Eve.
You can feel the electric shock and screams.
Well, this can be regarded as a girl's self-comfort for herself.
If you think about it carefully, a year ago Eve was a girl full of ideals, upright, and eager to become a police detective. In just one year, this white paper has been dyed colorfully by the big dyeing vat of society.
In the end, Eve finally became a police detective and fulfilled part of her ideal, although the process was a bit tortuous, such as killing monsters, killing monsters, killing monsters...
Hey, life is really colorful. Compared with her peers, Eve feels that she is amazingly good, excellent in all aspects. After all, those of her peers are better at social dancing, but she can
Dare to fire at the monster with a pistol.
This is simply not the female captain Yin Erweg, it is simply Yin Erweg the Valkyrie.
"Old Cole, where did you hit?"
Eve sat on a bench on the grassy lawn and asked Old Cole who was observing the enemy's situation.
"We are almost reaching Nalo, Gaul! We are going to sneak attack their station at night, seize the ships, and with gunpowder and cannon, we will counterattack Nalo Gaul!"
Old Cole said to Eve excitedly, while Eve was perfunctory, but Old Cole's voice became weaker and weaker. He was like a thief, his eyes wandering, and then he suddenly sat down on Eve
Next to him, he whispered in Eve's ear.
"Xu, Sergeant Phoenix, I found some problems."
Eve still had the same polite yet awkward smile, her expression full of perfunctory, like a kindergarten teacher playing pretend games with her children.
Old Cole's mind has long been unclear, and his name for Eve is always changing. After all, Eve was a rare female general in his eyes just a few days ago.
"There may be a traitor among us, and I need to find the traitor."
The old hand scratched his neck hard, and Old Cole said very seriously.
"Gavin also saw it. Those traitors brought an evil ghost in, and the Black Mountain Fortress is about to fall from within!"
Old Cole screamed, and Gavin, who was digging trenches beside him, also raised his head and nodded vigorously.
"There are more and more uneducated people."
Delen also echoed, while William paused for a moment, then gnawed the bark vigorously.
Well, judging from the reactions of these psychiatric patients, something did come to Black Mountain Hospital, but it was probably not what they described.
Although these mental illnesses look a bit scary and weird, Eve has almost figured out their habits after getting along with them for so long. They are just a group of childish ghosts with brain problems. They have lost their common sense and only
Can use vague gibberish to describe those things.
Probably a patient they hated came in, which is how they described Ovis at the beginning.
Speaking of Ovis, Eve looked around and saw that the boy in the wheelchair was gone. He didn't show up today.
Looking around, Eve suddenly saw a familiar figure at the far end. He was surrounded by guards and walked towards another building.
Eve couldn't believe it and rubbed her eyes vigorously. She didn't understand why he was here.
"Lorenzo Holmes..."
"You know him?"
Old Cole's voice sounded, and he looked at Eve seriously.
"Um……"
Eve nodded. Old Cole's expression was very serious. Eve actually felt that he seemed to have regained his senses at this moment, but the next second Old Cole screamed with a pitiful expression that made those who heard it cry.
"Traitor! I didn't expect you, Major Phoenix, to be a traitor! Someone come and take her down! Gavin! What are you doing standing still!"
Eve had a look of helplessness and embarrassment. She shouldn't have expected anything from these mentally ill people. Then she looked around at the nurses and guards scattered around. They had firmly controlled the area to prevent the patients from leaving.
, but this is not a problem for Eve.
Why is Lorenzo here? What has this guy done?
With these questions in mind, Eve suddenly felt that this damn life became interesting.
Eve Phoenix has never been a peaceful lamb. Arthur always thought that Lorenzo's sudden appearance had spoiled his daughter, but he never thought that Eve's nature was like this. Like Arthur, she had a lot of evil in her body.
The same blood flows, chasing danger.
Old Cole suddenly felt that something was not good, and saw Eve showing him a bad smile, and then whispered.
"General Cole! The Queen's Secret Order."
Old Cole subconsciously stood up straight and saluted Eve, his expression solemn and full of military temperament. Unfortunately, he was not wearing a military uniform, but a white hospital gown, and he raised the wrong hand.
…
Following Old Cole's roar, the patients ran and fought together.
"For Yin Erweg! Damn Delen, I already thought you were a mole!"
"Vulgar! Vulgar!"
The two of them struggled together, which looked like a fun game to other patients. They all joined in, expanding the battle group and tripping over the trenches dug on the way to join. The situation became even more chaotic for a while.
stand up.
The nurse and guard tried to separate them, but more patients jumped on them. In the chaos, Eve sneaked away and headed towards the mysterious building.
In fact, after arriving at Black Mountain Hospital, Eve has always had a strange feeling in her heart. She seems to have been here before. Although all this is strange to her, there is a sense of familiarity in the strangeness. In the past
Eve must have been here at some time that she had forgotten.
Thinking about the strange research of the purification agency in the Black Mountain Hospital, Eve thought about her own abnormality. She had a problem with her body, and it was not as simple as ordinary people. And as she recuperated in the Black Mountain Hospital, she recalled those things again.
Weird dreams.
Eve wants to know who she is, and the secret is hidden in Black Mountain Hospital.
…
"How are you feeling, Ovis? You seem to be in pretty good shape."
Arthur opened the door and looked at Ovis in the wheelchair. The boy's face looked much better than the last time he came to see him, but it was only a little better. Arthur had just read the boy's physical examination report. If
If it weren't for the full treatment given to him by Black Mountain Hospital, he would probably be dead by now, or perhaps turn into a demon.
"fine."
Owes was not silent this time. He and Arthur were in a complex medical room. Various instruments were humming and medicines of different colors were mixed together along the catheters and finally injected into Owes' body.
, there is also a Geiger counter inserted in the wheelchair, which is constantly detecting Ovis's erosion reaction.
"Have you...have you found my successor?" Owes asked.
"Not yet. After all, excellent knight commanders like you are rare... You still hold the code name of 'Lancelot'."
Arthur seemed to be comforting the boy, hoping it would make him feel better.
"However, the third-generation armor developed by Perpetual Pump has begun mass production. The third-generation armor has a small proportion of demons. It mainly relies on mechanical operation, and the corrosive pressure on the driver is very low. If you can be discharged from the hospital, maybe you can continue
Driving the armor."
These words made the boy's eyes brighten a little. This was the hope that Arthur gave Ovis. In this damn place like Black Mountain Hospital, everyone was dying slowly, and they always needed some damn hope to support their survival.
But this hope did not last long. He lowered his head and looked at his wrists covered with pinholes.
"Thank you," he said, "but there shouldn't be a chance."
Ovis raised his hand as he spoke, and scarlet blood overflowed from the tiny pinprick-like wound. The blood could not stop flowing. Seeing this, Arthur looked sad and sighed.
"The royal curse..."
"Fortunately, at least I live a much happier life than others. Although I may not live as long as they do, at least I have seen the outside world, while they have to be trapped in the Platinum Palace for their entire lives."
Ovis comforted himself.
"No, you still have hope, Ovis. The information brought by the new religious order may alleviate this 'King's Curse'. This is why the Queen sent me here again. You must know that I have not very good memories of this place.
."
Although there was a big gap in age and status, the two of them chatted like familiar friends.
"Because of your wife?" Owes said.
An embarrassing smile appeared on Arthur's face. He didn't really want to recall this. It was precisely because of this that although this place belonged to a purification agency, Arthur rarely came in person.
"Yes, this place means a lot to me. It was here that I participated in the Ranger program decades ago, and later became 'Arthur'. This is where I started and where she ended."
The place...that’s where she died.”
"You really love her."
"maybe."
Arthur pulled out the syringe from Ovis's body, and the blood flowed uncontrollably. Arthur could only insert a blood bag for Ovis to prevent him from going into shock due to excessive blood loss.
"The information from the new religious order may be able to alleviate the 'King's Curse', but this kind of experiment can't be tried directly on the queen, right?"
Arthur pushed Ovis' wheelchair.
"Do you want to use me for experiments?" Owes asked.
"Of course, you are a fringe figure in the royal family anyway, and you are going to die, so just treat it as a gamble. If you win the gamble, you can continue to be your Lancelot and continue to kill monsters. If you lose the gamble...
If you lose the bet, where do you want to die? Buried in the royal family's cemetery, or join the graveyard family of the Purification Agency?"
Arthur rarely told a joke, but the joke was a little cold, so cold that it made him feel a little cold.
"What was that experiment?"
In the long corridor, Owes raised his head and asked. The boy was like a rag doll, with crystal clear eyes on his pale face. If you throw away his complicated identity, he is just an ordinary boy.
, at his age he should be running and jumping instead of facing these evil things.
Every time he faced him, Arthur's strong heart would become unbearable, which would remind him of Eve. In Arthur's view, they were just children. Children should play innocently, and monsters should be dealt with.
Just give it to these sick-brained lunatics.
"Secret blood."
Arthur said.
"You want to... turn us into witchers?"
Ovis looked shocked, but after the shock, he felt that it was reasonable. He had witnessed the terrifying resilience of the demon hunter with his own eyes. Maybe... maybe this power could alleviate or even cure the King's Curse.
"No, that's too dangerous. Handing over the entire royal family to the demon? Although the demon hunter has stabilized, you have also seen Lorenzo's psychosis. Sometimes I suspect that all his madness is just the influence of the secret blood.
."
Arthur put all this idea into words.
"We are going to restart the 'Ranger Project' and turn the experiment of strengthening the human body into the use of secret blood. Of course, we cannot do the violent operation of whole body blood transfusion like the Demon Hunter Order.
According to Dean Abigail's suggestion, if you are talking about the negative effects caused by abandoning the secret blood, understand and refine it into a potion, which may be able to alleviate the burden of the King's Curse on your body."
Stepping into the elevator, this time it was not ascending, but descending, falling into the dark abyss.
The Mechanical Institute has almost hollowed out the underground of old Dunling, and Black Mountain Hospital is no exception. Under the soil, there are not only steam pipes, but also the mysterious third area, the scientific research area.
"We were planning to cooperate with the New Order, but they lost the Book of Revelation. The demon hunters of the New Order all carry unstable secret blood... At least that's what Anthony told me. Their secret blood is not stable.
Reliable, we need demon hunters with stable secret blood."
"Lorenzo Holmes."
Owes said the name, and Arthur nodded in agreement.
"Yes, in a sense, the Demon Hunting Order no longer exists, and the existing new orders are nothing more than phantoms of past glory.